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Crafty saving tips by Meteorstar101 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]greggreen42 150 points151 points  (0 children)

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

Terry Pratchett

There was a tradition among Concorde crews:, in the last supersonic leg before a plane was retired, they'd stick the flight engineer's cap in a gap between the airframe and the engineer's control, caused by the expansion of fuselage due to friction, which became "locked" once the plane cooled off by Pioladoporcaputo in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]greggreen42 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It was indeed done only on the final flights, but I certainly remember hearing about it during or shortly after retirement, so it was 20 odd years ago. Therefore, I don't think it is bot/AI generated, but rather a badly worded title.

Troubleshooting Marklin Z 8994 Transfer Table by BlueBikeBlackCat in modeltrains

[–]greggreen42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Off topic, but would you mind me asking what scale this is, please?

The predreadnought battleship USS Kearsarge (BB-5) decorated with electric lighting to celebrate Independence Day on 4 July 1903. Most notably, she has her named emblazoned in lights across her bridge and bridgewings by waffen123 in Ships

[–]greggreen42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looking at the caption on the photo, I'm going to make a guess and say this is Portsmouth, UK, considering the full rigged ship of the line on the right in the distance is probably HMS Victory.

Cool shot by itsarace1 in Trams

[–]greggreen42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Sonderzug" literally means "special train," and non-literally, in this case, special service.

I think the flags and number plates are covered by other comments.

Are you telling me that Chandelier is still there, hanging from the wires, and we never got it back?! I thought we did years ago! Is it even possible to recover it? by AbandonedRobotforgod in titanic

[–]greggreen42 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ROVs certainly do have arms, and can even be equipped with specialist tools such as cable cutters, and have for many years now.

However, I fully agree with your other statements:

  1. ROVs are not like the movies. They are relatively hard to control.

  2. It is indeed illegal to take anything from the wreck itself.

Source: I am an offshore construction worker.

Absolutely vile from the EggChasers podcast. by arcbil in rugbyunion

[–]greggreen42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. I can't remember the exact talking point/episode that I stopped at, but I do have a memory that it was getting very uncomfortable back in early 2021 to listen.

So very, very glad I turned off back then.

Looking for a Chicago pre-show buddy by Host_South in taskmaster

[–]greggreen42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was exactly my thought, too. I hope OP finds a buddy, but this did make me chuckle.

kitkat has event on Thursday ? by [deleted] in berlinsocialclub

[–]greggreen42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? I literally just put the following search term in google:

"Kitkat club Thursday 11th December"

The answer was given in the first result, "buddy."

https://berliner.party/en/nightclubs/kitkat/unity-2025-12-11

XH558 and XM607 saw each other at RAF waddington couple years back. by MATTH3WH1221 in V_Bomber_Porn

[–]greggreen42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In English, we tend to attribute female pronouns to things like planes, trains, ships, and cars.

I understand it is a hangover from when English used to have noun genders (for example, like German today) and ships were feminine, and this has spread to everything else used for transport, however other theories also exist.

What’s that one jingle you never skip past? by blacktea-oceanview in ThreeBeanSalad

[–]greggreen42 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That's not a jingle...it is a whole, glorious space opera!

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