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four tugs

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Sydney, 2000.10.09

I'm sure of it now. Every time a full oil tanker comes into the harbour, it's escorted by no less than four tug boats. I wonder if they started this before or after they spilled all of that oil last year...

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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

—Steve Martin