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#11
Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: A succinct debate about gu...
Last post by Windigo - Yesterday at 02:36:49 PM
I think the consequences of using your dick instead of a gun in a home invasion case would be .... socially interesting.

Vigilante justice would swell ....

Leaving your door unlocked would be considered entrapment ... LoL



#12
Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: More Pix For A Laugh
Last post by Windigo - Yesterday at 02:29:57 PM
When news is just a giant troll farm....
#13
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Gusington - Yesterday at 01:55:38 PM
^The picture in that tweet really gives a horrible sense of scale to this.
#14
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by al_infierno - Yesterday at 01:48:06 PM
"It's f#$@ing picturesque, is what it is."

https://x.com/Daniel_Sugarman/status/1772595364706627696
#15
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Gusington - Yesterday at 01:40:30 PM
'Sad' is a great way to put it.
#16
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by ArizonaTank - Yesterday at 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: Gusington on Yesterday at 11:24:26 AMThe actual conspiracy theories floating around out there are crazy.

It is very sad, but probably inevitable in today's climate.

The conspiracy theories I have seen are crude and sick attempts at political "pokes in eye," to put more points on the board for one political tribe or the other.
#17
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Gusington - Yesterday at 11:24:26 AM
The actual conspiracy theories floating around out there are crazy.
#18
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Windigo - Yesterday at 11:07:49 AM
Am disappointed, came here for the conspiracy theories...

RIP, the bridge work crew.
#19
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Tripoli - Yesterday at 10:01:49 AM
There is a suggestion that it may have been contaminated fuel that caused the power loss. I'm not sure I agree that is a likely reason.  My reason for this opinion is that the presence of contaminated fuel should have been detected both by the port (if the contaminated fuel was brought onboard) or by the crew before ever departing port.  At least in the USN, we did fuel quality checks (going off of memory here) every 12 hours underway, and it was part of the checklist before any restricted maneuvering situation (such as entering/leaving port).  The checks are not that difficult, and I'm sure that doing the checks would be part of the regulations for merchants.   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/baltimore-container-ship-crisis
#20
Current Events / Re: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Last post by Redwolf - Yesterday at 07:30:44 AM

Here is (in German) a report on the bridge with comments from one English and one German structural engineers. Basically they echo what was said above. You wouldn't build the bridge like this anymore, but in 1977 that was OK.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/baltimore-warum-ist-die-bruecke-eingestuerzt-und-was-weiss-man-ueber-das-containerschiff-a-a9b0409f-b823-48cc-830e-f1a3c34d265d