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Im reading a charming book called Tramps and Ladies, an autobiography of a ship captain of the Cunard line in the transition from sail to steam. The last chapte
by jazzyjackson 2y ago
Im reading a charming book called Tramps and Ladies, an autobiography of a ship captain of the Cunard line in the transition from sail to steam. The last chapter I read paints a picture of the unrestricted immigration of the 1900s - anyone with 5 pounds could hop on a ship in Hamburg, Liverpool, or Piraeus and start a new life in the States, and people poured into New York in the millions. I wonder if the mass emigration was a factor leading up to the Great War.
Anyhow consider me demoralized, i cant picture anything the US could do in the next decade to turn the ship around from the fuck-it-all perestroika we've adopted as federal policy. (Speaking of turning the ship around, I'm looking forward to my 8 day east bound crossing from NYC to Southampton at the end of the month. The ship is capable of doing it in 5 days but the demand isn't there to pay the extra cost to run the turbines at full steam.)
- unethical_ban 2y agoWhat cruise line? I want to do a true transatlantic crossing, not some Caribbean jaunt.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoCunard’s Queen Mary 2 is all that’s left of the oceanliners (As Janet from the Good Place might say, “not a cruise ship!” ;) she’s built to handle the North Atlantic weather. If you’re lucky enough to be able to fuck off for 42 days you might also be interested in ocean crossings by sail, here’s the offering ive considered, the Europa: https://www.barkeuropa.com/en/our-voyages https://www.barkeuropa.com/en/our-voyages
- unethical_ban 2y agoThat sailing ship looks freaking awesome. I just wonder how I'd leave the Azores after those trips end. Heh. Thanks for the information! And I might have time to fuck off, I'm burnt out of my job and thinking of quitting in summer time.