Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Undersea telescope...

["Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>]

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From: <VBra676539@aol.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Undersea telescope...


> Pat,
(SNIP) They never found anything, by the way. Too shallow, maybe?"

I dunno, Vance.  The only thing I know about neutrinos is they are scarcer
than honest politicians; maybe that had something to do with it.

> "I had dinner once on Nadir, in Aberdeen. Our company used to charter her
in
> the 70s when our contracts overloaded our hindquarters. We'd stick about 5
> tons of gear on board, drag one of the observation subs out and stick it
on
> deck, and head for the hills. The ship's officers wore uniforms, as I
recall,
> and the food was excellent."

Sounds like a class act!
>
> "Mind you, the Intersub fleet was well known for its food. All the ships
had
> one registered chef and one cook and 2 or 3 stewards on board, just to
take
> care us us cretins. It was like being on a sort of utility cruise ship
with a
> big yellow submarine to play with and plenty to drink and eat when you got
> back from work. The French called it: "Monge, Plonge, Dormeir." If you
don't
> speak it, say monjay, plonjay, doormay (eat, dive, sleep) over and over."

Merci, mon ami!  Je comprendez vous! Allez, allez....

> "That'll tell you what our schedule was like, so you can see why they took
the
> trouble to keep us well fed and moderately drunk at night. I once worked
21
> days in a row without missing a dive, with the minimum bottom time being
just
> over 5 hours and the maximum 9 1/2. Then, finally (according to my logs) a
> Force 9 gale came down from the NW and gave us 15-18 foot seas. What a
break!
>
> Vance


As always, thanks for sharing, Vance.  The next best thing to being there is
hearing about it.  You know what, man?  You really ought to publish an
expanded version of that log book.

VBR,

Pat