Interesting reads
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One thing you get in the undercurrent is the US' awful employment laws - there is no protection in so many states. You can be fired, on a whim, in minutes, and never even have to be told why. So despite the 'most carriers are foreign and shit', how much better are the US crewed ones in reality - when the chips are down? I've worked with the USN but not their merchant marine, so I don't know - but that problem is there. Pressonitis, where your pride is backed up by the fear of arbitrary firing!
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@antipodean said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
That's a cracking read.
Yep, now that is journalism.
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Not exactly news to anybody here, but published today at Bloomberg... with comics!
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TECH TITANS PLOT THEIR DOOMSDAY ESCAPE TO NEW ZEALAND LUXURY BUNKERS
Wealthy Americans have stepped up investment in the island nation. Parliament votes to ban foreigners from buying bolt-hole homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-rich-new-zealand-doomsday-preppers/
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@salacious-crumb One bathroom? For three bedrooms? Clearly no one is taking their wives to the end of the world.
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No shit it's manufactured in Texas. Half the fucking thing is taken up with the gun room and the pantry.
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@nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga That's an interesting story, although it reads like the crew were there the full 8 years as well (unless I skimmed to quickly) but obviously Wiki confirmed that didn't happen and most returned home or went on rotation.
Yeah he was a bit vague there , interesting though . I’m surprised the Egyptians didn’t sieze the boats.
If I have to be trapped at sea this is how I’d like it to go down
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@nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga I guess you don't really want to piss off the rest by seizing a bunch of their ships?
I’m not sure how much they’d do to retaliate if they weren’t too arsed about getting the ships out for 8 years .
Weird things happen at sea in that region , the Israelis atracked a yank navy boat around the same time those boats were stuck there.
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Gland larceny