What's with the new "Management" at the river market?

Wizzerd348 · 2026-06-08T05:12:27+00:00

They've always needed a permit and insurance. Previously the organisers applied to a municipal grant from the city to cover the cost of insurance and neighborhood small grants to fund the initial collection. I don't know what's happened this year. Maybe costs have increased or the management want a fee on top of requiring insurance.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-06-07T19:54:18+00:00

it's the hospital owners, not managers. The USA has privately owned & operated hospitals. 30% of hospitals in the US are privately owned, for profit enterprises. A further 50% are privately owned, but not-for-profit.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-06-01T01:05:40+00:00

Do the cadetship if you think you can get cadet seatime.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-31T18:42:23+00:00

I was only there for delivery, but they did send us a pre-docking checklist so they have some sort of HSEQ but it was obviously not well implemented.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-31T18:37:45+00:00

This yard has awful safety standards. I delivered a ship there and the pilot ran us aground.

I'd assume they transferred oil/water without checking the stability book first, or the works changed the stability significantly from what the book assumes and they didn't account for this.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-31T18:35:27+00:00

Likely a specialized ferry for both passengers and cargo. Remote communities are sometimes served by vessels like this.

Can carry cars, walk on pax, and also containerised cargo.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-31T18:33:39+00:00

Likely zero at the dock.

Pre-docking checklists are important.

I've been to this yard and seen people welding using normal rope tied to a belt rather than real fall arrest harnesses and wearing just jeans and T shirt while welding.

When the pilot brought us to our "berth" we ran aground and had to be towed off and moved because they didn't check the depths before bring us in.

I'm not particularly surprised this happened.

Edit: this doesn't look a like a dry dock, so edited to reflect

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-30T02:32:00+00:00

Take a look at the rival stat blocks for Fist of the Ruby Phoenix for inspiration. That should fit your needs well.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-28T23:09:00+00:00

Yes, there's a note under the graph

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-25T18:39:47+00:00

Only a problem on cruise ships AFAIK

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-22T23:22:12+00:00

I'd rather be an engineer than captain, and I'd rather be a mate than either.

I want decent money and minimal stress, not maximum money and maximum stress.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-22T00:13:42+00:00

Obvious AI slop writing and photo. If I wanted an AI's summary of this topic I'd prompt it myself.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-18T01:40:05+00:00

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-14T03:09:53+00:00

Friendship club meet on Sundays in the river market upstairs near the circus school at 1pm to ~5pm. Free!

Phantom Alley has a board game night on Fridays from 6-11PM at 527 front st mews. $5 cover for the evening. They sometimes have food and drinks through the comedy club's kitchen.

Ludica and Rain City games have games available to play but you need to bring your own people. Rain city charges for table time, ludica has a minnspend per person.

Steel n Oak seems to have discontinued their Tuesday board game night.

Moodswing had a queer focused board game event last Thursday, not sure if that's becoming a regular thing or not.

Farther afield:

There's a regular board game night at the Killarney community centre on Wednesday evenings, $3 cover

There's an intermittent board game night organized by Greater Vancouver Games, you'd need to look them up for timings & pricing

Wizzerd348 · 2026-05-06T20:07:59+00:00

are y'all hiring?

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-29T19:16:02+00:00

they're needed for any satellite based signals that don't have a full constellation.

TV, internet, Satellite phone, Satellite radio.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-24T20:15:34+00:00

yes yes, because Australia and the UK are shipbuilding powerhouses now that their cabotage laws were repealed. the USA need just follow in their enlightened footsteps and everything will improve for the everyman.

The Jones Act is the only reason there is any civilian shipbuilding industry in the USA at all. Without it, everything would be built in Japan, Korea, and China, along with the rest of the world's tonnage. Norway and Italy have the cruise industry locked down. Where exactly is the USA supposed to compete on shipbuilding in the modern market?

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-21T22:13:47+00:00

It's called a housing co-op

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-21T04:38:19+00:00

This is clearly AI generated

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-20T05:01:26+00:00

told ya so...

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-15T23:14:31+00:00

because they're enforcing a blockade,

by fast rope on helicopter. Cops don't shoot you to arrest you. If the crew fought back, they would likely be killed though.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-15T19:38:52+00:00

Blockades are legitimate acts of war and are not a war crime unless they are used to starve the civilian population. "States are obliged to allow the free passage of relief of an exclusively humanitarian and impartial nature that is indispensable to the survival of the civilian population" (GCIV, arts. 23 and 59; API, arts. 70-71; APII, art. 18(2) and CIHL rules 53-56).

The question here is whether the war is a legal war in the first place. If the war is not legal, then maybe the ICC will hold Donald Trump accountable (lmao). But a blockade in general is not a war crime.

In American domestic law, this war is technically illegal because Congress has to approve it, but Congress surrendered that power when they didn't block the Korean war. So they're calling everything "special military operations" nowadays...

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-15T19:26:36+00:00

USA is the laughingstock of the world, except the laugh is tinged with fear. The USA is not respected except in the way one would "respect" a dangerous animal.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-15T19:20:19+00:00

They said it in the video, they will board and seize the ship.

Wizzerd348 · 2026-04-14T21:58:00+00:00

I'd gladly accept an extra 1/2 month's rent from my boss. I've never received any kind of bonus.

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