Where's the Most Extreme Place You've Done It? - Page 8

Angst · 07-22-2010, 10:49 AM

My most enjoyable experience was in a hammock in the Sierra Mountains, beside a rushing river, surrounded by majestic redwood trees. Ahhh, life can be deliciously sweet sometimes.

WT Sharpe · 07-22-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jev

Peter seen in the picture is the main designer and builder. He designed it himself. Its the 3rd sub so far, 17.3 meters long.

We can be around 8 in it, but we only dive with 6, since we only have oxygen masks onboard for 6(just in case)

Yes there are plenty of windows.

www.Uc3nautilus.dk

You can see more pictures of the sub here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoboner...7604899457274/

Our next project is sending a man into space in a homemade rocket and spaceship. www.Copenhagensuborbitals.com

Theres a thread about the rocket on something awful
http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=3271649

Ps: thats me sitting on top of the rocket, playing Major Kong

You have a very interesting life.

mike_bike_kite · 07-22-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

You have a very interesting life.

That's a Chinese curse isn't it?

WT Sharpe · 07-22-2010, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite

That's a Chinese curse isn't it?

No, that would be, "May you live in interesting times!"

dsvick · 07-22-2010, 01:12 PM

Nowhere special yet with my eReader - I've not had it long enough. With a pBook though, all over the place. Some that come to mind though would be...

Sitting beside a live grenade range (too closely) so that I had to keep brushing pieces of shrapnel off of the book as I read.

Inside an APC driving/floating across a fjord in Norway.

Floating in a few inches of water in Lake Assal, Djibouti.

simplyparticular · 07-22-2010, 01:53 PM

I've read on an electronic device in a lot of the same scenarios as others;

dentist'schair
in labor (for both babies, I flipped between a contraction timer and a book on my smartphone until it was clearly go-time for the hospital. I think my MIL thought I was crazy)
waiting at amusement parks
while nursing (I do this all the time - keeps me sane in the wee hours)
on my honeymoon, in the London Underground during a blackout/stop
while cooking Thanksgiving dinner - gotta let the bird rest and everything else is in progress at that point

Pretty much anywhere I can reach and push a button or touch a screen I've read on some device.

m-reader · 07-22-2010, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dsvick

Nowhere special yet with my eReader - I've not had it long enough. With a pBook though, all over the place. Some that come to mind though would be...

Sitting beside a live grenade range (too closely) so that I had to keep brushing pieces of shrapnel off of the book as I read.

Inside an APC driving/floating across a fjord in Norway.

Floating in a few inches of water in Lake Assal, Djibouti.

An APC being an armoured personnel carrier, right? I remember those - I read my first Terry Pratchet books while bumping around hills of Bosnia onboard Warrior APCs

Of course this is back in the days of pBooks.
Good thing about Warriors is that you can still read while being shot at, these things have fantastic active armour protection

.

ann15554 · 07-22-2010, 03:10 PM

on my pocket pc while waiting to check in for surgery to remove a brain tumor. last book I read for almost two months.

Rumpelteazer · 07-22-2010, 05:45 PM

At the airport and in the airplane. Lately I've been doing a lot of reading whilst working in our store because of summer vacation and the weather's really hot it's been rather quiet. I've had good reactions from customers, asking if we also sell them. A bonus is that I don't get funny looks because of the books I'm reading.

I did find out I had to keep my Mighty Bright in my bag because my father nearly sold it to a customer who was interested last week. He regularly sells lampfittings, lampshades, covers for switches/wall sockets from our house (we live above the shop).

foreverjuly · 07-22-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by simplyparticular

while cooking Thanksgiving dinner - gotta let the bird rest and everything else is in progress at that point

This would be good for at least 3 hours of quality reading...assuming you aren't also cooking mashed potatoes, preparing cranberry sauce, and shoving stuffing into the bird's rear end.

carld · 07-22-2010, 06:12 PM

Update: at the burn center waiting for the Doc to see if he wanted to debride the burns on my wrist and thigh (it's amazing how much damage hot coffee can do). The nurse asked if I wanted to watch TV while I waited. I said no thanks, just hand me my Kindle and I'll be fine.

foreverjuly · 07-22-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by carld

Update: at the burn center waiting for the Doc to see if he wanted to debride the burns on my wrist and thigh (it's amazing how much damage hot coffee can do). The nurse asked if I wanted to watch TV while I waited. I said no thanks, just hand me my Kindle and I'll be fine.

Wait, is this happening right now??? Just tell the doc reading will be the perfect balm for all your burns.

Logseman · 07-22-2010, 09:12 PM

Jev's machines reminded me of a curious story I read the other day... about people making their own nuclear fusion reactors.

carld · 07-22-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverjuly

Wait, is this happening right now??? Just tell the doc reading will be the perfect balm for all your burns.

Heh, no, I didn't mean I was actually AT the burn center when I posted. It does read like that though, now that I read it again, oops.

scveteran · 07-22-2010, 10:26 PM

My most extreme was reading during the wait to land at KFIA during Dessert Storm. KFIA was a partially built airport that we used for operations, and it was under scud attack while we landing.

I also read while we had the nightly gas attack drills.

07-22-2010, 01:53 PM	#111
simplyparticular Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 1395952 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Device: Oasis 3 & GlowLight 4	I've read on an electronic device in a lot of the same scenarios as others; dentist'schair in labor (for both babies, I flipped between a contraction timer and a book on my smartphone until it was clearly go-time for the hospital. I think my MIL thought I was crazy) waiting at amusement parks while nursing (I do this all the time - keeps me sane in the wee hours) on my honeymoon, in the London Underground during a blackout/stop while cooking Thanksgiving dinner - gotta let the bird rest and everything else is in progress at that point Pretty much anywhere I can reach and push a button or touch a screen I've read on some device. Last edited by simplyparticular; 07-22-2010 at 02:00 PM.

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07-22-2010, 10:49 AM	#106
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,876 Karma: 52253556 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	My most enjoyable experience was in a hammock in the Sierra Mountains, beside a rushing river, surrounded by majestic redwood trees. Ahhh, life can be deliciously sweet sometimes.

07-22-2010, 01:12 PM	#110
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	Nowhere special yet with my eReader - I've not had it long enough. With a pBook though, all over the place. Some that come to mind though would be... Sitting beside a live grenade range (too closely) so that I had to keep brushing pieces of shrapnel off of the book as I read. Inside an APC driving/floating across a fjord in Norway. Floating in a few inches of water in Lake Assal, Djibouti.

07-22-2010, 03:10 PM	#113
ann15554 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: pdb on jbl,ipaq,netbbook,etc	on my pocket pc while waiting to check in for surgery to remove a brain tumor. last book I read for almost two months.

07-22-2010, 05:45 PM	#114
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,308 Karma: 27518794 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	At the airport and in the airplane. Lately I've been doing a lot of reading whilst working in our store because of summer vacation and the weather's really hot it's been rather quiet. I've had good reactions from customers, asking if we also sell them. A bonus is that I don't get funny looks because of the books I'm reading. I did find out I had to keep my Mighty Bright in my bag because my father nearly sold it to a customer who was interested last week. He regularly sells lampfittings, lampshades, covers for switches/wall sockets from our house (we live above the shop).

07-22-2010, 06:12 PM	#116
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Update: at the burn center waiting for the Doc to see if he wanted to debride the burns on my wrist and thigh (it's amazing how much damage hot coffee can do). The nurse asked if I wanted to watch TV while I waited. I said no thanks, just hand me my Kindle and I'll be fine.

07-22-2010, 09:12 PM	#118
Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,001 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	Jev's machines reminded me of a curious story I read the other day... about people making their own nuclear fusion reactors.

07-22-2010, 10:26 PM	#120
scveteran Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 1230 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	My most extreme was reading during the wait to land at KFIA during Dessert Storm. KFIA was a partially built airport that we used for operations, and it was under scud attack while we landing. I also read while we had the nightly gas attack drills.

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