Who Wants to Loan Me $1.5 Mil so I Can Have My Own Missle Base?

[NWFlyer 2]

Please? My birthday's coming up ... y'all could take up a collection.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[ladydyver 0]

I will check with doc and see if he will spot you the cash

DPH # 2
"I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~
I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc!

[ryoder 1,590]

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Please? My birthday's coming up ... y'all could take up a collection.

I've seen those on the market quite a few times over the last 10 years. I've always though it would be hilarious to see some survivalist group buy one of those and then get into a standoff with the FBI or BATF. Bet it would be quite different from Waco.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[johndh1 0]

Assuming a 7% return, that's just over $100K a year interest - wouldn't you rather have that instead?

I mean, you could have like the biggest trailer at Z-hills, with a diesel Jetta, an annual trip to the mountains and the islands, and a Yorkie named Mr. Sprinkles!

If that's not Heaven-on-Earth, I don't know what is.

Roll Tide Roll

[godfrog 2]

yeah! get it! I'm all for it, what a dropzone that would make.... 3-5 second rides to 50,000 ft. wow what a rush, it'd be funner going up then coming back down, now thats a ride...set marshmallows around the rim of the silo...whooohoooo!!!!

Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward

[Amazon 7]

Uh.. lets see,, no missles go with the deal.. not that you would really want a stinky ole Titan anyway... the fuel was pretty toxic...

And even though the 949 area code of the broker dude is in CA I will bet you.. its out there in Flyover land... which is a good thing most of this would be underground.. you dont have to worry as much as the yocals about what the next tornado does to your house.

[PhreeZone 20]

I saw one of those HGTV specials on one of these that someone had converted one of the silos into a home. Really cool project.

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

[warpedskydiver 0]

Those are very nice properties, I checked out a commo bunker that had 150k feet of living space.

The blast doors and defensable perimeter were nice ammenities.

[Tonto 1]

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someone had converted one of the silos

I was thinking "Indoor climbing gym" when I read they were 50m high.
As for the mearly 60 acres, that's pretty cool too. I think I would want all the external buildings removed though, and have a drive in garage/lift system.

I'd imagine they'd be pretty hard to burgle too. (Thinking as a South African..)

Must admit, if I had a cult or was a crime lord, or a terrorist.. it would be high on my buying list. No stinking "they burned themselves to the ground" there... he he..

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It's the year of the Pig.

[PLFXpert 0]

I love HGTV.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[dbattman 0]

Congratulations- you've just bought a Superfund site.

[leroydb 0]

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Three - 160' Tall Missile Silos

wooo hooo... could have fun with that

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[NWFlyer 2]

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And even though the 949 area code of the broker dude is in CA I will bet you.. its out there in Flyover land... which is a good thing most of this would be underground.. you dont have to worry as much as the yocals about what the next tornado does to your house.

Actually, it's just on the other side of the mountains, between Moses Lake and Ritzville. How convenient would that be once West Plains moves to Ritzville? I first read about it on here and I figure he's got a point ... if I do have 1.5 mil do I really want an overpriced house on Queen Anne? Or my own missle base?!!

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Jumpervint 0]

It'll be just down the road from the new dz at Ritzville!

Vint

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"Make it hard again." Doc Ed

“A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

[NWFlyer 2]

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It'll be just down the road from the new dz at Ritzville!

Vint

I'm sure I'd have plenty of space for wayward skydivers to crash. And if they're obnoxious guests ... into an underground bunker. Without a key.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[turtlespeed 226]

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It'll be just down the road from the new dz at Ritzville!

Vint

I'm sure I'd have plenty of space for wayward skydivers to crash. And if they're obnoxious guests ... into an underground bunker. Without a key.

You could have your own little PCA syatem hooked up on the top and when yu come home from work, you just BASE on home.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[mnealtx 0]

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You could have your own little PCA syatem hooked up on the top and when yu come home from work, you just BASE on home.

Just make sure it's a flat circular...no room for a square!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[DSE 5]

I'd rather have this one as it's already got a runway, hangar, and ready to go as a DZ if the area would support it. If not, just a great fly-in home with a huge underground storage area.

[Jumpervint 0]

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It'll be just down the road from the new dz at Ritzville!

Vint

I'm sure I'd have plenty of space for wayward skydivers to crash. And if they're obnoxious guests ... into an underground bunker. Without a key.

Thank God you didn't use wayward skydivers and obnoxious guests in the same sentence. We know that would never happen.

Vint

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"Make it hard again." Doc Ed

“A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis

[happythoughts 0]

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Three - 160' Tall Missile Silos

wooo hooo... could have fun with that

Plenty of shelf space.

"Let's see... I could put up 123 shelves. I could put the plants on the top, that should keep them away from the cats."

[Remster 30]

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I'd rather have this one as it's already got a runway, hangar, and ready to go as a DZ if the area would support it. If not, just a great fly-in home with a huge underground storage area.

I'm thinking one major wine cellar!:

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SILO

Silo climate constant/approx. 58 degree earth ambient temperature. 52' diameter x 178' deep / 9 floor steel superstructure. Entire steel superstructure hangs from gigantic spring suspension system designed to absorb shock of a direct nuclear hit. Unlimited possibilities!

Remster

[jose9878 0]

When I was a kid we sneaked into this site several times. The blast doors are opened about a foot and a half, enough to squeeze through. This site has steel stairs leading from the blast doors in. A hole was knocked out of the top of the dome to remove the generators. It's pretty cool looking up at the stars from inside the dome. Much of the steel was also removed making it easy to fall if your not paying attention when walking around above or below ground. I wouldn't recommend walking around at night without lights....there's huge drop offs in several places. Many of the local Kids (Moses Lake, Warden, Othello, Lind, Ritzville, Odessa) snuck in there when it was government property. It's full of old beer cans & graffiti. There's another site 3 miles south of Warden just past the cemetary. When building the sites they had problems at some with water seaping in. The Warden site is full of water & the blast doors are either fully closed or fully opened making it hard to get in unless you have rappelling equipment. Theres a third site outside of Royal City but I don't know much about that site. The Titan II missiles that went in the sites were obsolete before they even finished building the sites.