On Sep 28, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Eris Reddoch wrote: >> >> "Welcome to the damned fine ship 'Mae Lee', Cap!" > > "Pleased to be aboard." Mitwell repiles grinning, "You really lucked > out > inheriting a big ship like this. I'd have given my eye teeth to have > even a little hundred tonner like that one that came in a couple hours > before you did." > > He looks around and adds, "Well, I guess you lucked out. Having a big > ship is probably a lot more responsibility than having a little one. > With a little one you can just go where you want, but big ships like > these have to be a very expensive maintain and operate, so you have to > go where the profits are, right?" > > "Speaking of that." he grins, "What brings you to Serbia?" > > He holds up his hands and waves them, "Not that we aren't glad to have > the port traffic, but thousand tonners are as rare here as feathers on > a > poni." Ricardo smiles "Lucky, well, I'll remember that next time we have a owners meeting...there are a bunch of us! Not all aboard right now." "We got a deal with Ollis Merchanting back on Mark, have a consignment of cargo for here. We're on our way through, headed to Montrose. It was a choice of this way or the other, and Ollis had some stuff for here. None of us have ever really been out here, so we're taking the scenic route, getting the lay of the land. "So far we've managed, it helps that she's mostly free and clear...mortgage payments on this beast would be a bitch. So long as we keep her wrenched right she runs pretty well." He pats the hull affectionately. "If we can keep her mostly loaded, she makes us enough to keep us going. At least we don't have to live in a trailer. It's when you think this life is gonna make you rich is when you get off course." He motions with his hand "You'll want a look around?" > -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
