griff wrote:

footfootfoot wrote:

A friend of mine was fired from a jobsite because the homeowner overheard him use the word "niggardly" and was affronted that a mere tradesman had a bigger vocabulary than her. Or she thought he was being racist.

either way...
Makes you wonder how folks so dumb can collect enough nuts to hire the knowledgeable.

Sometimes they marry into it.
 

"Cheap"  I bet you like that better.

Last edited by fargon (3/29/2022 7:11 pm)

tw wrote:

 Meanwhile the Ever Forever has been stuck in a Baltimore shipping channel for many weeks now.
 

  Looks like six tug boats from multiple companies (including at least one from NYC) are collecting around the Ever Forever.  Maybe to pull it at least a thousand feet from a mud bank.

These container ships are so massive that unloading containers (to lighten its load) apparently is not an option.   Two dredgers have been working for over a month.  Apparently dredging an exit channel depth enough.  Curiously in both a north and south direction.
 

Are we talking about the Ever Forward, perhaps?  Because it is stuck  just outside Baltimore harbor.  Also.  Maybe?

glatt wrote:

I would be curious to know where, exactly it is stuck.

Baltimore has two channels out of the harbor into Chesapeake Bay.   Southern channel has a 20 degree turn just outside the harbor.  For reasons unknown, the ship did not turn somewhere near buoy 16.  Noted was that most ships slow to 10 knots at this turn.  Instead the Ever Forward was doing 13 knots - for reasons not yet disclosed.

It then drove a long way into a mud bank that is in 24 feet of water.

Due to the Panama Canal, this channel was deepened and widened in the past ten years.

Ships often take on a pilot who is familiar with everything in that harbor.  Apparently Ever Forward had a pilot on board.  Meaning that Evergreen should not be responsible for these expenses.  Should does not mean 'will not'.

Tides will do little to assist its liberation since tides in that region vary only two feet.
 

Last edited by tw (3/31/2022 9:00 am)

Are two Evergreen ships stuck in the Baltimore harbor area, or just the one, the Ever Forward?  Is the Ever Forever stuck there also?

They intended to unload 5000 containers.  But apparently only unloaded 500.  Did not want to miss a full moon tide.  This time they dredged alongside the starboard.   Then slid Ever Forward off a mud bank into a deeper hole.

Still not reported: why it did not make a 20 degree right turn.

And then there's this:

Parks officials in a Kentucky county are warning visitors to be cautious after a man fishing in a pond reported spotting an alligator

This Butt Plug Will Allow Toyota To Build 900-Mile EVs

2 passenger planes hit over 800 mph on recent flights due to strong winds. That's over 200 mph more than a typical plane ride.

To be in prison in the first place, he has demonstrated that he doesn't always make responsible choices.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

 Nobody could be dumb enough to think for a moment they could get
away with hijacking a probably half million dollar truck with a 2+ million dollar load and drive it some distance
and not get caught.  

Simply remember Charlottesville VA   or  6 Jan in Washington to appreciate so many adults who do not think in an adult manner.  Brain of the child (sometimes called the reptilian brain) is doing all thinking.  Intelligent though is too hard and undesired.

Psychology that even explains why so many in 1930 Germany or 1994 Rwanda were doing so much good.  Their emotions (the brain of a child) were making all decisions.  Same mentality is also found in Trump rallies where his advocacy of hate make him popular.  For the same reason a child on a playground loves praises a bully.  In every case, the adult brain is not in control.  Also called "impulse control, somewhat lacking".



 

Last edited by tw (2/23/2024 2:49 pm)

After this five minute crime spree:
“I am extremely proud of the officer and deputy involved in this investigation,” said Wilcox police chief Dale Hadfield