Had to replace my transmission yesterday...$6K. Was bummed until the wife told me it could have been worse, I could have paid $250K to go for a ride on a sub that sunk.
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Had to replace my transmission yesterday...$6K. Was bummed until the wife told me it could have been worse, I could have paid $250K to go for a ride on a sub that sunk.
Technically the sinking part was fine.
It's a loss leader. Get them in the door, get them hooked, and then... shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
It's bad enough to be trapped in a tiny sub for 4 days knowing death is imminent, but add in being stuck with a teenager without cell phone service for those 4 days..
Always look on the bright side of life...Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
As usual i cant agree with you guys. Recreational subbing is one of my favourite past times i have.
Just be a bit more open minded.
What else to do in this world.
Climb the Himalaya.
Visit cinque terre.
Shamanic trip in the amazon.
Go explore the titanic.
This world is so limited.
One of the things you can do to stand out from the masses. The submarine selfie.
Gentleman submariner has a very nice ring to it.
Wasn’t that the name of Keith Richards’ solo album?Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I like that moniker. Straight class.
I see a Dub Artist or a funk rock band.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
So much class it might need a monocle.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
The CBS clip goes into that a little bit. They mention it during the first part of the excursion when the sea was too rough to launch the sub. They had already gone through $1 million in fuel for the tender ship which would make the trip a money loser for Ocean Gate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
Just like the 1300m rated sub portal. Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
There it is! Full circle.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Wait, what? Million in tender vessel fuel? Over how long? That must be multiple trips.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
That’s rich even for those gentlemen submariners.
Until the pressure gets to itQuote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
USS Bedford has been dispatched to force the sub to surface.
Not if it included an implosion.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
The bad part of the implosion is that the massive compression would combust the air like a diesel engine flash frying everyone before the water crushed them. The good news is that it would happen faster than neural perception.
The true horror is if they aborted, dropped ballast, and are bobbing about the surface, trapped in their submersible because they are bolted in from the outside and have no radio, no beacon, no dye, no buoy, no flags or mast, nor any other method to be noticeable on the surface. They are being thrashed about in north atlantic swells in a propane tank sized and shaped vessel with no sea keeping design or ability, smashing into each other, no seats, puking and shitting, slowly suffocating and dying of CO2 tox, hypothermia, and dehydration all at the same time.
It went down just fine, Garth. Ya know, like yer mom.
I don't think there's a lot of swells down there Summit. Currents, probably so. But I bet it's pretty still. And very quiet. Well except for the sobbing and gasping stuff if they're still alive.
If you were down there (not you in particular, Summit), would you figure that the only thing that increased your odds of getting saved is more time and decide to kill everyone else to get more time? I might. I dunno.
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Originally Posted by summit
And with a teenager with no cell phone service.
Humm, I'll have 4 times more breathable air if I kill everyone else right?
I get that a beacon won't work underwater, but wouldn't it make sense as a failsafe to have a PLB of some kind for the eventuality that summit describes?
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
A studfinder at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
If my wife was on it they could at least ping her AirTag.
Do you lose your wife often?Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Lose or loose?Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
The 250k should have included Recco dive suits.
You telling us your wife is into gangbangs?Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
First, this is a fantastic comment. Second, this brings up the fact that if they just applied the principles of safe travel in avie terrain they would have been fine. Stay roped up, have a working beacon, don't rely on SAR cause they probably won't get there fast enough, don't go into risky terrain without a plan and a backup plan, make sure part of the team is unexposed to the danger and can rapidly get to you if something goes wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
Once again, a consultation with the TGR boards could have saved a lot of hassle. We're an underappreciated and underused resource.
Or wrap the sub in bacon from the breakfast buffet.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Surely the billionaire launch ship had a breakfast buffet?
She’s a messQuote:
Originally Posted by EWG
We would at least have painted the sub red, and put a GoPro on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
They need to use the ole desert island trick.
The best thing to do to get found is start playing solitaire, because sooner or later someone will walk up behind you and tell you to put that two on the three.
I believe the current iteration is that eventually they’ll be found by those people who have been trying to reach them about their car’s extended warranty.
There’s an “airtight” joke in there somewhereQuote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
In the interview with David Pogue, Rush admits the operation runs at a loss. Big loss now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
Pretty sure the captain did a hull whack and shouted “DROPPING!” as they left the platform.
And sent it switch to the Titanic.Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Or the SiriusXM folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCarter
I think what’s been made clear from this is that billionaires would rather slowly asphyxiate in a tube full of their own shit than do literally anything to help another human being.