"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler
the rig was abandoned for a huge storm. When they returned they found that a ballast tank had failed and the rig saw a 25+ degree list. Almost sank the rig. They sent divers in to fix the ballast and it was good to go.
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to realise that.
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
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