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

Undertoad · 06-09-2007, 01:01 PM

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!

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The nose of a UK Astute class nuclear submarine rolls through the streets of Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria. The first 7,000 ton behemoth will be launched in early June.

freshnesschronic · 06-09-2007, 01:09 PM

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?

Cloud · 06-09-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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

yep. Big grin. BIG grin!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2007, 04:02 PM

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

TheMercenary · 06-09-2007, 05:00 PM

Great pics!

milkfish · 06-09-2007, 06:17 PM

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.

piercehawkeye45 · 06-09-2007, 09:50 PM

Just hope it doesn't tip...

dixy · 06-09-2007, 09:52 PM

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...

monster · 06-09-2007, 11:08 PM

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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?

If the guiding team were in shot, wouldn't they be too close to be of any use?

And yes, most streets are very narrow by US standards, but they do strange things over there like research the course beforehand....

monster · 06-09-2007, 11:10 PM

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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?

Why wouldn't they?

monster · 06-09-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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

They're British. They'd pretend not to notice.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2007, 12:35 AM

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.

nil_orally · 06-10-2007, 02:02 AM

Looks like a scene out of the Thunderbirds.

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

nil_orally · 06-10-2007, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dixy

But then again big things like that make me feel uneasy...

Wow. If only I had a dollar for every time a girl has said THAT to me.....

I'd have my first dollar. *sigh*

milkfish · 06-10-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Why wouldn't they?

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.

06-09-2007, 04:02 PM	#4
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06-09-2007, 06:17 PM	#6
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	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. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

06-09-2007, 09:52 PM	#8
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06-10-2007, 12:35 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-09-2007, 01:09 PM	#2
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	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?

06-09-2007, 09:50 PM	#7
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Just hope it doesn't tip...

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