OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Its been 84 years... But now Karlsson is here

[Buddy Bizarre]

More $ than brains to be honest. And the info coming out about the company that operates it is just ... sketchy does not do it justice.

I haven't heard about the company- what's the deal-o there?

 

[Pens1566]

I haven't heard about the company- what's the deal-o there?

Maybe it's not the company, but just the submersible and operation of it that I've seen more than a few things about that would make me "nope out" immediately.

Like, there's no way out of the vehicle unless someone on the outside un-bolts it? It's controlled with a logitech PS3 controller? And you're betting your life on that after being in one of Bezos' space launches?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I work with some high pressure stuff (2800 psig being the highest I've been around) and can't imagine being trapped under 6000 psig with other people and no way out.

At least I could, in theory, run away.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Has anyone flown with Breeze Airways? I'd like to go back to New Orleans and they've got direct flights from Pittsburgh.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I just booked a flight to Sydney, Australia for January and I have an awesome layover: 23 hours in Honolulu.

Fly to Honolulu on the 13th, stay in Honolulu from 1 PM on the 13th to 12 PM on the 14th, then fly to Sydney and land at 8 PM on the 15th. 6 hour flight to Honolulu then an additional 10 hours to get from Honolulu to Sydney.

 

[LOGiK]

Giving up on TOTK... just massively big and quests that are just fetch or chore quests, because nobody can do anything without you. eh. I'll speed hurry the main quest line... but lost interest.
Still fun and all... but I've hit my breaking point.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Has anyone flown with Breeze Airways? I'd like to go back to New Orleans and they've got direct flights from Pittsburgh.

Only one like that I've done is Spirit. It's so hard to find direct flights anymore though.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Man my backlog of games is a million years long, so I tend not to play a lot of old games and ignore most remakes. Then Nintendo comes out with a Mario RPG remake and I just can't say no to such a targeted dose of nostalgia. That intro music instantly transports me to 1996.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Unfortunate ending

Debris from OceanGate sub found 1,600 feet from Titanic after "catastrophic implosion," U.S. Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard said the sub experienced a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," and confirmed that a debris field found on the sea floor was pieces of the missing sub.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Now suspecting they passed on Sunday

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Photo: OceanGate via Reuters. Graphic: Will Chase and Sarah Grillo/Axios
A secret military acoustic-detection system — dating to the Cold War, and designed to spot enemy submarines — first heard what the U.S. Navy suspected was the Titan submersible imploding on Sunday, hours after the submersible began its voyage, The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription).
• The Navy told the Coast Guard right away. Officials held off making their discovery public because they "wanted to ensure search-and-rescue operations continued and couldn’t say for sure it was an implosion."

Aboard the Titan (from left): Shahzada Dawood, 48; his son, Suleman Dawood, age 19; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; pilot and OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush, 61; and Hamish Harding, 58. Photo: AP
The search for the Titanic-bound submersible is now an investigation and salvage mission, after the announcement that all five people aboard were killed when the vessel imploded deep in the North Atlantic.
"Titanic" film director James Cameron, who has made multiple dives to the wreckage of the Titanic, told the BBC that he knew an "extreme catastrophic event" had happened as soon as he heard the submersible lost navigation and communications at the same time.
• He said briefings about 96 hours of oxygen supply and banging noises were a "prolonged and nightmarish charade" that gave false hope.
More from James Cameron.

 

[Pens1566]

Now suspecting they passed on Sunday

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Photo: OceanGate via Reuters. Graphic: Will Chase and Sarah Grillo/Axios
A secret military acoustic-detection system — dating to the Cold War, and designed to spot enemy submarines — first heard what the U.S. Navy suspected was the Titan submersible imploding on Sunday, hours after the submersible began its voyage, The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription).
• The Navy told the Coast Guard right away. Officials held off making their discovery public because they "wanted to ensure search-and-rescue operations continued and couldn’t say for sure it was an implosion."

Aboard the Titan (from left): Shahzada Dawood, 48; his son, Suleman Dawood, age 19; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; pilot and OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush, 61; and Hamish Harding, 58. Photo: AP
The search for the Titanic-bound submersible is now an investigation and salvage mission, after the announcement that all five people aboard were killed when the vessel imploded deep in the North Atlantic.
"Titanic" film director James Cameron, who has made multiple dives to the wreckage of the Titanic, told the BBC that he knew an "extreme catastrophic event" had happened as soon as he heard the submersible lost navigation and communications at the same time.
• He said briefings about 96 hours of oxygen supply and banging noises were a "prolonged and nightmarish charade" that gave false hope.
More from James Cameron.

I've been discussing this on another board, with same conclusion since most of the info came out monday. Based on when comms were lost in relation to their total dive time, they died almost instantly. Second "best" outcome next to rescue TBH.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Wall, brick, and rail has been done for a while. Going to get another rail installed. Random mix of perennials are coming in too.

In another thread I mentioned how the GF's family is coming in for the weekend. They just called and said they're lost. How in the world in this day and age do you get lost?!?

"What app are you using for directions?"
"I don't know."
"Can you download Waze?"
"I don't know how to do that."

Holy hell. There asking us to help them find a way to the place they're staying but they won't tell us where they are.

 

[Gurglesons]

Wall, brick, and rail has been done for a while. Going to get another rail installed. Random mix of perennials are coming in too.

In another thread I mentioned how the GF's family is coming in for the weekend. They just called and said they're lost. How in the world in this day and age do you get lost?!?

"What app are you using for directions?"
"I don't know."
"Can you download Waze?"
"I don't know how to do that."

Holy hell. There asking us to help them find a way to the place they're staying but they won't tell us where they are.

Stairs look like a nice place to sleep.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Wall, brick, and rail has been done for a while. Going to get another rail installed. Random mix of perennials are coming in too.

In another thread I mentioned how the GF's family is coming in for the weekend. They just called and said they're lost. How in the world in this day and age do you get lost?!?

"What app are you using for directions?"
"I don't know."
"Can you download Waze?"
"I don't know how to do that."

Holy hell. There asking us to help them find a way to the place they're staying but they won't tell us where they are.

My parents do this shit to me all the time.

Tell them you are hacking the mainframe to triangulate their coordinates via GPS and just hang up. That generation loves to bang on and on about bootstraps or whatever. So clearly they can figure it out.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

"Okay, take a left out of the Sheetz you're at. Then go to Interstate 79. Take 79 South to 376 East."
"79 North to go to Erie?"
"No, 79 South to Washington."
"We don't want to go to Washington."
"Yes you do to get on 376 East."
"What's that?"

 

[Pens1566]

"Okay, take a left out of the Sheetz you're at. Then go to Interstate 79. Take 79 South to 376 East."
"79 North to go to Erie?"
"No, 79 South to Washington."
"We don't want to go to Washington."
"Yes you do to get on 376 East."
"What's that?"

Are you talking to my dad? Holy shit ...

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

"Okay, take a left out of the Sheetz you're at. Then go to Interstate 79. Take 79 South to 376 East."
"79 North to go to Erie?"
"No, 79 South to Washington."
"We don't want to go to Washington."
"Yes you do to get on 376 East."
"What's that?"

This is actually low key giving me family stress since it's so spot on in regards to my experience haha

These people have like houses, 401Ks and a lifetime of learning about the world around them or whatever but suddenly they don't know how to navigate a vehicle.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Okay so we've got them from Robinson thru the West End now. About to go across the bridge. I'm sure they'll miss an exit.

Yep they did. We told them to go across the West End bridge. But then they didn't. So then they panicked and all started yelling on the phone so we couldn't hear what they were saying.

I think they're back towards the West End bridge.

Omg they're lost again. "We can't turn left." "Why are you turning left?"

We think they're on Carson about to turn right on the bridge. Told them to take the exit for 65 South.

Okay, I think they're almost to the 28 North exit.

I'm shaking from the stress.

"Okay so we're taking the Millvale exit."
"WHY ARE YOU TAKING THE MILLVALE EXIT WE TOLD YOU TO TAKE THE SHARPSBURG EXIT."

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I feel like they just want you to be like "I'm sending you a car" like you're a Saudi prince or something.

 

[Pens1566]

If they end up through the fort pitt tunnel headed south, send them to morgantown and they can crash here. I'll bring them up in the morning.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

If they end up through the fort pitt tunnel headed south, send them to morgantown and they can crash here. I'll bring them up in the morning.

Just order in some Papa Allen's and break out the medical gummies.

Good times had by all.

 

[Pens1566]

Just order in some Papa Allen's and break out the medical gummies.

Good times had by all.

I've got pepperoni rolls and a full bar. We'll be fine for a little while at least.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I've got pepperoni rolls and a full bar. We'll be fine for a little while at least.

Atta boy, fellow West Bygodian.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Okay so we've got them from Robinson thru the West End now. About to go across the bridge. I'm sure they'll miss an exit.

Yep they did. We told them to go across the West End bridge. But then they didn't. So then they panicked and all started yelling on the phone so we couldn't hear what they were saying.

I think they're back towards the West End bridge.

Omg they're lost again. "We can't turn left." "Why are you turning left?"

We think they're on Carson about to turn right on the bridge. Told them to take the exit for 65 South.

Okay, I think they're almost to the 28 North exit.

I'm shaking from the stress.

"Okay so we're taking the Millvale exit."
"WHY ARE YOU TAKING THE MILLVALE EXIT WE TOLD YOU TO TAKE THE SHARPSBURG EXIT."

That's so misleading telling them to take the Sharpsburg exit because they'll actually take the Sharpsburgh exit to the right instead of crossing the Highland Park bridge.

You are messing with them at this point.

Edit: Oh, you probably mean the 62nd street bridge. They'll still end up in Sharpsburgh...

 

[Randy Butternubs]

That's so misleading telling them to take the Sharpsburg exit because they'll actually take the Sharpsburgh exit to the right instead of crossing the Highland Park bridge.

You are messing with them at this point.

Edit: Oh, you probably mean the 62nd street bridge. They'll still end up in Sharpsburgh...

Nah, still wanted them to take the Sburg exit to the 62nd st bridge. It worked out. They thought they were exiting into Millvale but the signage confused them. I then ran to meet them near the Rite Aid here in Morningside. And then they almost hit me with their car.

All good now. Need some beer.