In other news, a friend of mine who works in an adult store has shared two posts about some of the cargo being sex toys with appropriate puns about delayed shipments due to things being stuck in canals. I have no idea if two of those containers are actually full of silicone assss and dragon talon shaped butt plugs, but I've decided it should be true.
Yeah, dedicated pilots for canals and complicated waterways and busy harbors are a fairly common thing. We have them here in the chesapeake. Qualifying for the position is crazy complicated.
At one point when I was 18 that was actually what I wanted to do. I would be able to work on boats but have a dedicated home base, which was sort of my goal. I then realized I would be working crazy shift work (lots of ships arrive at midnight) or could easily have 16 hour days and nah. @@@ Even at a very young age I realized that navigation work was not going to be conducive to family life.
Thousands of livestock will die of starvation and dehydration on the ships if those boats don’t turn around now or if the jammed one isn’t free within 48 hours (maybe 24 now since I think this is a day old).
Also, I know this is probably stupid of me, but I had no idea that livestock themselves were shipped. I figured meat was shipped. This makes me want to try vegetarianism even more.
Yeah, dedicated pilots for canals and complicated waterways and busy harbors are a fairly common thing. We have them here in the chesapeake. Qualifying for the position is crazy complicated.
My old next door next door neighbor was a pilot for the port of Newark and it was a crazy complicated job with really odd hours!
In other news, a friend of mine who works in an adult store has shared two posts about some of the cargo being sex toys with appropriate puns about delayed shipments due to things being stuck in canals. I have no idea if two of those containers are actually full of silicone assss and dragon talon shaped butt plugs, but I've decided it should be true.
It almost seems like creating ships the size of a skyscraper might be more trouble than it's worth.
It is rare that large issues arise with them. I would imagine a tear in the side of a vessel is way more common than we hear. It’s making rounds due to the crippling effects of the canal closure. Ports need to be open and flowing to get caught up.
I think I've posted this before, but when we drive to Cannon Beach, we stop in Astoria and watch the ships change pilots. A container ship takes at least *3* pilots to navigate the different waters out here. There is the pilot that navigates across the ocean. Then they stop at the mouth of the Columbia River and that pilot is replaced by one that is licensed to navigate only the mouth of the Columbia, where the waters are challenging because you have (fresh) river water meeting the (salt) ocean water, going different directions and creating eddies and complex currents. Once the boat is brought into the Columbia River they stop and then that pilot is relieved by one who will navigate it up the river to the inland ports. There's a restaurant on the river in Astoria where we would sit and watch the pilots exchange. It's really interesting to see all these freighters stop in a line to wait for the change of pilots.
(I used to also have an office just at the bend of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland and it was pretty impressive watching the smaller freighters navigate the 90-degree turn just below our conference room windows, coming down the Cuyahoga from Lake Erie
Yeah, dedicated pilots for canals and complicated waterways and busy harbors are a fairly common thing. We have them here in the chesapeake. Qualifying for the position is crazy complicated.
At one point when I was 18 that was actually what I wanted to do. I would be able to work on boats but have a dedicated home base, which was sort of my goal. I then realized I would be working crazy shift work (lots of ships arrive at midnight) or could easily have 16 hour days and nah. @@@ Even at a very young age I realized that navigation work was not going to be conducive to family life.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
At one point when I was 18 that was actually what I wanted to do. I would be able to work on boats but have a dedicated home base, which was sort of my goal. I then realized I would be working crazy shift work (lots of ships arrive at midnight) or could easily have 16 hour days and nah. @@@ Even at a very young age I realized that navigation work was not going to be conducive to family life.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
Oh yes, I’m well aware of the apprenticeship requirements and schooling. It’s insane. The other aspect that was not so great for me is that I get seasick fairly easily, and while I will power through to go sailing, it didn’t seem a great idea to take on a career where that might still be a regular factor.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
Oh yes, I’m well aware of the apprenticeship requirements and schooling. It’s insane. The other aspect that was not so great for me is that I get seasick fairly easily, and while I will power through to go sailing, it didn’t seem a great idea to take on a career where that might still be a regular factor.
Yes, all that plus cold wind and water exposure were enough to turn DH off too, despite his brother’s urging to pursue it.
At one point when I was 18 that was actually what I wanted to do. I would be able to work on boats but have a dedicated home base, which was sort of my goal. I then realized I would be working crazy shift work (lots of ships arrive at midnight) or could easily have 16 hour days and nah. @@@ Even at a very young age I realized that navigation work was not going to be conducive to family life.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
kings point? My grandpa was a graduate from there and all his life he credited it with all sorts of good things. I think he gave a lot of money to them over the years out of gratitude for his success which involved nothing to do with mm after the war.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
kings point? My grandpa was a graduate from there and all his life he credited it with all sorts of good things. I think he gave a lot of money to them over the years out of gratitude for his success which involved nothing to do with mm after the war.
Aww, that’s awesome basilosaurus! Yes, BIL went to King’s Point, too. Nothing but good thing to say about it. 😊
kings point? My grandpa was a graduate from there and all his life he credited it with all sorts of good things. I think he gave a lot of money to them over the years out of gratitude for his success which involved nothing to do with mm after the war.
Aww, that’s awesome basilosaurus! Yes, BIL went to King’s Point, too. Nothing but good thing to say about it. 😊
I got to stay on one of the ships at Kings Point in college as boarding for an intra-SUNY athletic competition. It was such a cool experience.
kings point? My grandpa was a graduate from there and all his life he credited it with all sorts of good things. I think he gave a lot of money to them over the years out of gratitude for his success which involved nothing to do with mm after the war.
Aww, that’s awesome basilosaurus! Yes, BIL went to King’s Point, too. Nothing but good thing to say about it. 😊
Of grandpa were still alive (he died at 92 just a few years ago, so long good life) he'd loved to have talked to your bil. I cannot tell you how many "kids" he talked to over the years. It made him so happy. And they indulged their elder when he pulled out stories and yearbooks. Mutual mitzvahs. He did always bring out the story of shanghai during the war with whores coming up the ladder and one meeting him on his bed as a bribe from the enlisted guys. This got brought out every holiday dinner.
I figure since ship is free it's ok to go on only slightly related tangents. Who can resist a good whore in shanghai story? Yeah hugely problematic. 1944 good for morale? Probably comfort women. Grandpa did not partake. I know this for sure since at grandma's death bed he confided in me she was his one and only. But yeesh.
I'm pretty sure he was keynote at a commencement there. I'll have to look it up. He made it to every big reunion.
Aww, that’s awesome basilosaurus! Yes, BIL went to King’s Point, too. Nothing but good thing to say about it. 😊
Of grandpa were still alive (he died at 92 just a few years ago, so long good life) he'd loved to have talked to your bil. I cannot tell you how many "kids" he talked to over the years. It made him so happy. And they indulged their elder when he pulled out stories and yearbooks. Mutual mitzvahs. He did always bring out the story of shanghai during the war with whores coming up the ladder and one meeting him on his bed as a bribe from the enlisted guys. This got brought out every holiday dinner.
I figure since ship is free it's ok to go on only slightly related tangents. Who can resist a good whore in shanghai story? Yeah hugely problematic. 1944 good for morale? Probably comfort women. Grandpa did not partake. I know this for sure since at grandma's death bed he confided in me she was his one and only. But yeesh.
I'm pretty sure he was keynote at a commencement there. I'll have to look it up. He made it to every big reunion.
Your grandpa sounds like the coolest guy, I can only imagine all the stories he could tell! What a great legacy to leave (and the Shanghai story is a hoot you wouldn’t expect😂). I wonder if he ever crossed paths with my BIL. I think he was class of 2000? Alumni are very passionate about supporting the school, which says a lot about it.
Post by basilosaurus on Apr 6, 2021 8:42:46 GMT -5
Oh he told stories. "Woman in every port" which of course was a lie. But I think there was a little doubt. He only confided in me. Weird position as oldest grandkid.
They literally were in a crib together. Of course I grew up being told they slept together at an early age. Haha joke until you repeat it to your 1st grade teacher. At least I'm old enough they assumed as teens rather than questioning if I knew what sleep together meant other than literally (I didn't).
2000? My dad has his records. I can ask if you care. They are fiercely loyal. Or pm if you want the name. I know his obit mentioned kings point. Whoever wrote it did the same grammar error as gramma. Lol. Whom to seem more erudite
At one point when I was 18 that was actually what I wanted to do. I would be able to work on boats but have a dedicated home base, which was sort of my goal. I then realized I would be working crazy shift work (lots of ships arrive at midnight) or could easily have 16 hour days and nah. @@@ Even at a very young age I realized that navigation work was not going to be conducive to family life.
BIL is a NYC area harbor pilot. Basically on call at home 24/7 most of the month, waiting for the call that a cargo/cruise ship is coming in soon. He went to the merchant marine academy for college, and then a full-time apprenticeship for 7 years before he could become fully licensed for the Hudson River.
It was a much faster process for DH to become an airline pilot 😂
SIL is basically commercial vetted because he joined the military and flew Boeing aircraft for patrol. It took nowhere near 7 years to get him into the pilot's seat. ;P
It’s ugly. I’m expecting to not hear the full story. I fear for the lives of the crew.
Really? Yikes! Why is this?
They are being held too. Plus, the world is blaming them for the accident. Japan nor Egypt have very compassionate laws. Even if they are jailed their lives are changed. It was a miscalculation and wind. I have heard the port pilot is who got them stuck too.