Make drugs not war

March 20, 2003 5:29 PM

Why would you purchase a former missile base? To manufacter LSD, of course.
posted by jdaura (16 comments total)

Same missile base in both links, by the way.
posted by jdaura at 5:31 PM on March 20, 2003

mmmm...LSDelicious....

(sorry, MeFreaks; my only consolation today is food)
posted by gsalad at 5:44 PM on March 20, 2003

I want a missle base! I promise not to make LSD...I just have always wanted my own missle silo.
posted by dejah420 at 5:48 PM on March 20, 2003

darn post button...

As to the LSD story...I love the neighbors, no?

Lorena Carlson said she had friends who would take evening walks past the gate and up the roadway toward the complex. But those on the grounds told her friends to leave.

"It just didn't make sense," she said. "They acted like something was wrong. They wouldn't let you in."

Hell, people with land are not under any obligation to let nosy neighbors come stomping around the place, anymore than suburbanites are under any obligation to let their neighbors in to inspect the handtowels. Why on earth would this woman think that property owners should allow her egress to their land?
posted by dejah420 at 5:52 PM on March 20, 2003

dejah420, people also aren't legally required to be friendly or introduce themselves to their neighbors, but in some parts of the world it's considered odd not to. In other places, of course, it's considered strange to be too friendly.

also, I think you meant "ingress". Property owners are generally required to allow egress.
posted by hattifattener at 6:08 PM on March 20, 2003

These missile silos - are there any more available? Do they have mains water supplies or will I have to purchase a tank? Enquiring minds need to know.
posted by Jimbob at 6:20 PM on March 20, 2003

The New York one is the best - private airfield, nice wilderness location, and 20,000 sq ft of empty underground space to conduct your evil operations. Although the Colorado one is cool too - an entire underground *base*, not just one silo.
posted by Spacelegoman at 6:24 PM on March 20, 2003

Screw that lame-o missile silo, this is the hot shit: right here. its perfect! i could fill one floor with Sun kit, the next floor would hold all my Crays and one floor would have to be a dedicated theater.

now all i need is a cape, an evil maniac laugh and an army of robots to smite my enemies.
posted by shadow45 at 7:18 PM on March 20, 2003

but in some parts of the world it's considered odd not to [be friendly].

I'm guessing that, once you've gone so far as to move into a missile silo, the assumption ought to be that you're not going to want a lot of drop-in visitors.

(Some of these do look kind of nifty, though, if you could solve the lack-of-windows problem somehow...)
posted by ook at 7:20 PM on March 20, 2003

in some parts of the world denying egress is called kidnapping.
posted by quonsar at 7:55 PM on March 20, 2003

more on these guys Can't find a link to the Rolling Stone article, but it's a good story.
posted by Domain Master 666 at 8:37 PM on March 20, 2003

more on these guys
posted by jdaura at 8:57 PM on March 20, 2003

Sounds like everyone involved is pretty sleazy.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:15 PM on March 20, 2003

I'm from Kansas. It's not Sweden- we are generally as uptight about property as anyone else. So I agree- this neighbor is really pretty stupid to expect that it would be all right to trepass...
posted by drstrangelove at 9:22 PM on March 20, 2003

Reminds me of the Diefenbunker, a Cold War-era nuke shelter in Alberta that entrepeneur Loren Wiberg of Innisfail wanted to turn into a giant medical pot growing operation. Sadly, in spite of the support of then-Canadian Alliance and federal Opposition leader Stockwell Day*, it was not to be.

*Yep, that's right, our version of the religious right, led by a man who honestly believed man walked the earth with dinosaurs because the Bible said so, actually supported medical marijuana. Jealous?
posted by arto at 1:35 AM on March 21, 2003

also, I think you meant "ingress". Property owners are generally required to allow egress.

Yep...that's what I meant. ;)
posted by dejah420 at 7:51 PM on March 21, 2003