Re: You kept what ??
A very jaundiced view Les of your fellow man, most reached up the ladder by hard work, (physical and mental), honesty and integrity. There are of course bad apples both in the Chiefs and Indians barrels, but I personally don't judge my fellow men (and women etc etc) by those few bad apples.
Not really that jaundiced just have a look at the quality of those in the political field as well as private and say that they got there from hard work. No I have seen so many getting a leg up the ladder from using fellow workers to get there. How many of us where shocked at this when finally starting to work ashore. I know I was and still to this day see it happening more and more. Not jaundiced just facing reality. Having said that there are still a lot that do get there from hard work and those one scare the crap out of the majority that conned their way up the ladder. As for stuff we still have from our time at sea unfortunatly left it all behind when I jumped. Maybe if I had been sober I might have either stayed or kept some of my gear. So all I was left with was a hangover and the bugger still haunts me to this day LOL. So maybe that is my remaining memento.
That's the way the mop flops.
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