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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Subs at the dump
At 21:53 -0400 06/04/01, Phil Nuytten wrote:
>Hi, David:
> The 'red submersible' ( actually, it's a reddy-orange - not quite
>international orange) is the shell of a rig-escape capsule, similar to a
>Brukker, but not as big or well-outfitted. The motor is out of it, as is
>most of the seating tiers, belts, steering gear, etc. The 'magic' junkyard
>is a sort of a junkyard within a junkyard. It is located in East London,
>close to the very end of the eastern leg of the British Rail
>underground/rail system at Becton. The junkyard is in a heavy industrial
>district called 'Canning Town' - They've gathered up the best stuff into a
>concentrated pile on the portion of the main junkyard that is leased by the
>production company - and added a lot of exotica - such as the rig capsule.
>The main staging area, where the projects are 'built', is at one end of the
>junkyard that you see, and outside the main holding yard. As far as the
>teams finding everything they need by happenstance . . . Well . . ."don't
>eat that, Aylmer, that aint soup!"
>Phil Nuytten
Geez. How do you know so much about the place?
Are you just in some way tangentially involved in everything cool?
--
David
Osage MN USA - buchner@wcta.net