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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · 23d

Hello. Happy national compliance officer day to those who celebrate

In other news, ROCN Chen De (PFG-1208), first ROCN Lafayette to complete life extension upgrades. No longer sporting the silly navalized AIM-9s - refitted with a indigenous VLS system and integrated with BAE's Type 997 Artisan

cya

a frigate whose superstructure is mostly balsa fiberglass composite.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jul 29

I will leave a like and approving comment for Ichiro's spite.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

ma'am you're just out there making some of us look bad with our dolly

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

or fried fish sandwiches

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. *deletes tomb idea*

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

Do we lower the baddies in and then box up the tombstone?

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

can it have windows

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Apr 21

pls continue with said discourse - I have one hour

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Feb 8

to mute. But there is a point where it’s prob easier and healthier to just step away from the platform.

I’ll check back in when there’s actually news news.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Feb 8

It ain’t blusky - it’s just people. But we got enough on our plate that we don’t really benefit from this torrent of useless information and aggravating user exp.

There’s ppl who I’m interested in their lives but I’m not interested in their retweets and absent any way to turn it off, prob easier

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Feb 8

Had some extended time incommunicado due to business travel.

Obviously things are not great Bob but as far as I can tell, the folks doing nonstop screenshot posting and doomer shit on the interwebs don’t have any concrete roles in their communities or do work to make life better.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 23

Is there footage or pic of the basement? Can’t find it

PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 23

Aux heat time 😬

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 23

A spoked hub wheel with spokes in perfect uniform tension: a thing of perfection, efficiency and lightness.

Kickstarter bros: let’s not and have a rim that has to deal with compressive loads.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 23

How many service uniform iterations have you seen in 20 years

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 23

Stuff like this make me wish we had better mechanical and physics education.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

Well it’s the third time in 20 years that a new admin decided to throw a wrench into basic science research. Coincidentally always the same people who claim they want to be beat China.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

at PNC park nachos are basically 10 bucks

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

3.50 popcorn and 4 nachos and cheese is practically subsidized in 2025.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

sigh.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

steam powered via steam generated via heat exchanger or steam powered via steam generated via heat exchanger to power steam turbine-generator

a man driving a bus with the words that 's all a matter of perspective really

ALT: a man driving a bus with the words that 's all a matter of perspective really

media.tenor.com

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

if it is already cured the compressive strength and pullout strength should be way within the margins required

if it isn't cured lol

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

Well that’s inconvenient.

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

The high efficiency furnaces that side vent with PVC are particularly vulnerable to this. Check them.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jan 22

As snowy weather continues across the South, remember to clear your home heating exhaust vents of snow and ice! Blocked vents can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.

local12.com/news/local/n...

NKY family warns everyone after carbon monoxide poisoning due to snow blocking vent

An Alexandria family was counting their blessings for realizing they had carbon monoxide poisoning before it was too late.

local12.com

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PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · Jan 22

Get strong for swinging a bat by swinging a bat. Get strong for throwing a ball for throwing a ball.

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