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▲ 1 r/slateauto

If anybody is curious what polypropylene (Slate body panels + glass fill) feels like, confirmed those Oxo cutting boards everybody has are polypropylene. I've got one I've been cutting on for years, and I've barely been able to scratch the surface with kitchen knives.

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u/castironglider — 24 days ago
▲ 17 r/enterprise

T'Pol looks better in this white jumpsuit from S02E25 "Bounty" than her usual gray knit Seven of Nine-style catsuit. Still fitted but it looks more professional and not quite as clingy.

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u/castironglider — 26 days ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 7.5k r/todayilearned

TIL at the Battle of Little Bighorn, about 42,000 rounds were either expended or lost by General Custer's men. A rate of about one hit for every 840 rounds.

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u/castironglider — 2 months ago
▲ 21 r/slateauto

Polypropylene (not composite polypropylene like Slate) shutters survived 3/4" hail

Several days ago, the insurance adjuster came and the claim has been paid. I made some repairs myself and contractors coming next week for siding repairs.

.75 inch hail punctured vinyl siding in many places and cracked the windshield on my 2007 Silverado. Destroyed a plastic hatch on my camper. Dented 28 gauge metal roofs on garage and carport, BUT approximately 3 mm thick decorative polypropylene shutters I installed in April survived without a scratch. I know they were hit many times because siding around them is damaged.

No glass fill just 3 mm polypropylene. Will Slate's composite polypropylene be even more hail resistant than those shutters? I know glass filled nylon is incredibly stiff, almost like metal, compared to regular nylon. Important for people living in the Plains states who get hit with big hail regularly.

Happy to hear more about that particular composite if anybody knows.

u/castironglider — 2 months ago
▲ 729 r/spaceflight+1 crossposts

Enterprise's first free flight, on this date in 1977. Astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton were the crew

u/castironglider — 2 months ago
▲ 402 r/ZeroCovidCommunity+1 crossposts

Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged

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u/Northern_Blue_Jay — 3 months ago
▲ 289 r/ZeroCovidCommunity

Heads up, covid is the only thing "high" on Wastewaterscan.org right now

I hate it so much and it just keeps happening. Even intestinal infections like norovirus and rotavirus are at worst "medium" now.

I've seen speculation from epidemiologists the reason covid numbers cling so hard year after year is because it maybe be evolving from upper respiratory to a chronic GI tract infection, but that doesn't seem to be what's happening. Year-round winter and summer, it bounces from "low" to "medium" to "high" again with no rhyme or reason, while other infectious diseases flatten out to low.

EDIT: Per the mod note I received, I clicked on "National View" which is the US average

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u/castironglider — 3 months ago
▲ 35 r/GenerationJones

I'm trying to remember a female pop star on MTV a lot in the 1980s, who wore audio equipment like a tape deck or something strapped to her chest as clothing? Very racy and avant-garde at the time

Helpful if you can remember the song(s) so I can find on YouTube thanks :)

EDIT: Got it! You guys collectively are a human supercomputer. I never would have remembered on my own. Really fun subreddit btw :)

Thanks to /u/JohnnyMiskatonic 🥇🥇 and /u/SportyMcDuff 🥇

u/castironglider — 3 months ago
▲ 220 r/GenerationJones

Finally bought a replacement F-150 for my 18 year old half ton pickup. While I was stashing the title in my file, I found out I still had the window sticker for my first ever new vehicle in 1993, also an F-150. That's $29,241 in 2026 dollars 😰

u/castironglider — 3 months ago