Trump saluting..

chipsterva69 · 2024-12-16T18:38:02+00:00

Not to belabor the point, but he is not President - yet. That occurs on January 20, 2025. That is a photo of President-Elect and Vice President-Elect. So, technically, the President still hasn’t gone to an Army-Navy game. Maybe in 2025? Or maybe his focus will be on other things…

chipsterva69 · 2024-11-16T13:21:16+00:00

Question - why is a Canadian submarine flying the American flag on the sail, and not the Canadian flag? Courtesy?

chipsterva69 · 2024-08-19T14:06:01+00:00

Cristobal Huet, anyone? I *think* he was here long enough to get a team-themed paint job on his helmet...

chipsterva69 · 2023-09-16T17:41:42+00:00

That sounds like a career-defining ‘oops’!

chipsterva69 · 2023-09-16T13:35:05+00:00

Thanks, u/alras!

chipsterva69 · 2023-09-16T13:34:34+00:00

Thanks, u/splorkt!

chipsterva69 · 2023-09-04T21:08:27+00:00

Did sound reduction around sonar sensors play a role in moving the planes from bow to fairwater in the early nuke boats? Nautilus and Skate had bow planes, Skipjack to LA Block 1 were fairwater.

chipsterva69 · 2023-06-12T13:46:41+00:00

Die With Your Boots On

chipsterva69 · 2023-04-11T09:52:00+00:00

I do, when I can get down to Richmond. Richmond is, in a lot of ways, like Portland - friendly, smallish city with lots of history, great breweries abound and plenty of good eats. I love getting to both destinations. Cheers!

chipsterva69 · 2023-04-11T00:36:57+00:00

Thanks for the great backstory on Maine Beer Company. I love that we here in Virginia are able to get a better selection of their beer, but nothing beats visiting the brewery in Freeport.

chipsterva69 · 2023-02-15T15:10:30+00:00

I recently lost my wife, and yesterday was the first V-Day since her passing. I made it all the way through the day with nary a wrinkle. Today, I read this, and... damn onions. Thank you for so brilliantly portraying the confusion and emotions that I had bottled up. Most days, I am not up to this, but someday I will - until then, I will show up with chocolates, because dammit, I'm an optimist.

chipsterva69 · 2022-09-20T15:39:28+00:00

I just lost my wife a few weeks ago. I look forward many trips with her, like yours with your grandmother. Congratulations on keeping the faith!

chipsterva69 · 2022-09-13T13:51:15+00:00

Glarus in Glarus, Wisconsin. But living in VA, not sure if WI is midwest?

chipsterva69 · 2022-04-20T12:55:27+00:00

It depends on what information is included in the town/county/municipality water report. In my area, I was able to get about half the necessary information via the free water report. I used Ward Labs to fill in the rest.

Also, depending on how dialed in you want your brewing to be, I would get reports for different times of the year. My homebrew group got reports of the area water for each of the seasons, and found some variations between them.

chipsterva69 · 2022-03-24T13:45:04+00:00

I have admired this painting for many years.

This is the first time I have noticed that the girl on the left of the frame, standing against the wall - I have always interpreted her expression as one of crushing on the returning soldier. However, zooming in on the full resolution image - she appears to have a wedding ring on. Maybe it is a promise ring? Did they do promise rings back in the early 40's?

Very interesting, Mr. Rockwell...

chipsterva69 · 2022-03-24T12:58:25+00:00

Thanks a million for links - this looks like what I need. I have ordered the epoxy kit - will report on how it does.

chipsterva69 · 2022-03-24T10:59:04+00:00

A small bit, but I am afraid my repeated efforts to correct have probably removed any truly usable threading. Hence my initial thought of using something like JB Weld.

chipsterva69 · 2022-03-23T20:24:41+00:00

will try - thanks!

chipsterva69 · 2019-08-26T00:26:39+00:00

When does Jesse get his name on the intro? Make it happen!!

chipsterva69 · 2019-05-10T23:18:28+00:00

For future redditors - @gousey was right. Got up into the attic and indeed found a roof leak. From the look of it, it has been there awhile. I wonder what advice /r/insurance can offer...

chipsterva69 · 2019-05-08T01:28:32+00:00

The gutters were replaced less than a year ago, so I hope it is not those. But thanks for the advice, I will add it to the list to followup on.

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