Gilligan's Isle for sale

[Dis]

you'd have a hell of a time finding that thing without GPS.

no electricity, no water, no food, and most importantly: no women. Oh yes- paradise.

[Colonâ„¢]

Does the US cede sovereignty over it? Maybe those folks from Sealand can buy it. (doin da imperialism thang ya know)

[Dis]

I still don't know why sealand doesn't get hit by pirates more often.

[Immortal Wombat]

Mostly because there's nothing of worth to loot. And Sealand has fairly liberal gun-ownership laws. And it is essential a massive floating fortress. It would be like looting Alcatraz.

[DanS]

Nope. Still part of the US. Although you do get your very own CIA World Factbook entry...

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jq.html

[Immortal Wombat]

Actually, the best thing to do with it would be to keep it until the US goes to war with China or the PRK, and then sell it back as an airbase at twice the price you bought it for.

[The Mad Monk]

Wasn't there a pretty important early WWII battle there?

I remember something about holding off a small Japanese battle group with a half dozen 5 inch guns and some coconuts...

[DanS]

I don't know how important it was, but the Japanese did shell the islands.

[The Mad Monk]

Nevermind, I was thinking Wake Island.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DanS
Nope. Still part of the US. Although you do get your very own CIA World Factbook entry...

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications...k/geos/jq.html

They ripped off my idea. I managed to get half a fake CIA factbook entry for sealand done about 2 years ago. Got bored with it though...

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Dissident
and I opened this thread looking for hot pictures of mary-ann.

She's one of the few celebrities from my state

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Actually, the best thing to do with it would be to keep it until the US goes to war with China or the PRK, and then sell it back as an airbase at twice the price you bought it for.

Isn't it the DPRK?

[Zkribbler]

It's an unincorporated territory, which means no state law.

I say put in a hotel and casino. You're just 1 1/2 hours from Honolulu by jet.

Put in a shooting range and you'll pull in gun-happy Japanese tourists by the thousands.

And a clothing-optional beach for Americans.

[Frankychan]

i'm down. if we all pool our money we'd come up with, what?

A $1.25? $1.40? That should be enough. I get dibs on the bathroom tho...

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Gilligan's Isle for sale

Originally posted by DanS
The US federal government is selling Johnston Atoll, the deserted island whose claim to fame is that it was where the US military stored chemical weapons, tested nuclear weapons, and launched experimental rockets.

625.81 acres. 717 nm southwest of Honolulu. A 10,000 foot runway suitable for landing 747s. No water. All US government building have been dismantled. The golf course is abandoned. Paved roads are in unknown condition.

http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/Property/PropforSale/ShowProperty.ASP?PropertyID=1273

Would you bid for it? I might put in a bid on a lark. If I were to win, what should I do with it?

I would try to make permanent structures that would exist just fine without being visited too much, but which would be "ready to go" when my chartered boat or airplane leaves me and any work crew off. I'm thinking I would need lots of cisterns to gather fresh water. Concrete and steal structures able to withstand the weather and last forever. Solar energy would be the way to go. Satellite connection to the net, etc.

And you have at least two endangered species there and development restrictions due to the hazardous materials stored there.