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Puster Bill · 08-05-07, 07:33 PM

Feh. You're all young'uns. When I was a kid I met the guy who wrote Brian Boru's March. The first subsim I played gave you the option of being Cornelius Drebbel, Ezra Lee, or Robert Fulton. Oh, and the computer you played it on was a piece of paper and a pencil, and if you were a good boy they'd let you use a slide rule.

You couldn't use a cheat code, either, because the existential parochial submarine simulation nuns would whack you across the torpedo with that slide rule if they caught you using them. Trust me, a depth charging is nothing compared to the sight of Sister Mary-Otto Weddigen wielding a 20 inch Pickett like a light saber.

Then, you'd get sent to Mother Superior, the Reverend Mother Karla Doenitz. She'd make you sit on a bicycle seat of woven out of thorns in the outer office while she and Torquemada sharpened the shovels and rakes and impliments of destruction in the back of a red VW microbus.

Luckily, though, the bell rang. Unfortunately, that was the signal to let loose the pet Kraken the sisters kept in the moat around the school. There was no bridge, so you had to swim for it. You were luckily if all you got were permanent sucker scars on your back.

Then you'd have to explain the whole thing to your parents when you got home, because the sisters would send out a hunchback with a note to your parents explaining that you got caught using a cheat code, which generally meant a whuppin' with a wooden stick if you told them first, or a whuppin' with a wooden stick that had nails hammered into it half way and then had the heads cut off with a pair of Sears Craftsman diagonal cutters. If dad was in a good mood that day, he wouldn't barb them.

So I don't want to hear anymore whining out there.

TarJak · 08-06-07, 01:32 AM

I still think I have more tomorrows than yesterdays, so regardless of my youth being long gone, I'm still young and never intend to grow up.

FIREWALL · 08-06-07, 02:32 AM

You know your getting old when... You sit on the toilet more than you Stand in front of it. :p

Biggles · 08-06-07, 04:18 PM

Hey, anyone knows what tune they're listening at in "Das Boot", you know, that british song. I think it's catchy!

silentrunner · 08-06-07, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biggles

I'm listening to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen (and the seeger sessions), Bob Dylan, The Queen......and I'm 16. Does that make me wierd, or in any case....wrong?

I mean, I'm not old at all! I have all my life in front of me! (and I'm spending it in front of my computer, oh Lord help me!)

Well I'm 13 and I listen to Benny Goodman and Tom Jones and often find myself thinking you know what would be cool a Silent Hunter movie I'm weirder than Carlton Banks.

silentrunner · 08-06-07, 03:53 PM

Or on SH4 you get caught by a destroyer because your playing Sing Sing Sing on the grammaphone.

08-05-07, 07:33 PM	#1
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Feh. You're all young'uns. When I was a kid I met the guy who wrote Brian Boru's March. The first subsim I played gave you the option of being Cornelius Drebbel, Ezra Lee, or Robert Fulton. Oh, and the computer you played it on was a piece of paper and a pencil, and if you were a good boy they'd let you use a slide rule. You couldn't use a cheat code, either, because the existential parochial submarine simulation nuns would whack you across the torpedo with that slide rule if they caught you using them. Trust me, a depth charging is nothing compared to the sight of Sister Mary-Otto Weddigen wielding a 20 inch Pickett like a light saber. Then, you'd get sent to Mother Superior, the Reverend Mother Karla Doenitz. She'd make you sit on a bicycle seat of woven out of thorns in the outer office while she and Torquemada sharpened the shovels and rakes and impliments of destruction in the back of a red VW microbus. Luckily, though, the bell rang. Unfortunately, that was the signal to let loose the pet Kraken the sisters kept in the moat around the school. There was no bridge, so you had to swim for it. You were luckily if all you got were permanent sucker scars on your back. Then you'd have to explain the whole thing to your parents when you got home, because the sisters would send out a hunchback with a note to your parents explaining that you got caught using a cheat code, which generally meant a whuppin' with a wooden stick if you told them first, or a whuppin' with a wooden stick that had nails hammered into it half way and then had the heads cut off with a pair of Sears Craftsman diagonal cutters. If dad was in a good mood that day, he wouldn't barb them. So I don't want to hear anymore whining out there. __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love

08-06-07, 02:32 AM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	You know your getting old when... You sit on the toilet more than you Stand in front of it. :p __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-06-07, 04:18 PM	#4
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hey, anyone knows what tune they're listening at in "Das Boot", you know, that british song. I think it's catchy! __________________

08-06-07, 03:53 PM	#6
silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sing Sing Sing Or on SH4 you get caught by a destroyer because your playing Sing Sing Sing on the grammaphone. __________________

08-06-07, 01:32 AM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I still think I have more tomorrows than yesterdays, so regardless of my youth being long gone, I'm still young and never intend to grow up.