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Das Boot
I watched
Das Boot (director's cut) and there are some things I didn't understand:
Blue light was emergency light to spare the batteries.
Other forums say it doesn't make sense because blue lights were white lights with filters. Although if the blue lights are connected to the emergency batteries, it could make sense.
The German cargo ship SS Weser at
Vigo is said to be interned. I understand that means she wouldn't move around freely but stay at port. It is inspired by
MV Bessel which was actually interned off Vigo. I understand that crew would have some freedom of movement in Axis-friendly Spain, enough to acquire fresh food and such, but what about the torpedoes? Were they the normal cargo of Weser, which happened to be seized by Spain? Was Weser sent to Vigo as a floating resupplying base? Were they transported to Weser while in Vigo? Are torpedoes easy to transfer discreetly into the sub?
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Error (
talk)
08:59, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Any ideas why? Only works on Fridays and Saturdays. Only one of two weeks. It's getting on my nerve. I at least want to know why. A logical reason, not just "because it hates you". Thanks. -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)18:09, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Yea, my device is kinda crappy compared to a phone/computer and I cant acces that website, and I don't want to ask my parents as a first option to do it for me as the last time I did, they said "Fortnite is probably broken and epic games will fix it at some point", if so, "some point" is at least a century from now. -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)21:16, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
My parents dont disable games like that. Oh, it shows a message "Checking for updates" when it does this. Even if I just updated. (also I don't really have "grades", I'm homeschooled and a young adult. I shouldn't be at school anyway I think.) -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)22:15, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
I've already updated to the latest version. It happens right after updating. It works only AGES after it last updated, that's my problem. And I cant figure out why. (I already set it to update automatically, in sleep mode) -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)08:10, 25 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Clowning at the White House
Hello! I started
Skeeter Reece because his wife turned up at the Teahouse and asked for help. She says that he was in an "Easter performance at the White House (1982)." If someone could find a usable source for that, that would be great. There are mirrors of a deleted version of the WP-article like peoplepill.com, those don't count.
Gråbergs Gråa Sång (
talk)
18:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
The deleted version stated that he performed at the White House as an opening act for the
Smothers Brothers. The Smothers Brothers visited the White House on November 12, 1987 as representatives of the American Lung Association to kick off the Christmas Seal campaign.[2][3] They did not then stage a performance, though. There is also a ghit for "The Smothers Brothers at the White House in 1988 with Ronald Reagan" on
a facebook page, presumably an image caption, but I cannot find the post. Other than much earlier animosity with LBJ, I don't find another White House connection. I suspect the claim about an opening act for the Smothers Brothers at the White House is mistaken. --
Lambiam13:18, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
This was not correct. Skeeter performed at the White House On Easter in 1982 with some other performers from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Marlin Perkins (from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) also performed that day. Skeeter took quite a few pictures of him, because he was a big fan.
Yes, we do, but they are not good. The camera's aperture was set wrong, and they are very light. How would I show them to you on this format anyway?
Mamadancer (
talk)
01:08, 23 September 2022 (UTC)reply
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September 20 Information
Das Boot
I watched
Das Boot (director's cut) and there are some things I didn't understand:
Blue light was emergency light to spare the batteries.
Other forums say it doesn't make sense because blue lights were white lights with filters. Although if the blue lights are connected to the emergency batteries, it could make sense.
The German cargo ship SS Weser at
Vigo is said to be interned. I understand that means she wouldn't move around freely but stay at port. It is inspired by
MV Bessel which was actually interned off Vigo. I understand that crew would have some freedom of movement in Axis-friendly Spain, enough to acquire fresh food and such, but what about the torpedoes? Were they the normal cargo of Weser, which happened to be seized by Spain? Was Weser sent to Vigo as a floating resupplying base? Were they transported to Weser while in Vigo? Are torpedoes easy to transfer discreetly into the sub?
--
Error (
talk)
08:59, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Any ideas why? Only works on Fridays and Saturdays. Only one of two weeks. It's getting on my nerve. I at least want to know why. A logical reason, not just "because it hates you". Thanks. -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)18:09, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Yea, my device is kinda crappy compared to a phone/computer and I cant acces that website, and I don't want to ask my parents as a first option to do it for me as the last time I did, they said "Fortnite is probably broken and epic games will fix it at some point", if so, "some point" is at least a century from now. -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)21:16, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
My parents dont disable games like that. Oh, it shows a message "Checking for updates" when it does this. Even if I just updated. (also I don't really have "grades", I'm homeschooled and a young adult. I shouldn't be at school anyway I think.) -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)22:15, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
I've already updated to the latest version. It happens right after updating. It works only AGES after it last updated, that's my problem. And I cant figure out why. (I already set it to update automatically, in sleep mode) -- L10nM4st3r(
talk)08:10, 25 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Clowning at the White House
Hello! I started
Skeeter Reece because his wife turned up at the Teahouse and asked for help. She says that he was in an "Easter performance at the White House (1982)." If someone could find a usable source for that, that would be great. There are mirrors of a deleted version of the WP-article like peoplepill.com, those don't count.
Gråbergs Gråa Sång (
talk)
18:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC)reply
The deleted version stated that he performed at the White House as an opening act for the
Smothers Brothers. The Smothers Brothers visited the White House on November 12, 1987 as representatives of the American Lung Association to kick off the Christmas Seal campaign.[2][3] They did not then stage a performance, though. There is also a ghit for "The Smothers Brothers at the White House in 1988 with Ronald Reagan" on
a facebook page, presumably an image caption, but I cannot find the post. Other than much earlier animosity with LBJ, I don't find another White House connection. I suspect the claim about an opening act for the Smothers Brothers at the White House is mistaken. --
Lambiam13:18, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
This was not correct. Skeeter performed at the White House On Easter in 1982 with some other performers from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Marlin Perkins (from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) also performed that day. Skeeter took quite a few pictures of him, because he was a big fan.
Yes, we do, but they are not good. The camera's aperture was set wrong, and they are very light. How would I show them to you on this format anyway?
Mamadancer (
talk)
01:08, 23 September 2022 (UTC)reply