ExiledInIllinois

@ 31, catches himself @ 3:04: @ 71, keeping aging real:

The Lakers stay on the Lakes. I was all confused when the AiS was showing destination as Spain. @Ridgewaycynic2013 caught it! Can't even fit through Welland. So... Arthur M. Anderson has to remain in Lakes Superior (Soo lock is 1200'), Michigan, Huron, & Erie. IIRC, ocean waves have a longer frequency vs. Great Lakes waves.

Since MarineTraffic is based out of Cyprus we can't officially use it at work. We have an in-house, 🇺🇸 production system overlayed on Google EarthPro. Guys at work were asking why we can't link to others when ours goes down. The security answer was given... Not sure how true that is! ??

Because the Midwest is near the center of population? 😛 Too close to Downstate. In the "Buffer Zone" like Saratoga. 😏

I double checked, double take the Spain thing. Being so old... I thought they may have taking it out of service for good. Since destination is input at pilothouse, other AiS programs must show the same, no... Marin, Spain and Marine City, Michigan... Are similar! Goes to show you not to count on technology!

I am just messing with Gug... He hates horsetracks too!

You have way too much confidence and not enough knowledge ^^^^. Come on down from Mount Stupid and join me in the Valley of Despair! 😜

Good catch! Now @ 729' the Fitz would have fit through... But then again these are Lake Boats made for Lake waves... Superstructure/wheelhouse is fore/bow, not aft/stern like the salties! May they even go in the ocean, are they fitted for salt even if they could fit through Seaway specs?

Saratoga is really New England! Just make a left turn heading south. Practically Vermont. You don't still call Vermont part of New York... 😉😜 Signed, /UpstateRabbleRouser

@Ridgewaycynic2013... Here's the date it was lengthened... Strange it was 1975 and it survived the 11/10 storm: "...Arthur M. Anderson's sea trials commenced on 7 August 1952, and she loaded her first cargo at the Two Harbors dock on 12 August 1952. She received several refits in her life including the addition of a new 120-foot (37 m) midsection in 1975 which added about 6,000 tons to her gross tonnage, bringing the total to about 26,000 tons. ..." Yet!... Anderson was lengthened to longer than Edmund Fitzgerald (729') but could carry less: "...She is unique among the three Great Lakes Fleet steamships in that she has a softer midsection that prohibits loading as much cargo as the others; roughly 1500 tons less. ..." There's a theory that I read that the Fitzgerald may have scraped bottom before the storm. Why is it listing Marin, Spain? Same input code for: Marine City, Michigan? Check it again... Click on it. Shows Spain! Even the forecasted track has it going through locks it can't fit into! 🙃

It was built only 647. I guessed they lengthened it years ago so it can't leave. Good question! Probably not. That's gotta be a typo on AiS. I thought that seemed strange. MarineTraffic is out of Cyprus I believe... SEE can't trust them! 😁 The Anderson is near Detroit near MARINE CITY, Michigan right now. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-82.483/centery:42.698/zoom:12 That's where it must have been headed to!!! 😆... It actually fit here first, we have a 1,000 foot lock... But draft/air draft is a real problem! 😉 You won't 😆... It's stuck in the middle Lakes... SEE the cynic from Ridgeway's post... 😏

John Fogerty: "Rock and Roll Girls" "...Hey, let's go all over the world Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls Yeah, yeah, yeah If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo Sit by the lake and watch the world go by Ladies in the sun, listenin' to the radio Like flowers on the sand, a rainbow in my mind Hey, let's go all over the world Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls..."

Amazing they have this tech. Imagine if they had it in 1975! Here is the Arthur M. Anderson's forecasted track to Spain: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-45.9/centery:45.7/zoom:2 The boat was built in 1952...Six years earlier than when the Edmund Fitzgerald (1958) was launched.

Arthur M. Anderson is still plying The Lakes... Anderson was the last vessel to make contact with The Fitz. Wanna see where The Anderson is on the live AiS map... Just east of Alpena, Michigan at time of this post: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-83.0/centery:45.2/zoom:8 Looks like The Anderson is leaving The Lakes and heading to Marin, Spain for the winter... Origin was Drummond Island, Michigan...

Lou Rawls on back vocals.

My reason for that one: Watching that game is like the closest to child abuse one can come without going to prison! Ah ***** it... Just arrest me now for abusing myself!

With BFLo born Grover Washington Jr...

You got me here! 😆 I am quitting the internet... Hanging them up for good!

What? Have you been living on the moon! 😏 Cheap "Chinese knockoff jersey." But... I kinda do see @Gugny wanting to run around town with a Josh Allen "Wuhan Flying Bats" jersey. 😬... Of course, the non-licensed one. For a guy who works in licensing and registration why should he be forced to follow the same rules and pay more money?

For sure! He will peak to 32! Good article: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1683775-when-does-age-catch-up-to-nfl-players "Wide Receivers We think of receivers as being volatile, but their performance chart is actually one of the most sane and stable: The eerily flat floor, I suspect, is partly due to the minimum qualifications of 14-plus games started and 30 receptions. That said, besides a small jump from year one to year two, the peak and average AV for receivers is basically just as flat. From year two to year 10, the typical production of starting receivers basically doesn't change. There's an upward trend in the peak AVs, but that's it. Year 10 begins a steep, steady decline in peak AV and a rise in average AV. This is the same effect we've seen before: Mediocre starters are stop playing, and the remaining elites are showing their age. From Year 14 on, the small sample size starts making things squirrely. Also, there's the Jerry Rice Effect to contend with: He was so very good for so very long, the last three data points are all him. If we go by age, the effect is even more pronounced: Again, a big jump from year one to year two, then shockingly similar production until top AV peaks at 32 and begins a steep decline. Average AVs get a big bump as the decent starters fall off, but then they decline as well. After age 38, it's all Jerry Rice. Let's take a quick look at the age distribution: Remember the old saw about receivers taking a big jump in their third year? It's the truth. Even though the receivers good enough to start right away start out at nearly great and climb from there, there's a massive jump in qualifiers from year one to year two, and then from year two to year three. The ensuing decline is much more gradual with receivers than backs."

Wow! I am shocked! 😉 For some reason, strange reason... I have a lack of empathy reading this little missive of a post. I don't know why! Really, I am not a cold uncaring person. 🤣 I think as punishment, for whatever man-love jersey you currently wear... It should cost you 2x over full NFL price AND have a conspicuous Union label sewn into it where everybody can see! 😉...That'll fix your scab shop hunting azz!

President DeathSentence* 2024! *@Mike in Horseheads the royalty fee check is in the mail.

You guys all lie like Aaron Rodgers! But... If we're in a lying mood: Hell yeah!