Swords into Plowshares - Page 2

Elspode · 11-12-2007, 08:06 PM

Once home to a 4 megaton warhead, Subterra Castle is now home to seminars, workshops, meetings, spiritual gatherings and weddings. In its stone circle, celebrations of life are now conducted in the shadow of now impotent tools of death. The final photo is testimony to the affirmation of life - and decided lack of impotence - that is now the mission and soul of Subterra.

Elspode · 11-12-2007, 08:18 PM

20,000 square feet is the approximate total underground area of the facility. No, they do not grow fungus or anything else besides vegetables and your normal household flora. I didn't really read the book on the console, but it has pics of what daily life was like for the men who worked and lived in the facility, and there are also some samples of declassified technical manuals and such around.

ZenGum · 11-12-2007, 11:12 PM

It gives me a big smile to see what was once a warehouse of nuclear destruction has been turned into a hippy community. Sweet. I'd love to visit someday. It looks really cool.

Minor point re post #12: that's not an Omega. It's a Phi.

Sundae · 11-13-2007, 04:49 AM

Thanks for the tour and the commentary Spode.
Very positive message.

slang · 11-13-2007, 06:40 AM

Yes, thanks Ep. Good photos and informative comments.

Very interesting place. Looks like a good place for a big party.

Shawnee123 · 11-13-2007, 10:22 AM

That is great! Thanks for sharing.

TheMercenary · 11-13-2007, 10:51 AM

VERY Cool! Great pics. Thanks for the tour.

Elspode · 11-13-2007, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Minor point re post #12: that's not an Omega. It's a Phi.

Damn. And the Omega symbology would have been so cool. Now I have to figure out why the Phi symbology is there.

Bullitt · 11-13-2007, 04:12 PM

That is just way too cool Elspode. Thanks for sharing!

DanaC · 11-13-2007, 04:13 PM

Wonderful. What a fantastic place!

Shawnee123 · 11-13-2007, 04:18 PM

Wikipedia says phi can connote electric potential, or volts...perhaps that's what it refers to? If you find anything out, please post because I'm very curious.

glatt · 11-13-2007, 08:42 PM

Very cool thread! Thanks, Els.

Chocolatl · 11-13-2007, 10:03 PM

I love that last picture. It makes me smile and laugh every time I look at it.

Looks like you had a great trip, Elspode!

HungLikeJesus · 11-13-2007, 10:50 PM

I wanted to write something like "Whose rocks was she getting off?" but decided that that would be rude.

richlevy · 11-21-2007, 09:46 PM

I was curious if they actually used the two man console with keys that have to be turned simultaneously or if that was just a movie device.

If it is real, did they get the launch keys when they bought the silo?

11-12-2007, 08:06 PM	#16
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Once home to a 4 megaton warhead, Subterra Castle is now home to seminars, workshops, meetings, spiritual gatherings and weddings. In its stone circle, celebrations of life are now conducted in the shadow of now impotent tools of death. The final photo is testimony to the affirmation of life - and decided lack of impotence - that is now the mission and soul of Subterra. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-12-2007, 08:18 PM	#17
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	20,000 square feet is the approximate total underground area of the facility. No, they do not grow fungus or anything else besides vegetables and your normal household flora. I didn't really read the book on the console, but it has pics of what daily life was like for the men who worked and lived in the facility, and there are also some samples of declassified technical manuals and such around. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-12-2007, 11:12 PM	#18
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It gives me a big smile to see what was once a warehouse of nuclear destruction has been turned into a hippy community. Sweet. I'd love to visit someday. It looks really cool. Minor point re post #12: that's not an Omega. It's a Phi. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-13-2007, 04:49 AM	#19
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thanks for the tour and the commentary Spode. Very positive message. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-13-2007, 10:51 AM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	VERY Cool! Great pics. Thanks for the tour. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-13-2007, 06:40 AM	#20
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Yes, thanks Ep. Good photos and informative comments. Very interesting place. Looks like a good place for a big party.

11-13-2007, 10:22 AM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That is great! Thanks for sharing.

11-13-2007, 04:12 PM	#24
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	That is just way too cool Elspode. Thanks for sharing! __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-13-2007, 04:13 PM	#25
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Wonderful. What a fantastic place!

11-13-2007, 04:18 PM	#26
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wikipedia says phi can connote electric potential, or volts...perhaps that's what it refers to? If you find anything out, please post because I'm very curious.

11-13-2007, 08:42 PM	#27
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Very cool thread! Thanks, Els.

11-13-2007, 10:03 PM	#28
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I love that last picture. It makes me smile and laugh every time I look at it. Looks like you had a great trip, Elspode!

11-13-2007, 10:50 PM	#29
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I wanted to write something like "Whose rocks was she getting off?" but decided that that would be rude. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-21-2007, 09:46 PM	#30
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I was curious if they actually used the two man console with keys that have to be turned simultaneously or if that was just a movie device. If it is real, did they get the launch keys when they bought the silo? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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