Good morning!!!!

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good morning all
Whoa.....what news this morning, one of the main bridges in Baltimore harbor knocked down by a huge ship.
I went over that bridge in the rv last year...
news will be coming out if there were any vehicles lost on the bridge; they said multiple people in water.
I think that captain will now be delivering newspapers for a job.
the financial loss on this will run in hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Saw that on the news. What a tragedy.

Contrast they way the Baltimore bridge looked compared to this bridge. But they are both subject to greater forces.

 

[two_bit_score]

Took Zoe to the vet yesterday, while we were in the waiting room, she saw a dog that she wanted to meet, and pulled me so hard that my feet and the rug that I was standing on went out from under me. I landed on the quarry tile floor on my back. Wife was impressed that I neither hit my head, or let go of the leash. Of course, Zoe turned around and licked my head and cleaned my ears while I was down. Fortunately, no bruises or soreness today.

Sounds like you were very blessed to not incur injury. You've been living right!

 

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I am now officially a law-breaking scofflaw.

Welcome to the club. Now where is the hideout again?

 

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Drew and Dennis, according to the news the container ship list all of its propulsion!
Prayers to all the people that dropped 135 ft into frigid waters !

I saw a video where the lights on the ship went out on two occasions when near the bridge then as it crosssed under the bridge the bridge collapsed. Looked very suspicious to me. I'm sure some interesting stotry will come out.

So I’m sure you all remember my comedy of events at the urologist! So their office calls me yesterday to tell me I have a urinary infection ! UTI, and they prescribed a antibiotic! Started yesterday and already I’m feeling relief ! So we shall see !

Glad to hear you are feeling better. Get Well Soon!

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Afternoon! Another Beautiful Day To Enjoy!

The bridge collapse reminds us how fragile life is. The people who plunged into the river sure didn't expect that when they started out this morning. We have to be prepared for eternity at any moment.

Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful day. Praying for those who were involved in the bridge collapse and their families and our Nation!

 

[LouNY]

I saw a video where the lights on the ship went out on two occasions when near the bridge then as it crosssed under the bridge the bridge collapsed. Looked very suspicious to me. I'm sure some interesting stotry will come out.


Glad to hear you are feeling better. Get Well Soon!

I watched a video earlier this morning that had commentary about the accident and watched the video I can't find that video now. It was a simple and somewhat factual account of what he could see happening on the video. The ship losing power, then regaining power then the coal plume coming up out of the stack as she is reversed at apparently full power, he also had some tracking video showing the boat reducing speed in the few seconds prior to impact and that the port anchor had been released. The tracking video was some public view of shipping almost like the aircraft tracking software available. Then the moment of impact with the piling on the edge of the channel.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

What I have found is that they mix the terms in a confusing (maybe misleading) way. You get credit for gas purchases IF you use a Costco credit card for gas purchases. But you do not get credit for gas purchases toward the yearly membership rebate.

They also advertise that they will refund your cost of the Executive level membership if you don't get at least that much back in membership rebates. That has strings attached too. Read the fine print. They are careful to make it sound better than it actually is. At, least that has been my experience so far.

I did renew my Costco membership recently and think there is still some value in it.

I got over $350 back from the CC rebate, and $117 from the membership rebate. So spent $120 and got $467 in rebates.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Afternoon! Another Beautiful Day To Enjoy!

The bridge collapse reminds us how fragile life is. The people who plunged into the river sure didn't expect that when they started out this morning. We have to be prepared for eternity at any moment.

Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful day. Praying for those who were involved in the bridge collapse and their families and our Nation!

Also reminded me how fragile our infrastructure is.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That would be disturbing to a person who is starting a new job they want to get started on the right foot with. I hope he made it to the right place on time and without problems. Most likely they would understand that the instructions were confusing if he was late but......Hope it all goes good!

He got to the location he went to monday on time, his POC was in a meeting. He found out about an hour later he was to go to the other location, so got there late. My understanding is he is shadowing this week, and he starts training next week. They did send someone to meet him there and to show him where to go. I have worked in the building, so I knew he couldn't just show up at the door and have someone know where he was supposed to be. It's a very confusing building as it is, and parking isn't close. He was lucky to find 1 spot open to park in.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I saw a video where the lights on the ship went out on two occasions when near the bridge then as it crosssed under the bridge the bridge collapsed. Looked very suspicious to me. I'm sure some interesting stotry will come out.


Glad to hear you are feeling better. Get Well Soon!

The first video I posted, they left that part out. When I saw the longer youtube version it showed the ship losing power a couple times.