Dumpster Scrapings - It’s what’s for dinner.
Not fnnly at all. In 1955 my U.S.N. ship pulled into Hong Kong Harbor for a serving of R&R. Second day moored I saw a couple of open boats being POLED alongside my ship. Curious, I asked a Chief what’s up? They were there to collect the garbage.
No *&^% I said. A 19 year old American, I could believe it
“Look, kid, every bit of this garbage will be sorted and SOLD to the thousands of people, refugees from Red Chine (across the bay) and to the Boat People. This is how they stay alive. They come to us because our crew is probably higher than all the other freighters here combined. Lots of high quality food in just one place.”
So the garbage of a crew of 500 kept thousands of Chinese alive. I guess the world hasn’t changed that much.
Not fnnly at all. In 1955 my U.S.N. ship pulled into Hong Kong Harbor for a serving of R&R. Second day moored I saw a couple of open boats being POLED alongside my ship. Curious, I asked a Chief what’s up? They were there to collect the garbage.
No *&^% I said. A 19 year old American, I could believe it
“Look, kid, every bit of this garbage will be sorted and SOLD to the thousands of people, refugees from Red Chine (across the bay) and to the Boat People. This is how they stay alive. They come to us because our crew is probably higher than all the other freighters here combined. Lots of high quality food in just one place.”
So the garbage of a crew of 500 kept thousands of Chinese alive. I guess the world hasn’t changed that much.