Step right aboard Mr. Ben Ladin.

ouiinicolas...? upvote for more Swiss on the site, welcome aboard.....now...
sift yer passion-self-link not, gold is stored in Switzerland fer crissakes...vote this cat into the fold-he digs good music...

Stan Rogers:The Mary Ellen Carter
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Stan Rogers and appears on the album Home In Halifax (1994).

She went down last October in a pouring driving rain.
The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow,
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.
There were five of us aboard her when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.

Well, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend.
"She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to us, so let her rest below."
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Rise again, rise again, that her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men.
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

All spring, now, we've been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends.
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and
porthole down.
Put cables to her, 'fore and aft and girded her around.
Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain.
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter Rise Again.

For we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She'd saved our lives so many times, living through the gale
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
They won't be laughing in another day. . .
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Rise again, rise again - though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Welcome aboard mon cher compatriote. I've got tons of cool music playlisted here: http://www.videosift.com/playlists/guessandcheck/guessandchecks-aur
al-candy

The Major and I could use the upvotes as well. We've each got quite a few in our personal queues.

Now you've just got to get something sifted and you'll be on your way to addiction.

Approximate translation of the French article:

Astonishment aboard a train a few days ago that was on the trip between the cities of Zwolle and Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The passengers were surprised by the announcement which was, to say the least erotic, from the loudspeakers.

The driver of the train, during a full-on masturbation session, had forgotten to turn off the microphone. Suddenly, loudspeakers interposed, travelers were able to hear a live orgasm on the railway. A pure moment of happiness and laughter. All could not believe their ears.

The thirty minute-long session could now be shared with all would-be passengers when a little voyeur had the indecency -- the villain! -- to record the moment and post it on the most famous of video-trading websites, Youtube. At full steam ahead!

Those so-called agents aboard the subs in Hitler's operation Pastorius???...a few of those guys we're Americans, who had thoughtthey we're hopping a freighter to somewhere in SA, and ended up in Germany-they we're forced to comply with the plans for the sub mission, and at least 2 of them that landed near Long Island, surrendered immediately to the FBI in Florida, happy to be home...and kinna fucked for a while-

All aboard the Paaaaaaiiiiinnnnn Traaaaaiiiinnnn

Welcome aboard captain...

All aboard the magical unity pony express!

Needs more "Crazy Train".

ALL ABOARD!

Dun dun. DUN DUN, dun dun, dun dun. Ayi - Ayi - Ayi -Ayi...


....I'll stop now.

All aboard!!!!

Welcome aboard Ercell-You may be the only Black man on the sift, but I'll bet there's at least ten others in Nebraska....You are not the only comedian, though-
Lotsa folks think rice comes from China...nope. Black folks invented it. they introduced it to China...they threw it at the Chinese, scared the shit outta them...they said, "Don't touch it! Pick it up with stick!", the rest is history....

-had to give some props to Mooney.....


Glad to have FUNNYMOTHERFUCKERSLIKEYOU on board...cheers!

Articles like this and many others about other facets of the Indian engine of development show that high exports, rapid urban development, technological progressive industries and outsourcing do not necessarily mean an improvement in the standard of living for all citizens. The same applies to China.

I found it baffling back in college when economists and my fellow students would talk in awe of the economic development of both of these nations, yes on paper they look wonderful as numerical figures however with regards to real tangible economic progress both nations have much more to achieve specifically improvement in basic infrastructure, welfare reforms for the poor, educational reform across the board focusing more on technocratic education not labour based drones and most of all actual re-investment of earned income back into developing the nation itself.

There is a reason most Chinese and Indians who are educated aboard choose to stay abroad instead of going back to their respective nations.

All aboard the Darwin express...

What a fantastic first sift! Welcome aboard!