R.I.P. Scout26
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
wow, 400 mil............ MY MONEY!!! (somebody had to say it)
I know some submariner is going to come along and lecture about how not barbecuing a sub is harder than it looks, but...Does The Navy realize just how dumb they look when they total a billion-dollar boat because somebody forgot to empty the bag?Sinking a boat because of a defective crapper is almost acceptable when you're talking about a device that's only marginally less complex than a car engine. Turning a nuclear sub into razor blades because the maid couldn't figure out what to do when the Hoover got all sparky is just embarassing.
Actually it was the shipyard workers that forgot to empty the vacuum cleaner after using it to suck up welding slag. Every submariner I know ( a few) has stated there is no way they would submerge on this boat now. There were places where the hull was glowing red from the chimney effect fire.Not a good thing, at all.http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/06/navy-miami-sub-fire-vacuum-cleaner-060612w/bob
Not as bad as losing the whole boat because you flushed a toilet while submerged (German U-1206)