Harry I don't know what the problem is, I have explained a very simple situation, given you ample reasons why we were able to get into the facility, Lee & Luann also supported the site in responses to my email. It's all there. I still like humor in this life, wish everyone did.
On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
