my cousin has suffered from grand mal seizures for much of his life. he has been on and off nearly every medication the doctors could throw at him. they gave him horrible side effects. massive weight gain, nausea, MORE seizures, and turned him into a zombie. what's kept him from having seizures for years now? marijuana :)
@kingthorin "Move to where there is work/retrain. Mining towns die, farms die, people move….why should fishermen (fisher people…) be any different? Or go ahead and fish until there’s nothing left to catch, I’m sure that’ll work out well for you in the long run."
do you have any idea how many towns/villages/cities in Alaska are completely dependent on the fishing industry? you're not only talking about displacing thousands and thousands of fishermen, but the people who's jobs (doctors, lawyers, restaurants, engineers, teachers...) whose livelihood completely depends on the money brought in by these fishermen. are you also lumping subsistence fishermen in this? because then you're talking not just about money, but food. the overfishing problem is NOT caused by the mom and pop fishermen we have here in Alaska. but by large (often foreign) corporations that trawl the ocean floor. there are responsible restrictions on fishing here in Alaska based on science done by Fish and Game. maybe tuna are being overfished, but not salmon/halibut etc here in AK.
I come from a small fishing town Kodiak, Alaska. I have personally worked on commercial salmon boats. The only way our town makes money is with fishing and tourism. (you've all seen some of our guys on Deadliest Catch.)
Skipweasel "secret asian man:- ‘cos then they wouldn’t be fishermen and we’d be “demeaning them” or something."
no, if we can't fish my hometown would be nonexistent.
LisaL - "I say give the fishermen some training for different jobs and perhaps even help them find one."
I did this, the agriculture department paid for my training. I spent 5 years getting my degree. Now instead of making 20,000 in three months fishing, I make $9.50 an hour WITH my bachelors. it doesn't really help.
Instead we should: 1) get rid of farmed fish. they weaken the wild populations. 2) Ban trawling. They are the BIGGEST problem.
oh yeah! and instead of having several different things on the front page of the store for different types of shirts, why not clean it up a bit and have just a link for shirts that then gives you the ability to select more specific types. i think it would make the store a bit cleaner cut :)
i totally agree! just because you're disappointed you didn't get the elusive "special items" doesn't mean you have to take it out on Neatorama! I'm still anxiously awaiting mine! I can't wait, even if i get straws :)
i'm interested to know how many mystery packages were actually ordered, how many were straws, and how many were the special items. oh yeah, how do you decide who gets what? is it random? :)
my cousin has suffered from grand mal seizures for much of his life. he has been on and off nearly every medication the doctors could throw at him. they gave him horrible side effects. massive weight gain, nausea, MORE seizures, and turned him into a zombie. what's kept him from having seizures for years now? marijuana :)
"Move to where there is work/retrain. Mining towns die, farms die, people move….why should fishermen (fisher people…) be any different?
Or go ahead and fish until there’s nothing left to catch, I’m sure that’ll work out well for you in the long run."
do you have any idea how many towns/villages/cities in Alaska are completely dependent on the fishing industry? you're not only talking about displacing thousands and thousands of fishermen, but the people who's jobs (doctors, lawyers, restaurants, engineers, teachers...) whose livelihood completely depends on the money brought in by these fishermen.
are you also lumping subsistence fishermen in this? because then you're talking not just about money, but food.
the overfishing problem is NOT caused by the mom and pop fishermen we have here in Alaska. but by large (often foreign) corporations that trawl the ocean floor.
there are responsible restrictions on fishing here in Alaska based on science done by Fish and Game. maybe tuna are being overfished, but not salmon/halibut etc here in AK.
Skipweasel
"secret asian man:- ‘cos then they wouldn’t be fishermen and we’d be “demeaning them” or something."
no, if we can't fish my hometown would be nonexistent.
LisaL -
"I say give the fishermen some training for different jobs and perhaps even help them find one."
I did this, the agriculture department paid for my training. I spent 5 years getting my degree. Now instead of making 20,000 in three months fishing, I make $9.50 an hour WITH my bachelors. it doesn't really help.
Instead we should:
1) get rid of farmed fish. they weaken the wild populations.
2) Ban trawling. They are the BIGGEST problem.
i <3 neatorama x ?
also being able to leave comments from the home page.
and maybe let users edit/add tags to stories posted. :)
alot of people just use crisco instead of animal fat :)
I'm still anxiously awaiting mine! I can't wait, even if i get straws :)
oh yeah, how do you decide who gets what? is it random?
:)