emptychair

@innertalks (23421)

Australia

Joined myLot 10 years ago

An older guy who loves to think a bit differently and use his own words to write with. I don't like stealing others thoughts, ideas. Original writing is my way.

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A mouse brings down a major supermarket

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367734) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec

The photo is of a guinea pig, not a mouse. I heard a story today that I found amusing. The country town where we both grew up has two major grocery stores, Coles and IGA. A few months back, a naughty mouse chewed through a...

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emptychair It certainly would not be amusing to Cole's, nor to me either, if it happened to me. It is sort of amusing how the people panicked right away, and bought out all of the products from IGA. They must have thought the mice might strike twice, and hit on IGA...

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Firefighters rescue 2 persons who were trapped inside of an SUV

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17h

Philadelphia Pennsylvania firefighters came to the rescue of two persons who were trapped inside their auto on Friday afternoon when a tree fell on top of their auto. Firefighters and rescue crews were able to rescue the two...

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emptychair From the photo, it appears that they were very lucky to survive that tree fall.

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Firefighters rescue 2 dogs who were in a house fire in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20 Dec

Firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority answered an emergency call on Thursday late Thursday evening when a two story complex was on fire. The good thing was that the firefighters were able to prevent the three alarm...

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emptychair Yes any life is worth the saving, and it was good that these three dogs could be rescued from the fire, by the firefighters.

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Off duty firefighter rescues 2 persons in a house fire in Arizona

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Dec

Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) Captain Brody Fields who was off the clock on Saturday in Prescott Arizona was going to the gym for a workout when he saw a house on fire. Captain Fields who was with his wife...

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emptychair He certainly went the extra mile there to save items such as cellphones, and glasses, and then using the garden hose too. A very dutiful officer, and he did well here, in responding so gallantly.

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Sometimes an answer is very simple

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367734) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Dec

My friend and her family are flying out of Western Australia tomorrow and spending Christmas and New Year in Japan. They bought a new gadget to help them weigh their bags. It just hooks onto the handle, you hoist the bag into the...

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emptychair Yes, Australia has been metricised since the 1970's. I do not like the metric measurements much, as I still use the imperial for my weight, and height, 180 cm tall tells me very little compared to 5 feet, 11 inches. One, I can have a mental picture of how...

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Are nicknames common in your country?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367734) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Dec

I’m wondering if nicknames are common in countries other than Australia. I often hear of some very clever nicknames but can’t always remember them. I heard a new one today. There is a guy in the sea shanty group that we follow...

western australia

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emptychair We can sometimes have a nickname for a person, behind their back, and they do not know about it, unless we make a faux pas, like my mother, once did. She had a nickname for the next door neighbour, whose name was Regie, but behind his back, she would call him...

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New Word to Learn

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (92000) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Dec

I came across a new word today and thought it sounded kind of ticklish. The word is "clishmaclaver," which captures the buzz of conversation like little tales, whispers, and asides like in gossip. The word has Scottish roots. So...

any clishmaclaver to share today

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emptychair Perhaps, it comes from the Scottish word, claver", which means: "claver" refers to idle talking, friendly chatting, banter, or gossip, especially in Scottish and Northern English dialects.

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U S Navy helicopter rescues two men who were in floodwater in Washington state

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Dec

Due to severe storms in the Fall City Washington state area that caused flooding in the area on Wednesday December 10 that trapped a 71 year old man and a 31 year old man who needed to be rescued by helicopters from the United...

helicopter floodwater

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emptychair Floods are becoming a big problem, all over the world now, and some put it down to global warming. It was good that these two were rescued, from rather hairy predicaments, trapped in flood waters.

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Mom gives birth to a baby girl at a gasoline station in Missouri

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Dec

Jena Birdsong was with her husband Nathan were on the way to a hospital on November 14 when she realized that her baby was going to be born before the couple would get to the hospital. Nathan had to pull up at a Buc[ees parking...

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emptychair It was good the baby was delivered without too much drama. I would have needed instructions too.

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Surprising Benefits of Cinnamon

celticeagle @celticeagle (183361) • Boise, Idaho 15 Dec

I enjoy cinnamon in cooking quite a bit. In reading this article I was surprised to find many medicinal elements to cinnamon that I wasn't aware of. Here are a few: * Studies show that by eating cinnamon every day for 3 months...

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emptychair We should be careful in the amount, and not overdo it, though. Too much cinnamon, I have have heard can be bad for the liver. I usually sprinkle some on my muesli in the morning, as it goes well with the banana I add too. There are different types of...

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Bondi Beach Australia

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (92000) • Daytona Beach, Florida 14 Dec

At this time, as the Jewish communities embrace Hanukkah, hate once again ruins a holiday. The Australian Jewish community was targeted in Sydney on Bondi Beach. Fifteen are dead, with a 12-year-old girl and a rabbi among the...

shooting in australia

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emptychair Apparently these two had training in terrorism overseas, and had just retuned to Australia, fired up to cause such havoc. The Australian secret service never picked up on this, and if they had, this tragedy might have been avoided. With rather strict gun...

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Firefighters in Kentucky rescue police officers trapped in an elevator

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Dec

Four Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) police officers were trapped inside of a stalled elevator on Saturday evening when one of the officers called 911 to ask for help to be rescued. Louisville Fire Department (LFD)...

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emptychair It sounds like an imprisonment of sorts, and the Police officers now have experience of being trapped like this too. It was good they were speedily rescued, as it is never nice to be trapped like that.

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State trooper in Massachusetts saves a man from jumping off a bridge

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Dec

Massachusetts State Patrol (MSP) Trooper Rassam Charles was just doing his job to speak to a man who wanted to jump off of the Tobin Bridge in Boston Massachusetts last month by convincing the man not to jump off of the bridge...

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emptychair That is a lot of time to give to a person to save him from himself, and it was good that a good result resulted from his talking to the man here.

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Police officer awarded for saving the life of a choking victim in Ohio

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Dec

Miami Township Ohio Police Officer Foley responded to an emergency call on November 19 when a 79 year old man was choking on a meal inside of a restaurant. Officer Foley used a LifeVac device from his cruiser to remove the object...

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emptychair It was good the old man's life was saved and so he can live more years in his life.

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Loon that was trapped in a frozen pond rescued by a stranger

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Dec

A stranger assisted an employee with Maine Audubon to free a loon who was trapped in a pond in Waterville Maine on Sunday/ The loon was not able to fly away under its own power since the East Pond which is located near Watertown...

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emptychair That is unusual for a loon to be trapped like that, and it was good some people helped to free it, as it might have died from the cold otherwise.

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Night-time dramas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367734) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

Our neighbour in the village was telling me about the ‘episodes’ she experiences at night. She apparently has very violent dreams and thrashes around in her sleep. I was especially interested as Vince’s elder brother experiences...

sleep patterns

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emptychair I enjoy my sleep and my dreams, but if I had those types of dreams, I would be scared to go to sleep at night, as that sounds terrible, to lose control over yourself like that while you are dreaming. The most I have done, is to kick my wife, as I was kicking...

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Bus driver and students escape a burning bus

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Dec

Passengers who were aboard a school bus in Springville in New York on Friday morning are grateful to be alive when the school bus was going toward Springville Griffith Institute had the actions of the bus driver stopped the bus...

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emptychair I guess it would be worse to be on a plane that caught fire, but in a bus would also be very frightening, until one could get out of the bus safely. The bus driver did well here, to stop the bus, and ensure all passengers were able to get out of the burning...

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Firefighters in Cincinnati Ohio received life saving awards

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Dec

Helen Tracy-Nolen who is the spokesperson for the Coletrain Ohio Fire and EMS mentioned on Monday that five Coletrain Firefighters received lifesavers awards for saving the life of a Walmart employee who suffered a heart attack on...

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emptychair It was good that such quick action has ensured that the victim will make a full recovery.

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Animal control rescues a bald eagle who had foot stuck in a rock

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 7 Dec

Officials with the Tamarack Wildlife Center in Slippery Rock on Thanksgiving answered an emergency call when an eagle had his foot stuck in a fence. The officials were able to locate the eagle who was stuck in the fence chasing a...

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emptychair That was putting his foot in it, and it was good somebody reported this and the eagle was freed from the fence.

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Police officer honored for saving the life a choking victim

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Dec

The City Council of the Springboro honored Springboro Police Officer Randy Peagler with the Life Saving Award on Thursday. Officer Peagler used the Heimlich Maneuver on a man who was choking at a community event in September that...

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emptychair It was good that Randy was ready and able to perform this maneuver, as it needs to be done right for the result to be a good one.

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