John,

I do remember you. But my question is "How did you get access? Why were you 
allowed in? And what does pirates of the Caribbean have to do with anything?" 
That's all I want to know? 


On Oct 24, 2012, at 10:07 AM, John Robinson wrote:

> Harry,
> 
> I have known and respected you for years, I thought maybe you remembered me 
> as well, but I do have one of those faces that you want to forget.  However, 
> it you follow this thread and look down a few paragraphs you will see the 
> explanation I sent to everyone as to how we gained access to the property, it 
> was in a reply to you.  Look below and you'll see it's there but I'll copy it 
> here as well.
> 
> 
>>>>>> 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.
> 
> If you also follow this thread you'll see Lee's map as to where the property 
> is located and Luann was good enough to send the link to the website that 
> explains all that goes on during their once a year open house.  It's all 
> there.  I was not only trying to say how fortunate I was that the iPhone got 
> me out of the place I also wanted to let the group know how fascinating it 
> was and that the world comes to Indiana for training, pretty impressive. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> 
>> John,
>> 
>> A little humor is fine. I still don't know who you are in relation to this 
>> place or how you gained access. If you don't want to tell me, fine, I'll 
>> drop it.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:25 PM, John Robinson wrote:
>> 
>>> 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
>>>>>>>> 
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