On Jun 1, 1:21 am, Maritimelinks wrote:
On May 30, 7:54 am, Joe wrote:





On May 29, 12:38 pm, Bart wrote:

On May 27, 11:34 pm, Maritimelinks wrote:

Hey all, I wanted to post this here for you all to see since the new
Merchant Marine group hasn't caught on yet. I want to get our messages
out there and let people know who the Merchant Mariners are - what we
do- and just how damn important it is that we get support from our
lawmakers.

Could it be, oh no, all the people that might be interested are

at sea...

Many MM ships are being fitted out with the internet. It's trickleing
down to the pleasure mkt...but to slow IMO.

And most work a on/off schedule that gives them time ashore. My
favorite schedule was 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. My uncle worked 3mo on 6
mo off.

I'd like to see a picture of that merchant marine plaque and see if
it's worth submitting a story.

Joe

Well if it isn't worth it to you - don't bother, but the plaque is
nice. Goto this link for a picture of it.http://groups.google.com/group/marit...eb/sea-stories

I found a place that makes up some real nice art items and I was
impressed with it, so I thought it might be something cool to get
people. I think that most of the people who actually sail would be
getting a month - two maybe three on and maybe an equal amount off. So
there should be a fair number of people who would be interested ashore
at any given time. I thought I would mention it to people here just in
case someone is interested.

My ship had satellite internet - MSC ships all had satellite internet
and a good deal of them have some form of dial up or wireless
broadband now believe it or not.

Joe- I hope you will submit something to us- I am sure you have a sea
story or two.

Thanks,

Casey
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That sure is a nice plaque Casey...I'll dig up a story and submit it
soon.

Thanks
Joe