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Title: Homeless man returns diamond ring accidentally dropped into his change cup
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout ... -dropped-change-161705603.html
Published: Feb 14, 2013
Author: staff
Post Date: 2013-02-14 19:34:46 by Ferret Mike
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Views: 2030
Comments: 6
KCTV5 A homeless man who hit the jackpot in his change cup—a diamond ring—showed he had a heart of gold by returning it. The woman who accidentally dumped her engagement ring along with all the spare change in her wallet into the cup noticed the mistake long after she had given the pricey item to the Kansas City man, Billy Ray Harris. Sarah Darling, who hadn't meant to be quite that generous to the man on the street, explained to Kansas City, Mo.'s KCTV that "my rings were bothering me, so I put them in my coin purse." Darling said she didn't realize what she'd done until the next day. "I was so incredibly upset because, more than just the value of the ring, it had sentimental value," she said. Needless to say, Darling returned to the scene the next day. Harris told the station, "The ring was so big that I knew if it was real, it was expensive." He recalled, "She squatted down like you did like right there and says, ‘Do you remember me?' And I was like, ‘I don't know. I see a lot of faces.' She says, ‘I might have gave you something very valuable.' I said, ‘Was it a ring?' And she says, ‘Yeah.' And I said, ‘Well, I have it.'" Harris added that he wasn’t the type to cash in on someone’s misfortune. "My grandfather was a reverend. He raised me from the time I was 6 months old and thank the good Lord, it's a blessing, but I do still have some character," he said. Darling gratefully told the TV station, "It seemed like a miracle. I thought for sure there was no way I would get it back.” Harris did not go empty-handed: He again received money from Darling—this time all the bills she had in her wallet.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
$20's or $100's......
Whatever he got, he deserved, and is a far smaller amount than what the personal integrity he preserved is worth. He came out way ahead in this.
He came out way ahead in this. But it's not about him.....;} His ticket was punched a while ago.
$20's or $100's...... Doesn't make any difference what the total was,it was all she had on her. She had already proved her generosity the day before by giving him a little something. My best guess is this guy has been homeless for quite a while now,and it's all he knows and all he expects. It's his chosen lifestyle. Anybody who had only been homeless a couple of weeks would have already pawned that ring,obtained an address and some clean clothes,and be out looking for work. If you get a job and get back on your feet you can always get the ring out of pawn and go looking for her to give it back.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Just like a bankster. You assume it was all she had. That's alright....another Feel Good Story. Like the cop giving shoes to the 'homeless' guy, who then hid them because they put his life in danger. Note, there will be no follow up.....;}
Just like a bankster. And you are a greedy,selfish Marxist-type that is obsessed with class-warfare and terrified that somebody has something you don't have,and wants the government to take it from them and give it to you. If you had the balls you would be a dictator. Tell me,Karl. Why did she owe him anything,much less all she had? As far as that goes,YOU have so much more than that homeless man that if you had any character or honor at all you would be consistent enough to invite him into your own home to live and share everything you have with him. Go on,be a comrade,Karl!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
this time all the bills she had in her wallet.
#2. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
Whatever he got, he deserved, and is a far smaller amount than what the personal integrity he preserved is worth.
#4. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
this time all the bills she had in her wallet.
#5. To: sneakypete (#4)
by giving him a little something.
#6. To: mcgowanjm (#5)
by giving him a little something.
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