marichiko (where does that word come from btw), that was the point I was making pretty much. Glad someone else feels the same way. :)

I was reading today in the latest issue of National Geographic that an albatross chick had a plastic identifier tag in its stomach that originated on a US Navy vessel in WWII. They went on to explain that debris may circulate in the ocean currents for half a century, easily :(

Making love with you

Is like drinking sea water.
The more I drink
The thirstier I become,
Until nothing can slake my thirst
But to drink the entire sea.


from "Love Poems of Marichiko" trans by Kenneth Rexroth (and baby albatross :headshake )

Morning drinker? Or full-time <s>pathological narcissist</s> overaged brat?

Considering the need for secrecy and the limited space I can't really think of another option. Since our refuse is going to sink to the bottom I'm less concerned with it becoming flotsam, and I don't recall there being much in the way of non-degradable material going overboard.

Apparently the stuff here wasn't on the bottom but rather floating around in the water. Perhaps you have different systems on a sub.

I had actually wondered if it would be a security risk dropping rubbish in the water. As we all know, people are telling us to beware of identity theft resulting from people going through our rubbish. Maybe there's secrets in the rubbish of a warship too.

Obviously, somebody fucked up. Those "hessian sacks"(whatever they are?) should have not contained plastic. I'm sure the Captain didn't know it happened until his ass was in a sling. Anyone on board that did know, was making sure the Captain didn't, to cover their ass.

Personally, I think it was ironic that it was the Reagan. :lol:

The real irony is that while the Captain of the Reagan gets off with a letter of apology to the people of Australia, if one of our fisherman was caught throwing his rubbish in Australian waters he'd be fined thousands of dollars.

I'm sure the Regan left more than a few thousands dollars behind. :lol:

thread drift/WHO? Me, Rexroth, or "Marichiko"? You will note that the time of my post was 9:30 PM - a suitable hour to be drinking anything I damn well please. I defer to your superior knowledge in the pathological narcissist department./thread drift

We now return you to the wide sargasso sea (and I dare ANYONE to catch that literary allusion ;) )

That's probably true Bruce...and it'll undoubtedly have a 'trickle down' effect. ;) The only problem is, the fishermen have to foot the bill themselves rather than split it between the masses. Probably not quite a fair comparison I'd suggest, although I doubt there'd be too many fishermen here who would deliberately try to destroy the environment on which their livelihood relies, so maybe it's a moot point. :)

Sargasso sea refers to a term to do with algae and stuff floating in a body of warm water which drifts all over the place.

I'll admit that I did have to search to find out the details though due to a poor memory for detail. :( Interesting stuff though and it was worth the effort. :)

Here's a link for anyone who's interested.