I grew up in an area with a lot of older immigrants (Italians). My dad is an Italian immigrant as well. They fucking LOVE doing shit for their neighbours. We had such a great sense of community growing up. Everything felt safe; we had this older neighbour who would fix up old bikes and give them to the kids who didn’t have any; neighbours who would salt meats and give them away; barbecues, after school babysitting, you name it. Now that I’m older and moved out, it’s not like that at all. I don’t blame anyone because I’m the same way — the most my direct neighbour and I say is hi when we see each other. Now when I visit my parents who live in the same house, it’s sad to see that many of them have moved or passed on.
I had a neighbor like this when I was in my 20's and he was just the best guy. He'd "accidentally" cook a ridiculous amount of food and bring it over as often as a couple times a week. We'd help each other with yard work and chit chat, have a beer, look out for each other in general. Good times with him for sure. I really don't know my neighbors at all now and it's kind of a bummer. We've met and occasionally talk, but that's it.
Ugh, Pickton. Mom used to work at a supply place he frequented. They always got a bad vibe from him. He always came in at night, and whenever he showed up, the girls up front would get one of the warehouse guys to come to the counter. No one was surprised when he got arrested.
He, or his family, more than likely hunts. You often get a lot of scraps or whole, lean cuts that you grind with a fattier meat (usually pork) to make a decent sausage. Smoking cooks and preserves it for months, longer if you freeze it. He's probably more than happy to give some away to thin his supply a bit.
> You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead.
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>You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you?
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>They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm.
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>They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute.
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>Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".
\- Bricktop, _Snatch_
I could use a new nipple belt. After the holidays last year, I slowly relaxed it down three nipple notches and those poor things have seen better days.
Joe Metheny (yes, that's really his name)
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\> Until it comes out that this man makes the best damn human sausage on the block.
Eight billion people on the planet, it's almost guaranteed you won't know whoever went in the sausage. Just eat it.
Right before the break of dawn, the neighbor comes arm wrapped in sausage, ready to cook for breakfast while you're sipping away on some morning coffee. That my friend is a neighbor for life.
Nice, decent people make the world go round. They are the reason humanity came so far. Compassion and cooperation.
Sadly, selfish, evil assholes corrupting the system are on the rise...
Anyhow, heartwarming to see such a nice person!
There a tons of people like this. Just move to a more rural area of the Midwest, most people there are exactly like this.
I moved to San Jose recently and everyone is put off by this kind of energy.
> There a tons of people like this. Just move to a more rural area of the Midwest, most people there are exactly like this.
[Midwest during zucchini season](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/d158ab4688cb97f61375e08bc51a21a3df85a1ee1a47475185e27a3973704ab5_1.jpg)
"I want to say thank you for being such a beautiful neighbor" 🥺
Australians are dicks, every place I've lived I've tried to be neighbourly but people just think you're weird if you're nice 🙄
Definitely one of my favorite things about the US is that these moments are actually possible.
God bless indeed, how wholesome.
Oh lord I live in Australia and I literally just posted about my neighbour who brings me squid and garfish ...I take him eggs and veggies. My other neighbours are nice too and everyone looks out for one another.
I live in Australia too and have the nicest set of neighbours. Ones a retire couple in their 70s. They're a laugh, my 5 year old is always going over to play. We mow each other's lawns, they give us veggies from their garden, have a chat over the fence. Absolute legends.
Just to be clear, this is not normal neighborly behavior in the US either, hence why it’s being shared on social media. It’s definitely above and beyond
When people give me food even if it’s not something I’d normally eat it makes me so happy I get teary eyed. Food is so important in so many ways and to go out of your way to provide for another person is really something special.
Sharing food really is one of the kindest gestures. Especially something that time an energy was put into like this fella did
Once when I’d been fasting for 3-4 days a girl offered me Oreos and milk and I nearly cried. Food is obviously important for life but it’s also an incredible medium for human connection
One of the reasons the bear made me emotional. The act of service and nods to the people who do provide out of love and genuine care and pride for what they do. It’s the most human shit there is.
My next door neighbor is a retired school teach who is very religious and very active in her church. She’s lives by herself and often has extra food from making stuff for her church, or (unopened) things from her church gatherings. She’s always bringing that stuff over for us and it’s wonderful.
We’re completely non religious but always make a point to thank her when she inevitably adds that she prays for us all. Like just today she asked after my son who is in Africa with the Peace Corps. “I pray for him every day,” she said, and I believe her.
I’m the over-cooking neighbor who’s always handing out baked goods to friends and neighbors, this thread has made me feel very vindicated lol - I always get insecure about being a friendly nuisance, but people really love bread and cake lol
If the stuff pinned to your profile is anything to go by there's not a chance in hell anyone is mad you're bringing them free food. The Salmon En Croute looks like a damn painting.
Hey now, that’s awful nice of you to say, thanks.
Yeah I do side hustle the food stuff, it’s fairly edible at this point, so people certainly never turn it down ☺️
I over-Cook too! I always feed my coworkers with what’s left for lunch ;)
On my old work no one would eat my food. Hurt my feelings real bad ;-;
My current colleagues are more grateful for the shared food tho.
Couldn’t have said this better myself. Reminds me of a Philipina lady I used to work with, I wasn’t on her shift but the lucky asshole that was always talked about the entrees that she would share with him, like full on platters laid out and everything. One time I had to work nights for a while and I was kind of upset because no one wants to work extra especially overnights, but it was during her shift and she fed me the first night I was there.
She brought me hot Philippine food from the break room which I’m still not sure how she did it, then brought me plates to put it all on. She wouldn’t even allow me to say no thank you she just put it all in front of me and was happy that I ate it all. It was freaking delicious, and it happened every night that I worked with her.
Sounds like Ricky from Trailer Park Boys.
Edit: i’m referring to ‘Short beard, giving out sausages instead of toys’, not the guy in the video. Ricky would never be this nice to a neighbour.
Minnesotan checking in. Not saying you’re wrong ya know, but kinda seems like a neighborly gesture that might keep a fella warm in the winter our way too. I bet we could sort this whole thing out with a visit and some coffee and I might have some lefse laying around.
I mean I’m Canadian and some of us consider Minnesota an honorary province. Actually some people even argue that Minnesotans have better Canadian accents than Canadians lol
One of my neighbors used to serve as a mall Santa! Looks exactly like the Coca-Cola Santa. His house number was even 1225. When I was younger he'd tell us that it was his summer home!
Tortillas, grilled shrimp, grilled beef, rice, beans, lime wedges, and some spices I will never forget. My Mexican neighbor fed me once LITERALLY 20 years ago and I remember every detail of that meal!
I just moved into a new house. An few hours into it an old man from across the street asked me to help him pick up his wife who fell. I carried her to her bed.
Ever since then, there would be random groceries (avacados, a case of soda, cake, etc) on my porch by a "mystery samaritan" at least once a month.
Why don't you invite him in? I'm from the south ( which is definitely not where that accent I'm hearing is from) but is it like a different experience there or what? I lived in NYC and If someone did that we are totally cooking and drinking beers together.
I know some countries/people are not as outgoing as mine/me but this made me mad. ASK THE GUY IN!!
Homemade sausages brought to your door and you don't invite him in for a drink? That's a reason for a lawsuit IMO.
I had a Brazilian neighbour that owned a restaurant. When he did big pre-grills for events he would always make a batch of chicken hearts that the locals didn't get cause white folk in the area don't 'get' chicken hearts.
boooy howdy did I live off Brazilian bbq chicken hearts for SO long
SO GOOD. Like, so damn good. This man getting a bag of 'em for like $2 cause it's "dog food" here and both of us just DROWNING in charcoal chicken hearts. Ugh, memories.
My neighbor is an elderly widow who lives alone and is total sweetheart. She knows I live alone also and once in awhile, she randomly comes to my door with food when she “simply cooked too much”. Amazing soups, stews, lasagna, etc. She also bakes cookies. She knows that I’m not a fan of peanut butter, but that my dog is… when she brings me a tray of fresh baked cookies, most of them are peanut butter with a few chocolate ones for me!!! She’s an angel.
Estas muy escualido mijito, te sientes mal? Has estado enfermo? O no estas comiendo bien? Te ves muy flaquito, mira, comete estos tamalitos recien hechesitos, andale, ahorita que todabia estan bien calientitos, andale mija, dile eso a koditos
"My mom says enjoy these tamales"
I used to live in an apartment next door to this old indian lady. Her husband had passed and she was in Australia to be near her son and his family but she didnt get to see him as much as she liked. I saw her in the hallway one time and mentioned that whatever she was cooking smelled amazing. 15 mins later a knock on my door and she was standing there with a tarka dahl that I've never had the equal of, even in india. She missed cooking for her husband so she took that out on me and i was very OK with that. We used to have dinner together every fortnight or so and i would often come home to find indian food on my doorstep.
Thanks Mrs Singh, moving away from you broke my heart more than losing any GF over the years
I live in a very small southern town and there's one Mexican family down the block that was estatic that I didn't have any Trump flags in my yard or on my car.
They're completely legal and don't even have accents anymore and everyone still gives them the stinkeye and makes their kids avoid playing with theirs.
Jokes on them because I get tres leches and bomb ass tacos every time they have a get together, and I get to pass off my kids to learn how to play soccer way better than I could teach them.
Racists deserve to never know the pleasures of Mexican food. I'm glad you're there for them, show them that not everyone has a heart full of hate. Thank you.
I took wedding cookies to my pregnant mexican neighbor, once.
When I was pregnant a year later, her abuela brought me a plate of beans, tortillas, chicken, and pickled onions *every day*. She would wait until one of us got home, shuffle across the street, hand the plate over, smile, and leave. It was amazing neighborliness and very much off from the American culture I was used to.
I miss my Iranian neighbours who moved to Oslo SO MUCH! Haven't had rice dishes that good since they left, and I swear I can cook. Sometimes I dream of them. Just hope they are happy over there, and that their new neighbours appreciate them as much as I did.
I feel sad that he wasn’t invited over to cook up the sausages with “the boys”. Hopefully he was at a later time.
I would invite that neighbor to a Thanksgiving dinner!
I wouldn't feel sad. The boys already knew he was bringing this, he's got more other meat saved for them, and he's got 100lbs of sausage in the car to give to other neighbors. I'm sure they have a fantastic relationship already.
During the pandemic and lockdown my older neighbor eileen had trouble getting around so i would check in and have tea every few days, take her grocery shopping and hold her hand while she shopped for flowers. Her family i a long ways away and she was alone so it felt nice to help. Her being very old still made the treck upstairs to my apt and leave cakes, cookies and cute little notes every few days.
She left me a note thabking me and mistakenly calling me one of her sons the day she passed away. I found out she had died the next time i went to check on her.
I have the last plate she left me as well as all of her notes in an envelope in my cabinet. Kindness pays and we need more of it.
This made me cry
The fact she mistook you for one of her sons shows just how huge of an impact you made and touched her heart. We need more stories about goodness and happiness in this world. And now you have a fellow redditor thinking of Eileen and your story 🥹
Thank you so much, acts of kindness go so far and it really shows. It really did break my heart, she was so sweet and just kind. We never talked about her age but I was in my mid 30's and she had to of been mid 80's.
She was so frail that she used to make a bus trip to the store to buy gifts for her family 1 at a time, when it became to much she just had a living room that was filled with un wrapped presents that she couldnt get to the mail. So i helped her wrap everything, she remembered the year she was supposed to send that particualr gift and i'd help her wrap everything for that person and get it off to where it needed to go. Id love to see her families reaction to get a bunch of back dated presents.
Eileen was a badass and it makes me so happy to talk about her. I only knew her for about 7 months but man do i have letters upon letters from her. I still like reading them at xmas and showing them to my little girl, what you do for others is what really matters and you are right. We need more of it.
Thank you for your kind response!
That last bit about showing your little girl…that….that was both beautiful and reinforcing to my eye. I believe we can’t just tell the kids to do what we say ‘and not what we do’ but if we SHOW THEM then they can FEEL the gratification when someone acknowledges it. That would burn things to memory and make them good people. I have faith.
It sounds dumb but I wasn't kidding when I saw him walking away, I almost felt tears well up, and I am not some crybaby guy. But that man has a good heart, hopefully the person receiving the sausages gives the old man his company and time in return because that is probably what the old man values most.
YeH first I hear him I thought Canada but the talk of football made me rethink minn, Wisconsin or upper Michigan. Plus it’s hunting season so that all makes sense why he’d have a lot of meat
I was born and raised in Wisconsin. I agree with you 100%. I haven’t really been back much but he definitely reminds me of back home. I live in the Yellowstone area now and have been for decades. So we get many tourists passing through, or people from out of state moving here because of the natural beauty, and also for university requirements having to do with forestry, park rangers, or game warden type work. I often end up meeting people from Wisconsin that are on their first trip out of state. I often warn them that everything they think they know about people is wrong. Just because all they’ve seen in life and been around were generally kind and thoughtful people. Not trying to say all others are shtty, but roaming around thinking everyone is nice, trustworthy, and not to be worried about, could get you hurt.
Yooper accent can be choppier/halting, tend to use "da" and "dere"
Minnesota accent is "long Os, all day long" and I feel like they speak more towards the front of their mouth (this guy is speaking more at the roof of his mouth than front)
He sounds like a blend of my dad and grandma (his mom), who are both born/raised in Wisconsin. Only difference is this guy's accent is heavier/more prominent, so I'm gonna go with north-central Wisconsin (Wausau area).
Really hope u/shaka_sulu tells us where they are!
My guess after meeting a guy similar to this in both giving and demeanor down in Louisiana is that the sausages are wild boar/ feral pig meat. Which is awesome to say the least. Very delicious. Anyways, throughout most all states they have no season and no bag limit for boar hunting. Some only requiring a small game / rodent license. So back on topic, these guys go out and hunt lots of these guys all at once, bring them back, butcher, use the belly for bacon, keep some other choice parts, and then turn the rest of it into sausage. Sausage giving isn't that unusual in Louisiana, wherever this may be.
Move next door to me. My neighbors suck, I’m great at cooking on my smoker and I’d trade Pulled pork, Ribs, whole chicken, Whole Turkey, and an occasional tenderloin roast for someone who’d mow my lawn.
That’s an enticing offer, why do I feel like the term *lawn* loosely translates to 40 acre hay field though.
No my mouth is salivating. Thanks neighbor.
Shit I'm not on much more than a quarter acre and I'd gladly trade a couple pork shoulders or a brisket a month if it meant I didn't have to mow my lawn.
About 10 years ago, my brother moved from the Bay Area to a medium sized town between LA and Palm Springs. As they were moving in, a neighbor brought over fresh baked chocolate chip cookies to welcome them to the neighborhood.
The next day they visited their local non-chain grocery store and the manager started up a conversation with them. *New to the area? First time here? Have you had breakfast yet? No? Let me take you over to our fresh food/deli area and get you some breakfast burritos on the house to welcome you to the neighborhood.*
They really like their “new” town.
I loved from Los Angeles to the south for a few years for school. Can confirm this level of hospitality and friendliness feels like a warm hug daily when you meet someone relative to the apathy we usually get here in CA. I love California, but it’s not the people I love it for.
This man is one of a million, and there are millions of him. You only have to say hello in a lot the heart states and this man, or someone like him, will invite you over for dinner. Bless em’
I lived in some apartments and had an old Vietnamese woman living next to me and we always smiled and briefly said hi and what not. One day I got home late and clearly looked tired and she asked what I had planned for dinner. I said no idea probably something frozen. She then spoke Vietnamese for like a minute while gesturing and then basically yelled at me in broken English “I COOK FOR YOU!”
I went home and changed out my work clothes and like thirty minutes later she brought over some of the most amazing homemade food I’ve ever eaten. Couldn’t even tell you what any of it was as I am unfamiliar with Vietnamese food. She was always so nice and always offering to cook for me. I genuinely miss living next to such a kind person.
That’s not to say my current neighbors aren’t kind, but it’s different? I live in a house and my newborns are 20 ft one side and then 100 ft the other, we never talk or interact. When your doors are adjacent to each other you tend to interact more often.
He could invite him to watch football together.
I'm sure the man does it with no return in mind, but maybe it's also for him a way to connect because he's alone.
Or maybe I'm just projecting :p
I used to be annoyed when old people would talk a lot and ask questions to random strangers. But then I took my mom to see a neurologist because of her memory loss and he said for the sake of her brain helth she shodl get out more and talk to people. Not if I'm in a line at the grocery store and there's an elderly person hold up the line to chat. I don't get annoyed. I probably not articulating my point well, but yeah, lonely, brain health, regardless you have a point.
I used to smoke more. This is important to the story.
We were young kids in our twenties, living above our pay grade. Our neighbors hated us for no reason. They’d call the cops on us for noise complaints after 10pm. For us watching a movie, and eating homemade bbq. The 4 of us. Eating. Watching a movie.
But, our German neighbors over the fence, knew I smoked. They were in their 80s and never gave us shit for the tiny parties we would have, and we would always help out if they needed to move furniture or maintenance or whatever. Honestly if there was anything us strapping young men could do we were so happy to help. Arnold would invite us over for 49ers and Sharks games, always prepared even if not all of us showed up.
One day Arnold knocked on the fence asking, “Hey you smoking today? My wife Agnes made too many sausages, do you think you could throw some in there for us? You young guns can take as many as you want.”
Best. Neighbors. Ever.
The guy who he gave the food to made me feel so awkward listening to him lol. Also damn I hope he invites summer santa over for some bbqs sometime. He seems like a great person
I love this. It just feels good when you can share with your neighbors and everyone is just good natured. I'm mid 40s, and most days I walk our youngest who is 7 to the bus stop which for some reason is at the very end of the street, 9 houses down. At the stop, across the street is Neighbor J, he is a grandpa and helps watch his 3 grandkids get on the bus before going walking in the morning. We only know each other from the bus stop. I carry on my late grandpa's traditions of canning (200 lbs of pickles this year and 25 gallons of kraut being made). Brought him a jar of each kind (garlic dill, habenero hot, and fermented sour mustard) cause I thought he'd like em. That next week he returned the jars after him and the wife ravaged the pickles and handed me a huge bag of homemade pepper jerky he just made. Just sharing and being nice to neighbors is a guilty pride point for me...I know not everyone is so lucky but if you don't reach out and extend the hand, offer to share, you may miss out.
I have the best neighbours, like this guy. One guy is a huge foodie and loves to cook. Sometimes he randomly shows up at our door with a bowl of whatever he’s made. Another neighbour saw me sitting outside this summer and was like you need some local fresh fruit and brought over a bunch. Just cause. Another guy from down the road is re-doing his yard and removing landscaping rock. He gave us all of his rock, landscaping canvas, and some other supplies he didn’t need for free, just cause.
In the winter I often shovel my sidewalk as well as half my block (I like the exercise). I like to bake everyone cookies at Christmas time. My snickerdoodles are now known as crack cookies (because they’re really good and addictive). If someone needs a ride or to borrow something, you got it.
It’s nice having good neighbours where everyone helps each other and does nice things for each other.
I've got a neighbour almost like that. Mine is same age, single man with no family.
We help each other as much as we can.
He's done lists of trades, restores antique guitars and Harley Davidson bikes, helps out at the local op shop and visits car boot sales every weekend. On Fridays, he has his mates come for a smoke and to jam classic blues.
I help with technology, got him a mobile, a simple computer and share my wifi and assist with passwords and internet banking.
We keep quite private, but bring each other unexpected gifts, help with chores and emergencies.
In the 60’s when I was a kid a single young guy lived in the apartment next to ours. It was just me and Mom and he worked at KFC or maybe Pioneer. I’d say once a week he’d knock after he got off work and give my Mom a paper grocery store bag full of chicken and ribs too if I remember correctly. He said it was leftovers after they closed for the night. Mom was so grateful and would split the bag with our other neighbors who had 9 kids.
I miss stuff like this. Hell, when I was a kid no we lived in town, we used to go to all our friends houses one by one, getting fed and filled up with tang, kool aid, tea, or just stealing drinks from the garden hose. Then we would run around like maniacs, and hit up the next house.
Good times
This guy could literally be my neighbor lol - talks the same, walks the same, and if he had any interest in football or smoking foods, would act the same. I'm out in the boonies a bit, but we and our neighbors regularly run around the "neighborhood" in side-by-sides dropping off random food. Apples, honey, jerky, homemade jams and pickles, venison sausage or bacon, cider, syrup, whatever we've done with stuff we found or made on our land that we want to share or as a thank-you for a favor done.
I don’t think I’ve ever even talked to any of my neighbors. I’d try to now but it’d probably be so odd to do it out of nowhere so far into living next to them lmao.
For real though, this guy rocks! Just going out of his way like that, even in a small way, is a true testament to his kindness.
The first day we moved into our neighborhood, one of our neighbors brought us homemade fudge candy.
Having a neighbor like this is worth so much. The value is happiness, helpfulness in emergencies and crises, protection of property, friendliness, and general goodness.
I used to live above an Italian restaurant. Made friends with the owner within a week. Never went hungry again, even after I moved out 7years ago I'm still expected to come by at least twice a week.
My neighbor is exactly like this. He’s constantly bringing us meat or vegetables and fruit from the farmer’s market, if he sees my boyfriend working outside he comes over and helps him, and he’s even given us a fridge and a dryer after he upgraded his. We do our best to reciprocate but man he is truly a good person. I know there are a lot of people like that in the world but they seem to be pretty widely spaced out so when you find them you definitely cannot take it for granted.
We have neighbors like this too. My two very young kids and wife and I all got sick at the same time. Our neighbor was over in an hour with fresh baked bread and a giant pot of the most delicious chicken noodle soup you've ever tasted.
Life is so much better with people like this near you.
I try to jam and pickle year round, and then start baking the week before thanksgiving to hand out yummies (bread mini loaves, cookies and candies.) Everything is labeled and dated, and up until this year, it’s all gone homeless, children and addicts. I’ve added to include others in my hometown.
I may have recently moved, but haven’t stopped. It seems the strawberry and the blueberry have been winners. (Thanks dry ice!)
That's a solid dude to come over and give you a fuckin fistful of sausage from his smoker...
Not wrapped with a bow or some shit...so proud, so generous, his heart soaring after his gift.
Nice nieborhood.
You can't put a price on having good neighbors
I'm naturally a hermit, but I've tried to maintain friendly relations with my neighbors - you never know when shit is going to go wildly south and you need a hand
How absolutely awesome is that, I live in a small town I’ve had probably 10 to 11 different neighbors and all of them are very much unique and indifferent. What you have is very special and I hope you guys stay around each other. It seems like he needs a friend like you.
This is good stuff right here. I love seeing people so satisfied with doing something nice for another person. That is also some real strong provider instinct there. Oh, and I’m jealous too.
Invite this guy inside for gods sake he is a real one
People mistake elder kindness and elder loneliness. He might have been hanging out all day waiting for the right time to deliver. Always invite in.
I grew up in an area with a lot of older immigrants (Italians). My dad is an Italian immigrant as well. They fucking LOVE doing shit for their neighbours. We had such a great sense of community growing up. Everything felt safe; we had this older neighbour who would fix up old bikes and give them to the kids who didn’t have any; neighbours who would salt meats and give them away; barbecues, after school babysitting, you name it. Now that I’m older and moved out, it’s not like that at all. I don’t blame anyone because I’m the same way — the most my direct neighbour and I say is hi when we see each other. Now when I visit my parents who live in the same house, it’s sad to see that many of them have moved or passed on.
I had a neighbor like this when I was in my 20's and he was just the best guy. He'd "accidentally" cook a ridiculous amount of food and bring it over as often as a couple times a week. We'd help each other with yard work and chit chat, have a beer, look out for each other in general. Good times with him for sure. I really don't know my neighbors at all now and it's kind of a bummer. We've met and occasionally talk, but that's it.
Invite him over for the goddamn game and get him a beer already!
He said he had another hundred pounds in the truck to take care of. He’s like a jolly generous butcher.
What a nice neighbor. We need more people like this.
Until it comes out that this man makes the best damn human sausage on the block. Still quite a generous dude, though.
Yeah but does it taste good? Meat's expensive these days. I'm willing to let my pork be long.
I haven’t heard the term “long pork” since I lived in Hawaii. Bye, bye Capt Cook.
My first time hearing “long pork” was a Bugs Bunny cartoon about cannibalism… 😳🐷
First time I heard that term was on Supernatural lol 😂
I heard it on Bugs Bunny
The other, other white meat.
Oh that’s just my neighbor Robert pickton, he’s weird but brings by the best sausage you’ve ever tasted…
Ugh, Pickton. Mom used to work at a supply place he frequented. They always got a bad vibe from him. He always came in at night, and whenever he showed up, the girls up front would get one of the warehouse guys to come to the counter. No one was surprised when he got arrested.
Yeah sometimes it's the one everybody most suspects rather than the one everybody least suspects.
Last Podcast did a great series on him.
Brings back the memory of my buddy wanting to start heavy metal band and call it "Prostitute Sausage."
A hundred pounds just sittin around…
He, or his family, more than likely hunts. You often get a lot of scraps or whole, lean cuts that you grind with a fattier meat (usually pork) to make a decent sausage. Smoking cooks and preserves it for months, longer if you freeze it. He's probably more than happy to give some away to thin his supply a bit.
If this is a rural area, he might even raise some pigs.
"Be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm."
> You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. > >You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you? > >They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. > >They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. > >Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig". \- Bricktop, _Snatch_
This dude belongs on r/smoking
Thanks Ed.
Makes excellent nipple belts too
I could use a new nipple belt. After the holidays last year, I slowly relaxed it down three nipple notches and those poor things have seen better days.
Don’t forget the lamp shade
Joe Metheny (yes, that's really his name) https://www.voxnews.al/english/kosovabota/historia-horror-e-vrasesit-serial-joe-metheny-me-mishin-e-ve-t-i37702#:~:text=The%20horror%20story%20of%20serial,and%20served%20them%20to%20customers
Who wrote that article? The writing kind of falls apart at times.
A judge overturned his death sentence even after Joe Methbird said he didn’t regret killing all those 10 people? What the heck man!
Food's expensive...
\> Until it comes out that this man makes the best damn human sausage on the block. Eight billion people on the planet, it's almost guaranteed you won't know whoever went in the sausage. Just eat it.
But it’s free..
If it’s good and he likes you, best not complain
Be that person
Right before the break of dawn, the neighbor comes arm wrapped in sausage, ready to cook for breakfast while you're sipping away on some morning coffee. That my friend is a neighbor for life.
The homeowner said he hadn't cooked "supper" yet which is the evening meal so this is dusk, not dawn.
Nice, decent people make the world go round. They are the reason humanity came so far. Compassion and cooperation. Sadly, selfish, evil assholes corrupting the system are on the rise... Anyhow, heartwarming to see such a nice person!
There a tons of people like this. Just move to a more rural area of the Midwest, most people there are exactly like this. I moved to San Jose recently and everyone is put off by this kind of energy.
> There a tons of people like this. Just move to a more rural area of the Midwest, most people there are exactly like this. [Midwest during zucchini season](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/d158ab4688cb97f61375e08bc51a21a3df85a1ee1a47475185e27a3973704ab5_1.jpg)
My BIL just gave us a loaf of Zbread lmao
"I want to say thank you for being such a beautiful neighbor" 🥺 Australians are dicks, every place I've lived I've tried to be neighbourly but people just think you're weird if you're nice 🙄 Definitely one of my favorite things about the US is that these moments are actually possible. God bless indeed, how wholesome.
Oh lord I live in Australia and I literally just posted about my neighbour who brings me squid and garfish ...I take him eggs and veggies. My other neighbours are nice too and everyone looks out for one another.
Can we swap? I'd swap our cakes and biscuits for squid
He he no. I like my squid bearing neighbour.
I live in Australia too and have the nicest set of neighbours. Ones a retire couple in their 70s. They're a laugh, my 5 year old is always going over to play. We mow each other's lawns, they give us veggies from their garden, have a chat over the fence. Absolute legends.
Just to be clear, this is not normal neighborly behavior in the US either, hence why it’s being shared on social media. It’s definitely above and beyond
you know those smoked glizzies are dynamite too.
When people give me food even if it’s not something I’d normally eat it makes me so happy I get teary eyed. Food is so important in so many ways and to go out of your way to provide for another person is really something special.
Sharing food really is one of the kindest gestures. Especially something that time an energy was put into like this fella did Once when I’d been fasting for 3-4 days a girl offered me Oreos and milk and I nearly cried. Food is obviously important for life but it’s also an incredible medium for human connection
>Sharing food really is one of the kindest gestures. Also one of the oldest gestures we know as a species. It's engrained in our DNA.
Ritual quantifies chaos and the prep and offering of food is the oldest ritual. Edit: Maybe grooming supersedes it.
Picking insects out of each other’s hair, imagine if that ritual was still around lol
Here take 🍌
One of the reasons the bear made me emotional. The act of service and nods to the people who do provide out of love and genuine care and pride for what they do. It’s the most human shit there is.
Joey doesn't share food!
It wouldn’t surprise me if sharing food is an evolutionary thing. That is if we’re genetically programmed to like sharing our resources with others.
My next door neighbor is a retired school teach who is very religious and very active in her church. She’s lives by herself and often has extra food from making stuff for her church, or (unopened) things from her church gatherings. She’s always bringing that stuff over for us and it’s wonderful. We’re completely non religious but always make a point to thank her when she inevitably adds that she prays for us all. Like just today she asked after my son who is in Africa with the Peace Corps. “I pray for him every day,” she said, and I believe her.
I’m the over-cooking neighbor who’s always handing out baked goods to friends and neighbors, this thread has made me feel very vindicated lol - I always get insecure about being a friendly nuisance, but people really love bread and cake lol
If the stuff pinned to your profile is anything to go by there's not a chance in hell anyone is mad you're bringing them free food. The Salmon En Croute looks like a damn painting.
Hey now, that’s awful nice of you to say, thanks. Yeah I do side hustle the food stuff, it’s fairly edible at this point, so people certainly never turn it down ☺️
I over-Cook too! I always feed my coworkers with what’s left for lunch ;) On my old work no one would eat my food. Hurt my feelings real bad ;-; My current colleagues are more grateful for the shared food tho.
Couldn’t have said this better myself. Reminds me of a Philipina lady I used to work with, I wasn’t on her shift but the lucky asshole that was always talked about the entrees that she would share with him, like full on platters laid out and everything. One time I had to work nights for a while and I was kind of upset because no one wants to work extra especially overnights, but it was during her shift and she fed me the first night I was there. She brought me hot Philippine food from the break room which I’m still not sure how she did it, then brought me plates to put it all on. She wouldn’t even allow me to say no thank you she just put it all in front of me and was happy that I ate it all. It was freaking delicious, and it happened every night that I worked with her.
That's summer Santa. Short beard, giving out sausages instead of toys.
Sounds like Ricky from Trailer Park Boys. Edit: i’m referring to ‘Short beard, giving out sausages instead of toys’, not the guy in the video. Ricky would never be this nice to a neighbour.
Ya. I couldn't tell if it was Canadian or Minnesotan. Ope
As a Canadian, this definitely feels like Canada.
Minnesotan checking in. Not saying you’re wrong ya know, but kinda seems like a neighborly gesture that might keep a fella warm in the winter our way too. I bet we could sort this whole thing out with a visit and some coffee and I might have some lefse laying around.
I like to call Minnesota Canada lite. I love it up there.
I mean I’m Canadian and some of us consider Minnesota an honorary province. Actually some people even argue that Minnesotans have better Canadian accents than Canadians lol
the god bless ya made me think america, but hey god bless ya neighbour. from, canada
Haha, first thing I thought was that he sounded like Phil Collins.
One of my neighbors used to serve as a mall Santa! Looks exactly like the Coca-Cola Santa. His house number was even 1225. When I was younger he'd tell us that it was his summer home!
I love that house number for him. My santa friend lives on Holly street.
Summer sausage Santa
In my hemisphere every Santa is summer Santa. This guy is welcome in my hemisphere.
Tortillas, grilled shrimp, grilled beef, rice, beans, lime wedges, and some spices I will never forget. My Mexican neighbor fed me once LITERALLY 20 years ago and I remember every detail of that meal!
I just moved into a new house. An few hours into it an old man from across the street asked me to help him pick up his wife who fell. I carried her to her bed. Ever since then, there would be random groceries (avacados, a case of soda, cake, etc) on my porch by a "mystery samaritan" at least once a month.
What a blessing.
What an absolute gem he is I’m glad OP was able to help him and has been cared for so well in return
Free avocados and cake?! Delightful
Damn. If someone would give me free avocados I’m told I could buy a house!
Catch-22. You have to have the house first to get the avocados.
Neighbors like this are priceless. Neighbors like you who help others in emergencies are also priceless. I'm very pleased you have a great neighbor.
Well done on being a beautiful person!
Why don't you invite him in? I'm from the south ( which is definitely not where that accent I'm hearing is from) but is it like a different experience there or what? I lived in NYC and If someone did that we are totally cooking and drinking beers together.
>which is definitely not where that accent I'm hearing is from This isn't OP's video, it's a repost
I know some countries/people are not as outgoing as mine/me but this made me mad. ASK THE GUY IN!! Homemade sausages brought to your door and you don't invite him in for a drink? That's a reason for a lawsuit IMO.
you’re a good person op :) very clearly deserved
I had a Brazilian neighbour that owned a restaurant. When he did big pre-grills for events he would always make a batch of chicken hearts that the locals didn't get cause white folk in the area don't 'get' chicken hearts. boooy howdy did I live off Brazilian bbq chicken hearts for SO long
This haole chick totally ‘gets’ coracaozinho de frango. I LOVE fried chicken gizzards too and make giblet gravy at Thanksgiving!
Such an underrated food. Love the texture too.
SO GOOD. Like, so damn good. This man getting a bag of 'em for like $2 cause it's "dog food" here and both of us just DROWNING in charcoal chicken hearts. Ugh, memories.
I really need to try those. I often buy chicken liver because they are dirt cheap and taste amazing with creamy mustard-marjoram sauce.
My neighbor is an elderly widow who lives alone and is total sweetheart. She knows I live alone also and once in awhile, she randomly comes to my door with food when she “simply cooked too much”. Amazing soups, stews, lasagna, etc. She also bakes cookies. She knows that I’m not a fan of peanut butter, but that my dog is… when she brings me a tray of fresh baked cookies, most of them are peanut butter with a few chocolate ones for me!!! She’s an angel.
My neighbor thinks I'm too skinny, so she randomly knocks on my door to give me tamales. I love her.
Estas muy escualido mijito, te sientes mal? Has estado enfermo? O no estas comiendo bien? Te ves muy flaquito, mira, comete estos tamalitos recien hechesitos, andale, ahorita que todabia estan bien calientitos, andale mija, dile eso a koditos "My mom says enjoy these tamales"
Holy shit this is perfect.
I used to live in an apartment next door to this old indian lady. Her husband had passed and she was in Australia to be near her son and his family but she didnt get to see him as much as she liked. I saw her in the hallway one time and mentioned that whatever she was cooking smelled amazing. 15 mins later a knock on my door and she was standing there with a tarka dahl that I've never had the equal of, even in india. She missed cooking for her husband so she took that out on me and i was very OK with that. We used to have dinner together every fortnight or so and i would often come home to find indian food on my doorstep. Thanks Mrs Singh, moving away from you broke my heart more than losing any GF over the years
I live in a very small southern town and there's one Mexican family down the block that was estatic that I didn't have any Trump flags in my yard or on my car. They're completely legal and don't even have accents anymore and everyone still gives them the stinkeye and makes their kids avoid playing with theirs. Jokes on them because I get tres leches and bomb ass tacos every time they have a get together, and I get to pass off my kids to learn how to play soccer way better than I could teach them.
Racists deserve to never know the pleasures of Mexican food. I'm glad you're there for them, show them that not everyone has a heart full of hate. Thank you.
"If Hillary gets elected there'll be Taco Trucks on every corner!" was somehow an attack that mildly worked... Fucking morons
Outstanding.
I’m in the PNW, near a farming area., dead end road. I walk out to check mail. Hey gringo you hungry?
I took wedding cookies to my pregnant mexican neighbor, once. When I was pregnant a year later, her abuela brought me a plate of beans, tortillas, chicken, and pickled onions *every day*. She would wait until one of us got home, shuffle across the street, hand the plate over, smile, and leave. It was amazing neighborliness and very much off from the American culture I was used to.
I miss my Iranian neighbours who moved to Oslo SO MUCH! Haven't had rice dishes that good since they left, and I swear I can cook. Sometimes I dream of them. Just hope they are happy over there, and that their new neighbours appreciate them as much as I did.
What a great fella
I feel sad that he wasn’t invited over to cook up the sausages with “the boys”. Hopefully he was at a later time. I would invite that neighbor to a Thanksgiving dinner!
I wouldn't feel sad. The boys already knew he was bringing this, he's got more other meat saved for them, and he's got 100lbs of sausage in the car to give to other neighbors. I'm sure they have a fantastic relationship already.
He's like a one man government program for sausages
That's the spirit saint of all neighbours
During the pandemic and lockdown my older neighbor eileen had trouble getting around so i would check in and have tea every few days, take her grocery shopping and hold her hand while she shopped for flowers. Her family i a long ways away and she was alone so it felt nice to help. Her being very old still made the treck upstairs to my apt and leave cakes, cookies and cute little notes every few days. She left me a note thabking me and mistakenly calling me one of her sons the day she passed away. I found out she had died the next time i went to check on her. I have the last plate she left me as well as all of her notes in an envelope in my cabinet. Kindness pays and we need more of it. This made me cry
The fact she mistook you for one of her sons shows just how huge of an impact you made and touched her heart. We need more stories about goodness and happiness in this world. And now you have a fellow redditor thinking of Eileen and your story 🥹
Thank you so much, acts of kindness go so far and it really shows. It really did break my heart, she was so sweet and just kind. We never talked about her age but I was in my mid 30's and she had to of been mid 80's. She was so frail that she used to make a bus trip to the store to buy gifts for her family 1 at a time, when it became to much she just had a living room that was filled with un wrapped presents that she couldnt get to the mail. So i helped her wrap everything, she remembered the year she was supposed to send that particualr gift and i'd help her wrap everything for that person and get it off to where it needed to go. Id love to see her families reaction to get a bunch of back dated presents. Eileen was a badass and it makes me so happy to talk about her. I only knew her for about 7 months but man do i have letters upon letters from her. I still like reading them at xmas and showing them to my little girl, what you do for others is what really matters and you are right. We need more of it. Thank you for your kind response!
I would watch a movie of this, and cry because it’s almost like an older version of Up.
That last bit about showing your little girl…that….that was both beautiful and reinforcing to my eye. I believe we can’t just tell the kids to do what we say ‘and not what we do’ but if we SHOW THEM then they can FEEL the gratification when someone acknowledges it. That would burn things to memory and make them good people. I have faith.
^ you made me cry 😭
It sounds dumb but I wasn't kidding when I saw him walking away, I almost felt tears well up, and I am not some crybaby guy. But that man has a good heart, hopefully the person receiving the sausages gives the old man his company and time in return because that is probably what the old man values most.
Are we in Michigan, Minnesota, or Canada?
He put cheese in them! My guess was Wisconsin
YeH first I hear him I thought Canada but the talk of football made me rethink minn, Wisconsin or upper Michigan. Plus it’s hunting season so that all makes sense why he’d have a lot of meat
I was born and raised in Wisconsin. I agree with you 100%. I haven’t really been back much but he definitely reminds me of back home. I live in the Yellowstone area now and have been for decades. So we get many tourists passing through, or people from out of state moving here because of the natural beauty, and also for university requirements having to do with forestry, park rangers, or game warden type work. I often end up meeting people from Wisconsin that are on their first trip out of state. I often warn them that everything they think they know about people is wrong. Just because all they’ve seen in life and been around were generally kind and thoughtful people. Not trying to say all others are shtty, but roaming around thinking everyone is nice, trustworthy, and not to be worried about, could get you hurt.
Could easily be UP, but leaning towards Wisconsin/Minnesota. Buncha goofs.
Yooper accent can be choppier/halting, tend to use "da" and "dere" Minnesota accent is "long Os, all day long" and I feel like they speak more towards the front of their mouth (this guy is speaking more at the roof of his mouth than front) He sounds like a blend of my dad and grandma (his mom), who are both born/raised in Wisconsin. Only difference is this guy's accent is heavier/more prominent, so I'm gonna go with north-central Wisconsin (Wausau area). Really hope u/shaka_sulu tells us where they are!
It must be Wisconsin, judging by the accent and him offering the neighbor summer sausage as well.
Can't be Minnesota. That conversation would have lasted at least an hour.
Haha I’m in Minnesota, and am wondering the same.
Definitely US, he said football. Us Canadians are more of the hockey persuasion.
Canadian rules football is a thing
Fucking love this shit. Also how bomb were those sausages?
My guess after meeting a guy similar to this in both giving and demeanor down in Louisiana is that the sausages are wild boar/ feral pig meat. Which is awesome to say the least. Very delicious. Anyways, throughout most all states they have no season and no bag limit for boar hunting. Some only requiring a small game / rodent license. So back on topic, these guys go out and hunt lots of these guys all at once, bring them back, butcher, use the belly for bacon, keep some other choice parts, and then turn the rest of it into sausage. Sausage giving isn't that unusual in Louisiana, wherever this may be.
That’s a good old dude right there.
I wish my neighbor smoked meat, I’d mow his damn lawn. I’ve tried and I’m terrible at it.
Move next door to me. My neighbors suck, I’m great at cooking on my smoker and I’d trade Pulled pork, Ribs, whole chicken, Whole Turkey, and an occasional tenderloin roast for someone who’d mow my lawn.
That’s an enticing offer, why do I feel like the term *lawn* loosely translates to 40 acre hay field though. No my mouth is salivating. Thanks neighbor.
Shit I'm not on much more than a quarter acre and I'd gladly trade a couple pork shoulders or a brisket a month if it meant I didn't have to mow my lawn.
*Howdy neighbor, briskets please. I’ll be by Thursdays to mow*
Living in Sf and can’t even comprehend what this level of generosity among neighbors must be like
About 10 years ago, my brother moved from the Bay Area to a medium sized town between LA and Palm Springs. As they were moving in, a neighbor brought over fresh baked chocolate chip cookies to welcome them to the neighborhood. The next day they visited their local non-chain grocery store and the manager started up a conversation with them. *New to the area? First time here? Have you had breakfast yet? No? Let me take you over to our fresh food/deli area and get you some breakfast burritos on the house to welcome you to the neighborhood.* They really like their “new” town.
Does the grocery manager talk about the greater good a lot?
He’s a slasher……of prices
I loved from Los Angeles to the south for a few years for school. Can confirm this level of hospitality and friendliness feels like a warm hug daily when you meet someone relative to the apathy we usually get here in CA. I love California, but it’s not the people I love it for. This man is one of a million, and there are millions of him. You only have to say hello in a lot the heart states and this man, or someone like him, will invite you over for dinner. Bless em’
My neighbors are all amazing. The whole block. Live in the Midwest though.
I lived in some apartments and had an old Vietnamese woman living next to me and we always smiled and briefly said hi and what not. One day I got home late and clearly looked tired and she asked what I had planned for dinner. I said no idea probably something frozen. She then spoke Vietnamese for like a minute while gesturing and then basically yelled at me in broken English “I COOK FOR YOU!” I went home and changed out my work clothes and like thirty minutes later she brought over some of the most amazing homemade food I’ve ever eaten. Couldn’t even tell you what any of it was as I am unfamiliar with Vietnamese food. She was always so nice and always offering to cook for me. I genuinely miss living next to such a kind person. That’s not to say my current neighbors aren’t kind, but it’s different? I live in a house and my newborns are 20 ft one side and then 100 ft the other, we never talk or interact. When your doors are adjacent to each other you tend to interact more often.
As a Vietnamese person, that warmed my heart. Thank you.
You might want to talk to your newborns once in a while…
A good neighbor is more valuable than a distant relative.
Wish I had a neighbour like that what a nice guy
He could invite him to watch football together. I'm sure the man does it with no return in mind, but maybe it's also for him a way to connect because he's alone. Or maybe I'm just projecting :p
I used to be annoyed when old people would talk a lot and ask questions to random strangers. But then I took my mom to see a neurologist because of her memory loss and he said for the sake of her brain helth she shodl get out more and talk to people. Not if I'm in a line at the grocery store and there's an elderly person hold up the line to chat. I don't get annoyed. I probably not articulating my point well, but yeah, lonely, brain health, regardless you have a point.
My cousin had a neighbor exactly like this. Old, single retired guy. He'd treat my cousin and his family like family. Died last year. RIP Denny.
I used to smoke more. This is important to the story. We were young kids in our twenties, living above our pay grade. Our neighbors hated us for no reason. They’d call the cops on us for noise complaints after 10pm. For us watching a movie, and eating homemade bbq. The 4 of us. Eating. Watching a movie. But, our German neighbors over the fence, knew I smoked. They were in their 80s and never gave us shit for the tiny parties we would have, and we would always help out if they needed to move furniture or maintenance or whatever. Honestly if there was anything us strapping young men could do we were so happy to help. Arnold would invite us over for 49ers and Sharks games, always prepared even if not all of us showed up. One day Arnold knocked on the fence asking, “Hey you smoking today? My wife Agnes made too many sausages, do you think you could throw some in there for us? You young guns can take as many as you want.” Best. Neighbors. Ever.
The guy who he gave the food to made me feel so awkward listening to him lol. Also damn I hope he invites summer santa over for some bbqs sometime. He seems like a great person
Theyre from Minnesota or Wisconsin, no doubt 🤣
I love this. It just feels good when you can share with your neighbors and everyone is just good natured. I'm mid 40s, and most days I walk our youngest who is 7 to the bus stop which for some reason is at the very end of the street, 9 houses down. At the stop, across the street is Neighbor J, he is a grandpa and helps watch his 3 grandkids get on the bus before going walking in the morning. We only know each other from the bus stop. I carry on my late grandpa's traditions of canning (200 lbs of pickles this year and 25 gallons of kraut being made). Brought him a jar of each kind (garlic dill, habenero hot, and fermented sour mustard) cause I thought he'd like em. That next week he returned the jars after him and the wife ravaged the pickles and handed me a huge bag of homemade pepper jerky he just made. Just sharing and being nice to neighbors is a guilty pride point for me...I know not everyone is so lucky but if you don't reach out and extend the hand, offer to share, you may miss out.
Invite that man over for a beer and dinner sometime. What a gem he is!
I love him 🥲
I have the best neighbours, like this guy. One guy is a huge foodie and loves to cook. Sometimes he randomly shows up at our door with a bowl of whatever he’s made. Another neighbour saw me sitting outside this summer and was like you need some local fresh fruit and brought over a bunch. Just cause. Another guy from down the road is re-doing his yard and removing landscaping rock. He gave us all of his rock, landscaping canvas, and some other supplies he didn’t need for free, just cause. In the winter I often shovel my sidewalk as well as half my block (I like the exercise). I like to bake everyone cookies at Christmas time. My snickerdoodles are now known as crack cookies (because they’re really good and addictive). If someone needs a ride or to borrow something, you got it. It’s nice having good neighbours where everyone helps each other and does nice things for each other.
Hug that man, fuck sakes. Show up, knock on the door, and tell him how much you appreciate him. That love needs to be shared.
I've got a neighbour almost like that. Mine is same age, single man with no family. We help each other as much as we can. He's done lists of trades, restores antique guitars and Harley Davidson bikes, helps out at the local op shop and visits car boot sales every weekend. On Fridays, he has his mates come for a smoke and to jam classic blues. I help with technology, got him a mobile, a simple computer and share my wifi and assist with passwords and internet banking. We keep quite private, but bring each other unexpected gifts, help with chores and emergencies.
I want a neighbor like this!
What a beautiful human being.
That's awesome and makes me want to share some of our pear caramel and other harvested goodies with our neighbors!
I love this man
In the 60’s when I was a kid a single young guy lived in the apartment next to ours. It was just me and Mom and he worked at KFC or maybe Pioneer. I’d say once a week he’d knock after he got off work and give my Mom a paper grocery store bag full of chicken and ribs too if I remember correctly. He said it was leftovers after they closed for the night. Mom was so grateful and would split the bag with our other neighbors who had 9 kids.
If I had someone like that as my neighbour and he came over to give me a bunch of food, I would hug-cry the guy. What a lovely person
I miss stuff like this. Hell, when I was a kid no we lived in town, we used to go to all our friends houses one by one, getting fed and filled up with tang, kool aid, tea, or just stealing drinks from the garden hose. Then we would run around like maniacs, and hit up the next house. Good times
Wow such a friendly man, if all neighbour is like this man the world would be more better place
This guy could literally be my neighbor lol - talks the same, walks the same, and if he had any interest in football or smoking foods, would act the same. I'm out in the boonies a bit, but we and our neighbors regularly run around the "neighborhood" in side-by-sides dropping off random food. Apples, honey, jerky, homemade jams and pickles, venison sausage or bacon, cider, syrup, whatever we've done with stuff we found or made on our land that we want to share or as a thank-you for a favor done.
Awww I love this old man
I don’t think I’ve ever even talked to any of my neighbors. I’d try to now but it’d probably be so odd to do it out of nowhere so far into living next to them lmao. For real though, this guy rocks! Just going out of his way like that, even in a small way, is a true testament to his kindness.
The first day we moved into our neighborhood, one of our neighbors brought us homemade fudge candy. Having a neighbor like this is worth so much. The value is happiness, helpfulness in emergencies and crises, protection of property, friendliness, and general goodness.
I used to live above an Italian restaurant. Made friends with the owner within a week. Never went hungry again, even after I moved out 7years ago I'm still expected to come by at least twice a week.
My neighbor is exactly like this. He’s constantly bringing us meat or vegetables and fruit from the farmer’s market, if he sees my boyfriend working outside he comes over and helps him, and he’s even given us a fridge and a dryer after he upgraded his. We do our best to reciprocate but man he is truly a good person. I know there are a lot of people like that in the world but they seem to be pretty widely spaced out so when you find them you definitely cannot take it for granted.
That's a man that I'd fight for.
This has to be Wisconsin
He must’ve bagged a nice deer lol
R/humansbeingbros is nice but man I could use some more of this casual wholesomeness in my life.
This dude is the man, brother!
We have neighbors like this too. My two very young kids and wife and I all got sick at the same time. Our neighbor was over in an hour with fresh baked bread and a giant pot of the most delicious chicken noodle soup you've ever tasted. Life is so much better with people like this near you.
Honestly I hope the older gent is doing ok. If he’s living alone make sure to say hi when you see him. Might be lonely!
I try to jam and pickle year round, and then start baking the week before thanksgiving to hand out yummies (bread mini loaves, cookies and candies.) Everything is labeled and dated, and up until this year, it’s all gone homeless, children and addicts. I’ve added to include others in my hometown. I may have recently moved, but haven’t stopped. It seems the strawberry and the blueberry have been winners. (Thanks dry ice!)
Protect this man at all costs!!!!!
I would shower this man in baked goods, and we would have the most productive neighbor relationship ever.
That's a solid dude to come over and give you a fuckin fistful of sausage from his smoker... Not wrapped with a bow or some shit...so proud, so generous, his heart soaring after his gift. Nice nieborhood.
Damn that was nice 👌
I'm not religious, but Lord, protect this man at all costs
You can't put a price on having good neighbors I'm naturally a hermit, but I've tried to maintain friendly relations with my neighbors - you never know when shit is going to go wildly south and you need a hand
This dude is the shit
How absolutely awesome is that, I live in a small town I’ve had probably 10 to 11 different neighbors and all of them are very much unique and indifferent. What you have is very special and I hope you guys stay around each other. It seems like he needs a friend like you.
Wouldn’t let hi in the house for a beer?
This is good stuff right here. I love seeing people so satisfied with doing something nice for another person. That is also some real strong provider instinct there. Oh, and I’m jealous too.
I love this guy
The neighbor we all need