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05 October 2005, 15:10
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Dolphin Boat
As seen on the gadget show on Channel 5 this week:
It’s a submarine. No, it’s a boat. Actually it’s both.
Is this the ultimate toy for the person who has everything?
Or could it be the gArfish’s new rib flicking device ??? 
http://www.innespace.com/picture_gallery.html
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05 October 2005, 15:24
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Cool.
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05 October 2005, 16:02
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how bizarre, id be interested to know how it works  come on all you mechanical engineers... (high tower) 
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05 October 2005, 16:38
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That looks like the submarine used in one of the TinTin books - written in the 50s I think!!!
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05 October 2005, 16:52
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how bizarre, id be interested to know how it works...
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If you browse around their site, it tells you.
It's fantastic... 'specially with "with Dr Evil logos" 
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05 October 2005, 18:29
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wow very perculiar , who knows what sort of boat will be in fashion by the time i'm old enough to get one!
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05 October 2005, 18:49
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That looks like the submarine used in one of the TinTin books - written in the 50s I think!!!
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Did you see the Sunday Times at the wekend? There was an article about
Jacques Cousteau's grandson who has had a mechanical shark built for filming purposes. It was inspired by the Tin Tin story you mention.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...807255,00.html
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05 October 2005, 20:16
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No I didn't see it but am a great fan of tintin. Read them all as a kid but only when i reread them as an adult did I realise the hidden undertones and technical knowledge etc - they are educational without the reader realising the fact.
The other books I love like that are by Willard Price. About 2 brothers travelling the world collecting animals for zoos - very educational and great stories!!!
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05 October 2005, 20:34
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Willard Price books!! They were great!! Hal and his brother - whatever his name was...
They built a mechanical shark for a documentary that the BBC showed a couple of years ago - they sent it in to swim among sharks (for short periods)to study them - I think they took offence and it got trashed a couple of times - it was clever though.
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06 October 2005, 00:47
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Willard Price books!! They were great!! Hal and his brother - whatever his name was...
They built a mechanical shark for a documentary that the BBC showed a couple of years ago - they sent it in to swim among sharks (for short periods)to study them - I think they took offence and it got trashed a couple of times - it was clever though.
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Roger!!!
Amazing the things those books could teach you - like a Vampire bat actually laps up the blood like a cat - rather than sucking it up!!!
A good one about undersea life - they had a sub that was also a surface effect aircraft - remained pressurized so they could come straight up after living at 100' deep - travel to another island - then submerge again - all logically possible!!!
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06 October 2005, 07:24
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Hahaha
That one looks like fun!
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07 October 2005, 09:29
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Underwater Adventure that was codders...
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07 October 2005, 14:35
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Underwater Adventure that was codders...
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Too right - I actually started diving when I was about 8 - easy in the Red Sea though!!!
Was brought up on books like these and Jacques Cousteau - probably explains a hell of a lot.....
Always wanted to persue Marine Biology - gave up on the idea when we moved back to the UK - not quite the same as the Red Sea!!!
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07 October 2005, 14:49
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Was brought up on books like these and Jacques Cousteau - probably explains a hell of a lot.....
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I expect you have read a lot of fiction too..... 
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