I haven’t to told this story to many, especially the man concerned, and he doesn’t do internet, so he will never know. It’s a couple of years back now, and this chap came to me needing help, he was trying to help a single parent who’s little boy was hyper active, and had broken the feet on their sofa by bouncing on it.
So this man’s mission was to make some steel feet for the sofa, he had some really thick steel washers which he had bolted together, but the diameter was too big. He knew I had a lathe, so I took on the task of machining these feet (It was a great fete) Whilst in the lathe the bolt came loose and I put it in the vice to tighten it, I reached up to get a spanner off the rack, and the vice containing the workpiece, fell off the bench onto my foot crushing my toe. I’m colour blind, I thought it was just oil on the floor, and finished the job, when I took off my shoe and sock I realised it wasn’t oil! In my defence the vice isn’t bolted to my bench, because I don’t have room for a permanent fixture, said vice is now on a tether.
So the moral of this story is help out if you can, accidents happen anyway, and I would do the same again. (The job that is, not the foot).
Then there’s the usual helping old ladies across the road, but sometimes they just stand there waiting for someone to bring them back! 😄
I have also been known to take thorns out of boy scouts hooves. 😄
I heard of a chap once who used to change peoples car tyres for free, he swore bricks lasted a lot longer than the tyres. He’s now helping the police with their enquiries, but it’s no use, he can’t tell the time either😄

All words Meadowhead Bard.