Benzie's gang ✅ @rdaily@qoto.org

Doctors

Feral lawyers

28g

From Benzie, all you need is a dog

Three whales

Filed under “Americans and anything but the metric system”

What if…

Tall people and blankets

Penn has found a new favorite sleeping spot, top of the back of the couch

History of the world

@kentborg the barges are all tied together with large pins that mesh if loaded the same depth and/or 1 inch steel cables wenching them tightly into a unit. Worked as a deckhand one summer and many in my family had careers on the rivers.

@kentborg The twin propellers are in steel tubes called Kort nozzles with rudders across both ends. This gives a lot of control over the torque the boat can develop. The boats push almost always. The towboat term is from steam days.

https://www.kortpropulsion.com/products/kort-nozzles

From Benzie, the helper

You do not need a parachute to skydive.

You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

'Live free and die'? The sad state of U.S. life expectancy

Life expectancy continues to decline in the U.S. as it rebounds in other countries

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy

Parked down below the deck this morning

Because of the high cost of fuel the size of barge strings on the river have been curtailed ;-)

Beyond the grave