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!

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.

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?

Undertoad;352903 wrote:

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

yep. Big grin. BIG grin! :D

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...:greenface

freshnesschronic;352906 wrote:

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.... :rolleyes:

milkfish;352987 wrote:

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

Why wouldn't they?

Undertoad;352903 wrote:

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.

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.

dixy;353013 wrote:

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

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





[SIZE="1"]I'd have my first dollar. *sigh*[/SIZE]

monster;353030 wrote:

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.

milkfish;353130 wrote:

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.

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

And "toot" is not the most common term for farting either, although it is used.

Here's how the rhyme goes....

Beans, beans good for the heart,
the more you eat.....

We're a lot cruder in general :)

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

milkfish;352987 wrote:

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.

Ase?

milkfish;352987 wrote:

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

It's not quite the same degree of unintentional humor as the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender.

TheMercenary;353183 wrote:

Ase?

They dropped the e too, and added another s to the end. Ass. :)

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.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/09/nsub109.xml

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

monster;353133 wrote:

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

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?)

Sundae Girl;353392 wrote:

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?)

Indeed. But I was enjoying the sneeze-like quality of the altogether version :lol:


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...)

monster;353422 wrote:

Indeed. But I was enjoying the sneeze-like quality of the altogether version :lol:


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...)

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 ;)

Sundae Girl;353424 wrote:

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 ;)

Bud is about as fancy as it gets.... :p

Hey what can I say, I have three kids with American accents. Adapt and survive.

How about Pastrami on Rye? Not sure what they do with tuna here, but you don't often see it in sandwiches. it's all ham and cheese, turkey and cheese, salami and cheese, beef and cheese, cheese and cheese.... :lol: I guess Toona's too messy to eat while driving, making calls, applying mascara and slurping coffee....

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... :yum:

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"...

Sundae Girl;353502 wrote:

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

I pronounce it astewt....

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

There wouldn't be any double takes. I remember one time in Bolton, they were using Le Mans Crescent to film something that was supposed to be in moscow. They'd covered the place in fake snow and there were tanks and jeeps and cameras everywhere.....and guys in big hats. Typical Bolton response was to just trudge through the fake snow showing absolutely no sign that anything unusual was going on.

DanaC;353971 wrote:

I pronounce it astewt....

Americans and Brits would pronounce that spelling differently, though. Newt is pronounced noot here, but nyute there. mostly.

milkfish;353897 wrote:

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.

Yeah, that's very strange. They are tasty though.

CharlieG;353146 wrote:

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

There's nothing quite like coming up on a house that is three lanes wide whipping down the highway at 110km/h.

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