There I was , mid May 2010 , my grass was a foot high and my wife put "CUT THE GRASS" on my orders list and went to the food store . Knowing shes going to be an hour and a half or so , I used my "FREE TIME COMPUTER" ( FTR ) , put in 1.5 hours + 3 beers , and came up with a solution of 45minutes , before I had to start on the lawn . PREFECT ! Thats 45 minutes to play SH III Well one thing led to another and the next thing I knew , she was home . I don't know whats worse the sound of a ping from sonar or the front door opening but anyway . She must of circled me for about an hour before I figured out , that if I start the lawn mower , I won't be able to hear her and she'll loose interest and go away . It worked ! Its in the manual .
LOL .
All kidding aside . It was mid May 1940 , just off the southern approaches when I got a call from my hydrophone man of a warship contact . Went to check it out and discovered , he was an escort of a nice convoy . Well I plotted a course to place me well ahead and set up an ambush . After arriving at the sweet spot , I waited and waited ... nothing .
I decided to head north , which was my original heading anyway , and BINGO there it was . I either miscalculated or it turned , but anyway , due to impatience , I made a 5kt sumuraged run at it and got detected . Well for the next 2 hours , I got hammered . I used many of the tactics that I've read about here on the forum on making my escape . Luckly I got away with only minor damage and no loss of life . I have since read many threads on convoy attacks and will use them as best I can . All I need now is a convoy and a food store in the next state . So as they say impatience and not getting the lawn cut , can kill you !