Another unrelated tid-bit: I'm having a hard time understanding another repeated occurrence that has become more and more prevalent over the last 2 or 3 years: this Somali hijacking thing. Maybe I'm missing something, but let me see if I have the facts straight: There's an 800-foot freighter sailing through the ocean,.....and apparently 2 or 3 guys come zipping up in a 12-foot dingy or something and.........somehow commandere the vessel? How does this happen? The freighter is afraid of colliding with the 12-foot dingy and being scuttled to the bottom of the ocean? I would think this would be a simple operation to avert this nonsense. For one, arm your crew. But being that I'm not familiar with the laws of international waters, if you can't do that, just do this: Take a little mirror and look over the rail of the ship to see where they're at. Then get a bunch of guys to grab a pallet of potatoes or something and toss it overboard down on the hijackers. You'll probably knock off a couple of the jerks that are climbing up the side of the ship, the pallet sinks the dingy, and any survivors are chum for the sharks
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