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CoTex

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  1. If the thing loses power, sinks, and is just sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic in the dark with five people on board, then what? Bang on the hull hoping someone hears you? I bet they pair off like the end of Spies LIke Us after they launch the nuke?
  2. It doesn't seem like the technology has to be overly complex. On the surface the door needs to be watertight but able to open and close (or its not a door). As soon as you descend, water pressure is pressing the door inward. If designed correctly, the door will only open on the surface - water pressure will hold it shut at anything but shallow depths. The deeper you go, the stronger the seal on the door.
  3. There are only 4 groups on planet earth that can recover this thing. 1. US Navy. 2. Chinese Navy. 3. Vehicles – Deep Submergence Lab (whoi.edu) 4. Shall we start taking bets on who gets there first?
  4. I'm going to assume that the ocean there has something called ocean currents, and the strain on the "tether" imposed by those ocean currents would be substantial when you spooled out 2 miles worth. Maybe so substantial that your sub just did this on the end of the tether --------------0, downstream.
  5. I'm going to take a different tack here. Just on the off chance you are all wrong. Then I can gloat and say "told you so" to a bunch of internet strangers. Right now some politician is opening a letter at his desk that says something like "I'm going to engage the silent propulsion drive and give the boat to the Russians." These boys are running Red Route One through Thor's twins, with their half-filled piss bags and xbox joystick and the US coast guard isn't on a rescue mission, it's driving them. When this whole thing ends there's going to be some bullshit story about the boat was lost at sea but, about 5 years from now, we'll see some Russian made item that shares technology with that sub and we'll know the truth - the rooskies got the boat and stole the advanced technology. Amirite?
  6. I wouldn’t go through TSA at Austin Bergstrom airport with marijuana. Why? Because it’s illegal and those are federal agents that are going to search you thoroughly. If they find contraband they might throw your ass in jail. Griner decided to try that move in Russia, during a war or a run up to a war. I assume in Russia they use their equivalent of federal agents to search people for contraband. Apparently there Hash oil is contraband. I call that fucking around. I haven’t spoken with her but I suspect she is finding out.
  7. I nominate Sam Bankman Fried and the FTX folks, but I think I’m premature. They did the FA part but the FO is going to cost them the next 10-15 years.
  8. In General Motors ranks, this was the midsize version with the sport package. The Cimmaron was the compact version with the deeluxe package. Cimmaron might have been better at setting the hook in the prey, but the Celebrity had the bigger back seat and the aforementioned equalizer on the stereo. I guess it boils down to do you spend more money on the bait, or do you spend your money on the fishbox. Heh, heh.
  9. Had a friend whose mom rolled around in one of these. They had the spacious expanse that only the chevy astro could provide, but we knew the style our dodge caravan exuded made up for the lack of comfort. You were at least 2 whole castes beneath us.
  10. But you looked like Saudi Royalty rolling around town in that thing, and that’s all that really mattered.
  11. Mom had one of these. Mitsubishi 2 liter 4 banger for the power and Detroit attention to detail for the assembly. This is the LE which was too much for our budget apparently because we had the lesser SE edition. My asshole older brother would sit in the third row, I would sit in the front, and he would demand we play his guns and roses and Beatles tape. If I didn’t dj to his liking we had to resolve the dispute by hand to hand combat when we arrived at our destination. To this day I tell my wife and family stories from my childhood and they don’t believe me. Believe it. It was real.
  12. This has been an interesting warmup by you all, but it’s time to get serious. I give you, the Chevrolet Celebrity Eurosport. This car checks all the boxes. 1. American made. Has a v6 in it so you’ve got all that American muscle. 2. Front wheel drive so that commie neighbor of yours won’t have a step on you with his Honda. 3. It’s got euro in the name so the young single guy down the street with the BMW will know you’re serious. 4. It’s computerized so those bureaucrats at the EPA are satisfied. 5. It’s got so much shit in the intake and exhaust system that somehow, magically, it can simultaneously get shitty gas mileage and create no power. If the fuel is t creating power… and it’s not creating exhaust … what is it doing? 6. It’s got an AC Delco stereo with knobs, levers, an equalizer and a clock. No matter the time, era or nostalgia, this car will never be in style or back in style. All of your shit cars pale in comparison to this shit.
  13. I’ve fished out of Hopedale twice and Fourchon once. Fourchon was a ghost town. Only other fisherman we saw were sitting on a bucket on the bank on the side of the road. Today - clouded out. 1 big ugly in 5 hours of poling and staring at our reflections on the water. Drank 6 beers. No gear lost or broken.
  14. Port Fourchon - not much here. Steamboat Flyfusher has some guides down here for the winter that had a last minute weekend opening so, mountain river guys at the bayou.
  15. Pescado Rojo you’ll like this. Buddy is casting - sees two big fish together. Casts and hooks the small one. It takes out a shitload of line. By small I mean probably a 34” red. Big one swims right behind the boat and is just sitting there. It’s big. Guide is snapping his fingers and saying “Cotex grab this other rod and bust the big one.” So 1 fish on up front, guide trying to get off poling platform, and me trying to get rod out and get behind guide and “snap.” I broke dude’s expensive ass fly rod, right in my hands. Then buddy breaks off the small fish. 0-2. Sorry for partying.
  16. Our final score was= 5 in the boat. 4 reds over 33”, 1 black drum. 1 broke off at the boat. Had bites/takes with about 10 fish but somehow or another fucked up a lot today. Had good shots at about 20 fish. Drum wouldnt bite and we suck at fly fishing. Casualties - 1 Winston 9 weight, 12 beers
  17. Big girls are swallowin in Louisiana.
  18. Cormac McCarthy already did this one and he called it No Country for Old Men. I know the correct answer is not “buy some tent poles, a shotgun and some Larry Mahans.”
  19. Aspen, where the beer flows like wine.
  20. First I would like to thank my wife. Every weekend she’s got some to do list for me, or some event planned for us to use to strengthen our relationship, but I ignore all that so that I can stare at my phone and try to thing of clever things to type to random strangers. Next, Wulaw Horn. When I was nothing, had barely a pot and a window, he recognized my talent, and pulled me from the masses - anointing me as tied for something in week 3. Finally, I would like to thank the 2022 Texas longhorn football team. You made it interesting - even when you didn’t have to. I hereby disclaim my winnings (don’t want to get pushed into a higher tax bracket) and ask Wulaw to use them as he/she/they best sees fit. Good night.
  21. Studying. This should be interesting.
  22. All right fine, I’ll bite. I want to buy 1 Bitcoin. Trade cash for 1 Bitcoin. Seriously, I can tolerate this amount going to $0. First step? Open an account somewhere?
  23. You say it’s intriguing - I agree. You say it’s worthwhile. Other than for the intrigue, why is it worthwhile?
  24. The chart earlier today in this thread showing that it had only had two down years, or the dip where it went from 36 cents to 6 cents - what was the point of those? I took those to mean that “sure, everything has hiccups, but overall this is a great move.” Maybe I cut a corner with “sure thing.” I didn’t show up to spike the ball. I was employed to work on a voyager project. I started reading and, what I’ve learned is, nobody has a straight answer about much of this stuff. It is mostly “it’s the next best thing.” But the way I see it, people aren’t picking this stuff up for financial transactions or to make their lives easier. It’s speculative. They think it will be worth more tomorrow than. It is today. I can’t figure out why it will be soooo valuable tomorrow but I can see that people say “it increased in value in the past so, surely it will in the future.” Doesn’t answer my questions. And so I throw out my pithy quips and opinions here and watch the responses.
  25. If it’s such a sure thing why does it swing so wildly? And if it’s the best currency ever, why do you constantly compare it to dollars?
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