Internet infrastructure - it’s a series of tubes!! :smile:
Thanks, and to you too!
Hey guys an off-topic update. I did my navigation and operations exams and they went okay. Definitely passed stability and cargo, not sure about navigation (was a weird ass question). I'm free for the next 4 days to do some work on the site and play some beta :smile:
Just finished 2nd year of Uni (studying Physics). Next year is when my grades start counting towards my Bachelors, so I'll have to work a lot harder come September! Sadly also means I have 3 months to wait for Classic this summer and not much in the ways of plans, and I've lived frugally enough to not have to work very much if at all.
Hey guys an off-topic update. I did my navigation and operations exams and they went okay. Definitely passed stability and cargo, not sure about navigation (was a weird ass question). I'm free for the next 4 days to do some work on the site and play some beta :smile:
That's great! Enjoy the beta while you can! I've heard (unfounded) rumours that they will be moving the level cap up relatively soon.
Hey guys an off-topic update. I did my navigation and operations exams and they went okay. Definitely passed stability and cargo, not sure about navigation (was a weird ass question). I'm free for the next 4 days to do some work on the site and play some beta :smile:
I hated my job when I worked on a ship, but I did like being at sea. Your posts about it make me miss it, a tiny bit.
Enjoy the beta while you can! I've heard (unfounded) rumours that they will be moving the level cap up relatively soon.
I recently remembered an old work acquaintance of mine is working at Blizzard now and basically begged him to see if he could get me a beta invite. Fingers crossed!
I recently remembered an old work acquaintance of mine is working at Blizzard now and basically begged him to see if he could get me a beta invite. Fingers crossed!
Can you add my Btag info to your begging? :lol:
I hated my job when I worked on a ship, but I did like being at sea. Your posts about it make me miss it, a tiny bit.
:lol:
In what capacity were you at sea? US flagged vessels?
:lol:
In what capacity were you at sea? US flagged vessels?
Yeah, I worked for a cruise line that circled the Hawaiin islands. We never left U.S. waters so we were U.S. flagged, which means that I had to be trained as a Merchant Marine to work on the ship. It was real basic training and I was the absolute lowest rank (called class 1 wiper if I remember correctly), Somewhere on the internet is a picture of my ID card, I totally look like a drug smuggler (greasy hair slicked back, white v-neck t-shirt, black high collared jacket...). I worked in the galley and was treated like shit by the rest of the crew. The actually sailors were cool, but the cruise line crew can fuck right off. Still, seeing a volcano from sea and smoking a cigarette on the mooring deck during a typhoon while 20-30 ft waves were breaking against the ship and washing over my feet is something I'm glad I experienced.
Still, seeing a volcano from sea and smoking a cigarette on the mooring deck during a typhoon while 20-30 ft waves were breaking against the ship and washing over my feet is something I'm glad I experienced.
Dope.
I worked in the galley and was treated like shit by the rest of the crew
I've been a Deck Cadet for the last three years so I can sympathise with this. Literally the scum at the bottom of a barrel.
This is the ship I've spent most of my time on - by August, if all goes well, I'll be qualified to drive it :smile:
Dive support vessel - we do deep sea diving work on the rigs and pipelines in the North Sea mainly. Seen some weather on that barky - a rogue wave 20m high (60ft for you 'muricans) hit the front of us and stoved in the helideck forward. Can get rough out there sometimes. Also did some plain weather sailing from Denmark to Australia (9 week's steam) and seen some insane shit at sea like phosphorescent algae and weird rip tides. I made a post about it last Christmas just before I signed off - deployed a few barrens.chat patches over the ship's satellite internet during that sail! :razz:
Nice! I briefly thought about going on to actually be a full Merchant Marine, but decided I'm a bit too much of an anti-establishment individual to commit to that route.
I worked on this girl:
I was also on a fire team, which was a great learning experience and I really enjoyed. Ship board fire fighting and disaster response is really something else.
II just got engaged last weekend, so that's exciting.
Huge congrats on your engagement!!!
I work as a 9-1-1 operator, thats why im so chatty and type lots. Its also probably why I can be such an insufferable cunt.
911 whats your emergency?
STFUPPERCUT I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO AVOID HUNTER DEADZONE
911 whats your emergency?
STFUPPERCUT I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO AVOID HUNTER DEADZONE
Sir, I need you to stay calm, information and help is on the way! I need to know exactly how far the opponent is, his spec and if he has you targeted? Any weapons involved sir? Okay. Were going to get you to safe spot to regen and then Im going to lead you through this gank.
I'm a Sergeant for the department of Corrections here in Florida. Yes, I have seen some crazy things in my career so far. I've a wife and 3 children. I live in the woods drive a truck and i enjoy photography and graphic design.
I used to be a DJ in Miami but everyone seems to think they are the next armin van burren or deadmau5 there. I've lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and all over Florida.
Pretty much it.
I'm a Sergeant for the department of Corrections here in Florida. Yes, I have seen some crazy things in my career so far. I've a wife and 3 children. I live in the woods drive a truck and i enjoy photography and graphic design.
I used to be a DJ in Miami but everyone seems to think they are the next armin van burren or deadmau5 there. I've lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and all over Florida.
Pretty much it.
So I take it you've had multiple run ins with the infamous "Florida Man"? :lol:
Literally sitting at work staring at my phone. First pot of coffee just finished brewing.
It will be another hour before the boss gets in. I like to get in early so I can read the news and have a cup in peace before the office starts roaring.
Just got a membership at the “country” club last week so I will be at the pool this weekend when my girlfriends parents come to visit tomorrow. We live out in the sticks somewhat so the “country” club really is in the country and probably isn’t as posh as you think it’d be. (Or as I thought it would be :) )
I'm a Sergeant for the department of Corrections here in Florida. Yes, I have seen some crazy things in my career so far.
A 911 operator, and a corrections officer 😀. Cool my job is to respond to the 911 emergency calls & provide Chablo with customers 😂😂!
I'm a Sergeant for the department of Corrections here in Florida. Yes, I have seen some crazy things in my career so far. I've a wife and 3 children. I live in the woods drive a truck and i enjoy photography and graphic design.
I used to be a DJ in Miami but everyone seems to think they are the next armin van burren or deadmau5 there. I've lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and all over Florida.
Pretty much it.
So I take it you've had multiple run ins with the infamous "Florida Man"? :lol:
You have no idea!!!
I'm a Sergeant for the department of Corrections here in Florida. Yes, I have seen some crazy things in my career so far.
A 911 operator, and a corrections officer 😀. Cool my job is to respond to the 911 emergency calls & provide Chablo with customers 😂😂!
I appreciate the job security sir! Watch your six bud and stay safe!
Not to worry mate!
I'm the police, and I'm here to arrest you. You've broken the law. I did not write the law. I may even disagree with the law but I will enforce it and no matter how you plead, congol, beg, or attempt to stir my sympathies, nothing you do will stop me from placing you in steel cage with grey bars. If you run away, I will chase you. If you fight me, I will fight back. If you shoot at me, I will shoot back. By law I am unable to walk away. I am a consequence. I am the unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a gun. Behind my badge is a heart like yours. I bleed, I think, I love, and yes, I can be killed. And although I am but one man, I have thousands of brothers and sisters who are the same as me. They will lay down their lives for me, and I them. We stand watch together, a thin blue line, protecting the prey from the predators, the good from the bad. We are the police.
We are the police.
Is this a copy pasta?
We are the police.
Is this a copy pasta?
Hack yea. Didnt make that one up myself. Its from the epic movie:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1855199 /