June 9, 2007: British nuke sub nose rolls down the street

The BBC offers this item. How do you get the constructed nose of a nuclear sub to where it needs to be assembled? Roll it right down the middle of the street. I'd like to be there if just to see the double-takes of nearby pedestrians.

The sub looks happy, though, doesn't it? Yay I'm rolling down the street!

Aren't European streets very narrow?
Or at least that's what the media has told me through movies and stuff.
Not even so much as a guiding team in front either, eh?

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Originally Posted by Undertoad The sub looks happy, though, doesn't it? Yay I'm rolling down the street!

Happy until a rising bollard impales him, with lightning speed.

Great pics!

Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name?

I can see that lasting about five milliseconds here among the Pentagon types who have to think up this kind of thing. Of course, over here we have dropped the r in arse.

Just hope it doesn't tip...

LOL the sub DOES look happy. Wow. If I was walking or driving and saw that I would definitely feel panicked. But then again big things like that make me feel uneasy...

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic Aren't European streets very narrow? Or at least that's what the media has told me through movies and stuff. Not even so much as a guiding team in front either, eh?

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Originally Posted by milkfish Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name?

im in ur str33t ignoring ur bo11ards

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Originally Posted by Undertoad I'd like to be there if just to see the double-takes of nearby pedestrians.

During the Vietnam war, Boeing built helicopters at one plant then towed them, on their own wheels, over the road for several miles to another plant to be painted and finished.

The PA legislature had to pass a special law to allow that and it screwed up traffic pretty good, because they were building one a day.

Looks like a scene out of the Thunderbirds.

The good one, with strings. Not the crappy remake with more plastic people than the original.

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Originally Posted by dixy But then again big things like that make me feel uneasy...

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Originally Posted by monster Why wouldn't they?

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Originally Posted by milkfish Oh, the indignity: Beans, beans, the musical fruit The more you eat, the more you toot. Though in its current form, the sub is missing its ass entirely, and thus cannot toot.

Back in the 70s-90s, Grumman Aircraft on Long Island used to build the Radome of the E2C out in Calverton LI (on the borth fork just beyond the split) - but the rest of the airplane was made in Bethpage, and the radome was shipped by truck down the Long Island Expressway - now you have to picture - it's way more than one lane wide, the highway is 3 lanes - I was waiting to enter the highway (entrance closed) when the truck, with it's police escort came flying by (pun) - I entered after them, and got up to 70 mph - and they were pulling away

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Originally Posted by milkfish Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name? I can see that lasting about five milliseconds here among the Pentagon types who have to think up this kind of thing. Of course, over here we have dropped the r in arse.

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Originally Posted by milkfish Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name?

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary Ase?

Registered to say I'm surprised no-one commented how ugly this sub head is. If Holywood ever decides to cross-breed Frankenstein with Godzilla, they should use this piece as the head - stitched, rotting, ugly. Might be intentional for the sub tho, to scare off Nazi U-boats that patrol the Antartic.

Welcome to the Cellar justush. Nice handle.

There's lots of ugly pics on this particular forum. Keep going and you're bound to find something to really turn your stomach.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...09/nsub109.xml

It's finished. Incidentally it was built not very far from me.

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Originally Posted by monster OK. A lesson for ya. We don't pronounce it like that. It's Aschoot

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl For clarity, I'd break it up into ass-choo-t (but then I was trying to prove a point about the different pronunciations of hurry and blurry the other day, so what do I know?)

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Originally Posted by monster Indeed. But I was enjoying the sneeze-like quality of the altogether version I really didn't get the ass-toot thing until milkfish spelled it out. I've only Americanized on some of those words (Tuna, Tuesday, tube, occasionally stupid...)

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl Ewwwww - I am seriously considering not turning up on your doorstep now - I think I would gag if you offered me a toooona sandwich. I'll still consider it as long as you don't have any fancy words for beer I spose

Leicester's speciality sandwich option is tuna, cheese and onion - tinned tuna, grated cheese and diced red onion mixed into a sticky mess with mayonnaise to bind it. That and cheese & beetroot. Offered as standard choices alongside the normal ham & mustard, cheese & pickle etc.

So I am ready for anything - even beef & cheese.

you may even be ready for a Philly Cheesesteak ...we might have to go dwellar-visiting to get something authentic....

I'm promised one from LJ if I ever make it to the States...

The sub-nose kinda reminds me of the smiley face spaceship in the movie "Heavy Metal".

I tried and failed to GIS for the smiley subs from "Yellow Submarine"...

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl Leicester's speciality sandwich option is tuna, cheese and onion - tinned tuna, grated cheese and diced red onion mixed into a sticky mess with mayonnaise to bind it. That and cheese & beetroot. Offered as standard choices alongside the normal ham & mustard, cheese & pickle etc. So I am ready for anything - even beef & cheese.

I pronounce it astewt....

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Originally Posted by DanaC I pronounce it astewt....

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Originally Posted by milkfish I just think it is weird that the fruit of the prickly pear cactus is called tuna. Maybe it's good with cheese and onion.

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Originally Posted by CharlieG Back in the 70s-90s, Grumman Aircraft on Long Island used to build the Radome of the E2C out in Calverton LI (on the borth fork just beyond the split) - but the rest of the airplane was made in Bethpage, and the radome was shipped by truck down the Long Island Expressway - now you have to picture - it's way more than one lane wide, the highway is 3 lanes - I was waiting to enter the highway (entrance closed) when the truck, with it's police escort came flying by (pun) - I entered after them, and got up to 70 mph - and they were pulling away

BTW, The Astute was launched June 8th, so that picture is either

1)Old, or
2) one of the follow on boats (Subs, no matter HOW large are 'boats' not ships, by tradition) - Possibly the Ambush, or the Artful

As they are hoping to launch the Ambush late this year, or next year, I'm going to guess it's the nose for the Artful