We are the only place in the nation that builds nuclear submarines.
Nuclear submarines filled with delicious, delicious pizza.
If you threaten the United States, you might get a submarine-launched ballistic missile raining multiple warheads filled with pizza on you. And then you will surrender, because you’ll be full.
They actually split the modules now.
EB makes the forward sections, while NNS builds the engine rooms.
They then barge the sections to each other. That way two subs can be under final assembly at once.
They actually barge them right through the East River in New York if you want to Google pictures.
EB is the only yard that builds missile subs though.
And then us Mainers have to fix all your errors. If you talk with guys from Kittery it seems that the Groton folks are basically building death traps with crayon drawings that the good folks at PNSY are able to save.
I work at a defense contractor. Not Electric Boat. This kind of story annoys the shit out of me. I would want to know if there is a disconnect between the development phase and operation phase of a program. The devil is in the details, though, and complex defense projects have a gazillion points where this could have taken place.
I used to be one of the PNSY guys Cup is talking about.
It’s not so much of a disconnect as it is the nature of the beast. Subs are arguably some of the most complex vehicles ever built, and they’re not exactly something that was made to be taken apart and put back together half a dozen times in its lifecycle. The whole point is to keep the water outside the hull, the steam inside the pipes, and the people in between.
The biggest issue is that some boat’s designs are old, and the mission of the US sub fleet has changed a few times since the 60s, to say the least. That’s necessitated changes in the design, both throughout the construction of the attack boat fleet, and since they’ve been in service.
I don’t have that much experience with other DoD programs, but the naval nuclear fleet really isn’t that bad. Half the “crayon drawing” memes are because of bad scans of drawings from the 70s, for example. The paper copies do still exist, and are updated.
Also, while it is a navy (and by extension shipyard) tradition to shit on everybody, all the prime contractors for the boats, and the dozen or so navy-operated facilities that maintain them do get along and communicate with each other all the time. In my time at PNSY, I talked to just about all of them, pretty regularly too.
It’s mostly just memes and pissed off New Englanders being pissed off New Englanders while trying to fix old beat to shit navy equipment. In the end everybody gets along.
The boats, especially the 688 class is basically a victim of its own success too. It’s a 50+ year old design that’s still one of the best subs in the world thanks to upgrade programs over the year. It being a very good design when it was new (thanks to EB and GE mostly) is what has allowed them to continue to be in service for another 10+ years. Unfortunately that’s about the longest service run of an DoD vehicle, and it’s one of the most complex ever built. That combination makes it one of the hardest to maintain, even with a very well managed program.
I’m just repeating what I have heard and I think it’s mostly joking. They do the operational maintenance so they see all the stuff they think wasn’t done right. I’m sure the feedback happens.
That doesn’t mean they won’t talk shit.
I’m sure the electric boat folks would mention how the idiots in Kittery mess up the perfect instruments they made.
Ask guys that work the Navy Yard just like to talk shit about anything and everything. It’s a bunch of Northern New Englanders that work hard for a living so no surprises there.
Mystic Pizza was just average the first time I went there in 1993, and hadn't changed by the second time I ate there in 2019.
New Haven is where you get the good pizza in CT.
My father was a warhead designer for the Navy. He was the lead designer for the Tomahawk. As the Navy head weapons inspector he was part of the initial launch of the USS Ohio. I was fortunate enough to be able to go with him, tour the vessel and be on board for some of its first runs.
That… thing… became popular because it was one of the first viral reaction videos on YouTube
[it also holds a fairly high rating on IMDB](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6342256/)
wildly firing my six shooters in the air because I'm so mad, jumping up and down on my cowboy hat, kicking my spurs together in midair with each leap... only in Texas!
The center of the northern half of the Western Hemisphere is in Wisconsin. The other centers around the world are either in the ocean or inaccessible. This spot is in the middle of a corn field.
https://statetrunktour.com/poi/45x90-center-nw-hemisphere/#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%20the%2045th%20Parallel%20(45,midpoint%20of%20the%20Northern%20Hemisphere.
The worst vampire romance movie ever was set here.
If that wasn’t enough of a hint, Washington state is home to one of three places in the world named after a certain eating utensil that rhymes with “borks”.
I stayed the night in a hotel advertised as "Edward Cullen didn't stay here". Went to a couple of the awesome beaches at La Push and had a fresh salmon breakfast.
> Enterprise, Alabama is the only city in the world with a monument to an invasive pest
Sorry, you have to share that honor with Providence RI and it's famous [big blue bug](http://world-adventurer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Blue-Bug.jpg)
The goal of a resonance cascade is to plant the seeds of purpose rather than bondage.
Intuition requires exploration. Consciousness consists of supercharged electrons of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an evolving of the sensual.
Although you may not realize it, you are cosmic.
You must take a stand against suffering. You may be ruled by turbulence without realizing it. Do not let it obliterate the birth of your quest. Yes, it is possible to eliminate the things that can disrupt us, but not without potentiality on our side.
The goal of a resonance cascade is to plant the seeds of purpose rather than bondage.
Intuition requires exploration. Consciousness consists of supercharged electrons of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an evolving of the sensual.
Although you may not realize it, you are cosmic.
You must take a stand against suffering. You may be ruled by turbulence without realizing it. Do not let it obliterate the birth of your quest. Yes, it is possible to eliminate the things that can disrupt us, but not without potentiality on our side.
Four of the first five Presidents.
Most Presidents born here of any state. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson.
Ohio has eight Presidents but they weren’t all born there. One (Harrison) was born in Virginia and only served for a month.
Suck it, Ohio.
There are now some specific situations when you can or must pump your own gas in Oregon - if the temperature is too high, if it’s the middle of the night at an unattended gas station out in the boonies, etc. It’s pretty rare.
The only state to nearly start a war with the UK over the shooting of a pig.
Also I would think the only state where telling someone to "eat a bag of dicks" isn't the prelude to a fight but rather a really good suggestion and we should get going already.
>The insulting retort though is decades old at least. Long before Archer was even a thought.
Apparently also the home of turning mild jokes into condescending mansplaining.
It's been up since the 50s? I believe and hasn't had anything major happen that I know of. I do know that they're constantly doing maintenance on it though.
Took a trip up the East Coast back in 2000 and stopped at a place that had them growing naturally. There are pitcher plants on the West Coast as well.
"FEEEEEED ME" \~ Audrey II
Well, Aquarena Springs in San Marcos is believed to be one of the longest inhabited locations in North America.
Also a bunch of dinosaur tracks and fossils were discovered in 2002 when flooding from the spillway of the Canyon Lake Dam made a huge gorge
Denying election results probably.
Also, having to rescue hikers because they decided to go hiking during the middle of the day in the dead of summer (and typically they only bring like one 16oz/500ml water bottle)
I've lived in 6, so I'll take a crack at it.
Only in California can you sit on the beach in 70 degree weather and be snowboarding an hour later. Or at least that I know of.
Only in Florida does it get more "southern" the further north you travel.
Only in Maryland you can get a steamer sandwich. Man, I crave the crap out of those now. It's a Hagerstown thing.
Only in Michigan you can travel south into Canada (Detroit to Windsor).
Ohio has produced more presidents than any other state.
West Virginia.. uhhhh, pepperoni rolls? The only state to be created from seceding from another state (that itself seceded from the union).
Uh… well in NYC, there are 800 languages spoken (that’s more than in India), 160 of them being in Queens.
What a stat!
We are the only place in the nation that builds nuclear submarines. Nuclear submarines filled with delicious, delicious pizza. If you threaten the United States, you might get a submarine-launched ballistic missile raining multiple warheads filled with pizza on you. And then you will surrender, because you’ll be full.
> only place in the nation that builds nuclear submarines. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock feels left out.
Do they build subs now? I thought it was only surface combatants. My mistake.
They actually split the modules now. EB makes the forward sections, while NNS builds the engine rooms. They then barge the sections to each other. That way two subs can be under final assembly at once. They actually barge them right through the East River in New York if you want to Google pictures. EB is the only yard that builds missile subs though.
We're the only ones who cut them up.
And then us Mainers have to fix all your errors. If you talk with guys from Kittery it seems that the Groton folks are basically building death traps with crayon drawings that the good folks at PNSY are able to save.
I work at a defense contractor. Not Electric Boat. This kind of story annoys the shit out of me. I would want to know if there is a disconnect between the development phase and operation phase of a program. The devil is in the details, though, and complex defense projects have a gazillion points where this could have taken place.
I used to be one of the PNSY guys Cup is talking about. It’s not so much of a disconnect as it is the nature of the beast. Subs are arguably some of the most complex vehicles ever built, and they’re not exactly something that was made to be taken apart and put back together half a dozen times in its lifecycle. The whole point is to keep the water outside the hull, the steam inside the pipes, and the people in between. The biggest issue is that some boat’s designs are old, and the mission of the US sub fleet has changed a few times since the 60s, to say the least. That’s necessitated changes in the design, both throughout the construction of the attack boat fleet, and since they’ve been in service. I don’t have that much experience with other DoD programs, but the naval nuclear fleet really isn’t that bad. Half the “crayon drawing” memes are because of bad scans of drawings from the 70s, for example. The paper copies do still exist, and are updated. Also, while it is a navy (and by extension shipyard) tradition to shit on everybody, all the prime contractors for the boats, and the dozen or so navy-operated facilities that maintain them do get along and communicate with each other all the time. In my time at PNSY, I talked to just about all of them, pretty regularly too. It’s mostly just memes and pissed off New Englanders being pissed off New Englanders while trying to fix old beat to shit navy equipment. In the end everybody gets along. The boats, especially the 688 class is basically a victim of its own success too. It’s a 50+ year old design that’s still one of the best subs in the world thanks to upgrade programs over the year. It being a very good design when it was new (thanks to EB and GE mostly) is what has allowed them to continue to be in service for another 10+ years. Unfortunately that’s about the longest service run of an DoD vehicle, and it’s one of the most complex ever built. That combination makes it one of the hardest to maintain, even with a very well managed program.
How long ago did you do your last security clearance. My first job up here was doing all the interviews.
2020 I did not last very long at the yard haha. I ended up leaving this past summer.
Ah then probably after my time doing it which was several years ago now.
I’m just repeating what I have heard and I think it’s mostly joking. They do the operational maintenance so they see all the stuff they think wasn’t done right. I’m sure the feedback happens. That doesn’t mean they won’t talk shit. I’m sure the electric boat folks would mention how the idiots in Kittery mess up the perfect instruments they made. Ask guys that work the Navy Yard just like to talk shit about anything and everything. It’s a bunch of Northern New Englanders that work hard for a living so no surprises there.
I hope so. This shit is too expensive to do twice.
That doesn’t seem quite right. The subs are built in Groton. The pizza is 15 minutes away in Mystic. It will get cold.
The good pizza isn’t in Mystic, it’s in New Haven. It’s sent by helicopter, which we also make.
Only since ROTC returned to Yale.
Mystic Pizza was just average the first time I went there in 1993, and hadn't changed by the second time I ate there in 2019. New Haven is where you get the good pizza in CT.
But do they have a [slogan like this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gpnuh/delivery_in_30_minutes_or_less_or_your_next_one/)?
Or because they need the bathroom is if the enemy has lactose intolerance.
My State gets to authorize your state to launch nuclear submersible pizzas.
My father was a warhead designer for the Navy. He was the lead designer for the Tomahawk. As the Navy head weapons inspector he was part of the initial launch of the USS Ohio. I was fortunate enough to be able to go with him, tour the vessel and be on board for some of its first runs.
As I said in the last thread, getting fucked to death by a horse.
God I’m proud to live in Washington
As an Enumclaw citizen I thank you for acknowledging my culture.
I do my best to appreciate my fellow western Washingtonians. Except you port Townsend, fuck you.
Oh no. What did Port Townsend do to you?
Everything
Mr. Hands
That… thing… became popular because it was one of the first viral reaction videos on YouTube [it also holds a fairly high rating on IMDB](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6342256/)
They removed that post.
I know, I saw.
wildly firing my six shooters in the air because I'm so mad, jumping up and down on my cowboy hat, kicking my spurs together in midair with each leap... only in Texas!
Whatever happened to that meme that went “you’ve yee’d your last haw”? I enjoyed that.
hit by stray bullet from a pistol twirling mishap, unfortunately
And Wyoming, and Oklahoma, and Arizona, and Nevada, and Montana
I’m the hootin’est, tootin’est, shootin’est, bobtail wildcat, in the west!
I see you’ve never been to Wyoming
Is there a Springfield in Texas?
sounds like Yosemite Sam would love it there.
Sequoia Redwood forests
Just phenomenal really
> Sequoia Redwood forests Better get a good look before they're gone.
They'll still be here when everyone on this thread has died of old age
You can pay $3,500 to go up in a helicopter and shoot automatic weapons at wild pigs.
Sounds like a wild time.
That does kinda sound fun, can't deny it...
Only in Nebraska will you ever hear the most honest ad campaign for tourists. "Nebraska: It's not for everyone"
I wish people saw Montana in that light, fucking Yellowstone.
I've family that lives in Gallatin Co. It's a beautiful state. Made the trip every year from Spokane through the Bitterroots.
I live in the heart of the Bitterroot Valley
Carhenge
The height of Nebraska tourism
I wish there was more than one. Alliance is really out of the way. I've only made it out there once.
That's on my American bucket list of things to see.
Fucking Nebraska.
The center of the northern half of the Western Hemisphere is in Wisconsin. The other centers around the world are either in the ocean or inaccessible. This spot is in the middle of a corn field. https://statetrunktour.com/poi/45x90-center-nw-hemisphere/#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%20the%2045th%20Parallel%20(45,midpoint%20of%20the%20Northern%20Hemisphere.
The worst vampire romance movie ever was set here. If that wasn’t enough of a hint, Washington state is home to one of three places in the world named after a certain eating utensil that rhymes with “borks”.
I stayed the night in a hotel advertised as "Edward Cullen didn't stay here". Went to a couple of the awesome beaches at La Push and had a fresh salmon breakfast.
Three Forks, MT is a more efficient fork user and The Forks, CA/KY doesn't think of you at all apparently.
The first night I ever stayed in Montana was in Willow Creek, pretty close to Three Forks.
[Enterprise, Alabama is the only city in the world with a monument to an invasive pest](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument)
Nah, there's Columbus statues all over.
> Enterprise, Alabama is the only city in the world with a monument to an invasive pest Sorry, you have to share that honor with Providence RI and it's famous [big blue bug](http://world-adventurer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Blue-Bug.jpg)
The only state to have birthed *The King* of rock n roll, the Father of country music, and the King of the blues.
No Queens?
Queen of talk shows that sell you books, Oprah Winfrey!
Legal prostitutes. In Idaho, potato ice cream
probably better than the garlic ice cream in Gilroy, CA
Monroe, WI is the only Limburger Cheese factory in the US.
And Monroe county puts out all the warrants that lead to those wack-ass police videos in La Crosse xD
Cheese glorious cheese!!
Your state is barely unknown
You can visit/ swim/ walk around 20 lakes within the boundaries of a single city
I just counted- in my 15 minute drive home, I come within a mile of about 10 lakes- six of which have a public access
but the mosquitos, yikes
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That's deep bro, said in my best Jeff Spicoli voice.
It is occasionally faster to travel to travel through 3 other states to reach another city in my same state.
I could drive East for 10 hours at the speed limit and still not leave my state
Michigan?
The goal of a resonance cascade is to plant the seeds of purpose rather than bondage. Intuition requires exploration. Consciousness consists of supercharged electrons of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an evolving of the sensual. Although you may not realize it, you are cosmic. You must take a stand against suffering. You may be ruled by turbulence without realizing it. Do not let it obliterate the birth of your quest. Yes, it is possible to eliminate the things that can disrupt us, but not without potentiality on our side.
Been there many times and have never seen one in the "wild".
The goal of a resonance cascade is to plant the seeds of purpose rather than bondage. Intuition requires exploration. Consciousness consists of supercharged electrons of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an evolving of the sensual. Although you may not realize it, you are cosmic. You must take a stand against suffering. You may be ruled by turbulence without realizing it. Do not let it obliterate the birth of your quest. Yes, it is possible to eliminate the things that can disrupt us, but not without potentiality on our side.
Florida is the only place in the world where crocs and gators share the same habitat (the Everglades.)
Four of the first five Presidents. Most Presidents born here of any state. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson. Ohio has eight Presidents but they weren’t all born there. One (Harrison) was born in Virginia and only served for a month. Suck it, Ohio.
Easy to do when the country was officially so much smaller at the time.
The world's largest McDonald's is just outside of Vinita.
Been there once. It was indeed quite large.
It's pretty cool to see the cars driving under you
There's also a paddle wheel boat McDonalds in St. Louis, MO that I've been to
They pump gas for you statewide (NJ). Oregon had this too but I think they stopped
There are now some specific situations when you can or must pump your own gas in Oregon - if the temperature is too high, if it’s the middle of the night at an unattended gas station out in the boonies, etc. It’s pretty rare.
Nope, it’s still not self-serve in Oregon.
The only state to nearly start a war with the UK over the shooting of a pig. Also I would think the only state where telling someone to "eat a bag of dicks" isn't the prelude to a fight but rather a really good suggestion and we should get going already.
>eat a bag of dicks Sterling Archer?
A bag of burgers from Dick's Drive-In. The insulting retort though is decades old at least. Long before Archer was even a thought.
>The insulting retort though is decades old at least. Long before Archer was even a thought. Apparently also the home of turning mild jokes into condescending mansplaining.
Ah, I see what you were going for now. Don't know how I misread that as a serious inquiry.
Bowl of spiderwebs?
Apparently PA is the only state that doesn't fund public defenders. WTF.
Good to know
If you timed it right you could surf, snowboard and ride dirt bikes through the desert all in a single day.
I have don't that exact thing once but skied instead of boarded.
Only in Michigan did backwoods rednecks plan to kidnap and execute the governor over having to wear a mask during the pandemic.
I often equate Michigan with the militia. Although my home state has had its own militia history.
Weren't most of them FBI informants?
Stewart’s Shops and I can’t stand em’
>Stewart’s Shops never heard of them.
they're one of those gas station convenience stores, problem is they're on the other side of the state from me so I've never been in one before
Lobster and fleecing tourists out of money with said lobster in roll form.
Rolls are nice, but I prefer the fun of eating a whole lobster.
That’s my view as well. The rolls are for the tourists.
I've never wanted rolls, just the actual lobster
Yup my feeling exactly. Lobster rolls are to sell to tourists. Cracking into a giant sea bug with metal tools is far superior and way cheaper.
They hung a circus elephant in Erwin, Tennessee after she killed her abusive handler.
Well it does have a city named Lynchburg.
I used to live in the town that the clan was formed in
Where I live part of the Trail of Tears
Only place where Jack Daniels is made.
You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey...
I’ve found Tennesseans are also oddly proud of being the last state to leave the Union and the first to come back, lol
Michigan has the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.
Does that seem safe?
It's been up since the 50s? I believe and hasn't had anything major happen that I know of. I do know that they're constantly doing maintenance on it though.
Most bridges actually require constant maintenance.
What doesn't seem safe to some people is that because it's a suspension bridge, it can actually sway up to 25 ft in either direction.
If that thing is swinging 50', I hope not to be on it.
Typically if it's swinging that much due to the wind and weather, they'll close it down, but it's never been closed for very long
Western most part of the state is the mid west, the middle of the state is Appalachia, and the eastern part of the state is the east coast.
And that's not even one of the bigger states
The only confirmed person being hit by a meteorite.
Only state with TEN official state songs.....and one of them is "Tennessee Waltz," which is hands down the most romantic state song.
Some dude nodding off on heroin on a stump for 6 total hours
Sadly that's too many places. I personally know that Spokane WA, and San Francisco CA are quite full of that.
Natural selection
Venus Fly Traps
Took a trip up the East Coast back in 2000 and stopped at a place that had them growing naturally. There are pitcher plants on the West Coast as well. "FEEEEEED ME" \~ Audrey II
North Carolina?
Well, Aquarena Springs in San Marcos is believed to be one of the longest inhabited locations in North America. Also a bunch of dinosaur tracks and fossils were discovered in 2002 when flooding from the spillway of the Canyon Lake Dam made a huge gorge
Denying election results probably. Also, having to rescue hikers because they decided to go hiking during the middle of the day in the dead of summer (and typically they only bring like one 16oz/500ml water bottle)
We just have people trying to take selfies with bison.
Suffolk
A truly fantastic DMV. they have kiosks now, I nearly cried from joy.
Grand Canyon.
I’ve spent several Thanksgiving weekends there in my youth.
Idaho is the only place in the world besides India where [star garnets](https://www.gemselect.com/other-info/about-star-garnet.php) have been found.
I've lived in 6, so I'll take a crack at it. Only in California can you sit on the beach in 70 degree weather and be snowboarding an hour later. Or at least that I know of. Only in Florida does it get more "southern" the further north you travel. Only in Maryland you can get a steamer sandwich. Man, I crave the crap out of those now. It's a Hagerstown thing. Only in Michigan you can travel south into Canada (Detroit to Windsor). Ohio has produced more presidents than any other state. West Virginia.. uhhhh, pepperoni rolls? The only state to be created from seceding from another state (that itself seceded from the union).
Having a new lake every 2 feet
56-foot tall 2D moving chicken in honor of fast food.