8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #7

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

sigh..the red boat is all gone....

 

[buckifan]

Every day can be possum shots day! We're on vacation!

Tom....time to edit the website and first post. It's now called Possum Shots Around The Ship. (PSATS)

 

[bellelinus]

It could be a new addition to the Repo thread vocabularly. Can be used in all manner of situations:

I'd like a little water with my possum.
Just popping up topside for a little possum.
I'll take the possum please.
....

Andy

Sounds good to me! You the possum, Andy!

 

[goofyforlife]

If so many are saying "it's soooo eaarly" ..How many of you drink the mimosa's at Palo brunch?

i mimosas...

Here is the latest radar from the area.

So are they getting rained on?

I plan to drink a few extra pots of coffee.

I found a cup of coffee with a scoop of vanilla protein powder (in place of cream or sugar) makes a lovely breakfest

 

[AndyR]

While we're on the subject.....

I haven't been able to find out how they do traffic control on the canal.
It seems that the Gaillard cut is too narrow for bidirectional traffic, how do they manage this (or is there enough room in the cut for ships to pass)?

Andy

 

[tom31b]

sigh..the red boat is all gone....

The Big Red Boat? I thought they got rid of that?


Possum




Possum

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

So out of boredom..I am looking up the Prince Caspian movie and decide to see who the actor is...the next Narnia movie will be out in 2010..he is Prince Caspian again.

Just FYI as we all sit here and stare at a down webcam

 

[bellelinus]

Did anyone else notice the addition to the "Disculpas" on pancanal.com?

It now adds: "Es culpa de los piratas Disboards."

 

[tom31b]

Possum?

 

[buckifan]

Possum

Possum

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

The Big Red Boat? I thought they got rid of that?


Possum




Possum

I figured that was coming...

BTW..can we play Marco Possum in the pool?

 

[bellelinus]

So are they getting rained on?

I was wondering about that, too . . . it looked like it to me . . . too bad if they have bad weather today.

 

[AndyR]

While we're on the subject.....

I haven't been able to find out how they do traffic control on the canal.
It seems that the Gaillard cut is too narrow for bidirectional traffic, how do they manage this (or is there enough room in the cut for ships to pass)?

Andy

Just found the answer:

In order to accommodate to the demands of today's transit needs, the Panama Canal Authority recently completed the monumental task of widening the Cut to 192 meters in straight sections and up to 222 meters in curves.
This allows for unrestricted two-way traffic of Panamax vessels, the largest ships that fit in the Panama Canal locks. Gaillard Cut opens up into Gatun Lake where the Chagres River flows into the waterway near the town of Gamboa, site of the Panama Canal's Dredging Division.

Andy

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Okay....so my question for the morning......could a possum take a groundhog?

Depends on the groundhog

While we're on the subject.....

I haven't been able to find out how they do traffic control on the canal.
It seems that the Gaillard cut is too narrow for bidirectional traffic, how do they manage this (or is there enough room in the cut for ships to pass)?

Andy

The cut is large enough for 2 ships to pass but not much room.

 

[tom31b]

So out of boredom..I am looking up the Prince Caspian movie and decide to see who the actor is...the next Narnia movie will be out in 2010..he is Prince Caspian again.

Just FYI as we all sit here and stare at a down webcam

You could always just fluff to a

 

[buckifan]

Did anyone else notice the addition to the "Disculpas" on pancanal.com?

It now adds: "Es culpa de los piratas Disboards."

I thought we were INNOCENT!

 

[buckifan]

I figured that was coming...

BTW..can we play Marco Possum in the pool?

Your migraine must be gone!

 

[goofyforlife]

You could always just fluff to a

Now listen Earl....

 

[bellelinus]

Useful fact: in Spanish, possum is "zarigüeya" -- clearly we will need this information on this trip . . .

 

[tom31b]

I figured that was coming...

BTW..can we play Marco Possum in the pool?

Marco