# Once, 50 years ago. For 20 minutes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086 "2010-01-23T06:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/41 "2010-01-25T23:51:28Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Psst… it’s 14 k of g in a **f p d** … there’s a double joke in there if you look hard 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/42 "2010-01-26T00:15:23Z")
I understand there were disputes about the measurements, with the onboard systems reporting 37,799 feet, but later calculcations putting it at 35,879 feet. Clearly, a 1920’ depth raise. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/43 "2010-01-26T01:41:30Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > there’s a double joke in there if you look hard 🙂 Oh. I guess I was whooshed. Hm… personal flotation device? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/44 "2010-01-26T14:25:28Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Oh. I guess I was whooshed. Hm… personal flotation device? You got it. I paddle alot. A week probably doesnt go by without me wearing a PFD. I am also low level dyslexic so fpd got switched to pfd (I’ve done that before)but in this case pfd was too hard to pass up. On a semi serious note, it occured to me that this is one of those “great exploratory achievements” that some lone, determined, smart, and modestly well off financially person could replicate themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/45 "2010-01-26T17:05:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It wasn’t a bathyscape; it was Chuck Norris. No. They got to the bottom and found Chuck Norris swimming around down there and eating sharks. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/46 "2010-01-26T17:08:15Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I understand there were disputes about the measurements, with the onboard systems reporting 37,799 feet, but later calculcations putting it at 35,879 feet. > > Clearly, a 1920’ depth raise. \ Even for the SDMB, **Bryan** , that was just bad! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086/47 "2010-01-26T18:23:25Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Psst… it’s 14 k of g in a **f p d** … I knew what that stood for. Once. For 20 minutes. In 1960. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-50-years-ago-for-20-minutes/526086.md?page=2)