The civilian XXI???

Sniper_Fox · 02-07-08, 10:37 PM

daaayum, id build my own uboat, and then turn it into my house

then i just need to make my own passport, and try to take over a small tropical island and then start Kevlandia, my own country, and this would be my protective navy!

who's in? lmfao

Blacklight · 02-08-08, 12:33 AM

It's my birthday this month ! Which one of you is going to buy one for me ?

kiwi_2005 · 02-08-08, 01:00 AM

Imagine one of them as your home, that would be so cool. Sick of the area your living in just cruise down the coast or dive down to a corel reef.

melnibonian · 02-08-08, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Imagine one of them as your home, that would be so cool. Sick of the area your living in just cruise down the coast or dive down to a corel reef.

Until of course some WWII enthousiast with a big motorised boat (aka Destroyer) comes and depth charges you :p

:rotfl:

On a serious note it would be really cool

Jimbuna · 02-08-08, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

It's my birthday this month ! Which one of you is going to buy one for me ?

I'll see how much I've got when I open up my piggy bank. Might just have enough to purchase the one.

danurve · 02-08-08, 10:04 AM

Who do you have to pay off to add at least ONE forward tube

trongey · 02-08-08, 10:16 AM

I've been lusting after the Phoenix 1000 for years. Totally worth it if they can really hit the $78mil budget. Even the Seattle makes me drool a little.

Tony

seafarer · 02-08-08, 10:16 AM

Back 3 or 4 years ago, a friend at work and I tried really hard to think of any way to work the price of that boat into an NSF or ONR grant. No amount of beer led us to any enlightenment of how to finangle a budget for it. Plus, then we'd have had to share it with other people without our say, and that would suck.

My friend has since retired from academia, and works as the biologist at a venture capital bio-startup (he's one of the 3 founders) - he still talks about somehow appropriating company funds to order it built, for, errr, corporate retreats and such legitimate uses

02-08-08, 10:21 AM

Imagine the loan payments on that sucker if you bought it!!! Monthly payments would probably be more than I make in a single year!

trongey · 02-08-08, 10:25 AM

People who buy things like that don't make loan payments. They pay cash.

EDIT: But FWIW $78,000,000 for 6 years at 8.5% would be $1,386,714 per month. You'd be tacking an extra $21,842,408 in interest.

fat jez · 02-08-08, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'll see how much I've got when I open up my piggy bank. Might just have enough to purchase the one.

Now we know where the donations for GWX 2.0 really went

Cheers,
Stephen

seafarer · 02-08-08, 12:35 PM

Remember that $78 million in 2003 dollars is now, what, about $90+ million (inflation from 2003-2008 being somehwere in the 15%-16% range)?

So don't delay - order NOW!

Jimbuna · 02-08-08, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fat jez

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'll see how much I've got when I open up my piggy bank. Might just have enough to purchase the one.

Now we know where the donations for GWX 2.0 really went

Cheers,
Stephen

LOL

I can assure you they went to the very worthy cause of supporting SUBSIM

fat jez · 02-08-08, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

LOL

I can assure you they went to the very worthy cause of supporting SUBSIM

I don't doubt it for a minute, but I couldn't resist.

I'm sure the subsim chaps would have been overjoyed at donations at that level.

Cheers,
Stephen

Fenris_Wolf · 02-08-08, 04:07 PM

Let's build our own!

You remember that small and crude sub built by smugglers?

We'll do much better 'cause we don't use drugs!

Mine iron, make steel, beat it into shape, tool it, make the pressure hull, weld it all together, install two diesels, two electric motors, propellers, line up all the old car batteries you can find, attach rudders and dive plans, install a couple of ballast tanks, compressors, a mic on the outer hull to use as a hydrophone, an old rocking chair and gramaphone in the command room for the kaleun (me!) and the rest of your old furniture for everyone else.................

.........did I miss something?

02-07-08, 10:37 PM	#1
Sniper_Fox Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North of Malta, shadowing your pretty little C3 Cargo! Posts: 212 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	daaayum, id build my own uboat, and then turn it into my house then i just need to make my own passport, and try to take over a small tropical island and then start Kevlandia, my own country, and this would be my protective navy! who's in? lmfao __________________ Im a one U-boat wolfpack. Ive hit the bottom of the Mediterranian at 250 metres in my VIIC and brought that babe back up, and still made it back to La Spezia. Ive sunk more destroyers than I have merchants...youll wish you never sailed into U-87s hunting grounds. When you pull into port, dont lull yourself into a false sense of security, your mines and subnets are just a petty challenge for my crew and I.

02-08-08, 12:33 AM	#2
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	It's my birthday this month ! Which one of you is going to buy one for me ? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-08-08, 01:00 AM	#3
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Imagine one of them as your home, that would be so cool. Sick of the area your living in just cruise down the coast or dive down to a corel reef. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-08-08, 10:04 AM	#6
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Who do you have to pay off to add at least ONE forward tube __________________

02-08-08, 10:16 AM	#8
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Back 3 or 4 years ago, a friend at work and I tried really hard to think of any way to work the price of that boat into an NSF or ONR grant. No amount of beer led us to any enlightenment of how to finangle a budget for it. Plus, then we'd have had to share it with other people without our say, and that would suck. My friend has since retired from academia, and works as the biologist at a venture capital bio-startup (he's one of the 3 founders) - he still talks about somehow appropriating company funds to order it built, for, errr, corporate retreats and such legitimate uses __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

02-08-08, 10:16 AM	#7
trongey A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've been lusting after the Phoenix 1000 for years. Totally worth it if they can really hit the $78mil budget. Even the Seattle makes me drool a little. Tony

02-08-08, 10:21 AM	#9
-SWCowboy. Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Imagine the loan payments on that sucker if you bought it!!! Monthly payments would probably be more than I make in a single year!

02-08-08, 10:25 AM	#10
trongey A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	People who buy things like that don't make loan payments. They pay cash. EDIT: But FWIW $78,000,000 for 6 years at 8.5% would be $1,386,714 per month. You'd be tacking an extra $21,842,408 in interest.

02-08-08, 12:35 PM	#12
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Remember that $78 million in 2003 dollars is now, what, about $90+ million (inflation from 2003-2008 being somehwere in the 15%-16% range)? So don't delay - order NOW! __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

02-08-08, 04:07 PM	#15
Fenris_Wolf Sparky Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 155 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Let's build our own! You remember that small and crude sub built by smugglers? We'll do much better 'cause we don't use drugs! Mine iron, make steel, beat it into shape, tool it, make the pressure hull, weld it all together, install two diesels, two electric motors, propellers, line up all the old car batteries you can find, attach rudders and dive plans, install a couple of ballast tanks, compressors, a mic on the outer hull to use as a hydrophone, an old rocking chair and gramaphone in the command room for the kaleun (me!) and the rest of your old furniture for everyone else................. .........did I miss something? __________________ NO HOOCHIE WOOCHIE - NO LIFE!

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