OLEG THE CHIEF ENGINEER

Oleg is a balding man from Odessa in the Ukraine. He is fun to talk to and is stimulating conversationalist and like the captain expresses himself well in English, the language of the ship. I take breaks with him and some of the other officers near the ship's office on boat deck. He joked once about how as a retired person I am always on break. He earns $4500 a month which is much more than he could make in the Ukraine. He has sailed for thirty-five years with 13 of them with the Oldendorff Line. He has a son living in Indiana who soon will become a citizen. He says all the pretty women in the world have black hair and eyes and live in the Ukraine.