The View from My Deck

Kinja'd!!! "Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
04/24/2014 at 15:04 • Filed to: Shiplopnik V.F.M.D.

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Since there seems to be some popular demand for this, here's one I took the other day of the USS Carl Vinson rolling in.

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Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:06

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[Visits from Chinese IPs skyrocket]


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > For Sweden
04/24/2014 at 15:08

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I wonder what they'd pay me to install a webcam?

/lulz


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:08

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Carl:

*not noted as an intimidating name, generally

*makes for an intimidating ship

*maybes it's the "Vinson" part

*"Beware, Karlvincen the Merciless"


Kinja'd!!! FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:08

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majestic as fuck.


Kinja'd!!! SnowBallin > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:08

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I see that there is a large marina right there. Does the Navy make them stay off the water when the aircraft carrier passes through? Like for security purposes?


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > SnowBallin
04/24/2014 at 15:16

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Nope. Obviously they need to stay out of the way or die from the collision but civilian boats and Navy ships coexist as they pass through the channel. Just don't try to approach them up close when they are moored, else you'll conjure the ire of the guys in these:

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:18

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San Diego?


Kinja'd!!! Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:23

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Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:27

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holy craps! an invasion #NorthKoreanPropogandaStyle

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Kinja'd!!! user314 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/24/2014 at 15:40

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Carl Vinson (D-GA 10th Dist) was a major force for re-building and expanding the US Navy from just prior to WWII (so much so he was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy"), through to the appropriations for the Enterprise . Much like John Stennis , Vinson had done so much for the Navy they named a Nimitz-class carrier named for him while he was still alive.


Kinja'd!!! area man > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 15:42

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Soooo I promise I wasn't being a creep but I was curious about the view, so I went looking for the neighborhood on Google Maps and almost immediately stumbled on your house. But now I'm curious - any noise from the airport?


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > user314
04/24/2014 at 15:51

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Yep. Just noting in a semi-trollish manner that ship names, coming as they often do from the ordinary names of uncommon men from a prior age, sometimes come off a bit goofy sounding. Take for example the Curtis Wilbur.


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn
04/24/2014 at 15:55

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Yup. We can see pretty much all of North Island. It's so freaking awesome!


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > MonkeePuzzle
04/24/2014 at 15:59

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::golf clap::


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > area man
04/24/2014 at 16:01

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Not out here in La Playa, no. The house I own (we are renting this one for a few years) is in Loma Portal and we get airport noise there. out here all you hear are helicopters across the way at North Island.


Kinja'd!!! ly2v8-Brian > MonkeePuzzle
04/24/2014 at 16:01

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The nightmare fuel for dictators everywhere.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of
04/24/2014 at 16:08

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We were there last summer. Awesome place.

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Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn
04/24/2014 at 16:15

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Cool! That shot looks like it was taken from the Cabrillo monument, yes?