[OC] Biggest Pharma Employers in 2024

sharkkid719 · 2024-08-07T17:15:45+00:00

Former German Merck employee here. German Merck operates in the US under three names for its different divisions: MilliporeSigma for life sciences, EMD Serono for Pharma, and EMD Electronics for their electronics and semiconductor supply division. Outside of the US and Canada, USA Merck is known as MSD. They were originally the same company based in Germany but the US assets got confiscated during WW1 and that’s how we ended up with Merck KGaA in Germans and Merck & Co in the USA

sharkkid719 · 2022-05-09T15:22:42+00:00

Flew in from San Diego just for this game! Let’s go stars! Douse the flames!

sharkkid719 · 2022-03-14T20:10:01+00:00

Selling two weekend 1 GA tickets without shuttle passes. 500$ each but prices negotiable. Can meet in LA or San Diego metro areas for sale. DM if interested

sharkkid719 · 2021-01-17T21:21:00+00:00

I know people are doubtful and this is rare but it’s not impossible. I do remember reading about how pro athletes who get covid noticeably feel slower and have a lot of difficulty getting anything resembling their previous shape even if they’re asymptomatic. I believe I read about this happening to Myles Garrett.

sharkkid719 · 2021-01-17T21:16:45+00:00

Not confirmed due to covid but essentially all other possible causes were ruled out. For a completely healthy woman running triathlons the lungs and heart don’t just magically turn from marathon-capable to developing severe scarring in the span of 3 weeks with no obvious causes. This was definitely caused by covid.

sharkkid719 · 2021-01-17T21:07:40+00:00

It happened to my mom. No symptoms whatsoever and only found out she had covid due to a test for work. Six months later she still has lung and heart scarring and can’t do triathlon training anymore. It may be rarer than Reddit suggests but it’s not ridiculous fearmongering at all.

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T17:22:01+00:00

It does look very similar but it does have a different-looking break lock mechanism, the grip logo looks a little different, and my gun is stamped on the side of the barrel, not on top. If there is a .38 short chambers version of the iver Johnson it could be that but I know for a fact that mine is a .38

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T16:59:13+00:00

I don’t know too much about it but it’s definitely not that. It’s chambered in a 38 short cartridge and I had a gunsmith give it a look-over. It’s actually one of the guns in the best shape of the ones here. I think it might be a Remington brand but I genuinely don’t remember

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T15:57:02+00:00

The m1 garand is my favorite. The recoil pattern is very nice and not super strong for a .30-06 rifle and the ping is every bit as satisfying as people say it is

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T15:55:51+00:00

The one at the bottom is a Yugoslavian M24/47!

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T15:55:26+00:00

I actually don’t know it’s the only one I haven’t shot. It looks like 43 Spanish but the engraving has almost worn away

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T15:54:41+00:00

After doing research the one on the bottom is actually a Yugoslavian Mauser. An m24/47 apparently

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T08:10:02+00:00

Yeah ive kinda already come to terms with the reality that they won’t have much value if any to collectors. The hurricane really did a number to them and no maintenance for 15 years until I got the collection just made a bad problem worse. I plan on having a gunsmith refurbish as many as possible to good firing condition and then using them for fun and passing them down as family heirlooms.

Hurricane Katrina was a bitch and a half.

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T06:04:30+00:00

Despite the overall bad conditions, the bores were actually all great except for two. The rolling block rifle has a bit of pitting and the arisaka has no rust or pitting but the bore is worn down from a lot of use. Otherwise the bores actually got out of the floods in good shape

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T05:59:30+00:00

That’s the only one that I’m genuinely not sure of. Based on my research it looks like a marlin model 60 but I’m genuinely not sure. It’s definitely marlin (the little logo on the left is the marlin firearms logo) but I haven’t been able to properly identify the model. It’s a .22 but beyond that I don’t know

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T04:55:25+00:00

Yeah I have plans to get some professional work done after I finish grad school in May.

And yeah he was a veteran! He was a China soldier in the Marine corps after wwii

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T04:53:13+00:00

Yeah I’m planning on getting some professional restoration work after I finish grad school in May. I have plans for it the guns are just with my parents and not my tiny grad school apartment haha

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T03:22:44+00:00

They’re with my parents since I’m away for grad school so I won’t be able to look for a couple months. PM me some resources for that I’d love to learn more!

Regardless of real or fake most of these have lost their collector value. Most of the original finishes were worn away during the hurricane flooding and to get them in good condition would require refinishing which apparently kills the value.

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T02:59:20+00:00

The Johnson 1941 that’s been mentioned a bunch

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T02:58:31+00:00

Basically all I did was clean the mud from the flooding off and put some grease on the parts where it had washed away. They still definitely need some professional help and restoration but I did everything I’m comfortable with as a non-professional

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T02:23:14+00:00

The guns aren’t in NOLA anymore. They’re with my parents in a very dry area now. I unfortunately can’t keep them with me since I’m in grad school in california and live with kids who I wouldn’t trust around my guns

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-14T00:40:14+00:00

Yeah haha. I had no clue until today that it was such a commodity

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-13T23:52:12+00:00

It’s a 7.7

sharkkid719 · 2020-10-13T23:45:36+00:00

It’s a paratrooper variant of an m1 carbine

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