Steve Marshall

@innertalks (22658)

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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Alpaca on the streets of New York state caught by police

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17h

Police officers from Westchester County in New York answered a call on Thursday April 18 about an alpaca on the street who ran away from a trailer near a hotel. The alpaca was seen near a Land Rover dealership when the police...

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Steve Marshall Another act of thoughtless carelessness, as the alpaca could not have been secured securely enough in the trailer, and so escaped, causing others to have to deal with the owner's carelessness.

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A Brinks truck loses a huge amount of money in Illinois

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17h

A Brinks armored truck that was driving in the streets of a suburb of Chicago Illinois on Tuesday last week that had the bad luck of having the back door open and bags of money fall on the streets. Many persons who saw the bags...

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Steve Marshall That is extreme carelessness on behalf of those Brinks employees, who should have made triple sure that the doors were locked, and could not open, and it sounds as if they might have been drunk, and speeding too much too, for bags of money to fall out as they...

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Firefighters in Illinois honored for saving the life of a man who was out cold

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Apr

Herrin Illinois resident Bill Holmes was found out cold inside of his home on Monday January 6 when Bill was asleep inside of his home due to being overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning during an ice storm. Firefighters from the...

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Steve Marshall Lucky for Bill, he had an alarm, as he might have wound up dead, otherwise.

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A Florida detective rescues a baby screech owl that was in a parking lot

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Apr

A Pinellas County Sheriff's Officer (PCSO) Detective Smith saw a small baby screech owl in a parking lot that was in the path of traffic on Wednesday April 23. Detective Smith moved the baby screech owl to a safe place. Detective...

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Steve Marshall The detective went above the call of his job description there, and ensured the safety of the owl.

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Herds of cows escape their home in Pennsylvania

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Apr

Annette Worthington who is the owner of Curly Hill Farm in Doylestown Pennsylvania received a phone call from her neighborhood on April 16 that cows who escaped from her farm after a storm that scared her cows to the point that...

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Steve Marshall Maybe the cows wanted to deliver their milk directly to the house owners there. It would certainly be strange to have a cow on your doorstep.

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Teacher serves food and water to firefighters and residences in New Jersey fires

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Apr

Marc Haug who is a schoolteacher and founder out a charity in New Jersey did his part to assist residents and firefighters in Ocean County New Jersey by giving them free food and drinks on Wednesday April 23. Marc is doing this...

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Steve Marshall With no sponsor to help him, this is a huge act of charity on his part to provide so many free meals at his own expense.

29 Apr

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Nature!!!!

Judy Story @jstory07 (143662) • Roseburg, Oregon 25 Apr

I love nature. I love wildlife. I love grass land, farmland and the mountains. But most of all I love the wildlife. I love the wildlife that lives in nature. Even the skunks. We did see two baby deer's yesterday. Sometimes...

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Steve Marshall Yes, we all remain a part of nature, after all, and so we should all try to love nature, and our place in it too.

28 Apr

Police in Massachusetts rescue a raccoon that was trapped in a storm drain

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Apr

Thanks to the actions of Holyoke Massachusetts resident Fernando Rivera Junior managed to attract the attention of Holyoke Police Officers to inform them a raccoon was trapped in a storm drain on Monday.. The Holyoke Police...

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Steve Marshall Nothing worse than being stuck in a narrow gap like that, and they were smart to use a lubricant to free the poor raccoon, so trapped.

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Firefighters in Minnesota rescue a man who was trapped om a hole

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Apr

Thanks to the teamwork of the St. Paul and Minneapolis firefighters and rescue technicians who answered an emergency call on Wednesday April 23 when a man fell down a 14 foot hole that was filled in sand managed to rescue the...

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Steve Marshall That was a scary, and precarious, rescue and it was good the man was rescued safely before the sand collapsed in on him and buried him.

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Deception of Love

Shavkat @Shavkat (140430) • Philippines 25 Apr

I had seen so.many souls that lingered to love. In my view, loving someone online can lead to deception. I am not generalizing the statement. Majority showed their frustrations for being ghosted by the ones they loved virtually....

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Steve Marshall In the old days, romances by post were common too, and often, the people involved would wax lyrical about each other, and themselves, so that a type of infatuational love might develop, but it is still the case, with online relationships, as well as these past...

27 Apr

Petition to have an airport to be renamed in honor of singer Dolly Parton

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Apr

Nashville residents comedian Lydia Popovch and Goat Song Records comedy label owner Dan Dion have started a petition to rename Nashville Airport in honor of singer and actress Dolly Parton due to her success in show business as...

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Steve Marshall This might sound good in the short term, but after a millennia has passed, named places are out of date, and who will remember someone, a hundred, or more, years from now. I prefer nondescript names myself.

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Police officer in South Carolina save a man who wanted to end his life

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Apr

North Charleston Police Department Officer Sergeant Lizarazo acted on his desire to live up to his oath to serve and protect citizens of his city when he was able to prevent a man who attempted to jump off of the Ashley Phosphate...

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Steve Marshall The Officer must have talked wisely to the man to change his mind on this, as so often, these types are set in their mind to end their life. Even the best of us sometimes see little value in life, and this type of thinking must be addressed, and the person...

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Officials in a zoo in New York using drones to locate s missimg beaver

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Apr

Officials with the Utica Zoo in New York are planning to use drones to find a male beaver named Cauliflower who is two years of age managed to escape on Wednesday evening April 16. The beaver has been missing for over a week...

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Steve Marshall I wonder if that beaver had cauliflower ears, being so named. The Zoo, need to provide more secure habitats, for their animals, if such escapes are possible, as this one.

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Police officers in Florida rescue a one year old who was unconscious

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Apr

Jupiter Florida Police Officers (JPD) Riley Schneider and Jheri-Lynn Palmeri answered an emergency call from the parents of one year old toddler whose gender was not released to the public nearly drowned in a swimming pool on...

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Steve Marshall Maybe the parents were caught napping, and the toddler toddled off by themselves. It was fortunate that the toddler could be revived, and will be ok, after such an incident.

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Teenagers jump into a river to rescue a driver who had a medical emergency

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Apr

Louisville Metro Police Department officers and firefighters answered an emergency call on Monday evening when they received an emergency call from a teenager who informed the authorities that a male driver who suffered a medical...

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Steve Marshall It was good that the man could be saved and that he will be assessed at the local hospital to ascertain what caused his medical episode. It was good that the teens rose to the occasion to help save the sunken driver.

23 Apr

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Firefighters rescue a man who was in an accident in a canyon in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Apr

Thanks to the team up of the San Bernadino Sheriff's Department (SBSD), the San Bernadino Fire And Sheriff's Aviation Team who answered an emergency call on Sunday April 20 when an all-terrain vehicle fell down 30 to 40 feet down...

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Steve Marshall That was a protracted, and difficult, rescue involving helicopters, and it was good the rescue was successful, and the man could be removed from the vehicle, and lifted out.

22 Apr

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Rescuers in California catch a loose goat

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Apr

A male Anglo-Nubian goat who was seen wandering in the Valencia Park neighborhood in San Diego California on Wednesday morning April 9 summoned 12 officers with the San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) to use a plastic orange fence to...

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Steve Marshall That was one large goat, and it was good they knew how to catch it, without mishap.

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What it feels like to be alone..

nnahs_marie @martinnshann (349) • Bahrain 21 Apr

Being alone can feel different for each person. For some, it may feel peaceful and restorative, providing time for self-reflection and relaxation. For others, it can be isolating and lonely, leading to a sense of longing for...

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Steve Marshall We all probably need some alone time, but as we are social people, we usually also need to spend time with other people. Depending on our mindset, our inner strength, our feelings of security, or insecurity, being alone can be good for us, at times, and at...

21 Apr

A firefighter in Covington Louisiana runs a marathon race in his uniform

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Apr

Steve Mitchell who is a firefighter who is employed by the Covington Fire Department ran in his firefighters uniform on Sunday April 20 in New Orleans to raise funds for the memory of a fallen police officer who passed away in the...

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Steve Marshall I hope he was not carrying a fire extinguisher as well, then, and dragging along a long hose behind him too, which would have filled up with his sweat, from sweating a swimming pool of sweat, dolled up in his fireman's uniform like that. What an effort...

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Beaches in New Jersey get cleaned up by concerned citizens

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109153) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Apr

A group of volunteers in Long Branch New Jersey worked together to clean up the beaches on Saturday April 12 which resulted in items ranging from vampire teeth, rubber feet and other items that would look back for beach goers who...

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Steve Marshall Perhaps, these volunteers should go into the schools, talk to the students there, and change the kid's mindsets at an early age, not to junk out the beaches with their rubbish too. The disease of dropping junk everywhere must be healed at its source, if...

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