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- From: myoung@digi.lonestar.org (Michael Young)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: Any Submarines out there?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.142032.16057@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:20:32 GMT
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- In article <92355.002112U61474@uicvm.uic.edu> U61474@uicvm.uic.edu (MATT HUNSAKER) writes:
- >I read rec.boats from time to time, with a sort of passing interest. I just
- >wondered if there were any other submarine owners out there. If there are,
- >drop me a note.
- >
- >A little note for those of you that have been boarded, the coasties won't
- >bother you if you just submerge!
- >
- >About a year and a half ago, we were playing in the water down off Key West
- >with the sub( 12 ft long). We were right in the middle of a dive when our
- >surface tender (speed boat with other IL boys on it) announced that the Coast
- >Guard was boarding them. Never tell the Coast Guard you are waiting for your
- >submarine to come back, and never let your friends ride in the tender when they
- >say whatever question comes to mind...
- >
- >--our experience, never, never, ask the coasties, "What, are you guys like
- >security guards for the NAVY?" ... or "Do those dirigible things by our hotel
- >in Key West have Helium or Hydrogen in them...OH, you guys probably don't know,
- > that's the drug dudes right?"."What do you guys make/hour?"..."Do you guys
- >SCUBA or just like board boats all day?"..."Bummer job!!"..."Do you ever get to
- >shoot people?"... and the final unappreciated comment buy Roger "I could be a
- >Coast Guard guy"-Chalmers, "You guys want a Pepsi before you go...or do you
- >have a pop machine on your boat?" Yes,"Do you guys have a pop machine on your
- >BOAT?"....... ---Roger Chalmers, Spring Break 1991--Key West, FL
- > ...Yes, he does have a valid drivers license!
- >
- >-Matt
- >
- >.
- >
- >MATT HUNSAKER ~~~~~~~~~___100 .. __ |__
- >DIVING RESEARCH GROUP ___200 >->O . .__L L_|L L__
- >HOME OF THE SPORTSMAN 300 MINISUB___300FT . .[+(____________)
- >E-MAIL:U61474@UICVM (815)399-1615 _________/
- >STUDENT, U OF IL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
-
- Thanks for posting this. It's about time we had a good chuckle in this
- group. Now I'm in a much better mood to face the day.
-
- Fair winds and far places....
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- T. Micheal Young "WindRider" H-18 13755
- myoung@digi.lonestar.org
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