Hey, is that Dave Grohl on the BBQ? Yes! PLUS It smells like rats!

0:02 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Hey, that guy over there on the barbecue, isn't that Dave Grohl? Why, yes, it is. Dave Grohl spent over twenty four hours volunteering at an LA shelter to prepare barbecue for hundreds of people experiencing homelessness. Grohl had brisket, pork butt, ribs, and moore delivered to Hope the Missions Trebec Center, Northridge, California. The director over there says he arrived around three in the afternoon, and then he was in our kitchen. He was prepping the meat, he was cutting it up, and he was there until he put it in the smoker. The meat didn't go into the smoker until midnight that night because he's like, ah, that's the season and has to do this. He's definitely a craftsman when it comes to that. And then he spent the night Hope. The Missions Shelters served inner around six pm, so Grohl was working towards that deadline to be able to serve the meals after they were prepared. The director said he actually served our guests. He came out and was very gracious and took pictures with the people that recognized him. He wanted no glory for it. He was just like, I just want to do this for you guys. Give back in that way. Girl told the staffers that he finds getting into the barbecue pit therapeutic after he comes off stage.

1:06 The director said, whenever it comes off work or anything else. So what he wants to do, he wants to cook for people. And by the way, it was amazing. It was the best barbecue we've had. There's a cool video on the internet. Soccer fans through Teddy bears onto the field. These were in donation and support for the children affected by the earthquakes in Turkey. At the seventeen seconds of the fourth minute of the match, which corresponds to the time of the first earthquake, supporters through stuffed animals, scarves, and other toys onto the pitch, all of which will be delivered to children living in the earthquake hit areas. Some of the stuffed animals had cards or notes attached on the outside. The event was called this Toy is My Friend. Other translations have suggested that the title was this toy is for You regardless. Good job by the fans and a very powerful video. A spaniel has a nose for sniffing out rats. The spaniel is the latest weapon in the fight to protect seabird colonies off the Welsh coast. Jinx is the UK's first conservation detection dog. Jinks, a three year old working Cocker Spaniel, will not be directly responsible for tackling any rats. Well that's good because you know it's a spaniel. Let's put a human in charge of these things.

2:12 But Jinks will detect them and then it's up to you humans decide what to do next. Jinks is trained to identify rat scent. Emily Williams is a senior marine policy officer, and Emily says, if Jinks identifies the presence of a rat, we could deal with it really quickly. If we don't, rats reproduce very quickly, you have a serious problem. We deal with the rats, he tells us. If there are are any Hey, good news. The results of the snowplow naming competition in Madison, Wisconsin are in. The winning salt truck will be named Saltimus Prime. Good job. He will have Medizine Saltimus Prime sixteen hundred thirty votes. A smaller agile bike path plower will be named snowbi Wan Kenobi, the city's loader plow will be named Seymour Pavement and the duel wing plow truck will be named Dolly Ploughton. Think about it, I know you did. Some of the runners up Albert Brinstein and Snodium Clear Ride. In twenty twenty one, there was a similar contest in Scotland. Some of those winners Brainstone Plowboy, Spreadie van Halen, Mary Queen of Salt and on her Majesty's Slippery Surface. I am Patti Callahan Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey.

3:35 Friends in Fiction is led by four longtime friends, the four of us with more than seventy five published books between us. Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've written, the books were reading, and the art of storytelling. We are here with endless stories to support indie bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just like you. We are always seeking innovative ways to introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing. On this channel, you will find hundreds of episodes with some of your favorite authors, including the four of us with our new releases, as we reveal the stories behind the stories, offer writing tips, and talk about the creation of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if you love books and you're curious about the writing world, you are in the right place. You can listen to friends and fiction on any major streaming platform. All right. About a year ago, Priscilla got a Facebook friend request from Ed. She hit the lete, who does he think he is? I don't want anything to do with him?

4:45 All right? I left out some details. Priscilla's eighty three. This guy Ed had setting her up on Facebook sixty years ago. He called off their engagement in a letter. She hadn't spoken him since, Priscilla said, he broke my heart. Well, good news they got back together. He's eighty five now. He proposed again, and she said, yeah, so way back in the day he had proposed that he were negged on it. See, he was a student at West Virginia University and it's a few hours away from Hagerstown, where she was living. They committed to a long distance relationship and then he got cold feet. He said, everything seemed financially troublesome. He was afraid to start a life with someone else, and he didn't to get in many choices. Priscilla was crushed. She remembers his opening the letter, assuming it would be another sweet note from her fiance, and she read alone in her bedroom. She started a cry and burned the letter and sold her engagement ring and solved to move on. Four months later, she met Wally. They got married. They had a son and daughter together. From the son and daughter, four grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Ed eventually got married too in nineteen sixty eight. He and wife Scotty had three children and five grandchildren. Scotty passed away in twenty twenty one. After his wife passed away, he'd get on the phone with his sisters. One of his sisters said, Hey, remember Priscilla. She was a special lady. ED said, I that's the thinking about that. I sent that letter to her, and I probably heard her feelings more than I ever knew or wanted. He felt compelled to apologize. He tracked her down. I didn't know how to find her. I didn't know her married name. He wound up on the Facebook page for Saint Mark's Lutheran Church. That's where they first met. He noticed somebody by the name of Priscilla was engaging with posts, and I wondered if

6:18 that was the Priscilla. Then I knew. He figured out that it was. He sent her a Facebook request. She rejected it. Priscilla says, he sent me two more messages on Messenger and I just ignored him. Ed called the church and asked the church's administrative assistant to ask her to arrange for a meeting. Priscilla said, tell him I don't want to see him. This is great, and then she thought, the only way I'm gonna get rid of this guy's to meet with him and find out what he wants. So on Easter they met up at Panera bread. Ed started the conversation by apologizing. Priscilla said, after all these decades, she could accept his olive branch. They chatted for two hours, and it kind of felt like old times. Ed said, she's everybody's beautiful now as she was. Then I became obsessed with this lady, an opportunity to do what I didn't sixty years before. They started hanging out data for a few months, and Priscilla sat there for a few months. He wore me down they got married in December at Saint Mark's. That's your good news for today. File the show free on Apple Podcasts or Spotify YouTube, wherever you get your shell said you have a great day. Hello, Am. Mark Francis, host of Palace Intrigue, the podcast that delves into the daily drama of the British royal family.

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