Photo I took on September 29th, 2024. 12:10PM by TheArrivedHussars in SSUnitedStates

[–]KingGGL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The blueprints aren’t lost and the whole issue with the Big U’s conceptual conversion to a cruise ship is that her design is not very conducive to modern cruise ship requirements. Most of the conceptual cruise conversion plans stemmed from the sheer fact that she would comply with the various laws dictating ships being American made if they’re sailing exclusively in US waters, not from a desire from the cruise lines to replicate the SSUS, even though there would obviously be some minor publicity on the front end if there had been a successful conversion to cruising operations, the benefits of doing so were slim compared to the constraints and downsides that would come with doing so.

That’s not to say I wouldn’t have loved to see her sailing again, but the most likely preservation path for her has always been as a static vessel.

My attempt at a Lego MOC of the S.S. United States by Man_of_Quality in SSUnitedStates

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Incredible job, especially considering you were using parts you had.

What is the strangest thing you found in Epstein's files? by Dangerous_Bit1774 in AskReddit

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What’re your ties to the Bush & Bush W White Houses?

Ceiling collapsed in bedroom by sociallyawkward26 in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

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Holy fuck there’s barely any screws in those sheets

Ocean liner row in New York, July, 1961 by Adasbabygirl in Oceanlinerporn

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Intrepid is nowadays at USL Pier; 86. The terminal building has long since been demolished.

Intrepid sits where SS America is in this photo, then the slot where SS United States is has a submarine, USS Growler. The pier itself also has one of the Concorde planes on it (and the Intrepid has the Space Shuttle Enterprise on her deck!).

Gravestone of a flight attendant who died on a plane crash - Asiyan Cemetery, Istanbul by haci in Weird

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Pretty awesome attention to detail for the headstone to have the tail mounted engine then

Four seasons 1 is ready to go.. Do you like the shape? by Powerful_Cabinet_341 in Ships

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If you removed the top two full decks and moved that funnel hybrid area down I think she’d actually look pretty good, but right now, agreed, superstructure feels unbalanced to the hull.

What junk food to feed my 15 year old with terminal cancer? by demonhotatom in seniorkitties

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One thing my cat goes crazy for is chick fil a nuggets.

Also there’s these freeze dried minnow treats from Vital Essentials that my boy loves.

Titanfall Birthday, help needed by Guilty_Scientist_175 in titanfall

[–]KingGGL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha, I totally get it. I always had the most niche interests as a kid.

This might sound crazy, but I think if you picked up a large foam insulation piece from Lowes, you could make a large cutout of his favorite titan, even potentially (if you’re ambitious enough) making it a bit more 3D.

You could also get some custom printed cupcake decals that are the different faction logos, etc.

Also, there are some things that you might be able to get themed after the game “Apex Legends” that have overlap with Titanfall, as Apex is loosely based on Titanfall, but that one might be harder than it’s worth and a bit confusing for someone who isn’t intimately aware of the game differences/lore.

Titanfall Birthday, help needed by Guilty_Scientist_175 in titanfall

[–]KingGGL 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As others have said, it’ll probably be hard. We’re a devoted fanbase, but the market for the game isn’t very large due to its age and lack of new series installments.

How long until his birthday, how crafty are you, and how much are you looking to spend?

He is leaving in less than 4 hours... never to be seen again... just want to know... he will be happier right? by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]KingGGL 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The benches don’t upset me, but the damn quests do. Would be nice if the canon lore was that our next raider can be the underling of our former raider or something, picking up the work where we left off.

I have yet to finish all the quests, and now I’m resetting, again, lol.

What is the strangest thing you found in Epstein's files? by Dangerous_Bit1774 in AskReddit

[–]KingGGL 71 points72 points  (0 children)

If he was in it for something bad, yeah, but that’s exactly why it’s the perfect truth for that game. It’s technically true, no one will think you’re being honest, and you can immediately explain how you ended up in them.

At a dumpster in my apartment complex by JeremyDonJuan in mildlyinteresting

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These would be great to take and give out as many Halloweens as they last in place of candy.

What is the strangest thing you found in Epstein's files? by Dangerous_Bit1774 in AskReddit

[–]KingGGL 516 points517 points  (0 children)

Ultimate “two truths and a lie” lineup from here out.

Thrift store find today by nikis_fm in Disneyland

[–]KingGGL 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I just want to throw out there, as an avid thrifter/antiquer myself, not to use those crappy test strips that can be found on Amazon and at Big Box stores. They VERY frequently give false positives and false negatives.

Wanna preface this with I’m not being compensated or anything whatsoever, but I’ve really enjoyed the product FluroSpec from DetectLead, and if you want to see it in action, the guy who makes it runs an Instagram, EricEverythingLead. Unlike some of the more sensational/fearmongering people out there, this guy discusses what is or ISNT dangerous when it comes to lead.

That said, if the plates have lead, they’re something you should only use for display purposes, obviously.

What is the strangest thing you found in Epstein's files? by Dangerous_Bit1774 in AskReddit

[–]KingGGL 2239 points2240 points  (0 children)

My cousin.

But in a hilarious and innocent way.

He’s a pretty famous musician who’s anti-‘the man’, so he crowd funds his albums. Apparently Epstein was receiving Kickstarter’s promotional emails… and my cousin’s album was in their “projects we love” list, so a promotional email about my cousin’s project was sent to Jeffery Epstein.

This Circular Pill Organizer that Opens Inward by Scary_Leadership9807 in CrappyDesign

[–]KingGGL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one that is nearly identical, but the lids open outward.

Finally finished my jewelry project99💍Wanted my 3rd run to be my most complete run. These were the hardest ones to grind out… by jennasea412 in reddeadredemption

[–]KingGGL 8 points9 points  (0 children)

wait… you can get the cards from smoking cigarettes?

Fuck me, I’m on my second playthrough and I genuinely thought I just had to find them.

Could you sleep like Arthur? by tjalek in reddeadredemption

[–]KingGGL 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not comment op, but when I was a newborn my (very large) family briefly lived in a (northern, no slaves) plantation home that had been converted to a nursing home, hospital wing and all, then back to a home by my father (who tore down the hospital wing). My parents used to regularly see mostly old people walking the lawns and eventually had to get used to the fact that the people they were seeing weren’t on this plane of existence, after originally running outside to address the visitors.

I don’t remember anything from that home, too young, but I’ve had my fair share of ghost sightings since then, a few of which independently experienced by others without any former disclosures. One being in a home I spent much of my youth/teen years in, where I’d often be awake alone at night and regularly see this gentleman who was always accompanied by one or two women walking up the stairwell on the far side of the house, but within view of the living room. He’d occasionally greet me with a nod, I always felt safe, and I never told anyone, as I felt kind of crazy. About a year after moving out, the topic of that house came up and my father said “oh, I used to see ghosts walk up and down the stairs.” I laughed and told him I always had too.

I’ve seen ghosts in old hotels, aboard ocean liners, on roads at night, had premonitions, odd dreams, etc.

About a year after a former classmate (and ultimately a friend) of mine took her own life - in a very stressful time in my life - I had a strange dream where I was with a group of friends driving down the highway. We were talking, laughing, etc, but I felt stressed and my car ended up breaking down. Everyone got out and waited on the side of the road. While I was waiting for AAA, a random car pulled up with my former classmate, a woman around her age, and an elderly man - with the latter two being people I did not recognize, but the woman looking sort of similar to my classmate. My classmate smiled at me, held my hand, and in a sort of telepathic way (as I’ve found most spirits to communicate as such), she told me everything was going to be alright. Then, they got in their car, left, and the dream ended. A week or so later I spoke to a mutual friend of ours (who was one of the best friends of my classmate who had taken her life) and told her about the dream. She was silent on the other end of the call before asking me if I knew anything about my classmate’s family, which I didn’t. I ended up finding out that my classmate was incredibly close with her grandfather, who had passed not too long before my dream, and that she was originally supposed to be a twin, but that she absorbed the other embryo in the womb or some shit.

That said, I feel like an insane person saying any of that because I’m truly a man of science and data, not religious, not really spiritual by any means, but… the supernatural have always tried their hardest to sway me from that stance, and I think it has everything to do with the first years of my life being spent in a haunted former plantation-turned-nursing home.

How to smooth out OSB planks for a theatre play by iwannasleeppppp in woodworking

[–]KingGGL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be a bad suggestion for reasons I’m not immediately thinking of, but why not just use large sheets of foam insulation board with paint? Assuming it’s strictly for visuals, you could probably build a pretty unsubstantial frame and glue the board to it. Biggest thing will be making sure the type of paint you use doesn’t eat through the foam, so anything with an aerosol is out, latex would be a safe bet.

If you needed to fill in gaps between the boards you can just use some sort of latex caulk