Alvin

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 02/19/2015 at 20:54 • Filed to: submersibleopnik, alvin

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I would love to go for a ride with Alvin. This is maybe #2 on my list after going into space of cool stuff a person could do.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 20:56

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It is very cool, my massive irrational fear of the sea would prevent me from going in it though. You couldn't get me on a cruise ship nevermind a submersible.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 20:58

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It would be cool, but I have such great phobia about drowning that I could never do it.

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 20:59

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You and I have the same list haha.

Fly in space, explore the deep, also fly in a high performance jet.

Jonathan Harper > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:03

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Didn't ALVIN find the Titanic?

I share this goal.

f86sabre > DoYouEvenShift 02/19/2015 at 21:04

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Pretty much the same. I have a few more. I would love to take part in something like the Paris-Peking Rally. I would like to watch a rocket launch from Baikonur. I've been lucky enough to go to most of the races I've wanted to see. My wife and I were looking at Monza prices this evening. Still lots of places I want to visit.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:05

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I remember hearing that Alvin was slated for retirement soon. I'm too lazy to Google it though.

Source: I live five miles from the port where it's based out of.

f86sabre > Jonathan Harper 02/19/2015 at 21:08

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Yeah. I soaked up all that stuff when i was a kid. Came out some time later that the Titanic expedition was a cover for the funding for the crew to find the USS Thresher and asses its state.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019671/T…

f86sabre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2015 at 21:11

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I don't think so. Just went through a big retrofit.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/…

BaconSandwich is tasty. > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:24

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That's crazy! I had never heard before.

Jonathan Harper > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:30

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HOLY SHIT. How did I not know about this?!

I was obsessed with the Titanic and the later discovery when I was growing up in the 90s. Wow. Crazy.

f86sabre > BaconSandwich is tasty. 02/19/2015 at 21:31

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:32

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Eh, maybe it was just a rumor.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:35

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I have a Woods Hole shirt somewhere, yeah bring a book, I think decompression on the way up is a wait. I hope I live long enough to get a flight into orbit, who knows.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2015 at 21:37

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It was retired in 1998 and returned to service in 2002.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/19/2015 at 21:41

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I was ages 4-8 during that period so that's not what I was thinking about because I would have been unaware of it.

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 21:58

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Never heard of that rally, but after doing some research, it looks very intense/fun. Ive never seen a launch, which makes me sad, especially a Shuttle launch. However, Ill be living close to KSC soon, so Ill be sure to attend as many as I can. My wife and I are big travelers as well.

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 02/19/2015 at 22:04

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I took this pic in a mini/semisubmerisible in the Bahamas.

Looks like a sbc.

f86sabre > DoYouEvenShift 02/19/2015 at 22:09

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They are everywhere.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2015 at 23:10

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Stop making me feel old.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/19/2015 at 23:12

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You can buy cigarettes if you were born in 1997.