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@TravelsCharlie

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Writer; Photographer; Retired FDNY Lieutenant.

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@historyinmemes On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was on board TWA flight 2, bound for Hawaii with a stop in St. Louis. The wheels of my plane left the runway of JFK airport at 08:45 AM. On the flight with me was my brother Jim at a window seat. Jim witnessed the plane crashing into the
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@Chrisjjosephs We Boomers had unions. Everything was spelled out. This guy had a 9 to 5 agreement. What he’s doing at 8 AM is none of her business. It’s obnoxious that she would schedule a meeting outside of their agreed upon work hours and have the slightest expectation that he would attend.
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@historyinmemes No paternity test required there.
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@interesting_aIl Kate made sure to take a look after he passed so she could notify the royal executioner.
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@Pat_Stedman Given lawyer Stedman neglected to post the details of his conviction, I will add this. He went to the Capital with the stated intent to disrupt the proceedings verifying the presidential election. “This is the second American revolution…” Pat tweeted from inside the Capital.
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@historyinmemes The horror; the horror.
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@WomenPostingLs The two men applauding and giving her high fives are even lower than her. And she is 💩
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@historyinmemes Really? That needed a test? It was probably a government funded experiment.
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@justinbaragona I’m searching my memory for someone Hannity supported who never before held public office.
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@Jennhatesyou @666evayiXXX @jzux My parents were messed up too, not evil, simply inept and aggressively lazy drunks. Therapy was unhelpful. A friend and mentor resolved my feelings about parenting by pointing out I had grown into adulthood, and I was healthy and literate, able to reproduce. From an evolutionary
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@historyinmemes Back when I was in the NYC Fire Department, we knew scientists at NASA developed a fire retardant fabric later manufactured by Dupont called Nomex. Our protective gear was, and is, made of Nomex. But the Super Soaker? Now that's a breakthrough:)
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@historyinmemes “You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world. I would consider it an honor to shake your hand” said King Gustave V of Sweden to Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Jim Thorpe endured controversies in his post Olympic life. But he was a much beloved and respected
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@alifarhat79 There are bars in Bangkok where they do that and then shoot out ping pong balls. Thailand's a very artistic place I suppose.
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@lporiginalg At least she's female.
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@MagvelDefender @Chrisjjosephs Made-up, often useless distinctions.
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@historyinmemes The sharpness and clarity of this photograph, probably exposed against a glass plate negative, is impressive. And at first glance I thought it was a picture of the late actor Christopher Reeve.
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@Dexerto Righteous skinny guy with the pastel outfit and ski goggles, pointing and pontificating, was a bit out of his league.
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@historyinmemes Love the assumption that water levels rose instead of shifting sands being responsible. In the Hamptons, Long Island, NY, such beach front houses have been threatened since the 70s. Army Corps of Engineers keeps the beach full for the rich folks. But the sand shifting
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@Cracklin_ @historyinmemes I'm a bit amazed at the response here. I wrote this story for Quora a few years ago. When I saw the post about 911 on @historyinmemes I simply cut and pasted it as a comment and went to sleep. Clearly 911 still resonates with a lot of people.
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Earlier I posted a comment about September 11, 2001 on a post by @historyinmemes . My comment is getting a lot of attention. Thank you. On September 11, 2021, I spoke at a 20th anniversary event at Engine 5. Serving was a privilege. This video might provide some context.
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@AvivaKlompas When my men and I were recovering the dead at the World Trade Center, stories of “The Zaka” in Israel inspired us. My understanding of The Zaka is they are volunteers who meticulously recover human remains from terrorist atrocities for proper Jewish burial. Their reputation
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@HistoryInPics Imagine if you will that you made it to 2000 and your great grandchild told you his college was creating emotional safe spaces:)
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@fasc1nate But they clearly had different barbers.
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@historyinmemes Italian Officer? I'd say the Italian horse is doing to performing.
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@WatcherGuru For those of you, that's most of you, who will not bother to read the attached legal document, the government is not proceeding with a second trial so Judge Kaplan can expedite sentencing in the first trial where SBF has already been convicted. Just read the first paragraph.
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@iamyesyouareno African: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Italian: Meatball.
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@tylercromwell87 @RunninOnEmpty73 @historyinmemes FDNY classifies 3 categories of 911 veterans. 1, people who responded to the event on 911. 2, people who responded to the site within the first week. 3, people who responded to the aftermath after one week. I’m in the number 2 category.
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Spanky, Alfalfa, Andrew Tate and two motor cycles inspired me to become a real man. You can too. Just watch this video:
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@barstoolsports This is who your are arguing with online.
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@gunsnrosesgirl3 He wasted time, and this kind of unnecessary retribution is pointless. Motor Pump Operators are picked bc they are usually good decisions makers who work independently. If my MPO did this when I was in the fire building supervising my company, I would see to it he was
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@1000waystod1e Thought it was a selfie gone wrong. But looking at it closely, it appears to have been a suicide, unfortunate indeed.
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@historyinmemes I know it’s not tv, but can you imagine the awe people felt when Dorothy stepped into Oz, in color, in 1939?
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@ZeroSuitCamus The Australian cave diver who administered the sedation was an anesthesiologist.
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@DailyLoud "My body my choice," unless they feel bad afterwards. Then it's the man's fault.
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@FAFO_TV Okay son, that's how you catch a shark with your bare hands. Tomorrow we'll ride a tiger.
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@fesshole Ole’ Tommy Boy’s a bit sensitive.
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@BoomerCrypto37 @historyinmemes This tweet is complete nonsense…and totally hilarious 🤣
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@PicturesFoIder 100% she dumped him afterwards.
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@historyinmemes My dad was in an artillery unit that supported Major Winters and his men. I grew up hearing stories about the towns these men liberated. I wish my Dad had lived to see the series, he would have loved it.
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@FightHaven Dear commenters, it wasn't a "weapon" she was holding. It was her shoe. But she still asked for it. The dude gave her a chance to back away and she advanced: slaperoo! Down she went.
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@north0fnorth I grew up near Jamaica Bay and was in the Coast Guard serving the bay and salt marshes adjacent to JFK International Airport. It's hard to believe this beautiful place is within NYC boundaries. There's a bird sanctuary at the western end of the airport as well, worth a visit.
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@shagbark_hick IDK, this seems like telling someone what a good deal they could get on a Blockbuster Video franchise in 1997.
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@IAPonomarenko “Oktyabrsky airfield is fucking fucked as fuck!” Give that man a job writing headlines for The New York Post.
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@wahlosttiroler @historyinmemes I like to joke that I'm playing with house money. I have four grandchildren and life is good. Thank you for a thoughtful comment.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Clinton lost an election to Trump. Let that sink in. She's irrelevant.
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@benshapiro I never clicked on a Russell Brand link. It was not a rational aversion. There was just something about his thumbnails and headlines that made me avoid him. I new nothing about him. Now! I’m watching him bigly bc of this controversy. It sure does appear to be a coordinated hit
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@Morbidful I guess you could say young Woody brought the family legacy forward with "Natural Born Killers" and "Double Tap."
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@SallyMayweather "Snow White" was adapted from "Grim"s Fair Tales" written in Germany in 1812. In the Grim Brother's story, the protagonist has "skin as white as snow." It is a testament to Disney's current hubris and greed that they would try to shoehorn a darker skinned protagonist onto "Snow
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@historyinmemes I had two near misses on 911. Retired from FDNY the day before and nearly had a mid air collision with Flight 93 on the 11th. When I posted my story, many objected citing how highly unlikely 2 such coincidences were. Now I have a story even crazier than mine to give to doubters.
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@fesshole Where was he putting his nose?
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@stillgray Now before you go bashing they/them pronouns, there are reasonable exceptions.
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@ElodesNL @DanielleFong Like many, I was idled in 2020. After a few months of malaise and getting fat, I had a catharsis. It was time for me to retire anyway. I now had the time to make the everyday chores of my life: cooking, housework, exercising, purchasing clothes, ironing, things like that, into
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@1000waystod1e Comments about the trucker not caring are wrong. There was another semi to the trucker's right, a pickup on his left. He was traveling at 65 - 75 mph when crazy biker boy goes thud. So the trucker is braking and trying to avoid other vehicles. BTW, biker boy lived.
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@DrewPavlou In 1950 Mao Zedong organized the "Four Great Pests" campaign. Millions of Chinese citizens mobilized against sparrows essentially eliminating them in China. It was one of the causes of perhaps the worst famine in history killing millions. Ooopsy! Clapping beats sparrow hunting.
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@KendraWrites @666evayiXXX In Singapore I saw a woman put an expensive Coach bag on an outdoor table to hold it as she went inside. In that moment I realized I could relinquish my lifetime of urban danger anticipation conditioning from growing up in NYC. It was a profound experience.
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@historyinmemes While watching the extensive coverage of the fire at Notre Dame, it was apparent to me, a former FDNY Lieutenant, where the fire originated. I worked in Midtown Manhattan and we would inspect St Patrick's Cathedral annually. The space above the main ceiling of St Patrick's was
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@girlziplocked Middle age people and seniors have always liked to overstate their issues. Now they do it online. I think there is a lot of envy involved.
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@Nillerpiller98 @historyinmemes Dayton has a special place in my heart bc of 911. A TV reporter learned I was an FDNY Officer and interviewed me. I was seeking a way to get back to NY. I received calls at my hotel from Dayton people offering me places to stay, rides to NY, and one guy offers to give me a car. A
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@mashedAvocado_ @PicturesFoIder I was working on a difficult math problem within a computer program I was trying to solve. The answer came to me in a dream.
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@quantian1 Tried and failed to holster her pistol on camera more than once, but yeah, fine lol.
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@rao_zam @Morbidful I dismissed this video clip as a CGI fake when I clicked on it a few minutes ago. I guess the X algorithm saw that I clicked on it and offered up the whole story in another post. It seems at first my brain did not want to interpret the awful reality of this accident, grim.
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@stillgray The kick looked like a poorly executed martial arts maneuver that when properly executed could have seriously damaged the cops knee. The cop performed classical conditioning, extinguishing the impulse to kick in one iteration.
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@ajtourville @Starlink BREAKING: Elon Musk gets deliveries from Amazon.
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@crazyclipsonly Crash into the wing and charge! No vests, just a cowboy hat, a rifle and huge set. Badass!
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@coffeebreak_YT I was at one time perplexed by those who would defend such an obvious fraudster. There are some in this thread. I thought they were socially hypnotized or something like that. Now I know they are participants in the whole scammy crypto bubble.
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@MagdelynMcAndr1 @WatcherGuru SBF is facing jail time that could add up to the rest of his life. That probably will not happen. But if he gets less than 10 years, well then, forget my tweet. The fix was in.
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@JoJoFromJerz Well, in all fairness, she wasn’t urinating in the theater 🎭
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@Khqlifa01 @historyinmemes I returned to work for a few weeks. It was not easy. But the event brought out the best in people too. I now hold the experience as redemptive for me in a way that's hard to explain here on Twitter. But I'm proud of my actions and the men I worked with.
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@AChillGhost Maybe with periods: S.S.?
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@mehdirhasan Wow, You are making it so I don't have to buy your book. You are making your excellent techniques for winning any argument available here for free. In this post your reveal: Call anyone you disagree with far right. Then label anything they say as hate speech. Blame Elon.
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@1000waystod1e A not very useful moment of clarity.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Esper is not the only cabinet member to condemn Orange Man. Bill Barr served Trump honorably but could not abide Trumps resistance to a normal transfer power .
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@historyinmemes Scrolled a little and didn’t see this so: Rockefeller returned to NY from his first trip with carved wooden canoes. The bow tips were carved phalluses with teeth, absolutely terrifying stuff. They are (were?) on exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
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@ChowdahHill If course it’s the best. It’s named after an Army man.
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@DogecoinNorway There's a very subtle communication that happens amongst fighters. White-Shirt the Boxer could look Feather Head and No Hat in eye and knew he could intimidate them. When Brown Shirt the Problem Solver showed up, White-Shirt looked him in the eye and surrenderd.
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@historyinmemes About the time Princess Diana was confronting taboos, I was an officer in charge with Engine Company 5 of the New York City Fire Department. Engine 5 responded to the East Village in Manhattan. We encountered countless people dying of AIDS back then. Of the many tragic
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@PicturesFoIder White knight in the leather jacket fizzeled out quickly.
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@ChrisJBakke SoftBank seems appropriately named.
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@historyinmemes As soon as the camera zooms in on the handcuffs, I know it's staged.
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@historyinmemes some resemblance?
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@historyinmemes A bang your head against the wall with increasing intensity, pain index study codified: 0 = a little pain; 1 = only a bump, 2 = blinding headache; 3 = subdural hematoma; 4 = undergrad will complete the study.
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@realchrisrufo X, Take a bow. The New York Times, along with the rest of the servile media, ignored this story at first. Make no mistake, a four day time lag in following up on a story is an eternity in media today. The only reason The Times is capitulating to the truth is because X quickly
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@EndWokeness Not a Hillary fan, but Nixon was recorded in his own office, Bubba couldn’t get his dick sucked without getting busted and pictures of Hunter doing 18 years old hookers are displayed in congress. But Hillary is a serial killer with no physical evidence available?
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@SKTheKingYT Priority one when your infant is traumatized by a whale: get it on video.
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@unusual_whales Krugman is the Jim Kramer of the NY Times.
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@PopCulture2000s Post millennial beauty standards shifted a bit.
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@Rich_Cooper I would like to see the source of this tale. It appears to me that is was written by a man.
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@igorsushko Lol! That means that tank is my age. If you got in a fight with me, you’d win.
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A good partner makes a big difference.
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@AnnCoulter Based on yesterday's results, the Secret Service failed utterly. But hey, their website celebrates girl-bosses.
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During her keynote address at the Women In Law Enforcement conference, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle reiterated the agency's commitment to diversity while establishing a culture that respects and values current personnel with impactful retention incentives.
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@AChillGhost Great painting though.
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@KanekoaTheGreat @elonmusk “Sacrificed on the Altar of Ideology” would be a nice title for a story about the BBC Guy who interviewed Elon on 12 April. This interview with Maher and the talk with Carlson were informative, entertaining and meaningful, as an interview with one of the most accomplished men
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@IndiaTales7 @historyinmemes White shirt was like "I'm with you bro," right up until the water's edge. Then he was like "I watch the equipment." LOL:)
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@twobitidiot Sigh, this will be the 19th presidential election in my lifetime and the 19th predicted end of the country.
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@lporiginalg Run for office.
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