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04-24-10, 10:16 PM
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Sea Lord
 Join Date: Apr 2007
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My actual experience as a real-life submarine commander...
A few months ago we bought an old 1991 Winnibego Warrior motor home for camping. After using it a few times (we love it) I came to realize:
1) We have limited fresh water supplies, and so take sea showers. 2) We have to ration our electricity to conserve batteries. 3) When you cook or use the toilet the smell lingers on. 4) You have to keep an eye on fuel reserves. 5) Beds, toilets, stoves, and all other appliances are tiny and cramped. 6) She's old but if you treat her right she ticks right along. It dawned on me that I'm in command of my very own u-boat.  Steve |
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04-24-10, 10:24 PM
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Commander
 Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 462
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04-24-10, 10:45 PM
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Rear Admiral
 Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: SPACE!!!!
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lol, a Uboat on wheels.
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04-25-10, 12:19 AM
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Sparky
 Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 150
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All you are missing is a periscope so that you can see how far ahead the traffic jam is
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04-25-10, 12:22 AM
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Ocean Warrior
 Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Posts: 3,333
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  We spent this last Thanksgiving with my mom's parents, who live in an apartment that would feel cramped with two people in it; All six of us spent about a week crammed into it. We toured the USS Pampanito that week, and, well, let's just say I never thought a WWII submarine would feel spacious...
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04-25-10, 12:48 AM
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Navy Seal
 Join Date: Jan 2010
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That is my apartment to a tee. Kinda hard to think of it as a mobile Uboat - maybe more of a dead-in-the-water Uboat.
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04-25-10, 08:52 AM
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Chief of the Boat
 Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 190,525
Downloads: 63
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04-25-10, 02:44 PM
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Navy Seal
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Docked on a Russian pond
Posts: 7,072
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I spent a good part of my life sailing. Spent 10 years living aboard a 40 foot sloop with a 9 foot beam. Very comfy. When SH2 came out, I did RT patrols when not on a RL sail.
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04-27-10, 10:32 AM
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Ace of the Deep
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Posts: 1,142
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Spent my youth on a "Real Pigboat"......glad you younger guys get a little bit of the real thing feeling........
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04-27-10, 12:07 PM
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Ocean Warrior
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Auburn, Alabama
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04-27-10, 12:33 PM
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Eternal Patrol
 Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: High in the mountains of Utah
Posts: 50,369
Downloads: 745
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Ha! I can top that!
Well, no, actually I can't, though I did spend one winter living the back of a '63 Ford van. Great adventures all! 
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