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Tip From Generous Couple Replaces Waitress’s Battered Car
Yahoo News-Trending now ^ | 10/9/14 | By Emily Scharnhors

Posted on 12/09/2014 1:48:09 PM PST by Kartographer

Gary and Roxann Tackett, from Arkansas, had been frequenting the restaurant all summer. They say they had noticed an old, battered vehicle regularly in the parking lot. Gary thought it was abandoned because it was in such bad shape.

The Tacketts asked around the restaurant and were told that the car belonged to one of the employees. The couple decided that something needed to be done and they were going to be the ones to do it.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the Tacketts gave Cindi a car.

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To: camle

And wild turkeys which can do $1000 damage to a grille.


21 posted on 12/09/2014 2:48:01 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Kartographer

How long before the IRS sets upon the waitress to collect a gift tax she cannot afford to pay...1...2...3?


22 posted on 12/09/2014 2:49:00 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: Ken H

She’s hit five separate deer?

That cost a few bucks.

She lacked the doe to make the repairs.


23 posted on 12/09/2014 2:53:18 PM PST by lurk
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To: Da Coyote
I love the place. Guess that makes me a hick.
I grew up in daBronx and I like Cracker Barrel too ;)
24 posted on 12/09/2014 2:58:40 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: lurk

Very funny....lol


25 posted on 12/09/2014 3:01:57 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: lurk
She’s hit five separate deer?

That cost a few bucks.

She lacked the doe to make the repairs.

Sometimes you get stuck in a rut.

26 posted on 12/09/2014 3:03:40 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: GQuagmire

My Sister and Brother-in-Law spend several months every year in Hungary.

One thing I remember her telling me is that most restaurants there have venison on the menu.


27 posted on 12/09/2014 3:06:37 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: GQuagmire

I have hit seven deer.One car totalled.one fender.Three grilles plus headlights.Driving 45 or slower.Deer jumper into the road with no warning.


28 posted on 12/09/2014 3:07:20 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Kartographer

Thanks for posting! Nice to know there’s still many, many people who realize that helping out when you can those who are truly deserving, instead of being duped by race pimps and the other usual suspects into blocking roadways and causing mayhem as some twisted idea of “making a difference”.


29 posted on 12/09/2014 3:14:50 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: tflabo
TV commercial about a genie popping out of a lamp and granting a wish.

Next time it comes on, pay extra attention to the genie....he's a classic, first with the bored "Vat is yur vish?", then his smug 'be happy for him' look at the result of the million bucks appearing.

30 posted on 12/09/2014 3:15:24 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: Kartographer
Let the sneering and jeering commence.

LOL, I ain't got time fo dat, but I will commence cheering this couple and their gift of giving to others in need.

31 posted on 12/09/2014 3:18:21 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: GQuagmire
She’s hit five separate deer?
For the last few years they had a serious problem with deer accidents in Orange Cty, NY as well as the Poconos in PA. Also with wild turkeys. Didn't hit any of them when we lived up there, but soon after we moved down to Hernando Cty in FL my lovely wife had a wild turkey fly her Ford Ranger. Go figure! Fortunately, other than a new grille, no other damage.
32 posted on 12/09/2014 3:20:29 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Kartographer

Very nice story.......Hopefully Cindi will get some insurance on THIS car........


33 posted on 12/09/2014 3:25:07 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)
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To: Impala64ssa; Da Coyote; colorado tanker
"I love the place. Guess that makes me a hick.

I grew up in daBronx and I like Cracker Barrel too ;)"

Beat me to it, Impala. We live in Manhattan, and we like Cracker Barrel too. Of course, for us it takes a road trip to get to one.

Oh, great story too. :)

34 posted on 12/09/2014 6:18:50 PM PST by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: free-in-nyc
We live in Manhattan, and we like Cracker Barrel too. Of course, for us it takes a road trip to get to one.
The closest Cracker Barrel from NYC is in Fishkill, on US 9 just north of I-84
35 posted on 12/09/2014 10:41:16 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Kartographer
To me the greater gift was the one the Tacketts gave to themselves by their giving.

Right on!

36 posted on 12/10/2014 2:44:56 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Impala64ssa
"The closest Cracker Barrel from NYC is in Fishkill, on US 9 just north of I-84"

Cool - I know of locations in Clinton, NJ, off I-78, and Hamilton, NJ off the NJ Turnpike.

37 posted on 12/10/2014 5:52:16 PM PST by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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