Bill your link doesn't help. I don't know who John really is, nor do I understand the game he is playing.
On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Bill Micou wrote: > > > > http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/that-escalated-quickly > > > > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:44 PM, John Robinson wrote: > >> Harry, >> >> I guess you don't know who I am? >> >> No Harry, if you follow Lee's link it takes you right to the place and he >> has been there. If you follow Luann's link it takes you to their website. >> >> We got in because the man that did the wardrobe (who also did the Wardrobe >> for Pirates Of The Caribbean, several other very famous movies and lots of >> TV shows) happens to know the Colonel in charge of the place so he made one >> phone call and got the go. Now, they did have to read the script for they >> have standards the movie has to pass, in fact the one director coming in two >> weeks to look the place over will be rejected. He doesn't know it yet but >> unless he changes the premises that will be his fate. >> >> So, I guess you still don't know who I am! >> >> John >> >> >> On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> If this is so secret how did you get in?? Are you feeding us a line of bull >>> hockey? >>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 10:08 PM, John Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> Before I get to the maps I want to shed a little light on my weekend. >>>> >>>> Did you know that in Indiana is a military training facility that is the >>>> best in the world? Neither did I. Did you know that it's kept a secret >>>> and there are armed guards to this place that are heavily armed and you >>>> aren't allowed in without all kinds of documentation? Did you know that >>>> this place is kept off the GPS register (or however they do this) as I ask >>>> the guards the first night how in the world can I set a GPS to pick this >>>> place up and they replied "you can't". >>>> >>>> The place is over 100 acres, it had been a mental hospital from the 1930's >>>> until the early 2000's when it was abandoned. At that time it was going >>>> to cost Indian 60 million to tear it down, then someone decided to turn it >>>> into a world class Military, Police, First Responders, Fire training >>>> center that these branches FROM ALL OVER the world come to train. >>>> >>>> The weekend I was there had K-9 dogs from all over the US there for the >>>> week, two officers in my hotel were from Maryland. This place is big >>>> deal, and very scary. Very scary. No lights at night, yet the place is >>>> covered by very high tech cameras that can follow anyone on the property >>>> and yet read the serial number on a dollar bill you pull out of your >>>> pocket. The place is the most filthy, debris laden place I have ever seen >>>> in my life. There is a subway underneath the entire place where training >>>> is conducted for a disaster that may happen in our subway systems. There >>>> is a section that is for earthquake training, where the buildings are >>>> falling apart and leaning from the quake. There is a section that has >>>> been hit with a Nuke, total unbelievable destruction that the military >>>> needs to train. >>>> >>>> There is an area where the homes and auto's have been flooded, this was >>>> added after Katrina. There is an American Embassy where they train to >>>> protect our Ambassador, there is an Arab radio station (internet radio) >>>> that is continually sending messages to the Arab world, in the beginning >>>> they didn't think this would be a good idea but turns out the Arabs will >>>> interact with a voice on the radio much more readily than face to face. >>>> I wish I could tell you what it's like, tons of destroyed cars, motor >>>> homes, boats, police cars, tons and tons of huge boulders of concrete and >>>> uprooted trees. Chairs, tables, tires chrome pieces,, T.V.'s Coke >>>> machines, etc. etc. etc. all over the place. >>>> >>>> And what we needed was the Arab street that the military uses to train. >>>> My son and the crew are making a movie, the beginning begins in an Arabian >>>> country and they are going door to door trying to eradicate the enemy. >>>> They place has Camels, goats, Arabic writing all over the walls, it's very >>>> impressive. >>>> >>>> So that's the background, now for the maps. The first night, Friday, we >>>> were there to learn the procedures for the weekend. There was a member of >>>> the base that was assigned to the movie crew the entire weekend. We >>>> worked 24 hrs straight from 6:00 a.m. Sat. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday and he >>>> stayed with us the entire time. But, on Friday night we left under a good >>>> bit of rain, and total darkness I had to find my way back to the >>>> guardhouse to get to the highway. Made a bad turn somewhere and I ended >>>> up on a road that must have been made for a tank, it was very scary for I >>>> had NO idea where I was and no way of finding my way out. >>>> >>>> Finally the iPhone picked up the AT&T tower and I ask it from my current >>>> location to my hotel in Seymour, and by golly after a few seconds (that >>>> seemed like an hour) Siri told me to head a certain direction and from >>>> then on she did her thing beautifully. Turn my turn, through >>>> subdivisions, down alleys (I am not kidding) on the darkest of nights. >>>> Finally I got back to the state highway and headed toward Seymour. After >>>> several miles I came to the intersection I would have come out had I found >>>> the guardhouse. Needless to say I was thankful, and relived that the >>>> "poor" map system on this thing had done it's magical work. I was so lost >>>> I am convinced they would have had to send the choppers and those dogs to >>>> find me. >>>> >>>> None of us had service on the base, not AT&T, not Verizon, not Sprint. >>>> They must have the place darn near blacked out but I was far enough away >>>> in that deep woods that I could get the tower. I fed the phone a cookie >>>> when we got back to the room and gave it the best charger I had for a job >>>> well done. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
