How about modelling COCKROACHES?

geetrue · 02-18-07, 10:01 PM

You know how to take care of cockroaches on subs, right?

We take her down and raise the snorkel, turn on all four air breathing diesel engines in a high sea state.

The first time the head valve sticks on the main induction valve your boat will be pulling close to 16# lbs of pressure ... all of a sudden you feel your back door opening ... coming up to meet your throat, because those engines have to get their air from somewhere, even if it's you ...

Varmits leave in a hurry in those conditions ...

Chief of the Boat · 02-18-07, 10:56 PM

Uh... 'Lines'.. not 'Ropes'... [wink]. Well, according to Capt. Ruhe, one of the guys in S-37 got a barrel of Flit from a store in Brisbane. They sealed up the crew's messdeck and started spraying. The Little Devils tried to get away by running into a drain trough in the deck. When no more came out, the channel was overflowing with dead roaches. The guy took a wooden matchbox, measured it's dimensions, filled it with corpses...counted the number... measured the drain through, did the math and .."Finally he announced the number of dead roaches in the overflow channel. ""Over four million"". "...[page 38]

They hung a fine mesh bug net OVER the mess deck tables so no falling roaches would land in the chow...[pages 19/20]

Very 'real' read... These roach ridden S boats had been at Cavite..across the Bay from Manila, for many years, until scrambling out of these just ahead of the Japs... Lotsa bugs there, man. Hot and humid.

flintlock · 02-19-07, 12:22 AM

There's just something inherently wrong with the title of this thread.

Iron Budokan · 02-19-07, 12:51 PM

Guys, there are some things that don't need to be modeled in the game. This would be one of them, imo.

02-18-07, 10:01 PM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You know how to take care of cockroaches on subs, right? We take her down and raise the snorkel, turn on all four air breathing diesel engines in a high sea state. The first time the head valve sticks on the main induction valve your boat will be pulling close to 16# lbs of pressure ... all of a sudden you feel your back door opening ... coming up to meet your throat, because those engines have to get their air from somewhere, even if it's you ... Varmits leave in a hurry in those conditions ... __________________

02-18-07, 10:56 PM	#2
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Uh... 'Lines'.. not 'Ropes'... [wink]. Well, according to Capt. Ruhe, one of the guys in S-37 got a barrel of Flit from a store in Brisbane. They sealed up the crew's messdeck and started spraying. The Little Devils tried to get away by running into a drain trough in the deck. When no more came out, the channel was overflowing with dead roaches. The guy took a wooden matchbox, measured it's dimensions, filled it with corpses...counted the number... measured the drain through, did the math and .."Finally he announced the number of dead roaches in the overflow channel. ""Over four million"". "...[page 38] They hung a fine mesh bug net OVER the mess deck tables so no falling roaches would land in the chow...[pages 19/20] Very 'real' read... These roach ridden S boats had been at Cavite..across the Bay from Manila, for many years, until scrambling out of these just ahead of the Japs... Lotsa bugs there, man. Hot and humid. __________________ In memory of WAHOO

02-19-07, 12:51 PM	#4
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Guys, there are some things that don't need to be modeled in the game. This would be one of them, imo. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

02-19-07, 12:22 AM	#3
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There's just something inherently wrong with the title of this thread.