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nootz
    
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
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<Reply # 60 on 12/24/2007 8:16 PM >
|  | | | Well, the best way to not be heard is to take your shoes off (depending on floor conditions). I just don't walk flat on my foot, I roll my foot.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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Blackbird
 
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 61 on 12/25/2007 10:17 PM >
| | | | | Well, the best way to not be heard is to take your shoes off (depending on floor conditions). I just don't walk flat on my foot, I roll my foot. |
Exactly, I do that and I'm pretty quite even in my combat boots.
My old man and I were thinking about the new sewage treatment plant by the dockyard, does anyone think I could get clearance to look around (of course with someone "holding my hand" the whole way)? It might be possible since they haven't got it running yet, but afterwards it will most likely be out of the question entirely. Frankly I don't think it's possible even now 
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 62 on 12/26/2007 12:33 AM >
| | | | Just make sure you have a professional "looking" camera (not a cheap digital) and say that you're doing an article for your school paper. Even if you're not in school.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 63 on 12/26/2007 4:15 AM >
| | | | | Just make sure you have a professional "looking" camera (not a cheap digital) |
Now there's the sticking point; my only really professional camera is an 35mm Soviet Zenit from the '70s. I've been looking at a Canon Rebel XTi but I won't get it in time to do this.
Anyone know of other places that could do for a decent exploration?
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 65 on 12/26/2007 10:42 PM >
| | | | | I'm going to go the 'historical research' route if I'm ever approached. Camera + notes = must be researching/harmless. lol |
Wear neatly pressed work pants and shirt, a pair of boots, and hard hat with no stickers or other shite on it (you need to look important and official). Put the notes on a clipboard too.
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 66 on 12/27/2007 10:57 AM >
| | | | Well, if it helps us any, I just sent an email to the Gypsum Wharf owner (using my father's email account) to see if I can get some close-up shots of the boat. This was more of a curiosity attempt to see if they'll agree.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
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Samurai
 
Vehicular Lord Rick
location:
northeastern New York
No matter where you go, there you are...
| | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 69 on 1/1/2008 7:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by tribeachpunk
Old news.
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not even a titter?
a chuckle?
a chortle?
a snicker even?
eh, i thought you guys would appreciate it.
happy new year anyways.
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 71 on 1/2/2008 10:50 AM >
| | | | It was the first time I saw that video, and I didn't find it very funny...nor informing.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 72 on 1/2/2008 9:11 PM >
| | | | | It was the first time I saw that video, and I didn't find it very funny...nor informing. |
Agreed.
Does anyone know about that old power plant near the historic properties? It's right on the waterfront, follow the boardwalk towards the mouth of the harbor, I think it may be on Terminal Road.
My father seems to think they used it for a film studio a little while ago, there might be a way to get in (or at least to some of the platforms part way up the building).
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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darbycrashin
Noble Donor
location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
| | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 73 on 1/3/2008 1:04 AM >
| | | | It's a film studio.. still active.
EDIT: my mistake NS Power didn't let them stay, they were out by the end of Nov... rediculous.. I don't think it's a good idea to hit it yet though..
Moirs will also be available soon, once they sell off some of the equipment..
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hfx_chris
location:
Dartmouth, NS
Gender: Male
| | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 74 on 1/3/2008 4:03 AM >
| | | | The studio, by the way, was called Electropolis.
They used to screen films outdoors there during the summer. It's a shame it's no longer operating. Would be awesome to have a look around inside, buildings like those fascinate me.
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Trevzilla
location:
St. John's, Newfoundland
Gender: Male
To hell with purple people....unless they're suffocating, Help Them!
| | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 75 on 1/3/2008 6:54 AM >
| | | | Heya folks,
Been reading your thread, and I was wondering if any of you knew the story on this boat you're looking at. Chances are that if its been abandoned for awhile that anything valuable has probably been taken off by the company that owns it, and they're no longer paying somebody to stay on board and watch it.
I'll agree that most boat owners do lock there boats, but on something this large and commercial, the owner has very little to do with the actual boat. There's probably a 50% chance that the Captain even bothered to make sure it was locked before he left. Even if he did, ships are fitted with emergency escape hatches in various places, and it is pretty uncommon for them to have a locking mechanism, let alone be locked.
From reading the thread it sounds like a rusty old foreign owned beast that more than likely has several ways in. Your biggest problem would be getting to it, but people don't bother looking out the windows of their homes anymore...especially during hours when they should be sleeping.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 76 on 1/3/2008 10:57 PM >
| | | | It is a neglected refugee boat that has been sitting at the end of a wharf for the past ten years or so; therefore I dought they really care about it that much. At least not enough to put a watchman and security systems on board.
And thanks to sonikgirl and hfx_chris for the info on the studio.
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Any Good Areas Around Halifax?
<Reply # 78 on 1/3/2008 11:45 PM >
| | | | I got an email back from the Gypsum Wharf in HRM, it doesn't belong to them, it belongs to Ultramar Canada. So I'm gonna keep poking, see what I can come up with. So the wharf is privately owned.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
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Trevzilla
location:
St. John's, Newfoundland
Gender: Male
To hell with purple people....unless they're suffocating, Help Them!
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<Reply # 79 on 1/4/2008 3:25 AM >
| | | | Especially as a refugee boat, I doubt there will be any trouble getting on board and having free reign over everything. Especially if its owned by Ultramar, where they would have to pay about $20 an hour for security on board, I don't think you guys will run into anybody.
You're only as young as who you feel! |
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