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What........ you eat them? I dont get the "nothing other than food line". Surprised people eat more than meat and spuds, or moose? they dont go skinny fast, cant get into a survival suit so they die quick after you get them on the raft. what else you gonna do with them? Anyway, the waters pretty warm, hence your ability to skunk dem southern boys into a cold water survival suit. Working deck on a supply boats in winter the yankees could not understand wearing a P-Coat and shorts. The ones that were not so dumb caught on...eventually. same comes the other way. southerners arriving in dead horse with nothing heavier that a cotton shirt and chinos. if they dont die,, eventually some figure it out. I worked both places; make no misteak there is a class of west, east and northern sailors that i find just as bloody lothsome. most are involved in "training" and "safety". we call them dock lawyers (no actual experiance but lots of ideas and law). its this stupid idea that because you have passed a paper test you have any idea of the reality of the actual experiance. the group i was in was composed of mostly unlimited tonnage ticket holders IRRC the combined sea time was someplace around 150 years in almost all oceans. our "instructor" had ten years working in the gulf of mexico and a sheet of paper that said he passed a written instructor test. I have a sweater that has more seatime and more experiance in the tight spots. Bob should be more worried about getting squashed, hit, cut, burned or gassed, cold water is the least of his worries. no diffrent than on northern boats. the only change is that many of the folks he will be working with down yonder have a sheet of TP that says they are skippers signed by eddison schwest. no skill requierd. *The helo egress school is fun, did it while working for Mobil. Once fished out the crew of a bell Ranger. Only one pontoon inflated,classic roll. We tried to tow the helo to a crane but it tore in half and sunk. Joe |
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On Feb 28, 8:26*pm, Two meter troll wrote:
What........ you eat them? I dont get the "nothing other than food line". Surprised people eat more than meat and spuds, or moose? they dont go skinny fast, cant get into a survival suit so they die quick after you get them on the raft. what else you gonna do with them? Anyway, the waters pretty warm, hence your ability to skunk dem southern boys into a cold water survival suit. Working deck on a supply boats in winter the yankees could not understand wearing a P-Coat and shorts. The ones that were not so dumb caught on...eventually. same comes the other way. southerners arriving in dead horse with nothing heavier that a cotton shirt and chinos. if they dont die,, eventually some figure it out. I worked both places; make no misteak there is a class of west, east and northern sailors that i find just as bloody lothsome. most are involved in "training" and "safety". we call them dock lawyers (no actual experiance but lots of ideas and law). Sounds like a union thing. its this stupid idea that because you have passed a paper test you have any idea of the reality of the actual experiance. the group i was in was composed of mostly unlimited tonnage ticket holders IRRC the combined sea time was someplace around 150 years in almost all oceans. our "instructor" had ten years working in the gulf of mexico and a sheet of paper that said he passed a written instructor test. I have a sweater that has more seatime and more experiance in the tight spots. Some are better at teaching than doing. Bob should be more worried about getting squashed, hit, cut, burned or gassed, cold water is the least of his worries. no diffrent than on northern boats. the only change is that many of the folks he will be working with down yonder have a sheet of TP that says they are skippers signed by eddison schwest. *no skill requierd. I dont know about that, but we had a hundred from the great lakes, or fresh out of King's point that thought they were hot ****. Not to many PNW people came to the gulf needing a boat. To bad you guys can't keep a fleet going that can support you and your familys. Yall have to come "down yonder" to makes da money and feels bad that the boys with sea time on dem Edison Chouest not "eddison schwest" boats teech you stuff you allready know. Show me a nicer crab boat that a Chouset boat https://professionalmariner.com/Medi...cle/905956.jpg I'd rather earn sea time from Edison Chouest than most anyone. My wife did get sea time on a Chouest seismic boat. Joe *The helo egress school is fun, did it while working for Mobil. Once fished out the crew of a bell Ranger. Only one pontoon inflated,classic roll. We tried to tow the helo to a crane but it tore in half and sunk. Joe- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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