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It is interesting but depressing how so many people are spring-loaded to the conspiracy position. No matter how obviously something is an accident, you mental giants instantly leap to the conclusion that it must somehow be a nefariously planned event. It’s headline news. Not gonna claim conspiracy but wtaf? Something seems off. The captain of the USS Denver ran us aground at Point Loma. We got back on track rather quickly considering they lost steering. Who knows huh. 🤷🏻♂️ Glad I’m not over there now.
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Ain't you just the wag, cra? I bet you believe in zombies. But since zombies eat brains, you are completely safe.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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You talking to me?
Lol😉
Even if you are and are implying I don’t have brains that’s fair.
But I been there and done it.
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Ain't you just the wag, cra? I bet you believe in zombies. But since zombies eat brains, you are completely safe. LOL
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I'm not a sailor. Do any of those really big ships have bow screws to aid in turning in close quarters?
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. What is "a professional sailor in the USN."? Guess you never served right? I was a career man, 25+ years not a one time enlistee. Sailing and navigation were my profession.
You get out of life what you are willing to accept. If you ain't happy, do something about it!
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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. What is "a professional sailor in the USN."? Guess you never served right? I was a career man, 25+ years not a one time enlistee. Sailing and navigation were my profession. That definitely falls under “Professional “. Good on you for carrying on the tradition of JRROTC.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.
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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. What is "a professional sailor in the USN."? Guess you never served right? I was a career man, 25+ years not a one time enlistee. Sailing and navigation were my profession. Thanks for clarifying your meaning of the term "professional" - it has undergone a major change of meaning during my lifetime.
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On Tuesday morning, the Ever Given sailed into the placid waters of the Suez Canal, the 120-mile-long link on its journey from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, as it carried thousands of tons of cargo bound for the Netherlands.
Then a dust storm hit, limiting visibility and battering ships with heavy winds, according to the Suez Canal Authority. By midmorning, the massive ship — one of the largest in the world at more than 1,300 feet long, more than twice the height of the Washington Monument — was wedged sideways across the canal.
Dozens of boats piled up into a marine traffic jam on the crucial shipping lane as tugboats and diggers tried to free the vessel. Oil prices rose Wednesday amid heightened worries over access to the canal, through which some 12 percent of global trade passes.
Limiting visibility? I’ve got a $50 gps unit on my bass boat that would have solved the visibility issue.
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Was this the same guy who captained the Costa Concordia? Or the cargo ship that ran up on Bramble Bank in the Solent? I'm not a sailor. Do any of those really big ships have bow screws to aid in turning in close quarters? They call it a bow thruster.. But I believe so There is usually a white circle painted just above the waterline near the bow if they do...
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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Limiting visibility? I’ve got a $50 gps unit on my bass boat that would have solved the visibility issue. Egyptian ship pilot's GPS said "Turn right in 1/4 mile." Bruce
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TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
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-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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Transiting 'the ditch', 2003, with the 2D Marine Expeditionary Brigade, aboard the USS Kearsearge. That's me standing far right. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/yYN2elj.jpg) How big a boy are you, Shane? 😁
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Limiting visibility? I’ve got a $50 gps unit on my bass boat that would have solved the visibility issue. Egyptian ship pilot's GPS said "Turn right in 1/4 mile." Bruce I wasn't aboard - I swear! "The Warden" has wonderful experience with GPS - until I get in the truck. 5 out of 7 times we get lost, following GPS, when I'm present. She's starting to realize why I rely on maps and a compass. 
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."
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ha!! Make a U-Turn when possible
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My grandpa was a CeeBee, he’d always say “blow it up, put some queers on it first”
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Caught some idiot on the radio talking about how a preschooler can figure square blocks and round holes. Asked if pilots have training. A unweildy ship in wind, gps would not help a slow helm. I am betting that same idiot cannot drive on ice or back a trailer.
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