Posts by SteelFolk@qoto.org
(DIR) Post #AXgo34iDoM0dIR44ae by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-07-14T15:37:28Z
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@drewfer @freemo I'm interested to know what the metallurgy is about here. Do you have a link to something?
(DIR) Post #AXgp4aGO5fdROUKRw8 by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-07-14T15:52:15Z
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@freemo @drewfer Oh, the brass bit? I read that barrels on big ship guns suffered from fatigue to due to hoop stress and didn't last long so I though it might be about something similar.
(DIR) Post #AXgqEGPwpbpUh2ypou by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-07-14T16:05:12Z
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@freemo @drewfer I can see that you'd feel silly if the barrel got wider after a few shots, the gases got past it and the bullet just plopped out onto the floor.
(DIR) Post #AXn9L9MuVAn6w5Jf7o by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-07-17T17:07:35Z
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@freemo Not in the UK, but I see cops with ones which have a button-down flap over it in Europe. Is that not a type you can have?
(DIR) Post #AXnA5UtsmNFh2Jq3tI by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-07-17T17:15:59Z
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@freemo They look as if they are to keep the rain off the gun. If you had one here, it would be something to consider!
(DIR) Post #AYQq9s3tdGb2ZabQvI by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-08-05T20:41:06Z
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@freemo In the UK, Unions have much wider role than that. They may do elsewhere, I don't know. There is a long history with matters such as safety, welfare and discrimination that they played a big role in, most of it now accepted by most people as reasonable and normal. I think such things need to be treated as a different from your point.
(DIR) Post #AYQrSMA8YcYj5xtsR6 by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-08-05T20:55:39Z
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@freemo I have found it tough to decide on the wages point. There have been some good debates between good politicians about it in the past, but there are few of them now of the same calibre, I'm afraid.
(DIR) Post #AYagzLQNAOVURmcYro by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-08-10T14:45:29Z
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@freemo And the impatient "Come on, ffs" that went with it every time.
(DIR) Post #AaL08VX5nqV6L6dDU0 by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-10-01T20:48:51Z
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@freemo Can you estimate its top speed? I guess it will very according to how much coffee and sugar you've had.
(DIR) Post #AaL1gjvUtUummRvwoK by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-10-01T21:06:16Z
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@freemo In Holland, they call them "sleeping bikes". But they regularly overtake my car.
(DIR) Post #Aaxym0M3rGlCMXrIVE by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-10-20T16:07:20Z
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@freemo I can fix you up with high tensile steel wire for the purpose. Same stuff as bra underwiring actually so no trouble.
(DIR) Post #Ab2APnL9XebRi4RvSi by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-10-22T16:36:37Z
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@freemo Incredible how sailors used the moons to find longitude with such primitive kit, ain't it.
(DIR) Post #Ab3W1oo7gqNQW6gvXE by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-10-22T20:43:31Z
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@freemo Yup. They looked different depending on where you were somehow and almanacks were made to refer to. From a ship at sea before decent clocks were available.
(DIR) Post #Abhgt83i3A6qeXndei by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-11-11T17:23:37Z
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@freemo I typed my PhD thesis to save money. It was in a mainframe with no formatting until it was printed. My speed was 52 wpm and it took forever.
(DIR) Post #Acq5Qec1IfK6rTZhiK by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-15T16:28:25Z
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@freemo I had bacon-wrapped ones once.
(DIR) Post #ActsCLYoobXiwplT6W by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-17T12:19:01Z
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@freemo I think you need welfare as well as UBI.
(DIR) Post #Acw4KvQYw09GGmgChs by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-18T13:44:27Z
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@freemo There will be an exclusion clause if you have American cheese. Probably in the suicide section.
(DIR) Post #Ad8OI3uX1GRTfA28Rc by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-24T12:24:33Z
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@freemo I have a pal who says "gosh!", which I think is in the same league.
(DIR) Post #Ad8Oe0MYtIx51vbiwy by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-24T12:28:32Z
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@freemo She a lass as far as I know, but yes.
(DIR) Post #Ad8Pfxk3hsgHR05yYS by SteelFolk@qoto.org
2023-12-24T12:40:06Z
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@freemo My boss who owns the landscaping firm where I work as occasional labourer shovelling shit from one place to another. She would call it "poo", though.