[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

We were in Puerto Rico for our winter maintenance period, just starting to bring on crew for the sailing season. I’ve never worked on a boat where people drink underway and I don’t think I’d want to.

On boats you usually don’t get told you’re fired until you reach port.

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago

Working on a boat. We got a new shipmate who had worked there on previous seasons, most of us didn’t know him but he was good friends with another member of the crew. The day he got in the two of them spent the night catching up and getting absolutely trashed. Night ended with new guy stumbling in to the cook’s cabin and pissing right on the cook while he was sleeping. New guy was fired that morning without having worked a single day.

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Something like this

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

Sue a termite for damages just in case they show up as a human later or charge rent to the birds nesting in your back yard

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

I still write 2 cheques a year because my water bill can only be paid via physical mail (or in person I guess), I’m pretty sure fax is still common in our medical industry.

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

She was a Flying P Liner. There is a film from 1929 documenting a trip around the horn on another of those ships called the Peking, great watch with some amazing footage. Around Cape Horn (1929)

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

There are definitely people out there capable of major contributions to human culture and knowledge toiling in a sweat shop or picking fruit.

[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Same, and I literally just wrote “I think Beehaw would be a good fit for me”

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