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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Building the Impossible: The First Submarine
At 13:10 -0500 3/9/02, Michael Holt wrote:
> > >There's no way I'd build something like that and then not
>> >dive in it. I'd even put on the proper period clothing
>> >and haul on the oars.
>>
>> My kind of guy...
>
>I think we might both reconsider this if we had a Type VII,
>but sometimes I might not. Depends on my mood at the time.
>I would definitely wear the white hat.
>
>My part-time/occasional/sorta project is a replica of
>the Argonaut Junior. All that's needed for that is
>floppy cotton overalls and a shirt a size too big.
>That's kind of a shame, because I recall the elegance
>of John Holland in his derby and coat.
That's a great picture, if you're thinking of the one I'm thinking of. I have a copy of it hanging over my workbench. I think "dressing up" like that would be a nice touch -- and would really add to the surrealism, on the lakes around here, of somebody pulling up to the launch area in a sub. Sort of how the lady and I were musing last night about showing up in a bar during deer season in a tuxedo -- with everyone else there in blood-soaked orange camoflage.
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David
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