Canadian Buffoon's DISmeet vacation - 09/14 - Bowled Over

[pkondz]

Oops sorry they weren't golf carts they were side by side 4x4 buggies.

You know...
I think I rememember
seeing those in the pre-show.

Not a good photo but you get the general idea of what they looked like. We walked by them on our way in from the Go Train but epic fail - no photos. This is our view from the pre-race festivities before we made our way to our seats. It was too hot that day to sit in the seats until just before race start.

How hot was it during the race?

 

[pkondz]

That is true and it is flying by. Calling my guy about a job tomorrow as well so that is exciting.

Good luck!

That is sort of a double edged sword. How do you find clubs?

Oh, heck. That's super easy.
On average, you can find a club
every fourth card in the deck.

 

[pkondz]

Das Boot

So... where were we?

Quick refresher.
I'd driven a couple of days,
and had a couple of DISmeets
(which are always awesome,
by the way.)
It was now the third day
of the drive and time
for a bit of sight seeing.

And I couldn't think of anything
I wanted to do more, today.


When I was fairly little,
(pre-teen at least)
my Dad gave me a book
on German WWII U-boats.
It was chock-full of pictures
and I was mesmerized
at the idea of living in
such confined spaces
and being underwater
for such lengths of time.
(See the movie Das Boot
(German, with English sub-titles)
for a taste of what it was like.)


Of course the submarines
of the 1940s pale in comparison
to the capabilities of today's beasts.
But still...

When I found out that there was
an actual WWII German U-boat
parked in a museum in Chicago, well...


I drove over to the museum
and entered the parking lot.
A mere $22 for parking.
I planned on being here no more
than two hours.
Oh well.

I entered the museum
and paid the fee.
Another $23.

This boat is getting expensive.
I just wanted to look at it,
not rent it.

I wandered down some halls
in search of a submarine.
I neglected to pack my sonar
along with my GPS.


Silly me.


Nevertheless, using
fine detective reasoning
and logic, I was able
to track down the location
of the mysterious submersible.

I read the signs that said
"This way to the submarine".


Rounding a corner, U-505 came into view.
Right away I was taken by surprise.
It was much bigger than I expected.
I think I was expecting something
less than half the size of the actual boat.
(FYI, submarines are boats, not ships.)

I spent some time reading plaques,
gazing at displays and, well...
staring at the u-boat.

Periscope on display:

Other periscopes...
or illudium q-36 explosive space modulator
sighting scopes.

I rounded the corner at the stern
of the boat and saw a kiosk
for purchasing tickets
to tour the interior.

Heck, yes!
Another $12 flew out of my wallet.
By now I assumed that I had paid
for the boat, but I couldn't figure
out a way to get it out of the building.

The lack of water was also problematic.


Shots from the interior:
I found it amazing that men would live
for months in these claustrophobic conditions.

Can you imagine sleeping with
a flippin' bomb by your head??

Okay. You're on a submarine.
You spin the wrong wheel
and the sub sinks.
You have to spin one.
Go!

That's the tour guide,
I have to admit that I didn't
listen to him very much
and I don't think he was too
happy with me either.
I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

It was a love/hate relationship.
I loved being on the boat
but hated being rushed through it.
I mean... I bought it,
you'd think I'd be able
to spend all the time I wanted on it.

U-505 has several distinctions
associated with it.

It is only one of six subs
captured by the Allies
during WWII.
And of those six, she is the
only one that survives to date.

When she was captured,
her Enigma device
(German secret code machine)
was captured as well.
While the recovery did
speed up code breaking,
it wasn't completely necessary
as the German code had already
been broken.
(See the movie The Imitation Game
available on Netflix.)
The captain of the attack group
that captured the sub was considered
for court-martial for not simply
recovering the machine
(and other documents)
and then sinking the sub.

As a result, the Germans
were kept in a POW camp
and the Red Cross were not
allowed to see them.
They were deemed top secret.

The captain was instead given
the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

The sailor who led the boarding party
that captured the ship fared slightly better.
He was the only Atlantic Fleet sailor in World War II
to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

After touring the sub,
there was one more area
of the museum... maybe two...
that I wanted to check out.

I did still have a bit of a drive
ahead of me, so I was pressed
for time.

My first stop was the Space Center.
The first thing I saw was a mission-flown
Mercury space capsule.

Sooooo cool.
(And if you don't think so...
well... You're jaded! So there!

Okay... I'm kidding.
but not by much.

This was the fourth Mercury
flight capsule.
It made three orbits,
piloted by Scott Carpenter.
(See the movie The Right Stuff)
An error during re-entry caused
the capsule to land 250 miles off-course
causing a rather panicked search
until he was found several hours later.


Even better on the cool-o-meter,
(in my humble opinion)
is this Apollo capsule.

This is Apollo 8.
The first manned vehicle
to leave Earth orbit
and to orbit the moon.
Looks a little the worse for wear.
I kinda love that about it.

One of the most iconic photos ever
was shot by an Apollo 8 astronaut.
Perhaps you recognize Earthrise?

(I didn't take this photo.)

The Apollo 8 crew were the first
humans to see the Earth
as a whole planet.

Does it get much cooler than that???


There were several other displays
and mock-ups, but I thought
the aforementioned ones were the best.

Can anyone tell me why this display
couldn't possibly be a mission flown vehicle?

One last thing that I got a kick out of.
This little piece of rock, sitting all by itself.
It's a moon rock.
A little chunk of another celestial body.
Boggles the mind.

Not without some remorse,
I exited the Space Center
and headed towards
the Transportation Gallery.

At the entrance to the gallery,
you are greeted by several
full size aircraft suspended in air.

Kinda hits you full in the face
when you arrive.

I wandered around the gallery,
and as any guy would,
stopped to admire the model
of Chicago.

Guys and models...
am I right?

And.... like many,
was enchanted by the
model railway.

I didn't spend too much time here.
Time was running short.
I took one more snap,
then started to head out.

"Started" being the key word.
I noticed a man-made tornado
in an adjacent hall and walked over
to take a quick peek.
But I stopped dead when I saw this:

I guess it doesn't really look like much,
but I remember being told about this
when I was in the ninth grade.
It's a Foucault Pendulum.
You can see the (motion blurred)
pendulum in the center of the photo.
This device is a way of showing
that the Earth rotates.
The pendulum sways back and forth
and as the Earth rotates underneath it,
it knocks over pins, arranged in a circle.

Here's a diagram that shows how it works.

It would work anywhere on Earth
except at the equator.


Time to go. I still had six and a half
hours of driving ahead of me.

But I did have a pit stop
at about the four hour mark.

I told Betty where I wanted
to go next and set out.
I had only driven a few minutes
when I glanced at the display.

Instead of telling me I would arrive
in about four hours...
Betty was telling me I had 12 hours to go!

I pulled over.
Which, when you think about it,
will only make the trip longer.
Nevertheless...
I checked Betty's settings and...
Somehow I had selected
"Avoid highways".
I deselected that and the
display promptly changed
to about four hours...
with a suggestion to maybe
get on the highway.

Still not sure how that happened.
Maybe she was mad at me.
I get that a lot.


After a couple of stops at
a couple of Harley shops,
I arrived here:

I don't remember now
how I stumbled on this spot.
I think I just Googled
places to eat in Indianapolis
and it popped up.
More likely that I specifically
searched for Indy restaurants
that had been on DDD.
(Diners, Drive-ins and Dives)
It sounded interesting,
so I popped over.

A couple of things intrigued me.
One was the "tenderloin".
Apparently, this is an Indy institution.
You can Google Indy's best tenderloin
and Edwards will turn up at
or near the top.

The other thing that caught my eye
was that you can order from your car
and have it brought out to you
on a tray they hang on your window.
Just like the drive-ins of old.

I kinda liked that.
My folks used to take my sister and I
to A&W and do that when we were little.

So... since I hadn't spent enough
time in the car already,
might as well eat in it too.

I ordered a "tenderloin",
onion rings and their root beer
that came in a chilled mug;
which is the only way to drink root beer.

The tenderloin was simply served,
but had the advantage of being
about as big as my head.

Everything was pretty good
and my only regret is that
I didn't buy a growler of root beer.
Not sure what I was thinking.


About three hours later,
after another stop for
a poker chip I arrived
at my stop for the night,
a little south of Cincinnati.

I was a bit off-track for
the next day's drive,
but I did have a reason.

Quick warning,
the next update's gonna be short
and dull.

Well.... duller.

The haul for today:

Today's map:

And in case you didn't see it...
Way back in the last road trip chapter...
You never know who will sponsor
random items anymore.

And from the last chapter:

From planes to cereals...

Poor Marvin's in a pickle, isn't he?

Did you see it in this chapter?

Coming up, a brief respite.

Chapter 4. The Cat's In The Credible​

 

[juniorbugman]

How hot was it during the race?

Well according to the weather network it was 28C but that was before the humidex and the reflection of the pavement and sitting in the metal stands so I would guess about 35C give or take a few. Can you tell I am not a heat person? I managed to stay in my seat for the first half of the race, then I left and watched from the tree shaded areas. We actually bailed on the race early so that we could catch a Go Train home. The race ended just before the train came in but we wouldn't have made that train so we would have had to wait longer for the next train out in the hot sun with all the masses of people. When I used to work down at the track we were part of track services so we had a great view of the track as we were trackside but we also had that nice cool air conditioned vehicle to sit in. Oh the days. I haven't actually been to a race since about 1997 so it was long drought.

 

[anut4disney]

Well, hello there stranger!
If it isn't the aunt who's
actually anut but is
also an uncle.

How have you been???
And to the TR!

Not quite positive when I wrote that.
Unfortunately he took a turn
very much for the worse,
but has since been on the mend.
So much so that
I believe he and Smidgy will
be traveling to the World this fall.

I am doing fine. It's been a hectic few months, the grand-kids graduated from high school and are getting ready to continue their education. Granddaughter wants to be an animator and would love to work at Disney. My daughter became engaged and she suggested that her and I take a mother/daughter trip to Disney World in October. I almost fainted because she isn't much on going there...gasp! Safe to say I jumped on that and have already made the reservation...now where did I plant that money tree.

I am so happy to hear that Nebo is doing so much better. I hope that he continues to improve and gets to enjoy his home away from home.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

So... where were we?

I dunno. Don't you remember, either?

It was chock-full of pictures
and I was mesmerized
at the idea of living in
such confined spaces
and being underwater
for such lengths of time.
(See the movie Das Boot
(German, with English sub-titles)
for a taste of what it was like.)

Interesting fact: almost every submarine movie ever made is fantastic. Unless it stars Kelsey Grammer.

When I found out that there was
an actual WWII German U-boat
parked in a museum in Chicago, well...

Ranks up there with the best museum exhibits I've ever seen. Maybe THE best.

I drove over to the museum
and entered the parking lot.
A mere $22 for parking.
I planned on being here no more
than two hours.
Oh well.

I entered the museum
and paid the fee.
Another $23.

This boat is getting expensive.
I just wanted to look at it,
not rent it.

Yeah...that place is not cheap. Better if you can spend the whole day. What a great museum, though!

Nevertheless, using
fine detective reasoning
and logic, I was able
to track down the location
of the mysterious submersible.

I read the signs that said
"This way to the submarine".

Seems legit.

(FYI, submarines are boats, not ships.)

As a land-lubber, I have to ask: what's the difference?

I spent some time reading plaques,
gazing at displays and, well...
staring at the u-boat.

As one does. I mean, how could you not?

Other periscopes...
or illudium q-36 explosive space modulator
sighting scopes.

If you're going to blow up the earth, that's the way to do it.

Nice shot. I like that angle.

Heck, yes!
Another $12 flew out of my wallet.
By now I assumed that I had paid
for the boat, but I couldn't figure
out a way to get it out of the building.

You do have a towing hitch on the car, right?

I found it amazing that men would live
for months in these claustrophobic conditions.

I don't think I could do it.

Okay. You're on a submarine.
You spin the wrong wheel
and the sub sinks.
You have to spin one.
Go!

Well, the one in the middle says "BBC", so I'm assuming that's hooked up to the TV antenna. I'll spin that one.

That's the tour guide,
I have to admit that I didn't
listen to him very much
and I don't think he was too
happy with me either.
I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

That's annoying. I'm sure they have another tour group coming behind you and have a schedule to keep, but I can't imagine a couple of photos are going to throw things off.

It was a love/hate relationship.
I loved being on the boat
but hated being rushed through it.
I mean... I bought it,
you'd think I'd be able
to spend all the time I wanted on it.

Sure! Throw the guide off!

The captain of the attack group
that captured the sub was considered
for court-martial for not simply
recovering the machine
(and other documents)
and then sinking the sub.

So dumb government bureaucracy was a thing even back then.

The captain was instead given
the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

That's more like it.

The sailor who led the boarding party
that captured the ship fared slightly better.
He was the only Atlantic Fleet sailor in World War II
to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Even better!

My first stop was the Space Center.
The first thing I saw was a mission-flown
Mercury space capsule.

Sooooo cool.
(And if you don't think so...
well... You're jaded! So there!

Okay... I'm kidding.
but not by much.

You're right. It's very cool.

An error during re-entry caused
the capsule to land 250 miles off-course
causing a rather panicked search
until he was found several hours later.

This is Apollo 8.
The first manned vehicle
to leave Earth orbit
and to orbit the moon.
Looks a little the worse for wear.
I kinda love that about it.

Absolutely! It's battle-tested.

Perhaps you recognize Earthrise?

(I didn't take this photo.)

Slacker.

The Apollo 8 crew were the first
humans to see the Earth
as a whole planet.

Does it get much cooler than that???

No. No, it doesn't.

Can anyone tell me why this display
couldn't possibly be a mission flown vehicle?

Well, it's too clean and looks like it's made of cardboard. And the bottom lander would have been left on the moon.

It's a moon rock.
A little chunk of another celestial body.
Boggles the mind.

That looks better than the little chip you can touch at Kennedy Space Center.

At the entrance to the gallery,
you are greeted by several
full size aircraft suspended in air.

Kinda hits you full in the face
when you arrive.

Such a cool museum.

Guys and models...
am I right?

And.... like many,
was enchanted by the
model railway.

It's mesmerizing.

It's a Foucault Pendulum.
You can see the (motion blurred)
pendulum in the center of the photo.
This device is a way of showing
that the Earth rotates.
The pendulum sways back and forth
and as the Earth rotates underneath it,
it knocks over pins, arranged in a circle.

Here's a diagram that shows how it works.

This always confused me. Isn't the building the pendulum is attached to also rotating with the earth?

Instead of telling me I would arrive
in about four hours...
Betty was telling me I had 12 hours to go!

There must have been a lot of Harley shops along the way.

I checked Betty's settings and...
Somehow I had selected
"Avoid highways".

So now I'm picturing you crashing and swerving through fences and backyards and clotheslines, and it's kind of awesome.

Still not sure how that happened.
Maybe she was mad at me.
I get that a lot.

She was so shocked a man asked for directions she didn't know how to react.

The other thing that caught my eye
was that you can order from your car
and have it brought out to you
on a tray they hang on your window.
Just like the drive-ins of old.

Cool! I would definitely want to try that out.

I ordered a "tenderloin",
onion rings and their root beer
that came in a chilled mug;
which is the only way to drink root beer.

I certainly can't think of a better way.

Everything was pretty good
and my only regret is that
I didn't buy a growler of root beer.
Not sure what I was thinking.

That you didn't want to stop at a bathroom every 5 minutes?

Quick warning,
the next update's gonna be short
and dull.

As opposed to...

Well.... duller.

Ah. Thanks for clarifying that.

Did you see it in this chapter?

Yes. But you didn't work very hard to hide it.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

It's incredible to think of a human being living in a submarine for days at a time. I have experienced a submarine tour myself at the Seawolf Park in Galveston. It just boggles the mind, the thought of living in there. Pictures really don't do justice to the small size that these people had to live in.

 

[Kiotzu]

Good luck!

Thanks, he ended up calling me so that is good! It's not a guarantee but his reason for calling was to let me know what tickets I would need "if" I come up so I think this is a good sign. No reason to call and tell me what to get if I'm not going up!

Oh, heck. That's super easy.
On average, you can find a club
every fourth card in the deck.

That's like 13 clubs for you.

my Dad gave me a book
on German WWII U-boats.

Sounds fascinating. I had a history elective last semester that made me interested in WWII vehicles.

This boat is getting expensive.
I just wanted to look at it,
not rent it.

You are approaching Disney prices!

(FYI, submarines are boats, not ships.)

I love your little facts!

I spent some time reading plaques,
gazing at displays and, well...
staring at the u-boat.

That thing is huge. Flabbergasting.

Another $12 flew out of my wallet.
By now I assumed that I had paid
for the boat, but I couldn't figure
out a way to get it out of the building.

I'll send down the truck. Will be a great lawn ornament for you and your neighbors.

Can you imagine sleeping with
a flippin' bomb by your head??

The bed's look really cool but I feel like I would fear rolling off the bed and onto the bomb.

You spin the wrong wheel
and the sub sinks.
You have to spin one.
Go!

I'm feeling lucky, lets spin them all!

I mean... I bought it,
you'd think I'd be able
to spend all the time I wanted on it.

That's crazy to me, I know they have timelines but a few seconds here and there for Pkondz to get his photo shoot on isn't going to hurt.

The captain of the attack group
that captured the sub was considered
for court-martial for not simply
recovering the machine

Wow. Very interesting.

Even better on the cool-o-meter,
(in my humble opinion)
is this Apollo capsule.

I want to get off this rock! So this is very cool. I am looking at applying for an internship with SpaceX for next summer!

The Apollo 8 crew were the first
humans to see the Earth
as a whole planet.

Awe inspiring, pioneer's have always been idol's to me and the only way now is to head to other planets!

A little chunk of another celestial body.
Boggles the mind.

Makes you feel small. Even me.

And.... like many,
was enchanted by the
model railway.

I feel like most Disney fans are also railroad fans. I love taking the train whenever I can.

It would work anywhere on Earth
except at the equator.

This is a super interesting fact. I had not heard of this before but now have a tab open and ready to go.

More likely that I specifically
searched for Indy restaurants
that had been on DDD.

I used to watch this show daily when I was living with my grandma because she got offended by sports and hated animation.

I ordered a "tenderloin",
onion rings and their root beer
that came in a chilled mug;
which is the only way to drink root beer.

Drinking root beer. Stop. Is the only way to drink root beer. Truly the nectar of the gods.

This was a great update!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

So... where were we?

Well, I was at “The Remedy” enjoying schnitzels and beer

When I was fairly little,
(pre-teen at least)
my Dad gave me a book
on German WWII U-boats.

It’s amazing how dramatically our lives are affected by books we encounter as kids.
A whole lot of life stories seem to start out that way

(See the movie Das Boot
(German, with English sub-titles)
for a taste of what it was like.)

Might be the single best Sub film made.

My favorite to watch though is “The Enemy Below” (among others)
A great chess battle between skippers.

Or… you could substitute the old Star Trek episode: “Balance of Terror”, which was basically the same story, just transferred to a different type of ocean (and is probably about the best original Trek episode made).

When I found out that there was
an actual WWII German U-boat
parked in a museum in Chicago, well...

Ahhh… the dangers of reading Mark’s TRs.

I neglected to pack my sonar
along with my GPS.


Silly me.

And just how did you figure you were going to judge depth without that?

Nevertheless, using
fine detective reasoning
and logic, I was able
to track down the location
of the mysterious submersible.

I read the signs that said
"This way to the submarine".

Well…
You are at least capable of reading, so there is an actual accomplishment, of sorts, involved here.

Rounding a corner, U-505 came into view.
Right away I was taken by surprise.
It was much bigger than I expected.

U-505 is a Type IX-C…
Those are a longer and nearly twice the displacement of the most common U-Boats (Type VII-C)

But compared to the other major subs from the time period, even this one was about a third smaller than its contemporaries.

(FYI, submarines are boats, not ships.)

Correct, but it’s a distinction of tradition and is left over from their earliest development.

Other periscopes...
or illudium q-36 explosive space modulator
sighting scopes.

The Kriegsmarine may have believed in Spartan accommodations, but always made room for effective armament.

I rounded the corner at the stern
of the boat and saw a kiosk
for purchasing tickets
to tour the interior.

Heck, yes!
Another $12 flew out of my wallet.

Pricy, but I’ll likely pay that out when I finally get up to Chicago.

Of course, you could have boarded a US sub from the same time period for only $15 total.
And that one is even near 150 miles closer to your house.

By now I assumed that I had paid
for the boat, but I couldn't figure
out a way to get it out of the building.

Strategic application of an illudium q-36 would have created the opening required for egress

The lack of water was also problematic.

Ehhh, Lake Michigan was just across the way…
How hard could it have been?

Shots from the interior:
I found it amazing that men would live
for months in these claustrophobic conditions.

That’s actually spacious compared to the Type-VIIs

Can you imagine sleeping with
a flippin' bomb by your head??

There are three & four high bunks stowed in between and amongst the missile launch tubes aboard the Boomers currently in service.

Sweet dreams…

I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

I’d be rather ticked.
You paid plenty to explore the boat; they shouldn’t be rushing folks through merely to justify selling more admissions. I hate when any historic site does that nonsense.

U-505 has several distinctions
associated with it.

And thanks for noting them.

it wasn't completely necessary
as the German code had already
been broken.
(See the movie The Imitation Game
available on Netflix.)

Excellent look at Alan Turing
Both inspiring and unforgivably tragic.

The captain of the attack group
that captured the sub was considered
for court-martial for not simply
recovering the machine

Standing Directives are often at odds with the immediate situation in the field.
(especially when combined with ridged interpretations)

As a result, the Germans
were kept in a POW camp
and the Red Cross were not
allowed to see them.

Much as we’d like not to think it so, no one’s records are spotless…

The first thing I saw was a mission-flown
Mercury space capsule.

Sooooo cool.
(And if you don't think so...
well... You're jaded! So there!

Well, actually I am very jaded, but not when it comes to space artifacts.
Aurora-7 is most definitely on my Get-Your-Sorry-A**-There list.

Even better on the cool-o-meter,
(in my humble opinion)
is this Apollo capsule.

Agreed…
On the list as well.
I’ve seen the mock-up aboard the Yorktown, but not the real article.

Looks a little the worse for wear.
I kinda love that about it.

Reentry is a bi!ch…

One of the most iconic photos ever
was shot by an Apollo 8 astronaut.
Perhaps you recognize Earthrise?

Iconic…
and right sobering.

(I didn't take this photo.)

But don’t you wish you could?

Can anyone tell me why this display
couldn't possibly be a mission flown vehicle?

Well, none of the craft were designed for the trip back and would never have survived reentry.
All the surviving decent stages are still on the moon and most of the ascent stages that left Earth were allowed to impact back on the moon’s surface with three exceptions:
Spider and Aquarius were jettisoned and allowed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
Snoopy is currently in orbit around the sun.



Too much information?

One last thing that I got a kick out of.
This little piece of rock, sitting all by itself.
It's a moon rock.
A little chunk of another celestial body.
Boggles the mind.

Good size chunk of it as well.
Now added to the GYSAT list.

Guys and models...
am I right?

Guilty as charged… Irresistible things…
I spent vast amounts of hard gained childhood bucks and time acquiring and building such contrivances. Still have a few on hand and a small collection of kits that I haven’t made time to build yet. I can’t just walk by a well done model.

And.... like many,
was enchanted by the
model railway.

It’s like a drug…
You just have to stop and watch…

but I remember being told about this
when I was in the ninth grade.
It's a Foucault Pendulum.
You can see the (motion blurred)
pendulum in the center of the photo.
This device is a way of showing
that the Earth rotates.

I was 12 or 13 when I first saw one of those (long time… a long time). It was in the grand lobby of one of the Smithsonian museums in DC. They can suck you in just waiting to see it actually knock down the next pin in line.

(Near as bad as watching model trains.)

It would work anywhere on Earth
except at the equator.

And that the length of time it takes to make a complete rotation is longer depending on how far it is from one of the poles.

There’s some wild and counterintuitive math involved in figuring that…
Makes the work done by astrophysicists and NASAs orbital mechanics folks all the more impressive.

I told Betty where I wanted
to go next and set out.
I had only driven a few minutes
when I glanced at the display.

Instead of telling me I would arrive
in about four hours...
Betty was telling me I had 12 hours to go!

Sure you didn’t mistakenly tell Betty where you wanted her to go?

Somehow I had selected
"Avoid highways".

Also be sure to check on the Albuquerque settings…
Having that one flipped on can result in a lot of wrong turns.

display promptly changed
to about four hours...
with a suggestion to maybe
get on the highway.

Suggestion?
Not something a mite more emphatic?

The other thing that caught my eye
was that you can order from your car
and have it brought out to you
on a tray they hang on your window.
Just like the drive-ins of old.

“Sonic” does that, but finding an original car-hop dive is way more fun and usually better food.
We have a spot in Charlotte that still does it that way as well (been on DD&D too).
Good food and nostalgic.

The tenderloin was simply served,
but had the advantage of being
about as big as my head.

Always a plus…

Quick warning,
the next update's gonna be short
and dull.

Well.... duller.

All relative measurements, I’m sure.

Did you see it in this chapter?

Certainly the easy one…
If you hid your moniker this round, I missed that.

 

[chunkymonkey]

That is a big boat.

That's the tour guide,
I have to admit that I didn't
listen to him very much
and I don't think he was too
happy with me either.
I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

He would not make a good Disney VIP tour guide.

It was a love/hate relationship.
I loved being on the boat
but hated being rushed through it.
I mean... I bought it,
you'd think I'd be able
to spend all the time I wanted on it.

True...since you do own the boat. Or maybe it was only a rental.

U-505 has several distinctions
associated with it.

It is only one of six subs
captured by the Allies
during WWII.
And of those six, she is the
only one that survives to date.

Wow cool.

When she was captured,
her Enigma device
(German secret code machine)
was captured as well.
While the recovery did
speed up code breaking,
it wasn't completely necessary
as the German code had already
been broken.
(See the movie The Imitation Game
available on Netflix.)

I have seen the movie and really liked it. That is really interesting!

(I didn't take this photo.)

Oh thought this might have been a screenshot from Mission: Space!

Does it get much cooler than that???

No it does not.

Can anyone tell me why this display
couldn't possibly be a mission flown vehicle?

Well, I personally prefer the purple plastic wrap rather than the yellow metallic stuff. So it must be that.

I pulled over.
Which, when you think about it,
will only make the trip longer.
Nevertheless...
I checked Betty's settings and...
Somehow I had selected
"Avoid highways".
I deselected that and the
display promptly changed
to about four hours...
with a suggestion to maybe
get on the highway.

Haha I 've done this before!

A couple of things intrigued me.
One was the "tenderloin".
Apparently, this is an Indy institution.
You can Google Indy's best tenderloin
and Edwards will turn up at
or near the top.

What kind of tenderloin is this? Pork? Beef?

The tenderloin was simply served,
but had the advantage of being
about as big as my head.

Interesting. I had no idea it would be breaded like this. and it is quite big. It looks pretty good too.

Quick warning,
the next update's gonna be short
and dull.

Well.... duller.

Oh the horror.

JK - looking forward to it!

 

[irene_dsc]

Btw, even though I've been to MSI numerous times, I'm not sure I've ever actually visited the U-boat! Partly because there are just so many other exhibits, of course. The model railroad has always been one of my favorites, from when I was a small child. One of the few exhibits that has been there every time I've visited, tho it has definitely changed over the years.

 

[pkondz]

Replies have to wait a bit.
I’m on a quick 2-day getaway
with DW so only have my phone.

And I am not multi-quoting on this thing!!!

 

[Princess Leia]

Looks like an interesting museum - quite a mix of exhibits.

I'd driven a couple of days,
and had a couple of DISmeets
(which are always awesome,
by the way.)

Sounds fun! I haven't had any DISmeets yet!

(See the movie Das Boot

I haven't but I believe it is pretty famous in the world of submarine films.

I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

That tactic usually makes me go very slowly!

And.... like many,
was enchanted by the
model railway.

Who doesn't stop for a miniature railway?

After a couple of stops at
a couple of Harley shops,

As you do...when are you coming over to my local Harley shop?

I’m on a quick 2-day getaway
with DW so only have my phone.

And I am not multi-quoting on this thing!!!

Enjoy your getaway! I don't blame you for not multi-quoting on a phone - iPads aren't any better.

 

[Kiotzu]

Replies have to wait a bit.
I’m on a quick 2-day getaway
with DW so only have my phone.

And I am not multi-quoting on this thing!!!

Have a great time!

 

[MHSweb79]

Great update! That boat looks awesome. Back in the ‘80s my cousin joined the Navy right out of high school and served on a submarine for 4 years. You have to pass a LOT of psychological tests to be eligible. Now he owns a bunch of guns and supports questionable politicians. (What WERE those tests, anyway?)

Am recovering pretty well from my hand surgery. Enough so that Bill asked me if I wanted to squeeze one more trip to the World before my AP runs out in mid-September. I said no, I’m going to start PT soon so I’m fine just waiting for our Panama Canal cruise next spring. So he said OK, I’ll just book us into my favorite hotel (POFQ) instead of yours (Yacht/ Beach). We’ll be there Labor Day weekend for a 5 day trip. I’m sure going to be sweating in my arm splint but at least it’s washable!

 

[franandaj]

Quick refresher.
I'd driven a couple of days,
and had a couple of DISmeets
(which are always awesome,
by the way.)
It was now the third day
of the drive and time
for a bit of sight seeing.

OK, thanks for the recap, I think that's about as far as I remember as well.

When I found out that there was
an actual WWII German U-boat
parked in a museum in Chicago, well...

Was that on Mark's TR that you heard about that?

I think I was expecting something
less than half the size of the actual boat.

That is a pretty big boat!

Other periscopes...
or illudium q-36 explosive space modulator
sighting scopes.

Perfect for destroying the Earth!

I found it amazing that men would live
for months in these claustrophobic conditions.

It's amazing the circumstances that people will put themselves under.

Can you imagine sleeping with
a flippin' bomb by your head??

No, I don't think I can.

That's the tour guide,
I have to admit that I didn't
listen to him very much
and I don't think he was too
happy with me either.
I wanted to take some photos,
but he kept telling me to hurry up.

C'mon dude lighten up. I have the same problem with tour guides. I want pictures without everyone else on the tour in the shots.

Can anyone tell me why this display
couldn't possibly be a mission flown vehicle?

It's too clean?

I checked Betty's settings and...
Somehow I had selected
"Avoid highways".
I deselected that and the
display promptly changed
to about four hours...
with a suggestion to maybe
get on the highway.

I hate when that happens.

I ordered a "tenderloin",
onion rings and their root beer
that came in a chilled mug;
which is the only way to drink root beer.

So what meat exactly is that in a tenderloin? Pork?

Did you see it in this chapter?

I saw one....did I miss others?

 

[pkondz]

I'm all caught up everywhere else.
So tomorrow, I hope to catch up here!

See you all soon!

(Next chapter 1/4 written,
all photos uploaded.
Won't be long. )

 

[Pluto0809]

See the movie Das Boot
(German, with English sub-titles

Haven't seen that one but I have seen The Hunt for Red October. Does that one count?

This boat is getting expensive.
I just wanted to look at it,
not rent it.

Now this is starting to rival Disney pricing.

Other periscopes...
or illudium q-36 explosive space modulator
sighting scopes.

Marvin sure looks eager to get his hands on that piece of equipment!

I found it amazing that men would live
for months in these claustrophobic conditions.

Yikes! I'm not really claustrophobic but man, that looks uncomfortably cozy. My dad was in the Navy but I'm not actually sure if he ever went out on a sub. I regret not asking him more about his time in the service before he passed away.

Can you imagine sleeping with
a flippin' bomb by your head??

Um, that would be a hard no.

The captain of the attack group
that captured the sub was considered
for court-martial for not simply
recovering the machine
(and other documents)
and then sinking the sub.

That sounds like sound government logic right there.

Does it get much cooler than that???

Nope!

It's a Foucault Pendulum.

I've seen one of these before but I'm not sure where. Maybe the Smithsonian in DC?

After a couple of stops at
a couple of Harley shops,
I arrived here:

My family loves diners! If you ever make it down my way you should check out the Marietta Diner. DH and I eat there all the time. I'm not sure what exactly their specialty is, the menu is huge!

Did you see it in this chapter?

Yep, pretty easy this time. Unless there was a second harder one that I missed?

 

[pkondz]

Well according to the weather network it was 28C but that was before the humidex and the reflection of the pavement and sitting in the metal stands so I would guess about 35C give or take a few.

Just slightly toasty.

Ahhh! Ahhh! I'm on fire!!!

Can you tell I am not a heat person?

There have been very
subtle indications.

I managed to stay in my seat for the first half of the race, then I left and watched from the tree shaded areas. We actually bailed on the race early so that we could catch a Go Train home.

I couldn't do that.
If I'm there, I need to see
who crosses the finish line first.

The race ended just before the train came in but we wouldn't have made that train so we would have had to wait longer for the next train out in the hot sun with all the masses of people.

Totally get that.
I've never taken the Go Train.
I've always driven
(and paid the exorbitant
parking fees.)

When I used to work down at the track we were part of track services so we had a great view of the track as we were trackside but we also had that nice cool air conditioned vehicle to sit in. Oh the days. I haven't actually been to a race since about 1997 so it was long drought.

How did you get onto that?
And what was your role?

 

[pkondz]

I am doing fine.

Good to hear!

It's been a hectic few months, the grand-kids graduated from high school

How is that possible???

Granddaughter wants to be an animator and would love to work at Disney.

Heh.
Wouldn't we all.
What are her chances?

My daughter became engaged

Congrats to her!

and she suggested that her and I take a mother/daughter trip to Disney World in October. I almost fainted because she isn't much on going there...gasp! Safe to say I jumped on that and have already made the reservation...now where did I plant that money tree.

I could use one of those trees.
But that's great that you're going!
When? Made the date, yet?

I am so happy to hear that Nebo is doing so much better. I hope that he continues to improve and gets to enjoy his home away from home.