Re: LOTS of US Water Plants Hit by Hacks

On 06/08/2026 22:12, rbowman wrote:
> My brother-in-law was in the Merchant Marine as a deck officer. The switch
> to containers came early in his career. No more exploring foreign ports.
> Dock at 2AM, be off again by 6AM. While he had a master's rating he never
> sailed higher than 2nd mate, and then only for 6 months out of the year.
> The Masters, Mates & Pilots union was parceling out work in a dying
> industry. Dying for US flagged vessels, that is. I'd considered that
> career in high school as an engineering officer rather than a deck
> officer. Thankfully I went in another direction.

Yes. register your ship in Liberia and pick whatever crew you could get 
at below minimum wage.

Out of interest I looked it up. Crew on a large container ship can be as 
few as 10 and as many as 30, but no more than that.

Nice cheap way to push goods round the world

They will be nuclear in ten years, most likely

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"It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's"
Joew Walsh