Dan Wilson

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@Queen_9_0 Yeah. Throw out your own fast food wrappers. Born in a barn? Entitle much?

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@pickover Mom on background holding daughter's hand has only 3 fingers. And the mom and son's arms merge!

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@Alina_Malina999 @historyinmemes You ever been to the 1960's? Don't talk about what you don't know about.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Damn.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@KickOlm @PFF ... except he keeps on getting 'lucky', until it ain't luck.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@Jamal05609349 @packergirl1265 @NFL Jahdae all day. Fresh up from the squad. Clutch.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@n8kidschiro @NFL Nixon is mugging Moore man.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@redslates @archeohistories Servants ate and drank as well, apparently. Good for them!

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@NHLBlackhawks What about that thug Trouba on the Ducks? He has been headhunting since his days with the Rangers. I'd like to see somebody drop gloves with that walking-intent-to-injure!

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

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1) "When 79-year-old George retired, he didn’t buy a golf club or a hammock. He hung a handmade sign in his garage window: “Broken things? Bring ’em here. No charge. Just tea and talk.”

His neighbors in the faded mill town of Maple Grove thought he’d lost it. “Who fixes stuff for free?” grumbled the barber. But George had a reason. His wife, Ruth, had spent decades repairing torn coats and cracked picture frames for anyone who knocked. “Waste is a habit,” she’d say. “Kindness is the cure.” She’d died the year before, and George’s hands itched to mend what she’d left behind.

The first visitor was 8-year-old Mia, dragging a plastic toy truck with a missing wheel. “Dad says we can’t afford a new one,” she mumbled. George rummaged through his toolbox, humming. An hour later, the truck rolled again—this time with a bottle cap for a wheel and a stripe of silver duct tape. “Now it’s custom ,” he winked. Mia left smiling, but her mother lingered. “Can you… fix a résumé?” she asked. “I’ve been stuck on the couch since the factory closed.”

By noon, George’s garage buzzed. A widow brought a shattered clock (“My husband wound it every Sunday”). A teen carried a leaky backpack. George fixed them all, but he didn’t work alone. Retired teachers proofread résumés. A former seamstress stitched torn backpacks. Even Mia returned, handing him a jar of jam: “Mom says thanks for the job interview.”

Then came the complaint.

“Unlicensed business,” snapped the city inspector. “You’re violating zoning laws.”

Maple Grove’s mayor, a man with a spreadsheet heart, demanded George shut down. The next morning, 40 townsfolk stood on George’s lawn, holding broken toasters, torn quilts, and protest signs: “Fix the law, not just stuff!” A local reporter filmed a segment: “Is kindness illegal?”

The mayor caved. Sort of.

“If you want to ‘fix’ things, do it downtown,” he said. “Rent the old firehouse. But no guarantees.”

The firehouse became a hive. Volunteers gutted it, painted it sunshine yellow, and dubbed it “Ruth’s Hub.” Plumbers taught plumbing. Teenagers learned to darn socks. A baker swapped muffins for repaired microwaves. The town’s waste dropped by 30%.

But the real magic? Conversations. A lonely widow fixed a lamp while a single dad patched a bike tire. They talked about Ruth. About loss. About hope.

Last week, George found a note in his mailbox. It was from Mia, now 16, interning at a robotics lab. “You taught me to see value in broken things. I’m building a solar-powered prosthetic arm. PS: The truck still runs!”

Today, 12 towns across the state have “Fix-It Hubs.” None charge money. All serve tea.

Funny, isn’t it? How a man with a screwdriver can rebuild a world."

Let this story reach more hearts...

Credit: SYJ

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@Lynn7931 @sentdefender No Gulf of America.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@Simone_Biles What exactly is flawed?

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@DetroitRedWings @NHL Lol Kane and Abel! Irony not lost. Great players do great things. Go Kaner!

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

This take from the @PirateWires Daily 👇

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@LeahRemini Sorry Leah.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@JPo1369 Oh my. So sorry.

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@DonaldTNews Yes

[Dan Wilson @originaldanw]

@ajpierzynski12 A.J., would you like to be part of an ownership role in the team? Getting together a group for a purchase, I believe Jerry indicated that he would have some preliminary interest in selling.

[Kirk Byers @kirkbyers]

git amend and rebase interactive are valuable tools that I should have learned much earlier than I did...