Reply #5: MEBA's keeping us going these days.

[Blue_In_AK]

My husband retired in 1993 or so after 25 years at sea. His dad also was a marine engineer. I think it must run in families. :) You would love to see my husband's collection - he has some really great stuff. He's always on eBay looking for more, but it's getting harder and harder for him to find things he doesn't already have.

(Incidentally, he and I were high school sweethearts in 1963, broke up, went our separate ways and reunited in 2000. We've been married since June 2003 and couldn't be happier. And we love those trips to the MEBA clinic in the Bay Area every year.)

Maybe you guys know each other.