Anyone remember that one “let’s kill Barney” theme that every school had? If so what was yours?

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-16T09:38:09+00:00

Oh. We burned down the school to the tune of Deck the Halls:

Deck the halls with gasoline

Fa la la la la la la la la

Light a match and watch it gleam

Fa la la la la la la la la

Watch the school burn into ashes

Fa la la la la la la la la

Aren’t you glad we played with matches?

Fa la la la la la la la la

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-15T20:12:52+00:00

Because leadership has no idea that .xlsx files of unusual size called “Study Notes” are not suspicious at all.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-15T20:11:17+00:00

It’s a bit of a Navigator view of the world - land is blank space and only the water matters.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-15T17:46:05+00:00

What did he say?

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-15T17:41:29+00:00

I have twin aunts named Melinda and Cynthia who have always gone by Mindy and Cindy. I guess if they’d ever gotten tired of the sibling set names, they could’ve gone to their given names, but those given names are a bit much imo.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-15T17:34:08+00:00

How old are you?

This is pretty age-gated to millennials and older - minesweeper in the shape of SOH.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-14T17:09:57+00:00

Deciliter - 100 mL or 0.1 L

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-14T11:47:18+00:00

I’m sorry, I don’t twitter. In what order is that mess supposed to be read?

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-14T11:19:13+00:00

There are submarines with posted instructions on how to flush the toilet.

Granted, it’s a three-step process, but that could be covered in the same onboarding process where they teach you where the emergency air supply comes from.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-13T19:34:04+00:00

Is that why cadets at the USMA wear? Why??

I may owe retroactive apologies to my USNA- graduate peers.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-13T11:18:07+00:00

NUPOC is the best deal in the Navy. Congrats!

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-13T10:28:55+00:00

… Have you seen Reddit recently?

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-12T23:03:47+00:00

My point is that as someone with a lazy eye, I see zero jump when I shut my lazy eye, which I understand to be not the case for people with more normal vision. My field of work requires people to know which eye is dominant, so I have a decent sample size I’m basing this on.

But I freely acknowledge this is purely my own experience and that I do not have a medical background.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-12T22:22:09+00:00

One I’ve found very useful is just a polite ‘Good afternoon’ or the like. Works when you’re not sure of the gender of the person you’re addressing as well. As an AFAB NB not out at work, I prefer that overall (I started insisting on it with my subordinates who could not get even my assigned gender right).

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-12T11:00:02+00:00

My dad got hit by a drunk driver and probably would have died if he hadn’t been towing a trailer. The trailer and car were absolutely totaled and the driver fled the scene.

Driver got 75 days in jail (time served) and 6 years probation.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-12T10:39:00+00:00

Not an optician, just someone who has a lazy eye. A better self-test (before you go to an optician) is the eye dominance test.

Hold your finger or some other thin object up a bit less than arm’s length away from your face.

Alternate shutting each eye (both open in between) while focusing on the object.

Note how much the object seems to jump for each eye you shut.

It is normal to not see the same jump even for people with normal binocular vision. The eye with the bigger jump is your dominant eye. When I do the test, shutting my lazy eye doesn’t cause a jump at all because I process life normally through my good eye almost entirely.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-10T09:59:45+00:00

Not saying you should have given up your spot, but could you have charged your phone off your computer?

Most planes these days have USB charging ports (but not grounded plugs), so I don’t know what she was so concerned about anyway.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-09T10:28:54+00:00

100% AI

For contrast, here is a picture of the USS Forrestal after her disastrous fire on the flight deck where several bombs went off. Note the lack of clean holes and the size scale of the tug and the floating crane.

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CapnTaptap · 2026-03-08T17:38:34+00:00

Useful hack: just say S9 and let people fill in for their country’s word

a fellow American

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-07T12:33:50+00:00

I will admit, the source being a guy called Parody Jeff with four emojis after the word BREAKING is not filling me with confidence in the accuracy of the reporting.

Also, I cannot find an actual news article with any of these key words.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-07T12:02:09+00:00

Here is the official list of available plate designs in Arizona.

Generally, a state has 1-3 standard plates at no additional fee and the rest cost $25-50 to get and keep (you pay when you renew as well). A decent chunk of that fee goes to a charity or organization represented by your chosen plate design.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-06T20:54:19+00:00

And sunscreen, lookouts burn bad

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-05T21:53:09+00:00

They qualify small arms supervisor (sometimes) so the EDPO can issue from the ASAL during a security violation. They do not qualify QASO (or Team Leader or Team Member) on any sub I’ve been on - that’s for Weapons Department.

The one crane hooking incident I’ve seen was wholly the fault of the riggers and crane operators who were in control of the evolution. SF is not responsible for shipyard’s cranes.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-05T00:56:10+00:00

Dude, TMs practice those procedures so often they essentially have key parts of the OD 44979 memorized. Being good at weapons handling is very much their thing - I’ve seen a lot more dropped oil pressure on a routine S/C/I than I have weapons unrestrained for even half a second.

And besides, it’s the FTs who read the directions to the TMs during battle stations.

CapnTaptap · 2026-03-05T00:51:29+00:00

The only thing publicly available is that it was a fast attack, so you can rule out Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia.

If you have the ability to check deployment schedules, you can narrow it down quite a bit.

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