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Mittens the Viking's avatar

Whoa. Umm, how? Not that I'll be driving an aircraft carrier soon, but curious.

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William's avatar

When a new ship is accepted by the Navy, or returned to service after update/overhaul the Navy requires the vessel to meet the design and performance standards per contract. The ship is put through it's paces. Speed, maneuver and stopping standards are tested and monitored. It's pretty simple really. The bridge rings up speed, IE "all ahead full or flank". Then the command is given, "left full rudder". the vessel is expected to react appropriately and not roll over. The thing about a carrier is that (as I recall from my tour aboard the USS John F Kennedy). it's so damn big the visuals are crazy. It's essentially an object 10 stories tall and 1000 feet long skidding in the water. The scale of these ships boggles the mind. The anchors I recall weighed 35 tons and each link in the chain 350 pounds. https://youtu.be/p9NB_kENBhs

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Mittens the Viking's avatar

Wow. Thanks!

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Bobo the Dork Boy's avatar

As do I. Mostly from Free for All. When I listen to them I spend most of my time thinking, "Glod but this man is a piece of shit."

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Bobo the Dork Boy's avatar

"People of Walmart, DC Edition"

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Mysterious  Masked  Wrestler's avatar

Keep telling yourself that whiteness makes you better than anyone, somehow. That way you'll never have to face up to the fact that you're absolute trash.

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Hydrangea's avatar

And maybe they don't report it because it didn't happen.....

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Zyxomma's avatar

And the state in which she was half governor has the highest rate of sexual assault and domestic violence in the country -- and had years of untested backlogged rape kits, also, too.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Back when he was Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, he had a psychedelic hit called Journey to the Center of the Mind. Since then, he's irredeemable.

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fuflans's avatar

why?

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fuflans's avatar

this this this. i could only watch for like 14 seconds, but jesus christ honey! lay off!

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fuflans's avatar

i was looking for a job and then i found a job and heaven knows i'm miserable now.

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fuflans's avatar

why jack tapper why?

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whitroth's avatar

You might like the album with that song... and you might like the whole song.

ObDisclosure: Susan and Phil, who are February Sky, are friends. And *damn* good musicians.

I know how lucky I am to have a job I like, and a manager who's both knowledgeable... and a friend. And that I do something I believe in (as long as our budget holds out, unfuck you very much, Trumpolini).

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thixotropic jerk's avatar

You are a verrrrrrrry special kind of stoopid. All those lying women lying about being harassed --such liars! I can't even! You and other idiots like you give cover for the Billos and Trumpets of the world to keep abusing women. Let me guess, you're a "victim" of "reverse rapism" or whatever made up fantasy term you have stuck in your pea brain. Women abuse and rape women too, unfortunately. May you see beyond your disgusting ignorance one day soon and atone.

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thixotropic jerk's avatar

Swinford- the Christian view. Are you alive (but dead inside) or a Psybot? That lames username sezzit all donnit? Bwahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa. So much stoopid so little time. BTW- Jeebus was a brown you fookin dumfook!!!!

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