Tough room today.
[QUOTE=catherder;159821]Tough room today.[/QUOTE]
you think this is tough? where have you been hiding these past few years?
[QUOTE=c.captain;159822]you think this is tough? where have you been hiding these past few years?[/QUOTE]
Is your snark meter tagged out?
[QUOTE=catherder;159823]Is your snark meter tagged out?[/QUOTE]
touche’ dear madam…
Cold is the pointy stick and the heart that wields it.
[QUOTE=Chief Seadog;159767]Check out the SIU’s apprentice program. If you live where there is a SIU hiring hall go and check it out and they will help answer some of your questions. BTW, SIU stands for Seafarers International Union.[/QUOTE]
I miss the NMU. No pretensions to be an International anything.
The Agent in the Baltimore hall, Louie Avarella, gave all the Group 3 books (newbies) the chance to advance to Group 2 when an MSC charter needed worker drones for one day’s fitting out at the pier. He told the Group 1 and 2 guys to stand down for that job call.
Rumor had it that, to our “big brothers” at Seafarers, we were [B]N[/B]******s, [B]M[/B]isfits and [B]U[/B]ndesrables. Sometimes arguments and even shoving occurred at Union Meetings.
I was proud to be a Member. Now that I’m in SIU, not so much.
I’m Old…HELP!
[QUOTE=RespectMyAuthority;159891]I’m Old…HELP![/QUOTE]
you can’t be helped…it’s called triage. Those who will die must be allowed to die and not take resources who can be saved.
that is why I am a dead man walking…still waiting for the end to come but sure seems to be taking a long time to arrive though.
care to join me for a drink while we await our hideous demise?
[QUOTE=c.captain;159893]you can’t be helped…it’s called triage. Those who will die must be allowed to die and not take resources who can be saved.
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That is a harsh reality. I might have a little bit of productive time left.
[QUOTE=c.captain;159893]
care to join me for a drink while we await our hideous demise?[/QUOTE]
Sure, but are we drinking to our hideous demise? I don’t plan on a hideous demise. I plan on going out kicking and screaming. I probably will leave a few claw marks too. Horrific demise would probably be a better description for me.
[QUOTE=c.captain;159893]
that is why I am a dead man walking…still waiting for the end to come but sure seems to be taking a long time to arrive though.
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Only the good die young. Therefore, you’re likely immortal.
[QUOTE=Jetryder223;159912]Only the good die young. Therefore, you’re likely immortal.[/QUOTE]
Looks like we gots a regular Henny Egg Foo Youngman in the audience ladies and germs…
I’d invite you for a drink to a hideous demise but you’re probably too young to drink or have a demise either…
effing young’ns
hi all i am new to this forum
Have you decided to quit being an airplane pilot and looking for a new hobby? Do you wish to hawsepipe your way to a master position at Seaorg? How can we help you?
He wants to audit us.
[QUOTE=cmakin;160008]He wants to audit us.[/QUOTE]
ask him if quit being a PHAT PHUCKING PSCIENTOLOGY PSYCOPHANT?
probably one of those Hollyweed Paul Watsoon athletic supporters
[QUOTE=c.captain;160019]ask him if quit being a PHAT PHUCKING PSCIENTOLOGY PSYCOPHANT?
probably one of those Hollyweed Paul Watsoon athletic supporters[/QUOTE]
Allegedly he’s quite the bathhouse frequenter, which may be why he’s firmly tied to Scientology. They have auditing files on these celebrities a mile thick.
[QUOTE=catherder;160020]Allegedly he’s quite the bathhouse frequenter, which may be why he’s firmly tied to Scientology. They have auditing files on these celebrities a mile thick.[/QUOTE]
I missed that news tidbit
[QUOTE=c.captain;160027]I missed that news tidbit[/QUOTE]
You’ll never think of Vinnie Barbarino quite the same way again, will you?
A stick and rudder man?
A post @ ex-scientologist message board (ESMB) this morning:
"Travolta is everywhere. So is the CofS, apparently.
The most-read non-government site for mariners (those who work on boats) is gCaptain. They use vbulletin, so their Forum looks very much like ESMB, tho it is not as easy to use as this site.
Background: When a newbie posts @ gC and asks for advice on entering our industry, he gets both help and extreme sarcasm (bordering on sadism) in about equal measure. The reason some veteran posters use the pointy stick on the new guy is there are sticky threads on gCaptain with hundreds of helpful posts, job leads and advice, as well as gov’t sites, which said greenhorn, obviously from his questions, hasn’t bothered to read. And laziness in a mariner is despised by his shipmates.
So yesterday a post shows up from “johntravolta”. Just saying “Hello, I’m new here”. The fun begins at post #32 at http://www.gcaptain.com/forum/profes...16884-a-3.html"