Only you can see those deleted posts - nobody else can.

I haven’t worn jeans for probably over 15 years. They don’t last a year use so I stopped buying new pairs and go with cargo pants instead.

I have been looking for a brand that is willing to support buy it for life and right to repair

I have headphones from Meze (Massdrop X Meze 99 Noir) and my understanding is that they don’t use glue in the constructrion of their headphones but everything is held on by screws so that it can be repaired if necessary. I however don’t know where you can get the actual spare parts for them - I’m assuming you need to contact Meze directly for that.

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If you’re looking for a specific part and can’t find it, just let our Customer Support team know. You can email us at support@mezeaudio.com, and we’ll be happy to help you.

“Juice” is mostly water and sugar. I’m not sure what you expected.

The contrast between the US and Canada is quite stark considering how similar countries they are on the surface.

And I don’t mean that as an insult to the Canadians!

What the US has often done in the past is provide air support for aligned local rebels on the ground. In this case, though, that rebel force doesn’t really exist, so I figure the reasoning is to show the people of Iran that if you want to take back your country, now’s the time - and we’ll help you. There’s at least some evidence that a big chunk of the Iranian population is fed up with the Islamist government but whether this’ll lead to an uprising or regime change remains to be seen.

It’s a state that’s always been hostile toward the US and its interests - both directly and by funding groups that share the same goals as Iran does. Over the past few years, though, the war in Ukraine, Israel’s strike on Iran, the US follow-up bombing of their nuclear sites, and the special Maduro operation have all shown that Russian air-defense systems aren’t much of a threat to Western fighter jets anymore. So they probably figured that if they’re going to do this, now’s the time - while Iran’s at its weakest - instead of waiting around. Countries like North Korea have dodged the same fate by holding Seoul hostage, but Iran doesn’t have that kind of leverage.

Oh yeah, good point - I don’t know how I missed that. I was focusing on the cracks on the wall and the placement of pebbles on the ground. Yeah that’s not just overexposure from sunshine making it seem different color.

That comparison looks like it’s just picture of the same subject taken with two different cameras from sligthly different angle. I’m somewhat experienced in photography, picture editing and playing with GenAI and nothing immediately stands out as being fake/manipulated. Doesn’t mean it’s can’t be ofcourse. That one few comments down with blood on the ground is fake though.

Kyllä kannatti taas käyttäytyä kuin mikäki mulkku. On turha varmaan jäädä odottelemaan minkäänlaista anteekspyyntöä tästä lapsellisesta käytöksestä ja perättömistä syytöksistä. Eikä kannata vaivautuakkaan - ei tule jatkossa viestit enää perille.

Why would the Finns be silly and not do that.

If it was not possible to place the charge space inside the abutment or pier, charge hooks could be embedded in the supports during the casting phase, to which the charges could then be attached.

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Keskeisen aseman suomalaisessa sodanjälkeisessä suluttamistaktiikassa saanut syvä suluttaminen ja etenkin 1960-luvulla uhkakuviin nousseen yllätyshyökkäyksen torjuntavalmiuden kehittäminen saivat merkittävän tuen heti sotien jälkeen. Siltoja koskeva päätös rakenteellisista suluttamisvalmisteluista tehtiin 15.1.1946. Niillä tarkoitettiin panoskaivojen, panoskomeroiden, panosputkien ja panoskoukkujen rakentamista. Siltoja rakennuttavat viranomaiset velvoitettiin sisällyttämään suunnitelmiin edellä mainitut rakenteet, joiden ansiosta siltojen hävittämisvalmius parani oleellisesti.

Mikäli panostilan sijoittaminen maa- tai välituen sisälle ei ollut mahdollista, tukiin voitiin valamisvaiheessa sijoittaa panoskoukkuja, joihin panokset voitiin kiinnittää.

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It’s better to have a plan and not have to use it than the other way around.

As a pioneer I’m quite certain that the explosive you’re supposed to hang from there is just a plain anti-tank mine or few. It’s basically just a 10kg chunk of TNT - even has a handle.

I struggle to understand why you oppose this so much. You already confirmed that they indeed leave charge pits on bridges for the exact same reason. Why don’t you want to accept that these hooks serve the same purpose, but they’re used when a charge pit is inconvenient - like on the support pillars in the middle?

I just got back from a 100 km trip, and I paid extra attention to this. These hooks were on every single bridge pillar I saw. There are charge pits at each end and hooks on the support pillars. It’s not rebar either, but prefabricated hooks that are clearly put there for a purpose.

I’m really tempted to just email Destia and ask for a confirmation but I feel like asking stuff like that might sound a bit suspicious so I hesitate.

Exposed rebar is a big nono in construction. It lets water in which causes rusting and eventually chunks of concrete start falling off.

Drilling is slow. Efficiency isn’t the point here, speed is.

This isn’t exactly a regular road either but highway number four which leads straight to Helsinki.

You can see these same hooks on the support pillars of most bridges as well. Once you start paying attention to it you can’t really unsee it.

I’m not sure if this is something you’ll find an official source for as FDF isn’t known for openly sharing information regarding national defence.

However, you can find plenty of discussion about it online and for example on this video it’s mentioned around the 1:25 mark.

Here’s a nearby railroad bridge with an opening left for the explosives instead of hooks. Different bridges use different methods.

As with most things like this it’s probably a spectrum rather than something you either are or are not. It’s easy to tell when someone is in the far end of that spectrum but the line where it officially crosses into psychopathy is always going to be arbitrary.