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ChairmanAgnostic

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13. I sit in awe when those huge barges move around.

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 05:30 PM

Jan 2013

One time, after a particularly trying expert deposition in Ohio, I was looking for a local watering hole to replenish my rapidly fading blood alcohol level. After staring unforgivably at the beautiful waitpersonstaffgirltress I looked up to see this
REALLY GIANT SHIP
moving along the Cayahoga. This thing was HUGE! Immense! I could not see how it could fit. It's just me. Despite logging hundreds of thousands of miles flying, I still as impressed when I see a 747 take off. Regardless of whether I am inside it or not.

My jaw dropped so obviously that the waitpersonstaffgirltress could not stop giggling at my reaction.

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Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridge [View all] wtmusic Jan 2013 OP

"Nature's Way?" Are they serious? I wonder if ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #1

The width under the bridge should be constant, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #2

Sadly, the incompetence of that company also seems to be constant ... Nihil Jan 2013 #6

Not really. Assuming it is deepest in the center ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #9

The passage under a bridge is in the channel. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #10

Update...after checking map and pix HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #12

I sit in awe when those huge barges move around. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #13

Isn't a lot of the oil from N. Dakota shipped by barge? NickB79 Jan 2013 #3

That is why we need more pipe lines zeaper Jan 2013 #4

Or less oil NoOneMan Jan 2013 #5

Now, now ... Nihil Jan 2013 #7

I don't need any pipe lines. wtmusic Jan 2013 #8

If properly maintained, pipelines much safer than shipping HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #11