Subnuts
07-28-10, 11:30 PM
You roll your eyes whenever someone uses Mitsuo Fuchida's book on Midway as a reliable source.
You took pictures of electrical cables and deck beams the last time you visited Battleship Cove.
You become irritated whenever someone refers to a galley as a "kitchen" or a mess as a "dining hall."
You're hoping the next Subsim Meet is in southern England, just so you can visit the historic dockyards.
You wish they'd translate Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's other books into English.
You can say "futtocks scarphed together" in it's proper context without giggling.
You've ever referred to the drain cover in your bathroom floor as a "scupper."
You've compiled a sarcastic list of things you learned from U-571.
Your mother knows what a jib-boom is.
You still expect an apology from Ed Offley.
You patiently explained to people who watched Master and Commander that children really did serve in the Royal Navy.
You wish they'd make more children's books about naval warfare - even though you're a grown man.
People talk about how horrible shipboard life was during the Age of Sail was, and you respond with something like "well, at least they were well fed, had a place to sleep, and there were fewer crimes punishable by death."
Every room in your apartment/house has a least one prominently featured wall painting or photograph of a ship.
You hope that Admiral Lutjens isn't depicted as a fanatical Nazi if they ever remake Sink The Bismarck!
You know the difference between a Safety Tank and a Negative Tank.
You still tease your claustrophobic mother about the time she froze up on the gangway leading to the Nautilus.
You refer to Soviet submarines by their Project numbers.
You were totally shocked when you finally realized that the diesel engines on American submarines in World War II didn't physically drive the boat when it was on the surface.
You've ever defended John Lundstrom's writing style.
Someone describes Sonar as "Radar underwater" and you just sit there not knowing how to respond.
You bring "Anatomy of the Ship" books to work as break room reading. People you work with start thinking you're going to build a real ship.
You can't get over how awesome the tracking shots in Das Boot are, and you watch them over and over with the sound off, studying every detail of every frame.
You want to meet people who "understand naval history the way I do."
You took pictures of electrical cables and deck beams the last time you visited Battleship Cove.
You become irritated whenever someone refers to a galley as a "kitchen" or a mess as a "dining hall."
You're hoping the next Subsim Meet is in southern England, just so you can visit the historic dockyards.
You wish they'd translate Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's other books into English.
You can say "futtocks scarphed together" in it's proper context without giggling.
You've ever referred to the drain cover in your bathroom floor as a "scupper."
You've compiled a sarcastic list of things you learned from U-571.
Your mother knows what a jib-boom is.
You still expect an apology from Ed Offley.
You patiently explained to people who watched Master and Commander that children really did serve in the Royal Navy.
You wish they'd make more children's books about naval warfare - even though you're a grown man.
People talk about how horrible shipboard life was during the Age of Sail was, and you respond with something like "well, at least they were well fed, had a place to sleep, and there were fewer crimes punishable by death."
Every room in your apartment/house has a least one prominently featured wall painting or photograph of a ship.
You hope that Admiral Lutjens isn't depicted as a fanatical Nazi if they ever remake Sink The Bismarck!
You know the difference between a Safety Tank and a Negative Tank.
You still tease your claustrophobic mother about the time she froze up on the gangway leading to the Nautilus.
You refer to Soviet submarines by their Project numbers.
You were totally shocked when you finally realized that the diesel engines on American submarines in World War II didn't physically drive the boat when it was on the surface.
You've ever defended John Lundstrom's writing style.
Someone describes Sonar as "Radar underwater" and you just sit there not knowing how to respond.
You bring "Anatomy of the Ship" books to work as break room reading. People you work with start thinking you're going to build a real ship.
You can't get over how awesome the tracking shots in Das Boot are, and you watch them over and over with the sound off, studying every detail of every frame.
You want to meet people who "understand naval history the way I do."