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.
Of all the boat work I've done going up masts was the worst. But being the lightest at the boat yard I was always the one. Well working on sanitation systems probably is the worst but I won't bring that up.
The key to working up high is to pay attention, know what you're doing, double check everything, watch your co-workers and accept that past about 20', it's all free because the fall gonna kill ya just as dead after that.
Avast ye scurvy dogs, prepare to be boarded.
ReplyDeleteI'm burned out on the "look at me!" thing.
ReplyDeleteAll those boats look about the same.
I'd volunteer to be right behind her with a "helping" hand.
ReplyDeleteOf all the boat work I've done going up masts was the worst. But being the lightest at the boat yard I was always the one.
ReplyDeleteWell working on sanitation systems probably is the worst but I won't bring that up.
WOW, from top of the world to bottom...."You've seen it all!"
DeleteThe most import job is the person tailing the winch...
DeleteNot even knowing the winning numbers for the next Powerball jackpot would get me up there...ever!
ReplyDeleteYou haven't really been a sailor until you been up the mast. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe key to working up high is to pay attention, know what you're doing, double check everything, watch your co-workers and accept that past about 20', it's all free because the fall gonna kill ya just as dead after that.
ReplyDeleteThe key to working up high is to do all of these things, then make sure somebody else is going up.
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