NS-1 Strasser as the Seydlitz

The Seydiltz was a German battlecruiser that fought-and almost died - @ the Battle of Jutland. It was part of the battle cruiser fleet that was constattly in the most heavily engaged parts of the battle. In addition trading salvos during the whole of both The Run to the North and The Run to the South, Seydiltz also took part in the Death ride of the Battlecruisers. This was the part of the battle where it seemed that the entire English fleet was justa bout to cut off the entire German fleet - a stunning victory for the English apparent- when Lutzow sent his battered battlecruisers desperately against the whole of the English battleline -just then finding the range and running disaster out of their barrels all over the German line. However, this unexpected move byt he Germans spooked the English, thus allowing thre slower German battleships to skulk off into the growing smoke and gloom).

The Seydiltz wasn't just heavily hit, it was battered beyond belief- but not so battered that it was beyond saving. Hit by 22 giant HE shells, the ship itself was strewn all over itself. Down by the bows, it had to be - I mite be wrong on this, since this has happened a lot over the years- towed backwards into port. And before it even got into port to be drydocked, it had to be beached so it didn't sink. Now, in these days - or even 20 years later - the ship would have been a sitting duck for an airstrike. But since in 1916 the biggest things in the air were Peter Strassers zepplins, attack from air was generally not an optiion. The Germans were allowed to repair the ship and get it back into the fleet. Expensive? Yes.

But probably not as expensive to fix as my car NS-1 Strasser

- I'm too embarressed to even write just howmuch $$ i'm pouring into the goddamn car. That damage that i got avoiding a suddenlyswervinginfrontofme car two weeks ago has turned into a bill that is slightly less than ......... i'm too angry to write anything clever....... But the total bills - whicvh also include two new tyres, wiper repair, and etc etc comes almost to half of what i paid for the car.

Fuck.

I called jackson and Gf to see if I shoiuld even bother and instead just get a new car. If I was to do this next week - when I have vacation - I mita just scuttled the Strasser forever - fuck my brave declaration that this is the last car I will ever buy etc. With new Nissans under $10,000?

But, misguided loyalty led me to drydocking the car one last time and biting the bullet w/ this astronomical cost (really - beside education and the Strasser itself, these repairs represent the most $ o've ever spent on anything.

And i'd just put $400=into it too soon ago.