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Originally Posted by wodin
I'm reminded of some years ago when I had a friend who was a sea captain (Master) of a large oil tanker. Carl had a cat that he kept on his ship for company, and the quarantine gestapo caught wind of it. They actually demanded to board the ship and impound the cat, in defiance of international maritime law.
Carl stationed an armed guard at the gangway and dared them to try it.
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I used to have a drinking buddy who was an old merchant marine, must have been in his 70s when I was in my early 20s. He had a lot of good stories like that.