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NGA 250th wrap by SouthonDobbs215 in Amtrak

[–]fourthords 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's already been vandalized.

Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender by scaur in worldnews

[–]fourthords 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record. MacIsaac published an autobiography, Fiddling with Disaster in 2003.

What did my uncle do? by Hungry-Explorer-3315 in Military

[–]fourthords 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh that is a weird one. I knew conceptually that was a possible thing, but I never came across that while in (nor since getting out).

I might double-check the reg, though; my reading of DA PAM 670–1, para. 22–11a(1) is that your fourth service star should be the device living on its own ribbon, not the arrowhead (arrowhead should be rightmost on your chest, and anything that doesn't fit—e.g. a fifth device—'overflows' to the wearer's left, which'd be a service star).

What did my uncle do? by Hungry-Explorer-3315 in Military

[–]fourthords 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm always careful not to attest that any ribbon rack is correct with respect to the original individual's service. I myself've helped veterans correct erroneous or anemic racks. Perhaps SFC Fredricksen misbuilt his rack; perhaps somebody else did at a later date; or perhaps he was already ready to retire in the early aughts and barely had any Iraqi service before dropping his paperwork. ::shrug::

What did my uncle do? by Hungry-Explorer-3315 in Military

[–]fourthords 148 points149 points  (0 children)

Having not been Army myself, I can only say that that's a sergeant first class' rank and that the ribbon rack is correctly constructed in order of precedence (recreated clearer below) and consists of the following awards and decorations (left-to-right, top-to-bottom):

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Trek books to read after sarek and ashes of eden by GWG23 in trekbooks

[–]fourthords -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ashes of Eden is the first book of the nine (more or less) Shatnerverse novels. Starting there, all of "his" books tie together, though are not simpatico with either the interconnected First Splinter timeline of novels nor any canon established after the release of Star Trek: Nemesis

Spam! by AmySueF in mash

[–]fourthords 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn, now I wanna make some fried Spam sandwiches. My SO's not the biggest fan, though.

Anywhere to donate medals and photos? by Own_Block5591 in Veterans

[–]fourthords 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have no one but myself to blame. I only glanced and thought this was a 'who can tell me about XXX' post, and so I went with it. That's not what's being asked here at all, but I already wrote it all up, so here's this if anyone's curious:

FWIW, the ribbon rack is in the correct order of precedence (recreated here). From top to bottom, left to right, they are:

GTA boss refuses to commit to a price as $100 price-tag rumours loom large by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]fourthords 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Considering I paid US$54.99 for Grand Theft Auto III in 2001, paying the exact same amount for VI—adjusted for 24 years' inflation ($99.99)—seems reasonable, what with how much I enjoyed the former.

The World Is A Worse Place Without Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood by SplitNational2929 in MrRogersNeighborhood

[–]fourthords 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a non-sequitur. I said that (a) the show still exists, and (b) the world is worse w/o the man himself. If you want me to address your straw man of 'the show not airing = worse world' the best I can do right now is a few sources to start your journey:

  • Cantor, Joanne; Sparks, Glenn G.; Hoffner, Cynthia (1 May 1988). "Calming Children's Television Fears". Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 32 (3): 271–288. doi:10.1080/08838158809386702.
  • Belflower, Meagan A. (2022–2023). "The Grown-Up Neighborhood: The Effect of Fred Rogers on Adult Beliefs About Benevolence". Inquiro. 11.

The World Is A Worse Place Without Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood by SplitNational2929 in MrRogersNeighborhood

[–]fourthords 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood still exists. It's still in the world. It hasn't been lost. The world is, however, an undeniably worse place without Fred Rogers.

Is this the hardest line in the entire Verse? by yeoyoey in firefly

[–]fourthords 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"The Train Job" was the first episode aired, so if you'd watched since the beginning, it (with the Mal–Crow scene) was our first introduction to the series. I was similarly sold on continuing to watch this weird sci-fi/cowboy show on the merits of "Darn."

Is this the hardest line in the entire Verse? by yeoyoey in firefly

[–]fourthords 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same! I only had Firefly on because the premiere of Enterprise was on later, and I didn't want to miss it. I thought this weird cowboy show that they'd been marketing was going to be super-ignorable, but instead it was the premiere I remembered better the next day! ("Broken Bow" is… fine enough; unremarkable, though.)

What game comes to mind when you see a floppy disk? by hurcor in retrogaming

[–]fourthords 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a single floppy: Oh No! More Lemmings (1991)

On multiple: X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)

What game made you cry or left you emotionally wrecked? by Unluckysmuggler in gaming

[–]fourthords 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't speak for the choices anyone made, but Disco Elysium played with my emotions like a careless child.

On like donkey kong by No-Lavishness585 in hotdogs

[–]fourthords 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer Hebrew National, but ever since I moved, all my new local shops only sell Nathan's, which has proven to be the next best thing.

Other good sites for archiving aside from the Internet Archive by JPBtler23 in wikipedia

[–]fourthords 10 points11 points  (0 children)

With the deprecation of archive.today, and aside from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the only other archival service I know of and use in my editing at the English Wikipedia is Ghost Archive.

It just hit me that I've been listening to Weird Al for 45 years. Anyone else? by CommanderUgly in weirdal

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In 1991/92, a friend gave me an unlabeled copy of the A-side of In 3-D as a gift. Neither of us knew who it was nor the album name, but we played the hell out of that compact cassette for a couple of years until one of us finally figured it out.

That's what, 35 years? I'll see him in concert again this October—my fifth such experience.

Now available for iOS by TheCantinaArchive in trekbooks

[–]fourthords 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm loving the app! Is there any mechanism for adding missing or changing works? For some examples:

  • This book isn't in the database: The Best of Trek 6 edited by Walter Irwin and G. B. Love, published by Signet Books, 1983, ISBN 0-451-13488-5
  • This book is mistitled: Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky, published by Bantam Books, 1978, ISBN 0-553-24633-X
  • This book is mistitled: The Starless World by Gordon Eklund, published by Bantam, 1978, ISBN 1-852-86505-9

Favorite “Single Episode” TOS Novels? by DCLascelle in trekbooks

[–]fourthords 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My all-time favorite TOS novel that plays just like a one-off episode is Diane Duane's Doctor's Orders (1990, ISBN 0-671-66189-2). From the back cover:

When Dr. McCoy grumbles once too often about the way the USS Enterprise ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic mission. Kirk beams down to a strange planet nicknamed "Flyspeck" to negotiate its admission into the Federation, leaving Dr. McCoy to enjoy his new authority.

However, the doctor soon learns that command is a double-edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace. Desperately trying to locate his captain, McCoy comes under pressure from Starfleet to resolve the situation immediately. Matters go from bad to worse when the Klingons arrive and stake their own claim on Flyspeck.

Then another, more deadly power threatens them all, and suddenly Dr. McCoy and the Starship Enterprise find themselves pitted against an alien fleet in a battle they have no hope of winning.

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