Hey Andy - nice teaser there..

Post #32,657 by Ashton 3/18/02 6:42:36 PM Reply	Hey Andy - nice teaser there.. Now, what knowest thou re Herr Diesel's one-way trip? Never heard that story. Was that the 'end' or just the incarceration? Gossip: the daily activity of homo-sap, in between and during wars.
Post #32,682 by Andrew Grygus 3/18/02 10:30:39 PM Reply	Body found floating days later. In 1913 he had just sold the idea of using diesel engines for submarines to the French navy and was on his way to sell the idea to the British navy. British newspapers blamed it on the French, but no evidence was ever found, and many think it was suicide (he had a history of depressions). I reject the suicide theory entirely because conspiracy theories are much more fun. Lacking a suicide note there is no direct evidence for suicide. On the other hand, he was known to be friendly to the French, Brittish and Americans, and the German navy was going gung-ho for diesel uboats. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #32,704 by CRConrad 3/19/02 4:30:56 AM Reply	I was going to comment, but forgot... ...as I decided to sweep most of my comments into a single post, in stead of replying separately to you, Tony, and so on. Just FWIW, this was the first I'd ever heard of this particular conspiracy theory; I'd say the suicide story, the only one I'd ever heard/read before, is the canonical version. But, hey, it doesn't even look all that improbable -- I'd always wondered why the heck he'd go and do that for. So, I see you didn't rise to my (counter-)bait about soot? Or is it just that you haven't, _yet_...? :-) Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]

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