Rapparee-

I was also impressed with that part. Watching each other's back should help their survival, I would expect, rather than individual competition. Still, I expect their lives are very short and for those who are injured on the job, no workers compensation.

The image of the ship plowing onto the beach is also a haunting one. The whole setting, the workers and the derelict ships, would work well for a Bertolt Brecht play.

I may have to compose a song.

Charley Noble