Certainly they needed to lend their vast expertise to other places. Criminal and constitutional law, war strategy, childhood mental and medical care, etc.

I agree. As a recent first-time homeowner, this is going to be one of those things that bothers OP far more than anyone else even if they notice it. I have a growing list of those "personal nuisance" projects.

Fussing with this anymore is going to lead them down the path of needing to redo the whole thing as it'll be very noticeable.

I mean, as your other comment points out, it is still very much an "active" US military vessel.

LEGO often catches flak for the increased presence of weapons in their sets (like the entire Star Wars line) and many argue that is at odds with their ethos of not producing sets that promote violence. I agree that it is sometimes hypocritical. Their defense is the "weapon-like" elements are in fantasy settings and not real-life scenarios that promote violence. Which a military ship (even as a glorified museum) would be counter to.

This is all besides the initial point that the USS Constitution isn't anything like the Space Shuttle in terms of military use. One carried military cargo at times while the other actually engaged in battles.

Yeah it sounds like this is LEGO consolidating corporate offices and also a move to reduce the remote workforce. New Boston-based postings for the handful of positions I saw will be in-office three days a week.

Definitely sucks for folks in the CT area that worked there though. The cost of living change will be no joke and I really doubt they'll offer an ample relocation package if at all.

I'd wager this is also a means to tap into engineering/design pools for US-based product development. I think all of that is centralized in Denmark currently.

A better argument would be the pirate sets with tall ships much like the USS Constitution. Not sure why you're under the impression the Space Shuttle was military in any way. Launching military satellites or potentially having active-duty astronauts doesn't make the vehicle military.

I still think they'll avoid it as those old sets aren't a direct reference to any military vessels.

Definitely an often mentioned thing. The concern with CO is that it disperses evenly everywhere. So it doesn't really sink or rise just mixes.

Always grew up hearing that the detectors need to be low along the wall when it is actually recommended to be mid-wall or slightly below eye level. They'll really be effective placed anywhere in a room.

Not sure why it is perpetuated. I imagine the fact that outlets are lower to the floor and typically where a plug-in style would go reinforces this belief.

I'm fairly sure Seattle reversed the salt ban or at least uses different de-icing mixtures now. Even so, an ice storm of that level that sometimes hits Seattle isn't really going to be solved by salt anyway. They may not have treated some areas as it would be futile.

It's a government asset on a discrete charging pad. Nothing to see here.