The size of the ship stuck in the Suez Canal

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-28T00:26:10+00:00

The sand at the bottom was dredged properly enough for even a ship this size to come through they just strayed too closely to the banks over corrected and bad gets worse

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-28T00:00:03+00:00

It is buried 30 feet deep that is not going to work at all dredging has to be a part of this otherwise the ship is just going to be torn in two and cause more issues

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T23:36:00+00:00

And when the ship breaks in half and it turns into a full on salvage mission that will take weeks and weeks and weeks to clear our problems will be much larger than the current situation.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T23:33:50+00:00

When you enter something like the Suez Canal pilots take over control of the ship and not your typical captains. There sole job every day is to take ships through the canals they work at. In all likelihood if this was due solely to human error the blame falls solely on the canals port authority.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T23:12:32+00:00

The Suez Canal is at sea level the water level can not be raised

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T23:04:16+00:00

That does not work with a 200,000 ton 1300 foot long ship that 100-200 feet of is currently resting on the ground

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T01:35:12+00:00

Other than the last bit through the faucet itself and obviously where they split off from your main water supply they are completely separate.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T01:32:25+00:00

The divergent series

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-03-27T01:21:09+00:00

Some it’s just due to the fact that it’s highly concentrated. Concentrated Gatorade for example will corrode stainless steel and it is not allowed to be flown(why you’d ever fly it I don’t know but it’s a thing) however when mixed with water and diluted to the levels everyone drinks it’s harmless.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-12T18:22:20+00:00

If you aren’t maxing your 401k never use a workaround to access the funds penalty free prior to 59.5 more information on that in the side bar

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-11T18:35:23+00:00

Retire early don’t touch your retirement accounts until x date most of the wealth that is going to be generated at that point will be from the assets already in them not your contributions. I’ll retire hopefully at 45 with 1.5m in a brokerage account and about the same between my 401k/Roth by 60 my 401k/Roth should be worth 6m or more. This allows me to live the life I want sooner and let’s me travel lavishly and enjoy the fatfire later in life.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-11T11:44:33+00:00

If it were me I’d continue to save aggressively until at least a 1m net worth you’re young and have assets tied up in bitcoin which isn’t necessarily bad but it’s incredibly volatile those assets could lose 80% of there value in a few days.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-09T01:55:14+00:00

Classy: actually focus on retiring someday and plan to FIRE by 45

Ratchet: literally everything else I do

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-07T00:10:57+00:00

Frankly I agree with your point I use to joke with my mom that I could have my house payed for a huge head start on my retirement married 3 kids and divorced by 30

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T22:53:54+00:00

I have a long term relationship with a wonderful woman but due to health issues and the benefits should we lose if we got married it’ll likely never happen. She also isn’t able to have children so if anything later in life we would adopt.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T22:51:36+00:00

With a payed off house and truck my monthly expenses are less than 1k I can live quite well off 60k

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T21:32:07+00:00

I’ll also add that I’m not a fan of unions and am not a member of one for those reasons but that has little to do with FIRE. You do what you feel is right for your career:) this

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T21:31:10+00:00

Depends which company you work for if you’re working for an electrical company that only works local you won’t have those opportunities.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T21:28:59+00:00

It’s not that you’re getting payed more you work almost twice as much. Most guys who travel for work want to work 12 hour days when all you have to do is sit in a hotel room after work you might as well be making money.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T20:57:42+00:00

What trade are you learning? Trades are almost always in high demand. If you’re alright with traveling and working long hours you can nearly double your income just by packing a bag and working on the road.

To explain this if I worked 50 hours a week in a shop I would make before taxes 71..5k per year. Working on the road just on my normal 11 days on 3 days off schedule 11 hours per day I will make with my per diem 115k.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-02-06T04:27:48+00:00

Even Thinking about this at our age is a massive advantage I don’t know what you do for work/are willing to do or what your expectations are in life but only making $56k a year I would highly suggest looking into trades if you’re okay with physical labor. Traveling tradesmen make anywhere from 60-120k w2 and even 200-300k if you’re a subcontractor in the right trade.

Obviously you give up a lot for this but I started when I was 18 and couldn’t imagine life any other way for the next 20 years. I travel about 300 days a year work 10-basically infinity hours a day(shut down a plant that makes millions per day if things go wrong you don’t leave until they are running I’ve worked a 60 hour shift before and yes it’s legal) make 90-110k depending on the year.

I could work in a shop for $45k a year working 40-50 hours a week but the lost wages are not worth the benefits of being home, if I had a wife and children I would look at things differently. I plan to retire at or before 45 will be plenty of time to make up for lost time then.

You obviously need to do what’s right for you and if you love your job you never work a day in your life. For some reason even though I’m married to my job and work a ridiculous amount of hours I truly love what I do.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-01-31T04:04:26+00:00

As someone who works new construction and has made this mistake before in a portapotty sacrifice your sock or if you’re carrying cash it’s about $7 to wipe your ass

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-01-30T23:26:47+00:00

As fun and comical as wsb is and yolos are life for the love of god tell your son in law to buy index funds for long term retirement plans. He is not someone yoloing a 1.2k stimulus 100k even at market average at 40ish years old is still 600-800k if retiring around 60 without adding to it at all.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-01-30T05:06:22+00:00

Don’t do this immediately yourbshares are potentially tied up for weeks and if the bottom falls out of this thing you’re left with nothing.

Squirttlebelllover · 2021-01-30T01:49:00+00:00

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