Derek Lyons

Blogging anime and sometimes other random things.

[Derek Lyons @DerekL1963]

With the changing social media environment, I thought it would be useful to provide a handy guide to where you can find the Lounge on various social media sites.

Twitter is no longer actively or regularly updated or monitored.

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@DavidLarter You're correct about war weariness and other issues facing the war planners... But there was no calculus because there was never an explicit use/no use discussion or decision. Using them had been implicit from the very beginning.

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@DavidLarter None of that rockin' and rollin' for days on end on submarines! :)

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@frog_kun That's... one hell of a title.

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@LittleMsSam You taking care of yourself is the best thing for you. We'll be patient. :)

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@DavidLarter Won't change market size, and may or may not change the various league rules that affect the teams.

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@masao_dahlgren I find it fascinating that the final image isn't of a Minuteman, not even of strategic missile. But of a Mercury-Atlas launch.

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@DavidLarter And the Petty Officer would most likely be 2nd class.

Because the 1st classes, the chief, and the senior are all busy with evaluation enhancing collateral duties.

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Hey, I didn’t make my (in)famous pun this time, so that’s something!  Anyhow, three weeks in, it’s the traditional time to check in on this season and see where things are going.  Some shows move up, others down…

https://t.co/WXubz3HPAN

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@DavidLarter Two. One a suspected saboteur (never caught) and... another one.

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@ANN_Ed Which account over on the 'sky is you?

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@rocketrepreneur Just forestalling the folks who will concentrate on the "paying" part and miss the "driving the bus" (primary) part.

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First Impressions, the 2nd and final part. Well worth reading folks!

https://t.co/4Abhz0aOHt

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@manticore116 @AntiCorrupcaoFu @atomicarchive These boats are armed with Polaris and used compressed air. The USN switched to gas generators with the introduction of Poseidon.

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@DavidLarter It's not Biscuitville, so whatever.

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@dustave @AntiCorrupcaoFu @atomicarchive Modern tests are done at sea because the gas generators produce some *nasty* byproducts when fired.

[Derek Lyons @DerekL1963]

I feel so very old, because I remember when we went to the 'net to talk *to* people rather than talking *at* people.

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@DavidLarter @HerbCarmen Which other website? There's so many...

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@DavidLarter Firefighting on the boats was actually pretty primitive by skimmer standards- overwhelm that fucker with as much water (or fog) as possible NOW.

We didn't do fire boundaries or a bunch of other stuff because we had neither the space nor the time.

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@DavidLarter DC school. Firefighting *and* the Get Wet.

Weird memory, I was in Advanced DC school the day Challenger was lost. School ended up being (informally) cancelled that afternoon.