>>1224438Came back yesterday on my birthday. Got to surprise the old lady.
Got fucking hammered in Alaska for my bday.
>when the captain leaves the bar and says “be responsible so you catch your flight”Bars didn’t close until 5 am! I ain’t ever seen that. It was a glorious night. Besides some Samoan trying to said I was talking shit and starting shit, and being offered drugs, it was a great night.
Great hitch.
>other deckie drunkenly talked of how he lost his whole crewabout how he lost his whole crew when he was a fisherman, but was only able to recover the body of the captain
Man, before the coasties rescued him. He had tears in his eyes. And is a stout motherfucker. He never told me about that shit before.
I’ve met a lot of dudes who lost people in the years I’ve been in this industry.
>>1228665Almost Everyone on tugs is a hawsepiper is seems. A few tongue point fags, who came outta school with ABs and QMEDs, but still gotta work their way up top or down below. I’ve worked with a few CMA dudes. One is a mate who said he “didn’t know shit” when he landed his first gig with Crowley. Other guy never got any certs.
School can’t prepare you for real shit in those years like working the deck can, confidently.
