If you and your son loved and respected nature, which of these titles would you rather have for yourself?

[AvacodoToast]

Stewards of the planet

Servants of the planet

Attendants of the planet

[SnowedIn]

What a great question.

There's a gentleman named Harry Grattidge. He was an unassuming man. But he had a job that was anything but unassuming. Among other ships, he was the Captain of the Cunard ocean liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. The original liners, not their younger sisters with '2' emblazoned on their bow.

Commodore Grattidge had, in many ways, an unenviable job. He had to manage a crew of more than 1,000. He had to navigate his ship across the Atlantic -- adhering to a timetable that would make modern airlines weep -- all while avoiding fog, icebergs, other ships, storms, and waves. He had to operate a floating hotel that was literally designed to compete with the Ritz and the Savoy and convince its passengers that they were in an English country house or a Newport cottage. And he had to entertain and make feel welcome the wealthy, the powerful, the insecure, the narcissistic -- in short, all those who might feel at home on GaG.

Commodore Grattidge wrote in his memoir that, "Politically... a Captain must try to steer an even course." He was referring to a difficult discussion with a famous passenger who wanted the Captain to say that America had more to offer than Britain. He was a consummate diplomat, despite knowing every gear and turbine and pipe in the ship's hull. He was a master of protocol, despite having hauled sails with his hands and knowing how to use a sextant.

And he had a steward. Several over the years.

And if those men, proud they were, worked a career as a steward on the Atlantic under the command of as great a man as Harry Grattidge, then who am I to apply 2023 sentimentality to such a title.

I'll take the 'stewards' title, thank you.

[AvacodoToast]

That's an awesome comment, and you appear to be a good writer. But can you please keep it PG and leave your "sextant" talk out of it next time? When my best friend died and told me to fly under the radar... she said the radar is often times made up of really dim 20 watt bulbs. Just as her eyelids were closing for the last time, I shook her and said: "What does it mean?" But I never got an answer. So I came here in search of answers.

[SnowedIn]

20 watt? Interesting. I have come across some full bulbs recently. And, frankly, many who make me want to unscrew the bulbs for good.

[AvacodoToast]

Hopefully that wasn't from people on this site, right?

[SnowedIn]

Oh my dear friend that was a good laugh. And, yeah, of course it was this site. But then you knew that -- you're smart.

[exitseven]

Attendants of the planet. Sort of like Guardians of the Galaxy.

[AvacodoToast]

I think I heard about you. Aren't you the famous X-7? Were you one of the X-men? My friend told me about you, but she tragically died two hours ago. She died because she was too political in her views, so Merrick Garland ordered an FBI raid to shut her up. I was holding her hand when she died, and she whispered to me..."Tell X-7 that the FBI mentioned him by name, and they were moving in on him."

She said you were a computer IT guy, and a conservative. She enjoyed the banter with you. But please don't mention her name, because I'm still mourning my loss.

[exitseven]

@AvacadoToast Too funny. Tell the feds they will never take me alive.

[Wise4myage]

Stewards of the planet.