It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up the ![]() You know Norway’s results in the last three years in the Melody Grand You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that: You always prepare to catch the closing door if following closely behind You can’t remember to say “please” and “excuse me”. You can only buy your own drink at the bar even when you are with a You start to believe that if it wasn’t for Norway’s efforts the world YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN NORWAY TOO LONG WHEN: I received the below in an e-mail from my oldest son back in 2002. If not, I think he is capable of telling me himself. I’m pretty sure Ahts Master understood that I was pulling his leg about being “envious” of the fact that those 5 AHTSs could muster “unbelievable” 150000 Bhp. ![]() If I was thin skinned I would have left this forum long ago. He acknowledged he made a mistake and then you posted the childish response blaming his mistake on envy. If that is annoying to you, please don’t open my posts.īTW I don’t think this forum is entirely American any more, but if you want to go on a Norwegian forum and post facts about things American, be my guest.Īhts_Master made a mistake in his math and because of that mistake he called BS on your article. In stead of just being annoyed and going on to other forums I have kept on posting here, mostly about shipping and the offshore industry in general, but also facts about Norway, Singapore, China and other subject. In stead I was met by a stream of insults and doubts about my knowledge of anything maritime (or beyond). ![]() I started posting here because I was hoping to get some insights by professional mariners into why a relatively large and very fast ship like the El Faro ended up being caught in the eye of a hurricane. Nothing wrong with Norway or anything Norwegians do, loved visiting there when I worked on cruise ships, but someone would most likely feel the same way we do if we went to a foreign chat forum and started espousing the greatness of all things American ad nauseam. Envious? It’s actually annoyance that you ever started posting here.
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