March 7, 2002

9:29 PM

Ho hum, just another day on the river. It'll take a while for each pic to load at dial-up speed, but I think it's worth the wait - this just boggles the mind. From bifurcated rivets
posted by Lynsey (12 comments total)

this is the neatest photo sequence i've ever seen. thank you lynsey.
posted by will at 9:37 PM on March 7, 2002

It's like deja vu, all over again.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:50 PM on March 7, 2002

... and the towboat captain stands up in the wheelhouse and, with PeeWee Herman-like dignity, says, "I MEANT to do that."

Wow. Amazing pics.
posted by diddlegnome at 9:50 PM on March 7, 2002

That has to be the coolest thing I've seen a boat do. Too bad I missed it the first time around.
posted by riffola at 10:00 PM on March 7, 2002

The explanation is here.
posted by mattpfeff at 10:31 PM on March 7, 2002

WGN ballasted all their vessels with three to four feet of cement in the bottom. The boat was like a little yellow rubber duckie, and came back up like a duckie oughta do.

(from the link I posted just above)
posted by mattpfeff at 10:33 PM on March 7, 2002

thanks, mattpfeff!
posted by Lynsey at 10:43 PM on March 7, 2002

oh no, it's the dreaded double post. sorry. I didn't find it in the search. sorry.
posted by Lynsey at 10:45 PM on March 7, 2002

The URL is different. The original site got slashdotted, I think.
posted by lucien at 10:52 PM on March 7, 2002

That was GREAT. I laughed out loud at the caption "The cook thinks maybe something isn't quite right." Hilarious. I missed it the first time around so I'm very glad for this post--thanks Lynsey!
posted by rio at 11:00 PM on March 7, 2002

I laughed out loud at the caption "The cook thinks maybe something isn't quite right."

Me too. It reminded me of a certain Gordon Lightfoot song. Happier ending this time, thank goodness.
posted by diddlegnome at 11:05 PM on March 7, 2002

Thumbnails.

It's 2002. You'd think people would learn.
posted by dhartung at 11:57 PM on March 7, 2002