Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: LOTS of US Water Plants Hit by Hacks Date: 6 Aug 2026 21:12:39 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <114se32$21l1h$4@dont-email.me> <114vslt$36oqc$3@dont-email.me> <1151rm5$3p218$10@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net hVmRfMoZEbhFErJgkAyCbAKNf3PxpihQ9Mbes3cdIjidx8Ob1f Cancel-Lock: sha1:y68FwVNKpLTZbBC9j3NDbsyNoSM= sha256:OLpwe/1CcPm3wJA8Orel83sORo5TatNS4fhkd8A5xiM= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89664 On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:37:41 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 05/08/2026 23:36, rbowman wrote: >> I learned something else of value. We bought the bare press frame from >> Daniels of Stroud. >> >> https://www.stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/research/daniels/ >> >> Shortly before it was to be shipped the UK had one of their little dock >> strikes. A 100 ton press refers to the clamping force and doesn't weigh >> 100 tons but shipping the thing air freight was a bit pricey. It would >> hardly fit into your carry on luggage. >> >> Depending on international trade has its drawbacks. > > As does unionised dock labour. > > There are no dockers any more. Just one man in a crane and containers > everywhere My brother-in-law was in the Merchant Marine as a deck officer. The switch to containers came early in his career. No more exploring foreign ports. Dock at 2AM, be off again by 6AM. While he had a master's rating he never sailed higher than 2nd mate, and then only for 6 months out of the year. The Masters, Mates & Pilots union was parceling out work in a dying industry. Dying for US flagged vessels, that is. I'd considered that career in high school as an engineering officer rather than a deck officer. Thankfully I went in another direction.