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Back in those days, to load the grain ship, she had to be maneuvered back and forth to level out the grain. The bow and stern mooring lines had to be loosened and tightened to move the ship to and fro. I had nothing to do with their mooring as Continental Grain Elevator was separate from Mobil, but they were next door and we were able to watch. They probably have better loading procedures today, but that’s how it was done in the olden days. Lol. Some of the smaller tankers that were not Mobil owned, had much smaller mooring lines. Their ropes were about 2” diameter and we called them “kite stringers”. Some ships had bow thrusters and were able to dock using just one tug. Bow thruster was a propeller located in the bow that moved the ship port or starboard. Only dealt with one of those. Mobil ships had 4” ropes for mooring. On the bow and stern, the ropes were accompanied with 1” cables. Had a special hook for the cables called pelican hooks. The ropes went in a simple hook because we were able to lift the rope out of the hook to sail. The pelican hook was specially designed to handle the weight of the cable and a release that would allow disengagement. All mobil ships coming in to dock had to pass up the docks and enter the turning basin where the tugs would turn the ship around before mooring so that she was heading out after loading. All ship traffic was not necessarily hauling in crude. Some were sailing in to load heating oil for up north. That was a regular trip. Had a ship named the Grigerosa which brought in Mexican crude. You could smell her before she rounded the bend……high sulphur content. I could go on but I’m sure this is boring to some. I think you have a great knowledge of the refining part. I picked up a little along the way. I was in my 20s when this took place.

I might make it over there. My older brother did 26 years in the Navy and lives in Richmond. I am sure that he will take part. I wish the Battleship Texas was back open to the public but it still has a few months before the final berth is ready in Galveston.

He’s Putin’s puppet, he’s a bully, Israeli is calling the shots, he’s racist…..whatever they can make up

Good news: Both F-15 pilots are rescued and SAFE! [Hidden Content]

Before Barbers Hill and Huffman came in it was Madisonville. Coldspring, Cleveland, and Madisonville were the ones making it out then.

Listening to Brown-Jackson’s logic is hard on the brain. You know, if she was in Japan and stole a wallet then the Japanese police would arrest her but if she had her wallet stolen in Japan, she would expect the police to arrest whoever did it. That’s why we need birthright citizenship. 🤣🤣🤣 I guess when you can’t define what a woman is, that’s about as deep as a person can think.

Miss the good ole days of Coldspring, Shepherd, Splendora, Cleveland, Tarkington, and Liberty all being 3A and in the same District.

If offered, I would accept. Fully knowing that I’ll be fired shortly, branded a traitor, and ridiculed by the Trump supporters. But it would all be worth it because for a brief minute when Trump announced my hiring, y'all would all love me.

Just be proud of those 1,000 imaginary EV chargers you helped build to help with your fuel costs.

They didn’t specifically mention the presidency but Sauer in his arguments stated that by 2015 there were like 200 or 500 (I don’t remember the numbers) companies in China whose business it is to send women to the US to have babies and then bring them back to China to be raised by their laws and culture. Then they could return later as they were US citizens at birth. One is the follow up questions for his was something like, is there any evidence of that happening or any numbers of people returning or something to that effect. My follow up might have been, it’s only 11 years since 2015. No one born around then is an adult yet.

It appears to be Donald Hubbard. 15-15 at Shepherd

Y’all should start a separate Scripture/Beliefs discussion thread.

Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell demanded in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that the bureau refrain from releasing decade-old investigative files involving the congressman’s purported ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative. He was pushing for the Epstein files screaming transparency, he changed his tune pretty quick…..lol [Hidden Content]

We like to call those the "Good ole days".

Well, of course there's the dying and the injured - the casualties.

Nice first start of the year for McCullers. 7 IP, 1 run, 4 hits, 9 K's, BB on 95 pitches.

I take no joy in anyone’s death, nor do I ever wish for anyone’s death. If you’re right, and a majority of people are Christians, is it any wonder church attendance is falling in this country? Jesus teaches forgiveness and compassion, two things I can’t find in one plank of the Republican platform. You think we’re not going to pay for electing a blasphemer to lead us? Read your Bible.

Now dat’s funny right there!😂 I knew you had it in you Baddog!

Liberal women don’t want men in their lives, and the liberal men want to lay each other. I wouldn’t brag about that.

Lol - and the DOJ under 3 administrations just let that slide. You state your hate as fact, no wonder you get mad and say things to get removed from the forum. It appears you believe the things you post.

No chance to be competitive. Coldspring would have exited the Battle of San Jacinto if admin had let them. I imagine the BOSJ will end up like the "Rice Bowl" with EC and HF.

According to the news I was watching, they sent helicopters in for the rescue during the day, which they said was not the norm, if they were in the same area, I hope he is hiding well and the copters smoked any mad guys in the area There is talk on X that the second has been rescued, but nothing confirmed.

Cleveland in basketball for sure. As far as Splendora goes it's for football but they would definitely get bounced out early in seasons they when to the playoffs. In those days Barbers Hill, Huffman and Liberty ran the district on a consistent basis followed by Cleveland and Splendora. The rest of us (outside of us in basketball) were bottom dwellers.

Yes! Those were the days. I’m sure Cleveland and Splendora miss those days too lol.

Did you complain when it was over $5 under Biden? And that was gas, not diesel. Dems and your fake outrage!

Softball is just like the other sports. They will split into divisions after district play.

Trump had nothing to say last night that he hasn’t already said on social media multiple times. Iran responded by launching more missiles and the markets responded accordingly. Iran will decide when this is over, and they’re not staying down. Trump can either ramp up our involvement or go home toting a whipped butt. What does victory look like if we leave and Iran is still attacking our allies and shutting down the Hormuz? If we stay there, we’re going to have to fight. If we bring most of our troops out, the ones left are going to be in grave danger. Trump talks about destroying their water and electrical infrastructure like it’s not a war crime. There’s no “deal” to be made and we’re fresh out of friends thanks to his tariffs, insults, and otherwise crappy treatment of our former allies. Apparently mean tweets have consequences, Fatty. The only people who still support his war are the “Always Trumpers” who believe that he can do no wrong.

Took 2 of 3 from the orioles, coming home for an Easter weekend series with the reds. Season record: 4-2

Where was the running count when JoeBama had prices going crazy? Not being a hypocrite are you?!

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

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.

Don’t go all Manchurian candidate on us.

I’m making all kind of profit off that extra $30 each fill up is costing.

4-1 and guaranteed to start the season with two road series wins. I'll take it. Hopefully Evo can get it together today and take them to 5-1

Not sure really but if I had to guess it’d be area growth. I’m sure coaching plays a part as well. Have friends whose boys played very recently and would constantly mention how much work the teams put in. Also helps when the players buy in and care.

… or they wanted to put the issue to rest.

Yeah, that’s why I think interest balancing may come into play. Interest balancing when I heard it is like safety versus the Second Amendment. One side argues that it is an individual right to possess defense firearms. The other side says that has to be weighed against the safety of the public because of statistics. So if the homicide rate is higher in Chicago, the city can ban the possession of firearms in the interest of safety over individual rights. So government interest is balanced against individual rights. No matter what Elk and Wong Son Ark say, is it more of an interest for consistency as opposed to the original intent. In the oral arguments going on right now it was asked, “what about the humanitarian crisis?”. Was humanitarian issues of people from other countries intent of the Fourteenth Amendment or was the intent to make sure that African slaves were not denied citizenship after the Dred Scott decision? I don’t thing they writing and debate on the Fourteenth Amendment at that time was about people in other countries who may have bad living conditions. I such an issue would be ludicrous but that was the question just asked. What about the humanitarian crisis….. So no matter what, I think and have thought that the Supreme Court will finally put the issue to rest and simply say if you can make it to US soil at birth, you are a citizen, which in effect changes nothing from the last 150 years. But….. what will they say, if anything, about territories overseas?

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.

I like the hire, at least should be a fun team to watch. he likes to play fast and press.

Dont recall ever paying $5.81!

KOGT.COM Silsbee beat Bridge City 6-5. The Tigers scored four in the third off Max Pachar after BC took a 1-0 lead in the first. The Cards added two in the fifth and two in the sixth and had the tying run on in the seventh before Tiger pitcher Matsyn Morris closed the door. Silsbee improves to 5-0 and BC drops to 5-2. – LCM defeated Lumberton 7-3. Jakson Struwe got the win and went 3-4 with a triple and an RBI. Leadoff hitter Mason Istre was 4-4 with a double and 2RBI’s. The Bears (3-2) and the Raiders (2-5) will play again on Thursday.

Houston has scored 39 runs in 6 games (6.5 per game) Leads all of MLB in runs scored.

Can’t wait to go! Been apart of many many Fleet Week. Best one was NYC, Boston was a lot fun lots of community support. SD had a ball

This is unacceptable. It causes you to look at the positive side of things.

Astros start out 0-2 and are now 3-2. Altuve with a 4 hit (2HR) game. Alvarez hit a HR way out in RF bleachers. Great win over the Sox.

Every time you hear about somebody trying to stop people from voting, it’s a Republican. Republicans are a dying breed. They need to “Make America Great Again.” Like pre-1964, before the Civil Rights Act. How about a little more separate but equal… is that what they mean by Great Again? Maybe they’re talking pre-suffrage, when women were finally allowed to vote? Or would yall prefer to go back to pre-civil war days? How far back until we’re “Great Again.” Republicans want to go back to ways of thinking that were exclusionary, biased, and wrong. They miss the days when they oppressed everybody, but those hateful days are thankfully over and we’re never going back. Too much progress has been made, and the correct movement is correctly named progressive.

I also would like to see if a player does transfer and the university that he/she was transferring from was paying NIL to said player on a multi year contract, then that player would have to payback the money for breaking contract.