Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela (January 2026)
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... New documents show the crew on board the United States' newest aircraft carrier are growing increasingly frustrated by design flaws that lead to regular failures in the ship's toilet system.

The USS Gerald R. Ford has been deployed for seven months since it left Norfolk in June. The carrier is currently at the center of the Trump administration's flotilla of Navy ships in the Caribbean. Since the raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the carrier continues to work with the Coast Guard as the U.S. interdicts oil tankers tied to Venezuela.

On board the carrier, the crew is battling a toilet system that the General Accountability Office reported in 2020 was undersized and poorly designed. The system continues to fail during deployment, forcing the crew of 4,600 sailors to live with a system that randomly breaks down during their months at sea. ...

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (1985)
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Wow, 1985. Rock videos were so different then ...

Lyrics excerpt ...

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"Tarzan Boy" is a song recorded by Italian-based act Baltimora. It was the group's debut single, released in April 1985, from its first album Living in the Background, on which it features as first track. ...

Best known in years following for being the jingle to Cool Mint Listerine ( www.youtube.com ) ...

[Verse 1]
Jungle life, I'm far away from nowhere
On my own like Tarzan boy
Hide-and-seek, I play alone while rushing 'cross the forest
Monkey business on a sunny afternoon
Jungle life, I'm living in the open
Native beat that carries on
Burning bright, a fire that blows a signal to the sky
I sit and wonder, does the message get to you?
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