Chris the Knickerbocker

Contrarian. Writer. Lover of all things obscured. Yes, I'm from New York. No, I'm not emotionally responsible for you.

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Love when you alert airport personnel that there are two pieces of luggage, unattended in an airport terminal and their response is, “These look like passenger luggage”. #unattended #confiscated #securityloose #takeoffyourshoes #fear

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300 New Orleans priests were reported for sexual abuse – only 25% are on archdiocese’s credibly accused list - The Guardian https://t.co/R94m0I6fmj

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3 hunters are dead after trying to rescue a dog trapped in a hole in the ground, authorities say - CNN https://t.co/2jydme8BCx

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Love when my banana loaf tastes like steak. Wtf.

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Mother who was accused by Southwest of trafficking her biracial daughter files federal discrimination suit - NBC News https://t.co/cVGJFXckMe

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@TheRealDudja Penny Dreadful

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@TheRealDudja Banshee

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A French man, Emile Leray, was on a solo trip in Morocco in 1993 when he encountered a challenge. His Citroen 2CV broke down in the middle of the Sahara when he accidentally hit a rock, which damaged his car's chassis. He was stranded several miles from the nearest settlement.

He realized that he couldn't make it out on foot, so he decided to build a makeshift motorbike using parts of his wrecked car to escape from the Moroccan desert. He had only a toolbox and enough supplies of food and water for 10 days.

He first detached the body, which he turned into his "house," and then the rest of the vehicle was pulled apart and gradually turned into a motorcycle. He converted the car's rear bumper into a rudimentary seat, shortened the chassis, and placed the engine and gearbox in the middle.

He successfully converted his 2CV into a motorcycle after twelve days of work and rode the bike out of the desert. After a day of riding, Emile was picked up by the Moroccan police force, who took him to the nearest village.

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@WallStreetSilv Social Security

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Get. Up.

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@NoContextHumans A long ladder so when I fall off the cliff I can climb back up

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.

After the Olympics, the two kept in touch via mail. Below is Long's last letter to Owens while he was stationed with the German Army in North Africa during World War 2. Long was later killed in action during the allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

"I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.⁣⁣

My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me.

It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

I think I might believe in God.⁣⁣ And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

Your brother,⁣⁣ Luz"⁣⁣

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Wait till the end😢#shorts https://t.co/BYoTqlmnIo via @YouTube

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US woman, 87, fights off teenage home intruder – then gives him snacks - The Guardian https://t.co/vsJwiqVLnI

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@clownworld Run tell miles to prove your assertion

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@MrWhite462 @CensoredMen Sure. Numbers 31:17-18 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately

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Apparently I’m not the only one awake at 430AM. While I’m doing yoga others are practice non-traditional verbal exercises.