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Re: FW: Avoiding collision.
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2003 Oct 9, 06:49 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2003 Oct 9, 06:49 -0300
Doug, Interesting insight -- thanks for sharing it. I started out at the Canadian Coast Guard College 30 years ago, but quit when even at that young age I decided I would rather have family ashore than spend a life at sea. I never could figure out how to have both. So I do envy your 19 years, Doug! I need your observations on big-ship navigation at sea in order to live my "other" life vicariously. Keep them coming. Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net/boating Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus ----------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Royer, Doug > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:29 PM > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Subject: Re: FW: Avoiding collision. > > Jan,it's rather funny that you envy me my job because more than once I > envyed people like your self their jobs or at least their lives. > For everything there is a cost.The cost to me for living this lifestyle is > never being in one place very long.I was at sea almost constantly for 19 > years.I made no real long lasting friends other than shipmates > and we go our > seperate ways not seeing each other for years or ever.I made lots of money > and experianced many exotic things.But what good is lots of money when you > can't share it with someone close to you and what good are memories of old > when one may get Altheimers and forget them all? > No Jan,in reality,it is you and people like you who lived > semi-normal lives > on terra-firma who I envy.
