I think, deep down, we all know this, which is why a "good news" newspaper doesn't rate well.

Human nature or to say 80% of the population that will rubber neck to see tragic Auto Accidents etc. I keep my eye's forward, I don't care to see more of what I have already seen in my life.

Nothing gained to see more, it only pains me to use up space in my mind with gore.

kv

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/nicu-nurses-donate-mega-millions-winnings-to-colleagues-in-need

The alternative would’ve been splitting up $7,200, the amount after taxes, among 126 nurses, but instead of each getting $56 they decided to join together to make a bigger impact.

 

If you have flown recently then youy know the man in first class gave up an AWFUL lot.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/flor...-class-seat-for-baby-mom-en-route-to-hospital

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46602557

A family were left shocked to find their late elderly neighbour had left Christmas presents to give to their daughter for the next 14 years.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46602557

How can the neighbor be both late and elderly?

 

I have a friend who likes to restore VW Beetles for a hobby.... this story shows the company going beyond the call of duty:

Some of the restorations were obvious upgrades. For example, the stereo looks like the original but is now Bluetooth-compatible.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/customer-mcdonalds-drive-worker-car-lets-good-day/story?id=60581943

"I've got a surprise for you today," Ellis told her. "Come with me. ... Let's have a good day. ... Here's a title and here's a key. That black car is yours. I'll give it to ya!" ... "No way," Anderson can be heard saying on the video. "Thank you. God bless you."

 

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/02/07/hero-dog-save-owner-gas-leak/

Sadie’s owner added that she believes Sadie smelled the gas, started scratching frantically at the front door, before somehow nuzzling open the sliding door in the kitchen on her own.

How Sadie was able to figure out how to pry open the sliding door, Costello said she doesn’t know.

Ultimately she says cops called the local fire department and Con Ed. The gas was turned off and everything is now fine – thanks to the 11-year-old pit bull.

“You saved us,” the grateful owner said while embracing her dog.

 

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/02/07/hero-dog-save-owner-gas-leak/

Sounds like a case of people insisting on applying an explanation they want to believe instead of looking at the far more likely, but more mundane, explanation.

Yes, Sadie smelled the odorant in the gas, which is very unpleasant, even painful, to a dog's sensitive sense of smell, and so she was frantic to get out of the house, scratching at all of the doors. The sliding door was unlocked and, in scratching at it, it opened slightly and then she used her paws and nose to get it open enough to get out. Then, like many dogs when they get loose, she runs around free barking like crazy and when people start trying to catch her she does what many dogs do in that situation -- runs back home to where she felt safe.

A neighbor we had growing up worked for the utility company and when we described to him how our dog acted after we let some gas loose in the kitchen because the pilot light on our stove had gone out, he remarked that it was common for dogs to wake up homeowners when there's a gas leak because the odor is so obnoxious to many breeds. That same dog brought the dog catcher home on her heels on many occasions and not a single one of them constituted trying to bring help back home -- that was just her being obnoxious after jumping the fence.

 

Sounds like a case of people insisting on applying an explanation they want to believe instead of looking at the far more likely, but more mundane, explanation.

Yes, Sadie smelled the odorant in the gas, which is very unpleasant, even painful, to a dog's sensitive sense of smell, and so she was frantic to get out of the house, scratching at all of the doors. The sliding door was unlocked and, in scratching at it, it opened slightly and then she used her paws and nose to get it open enough to get out. Then, like many dogs when they get loose, she runs around free barking like crazy and when people start trying to catch her she does what many dogs do in that situation -- runs back home to where she felt safe.

A neighbor we had growing up worked for the utility company and when we described to him how our dog acted after we let some gas loose in the kitchen because the pilot light on our stove had gone out, he remarked that it was common for dogs to wake up homeowners when there's a gas leak because the odor is so obnoxious to many breeds. That same dog brought the dog catcher home on her heels on many occasions and not a single one of them constituted trying to bring help back home -- that was just her being obnoxious after jumping the fence.

Regardless of the analysis, it is still pretty amazing the the dog was able to get the door open and then for some reason ran through the streets barking up a storm, which led to saving the life of the owner.

Bet you took all the fun out of every episode of Lassie too.

 

Mundane explanations don't null spectacular results. The survival instincts of the animal quite possibility saved them all. The needed total sequence of mundane events in the chain (danger, warning others, no danger) could have gone off the path to warning others in many places.

 

Mundane explanations don't null spectacular results. The survival instincts of the animal quite possibility saved them all. The needed total sequence of mundane events in the chain (danger, warning others, no danger) could have gone off the path to warning others in many places.

Well, mundane or not ... rational or emotional ... I say that all's well that ends well ...

 

Well, mundane or not ... rational or emotional ... I say that all's well that ends well ...

Dogs can do some incredible things.

 

Regardless of the analysis, it is still pretty amazing the the dog was able to get the door open and then for some reason ran through the streets barking up a storm, which led to saving the life of the owner.

Saved the life of the owner?

How?

Costello, who was not home at the time,

If the owner had been home, the dog probably would have woken her up with all her frantic antics -- which would have been wonderful and great.

Bet you took all the fun out of every episode of Lassie too.

Yep, pretty much. From a very early age I got tired pretty quickly of all the, "What is it, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down the well? Again?" type moments in all those shows.

 

From a very early age I got tired pretty quickly of all the, "What is it, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down the well? Again?"

What a sad, intellectually precocious childhood you must have had...

 

Saved the life of the owner?

How?



If the owner had been home, the dog probably would have woken her up with all her frantic antics -- which would have been wonderful and great.



Yep, pretty much. From a very early age I got tired pretty quickly of all the, "What is it, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down the well? Again?" type moments in all those shows.

Owner comes home. Does not notice the odor at first, turns on a switch . Boom! Certainly helped to save the house anyway.

 

Owner comes home. Does not notice the odor at first, turns on a switch . Boom! Certainly helped to save the house anyway.

Possible. Never said it wasn't a very fortunate turn of events. But I still take exception to the inevitable jump to the conclusion that this dog intentionally set out to draw attention to itself for the purpose of bringing authorities back to the house.

 

What a sad, intellectually precocious childhood you must have had...

Actually, if anything it was much more satisfying -- or entertaining, anyway -- for my dad and I to watch a movie or show and pick it apart mercilessly.

Not to say that it was necessarily entertaining for anyone else in the room, but WE sure had a good time!

 

Actually, if anything it was much more satisfying -- or entertaining, anyway -- for my dad and I to watch a movie or show and pick it apart mercilessly.

Not to say that it was necessarily entertaining for anyone else in the room, but WE sure had a good time!

Well, I never expected to put this in words but my father doing precisely that was not funny. Not at all. Go figure...

 

I think some of the most touching good news are from the animal world...