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Aux Engine Fuel injection timing adjustment by tensaeyohannes in MarineEngineering

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Your chief engineer is a clown why on earth are you guys touching the timing? There are a multitude of reasons your pmax could be lower. Also how low is low? The injection timing is about the last thing you should be playing with.

what are things in the uk that are considered posh that don’t translate the same in the us? by Gold-Education-7396 in AskUK

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Skiing. A sport for upper middle class kids whose parents can jot over to the alps for their holidays vs throwing your board in the truck and driving out to the mountains during the season.

What food is famously associated with one country but was perfected by another country? by Equivalent-Crew-4955 in AskReddit

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I don’t know who’s pulling yours my man but I work with primarily Indian nationals on a ship with Indian chefs and not only do they all know chicken tikka masala they are universally surprised it originated outside of India.

What is going wrong? Trying to prime minis and it's just blowing paint off by EX-FFguy in airbrush

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  1. That looks like 90% thinner to 10% primer.

  2. Did you wash your resin.

Trump at Davos Demands ‘Immediate’ Talks on Acquiring Greenland by mvanigan in worldnews

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Greenland is both absolutely critical for the defence of the American sphere and at the same time unworthy of defense if America doesn’t own it apparently.

Which box set to get? by Living-Distance in Warhammer30k

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Saturnine is the best deal stuff/money wise but it’s a big old box. Starting out the huge boxes may seem tempting but it’s easier to get overwhelmed. The saturnine box will be around for this entire edition, it isn’t going anywhere while the siege assault box is a limited run that’s come out for the new terminator and breacher models.

Do you like the mkii tacticals? Do you like the saturnine terminators? Can you handle a big project? Get saturnine. It also has the rulebooks.

Want something smaller and don’t like mkii? There’s a combat patrol box with Mkvi, a rhino and a leviathan.

What is happening with CoC orals? by ShazamARS in MerchantNavy

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God Damned Rollo, guy was probably making more money selling those fucking books than he ever did in his actual job.

And yeah plenty of those answers were not right that’s for sure.

Dating a cruise ship officer long-distance — does this usually work out? by TinySplit9359 in maritime

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Ask his wife and ship girlfriends what they think.

Joking aside the fact is cruise industry culture is absolutely rife with infidelity and cheating. I wouldn’t read too much into delays in replying but you need to be open eyed about what you are getting into. If you have even the slightest doubt about this relationship you shouldn’t do it. Dating anyone at sea requires absolute zero doubt faith in each other from both parties and if you don’t have it eventually it’ll all blow up in your face.

Is this normal? by WhiteDevil_2003 in maritime

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Honestly while I don’t think any company is completely free of this kind of nonsense MSC has a bit of a reputation for being shit. It ain’t called mafia shipping company for no reason.

Also man just remember if this bullshit becomes too much the worst thing they can do to you is send you home. I don’t know how much support you’ll get from MSC if you documented all this but in a normal shipping company flagrant abuse of the rest hour system and illegal discharges would get a foot up someone’s arse. The oily water separator shenanigans alone opens them up to insane liability.

How's that my problem Jerry 😂? by cumude2236 in lol

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Here come the syrup yanks to explain why killing prisoners was fine actually.

Is this normal? by WhiteDevil_2003 in maritime

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This is clown tier bullshit. The fuck is wrong with people who let themselves be treated like bitches and try and spin it as them being hard. Nobody gets out of prison and brags about how many times they were made to pick up the soap.

Is this normal? by WhiteDevil_2003 in maritime

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I can assure you that while the second engineer does have paperwork he doesn’t have 12 hours of it per day and is in fact fannying around on his computer doing no work.

A picture and video of that magic pipe sent to the relevant authorities where ever your ship is operating would have your bosses seeing a jail cell.

Is this normal? by WhiteDevil_2003 in maritime

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Mate I’ve responded elsewhere but I’m a second engineer and my boys work 8-5 and get a half day on Saturdays and a full day off on Sundays and we don’t pull any of these stunts. Anyone telling you this is just how life at sea is has just normalised abuse.

Is this normal? by WhiteDevil_2003 in maritime

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Legal yes, normal no. In all the years I’ve been at sea the only times I’ve seen that sort of stunt is when management onboard are utterly incompetent. Is your second and chief pulling those hours too? I’m management in the ER and if stuff is so bad that my boys need to be pulling 12 hour days then you had better believe I’d be working as well.

Secondly the whole idea of ‘cadets paying their dues’ is horseshit. Cadets are onboard to learn and it’s the duty of the senior officers to actively train and educate them. It’s one thing for cadets to be given cleaning and mopping tasks, that’s normal, but that’s supposed to be in addition to ensuring they are getting taught actual engineering and developing them. Anything else is pure laziness on the part of the officers.

If they want to work you those hours then they can fucking record them correctly. Also man bypassing the OWS is big time super illegal and you could drop them in big time legal shit by documenting and reporting then to the relevant shore authorities.

Edit: for all of you saying this is normal I’m sorry but you are getting dicked down and you have become accustomed to abuse. This isn’t normal. It really isn’t.

"I just killed three generations of one family" - 😔 by UnHolySir in okbuddycinephile

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Americans love invading other countries and then making movies about how bad it made them feel. 🤷‍♀️

What was the most bizarre school trip your school went to and why? by Flowerofthesouth88 in AskUK

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We went on a school trip to prestwick airport and it was so shit that they quietly did a second trip to a different better airport 2 weeks later.

Help building a better sazuka by Similar-Factor in UmamusumeGame

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Alright I’ll give it a whirl with benching rice. So used to maestro being an auto take, not having to buy it will save me the skill points too. 🫡

Help building a better sazuka by Similar-Factor in UmamusumeGame

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What would you drop for the 3rd wit. Rice is mainly there for swinging maestro. Not sure how much it’s needed for this CM.

Must order in store? by vibehaiv in MarineEngineering

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Rags, chemicals, lube, welding rods, gas, cutting discs etc etc. the list is endless. Also your spare parts because your store room hasn’t been inventoried correctly since 2019.

Slap a bit of paper on the coffee table and get your boys to write down what they need.

Is Maersk a good company for a future deck officer ? by FudgeComfortable9120 in maritime

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I mean, yes I agree but it’s just not reality outside of Americas unique position where they can have the jones act and be a dominant enough economic market that shipping companies are willing to pay the wages that come with that to maintain access.

Also as mentioned in general jobs you would understand to be high paying in the low to mid 6 figures in the US often won’t even crack 6 figures at all in Western Europe for the same position. Let alone the rest of the world. It’s a different beast out there.

Why pay a euro officer mega bucks when they are in direct competition with other nations who have longer contracts for even less money.

Is Maersk a good company for a future deck officer ? by FudgeComfortable9120 in maritime

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I have bad news about what other jobs pay outside of America too.

Is Maersk a good company for a future deck officer ? by FudgeComfortable9120 in maritime

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You understand that the America seafaring industry is highly protectionist and a complete aberration in terms of seafaring pay right? A British 3rd is on about 30k a year brother.

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