Skyscraper-sized container ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal
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This is where I pull out the old World of Tanks statement:
Replay or it never happened.
Best I ever did was I towed a friends F150 back to his house with my Nissan Altima. He had a tow bungy cord we used. I only had to tow him about 3 miles down the road but still. It was funny as hell.
I can top it.
Back in 1992 I had bought a brand new ZX11 Kawasaki. The first badass sport bike to hit the planet. It'd do 200mph.
So anyway, me and a friend on his brand new 883 Harley Davidson were on the way to Edisto for a party. Suddenly, he's just gone. I turn around and head back and there he is on the side of the road. No power. At all.
So he breaks a tow rope out and, you guessed it, my jap bike has to tow his "Made in the USA" bike back to the house. He asked me to take the backroads.
I didn't. I took him right through the middle of Hollywood on the way to his place. It was glorious.
Of course, as soon as we stopped at his house, I put the kickstand down, jumped off and took off running.
Foot note: turns out his control module had blown and his rectifier assembly had fried. The bike was 6 weeks old. Both components were made by Hitachi. I told him, "See? If you'd bought a Kawasaki you'd have had Nippon components and not have that problem". Then I took off running again.
Back in 1992 I had bought a brand new ZX11 Kawasaki. The first badass sport bike to hit the planet. It'd do 200mph.
So anyway, me and a friend on his brand new 883 Harley Davidson were on the way to Edisto for a party. Suddenly, he's just gone. I turn around and head back and there he is on the side of the road. No power. At all.
So he breaks a tow rope out and, you guessed it, my jap bike has to tow his "Made in the USA" bike back to the house. He asked me to take the backroads.
I didn't. I took him right through the middle of Hollywood on the way to his place. It was glorious.
Of course, as soon as we stopped at his house, I put the kickstand down, jumped off and took off running.
Foot note: turns out his control module had blown and his rectifier assembly had fried. The bike was 6 weeks old. Both components were made by Hitachi. I told him, "See? If you'd bought a Kawasaki you'd have had Nippon components and not have that problem". Then I took off running again.
I would have paid good money to see that. I fucking hate Harley Davidson and the douchebags that ride them.
I can top it.
Back in 1992 I had bought a brand new ZX11 Kawasaki. The first badass sport bike to hit the planet. It'd do 200mph.
So anyway, me and a friend on his brand new 883 Harley Davidson were on the way to Edisto for a party. Suddenly, he's just gone. I turn around and head back and there he is on the side of the road. No power. At all.
So he breaks a tow rope out and, you guessed it, my jap bike has to tow his "Made in the USA" bike back to the house. He asked me to take the backroads.
I didn't. I took him right through the middle of Hollywood on the way to his place. It was glorious.
Of course, as soon as we stopped at his house, I put the kickstand down, jumped off and took off running.
Foot note: turns out his control module had blown and his rectifier assembly had fried. The bike was 6 weeks old. Both components were made by Hitachi. I told him, "See? If you'd bought a Kawasaki you'd have had Nippon components and not have that problem". Then I took off running again.
Replay or it never happened.
They finally unstuck the damn thing.
www.cnn.com
The ship has been fully dislodged and is currently floating, Suez Canal Authority says
The container ship that has been stuck in the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed, a Suez Canal Authority spokesperson told CNN. Follow here for the latest.