To the two men who found my cell phone on the sidewalk and went through a huge kerfuffle trying to return it to me...thank you!! I'm sorry I didn't express my gratitude more when you came into my work and personally handed me the phone. I was rather dumbstruck at the time, I didn't even realize my phone was missing! Thank you so much again, I appreciate your time and energy more than I can say. Your kindness has restored my faith in humanity! —Dumbstruck and Grateful

Thanks for thinking I was cute and awesome. Sorry when the guy who also thinks I am cute and awesome got upset about it and distracted me long enough to not save your phone number. I thought you were cute and awesome too. —Cheek Bones

My wanting you, I think for once in my life I am being totally selfish. You are charming and very good-looking and sure you have your faults, some I'm aware of. You tell me to find a nice guy who loves me for me, does he exist? I don't know, I really don't think so...I've been through more pain than you know. That makes me "damaged goods," what man, good or bad would take home a damaged cow when he can get perfectly great milk for free? Which is what I'm offering you. I know you've been hurt before by different women, I am not different women. Are you afraid you might actually have feelings for me? I know you turn me on when I think of you. When I'm with you I have feelings I haven't felt in a very long time. I have an itch that needs to be scratched but no one to scratch it. I'm hoping you're available to help me. —Your Nemesis

I was getting into a taxi at the grocery store on Wyse Road the last time I saw you, a few weeks ago. You were dressed pretty laid-back with a salt and pepper beard and wearing sweats but you still looked delicious to me. I can't stop thinking of you. I think I just want to jump your bones. —Sexcited

A year and a half of my life has been spent chasing you like a puppy. You've got me on a tight leash without the slightest bit of slack. I've spent some of the hardest moments of my life with you, you drive me crazy... not always in a bad way, sometimes in a good way, like the way you bite my lip and look up at me with those two big blue eyes with the sunflower in the middle. Gosh, I love you. Every ounce of heartache you put me through is SO worth the snuggles and kisses I get the next day. Don't ever leave. I need you just as much as you need me. —Cutie Boots

I was on my way to write my beginners, stopped to get bus tickets and on the way out of the store you stopped to pick up a penny. I commented how you were now destined for a lucky day---you promptly handed it to me and said "Now you can have a lucky day." Thank you! I passed the test with only one wrong answer. —Soon-To-Be-Driver With Luck

To the woman who called the police when she witnessed a man physically abusing his kids on Monday Aug 20 on a north end sidewalk---THANK YOU for caring and getting involved. We've long suspected this creep's violence towards the children but it was our word against his and there was nothing we could do. Now we have a witness and a police report and we might just save those kids from him yet. My eternal gratitude to you. P.S. The kids are OK now, your phone call made a big difference in the lives of that family. Thank you so very much. —Grateful For a Stranger's Caring

I would have 100 more to save my freedom and prevent an unwanted child. I wouldn't even think twice. Ladies, don't listen to the people who say you will regret it forever. You really, really, really won't. Don't feel guilty for wanting more out of life. —The Best Decision I Ever Made

To the pretty female clerk who spoke to me so nicely on Saturday: thanks. Your words made my day. Yes, I do walk around the city quite a bit. I do live in the Hydrostone. It was nice to not be bugged or hassled, something that has happened to me far too much on that street. Small gestures mean a lot to me. Thanks again. —mgp

I lived in the Halifax area for my whole life until moving away for work just under two years ago. Reading The Coast online really keeps me connected and I can't wait to move back as soon as possible. Try not to complain too much about this wonderful city. There is no place like home. —Haligonian 4 Ever