1/16/2006: Homemade submarine

Undertoad · 01-16-2006, 10:37 AM

His name is Reinhard Kuester, and he's smiling from within his very own homemade sub. It's named "Nemo", and it can dive to 98 feet. It's seen here making its maiden voyage in the Helene-See lake near Frankfurt, Germany.

People make their own planes, I know, and cars and houses. Any of those seem lke a better choice. I'm not sure why you'd make your own sub. You don't need to defend your shores, you don't need to deploy nuclear weapons. You can't really go all that fast. All you can do is go down and look at things - unless you spend a lot more time and build some sort of mechanical arm.

You could die. You'll probably get cold and wet! And if the guy in front farts, forget about it! (Surface! Surface!!)

Griff · 01-16-2006, 10:40 AM

Look at that smile though! Maybe he's been looking at the surface of that lake his whole life?

seakdivers · 01-16-2006, 11:03 AM

Right on! As a diver, I would love to have something like that so my non-diving friends & family could come along.

I better not show that to my dad or my husband - they would try to build one, and I'm sure it wouldn't be cheap.

Pie · 01-16-2006, 11:38 AM

Someday, I want to have that smile on my face. It's the smile of a person who's acheived a life-long ambition.

First, though, I need to find out what my life-long ambition is...

BigV · 01-16-2006, 01:13 PM

Maybe he's the one who farted...

Perry Winkle · 01-16-2006, 01:41 PM

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I'm not sure why you'd make your own (FOO).

Same reason any other product of passion is created. "Because (it's fun|I can)"

Bromskloss · 01-16-2006, 01:48 PM

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you don't need to deploy nuclear weapons

Are you sure? I think we now know what he's up to. ;-)

Elspode · 01-16-2006, 03:15 PM

"We all fart in a homemade submarine,
Homemade submarine,
Homemade submarine."

Leah · 01-16-2006, 03:16 PM

Looks like a lot of fun to me.

capnhowdy · 01-16-2006, 03:51 PM

This guy has a lot of brains and balls. But I bet he doesn't have claustrophobia. This is cool. I'd like to try it as long as someone else tries it hundreds of times first.

be-bop · 01-16-2006, 06:16 PM

It's a two man milk churn

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2006, 07:29 PM

Uh....question........how does he know it will only go to 98' and not 100'.
Guess that's something you only find out once.

Tanalia · 01-16-2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Uh....question........how does he know it will only go to 98' and not 100'.
Guess that's something you only find out once.

It was probably stated originally as 30 m, which is 98' when the "extact" conversion is rounded off to the nearest foot. Considering the relative precision of the initial figure, likely a simple multiple of 5 or 10, it should have been rounded to 100' instead.

wolf · 01-17-2006, 12:40 AM

I'm reminded of this show.

chrisinhouston · 01-17-2006, 09:07 AM

The hatches on the top remind me of old milk cans from a dairy farm.

01-16-2006, 10:37 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/16/2006: Homemade submarine His name is Reinhard Kuester, and he's smiling from within his very own homemade sub. It's named "Nemo", and it can dive to 98 feet. It's seen here making its maiden voyage in the Helene-See lake near Frankfurt, Germany. People make their own planes, I know, and cars and houses. Any of those seem lke a better choice. I'm not sure why you'd make your own sub. You don't need to defend your shores, you don't need to deploy nuclear weapons. You can't really go all that fast. All you can do is go down and look at things - unless you spend a lot more time and build some sort of mechanical arm. You could die. You'll probably get cold and wet! And if the guy in front farts, forget about it! (Surface! Surface!!)

01-16-2006, 10:40 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Look at that smile though! Maybe he's been looking at the surface of that lake his whole life? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-16-2006, 11:38 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Someday, I want to have that smile on my face. It's the smile of a person who's acheived a life-long ambition. First, though, I need to find out what my life-long ambition is... __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-16-2006, 01:13 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Maybe he's the one who farted... __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-16-2006, 03:15 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	"We all fart in a homemade submarine, Homemade submarine, Homemade submarine." __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2006, 11:03 AM	#3
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Right on! As a diver, I would love to have something like that so my non-diving friends & family could come along. I better not show that to my dad or my husband - they would try to build one, and I'm sure it wouldn't be cheap.

01-16-2006, 03:16 PM	#9
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Looks like a lot of fun to me.

01-16-2006, 03:51 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	This guy has a lot of brains and balls. But I bet he doesn't have claustrophobia. This is cool. I'd like to try it as long as someone else tries it hundreds of times first. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-16-2006, 06:16 PM	#11
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	It's a two man milk churn

01-16-2006, 07:29 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Uh....question........how does he know it will only go to 98' and not 100'. Guess that's something you only find out once. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2006, 12:40 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm reminded of this show. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2006, 09:07 AM	#15
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	The hatches on the top remind me of old milk cans from a dairy farm.

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