Oh shiat.

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Yes, I would love to submit a link.


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F: Two tankers collided near the Texas City Dike, but you couldn

That's for sure.

So what's the pic of the old man fishing for?

Fisherman don't give a shiate. And just why is he in the article, hmmmm?

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Yes, I would love to submit a link.
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I love how it pops up TWICE as you scroll down too. :D

Does this mean gas prices are going up again?

GPS, sattelite links, look outs on deck and they still collided???

Thats some fine boat driven' there Lou.....

drjekel_mrhyde: So what's the pic of the old man fishing for?

That, and the beautiful piney fjords of Channelview.

I know the original saying is "passing in the night" (I think), but what does it mean?

tampaflacouple: GPS, sattelite links, look outs on deck and they still collided???

Thats some fine boat driven' there Lou.....

Maybe they saw the dike and decided to try docking?

headline should have added, "w/ pic of what one ship, not colliding with anything, might look like"

Whiskey Dickens: I know the original saying is "passing in the night" (I think), but what does it mean?

The original is "Like two ships, passing in the night', and it means that you see each other, but can never "be together" - or you know, like two ships colliding in the night, there's someone taking on water, all hands on deck, and lots of seamen in life vests.

/subby

micah1701: headline should have added, "w/ pic of what one ship, not colliding with anything, might look like"

Original link didn't have pics of ANY ships.

Was one of them a lighthouse?

Ro_thunder: Whiskey Dickens: I know the original saying is "passing in the night" (I think), but what does it mean?

The original is "Like two ships, passing in the night', and it means that you see each other, but can never "be together" - or you know, like two ships colliding in the night, there's someone taking on water, all hands on deck, and lots of seamen in life vests.

/subby

Thanks for the explanation! I'm not sure why "at night" is important though, as ships also don't come together during the day either...

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tampaflacouple: GPS, sattelite links, look outs on deck and they still collided???

Thats some fine boat driven' there Lou.....

They must have been playing the Texas Chicken, and didn't give the hard a' starboard order until it was too late.

Andrea Doria unavailable for comment, possibly suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

How are we gonna explain this one to the insurance company?

Didja ever wonder why people do that dance on the sidewalk when one person can't keep to the right? It's like that...

Maybe the other vessel was a tanker but the HARVEST SUN (pictured) is not.

This is the normal, routine biweekly Houston Ship Channel Collision - this is like trying not to hit someone crossing the Grand Central waiting room at 5:30, sooner or later...

And no amount of electronic gizmo will stop it.

My solution : (scroll or search for LIPARUS) Link (new window)

LordOfThePings: F: Two tankers collided near the Texas City Dike, but you couldn

That's for sure.

You can say that again!

Get Lost: Fisherman don't give a shiate. And just why is he in the article, hmmmm?
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Gotta love the caption for that:

"Two tankers collided near the Texas City Dike, but you couldn"

oblig - Houston Ship Channel Night Run
Link (new window)

Captain of ship #1: "Hey! You made me spill that mickey all over myself! When are you gonna learn to signal!" *shakes fist out window*

Captain of ship #2: "ZZZzzzzzz!" *snort* What?"

At least they didn't run aground or ram a oil platform. . .

Ro_thunder: Whiskey Dickens: I know the original saying is "passing in the night" (I think), but what does it mean?

The original is "Like two ships, passing in the night', and it means that you see each other, but can never "be together" - or you know, like two ships colliding in the night, there's someone taking on water, all hands on deck, and lots of seamen in life vests.

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So its not like the Barry Manilo song?