[PSUBS-MAILIST] roadside objects (was bathtubs)

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

A friend recently took a long car trip to buy some antique engines, and 
told me he saw what looked like a sub, in a yard, up on a hill or bank, 
south of Minneapolis/St. Paul. He said it was white and with all the 
features you'd expect a submarine to have, in miniature -- like a 
cartoon sub, he said. It was along I-35, and he couldn't remember if it 
was before or after 35E and 35W re-merge. It looked like a place that 
had stuff for sale. Cars? Junk? Antiques?

Anybody happen to know anything about it? I remember at least one guy 
down in the cities was on the list.




(On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 10:42 AM, mheaster@direcway.com wrote:
> As is fairly obvious to most; I haven't given much (any) serious 
> thought to this concept.  I really am in fantasy stage of my sub 
> project.  I really envison a wet sub as a scuba adventure and I am not 
> planning/willing to take on any underwater project that I literally 
> can't swim away from!  I don't really expect to pursue this, it just 
> OCCURRED to me as I have been thinking SUB and now looking at every 
> roadside object I see during my 2 hours of daily commuting as a 
> potential pressure hull.  Has everyone else gone through this stage?
>
> Happened to see a Bathtub flower garden (Very Tacky!)in a lady's yard 
> and thought:  Metal, fairly sturdy, semi-sub shaped?  Two would fit 
> together (enamel removed) for welding inside & out with a hatch/tower 
> of some sort?  I am not a welder and know nothing of strength of cast 
> iron.  I am also looking at mild depths anyway.)