1448 posts 3/1/2017 11:01 am
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Sail away ♪♫ sail away ♪♫ sail away
I am reading about one of the ship owners I have worked for, John Carras, on one of his boats. I knew a few things about him, but now I learn that... It has been rumored that most of his ship acquisitions were paid in cash. He paid, rumored, something near to 30 million dollars, in cash, for a ship in 1967.
.....His new building orders were also diversified towards the country that had significantly contributed to his post-war progress, the USA, where two high-specification tankers named ADORATION and MAYFLOWER, were built and delivered under Liberian and US flags in 1957 and 1961 respectively.....
......However, the most celebrated period of John M. Carras new building activity, which highly contributed to the establishment of his group among the leaders within Greek shipping, is that between 1965 and 1969. In the course of these five years, he took delivery of 14 newly-built ships from three major Japanese shipyards.... Eh? 14 ships in cash?
I started as a basic engine room assistant/cleaner, ended up as apprentice engineer lol, what a career span of 3 years!
My first wage for a months work on a ship, in 1977, aged almost 15, was 40 pounds, in today's money, plus another 30 overtime. How could I compete ? That is the reason I am not and will never be a ship owner. Plus, 14 ships in 5 years? Could not even buy 14 good suits in 5 years, and is not 1967 anymore!
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The motor tanker ATHINA CARRAS, built in 1967 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan.
Mom took me and my sis, to visit dad on this little boat. He was 'the' Sebastian the seaman in the family, with 30 years work on the ships. That was 30 years on the water, not the periods when he was on land. The owners wanted to put her on dry dock on the Perama docks, and so they send her home, to Piraeus, Greece. As she was empty, she looked like a town in the middle of the water. Twice the height shown on the picture! About 25 meters from sea level to the deck! Fully loaded, she could still make Suez canal to New Orleans in 17-20 days! Took about 3 minutes to climb the steps on the side, from the tug that took us there, to the deck! She was about 25 meters wide and another 240 in length. This, probably, was the time when as a little boy aged 8 or 9, I fell in love with a ship! 120.000 tons gross weight, of pure bliss. 6 floors accommodation, and another 5 bellow that for her engine. All 12 pistons with their 70.000hp. I felt the purring of her engine, walked every inch of her, touched her everywhere! I went up to that observation tower on the front! I thought about where she had been, where she would go, and where she could take me, one day. The wondering, just before the wandering, had began.
Oh, and some early St Patrick fun
Bloke at a race whispers to Paddy next to
him,"Do you want the winner of the next race?"
Paddy replies "No tanks, oi've only got a small
yard.
Paddy and Mick found 3 hand grenades and
decided to take them to the police station.
Mick "What if one explodes before we get there?"
Paddy: "We'll lie and say we only found two!"
A coach load of paddies on a mystery tour
decided to run a sweepstake to guess where they
were going..... the driver won £52!
Paddy finds a sandwich with two wires stickin
out of it. He phones the police and says "Bejasus
I've just found a sandwich dat looks like a bomb."
The operator asks, "is it tickin?
Paddy says "No, oi tink it's beef"
Joe says to Paddy: "Close your curtains the next
time you're making love to your wife. The whole
street was watching and laughing at you
yesterday."
Paddy says: "Well the joke's on them because
I wasn't even at home yesterday."
Mick walks into Paddy's barn and catches him
dancing naked in front of a tractor.
Mick says, "Oi Paddy, what ya doing?"
Paddy says, "Well me and Mary haven't been
getting on in the bedroom lately & the therapist
recommended I do something sexy to a tractor."
The Irish have solved their own fuel problems.
They imported 50 million tonnes of sand from
the Arabs and they're going to drill for their
own oil...
Paddy says to Mick - I'm ready for a holiday,
only this year I'm going to do it a bit different.
3 years ago I went to Spain and Mary got
pregnant.
2 years ago I went to Italy and Mary got
pregnant.
Last year I went to Majorca and Mary got
pregnant."
Mick asks - So what are you going to do this
year?."
Paddy replies, - I'll take her with me!"
Paddy says to Mick, "Christmas is on a Friday
this year"
Mick says "Let's hope it's not the 13th."
Paddy's in the bathroom and Murphy shouts to
him. "Did you find the shampoo?"
Paddy says, "Oi did, but it's for dry hair and
I've just wet mine."
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In a golf tour in Ireland , Tiger Woods drives his Mercedes into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside.
Unaware of who he is talking to, the pump attendant - who knows absolutely nothing about golf - greets Tiger in a typical Irish manner, "Top of the mornin' to yer, sir."
Tiger nods a quick, 'hello'. As he steps out of the car two tees fall out of his pocket onto the ground.
"What be those?" asks the attendant.
"They're called tees," replies Tiger.
"Well, what on this God's earth are dey for?" inquires the Irishman.
"They're for resting my balls on when I'm driving," says Tiger.
"Fookin ‘ell," says the Irishman, "Mercedes think of everything!"
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Irish blonde...
An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland , arrived
at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty
thousand dollars in a single roll of the dice.
She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much
luckier when I'm completely nude." With that, she stripped, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on,
baby, Mama needs new clothes!"
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down
and squealed. "Yes! Yes! I won, I won!" She hugged each of the
dealers, picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded.
Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered,
"I don't know - I thought you were watching."
Not all Irish are drunks, not all blondes are dumb,
... but all men, we are...men!
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4077 posts 3/1/2017 11:09 am |
What did you do for your first ever official job?
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4077 posts 3/1/2017 11:14 am |
Playtoy, should I guess you worked at an opticians for a 1st job? Thanx for your visit.
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13851 posts 3/1/2017 12:11 pm |
Quoting greekphilosopher:
Playtoy, should I guess you worked at an opticians for a 1st job? Thanx for your visit.
 super answer! Love seeing the big ships go by here, up the Delaware River to Philadelphia!
First job? Veterinarian assistant
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4077 posts 3/1/2017 12:19 pm |
Quoting TicklePlease:
super answer! Love seeing the big ships go by here, up the Delaware River to Philadelphia!
First job? Veterinarian assistant
Hey TicklePlease welcome! It is good around here, no? lol
Interesting job. Hope you liked animals, as I know of one old friend who did the same, but hated animals, did not want to touch or be near them! What torture ha ha. Thanx for visiting and the comment!
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16552 posts 3/1/2017 1:31 pm |
That was a very interesting story. . I can only imagine what it might be like to travel on a ship that big.
And loved the jokes!
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4077 posts 3/1/2017 1:50 pm |
Quoting goodatpoetry2:
That was a very interesting story. . I can only imagine what it might be like to travel on a ship that big.
And loved the jokes!
goodatpoetry thanx! There was no wave big enough for this one. I still wonder, how the hell do they float? Now goes to read Archimedes Biography...where is that book? Eureca!
Glad you like the jokes.
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32404 posts 3/1/2017 2:35 pm |
I squirted jelly into doughnuts. it was wretched.
I always wanted to take to the sea....but girls weren't welcome.
You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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4077 posts 3/1/2017 3:08 pm |
Quoting wickedeasy:
I squirted jelly into doughnuts. it was wretched.
I always wanted to take to the sea....but girls weren't welcome.
Wickedeasy, what a shame on both counts. Hope the wretched job did not last long. As for wanting to take to sea, on this instance, such a shame the world was different then. But there is stil time. Sell the house, buy a boat, and become captainwicked! Thanx for the visit.
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7262 posts 3/11/2017 5:14 pm |
Interesting story. Was it the interest in the sea and the places to go or interest in the ship that got you into that line of work?
Vive La Difference
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4077 posts 3/11/2017 10:52 pm |
Quoting tickles4us:
Interesting story. Was it the interest in the sea and the places to go or interest in the ship that got you into that line of work?
Hi tickles and thanx for your visit. It was the interest in ...wandering. Wanted to see other places, talk to different people, eat different food. The boat was just the tool to do that with. What wonderful times, free travel around the world, and pocket money as well. After leaving school at 14, I did it for about 3 years. The best way to waste some time! And the best memories maker!
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