[Mgs] watch your chains

[Mike Eldred]

<<<People leave themselves open to all kinds of dangers in the military that
aren't accepted in everyday life,>>>

In some respects, that may be true.  But in my 11+ years in the Army, I can
honestly say that safety was always the top priority, and never second to
expediency - particularly when it came to any equipment or routine operations.
The people who buy $800 hammers don't skimp on equipment for cargo
operations.





> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:05:05 -0700
> From: david_breneman at yahoo.com
> To: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] watch your chains
>
> --- On Sun, 6/6/10, mgbob at juno.com <mgbob at juno.com> wrote:
>
> > This is not
> often seen, but if you look at old
> > movies of cargo handling on
> > the
> waterfront, that's how cargo was loaded and unloaded
> > from ships. We did it
> >
> when I was in the navy. It's quite secure and easy to do.
>
> [Please don't take
> this as unfriendly, I'm just making a
> point enthusiastically...}
>
>
> I have a
> friend who's a stevedore. He's been working at
> the Port of Tacoma (one of the
> busiest ports on the eastern
> edge of the Pacific Rim) for decades. Next time
> I see him,
> I'll ask him how much freight they lift off of container
> ships with
> ropes. :-)
>
> I'm not trying to be sarcastic (well, maybe just a little),
> but
> there's a difference between doing what's expedient and
> what's safe. People
> leave themselves open to all kinds of
> dangers in the military that aren't
> accepted in everyday
> life, and I'm second to no one in my respect and
> admiration
> for you for serving your country in such a selfless way.
> In WWII,
> my dad learned how to fly plywood gliders for
> the invasion of Japan. If I was
> planning a trip to Tokyo
> today, I would not book passage on a plywood glider.
> Same kind of thing.
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