What was the coolest thing you did in 2009?

Onkel Neal · 01-02-10, 11:08 AM

For me, it was the Copenhagen Subsim meet, with all the guys and Peter Madsen.

HunterICX · 01-02-10, 11:25 AM

Getting my first Motorbike and having the first couple of trips with it

HunterICX

Schroeder · 01-02-10, 11:25 AM

Practising stalls and spins in a glider.

Oberon · 01-02-10, 11:25 AM

Hmmm

Meeting Jay Kay was pretty cool, he seemed a nice bloke, although he probably regretted going to the other hotel in our town the next week and getting his car smashed in by an angry chef

Lowestoft Air Show was also very cool, had a good look around at some British army kit, brought some gear in order to help the Vulcan keep flying and watched some fantastic flypasts by Dutch F-16s, USAF KC-135 and French Alphajet, as well as our own Lynx, Westland Apache, BBMF and other fantastic aircraft.

Doing the annual London trip and visiting several excellant venues, including the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich.

I think that's about it really

Platapus · 01-02-10, 12:26 PM

Deciding to prioritize my life and start working with animal rescue organizations. I have never felt so good about something.

Chad · 01-02-10, 01:04 PM

Ah several things!

The trip to Europe was awesome, as well as playing Silent Hunter 4 with Neal, UnderSeaLcpl, Mookie, and nikimcbee inside the Cavalla.

Both I talk about still to this day

Torvald Von Mansee · 01-02-10, 01:14 PM

I'm really blanking. I don't think I really did anything particularly cool this past year.

AVGWarhawk · 01-02-10, 01:19 PM

Taking my youngest daughter to WW2 Weekend in PA. We had a wonderful day. Inquisitive kids with a mind to learn is always a cool thing no matter what the year. She loved it. Planning it again in 2010.

limkol · 01-02-10, 01:22 PM

The Copenhagen meet, getting to know some of the Subsim guys and sailing onboard Peter Madsens excellent u-boat Nautilus.

stabiz · 01-02-10, 02:37 PM

Going on a drinking binge through Europe and visiting the Deutche Panzer Museum.

antikristuseke · 01-02-10, 02:47 PM

Errr...
Come to think of it 2009 was pretty ****.

Jimbuna · 01-02-10, 04:29 PM

Wishing it away moments before midnight on New Years Eve....

Carotio · 01-02-10, 04:46 PM

1) August, finally reaching the sommet of a mountain in France, which I had to give up on many years ago. Next project perhaps.... Mont Blanc

2) September, subsim meet & getting a (3 minute short periscope depth) ride in UC3 Nautilus - I had really hoped to go really down completely like the rest of you...

@ McBeck - We need to arrange something with Peter Madsen in the summer time...

SteamWake · 01-02-10, 06:26 PM

Designing and overseeing construction of a "Translational Science Lab".

Quote:

Soon, the College of Medicine will be launching a translational science initiative with the potential to involve more than 1,300 physicians across Florida, along with their 1.5 million patients.

http://med.fsu.edu/news/emr/2008/fall/Research.htm

That and the massive electron microscope we designed as well.

I can only hope of seeing projects like this in 2010

Skybird · 01-03-10, 05:25 PM

Taking a shower in March while the hot water in the house was under repair for two days.

Very cool indeed.

01-02-10, 11:08 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	What was the coolest thing you did in 2009? For me, it was the Copenhagen Subsim meet, with all the guys and Peter Madsen. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-02-10, 11:25 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Getting my first Motorbike and having the first couple of trips with it HunterICX __________________

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Practising stalls and spins in a glider. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany. Last edited by Schroeder; 01-02-10 at 12:38 PM.

01-02-10, 12:26 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Deciding to prioritize my life and start working with animal rescue organizations. I have never felt so good about something. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-02-10, 01:04 PM	#6
Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Ah several things! The trip to Europe was awesome, as well as playing Silent Hunter 4 with Neal, UnderSeaLcpl, Mookie, and nikimcbee inside the Cavalla. Both I talk about still to this day __________________

01-02-10, 11:25 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Hmmm Meeting Jay Kay was pretty cool, he seemed a nice bloke, although he probably regretted going to the other hotel in our town the next week and getting his car smashed in by an angry chef Lowestoft Air Show was also very cool, had a good look around at some British army kit, brought some gear in order to help the Vulcan keep flying and watched some fantastic flypasts by Dutch F-16s, USAF KC-135 and French Alphajet, as well as our own Lynx, Westland Apache, BBMF and other fantastic aircraft. Doing the annual London trip and visiting several excellant venues, including the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich. I think that's about it really

01-02-10, 01:14 PM	#7
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm really blanking. I don't think I really did anything particularly cool this past year. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

01-02-10, 01:19 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Taking my youngest daughter to WW2 Weekend in PA. We had a wonderful day. Inquisitive kids with a mind to learn is always a cool thing no matter what the year. She loved it. Planning it again in 2010. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-02-10, 01:22 PM	#9
limkol XO Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: looking in the bilge for a bottle opener Posts: 416 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	The Copenhagen meet, getting to know some of the Subsim guys and sailing onboard Peter Madsens excellent u-boat Nautilus.

01-02-10, 02:37 PM	#10
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Going on a drinking binge through Europe and visiting the Deutche Panzer Museum. __________________

01-02-10, 02:47 PM	#11
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Errr... Come to think of it 2009 was pretty ****.

01-02-10, 04:29 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wishing it away moments before midnight on New Years Eve.... __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-02-10, 04:46 PM	#13
Carotio Mr. Bad Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aabenraa, Denmark Posts: 1,488 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	1) August, finally reaching the sommet of a mountain in France, which I had to give up on many years ago. Next project perhaps.... Mont Blanc 2) September, subsim meet & getting a (3 minute short periscope depth) ride in UC3 Nautilus - I had really hoped to go really down completely like the rest of you... @ McBeck - We need to arrange something with Peter Madsen in the summer time... __________________ Download my mods from SHMF Follow my photography here taler dansk, speak English, spreche Deutsch, parle français, forstår svenska/norsk, comprendo castellano

01-03-10, 05:25 PM	#15
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Taking a shower in March while the hot water in the house was under repair for two days. Very cool indeed. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.