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There was a ferry between the islands of Indonesia where in Cattle Class all they fed you was fish heads and rice. Amazing how much meat you can get off a fish head when it's all you have. It was actually a good experience. I had been forewarned of the limited fare on the boat and had brought biscuits/cookies/crackers. These I shared with my fellow passengers, and they shared the extra food they'd brought. I got the much better end of the deal. The people were great. I was an object of much entertainment, being the only white face that far below deck and speaking only broken Indonesian. I also remember the phosphorescent plankton glowing as the boat plowed through the waters at night--you could damn near read by them.

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That's a 1-3% effective rate, and I suspect the odds are a lot higher than on a 'Hail Mary'.

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