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Lindbergh
The young man was walking back to his hotel after doing something he detested. He had been invited to speak to a group of people he didn't know and to persuade them to donate additional money for his important project.
Fund raising always made him feel like he was a beggar and that it somehow caused him to lose a bit of himself – that to ask for help chipped away at his integrity.
He knew he wouldn't have to go through this again because his project was almost finished and he was determined to complete it with the money he now had even if he had to use rubber bands to hold it together.
Unbeknownst to him, a psychic by the name of Sampson Evans was staring at him from across the street. Evans later recalled that he was startled by a vision the moment he spotted him. "I saw this young man alone in a vast sea of water, struggling to stay afloat."
Evans approached the young man and introduced himself. He asked if he could speak to him for a moment, that he had something important to tell him. And what he had to say could possibly save his life.
"I've had these visions all my life and they're rarely wrong," Evans said. "I don't know who you are or what you're up to, but I strongly urge you to postpone whatever you're about to do."
The young man looked skeptical and was about to walk away when Evans grabbed his arm and said, "I see you drowning in a vast body of water. Please, please, wait at least a week. If you don't, you will drown. Trust me, please trust me.'
The young man patted Evans on the arm and walked off, never thanking him, never looking back. But one month later, when he rolled his plane onto the landing strip to take off on him famous flight, Charles Lindbergh acknowledged to friends that he, indeed, had postponed his flight for one week because he couldn't get "that man's" words out of his mind.

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As some of you may know, many years ago... the country of Daventree was founded. However, it was never taken all that serious.
On this the 13th day of the month of February in the year 2006 , I declare the micronation of Daventree to be founded.
Daventree's Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
BY RYAN CARL MERCER FOR THE PEOPLE OF DAVENTREE,
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2006
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all persons are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among humans, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
The nation of Daventree will be open for immigration and ingathering of those individuals that wish to seek out a life under the laws and protection of Daventree. Daventree will be a nation of freedom and justice, one of equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants regardless of religion, race, or sex; Daventree will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture.
The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, and will not occur in Daventree. All persons have the right to self-determination, by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.

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As some of you may know, many years ago... the country of Daventree was founded. However, it was never taken all that serious.
On this the 13th day of the month of February in the year 2006 , I declare the micronation of Daventree to be founded.
Daventree's Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
BY RYAN CARL MERCER FOR THE PEOPLE OF DAVENTREE,
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2006
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all persons are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among humans, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
The nation of Daventree will be open for immigration and ingathering of those individuals that wish to seek out a life under the laws and protection of Daventree. Daventree will be a nation of freedom and justice, one of equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants regardless of religion, race, or sex; Daventree will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture.
The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, and will not occur in Daventree. All persons have the right to self-determination, by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.

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As some of you may know, many years ago... the country of Daventree was founded. However, it was never taken all that serious.
On this the 13th day of the month of February in the year 2006 , I declare the micronation of Daventree to be founded.
Daventree's Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
BY RYAN CARL MERCER FOR THE PEOPLE OF DAVENTREE,
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2006
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all persons are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among humans, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
The nation of Daventree will be open for immigration and ingathering of those individuals that wish to seek out a life under the laws and protection of Daventree. Daventree will be a nation of freedom and justice, one of equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants regardless of religion, race, or sex; Daventree will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture.
The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, and will not occur in Daventree. All persons have the right to self-determination, by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.

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So my mom's truck was making some noise so she dropped it off at dodge to have it fixed... they told her how much and how long... (she was actually getting 2 things fixed, the breaks were spazzing out and some screech under the hood). Well we go to pick it up today (dropped it off wednesday) and as they back it out then after 30 seconds or so it starts making the screeching sound again so the guy says "let me take a look at it real fast" and he does and he says "the only other thing it could be is this is broken and we will go ahead and " then my mom buts in and what she said is a long list of profanities about how they are screwing her and trying to take her for everything she's worth then she storms off and the guy says to me "what I was trying to say is we will go ahead and fix it for free since you came all the way out here do you want to leave the truck till we can get the part or bring it back, it is safe to drive" and she's inside screaming "you people need to give me my money back I"m not paying you another dime you won't work with me" except add lots and lots and lots of colorful language in there.
So finally they get her to shut up long enough to say its free after they start getting hostile towards her telling her if she doesn't calm down they are going to have her removed from the premises and not fix the problem. So finally I get her to shut up and get her back in my grandparents car and get her to leave. They say they'll fix it so... yeah we are getting it Tuesday but on the way home I try to tell her she just needs to calm down and let people finish... and then she starts calling me a long list of profanities and hitting me as she's driving the car telling me if I'm not gonna stand up for her when people do that they I should just kill myself and all sorts of other things... I can't deal with this nonsense much longer.

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So my mom's truck was making some noise so she dropped it off at dodge to have it fixed... they told her how much and how long... (she was actually getting 2 things fixed, the breaks were spazzing out and some screech under the hood). Well we go to pick it up today (dropped it off wednesday) and as they back it out then after 30 seconds or so it starts making the screeching sound again so the guy says "let me take a look at it real fast" and he does and he says "the only other thing it could be is this is broken and we will go ahead and " then my mom buts in and what she said is a long list of profanities about how they are screwing her and trying to take her for everything she's worth then she storms off and the guy says to me "what I was trying to say is we will go ahead and fix it for free since you came all the way out here do you want to leave the truck till we can get the part or bring it back, it is safe to drive" and she's inside screaming "you people need to give me my money back I"m not paying you another dime you won't work with me" except add lots and lots and lots of colorful language in there.
So finally they get her to shut up long enough to say its free after they start getting hostile towards her telling her if she doesn't calm down they are going to have her removed from the premises and not fix the problem. So finally I get her to shut up and get her back in my grandparents car and get her to leave. They say they'll fix it so... yeah we are getting it Tuesday but on the way home I try to tell her she just needs to calm down and let people finish... and then she starts calling me a long list of profanities and hitting me as she's driving the car telling me if I'm not gonna stand up for her when people do that they I should just kill myself and all sorts of other things... I can't deal with this nonsense much longer.

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So my mom's truck was making some noise so she dropped it off at dodge to have it fixed... they told her how much and how long... (she was actually getting 2 things fixed, the breaks were spazzing out and some screech under the hood). Well we go to pick it up today (dropped it off wednesday) and as they back it out then after 30 seconds or so it starts making the screeching sound again so the guy says "let me take a look at it real fast" and he does and he says "the only other thing it could be is this is broken and we will go ahead and " then my mom buts in and what she said is a long list of profanities about how they are screwing her and trying to take her for everything she's worth then she storms off and the guy says to me "what I was trying to say is we will go ahead and fix it for free since you came all the way out here do you want to leave the truck till we can get the part or bring it back, it is safe to drive" and she's inside screaming "you people need to give me my money back I"m not paying you another dime you won't work with me" except add lots and lots and lots of colorful language in there.
So finally they get her to shut up long enough to say its free after they start getting hostile towards her telling her if she doesn't calm down they are going to have her removed from the premises and not fix the problem. So finally I get her to shut up and get her back in my grandparents car and get her to leave. They say they'll fix it so... yeah we are getting it Tuesday but on the way home I try to tell her she just needs to calm down and let people finish... and then she starts calling me a long list of profanities and hitting me as she's driving the car telling me if I'm not gonna stand up for her when people do that they I should just kill myself and all sorts of other things... I can't deal with this nonsense much longer.