New missing submersible thread...

[TIDE-HSV]

As you know, once you get west and north of downtown, it's maybe two feet of topsoil; and then rock. It doesn't take much rain to cause those washes to flood. About one inch of rain would raise the Edward aquifer level about one foot. Interesting, I remember one year, circa 2004, when it rained so much that the aquifer was full, like 703 feet level in their monitoring well. You could tell because there was a notable amount of water flowing in Cibolo Creek where is passes under IH-35 on the NE side of town.
Normally, that water doesn't make it that far because it flows into the aquifer somewhere between there and Boerne.

Boerne is where my niece and her husband live...

 

[TexasBama]

Boerne is where my niece and her husband live...

There's a park in town where Cibolo Creek runs through. They've dammed it to create a sizeable pond/mini lake.

I haven't been there in several years, but I imagine any more you can't tell where San Antonio ends and Boerne begins. The Hill Country north and northwest of San Antonio is really built up.

 

[Jon]

as an FYI, todays behind the bastards episode is about Stockton Rush

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[Ole Man Dan]

I'm confused about this. I'm not a maritime attorney, but this seems in conflict with the statement yesterday by a CG officer. I didn't hear all the question by the reporter, but it obviously concerned compensation. He replied something to the effect of "No mam, if you're in trouble on the high seas, we'll be there." Then a maritime lawyer from Maine said yesterday that the CG was prohibited by federal law from charging. I read the CG policy on SAR and it's not very clear. When a Marine Assistance Request Broadcast ("MARB") goes out, the CG first relays it so commercial enterprises or "Good Samaritans" can respond. If not, after ten minutes, the CG is obligated to. Then, it makes the statement that the MARB must be carefully worded so as not to create an obligation on the part of the rescuee not to pay. I wondered how you do that. In the sample MARBs at the end of the section, they're simple and don't mention compensation. What I came away with was that the CG is obligated to respond and can't demand payment. My granddaughter's husband is in the CG, so I'll ask him. As far as San Antonio, that obviously wasn't involving the CG. Was it the county? My niece and her husband live near SA and they popped in for a short visit on Saturday. I wish this had come up before then because he's lived his entire life there and had a major car dealership. I'm sure he would know something about it. Funny but my wife was put off by his keeping his hat on in the house. I reminded her 1) he's bald and 2) he's from Texas...

Bald is no excuse to wear a hat in a house or restaurant. It's a matter of acceptance. I've been bald since I was 30. I accepted the fact.
I had a friend that was bald, and he spent hundreds of dollars on hair pieces. He eventually gave up the Burt Reynolds hair hat and started wearing a hat all the time. He refused to remove his hat anywhere. He never got over losing his hair. He was very sensitive about it.
Funny story... About 25 years ago Sgt. T--- and, another SGT and I had lunch in a local restaurant.
A very cute young girl came in that we all knew. She joined us for lunch. She was a hair stylist. She looked at T---- and told him she would like to do his hair. My other buddy told her that he would come to her shop soon, but that T---- would mail his to her.
She ignored me, I was bald...
I thought they were going to fight, and they were best friends...
They had a big blow up and T--- never spoke to his former friend again.
(T---- was very sensitive about being bald... I've always accepted the fact that I'm bald. I identify as a man, not as a bald man, because I just don't care.)

 

[Go Bama]

Bald is no excuse to wear a hat in a house or restaurant.

This is dated.

We don't dress the same for church anymore.

We don't dress the same for work anymore.

My band played in Crossville, TN last Tuesday night. I asked the lady who hired us if I should wear the hat or not. She is probably in her 60's. "Wear the hat."

It's a personal choice anymore.

 

[Padreruf]

This is dated.

We don't dress the same for church anymore.

We don't dress the same for work anymore.

My band played in Crossville, TN last Tuesday night. I asked the lady who hired us if I should wear the hat or not. She is probably in her 60's. "Wear the hat."

It's a personal choice anymore.

Cultural chaos -- no rules at all.

 

[twofbyc]

I've just quoted my GSIL's reply:

"Well as far as when and where we respond, it's whenever distress is called (hence major penalties for false distress) and wherever we are, good Samaritans are just that, people who assist as they are able and willing, just as in the parable, there are no social or legal requirements to assist; however, there are also NGAs that also assist, like TowBoatUS where in certain areas, due to their lobbying when there is no urgent medical requirement, we must allow them to respond within the scope of there technical expertise. Also there is a US code that specifically provides the uscg the ability to SEIZE civilian assets in major casualty events, think like 9/11, however I'm not familiar with which code or what thresholds must be meet to impose it. As for demanding compensation, since in the eyes of the law the uscg is a law enforcement agency we are legally obligated NOT too receive compensation, donation, or gifts. But at the end of the day barring outside agreements with civilian businesses the coast guard must respond within the limitations of the vessels we operate and the capability of our operators Good Samaritans are supplemental, not a replacement. They usually assist searches and occasionally transfers to and sometimes through the coast guard's arrival"...

It is likely a mariner’s code that you always assist other mariners in distress whenever possible; the people we rescued off the sailboat in Port A were taken to the dock, I don’t know if CG arrived after or not. We towed the shrimp boat into Mobile Bay and cut it loose; captain seemed unwilling to drop the hook but we were working, company man wanted us back on stand by at the rig and boat was out of harms way. Didn’t see the CG when we threw the line off.
CG is likely, like other branches of the service, different now than it was 40 years ago; but I heard on the radio, on several occasions (in summertime) CG refusing to assist boaters who ran out of gas, because they weren’t deemed “in distress”. There were lengthy conversations on the radio and IIRC, each time boaters said they knew other boaters who would likely be able to assist. CG monitored the situations in case distress occurred.
Whether these CG members were violating their own regulations, I don’t know; I only know what I experienced first hand. Maybe they viewed non-distressed idiots running out of gas as “false distress”.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

It is likely a mariner’s code that you always assist other mariners in distress whenever possible; the people we rescued off the sailboat in Port A were taken to the dock, I don’t know if CG arrived after or not. We towed the shrimp boat into Mobile Bay and cut it loose; captain seemed unwilling to drop the hook but we were working, company man wanted us back on stand by at the rig and boat was out of harms way. Didn’t see the CG when we threw the line off.
CG is likely, like other branches of the service, different now than it was 40 years ago; but I heard on the radio, on several occasions (in summertime) CG refusing to assist boaters who ran out of gas, because they weren’t deemed “in distress”. There were lengthy conversations on the radio and IIRC, each time boaters said they knew other boaters who would likely be able to assist. CG monitored the situations in case distress occurred.
Whether these CG members were violating their own regulations, I don’t know; I only know what I experienced first hand. Maybe they viewed non-distressed idiots running out of gas as “false distress”.

He's told me they tow boaters who've run out of fuel all the time...

 

[JDCrimson]

Wear a hat in church and see what happens...

Cultural chaos -- no rules at all.

 

[PaulD]

As you know, once you get west and north of downtown, it's maybe two feet of topsoil; and then rock. It doesn't take much rain to cause those washes to flood. About one inch of rain would raise the Edward aquifer level about one foot. Interesting, I remember one year, circa 2004, when it rained so much that the aquifer was full, like 703 feet level in their monitoring well. You could tell because there was a notable amount of water flowing in Cibolo Creek where is passes under IH-35 on the NE side of town.
Normally, that water doesn't make it that far because it flows into the aquifer somewhere between there and Boerne.

I remember when we were there that one time we got so much rain that the aquifer filled to the point that dry springs weren't anymore. Unfortunately, some had been dry for so long that they had been forgotten and people built homes there...

 

[Padreruf]

Wear a hat in church and see what happens...

That's pretty much the norm from what I've heard about "contemporary" churches...In our less formal service we had men wearing shorts as they were playing golf after the service!

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Bald is no excuse to wear a hat in a house or restaurant.

Even back in the 90s, when I was a teen, I did not understand this rule. Why is it so bad to wear a hat inside? What is the big deal? I consider my hats, or ball caps, to be a part of my attire, how I express myself. Why do people need or want to see my hair? Me wearing a hat is not a sign of respect or disrespect directed towards anyone. It's just me being me. If someone doesn't like to wear hats indoors, more power to them. You do you and I'll do me.

I'm so glad the mindset around hats has mostly changed. I'm here at work wearing my Braves baseball cap as I type this while sitting in my office.

Wear a hat in church and see what happens...

I wear a hat at church all the time. I even lead the high school boys small group on Wednesday nights and there are a number of us wearing has in that group. Doesn't bother me, doesn't bother them. I 100% believe that God doesn't care at all if I have a hat on my head or not.

 

[seebell]

I was raised not to wear a hat inside so I don't. Uncouth IMO.

When asked at the 1979 Sugar bowl why he wasnt wearing his distinctive houndstooth hat. Bear Bryant was quoted as saying Mama said when you go indoors you take off your hat.

 

[seebell]

This is dated.

We don't dress the same for church anymore.

We don't dress the same for work anymore.

My band played in Crossville, TN last Tuesday night. I asked the lady who hired us if I should wear the hat or not. She is probably in her 60's. "Wear the hat."

It's a personal choice anymore.

It is really a personal choice. I won't go postal if I see some one wearing a hat indoors. Athletic events, clubs, fast food restaurants, concerts etc go ahead and wear your hat. I wouldn't wear a hat at a church service, school, or a nice restaurant or at court, Probably not at a visit with the President.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

I was raised not to wear a hat inside so I don't. Uncouth IMO.

When asked at the 1979 Sugar bowl why he wasnt wearing his distinctive houndstooth hat. Bear Bryant was quoted as saying Mama said when you go indoors you take off your hat.

I was raised to believe that Coach Bryant was always right.

 

[Bazza]

Wreckage from implosion of Titanic-bound sub arrives in Canada

The debris was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada.

Guess it really was a debris field......

 

[TIDE-HSV]

This is dated.

We don't dress the same for church anymore.

We don't dress the same for work anymore.

My band played in Crossville, TN last Tuesday night. I asked the lady who hired us if I should wear the hat or not. She is probably in her 60's. "Wear the hat."

It's a personal choice anymore.

When I started practicing law in the early '60s, I wouldn't be caught dead downtown without a coat, tie and hat. Now, it's rare for lawyers even to wear a tie, except in court...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Wreckage from implosion of Titanic-bound sub arrives in Canada

The debris was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada.

Guess it really was a debris field......

From what we've seen so far, there was more left in bigger pieces than I anticipated - part of the outer shell, for example. Then, I realized that the water pressure was really what caused the deaths...

 

[Bazza]

From what we've seen so far, there was more left in bigger pieces than I anticipated - part of the outer shell, for example. Then, I realized that the water pressure was really what caused the deaths...

In retrospect, makes you wonder why when the initial report of an implosion sound was heard - early on - someone would extrapolate that the first place to look would be on the bottom. And thus, put the most focus on that.

I mean all those days spent looking everywhere else.

Hindsight of course is always 20-20!

 

[JDCrimson]

I wish someone would wear a hat in a church where Dedefus is. I would love to seem tangle with making hats woke...

That's pretty much the norm from what I've heard about "contemporary" churches...In our less formal service we had men wearing shorts as they were playing golf after the service!