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" Nothing is as dirty as N6 fuel oil (unless it'd be coal)."

Tell me about it, I once went nearly to the top of the antenna mast on the Saratoga (CVA60) to repair an antenna as the ship was preparing to get under way. The boilers had already been fired and a huge black cloud of smoke was rising. Suddenly the wind changed and I found myself in the middle of that smoke cloud. I instantly stopped work, dropped my tools and, holding my breath, went down the ladder at a speed not to be believed. I really thought I was going to die but I got below the smoke just as I thought my lungs would burst and I hung on the ladder and gasped for breath until I could breathe normally again. I was twenty years old and I still think about it sometimes. I came very close to dying young.