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Without a second ship at the other end to trap people in, no one was gonna be stuck more than a couple weeks; they'd all eventually decide to unload at a port or go around Africa.
True, but still they would need to socielize during those weeks.
The 1.5 million beer bottles sounded like a gross exaggeration, but with 14 ships, over 8 years, that's about 34 bottles per day per ship, which makes it seem potentially plausible for a bunch of very bored sailors, depending on how big the skeleton crews were. I like that apparently some form of agreement was reached to keep them well supplied.
I would imagine a surrogate market has been made using beer as a form of payment or currency.
We came across a giant trawling boat and the captain of our fishing boat asked if we wanted to change what we were fishing for. We said yes, and our guys gathered a bunch of random stuff from the galley and put it into a plastic sack: open bags of chips, beer, soda, other snacks, etc.
We pulled up next to the trawler and the captain negotiated a trade: our food and drinks for a giant basket of their bait.
Both boats ended up happy and we had a great time using their bait!
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I did see a few ships that were attached to each other; would not be surprised if the crews had a get-together on there. I mean they would all have been quarantined for weeks already (broadly speaking), so low chance of getting the 'rona.
I had seen one comment on here suggesting we fly over there and start a Burning Man Middle East[1]. > Days of partying in the desert, opening random containers, driving little excavators. Oh what could have been... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033
> It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...) Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
Vertically when you look at it on a map, where north is facing up. But we both knew that.
Yes, we tried showing her the Nile.
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I had seen one comment on here suggesting we fly over there and start a Burning Man Middle East[1]. > Days of partying in the desert, opening random containers, driving little excavators. Oh what could have been... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033
That's a great way to end up in turbo-prison en route to execution -- unless you're a prince of some sort. They're not a fan of drugs, to put it mildly.
Surprisingly interesting read, I had never heard of this. After 8 years - only the German ships where able to make it out under their own steam!
Only if we build things like we used to... West Germany and Germany in general has been known for the reliability and durability of their goods. German quality is top notch.
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I had seen one comment on here suggesting we fly over there and start a Burning Man Middle East[1]. > Days of partying in the desert, opening random containers, driving little excavators. Oh what could have been... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033
That's a great way to end up in turbo-prison en route to execution -- unless you're a prince of some sort. They're not a fan of drugs, to put it mildly.
I suppose we'd need a small sovereign piece of land for that kind of thing... a kind of micronation, if you will.
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Only if we build things like we used to... West Germany and Germany in general has been known for the reliability and durability of their goods. German quality is top notch.
I’d guess it was as much an issue of keeping up regular maintenance as the initial quality of the vessels. I mean, if your ship was stuck in one place for years it’d be pretty natural to start letting things slide...
> It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...) Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
Vertically when you look at it on a map, where north is facing up. But we both knew that.
Also:
What if north is facing down?
What if map is not on a wall but on a table?
What if map is not oriented not in north-south direction?
> It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...) Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
I guess a vertical navigable canal is a lock.