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AverageOldGuy

(4,356 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:00 PM 7 hrs ago

QUICK!!! Call Trump's pool guy!!!

Just returned from grocery store, turned on CNN, chryon read:

Ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz fouled with barnacles, ocean crud!!



I've read somewhere that when ships sit for even a brief time, barnacles and other crap can foul the hulls, adding drag which adds big $$$ in extra fuel to overcome the drag.

CALL TRUMP'S POOL GUY!!! Sounds like a $500 million contract in there somewhere!!
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QUICK!!! Call Trump's pool guy!!! (Original Post) AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago OP
Barnacles and fouled hulls--I've heard that too hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #1
Pool guy enid602 7 hrs ago #2
...because he asked for payment??? ret5hd 5 hrs ago #3

hlthe2b

(115,157 posts)
1. Barnacles and fouled hulls--I've heard that too
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:02 PM
7 hrs ago

I am certainly nothing more than an interested reader on the matter, but this can't be good.

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