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I ran a line boat mooring the ships at Mobil in Beaumont back in the 70s. Like you said, the supertankers cannot come into port due to their draft, which in the Neches, is/was around 40 feet max. If my memory serves me, Galveston and New Orleans could handle the drafts (approx. 80’). We actually had the Manhatten visit our grain terminal in Beaumont. She was 1000’ long with a helicopter pad and an ice breaker bow. She only received a partial load and topped off in NO. Coming up the Neches to port, all ship traffic was halted for her to pass, same when she sailed. She also had some history that I won’t get into. The supertankers would stay in deep water and off load to the shuttle tankers which would pick up their pilot and tug, navigate up river (about a 2 hour trek) to Mobil docks in Beaumont, where I would run their mooring lines to the pilings. Mobil employees handled the dock mooring. I also had to release the lines for the ships to sail. We also handled stores. Those were good times. Sorry for the memory post.

Good to know. The Sox hit our best player in the ribs today. Thankfully Alvarez is ok…..as far as I know.

Onward Christian Soldiers……need to stop this…

How long before you get over the Astros? Lol

Dude. Stop crying. Look at this…. [Hidden Content]

Abreu likes making it interesting. I’ll die saying that, but I also think he is an excellent pitcher. Lol

I’ll take a split and a sweep anytime.

Saw it, and like everyone else, did not catch it. The insert box even had the correct count and changed after the third strike. lol. Good thing it wasn’t game changing.

Chalk it up to funding the war effort. You know, getting behind and supporting your country. A small price to pay.

And they have guidelines to prevent gouging.

I stand corrected. I fixed it.

Sounded like he needed to clear his throat.

What gets me is during the Bush/Obama high gas prices, crude oil was around $140 per barrel and gas prices were almost $4.00 in our area. Now, inching closer to $4.00 for gas, crude oil is around $100 per barrel. I thought there were percentages involved. Is it inflation?

I realize that’s a national average. When factoring in California, NY, and other blue states, the price goes way up. Some people are only concerned with their cost.

Next time you hear Bernie Sander complain about oligarchs and billionaires, remember this hypocrisy….

Here’s what voter ID is all about. Does anybody remember this idiot? What a buffoon.

How many times can you reword the same post? Just copy/paste. We’ll understand.