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26 barges break free in Pittsburgh

So no one knows how to tie a knot anymore ? WTF ???????????

https://www.yahoo.com/news/26-barges-break-loose-float-071831893.html

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Did they run into a bridge?
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Looks like local marinas got hammered but no bridges damaged so far . Some barges went over a dam ! Some are pinned against the river banks . What a mess !!!!

https://www.wtae.com/article/26-barges-break-loose-float-uncontrolled-down-ohio-river/60486266
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Looks like local marinas got hammered but no bridges damaged so far . Some barges went over a dam ! Some are pinned against the river banks . What a mess !!!!

https://www.wtae.com/article/26-barges-break-loose-float-uncontrolled-down-ohio-river/60486266
Dam!

I mean,

Damn!

That sounds like a cluster and real PITA! Someone's going to catch a barge load of carp over this one.
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That's knot the right way!

.... and if'n ya don't coil the rope left on the dock .... yer just a landlubber

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