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When you live up north, where the winters are really cold, one of the best times of the year is the day when you feel spring coming. That first hint of warmer temperatures.   With the time change, there’s longer sunlight at the end of each day, the birds start chirping, and everyone starts thinking about what they’re going to do with this warmer weather.   And the lakes that have been frozen over solid for a few months? That ice starts to melt. And there’s a danger in walking out on the ice, because you can’t always tell if your next step will be the one where your foot goes right through. And then you’re in ice-cold water – and it’s not that easy to get out on your own.   My guest today is Maggie. She lives on a big lake, and one day recently when the ice was getting thin, she was thrown into a situation where she had to do an ice rescue.   And within minutes, Maggie herself needed to be rescued.   If you want to contact Maggie –   Social Media: www.MaggieAndersonAuthor.com [http://www.MaggieAndersonAuthor.com] https://www.instagram.com/margaret.g.anderson/ [https://www.instagram.com/margaret.g.anderson/] https://www.facebook.com/MGAnderson321/ [https://www.facebook.com/MGAnderson321/] https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaggieGAnderson [https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaggieGAnderson] https://twitter.com/MaggieGAnderson [https://twitter.com/MaggieGAnderson]   And the socks that kept her feet safe - Bridgedale Socks - https://www.bridgedale.com/ [https://www.bridgedale.com/]     Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/219 [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/219]   Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.   Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook] (many of the podcast guests are there as well)   Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.   Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app   Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL [http://lumen.me/WWTL] for 20% off your purchase.   Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas [http://butcherbox.com/stronger] and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order.   Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT [https://mintmobile.com/WHAT]   Go to Quince.com/whatwas [http://quince.com/whatwas] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!   Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ [https://www.oneskin.co/] #oneskinpod   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners.   The question for this episode: What's the most amazing coincidence you've experienced?   Links for this episode:   YouTube channel Dating Beyond Borders: https://www.youtube.com/@DatingBeyondBorders [https://www.youtube.com/@DatingBeyondBorders]   Tim O’Brien: https://timobrien.net/ [https://timobrien.net/]   Tig Notaro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tig_Notaro [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tig_Notaro]   Tig Notaro podcast, “Handsome” – with Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/handsome/id1702258458 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/handsome/id1702258458]   Jack Vale YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsDl6A77CrbkSJLtxQFVDGw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsDl6A77CrbkSJLtxQFVDGw]   Meredith’s episode 294 – Is giving up our privacy inevitable? https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7e42a23e/ep-294-is-giving-up-our-privacy-inevitable-social-media-search-engines-and-nest-cams [https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7e42a23e/ep-294-is-giving-up-our-privacy-inevitable-social-media-search-engines-and-nest-cams]   Meredith’s podcast is Meredith For Real – the Curious Introvert: https://MeredithForReal.com [https://MeredithForReal.com]   To check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook].     Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL [http://Lumen.me/WWTL] for 20% off your purchase.   Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas [https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas] and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order.   Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT [https://mintmobile.com/WHAT]   Go to Quince.com/whatwas [http://Quince.com/whatwas] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!   Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ [https://www.oneskin.co/] #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Raw Audio 50 is now live!   In this episode: 1. A courthouse shooting 2. A father calls 911 for his son 3. Non-emergency calls   I really appreciate your support of the show!   Scott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

If there’s one thing children are good at, it’s their ability to give their parents a good scare.   When our son David was about 2 years old, we were at home, just a regular day, not much going on. At some point, either my wife or I, I don’t remember which one of us saw it – but we noticed he had some kind of liquid all around his mouth. Like he had been drinking a smoothie or something. But there were no smoothies sitting around. So what was it?   Then we saw the open bottle nearby – it was calamine lotion. You know, the stuff you put on itchy skin for some relief. And it’s for external use only. So of course we had no idea how dangerous this was. And back then, there was no Google or WebMD to get answers immediately.   We called 911 – and oh wouldn’t I love to hear the audio of that call today. The 911 dispatcher either called Poison Control, or connected us to them. And they told us, thankfully, that calamine lotion is generally non-toxic. So it wasn’t a big deal. But for a few minutes, to two scared parents, it was a very big deal.   Recently in the Facebook group, one of our Tuesday questions was this: Parents – what was the scariest moment with your child? And you should see all those stories in the comments. And I thought – hey, this should be a podcast episode. So I asked some of the commenters there to just give a short version of their story by audio, and that’s what we have here today.   And this is the kind of thing we talk about in the Facebook group all the time. At the moment there are 8,862 What Was That Like listeners in that group – and we’d love to have you come over and join us in the conversations. WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook   And now – some stories of when children gave their parents a big scare.   Full show notes and transcript for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/218   Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.   Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook] (many of the podcast guests are there as well)   Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.   Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app   Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL [http://lumen.me/WWTL] for 20% off your purchase.   Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas [http://butcherbox.com/stronger] and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order.   Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT [https://mintmobile.com/WHAT]   Go to Quince.com/whatwas [http://quince.com/whatwas] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!   Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ [https://www.oneskin.co/] #oneskinpod   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Have you ever had something bad happen, while you were actually trying to do something good?   It’s kind of that old phrase – no good deed goes unpunished.   There was a thread about this online. This is what one person wrote:   “I ran in the middle of a busy road to rescue a kitten. I went door to door until I finally found the owner. The first thing she did when she saw me holding her kitten was accuse me of stealing it. Every single animal I've ever rescued I've either been ignored or yelled at for trying to return. One guy yelled at me to get off his property despite the fact I was holding his lost cat.”   When something like this happens, it just doesn’t seem fair. You go out of your way to do something nice, and somehow you’re the bad guy.   My guest today is Cesar. Cesar is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. But there was this one time when he was trying to help someone. And he almost lost his life because of it.   If you’d like to contact Cesar, his website is: https://CesarCardona.com [https://CesarCardona.com]   Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/217 [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/217]   Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.   Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook [https://WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook] (many of the podcast guests are there as well)   Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.   Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS [http://WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS] and click to try it free on any app   Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL [http://Lumen.me/WWTL] for 20% off your purchase.   Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas [https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas] and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order.   Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT [https://mintmobile.com/WHAT]   Go to Quince.com/whatwas [http://Quince.com/whatwas] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!   Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ [https://www.oneskin.co/] #oneskinpod   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]