Paul Allen to recover bell from HMS Hood

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  1. crandc

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    OUCH!

    "Denmark straight"?
    As opposed to Denmark gay?

    Homophones, people. You need to use a brain as well as spell check.

    Try "strait", Mr. Allen.
     
    crandc, Aug 23, 2012
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    Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Recovering ROV to fix issues...another dive in a few hours hopefully, we did verify we are on the right spots and saw pieces of HMS Hood.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Aug 23, 2012
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    [video=youtube;m3PXAhQRxlo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3PXAhQRxlo[/video]
     
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    Cool. Thanks for the updates Sly.
     
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  5. crandc

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    Thanks, Platypus! Repped. I can't count how many times someone on a board has said "bare with me". To which my reponse is no thanks.
     
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    The camera sinks downward a foot per second, yet takes 2 hours to arrive 9000 feet down. Paul makes history while other rich people sit around counting their money and bitching about taxes. This is my kind of adventurer billionaire.
     
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    Homophone -homophobe. Only one letter difference. Coincidence?
     
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    People that correct other people's spelling are lame as shit!
     
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    You never know when a person will need to know how to spell something they regularly misspell. It's a public service.
     
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    Yes.
    Although both irritate me. (well, not homophones themselves, just how they get misused by smart people who should know better.)

    I wasn't correcting spelling, HCP. He spelled "straight" correctly. It was, however, the wrong word. It's why spell check is no substitute for using one's brain.
     
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    You can see the Hood now! The camera is as if we're flying 200 feet in altitude above the ship. It took a long time to get down here today.

    Thanks for the link.
     
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    About 5 minutes after I posted that, just when it got good 9000 feet down, they lost video.
     
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    AAAGGGHHHHH.…........ DAMN BLAZER BROADCASTING!
     
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    They are between Iceland and Greenland. I'm glad I'm not on Comcast within 200 miles of the local event!
     
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    They brought it up, are fiddling around with something, and will send it down. It should be at the bottom again before 1 am Pacific Time.
     
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    Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Picture of the Hood's bell up against upturned floor of possibly the Admiral's cabin. Tight space to grab it


    [​IMG]
     
    SlyPokerDog, Aug 25, 2012
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  18. SlyPokerDog

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    [​IMG]
     
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    I totally forgot to watch! It's not on now.
     
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    Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Octopus doing required mantenance in Reykjavik, unclear earliest she can sail to Hood and weather window closing, stay tuned.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Aug 29, 2012
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