Decisions, decisions

[rug]

[In_The_Wind]

1. Steady as she goes.

[IrishAyes]

2. I love the ocean life. Or at least reading about it. But I can't sail on a ship; have to fly over.

Too much water with all sorts of hungry critters swimming around. Besides, ocean storms are the worst. I'll stay a landlubber in love with Capt. Nemo from afar. As for any young'uns who might read this, nobody was ever more tempting than James Mason! Not ever since, not even Johnny Depp or anybody.

[rug]

3. The devil you say.

[IrishAyes]

6. Thanks for the picture. He preserved well, though perhaps I should've clearly specified I meant

his Captain Nemo days. I always wondered if that character didn't begin the Radicalization of IA. The story was rather forward looking for its time. Just the beard was enough to make me swoon, and the environmental activism only added to his charm. I always considered him the hero of the piece.

Even in his later years I could appreciate Mason's talent and voice. And yes, his looks did last longer than most.

[NightWatcher]

4. I miss working on ships

I worked on this dredge in Mobile Bay, AL


This one in Florida


This one around the Gulf


And a few others all over the place.

These are not my pics, but from google.

[rug]

5. The closest I have is the Staten Island Ferry.

Didn't work on it but it took me to work for a year.

[IrishAyes]

8. I LOVED that ferry! Great picture.

We lived in NYC for 2 years; my ex was stationed at a tiny little office called the Army Pictorial Center, in Manhattan if memory serves. We ran all over NY those 2 years, knowing we wouldn't be there long and probably wouldn't ever return. Next stop was White Sands Missile Range. He was Signal Corp and usually his tours were rather short, since his basic function was to travel to a base and get the Signal Corp office up to par before moving on to the next one. Seldom longer than 6 months. From bits and pieces of his conversations with drinking buddies, I always thought he really worked on intelligence. It's amazing what people will let drop under 'safe' conditions when they're well lubricated.

[HipChick]

13. Haha! I was at White Sands Missle Range...

Well, My ex was, I hated it, and hated it even more when I found out how it got to be White Sands...

[IrishAyes]

14. Well, there were a few slightly compensating pleasantries.

Our house was on the base perimeter so we had an unobstructed view of the mountains. Both of us would take our evening drink or dessert out on the back patio and watch tremendous lightning storms. Still the best show on earth. The closer the strikes, the better we liked it. Of course we had the invincible attitude of the young then. Probably not enough sense between the two of us to power a triple A battery.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

11. It cost a nickel when I was a girl - 1960s.

[rug]

12. Each way.

We hid in the bathrooms when it hit Staten Island so we didn't have to pay the nickel coming back.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Wow!

I miss being out on big boats.

How long were you out working on the water?

[NightWatcher]

10. I did endangered species/ marine mammal observing for a few years on the water

I did some turtle and manatee work on and around land for a few more years.

[IrishAyes]

9. Incidentally, a little off-topic as usual,

I've always felt Navy pilots were the greatest in the world. Even better than Air Force. How many people can land a screaming jet on a pitching, rolling deck? Awesome.