# A track inspector for Union Pacific Railroad organizes volunteers to paint elderly couple's home. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300 "2015-08-08T07:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/1 "2015-08-08T07:38:22Z")
Josh Cyganik and several of his railroad coworkers really came through. A facebook posting pulled in all these volunteers. Even the paint got donated. [this local link has a slideshow showing the work in progress and more information.](http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150718/community-comes-together-to-paint-neighbors-house) (click the arrows under the photo) They did it right. scraped, primed, and painted. I think this should last at least 10 to 12 years. They are looking for a roofer to donate time on the roof. Hopefully then the elderly couple can get the house insured again. There was a Andy Griffith show with a similar story. Andy was supposed to evict this guy for a derelict house. Instead, the town came together to fix it up, landscape etc. Sure wish that I lived close by. I enjoy projects like this. They’ll need a pro for that roof. It’s too steep to get on without safety harnesses. [http://wgntv.com/2015/08/07/good-samaritan-rallies-volunteers-to-repaint-elderly-mans-house-after-overhearing-teens-hurtful-comments/](http://wgntv.com/2015/08/07/good-samaritan-rallies-volunteers-to-repaint-elderly-mans-house-after-overhearing-teens-hurtful-comments/) > [@](#): > > Accordding to UPRR, on the appointed Saturday about 100 volunteers turned up throughout the day to help. Many were strangers to Cyganik who were touched by the story and came to help. A local business, Tum-a-Lum Lumber, donated the paint and some other supplies. > > “It was just a good vibe! Everybody was happy and excited,” Cyganik said, according to UPRR. “We received a lot of additional donations from people who didn’t come but wanted to help. People were dropping off food and drinks all day long. Starbucks even donated six gallons of water and iced tea.” > > The house was given a new coat of beige paint, and Tum-a-Lum Lumber is reportedly helping to construct a new porch. Other volunteers have reportedly purchased new outdoor furniture. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/2 "2015-08-08T12:13:13Z")
Who the fuck cares, you need a blog. And regardless of where the article you post comes from, we still read it in the Daily Mail > **[Railway inspector got 100 volunteers to repaint pensioner's home](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3189459/Railway-inspector-got-100-volunteers-repaint-elderly-man-s-home.html)** > > Track inspector Josh Cyganik rallied more than 100 friends and family to help him paint, and donate materials to make-over pensioner Leonard Bullock's home, in Pendleton, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/3 "2015-08-08T12:21:03Z")
I’d like to formally suggest you keep all these posts contained to one thread. Bump it every day, let it get as long as you want, but I, for one, don’t need to see multiple, random, totally pointless news articles everyday Wait, let me guess. “If you don’t like them, ignore my posts” Har har har, what an original response. If I’m alone, whatever, but I don’t think I am. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/4 "2015-08-08T12:30:52Z")
No coffee yet Joey? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/5 "2015-08-08T12:30:52Z")
Here, this is just from July (that I could find quickly, I didn’t look that hard). Why do you think we need this? Aceplace is the new Zeldar. > **[Justice Department asked to probe Hillary Clinton's email use: NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763205)** > > uh oh. This isn’t the typical bs, hot air political jab. 🙁 I can’t find the NY Times article. Searched for “Hillary Clinton” and configured the search for the past seven days. Is it hidden behind their paywall? I suspect it is. Yahoo has a lot... > **[Wife caught sexting lover while at Atlanta Braves game with clueless husband.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763306)** > > Normally I’d mind my own business if I saw something. But this is just so brazen. Cuddling and affectionate with hubby and sexting your secret lover? This lady had it figured out. Alias for lover boy in her phone. delete texts right after sending.... > **[Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson reunite for Back To The...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762703)** > > I can’t believe it’s been thirty years. It’s by far my favorite time travel film. Cast looks amazing. Especially Christopher Loyd. He’s 76 now. I’d love to see one more Back To The Future film made. Perhaps by combining old footage with new? ... > **[Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762498)** > > Deja Vu. Same thing happened in my city in 2009. I drive by that location several times a week. Another senseless attack on our military’s recruitment centers. 🙁 Seems pretty obvious why. They’ll probably find posts from this nut on the web... > **[US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762122)** > > Draft dodgers fleeing to Canada is an iconic image of the sixties. Living there until President Ford offered conditional amnesty (draft dodgers only, deserters weren’t eligible) on Sept. 16, 1974. Then President Carter offered unconditional pardons... > **[Bodies of thirty-six WWII US Marines recovered in Pacific](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761756)** > > Thirty-six Marines are finally coming home. Semper Fidelis http://news.yahoo.com/bodies-wwii-us-marines-recovered-pacific-075205962.html > **[Ex-CNN anchor Lynn Russell’s husband wounded in deadly shootout with gunman](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761082)** > > Don’t mess with a former Green Beret and his wife (a former sheriff’s deputy). This wanna be bad guy picked the wrong hotel room Pretty hairy situation. Odd that the guy wasn’t scared off. He kept firing. Really glad both victims are ok. Chuck is... > **[Fake security guard strolls out of Walmart with 75 grand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761507)** > > Oops 😉 did you lose something? I think this had to be a former Loomis employee to know their money transfer routine this well. It’ll be interesting to see how this story unfolds in the next few days. > **[Boyhood - Unique Film uses same actors over 12 year period.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728993)** > > I doubt this has ever been done before. Ellar Coltrane was cast in this role at six and continued until he was 18. There weren’t that many actual filming days. It was just spread out over twelve years. I hope the film is good. It would suck putting... (ETA, I think Aceplace was doing this before Zeldar, sorry Zeldar). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/6 "2015-08-08T22:33:15Z")
**Joey P** , There’s a perfectly good Pit thread you can use to make your points. Please save this commentary for over there. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Who the fuck cares, you need a blog. > > And regardless of where the article you post comes from, we still read it in the Daily Mail > [Oregon railway inspector Josh Cyganik got 100 volunteers to repaint man's home | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3189459/Railway-inspector-got-100-volunteers-repaint-elderly-man-s-home.html) > [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’d like to formally suggest you keep all these posts contained to one thread. Bump it every day, let it get as long as you want, but I, for one, don’t need to see multiple, random, totally pointless news articles everyday > > Wait, let me guess. > > “If you don’t like them, ignore my posts” > > Har har har, what an original response. > > If I’m alone, whatever, but I don’t think I am. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Here, this is just from July (that I could find quickly, I didn’t look that hard). Why do you think we need this? Aceplace is the new Zeldar. > > [Justice Department asked to probe Hillary Clinton's email use: NYT - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763205) > [Wife caught sexting lover while at Atlanta Braves game with clueless husband. - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763306) > [Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson reunite for Back To The Future's 30th anniversary - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762703) > [Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762498) > [US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762122) > [Bodies of thirty-six WWII US Marines recovered in Pacific - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761756) > [Ex-CNN anchor Lynn Russell’s husband wounded in deadly shootout with gunman - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761082) > [Fake security guard strolls out of Walmart with 75 grand. - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761507) > [Boyhood - Unique Film uses same actors over 12 year period. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728993) > > (ETA, I think Aceplace was doing this before Zeldar, sorry Zeldar). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/7 "2015-08-08T22:45:56Z")
I like the OP, makes me remember there are some good hearted people in the world. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/8 "2015-08-09T17:18:49Z")
I always look forward to positive news like this. There’s so much terrible stuff that gets reported. It’s good to be reminded that there are people out there doing the right thing and trying to make a difference in people’s lives. I was impressed how quickly they got this organized and the turn out. Social media is a great tool. They had so many people that nobody really had to work very hard. For example, they might have passed out a dozen paint scrapers. They’d work maybe 45 mins and then pass them off to somebody else. There were plenty of fresh arms ready to scrape away. I’ve always found volunteering to be deeply satisfying. Much more so than just writing a check to a charity. I just wish that I’d had more time to help out. I will do much more after I finally retire in a few more years. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/9 "2015-08-10T22:18:51Z")
Renews your faith in humanity. Actual good people exist-they are not all Kardashian-types. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-track-inspector-for-union-pacific-railroad-organizes-volunteers-to-paint-elderly-couples-home/727300/10 "2015-08-10T23:24:15Z")
Thanks for sharing this! I very much enjoyed reading the article and seeing the house transformed in the pictures.