On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:22:23 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


Again, dunno about cleaning, but I do know of at least one guy who
crawled inside those things on Iowa class battleships.

No thank you. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but that would put me over
the top. Fortunately, I don't think my fat head would fit.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:43:57 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:22:23 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


Again, dunno about cleaning, but I do know of at least one guy who
crawled inside those things on Iowa class battleships.

No thank you. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but that would put me over
the top. Fortunately, I don't think my fat head would fit.

I'm not claustrophobic at all, but being my size, even when I was a
lean mean fighting machine at 190 lbs, there was no way I could get
inside small spaces and leave room to defend myself. Oddly, most of
my squad and platoon where like me which was unusual - all of us over
6' and most around 6'2"/6'3" and even the 5' guys were 5'11".

Acrophobia is my main problem believe it or not. And oddly, I can fly
just fine - no problems looking out a window or anything like that.
But get me exposed to the outside in some fashion - like an
observation deck of a tall building, I go berzerk. My kids think it's
hilarious seeing how I used to jump out of perfectly good airplanes on
purpose. :)

When I worked for Texaco and climbing around rigs in the Gulf, man -
that was really hard for me - seriously. :)

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:14:13 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

When I worked for Texaco and climbing around rigs in the Gulf, man -
that was really hard for me - seriously. :)

I worked derricks for awhile. I got to trust the monkey belt, but if I
had to freehand, walking those greasy I-beams, with the wind howling, and
the derrick rocking ... Some liked it. I wasn't one of them.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:24:28 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:14:13 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

When I worked for Texaco and climbing around rigs in the Gulf, man -
that was really hard for me - seriously. :)

I worked derricks for awhile. I got to trust the monkey belt, but if I
had to freehand, walking those greasy I-beams, with the wind howling, and
the derrick rocking ... Some liked it. I wasn't one of them.

I hear you.

WE need to get together and swap stories. :)

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On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:43:57 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:22:23 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


Again, dunno about cleaning, but I do know of at least one guy who
crawled inside those things on Iowa class battleships.

No thank you. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but that would put me over
the top. Fortunately, I don't think my fat head would fit.

I'm not claustrophobic at all, but being my size, even when I was a
lean mean fighting machine at 190 lbs, there was no way I could get
inside small spaces and leave room to defend myself. Oddly, most of
my squad and platoon where like me which was unusual - all of us over
6' and most around 6'2"/6'3" and even the 5' guys were 5'11".

Acrophobia is my main problem believe it or not. And oddly, I can fly
just fine - no problems looking out a window or anything like that.
But get me exposed to the outside in some fashion - like an
observation deck of a tall building, I go berzerk. My kids think it's
hilarious seeing how I used to jump out of perfectly good airplanes on
purpose. :)

When I worked for Texaco and climbing around rigs in the Gulf, man -
that was really hard for me - seriously. :)

I've got the cure. Spend a day walking, running & jumping on the CN Towers
'glass floor'.
http://www.cntower.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=928
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alO2RdRQLCE