Uncatagorized.....things we see....

[Bill]

First time I've ever seen a snow/sand man. Or a Christmas tree and snow on the beech.

 

[Foggy47]

Paid $2.09 / gallon for gas today. With the Venzuala situation changing.....and week after week good coming thru.....I'm gonna bet it goes under $2 before long. Promises made / Promises kept MAGA Donald.

 

[Kdog]

I made a turn and burn trip up to Indiana last week and was buying it for $2.22 or less north of TN. Just paid $2.22 today right up the street from the house, but most are in the $2.50 range.

 

[Turkey Creek]

$2.15 at our local Sam's Club. I would be happy to see it under $2

 

[Foggy47]

$2.15 at our local Sam's Club. I would be happy to see it under $2

one problem today is that there is now about $.56 in taxes on a gallon of gas. Pretty hard to get the prices super low....one would think.

 

[Telemark]

$2.09 several places along the interstate in Ohio.

I think the low prices are because of Saudi Arabia, not Venezuela. But if we can start getting Venezuelan oil over to US refineries, it would be a good mix for the light sweet shale oil, and we could potentially see cheap gas in North America for a decade or more.

The last time I filled my tank in Venezuela, it cost me less than a dollar, but that was about 20 years ago.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

Christmas trees on the beach are really pretty common.
Some places they collect them and put them on (in) the dunes to theoretically help with erosion.
Whether it helps or not, I couldn't say. But it makes people feel like they're helping and that's what's important.

 

[Bill]

Christmas trees on the beach are really pretty common.
Some places they collect them and put them on (in) the dunes to theoretically help with erosion.
Whether it helps or not, I couldn't say. But it makes people feel like they're helping and that's what's important.

Yeah different. Those after Christmas trees go in the dunes behind the beach. Sand blows in and collects. Been involved in those operations I live at the beach. Never seen a decorated tree in the sand. But thanks.

 

[Bill]

Coldest spell in the North East I've seen in a minute.

Back bay Cape May NJ.



US Coastguard station Cape May Harbor. The clippers are in water and can get out.




Delaware bay about 2 miles before it meets the ocean. That hunk of concrete is what's left of the concrete ship the SS Atlantus. Broke free from its mooring in 1923 and ran aground they couldn't get it out because it was to heavy.



What it looked like after breaking in half way back when.

 

[hillrunner]

Coldest spell in the North East I've seen in a minute.

Back bay Cape May NJ.

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US Coastguard station Cape May Harbor. The clippers are in water and can get out.

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Delaware bay about 2 miles before it meets the ocean. That hunk of concrete is what's left of the concrete ship the SS Atlantus. Broke free from its mooring in 1923 and ran aground they couldn't get it out because it was to heavy.

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What it looked like after breaking in half way back when.

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Thanks, things i never see in the Midwest.
Those concrete ships are interesting. It's still hard for me to understand how they can flex enough but they worked. I wonder what a torpedo would have done to one.

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

What type of cargo did they haul on that type of ship?

 

[Bill]

What type of cargo did they haul on that type of ship?

I guess my 1923 date was off. A search says 1926.

The S. S. Atlantus is probably the most famous concrete ship. She was built by the Liberty Ship Building Company in Brunswick, Georgia and launched on December 5, 1918 and was the second concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet.
The war had ended a month earlier, but the Atlantus was used to transport American troops back home from Europe and also to transport coal in New England. In 1920, the ship was retired to a salvage yard in Virginia.

In 1926, the Atlantus was purchased by Colonel Jesse Rosenfeld to be used as ferry dock in Cape May, New Jersey for a proposed ferry between Cape May and Cape Henlopen, DE. The plan was to dig a channel into to the shore where the Atlantus would be placed. Two other concrete ships would be purchased to form a Y-shape where the ferry would dock.

In March 1926, the groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the construction of the ferry dock. The Atlantus was repaired and towed to Cape May. On June 8th, a storm hit and the ship broke free of her moorings and ran aground 150 feet off the coast of Sunset Beach. Several attempts were made to free the ship, but none were successful.

 

[bwoods11]

Took these pics on the edge of Deadwood, South Dakota yesterday.

 

[Foggy47]

You get on this airplane....and they allow open seating. Which seat would you pick?

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

If anyone says anything other than 1d, I have real questions

 

[jsasker007]

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You get on this airplane....and they allow open seating. Which seat would you pick?

I'll take 4C and hope just some of his brilliance rubs off. Also maybe get a heads up for my portfolio.

 

[Brian662]

If anyone says anything other than 1d, I have real questions

 

[Sugar*Land*]

If anyone says anything other than 1d, I have real questions

Kardashian I can’t tell who the other one is!

 

[jsasker007]

Kardashian I can’t tell who the other one is!

100%.

 

[TreeDaddy]

If anyone says anything other than 1d, I have real questions

Ya think!?!??!!!!!

bill