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2021-07-24 // day precision

Funding disappears as the CO prepares to sign

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Baseball player labeled CO about to sign the award, bat labeled COs palladium tipped pen, and an incoming ball labeled FM pulls the funding.
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Editorial interpretation

A baseball mishap becomes the pain of funding being pulled immediately before award, with the bat labeled the CO’s palladium-tipped pen. Dan’s July reply describes the page as Air Force-heavy but also service-agnostic. A 2022 throwback and response remain dated 2022. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-24 — Josh Bailey: "COs palladium tipped pen" [Reaction GIF not preserved as animation.] 2021-07-24 — Timothy Wilhelm: Obviously Jason Lent liked The palladium tipped pen. 2021-07-24 — Dan Cary — reply in Timothy Wilhelm’s thread: Timothy Wilhelm ty! 2021-07-24 — Josh Davis: Jess De Long Lynn Tran Yep....😂 [Facebook marked this comment Edited; earlier versions unavailable.] 2021-07-24 — Teresa Tejkl Kelly: Jen Lee! 2021-07-24 — Jess De Long — reply in Josh Davis’s thread: Josh Davis damn too soon [Reaction GIF not preserved as animation.] 2021-07-24 — Dan Cary — reply in Teresa Tejkl Kelly’s thread: Teresa Tejkl Kelly thanks for finding us. There’s a lot of Air Force stuff here but if you scroll through the photos section there’s plenty of service agnostic stupidity. 2021-07-26 — Paul Blais: Even worse, with DEAMS the RA pulls it after award and you don't find out until the first invoice comes in and DFAS says there is no money on the contract. 2022-06-24 — Dan Cary: #tbt 2022-06-24 — Timothy Wilhelm — reply in Dan Cary’s thread: Dan Cary one of your greats! Coverage: Ten of ten displayed comments/replies captured, including two from June 2022; two reaction GIF animations not retained. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Funding, Contract award, Community culture