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Subject: Realistic Jokes v.2

shadow27 18.12.17 - 04:36am
1776
Yale graduate DAVID BUSHNELL(75) built the first submarine to actually make an attack on an enemy warship. Dubbed the ''Turtle'' because it resembled a sea-turtle floating vertically in the water, it was operated by Sergeant Ezra Lee.

The scheme: be towed into the vicinity of the target; open a foot-operated valve to let in enough water to sink, close the valve; move in under the enemy by cranking the two propellers one for forward and one for vertical movement turned by foot treadle like a spinning wheel; drill into the hull to attach a 150-pound keg of gunpowder with a clockwork detonator; crank to get away; operate a foot-pump to get the water out of the hull and thus re-surface.

In early-morning darkness on September 7, 1776, ''Turtle'' made an attack on a British ship in New York harbor, probably HMS Eagle. The drill may have hit an iron strap it would not penetrate the hull. (Contrary to most reports, the Eagle of 1776 had not been fitted with a copper-sheathed bottom.) Lee became disoriented, soon bobbed to the surface and was spotted by a lookout. He managed to get away. * +

bambi99 18.12.17 - 12:53pm

The cost of living index * +

musho77 18.12.17 - 01:52pm
except the scottish bloke will have a whisky the jew will say he is skint and the muslim will just blow the place up *

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