Canadian Government buys four used subs, one shorts out.

rcavictim · 7th October 2004, 03:43 AM

Did my government spend almost a Billion Dollars acquiring and restoring four used subs because they can go really deep?????
Unfortunately one just shorted out and the resulting electrical fire has killed a Canadian, injured many others and made my government look pretty incompetent.

Is there a lesson here? Give an adolescent money and he'll waste it on big powerful subs that can go really deep.

mwmkravchenko · 7th October 2004, 03:49 AM

It seems that we are governed by MOrons and idiots. I wonder how they will ever be held to account?

Illusus · 7th October 2004, 03:59 AM

What does our government need subs for anyway? Our military is not much of a force, they mostly do humanitarian aid and peacekeeping.
Funny thing is where these subs came from...the British replaced them because they were obsolete and aging (badly) and because to upgrade and repair them would be too costly....so we bought 'em!! It's like buying old console tube amps just to upgrade the circuit, replace all parts and build an attractive chassis for the cost of parts for a good new design. True DIY spirit on our nations part.

Hybrid fourdoor · 7th October 2004, 04:07 AM

hrrmmm....it wasn't one of these obsolete subs was it?!?!

A Seawolf....you remember Down Periscope right

JinMTVT · 7th October 2004, 04:15 AM

what a shame ...again

BillFitzmaurice · 7th October 2004, 01:11 PM

The Canadian Navy needs submarines like the Swiss Navy needs submarines. What is their mission? Torpedoeing trawlers from Maine fishing off the coast of Newfoundland? Shadowing ore carriers on Lake Superior?
Yes, your government is incompetant. But at least when your PM poses with our esteemed President it's your guy who's wearing the "I'm with Stupid" tee shirt.

x. onasis · 7th October 2004, 01:26 PM

Hear, hear.

dave1968 · 7th October 2004, 02:14 PM

we would have more money if the Government would do away with wellfair and people had to pay for Healthcare. but no.
so manny people work the System and live work free healthy lives. and we the tax payer pays for it. with second hand junk.

its kinda sad

penance · 7th October 2004, 02:44 PM

I think part of the problem was that the subs had been sitting un touched in docks, here in Britain.
They just sold them and let them be sailed away.
You wouldnt jump in a car that had been untouched for 4 years, and expect it to work well.

A shame that people were hurt.

Tony.ca · 7th October 2004, 02:58 PM

Our people will neva learn . Just plain stupid. A flea market here would really do good.

.The funny thing is these morons are using our money to buy junk when we can do better.

7th October 2004, 03:43 AM	#1
rcavictim diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cool end of a soldering iron NW of Toronto	Canadian Government buys four used subs, one shorts out. Did my government spend almost a Billion Dollars acquiring and restoring four used subs because they can go really deep????? Unfortunately one just shorted out and the resulting electrical fire has killed a Canadian, injured many others and made my government look pretty incompetent. Is there a lesson here? Give an adolescent money and he'll waste it on big powerful subs that can go really deep. __________________ I.Q.Test. Have you ever purchased a recreational snowmobile?

7th October 2004, 03:49 AM	#2
mwmkravchenko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Perth Canada	Idiots ruled by GREATER IDIOTS It seems that we are governed by MOrons and idiots. I wonder how they will ever be held to account? __________________ Mark

7th October 2004, 03:59 AM	#3
Illusus diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Prairie Wasteland, Canada	What does our government need subs for anyway? Our military is not much of a force, they mostly do humanitarian aid and peacekeeping. Funny thing is where these subs came from...the British replaced them because they were obsolete and aging (badly) and because to upgrade and repair them would be too costly....so we bought 'em!! It's like buying old console tube amps just to upgrade the circuit, replace all parts and build an attractive chassis for the cost of parts for a good new design. True DIY spirit on our nations part. __________________ Fighting the program since 1976.

7th October 2004, 04:07 AM	#4
Hybrid fourdoor diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, TX	hrrmmm....it wasn't one of these obsolete subs was it?!?! A Seawolf....you remember Down Periscope right __________________ I enjoy my organic shapes.....

7th October 2004, 01:26 PM	#7
x. onasis diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NYS	Hear, hear. __________________ onasis


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7th October 2004, 04:15 AM	#5
JinMTVT diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MTL	what a shame ...again

7th October 2004, 01:11 PM	#6
BillFitzmaurice Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Hampshire	The Canadian Navy needs submarines like the Swiss Navy needs submarines. What is their mission? Torpedoeing trawlers from Maine fishing off the coast of Newfoundland? Shadowing ore carriers on Lake Superior? Yes, your government is incompetant. But at least when your PM poses with our esteemed President it's your guy who's wearing the "I'm with Stupid" tee shirt.

7th October 2004, 02:14 PM	#8
dave1968 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: hamilton ontario canada	we would have more money if the Government would do away with wellfair and people had to pay for Healthcare. but no. so manny people work the System and live work free healthy lives. and we the tax payer pays for it. with second hand junk. its kinda sad

7th October 2004, 02:44 PM	#9
penance diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bristol	I think part of the problem was that the subs had been sitting un touched in docks, here in Britain. They just sold them and let them be sailed away. You wouldnt jump in a car that had been untouched for 4 years, and expect it to work well. A shame that people were hurt.

7th October 2004, 02:58 PM	#10
Tony.ca diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Brantford- Ontario	Our people will neva learn . Just plain stupid. A flea market here would really do good. .The funny thing is these morons are using our money to buy junk when we can do better.

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