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Riverboat for Atlantis?

Posted by jbrenner 11 years ago to The Gulch: General

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Wouldn't this be an ironic transport ship for Gulchers?

SOURCE URL: http://www.sbmac.com/auctions/riverboat-for-sale/riverboat-auction-email-bidspotter1.html

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Posted by khalling 11 years ago

I'm not a gambler but interesting. How did this come to your attention? no quick getaways in a paddleboat

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  Posted by jbrenner 11 years ago
  
  Some people consider me "American Lab Picker", as in the similarly named TV show on the History Channel.
  
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  Posted by jbrenner 11 years ago
  
  I buy and (rarely) sell used lab equipment. This auction was put on by an auction site I use sometimes. When I saw this I thought of hiding in plain sight.
  
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Posted by Technocracy 11 years ago

Actually it would be a useful water transport after a collapse.

No more channels being dredged, and a paddle boat has a shallow draft for its size. It would be harder to foul a paddle wheel than a prop as well. It could go places a lot of other water craft could not. Especially if it was converted to use wood as a fuel.

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Posted by freedomforall 11 years ago

See any auctions for nuclear submarines?
(Not the Russian ones with faulty design, thanks)
Hide out of plain sight. Only really big pirates (fedgov) would be a threat.
Also much safer from hurricanes and the like.

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  Posted by jbrenner 11 years ago
  
  No, I haven't, but several of my former students work at Norfolk Naval Shipyards as nuclear engineers so maybe ...
  
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