Charles W.
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I would say Dumbarton, but I don't know. I'm just guessing.
I would say Dumbarton, but I don't know. I'm just guessing.
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Yeah. And, you know, earlier I was saying that they said, oh, this idea is so dumb. I don't know if it was that it was so dumb, but steam power and stuff that came along a little bit later, like they didn't have steam engines at the time, so they wouldn't have even known it was dangerous. But when they did come online, why do I keep saying that? I don't think it fits. Right.
Yeah. And, you know, earlier I was saying that they said, oh, this idea is so dumb. I don't know if it was that it was so dumb, but steam power and stuff that came along a little bit later, like they didn't have steam engines at the time, so they wouldn't have even known it was dangerous. But when they did come online, why do I keep saying that? I don't think it fits. Right.
Yeah. And, you know, earlier I was saying that they said, oh, this idea is so dumb. I don't know if it was that it was so dumb, but steam power and stuff that came along a little bit later, like they didn't have steam engines at the time, so they wouldn't have even known it was dangerous. But when they did come online, why do I keep saying that? I don't think it fits. Right.
I think so. But online doesn't mean just on the Internet. Online just means like it's beginning to function right as a thing.
I think so. But online doesn't mean just on the Internet. Online just means like it's beginning to function right as a thing.
I think so. But online doesn't mean just on the Internet. Online just means like it's beginning to function right as a thing.
That's a good line. Oh, boy, Lenny. It's locked onto my internet. Where was that? Oh, yeah. Steam engines were dangerous. They would blow up a lot. There was, you know, when tugboats first started using, you know, coming online, using that steam, they were like, I don't know. I mean, is it better to have this thing that might blow up a port?
That's a good line. Oh, boy, Lenny. It's locked onto my internet. Where was that? Oh, yeah. Steam engines were dangerous. They would blow up a lot. There was, you know, when tugboats first started using, you know, coming online, using that steam, they were like, I don't know. I mean, is it better to have this thing that might blow up a port?
That's a good line. Oh, boy, Lenny. It's locked onto my internet. Where was that? Oh, yeah. Steam engines were dangerous. They would blow up a lot. There was, you know, when tugboats first started using, you know, coming online, using that steam, they were like, I don't know. I mean, is it better to have this thing that might blow up a port?
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Oh, man, you almost had it right out of the gate. So now you could get 400 ton ships because, you know, I don't know if we mentioned they were loading like railroad cars onto these things for the first time. So it was very, very heavy stuff. They could go to Newcastle for the first time. All of a sudden people in more distant places could get coal.
Oh, man, you almost had it right out of the gate. So now you could get 400 ton ships because, you know, I don't know if we mentioned they were loading like railroad cars onto these things for the first time. So it was very, very heavy stuff. They could go to Newcastle for the first time. All of a sudden people in more distant places could get coal.
Oh, man, you almost had it right out of the gate. So now you could get 400 ton ships because, you know, I don't know if we mentioned they were loading like railroad cars onto these things for the first time. So it was very, very heavy stuff. They could go to Newcastle for the first time. All of a sudden people in more distant places could get coal.