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Here are some decent shots of the mirror maze.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n As I said before, I was really impressed. And I’m putting in this next picture because I rather like it.<\/p>\n One of the oldest … exhibits? … dating back to 1933, is about coal mining<\/a>. I’ll let that sit there, shall I?<\/p>\n They took slabs from the walls, transported them, and reassembled the mine in the museum. The first guides were the former miners, and once upon a time they’d demonstrate mining by having a go at the walls with a pickaxe. More pictures of U-505.<\/p>\n It’s worth mentioning that one of the things recovered was an Enigma machine & various code books. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Probably the Captain’s quarters. <\/p>\n Tour guide showing off one of the bunks. <\/p>\n There were apparently two toilets on the boat, but because they’d be filling every available space with supplies & consumables, only one would be accessible at the start of the voyage, and they’d eat their way to the other one.<\/p>\n “The beds at this hostel suck, and there’s no privacy, but it has really unique architecture.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Including this one because I\u00a0think<\/em> that’s me on the right.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can’t entirely make it out, but she’s got a Chicago Flag pin where the little red stars are little red Daleks.<\/p>\n This is a submarine driving simulator, where you’re controlling just the forward planes.<\/p>\n Note very serious reading of instructions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In which I try to extrapolate from\u00a0Mein Deutche Nicht Gut; Sprechen Sie English?<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0This Is The Forward Planes Operator; I Have No Idea What I’m Doing, And We Are All Going To Die<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ohhh,\u00a0that<\/em> can’t be good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ooops. <\/p>\n Fortunately, due to my innate skill, we have escaped. Teslacoil!<\/p>\n This thing is\u00a0really<\/strong> loud; First couple of time it went off while we were elsewhere in the hall, I thought it was a siren of some sort.<\/p>\n And finally, here I am playing with the MSI prototype teleporter. Here’s the beam-up\/takeoff\/whatever – You can see the next person in line getting into place behind me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the intermediate step; Unsurprisingly, it really stings, hence the expression.<\/p>\n![\"14241660_10210593028203017_7076707711339361767_o\"](\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/14241660_10210593028203017_7076707711339361767_o.jpg\")
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\nThey’ve done everything they can to make it difficult to tell Mirror from Non-Mirror. I honestly can’t tell whether that’s a hallway in front or not, and I’m not at all sure\u00a0where<\/em> the kid in the yellow shirt is.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nYou’re taken up, down, and through a coal mine; Specifically Old Ben No. 17, which they relocated from Southern Illinois.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThey don’t do that no more.<\/p>\n
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\nAt least, it’s worth it to\u00a0me<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOr maybe sixteenths, or sixty-fourths.
\nOddly, with the wood paneling, it reminded me of the hostel I was staying in at at the time.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>From memory, this was one of the better bunks, in that there was a privacy curtain. From the look of it, it’s a pretty good one, and would block the light; The ones at the Freehand Chicago were more for space exclusion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nMy Bad! That was me; Sorry.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBecause I’m clever.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not capable of remote-location to remote-location yet, so instead they go through an intermediary step.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n