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

@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.

kortpropulsion.com/products/ko

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

npr.org/sections/health-shots/

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

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