And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In the '80s I worked in Oakland for US Lines, operator at that time of the world's largest container ships.
My girlfriend Annie was an intern at the Marine Terminal fresh outta Maine Maritime Academy. I remember visiting her one night on my way home to see a ship right outside the window of her office with dozens of containers which had been ripped open like a can opener as the result of storms upon the ocean.
Recommended reading: "The Box". Subtitled 'How the shipping container made the world smaller'. It's a great read of the genesis of what has become our current international trade world.
In the '80s I worked in Oakland for US Lines, operator at that time of the world's largest container ships.
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend Annie was an intern at the Marine Terminal fresh outta Maine Maritime Academy. I remember visiting her one night on my way home to see a ship right outside the window of her office with dozens of containers which had been ripped open like a can opener as the result of storms upon the ocean.
Unforgettable.
Ahhh! the sea. and the women who go down into it
ReplyDeleteRecommended reading: "The Box". Subtitled 'How the shipping container made the world smaller'. It's a great read of the genesis of what has become our current international trade world.
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