On Friday, 30 June 2017 08:33:29 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:45:09 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:49:06 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:47:12 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Thursday, 29 June 2017 14:03:23 UTC-3, True North wrote:
We have two cruise ships in and a parade of rubber-neckers heading down to see the Eisenhower. Bronson and I got caught in a jamb coming back from Point Pleasant Park this morning. To add to the problem, Lr Water street is down to one lane and with trucking traffic between the two container piers etc and a zillion pedestrians...it's chocked off.
I re-traced my route and headed north on a major street closer to the west side of the peninsula.
In the old days, all the carriers would dock at pier 20 where the smaller cruise ship is so the public could board and inspect the ships. Last one to dock there was the Coral Sea as she did her farewell tour.

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On the supper hour news saw why things were so busy on the waterfront..
Not only were the rubber neckers looking at the Eisenhower, but the largest container ship in the world steamed in. These ships carry over 10,000 TCU's compared to 4000-5000 TCU's for your normal ships. Only a few ports on the Eastern Seaboard can handle them. Add to that the 'Anthem of the Seas' (biggest cruise ship to visit here at around 4000 passengers) which is now a regular visitor and I can understand all the excitement. As usual, the aircraft carrier's support ships tie up in the dockyard. The Fleet Band from this group will play in the Nova Scotia Royal International Tattoo.


That doubled the population of the town I imagine ;-)

Well...maybe the full compliment from the carrier and it's support group would add up to 6 thousand (a lot of crew were on leave) plus another 7 or 8 thousand passengers and crew on the cruise ships might come close to 3 per cent of our population.
You must have taken some math lessons from The John. ;-)

Where's the courage of your convictions, Don White?

On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 09:21:03 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

Those are figurative comments, Timmy, not literal comments. Besides,
shouldn't you be at church, helping the other elders poison the minds of
the younger generations with religious bull****?

All that religious bull**** you guys peddle and aim at kids ought to be
labeled for what it is...child abuse.

I can't wait to see Donnie's, "I whole heartedly agree with this post!"

Lack of principle, Donnie, or just too cowardly to stick up for your beliefs?


Say what?
I believe Wayne told you to knock it off. What's the matter with you?
Your days of bellowing orders and expecting people to snap to attention are long over.