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General Boards => Museum Submarine Discussion => Topic started by: Paul Farace on August 28, 2008, 12:41:41 AM
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Travel is tight, and costly, but here is an idea.
I am proposing that everyone on this BBS, EVERYONE, consider coming to USS COD sometime this fall for a long weekend of fellowship, foul jokes, submarine museum discussions till O-Dark-thirty, etc. aboard the boat. We have 85 bunks... two porta johns on the beach, and the Burke Lakefront Airport restroom facilities just 400 feet from our stern tubes (and the airport folks a very good friends :-* ). Cost is transportation and some food...
If this works out, we meet somewhere else (warmer?)... Also, if we meet in Cleveland, REQUIN is just a 2.25 hr drive, Croaker is 3 hrs away, and very doable in a day!
So you get possibly THREE FLEET SUBS for the price of one!!! :coolsmiley:
We have hosted overnights with the TORSK crew and lots of individual members of other boats... this would be the submarine museum.org bash!
Discuss..........
;)
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The wife has family just south of Akron - might be doable. Good idea
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I've got family in Fairborn and I will be there for about 3 days at Thanksgiving staying with my brother and his family while my son is at my Ex-Wife's house an hour away and I missed coming up to COD because my ex had planned my son's birthday party time to ensure that we were going to be unable to get to go and be back on time for his party.
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Paul, you know I'd love to go up there, but right now my wife (schoolteacher) and I haven't been over 2 hours from our home in years. We just can't afford anything like that. We'd have to either rent a good vehicle or take a train or bus or airplane. Hmm...I wonder if Amtrack goes up your way?
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I am in with Lance. I would love to come. Money is tight for me as well. I have one income and raising 2 kids by my self. My time is also split between this boat and Cub Scouts right now. I will have to play it by ear. keep me posted as times and dstes come together. \
Rick
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That would be cool. But with the million things going on like everyone else it would be tough. Like Rick it all depends on the dates.
Rick, if you end up being able to go tell me, maybe we can split costs.
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Keep us posted, Paul. I work on the road a lot and my shcedule for the Fall is tight, but I'd love to see Cod as I'm sure other folks from Torsk would.
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I would also love to come, but with this being the first year of college, i just dont see any time, plus the travel cost comes to mind, cause tuition is costly.
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Paul can you figure out some dates, maybe that will help. Also anyone on a tight budget maybe there is a way to share rides. If I can make it I would be coming from New Jersey - glad to pickup two along the way.
There is always a way to get to the end of the road if only you begin at the beginning of the road.
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I would also love to come, but with this being the first year of college, i just dont see any time, plus the travel cost comes to mind, cause tuition is costly.
Now you know what I have been talking about! It drains your wallet like a divorce. ;D Never know though, maybe we can all pilgrimage up there.
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Man, I sure would like to make this. Next to the Silversides, the Cod is the closest sub from my town. It would still depend on the dates, finances, and my wife letting me go, haha. Is there anyplace close I could park my 5th wheel for a couple of days?
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I would be willing to work a car pool out. My llitle kia get fairly good gas mileage and can seat 5 (including the driver). I won't be cumby, but doable.
Rick
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Your Kia is better than my truck! We would be like clowns in a circus getting out. A car pool would be worth thinking about. But where would we put the diving board? ;D
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Red Neck swimming pool in the back of an F150? I like it!
That's what I'd have too F150 with supper crew cab - sits four real good and lots of room in the bed for seabags. (OK, we can leave the wives at home)
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Yup! then later we all can get the kids, grab some beer, and go shut our guns.......... :crazy2:
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I already have two weekends in Sept., one in Oct., and at least two in Nov. booked for WWII stuff or vacation. This is turning out to be one busy fall. Let us know the date, at any rate.
I'm not sure how many people would be game for visiting three boats after driving for 14 hours in a vehicle.
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Regarding dates filling up... I know how that goes...
but another good point: we have a good parking lot (for parking a camper). We just got done feeding up to 100 people each day during the Air Show this weekend... it went well... There is also about a third acre of lawn (COD is the sub with a lawn)...
As far as sleeping aboard COD, late Oct to mid November is very doable... :-\
Paul
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Paul.
I just have to say it. The Batfish has 8.81 acres. This is both a blessing and a curse....
Rick
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OK, I had hoped it would not come to this, but I guess all of us being males.....
It's not the size of your LAWN, but the quality of the grass on it!!!!
And ours is the best collection of rat-tale weed grass and other crap ever seen on the North Coast! :crazy2:
Paul
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:2funny:
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:police: I hope that is legalized weeds! :police:
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I can see the head linds now.
US Submarine used as drug processing center....
Director claims its for medicinal uses......
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Medicinal = legalized.
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I just realized that in order to make this, I have to enter Buckeye land. :o :2funny:
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Now if anyone Google's "weed" this forum will pop up somewhere in it's pages. No wonder the Silent Service is a volunteer. The sub is a massive.....uh....ya. :2funny:
Oh, Google here I come.
(Thats why they had full time bakers!)
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Back to the original question - Paul, I could support a get together on Cod, or on any other boat. There are no better or worse weekends for me other than the obvious ones. There's a fair number of "what if" questions that would make great fantail conversation.
Brian