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Tonight My wife and I went out to dinner at longhorn steakhouse in Port St.lucie, FL. After leaving the restaurant we headed over to target to grab a few thing's for the road tomorrow. When I drive my corvette I always park it way out in the parking lot in hope's that no one hits it. As I exited the vehicle I was approached by a decently dressed guy who asked if we had a heart in us and could possibly put him in a cheap hotel so he can shower, shave and get a good night's rest. I told him I would discuss it with my wife while we shopped and that if he hung around I would give him a yes or no answer. As we were leaving I seen him sitting on the curb near my car and I kept my word and told him that I would pay for a hotel but he would have to walk to the hotel and I would pay for it with my credit card. He agreed. The nearest hotel is a 1/2 mile away and the hotel cost was $139 per night. It costed me $158.76 after taxes and fee's. Anyway for some reason I decided to wait until the guy got there because I wanted to get his name and even order him some pizza from Domino's which is nearby as well. Since this is on my card and they keep it on file for 24 hours in case of damages or theft of room items I wanted to make sure that he was not going to ransack the room and I even told the desk chick he could NOT charge my card for anything. I spent 40 minutes talking to this guy to find out why he was homeless, and believe this or not the story is below.
The guy's name is Harold Gutherie, He is from Joplin, MO and he told me the reason he was temporarily homeless. He said in 2006 his wife got cancer and financially it drained them with medical expenses, His mom also had cancer in remission. After his wife passed away he went to move into his mom's house because of the foreclosure. He and his wife of 6 year's had no kids. in November 2014 his mom's cancer exploded and she passed away in late November. The home she lived in was in a trust and the lawyer who held the trust was the beneficiary of the trust and will. The lawyer in return put the house on the market and kicked the son to the curb in mid December. Now Harold had a job working as a 'Process Server' for a private company out of Joplin, MO. On December 20th his job laid him off only 8 day's after he was evicted from his mother's home. He has traveled from Missouri to Florida to stay with friend's who live in Fort Lauderdale '100 miles south of Port St. Lucie). Interesting story for sure. Now you know when you talk to people thing's go from one thing to the next. Here is the incredible part and I believe it was god sent. We were talking about all sorts of things and he mentioned that he played computer games year's ago and last played in 2000-2001. His all time favorite game is QUAKE, and he told me he use to play on Cafe Quake and Netdoor under the name 'Jumper'. This is when he went to college for his engineering degree. I'm telling you this is a small world and it's a weird one to meet someone who is down on their luck and an EX-Quake player. He said he remember's some people and of course two of my old clan mates [NP]-Poppy**** and [NP]-Neptune. I never gave him money, He said his friends are living paycheck to paycheck and could not help him out so he hitchhiked all the way here and they will be picking him up in the afternoon tomorrow.
Helping someone is not always my thing. But together we can all pay it forward one time or another.
The guy's name is Harold Gutherie, He is from Joplin, MO and he told me the reason he was temporarily homeless. He said in 2006 his wife got cancer and financially it drained them with medical expenses, His mom also had cancer in remission. After his wife passed away he went to move into his mom's house because of the foreclosure. He and his wife of 6 year's had no kids. in November 2014 his mom's cancer exploded and she passed away in late November. The home she lived in was in a trust and the lawyer who held the trust was the beneficiary of the trust and will. The lawyer in return put the house on the market and kicked the son to the curb in mid December. Now Harold had a job working as a 'Process Server' for a private company out of Joplin, MO. On December 20th his job laid him off only 8 day's after he was evicted from his mother's home. He has traveled from Missouri to Florida to stay with friend's who live in Fort Lauderdale '100 miles south of Port St. Lucie). Interesting story for sure. Now you know when you talk to people thing's go from one thing to the next. Here is the incredible part and I believe it was god sent. We were talking about all sorts of things and he mentioned that he played computer games year's ago and last played in 2000-2001. His all time favorite game is QUAKE, and he told me he use to play on Cafe Quake and Netdoor under the name 'Jumper'. This is when he went to college for his engineering degree. I'm telling you this is a small world and it's a weird one to meet someone who is down on their luck and an EX-Quake player. He said he remember's some people and of course two of my old clan mates [NP]-Poppy**** and [NP]-Neptune. I never gave him money, He said his friends are living paycheck to paycheck and could not help him out so he hitchhiked all the way here and they will be picking him up in the afternoon tomorrow.
Helping someone is not always my thing. But together we can all pay it forward one time or another.
Thanks again for the great story and kind gesture! 
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