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ChatterW's avatar

Great post Captain! I especially liked the article on shipping, which sent me down a rabbit hole of maps.

The Old Grey Thinker's avatar

lol at sea they are known as charts...

ChatterW's avatar
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Well yes I knew that. BUT I also wanted to get more familiarized with the entire geography in that area of the Middle East. What I REALLY need is a huge map of that whole area with all the shipping passages, “sea of”, “gulf of”, etc etc etc illustrated so I can understand that area more clearly.

The Old Grey Thinker's avatar

ask chat gpt to draw you one

ChatterW's avatar

OMG you must know talking to my computer or phone totally freaks me out! Plus since I don’t really know what I don’t know I’m not sure I would even phrase it correctly lol.

Leah Tarbell's avatar

This is wonderful. And so fun - I loved the “worth your time” pieces. It’s a good length, too. Hope this is sustainable! 🙏🏼

Roddy MacLeod's avatar

Love this, thank you for doing it. I’d like to hear more about your shipping experiences so I can compare them to my own experiences. I used to feel like experience was only really useful in the same industry/genre, but as I get older I just see experience - and it can almost always be applied elsewhere.

Selbee's avatar

I love this! More, please!

Kelly's avatar

Love this! 10/10

The Reality Collider's avatar

Really like this. Have restacked.

Jen Leo's avatar

Brilliant! Restacked with praise! 🤗🙌🤩

Don's avatar

I would love to take the time to read your digest as it will help me to stop pretending I need to justify my existence by being busy. Thanks for that, it resonated loud and clear.

Hans Gruber Central Banker's avatar

"He's retired, Jim" - Dr. McCoy

Debbie Franko's avatar

I’m very impressed by how fast you got this going. One day, you talking about doing it and all of a sudden, it’s up and running!

Good job! I’m looking forward to lots of good reading.

FIona Rooney's avatar

I just love this. I have always loved RD and this is perfect. I work but am off every other Friday and will now have a double lot to read every other week, thank you. Quick ask - I know nothing about shipping, shipping lanes and how things work at sea, could you do a wee section on different aspects of just being at sea. I love to hear those stories and I’m sure you have some great ones. Thank you