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Fellow TTR Colleagues,

I have been indoctrinated into the world of Pokémon. My children have done their best to teach me the masterful prowess of Greninja and Arcanine, but, alas, I remain attached to...

 

[Truss_rod]

For years, even when my kids were still home I tried to get into video games. I have a Xbox one and the only thing my GF and I play is golf....

 

[WavMixer]

 

[Don O]

Is there a Pong version?

 

[Inspector #20]

Fellow TTR Colleagues,

I have been indoctrinated into the world of Pokémon. My children have done their best to teach me the masterful prowess of Greninja and Arcanine, but, alas, I remain attached to...

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I played with my "pocket monster" for years. It's a blind spitting worm with a broken neck....

 

[Inspector #20]

For years, even when my kids were still home I tried to get into video games. I have a Xbox one and the only thing my GF and I play is golf....

I used to play Silent Hunter - a WW2 u-boat simulator. Very realistic.

The last living u-boat commander - Reinhard Hardegen - turned 105 yesterday...I write to him every year on his birthday.

 

[eSGEe]

What do you write?

 

[Inspector #20]

What do you write?

As a child, I was a submarine nut. i read everthing i could about u-boats. Hardegen's career was one marked by his ethical and humane treatment of survivors, many of whom he met after the war who thanked him for their rescue, so he stood out in my mind.

Initially, I congratulated him on his 100th birthday and he replied. After that, I would write to him on his birthday.

I also have spoken quite at length with Otto Kretchsmer and Erich Topp.

My love of submarines was one reason for my Navy enlistment.

 

[BlackSG91]

;>)/

 

[Goldmember]

I used to play Silent Hunter - a WW2 u-boat simulator. Very realistic.

The last living u-boat commander - Reinhard Hardegen - turned 105 yesterday...I write to him every year on his birthday.

Robert, I remember that U-Boat sim! I wish I could have a Mac friendly copy of it.

 

[Inspector #20]

Robert, I remember that U-Boat sim! I wish I could have a Mac friendly copy of it.

Dude!

I used to record my conversations with Topp and Kretchsmer and I asked them lots of tactical questions, which I used in my SIM...

Playing at 100% realism, I sank more tonnage than any other commander ever did. We had some close calls, which included two weeks limping back to base with an un-submersible u-boat.


I spent many hours getting in the right position for an attack:



In general, I attacked close enough to use my target for cover...





sometimes attacking through the space between ships in a convoy...some tactics described to me by Otto Kretchsmer and Erich Topp.

 

[Inspector #20]

Rheinhard Hardegen in 1943:



Rheinhard on his 99th birthday:

 

[Don O]

I can’t say much about what I do, but i’ve been involved with the 726 class and work with several ex commanders. Great stories.

 

[Goldmember]

Major Update: I have added DRIFLOON to my list of favorites: It's a balloon with a cloud toupée. Can you dig it?



@Robert Herndon : Thanks for sharing. Do you know if Silent Hunter is available in Mac format?