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At random: Probably the most expensive ballast ever carried by a ship was two tons of gold and eighteen tons of silver coins carried by the U.S. submarine TROUT while on a trip from Corregidor to Pearl Harbor early in World War II. TROUT had removed her moveable ballast to allow for a larger cargo of ammunition to be transported for the defenders on the embattled island. Lcdr. Fenno, TROUT's CO, planned on replacing the ballast with sand bags, but found none were available. The gold and silver from the Bank of the Philippines was substituted as ballast, which also solved the problem of removing the treasure to a safe place prior to invasion by the enemy.

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Ric

Posted 2017-11-26 9:20 PM (#86786)

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Subject: Man Spends 7 Years Drawing Incredibly Intricate Maze

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/man-spends-7-years-drawing-incredibly-intricate-maze/

Almost 30 years ago a Japanese custodian sat in front of a large A1 size sheet of white paper, whipped out a pen and started drawing the beginnings of diabolically complex maze, each twist and turn springing spontaneously from his brain onto the paper without aid of a computer. The hobby would consume him as he drew in his spare time until its completion nearly 7 years later when the final labyrinth was rolled up and almost forgotten. Twitter user @Kya7y was recently going through some of her father’s old things (he’s still a custodian at a public university) when she happened upon the maze and snapped a few photos to share on Twitter. (more at link)

steamboat

Posted 2017-11-27 5:01 AM (#86787 - in reply to #86786)

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Location: Boydton, Virginia

Subject: RE: Man Spends 7 Years Drawing Incredibly Intricate Maze

As a country boy, that looks like a typical city street map to me. LOL!

Steamboat sends

GaryKC

Posted 2017-11-27 6:59 AM (#86788 - in reply to #86786)

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Subject: RE: Man Spends 7 Years Drawing Incredibly Intricate Maze

Where's Donald?

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