Good deed for the day

On my drive home from work today it was windy and raining and traffic is all messed up because no one here seems to understand water on the road ways and they forget how to drive. There is a car following too closely behind me and car in front of me speeds up and slows down randomly. So I’ve given him a lead to avoid the whole hit the brakes suddenly because car in front decides he should be traveling 15mph slower about now... then speed up again four seconds later. I’m nearly home and crossing a bridge which is on my way and I see something blowing in the street. The car in front hits it, and it takes me a few seconds to identify the object because it’s wet and twisting and blowing around. As I pass the object it becomes clear to me what it is. However, because the car behind me is right on my bumper I have to drive past and go up to the next right and pull around the block and park. It took me maybe a minute to pull back around, by this time I don’t see the object where it was in the road. It’s dark so I think well maybe I just can’t see it, but I can’t leave this lying in the street. So I walk and walk still I don’t see the object in the road. Traffic keeps coming and I try to use the head lights of the cars to see where the object has gone. Then I see it, blown nearly the full length of the bridge away lying in a puddle, whipping around in the wind and the draft of every car which passed it. Finally, I reach it and I step into the bike lane and retrieve the object from the puddle. I give it a quick look and it seems to be okay but it’s dark. I can see it has grime and grit on it from the passing cars and can feel the grit on my hands. I quickly gather it up the best I can in the wind and light rain and return to my car at the other end of the bridge. When I get home I am able to give it a good inspection and see that there isn’t any damage and it is only dirty and just needs to be washed. So I checked the US Code to verify what I think is the proper procedure. My thoughts were correct in that it can be hand washed with a light detergent and then should be hung to dry and not put in a drier. Now I just have to figure out who to return Old Glory to in our City government. I’m pretty sure it’s the maintenance department. I sent them a message but haven’t heard back yet, but it is past normal business hours. I don’t know how long the flag had been blowing in the street or how many cars drove by it without stopping. But to be fair it was dark and wet and I only recognized it as the US flag as I passed it. Good deed for the day is done, now I can go back to being the horrible person you all know and love(or love to hate). Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, Invisible Don PS 3 / PS4 Gamer Tag: invisible don Invisible Don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015 Send me Post Cards … I love Post Cards