That prompted a search of all the Exxon Val Diageo trips in the last two years. Each time it left port to return to the Middle East oil terminals, it ...left with fewer crewmen; sometimes three, sometimes four or more.That prompted a search of all tankers that came into the East coast. It was a search process that was going to take days, let alone the other questions; who were they and where are they now.It was easy to understand why a tanker would not wait in port for a missing crewman. Daily. "No" I retorted amused."Switch it back you tiny cocked asshole" my sister yelled at me furious and hit a nerve. I knew I wasn't huge, but when I was hard I was not tiny. I thought of someway I could insult my sister back regarding her appearance, but nothing good enough came to mind."Yeah, well at least no one broke up with me because he felt, and I quote 'he was fucking a corpse'" I said with air quotes."What?" she yelled, her face red with anger and embarrassment "where did you hear that?". Let me tell you, we’re Portuguese so when we tan, we turn dark. Both of us were not dark enough, so the sun felt good. The sea was calm with very little wind. You don’t get many days like today out in the open ocean. It was sensual the way the boat rocked gently. Crap was I fucking horny.“Oh, lover? First, lose the shorts, and second, you watched us, now we want to watch you.”He got up from the helm and went inside. When he came back he had an air cushion. We watched as he took the portable. (*Anne-Mal) Is Sandman one of them?(ranko) Who wrote Sandman?(Stephanie) Neil Gaiman.(ranko) Did he do "Neverwhere"?Editor's Note: "Neverwhere" is a British Fantasy TV Show. He also wrote "Day of the Dead", one of the best episodes of Babylon 5.(Stephanie) Yep!(Morpheus) Actually, I don't read the Sandman comic. I avoid Vertigo.(Stephanie) Really, I read most of their output. "Preacher" and "Invisibles" are especially good.(*Anne-Mal) Do you read anything independent, like "Strangers in.