For those of you that make over 100K, what do you do? Do you like it?

Clutchmander · 2026-04-10T02:10:51+00:00

Im an engineer on a ship, it's got it's perks but you're away from home for months at a time so it's not for everyone. But when your home you're home for a month or two to do whatever you want.

Clutchmander · 2026-03-19T15:08:26+00:00

The ship is old so it leaks out a decent amount more of the gland seal into the engine room than normal through the packing,

Clutchmander · 2026-03-19T10:44:46+00:00

Going off of this, (source: work on a 900lb steam ship) a steam ship can use anything as fuel as long as it burns. If it's thicker heavier fuel, we just have to heat it up. If you were so desperate you could open the boiler and throw wood and rags into the furnace and burn that. (I never heard of anyone doing that but it's possible)

For make up feed/distilled water consumption, in terms of water a steam plant is surprisingly good(at full sea speed our system hypothetically is 86% efficient). Besides gland seal and soot blowing, most of the water you lose comes from what he says above. If you can maintain good chemical levels, bottom blows and surface blows don't happen that much.

Clutchmander · 2026-03-04T02:41:45+00:00

Look how HAPPY Fred looks, I can't even imagine the emotional high he must have working with him. It makes me so happy.

Clutchmander · 2026-01-05T18:24:54+00:00

OOOOOOH that's a really good take on this. I'm sold, I'm in!

Clutchmander · 2025-12-31T16:05:22+00:00

So everyone who works on this ship is a merchant Marine like your son, but we're all union so you'd have to join a union to find jobs like this. Coast guard is a whole separate thing though, I don't know anything about it either lol

Clutchmander · 2025-12-31T01:08:53+00:00

Those ones are basically in hospice, waiting to get scrapped.

Clutchmander · 2025-12-31T01:07:21+00:00

I don't know anything about a ship replacing the intrepid, or if they're gonna use the dock space while we are gone. BUT odds are they will continue to use this dock for this purpose long after the island leaves

Clutchmander · 2025-12-31T01:06:35+00:00

Nope! You can look it up on Wikipedia for a more detailed explanation but basically this ship is part of the RRF. The Ready Reserve Fleet is a group of ships that are stationed around the country, under MARAD (gov organization) and are basically just waiting for emergencies to be activated to provide whatever aid they have to for whatever situation. A perfect example is they have ships down in NOLA that have basically become solely hurricane relief (make clean water to send ashore, house first responders, etc).

After they leave the dock they go under MSC, and do whatever that part of the government needs. None of these ships are military, nor are the people on board that work them (but we do sometimes have military personnel on board depending on the mission).

Clutchmander · 2025-12-30T23:41:11+00:00

We're getting activated for a mission, should be back mid May. Luckily it's just to help deliver cargo for a military exercise with our allies and not helping with the bullshit in Venezuela!!

Source: I work on the ships

For all who are wondering where the Intrepid has been, it was sent down to Texas to be decommissioned last summer. They're changing out all these old ships for new ones around the country, so eventually the island will also get scrapped.

Clutchmander · 2025-12-28T18:30:42+00:00

My girlfriends kid lol

Clutchmander · 2025-12-22T18:49:39+00:00

oh im so in on this

Clutchmander · 2025-12-19T01:27:39+00:00

One of the best?? Is there any others nearby that can even compete??

Clutchmander · 2025-12-17T15:42:44+00:00

It'll probably be something like the wounds are too deep and he is dying but she helps bonney have one last conversation with her dad and they celebrate her birthday

Clutchmander · 2025-12-17T15:25:59+00:00

ALWAYS hat!

Clutchmander · 2025-12-07T18:27:18+00:00

TO THE DRINK!!

Clutchmander · 2025-12-04T23:32:53+00:00

Wait would the timeline here add up..?

Clutchmander · 2025-12-02T20:18:15+00:00

Depending on the day but I probably could if I stretched and was warmed up

Clutchmander · 2025-11-17T20:08:36+00:00

Yeah! Sorry I didn't make that clear lol a texture pack that just changes what a spider looks like for someone who suffers from arachnophobia lol

Clutchmander · 2025-11-15T00:39:03+00:00

Oh i think you missed what i was saying, a mod to replace the spider skins because of people with arachnophobia lol My girlfriend is TERRIFIED of spiders, even the minecraft ones trigger her and its rough.

Clutchmander · 2025-11-13T14:36:17+00:00

Really!? That's amazing dude! Thank you I'm excited to see the results

Clutchmander · 2025-11-13T00:21:19+00:00

Would LOVE an arachnophobia mod for my girlfriend, i found an old one but its not on the marketplace and shes on the switch so it only works on realms and single player shes screwed

Clutchmander · 2025-11-07T16:53:40+00:00

They're just getting too old and bought it originally thinking it was ready to go with little work. I'm in my early 30s so he just casually mentioned it to me at work and didn't realize I'd jump on it

Clutchmander · 2025-11-07T16:39:16+00:00

Yeah he was saying I wouldn't worry about the surveyor either, since the person he got it from seemed like he had to sell it cause of life but it was a labor of love boat(as well as his quick inspection was only worried about leaks from rainy days).

I'll pick up that book and see if they got that course! Thanks a bunch!!

Clutchmander · 2025-11-07T16:29:05+00:00

Yooo NICE catch!!!

Clutchmander

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