May 26, 2007

Underway

The loadon was as much fun as such things normally was, i.e. none at all. Hauling a few thousand pounds of gear up up five flights of ladders is always a joy. The trick for the heavy boxes is to wrap a cargo strap around the load; then you can have one guy pushing from below, and three or four pulling from the top of the ladder.

The ship pulled out of port not long after we boarded, and we've been steaming steadily for a few days now. Our shop's air conditioning is currently inoperable, so things are unpleasant. The flight deck at noon is over a hundred degrees with a brilliant sun beaming down, but at least there's the wind over the bow. In the shop, it's a few degrees cooler, but close and sweaty. So I've got Jimmy Buffett playing on our sound system, and life is good. I just close my eyes, and the beach is right there...

Until someone says something like "Open your eyes and get back to work!" Jerks.

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