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The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff
coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote:
wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Interesting. A pound. So many these days seem to be 12 oz bags. |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:58:12 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Interesting. A pound. So many these days seem to be 12 oz bags. Peso Neto 1lb on the wrapper |
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Wouldn't the gulfstream take it a lot farther north than FL? |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:00:01 -0500, Alex wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Wouldn't the gulfstream take it a lot farther north than FL? === Anything floating on the surface is also driven by wind and waves. We normally get strong easterly winds this time of year which can easily push things right through the stream and out the other side. |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:00:01 -0500, Alex wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Wouldn't the gulfstream take it a lot farther north than FL? Dunno but it is washing up in Florida. I assume it is making it farther north and Donnie may be seeing things eventually. They had pictures on the news here tonight and it looks like most of the containers in deck floated off while it was sinking and they broke up in the storm. The folks are finding wine too. I just got coffee ;-( |
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![]() - show quoted text - "Dunno but it is washing up in Florida. I assume it is making it farther north and Donnie may be seeing things eventually. They had pictures on the news here tonight and it looks like most of the containers in deck floated off while it was sinking and they broke up in the storm. The folks are finding wine too. I just got coffee *;-( " Interesting....usually it's just hot air or bad weather that drifts up from down there. On occasion we have seen southern birds like Pelicans and sharks etc. |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:00:01 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:51 -0500, Alex wrote: wrote: The beaches on the East Coast of Florida are littered with stuff coming up from El Faro. This is a pound of coffee my son in law came up with when he was visiting his folks in Melbourne http://gfretwell.com/ftp/El%20Faro%20flotsam.jpg In spite of a trip up from a couple miles down, it still seems to be intact Are you SURE that's coffee? It might have come from another source! The cargo was going the wrong way for anything really interesting. If this was coming from Colombia, I suppose I would be worried about developing another bad habit but a pound should keep you going a while. ;-) Wouldn't the gulfstream take it a lot farther north than FL? Dunno but it is washing up in Florida. I assume it is making it farther north and Donnie may be seeing things eventually. They had pictures on the news here tonight and it looks like most of the containers in deck floated off while it was sinking and they broke up in the storm. The folks are finding wine too. I just got coffee ;-( We had a ship locally lose 8 or 9 containers a week ago in huge seas. They figure they may end up on a local beach. You could see them floating from shore. |
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