My wife sat a completely full bottle of detergent on the washing machine. Needless to say, it fell off during the agitation, and we spent the better part of an hour cleaning up.
Ugh, my sister has done that for years. Always busy, but never has time to spend the 1/2 second for the last little detail. Tell her to screw the cap on. She'll respond with "I don't have time". There's time to make a flying trip to Walmart at 10:30 pm to grab another bottle of detergent. But she will run on autopilot and pour the detergent in, set the cap on the bottle, put the bottle on the washer, and run off to the next thing. Absent minded shit show.
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. My understanding is that non-power vessels always have right-of-way and the motor boat should have yielded. Rationale is that boats with motors can more easily navigate.
That said - look at all that empty water and they still ran into each other. I'm betting a little alcohol was involved.
I'm thinking the law of gross tonnage is similar to the law of biggest vehicle when riding motorcycles, you may have right of way but that F-350 diesel will still roll right over you. Common sense should apply.
Regardless of navigation in a constricted waterway, or by draft, in all practicality, there is a law of gross tonnage. If you want to stand on while fine on the bow of a steamer, go ahead.
I know they prefer you stand on and sometimes get pissy when you don't, but the fact is you don't know if they have a competent bridge or even a watch. AIS hasn't much changed that. COLREGS notwithstanding, I've had enough crossings with turd world deck officers to know better. The only ships I trust are USCG and not because I have an affinity for Coasties. I don't, but they have shown they are competent. Well, I include NOAA ships in that.
Okay captain ahab, go up against a 40,000 ton freighter and see if that can stop and turn on a dime and then you personally get to experience gross tonnage.
#4. I wonder if that's a screen shot from a video. Mylar balloons released and straight into the wires.
#8. A similar event happened on a lake in NorCal at night. A drunk powerboater ran into a sailboat at full speed. Actually, he was exceeding the speed limit in that area of the lake. The sailboat was at anchor. A woman on the sailboat was killed. The powerboater was found not guilty. The surviving man on the sailboat was blamed then charged with manslaughter.
Prosectors said the sailboat did not show the required anchor light. After it was proven an anchor light was operating, the prosecutor said it was too dim! The charge of careless & reckless against the powerboater was thrown out.
This all makes 'sense' because the powerboater was a Sheriff deputy. The local newspaper discovered the deputy and the prosecutor were good friends. I seem to recall that the prosecutor had some kind of other connection with the deputy, something like a business partnership with the deputy. That made no difference.
I'll have to disagree. Power boats are more maneuverable. Bicyclists are assholes, especially when they get into groups like the Seattle to Portland run.
Nothing to see on #10. Just working on a Ford ball joint.
ReplyDelete#2 I see Lorena Bobbitt has been at it again
ReplyDeleteDum Dum Dum...Another hyancinth bites the dust. And another one and...,
Delete#6 - at least the air coming out of that floor register is going to have a nice fragrance for a while. . . .
ReplyDeleteMy wife sat a completely full bottle of detergent on the washing machine. Needless to say, it fell off during the agitation, and we spent the better part of an hour cleaning up.
DeleteUgh, my sister has done that for years. Always busy, but never has time to spend the 1/2 second for the last little detail. Tell her to screw the cap on. She'll respond with "I don't have time". There's time to make a flying trip to Walmart at 10:30 pm to grab another bottle of detergent. But she will run on autopilot and pour the detergent in, set the cap on the bottle, put the bottle on the washer, and run off to the next thing. Absent minded shit show.
DeleteIn #8, the boat on top likely had right-of-way. The sail boat should have yielded.
ReplyDeleteErrrrm, No. Power gives way to sail, unless the law of gross tonnage applies
DeleteYou forgot the sarc indicator..
DeleteNot sure if you're being sarcastic or not. My understanding is that non-power vessels always have right-of-way and the motor boat should have yielded. Rationale is that boats with motors can more easily navigate.
DeleteThat said - look at all that empty water and they still ran into each other. I'm betting a little alcohol was involved.
I thought the slower craft has the right of way.
DeleteThey're demonstrating position #6969 which can be found in the recently updated Kama Sutra
DeleteThey are probably the only boats on the water for miles around.
DeleteAnonymous, there is no "law of gross tonnage"....
DeleteI'm thinking the law of gross tonnage is similar to the law of biggest vehicle when riding motorcycles, you may have right of way but that F-350 diesel will still roll right over you. Common sense should apply.
DeleteRegardless of navigation in a constricted waterway, or by draft, in all practicality, there is a law of gross tonnage. If you want to stand on while fine on the bow of a steamer, go ahead.
DeleteI know they prefer you stand on and sometimes get pissy when you don't, but the fact is you don't know if they have a competent bridge or even a watch. AIS hasn't much changed that. COLREGS notwithstanding, I've had enough crossings with turd world deck officers to know better. The only ships I trust are USCG and not because I have an affinity for Coasties. I don't, but they have shown they are competent. Well, I include NOAA ships in that.
Don't ask the female watch crew of the USCGC Mesquite if they're competent.
DeleteAnother example of why it's called the "Hip-Boot Navy" and how deeply they try to bury their mistakes on trout beds instead of shallow sucker beds...
Okay captain ahab, go up against a 40,000 ton freighter and see if that can stop and turn on a dime and then you personally get to experience gross tonnage.
DeleteThat happened on the Chesapeake Bay outside Annapolis, power boat found at fault.
Delete#1: That a local road in Palentine, Ohio?
ReplyDeletewhat type of trailer in #1
ReplyDelete#4 So much for the cat....
ReplyDelete#8 STARBOARD!
ReplyDelete#6
ReplyDeleteFirst sign of a poorly designed residence that was built on-the-cheap is duct vents in the floor. Buyer beware.
#8
Likely two buddies pulling an insurance scam. Too obvious.
#6 - or a home built in the 70s (like mine), or a home that's not built on a pad (also like mine).
Delete#1. That's one way to get under the wires.
ReplyDelete#4. I wonder if that's a screen shot from a video. Mylar balloons released and straight into the wires.
#8. A similar event happened on a lake in NorCal at night. A drunk powerboater ran into a sailboat at full speed. Actually, he was exceeding the speed limit in that area of the lake. The sailboat was at anchor.
A woman on the sailboat was killed. The powerboater was found not guilty. The surviving man on the sailboat was blamed then charged with manslaughter.
Prosectors said the sailboat did not show the required anchor light. After it was proven an anchor light was operating, the prosecutor said it was too dim! The charge of careless & reckless against the powerboater was thrown out.
This all makes 'sense' because the powerboater was a Sheriff deputy. The local newspaper discovered the deputy and the prosecutor were good friends. I seem to recall that the prosecutor had some kind of other connection with the deputy, something like a business partnership with the deputy. That made no difference.
Did that happen at Englebright Lake near Grass Valley, CA? If so, I only heard half of the story.
Deleteand now you know what happens after sailboats cross over OTHER BOATS FISHING LINES AND WHY A PAINT BALL GUN IS DISCHARGED TO DECORATE WHITE SAILS
ReplyDeleteI think you really don't want to go there. But, PT Barnum was right.
Delete#8 Sailboaters are bicyclists on the water.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to disagree. Power boats are more maneuverable. Bicyclists are assholes, especially when they get into groups like the Seattle to Portland run.
ReplyDeleteEvil Franklin
#9. At least they weren't full ones. Doubt anyone has the patience to pick them up, though.
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