The Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt characters in the film could have been modeled on the couple in this submarine escapade – except that the film came first.
My dad was a nuclear machinist’s mate, and he wouldn’t even say what boat he was working on when I was born, until it was decommissioned and cut up for scrap. He still gives vague responses if you ask him anything specific about it.
I trained on the prototype for the Narwhal and… um… yeah…
The silent service — that’s why I mentioned the Toshiba Machine fiasco upthread. They sold the technology for milling and machining the submarine propellers, the precise designs of them that limited cavitation (I think that’s what it’s called) and allowed our subs to run quieter, to the Soviets.
ETA — I know you were talking about the sailors, but, yeah.
Toshiba and the Walkers can both go straight to hell, do not collect $200.
That’s a good one!
~Max
Bump.
He took the plea deal. Still no word on what country he thought he was dealing with. I am still betting on Australia.
They have both plead guilty.
Oh! What is the other one?
Well, technically, I think there are four films in the trilogy. Which sounds idiotic, I know.
Burn After Reading
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Intolerable Cruelty
and maybe Hail Ceasar!
Who had Brazil in the betting for which embassy was involved?
They wanted to be brazillionaires.
NYTimes says I’ve run out of free articles, but the Chicago Tribune let me in.
Not me.
Oooh, so close! I had Paraguay.
That would be… you! Congratulations!
~Max
NVM thought i was in the pit
I was joking. I thought it would have been Australia. Frankly, I have not been monitoring the naval situation in South America with the vigor required.
Liechtenstein didn’t offer enough cryptocurrency.
That was an understatement. They reached a plea deal. The judge rejected it as too lenient. It called for 17 years for the husband and three years for the wife.
The judge decided the wife was the driving force in this crime. She got 21 years. He got 19.
“Gee thanks, Honey.”