What do you do for work ?

[Diesel Jerry]

I actually have a hoodie that says “back the blue” and I wear it religiously.

 

[Old Mud]

"I don’t know what I’ll do next as I honestly have no useful life skills whatsoever."

Holy crap, that has to be the most untrue statement here !!. No Skills ?? It takes way more skills, fortitude and patience than i could ever muster. Or would want to. I have a couple of friends who are officers and I always said that would be the last job i would ever want. "No Skills my ass" I think working in bilges,grinding fiberglass sucks but still better than your job. I am one thankful guy that there are folks like you who no only do that job but actually like what you do !!. "No Skills" yeah right !!. Thank You.

 

[Captlvb]

High school teacher for 21 years, 9 to go here in NJ. Taught biology, marine bio, AP environmental science, forensics, and a few other classes along the way. Every summer and fall since 1991 I have worked deck, and since 2004 the wheelhouse on the party fishing boat the Miss Barnegat Light. Lots of fun, memories and lessons learned in both careers. Never gets old as the people each day and each year are different. The interactions with the people on the boat and in the classrooms make all the difference.

No downeast boat yet. Always looking and planning. Got to fill up all the free time in retirement one day.

 

[Hooper]

"I don’t know what I’ll do next as I honestly have no useful life skills whatsoever."

Holy crap, that has to be the most untrue statement here !!. No Skills ?? It takes way more skills, fortitude and patience than i could ever muster. Or would want to. I have a couple of friends who are officers and I always said that would be the last job i would ever want. "No Skills my ass" I think working in bilges,grinding fiberglass sucks but still better than your job. I am one thankful guy that there are folks like you who no only do that job but actually like what you do !!. "No Skills" yeah right !!. Thank You.

Thank you Mud, I appreciate that. And by contrast, I look at what guys like you and others here on this site can build or fix or create or rehab and I’m simply amazed.

I’m the guy who goes to the dealer for an oil change because I figure I may F it up and it’ll cost me more in the long run, lol. A guy has to know his limits

 

[Diesel Jerry]

Thank you Mud, I appreciate that. And by contrast, I look at what guys like you and others here on this site can build or fix or create or rehab and I’m simply amazed.

I’m the guy who goes to the dealer for an oil change because I figure I may F it up and it’ll cost me more in the long run, lol. A guy has to know his limits

Yes but your the guy people call when there lives are in danger. That means so much more.

 

[Old Mud]

Thank you Mud, I appreciate that. And by contrast, I look at what guys like you and others here on this site can build or fix or create or rehab and I’m simply amazed.

I’m the guy who goes to the dealer for an oil change because I figure I may F it up and it’ll cost me more in the long run, lol. A guy has to know his limits

Exactly, Don't call me when the shit hits the fan. Not to many folks would like me rolling in with Mr.Smith and Mr Wesson 44 Mag. to settle the problem. I'm just not a politically correct people person. Thank you for filling in that most difficult part.

You know what, Jerry's right. You can learn to do all those things like building boats etc. But I could Never learn to deal with people.

 

[goin4broke]

I was wondering what happened to this thread.

Hooper, thank you for your service to our country and the community you serve. Have always respected the first responders. God bless you and your family, please stay safe.

 

[Old Mud]

I was wondering what happened to this thread.

Hooper, thank you for your service to our country and the community you serve. Have always respected the first responders. God bless you and your family, please stay safe.

Well now you know G4B. I guess i have been known to derail a thread or two. Guess im really not sorry about it though. Sometimes (Like this) it's just a good time to Thank someone where you may not otherwise have opportunity to do so. So many people to thank and so little time.

 

[Dyer29HoldFast]

Commercial fishermen
Scallop 12 years
Oyster 6 years
Chesapeake bay crab 2 years
Squid 1 year

 

[Genius]

Bump.

Some photos at the old jobs. Boat operator, OIM, fill in crane op, rig hand, trap fisherman.

 

[Bryandespres]

Scalloper

 

[Diesel Jerry]

Your a ginger......?

 

[Genius]

Your a ginger......?

Red head with a temper (so I hear)....mostly grey now.

 

[Diesel Jerry]

Red head with a temper (so I hear)....mostly grey now.

Oh I know. I have my gray coming in too.

 

[southshore30]

My first career choice started in a boatyard around the age of twenty yrs old after dropping out of college. My grandfather was an auto shop teacher and lifelong mechanic therefore he always tried to instill the value of knowing how to repair engines and anything mechanical. Working as a yard hand waxing and painting bottoms at the boatyard but constantly looking over the shoulders and hanging out in the mechanics shop area they discovered I hand some knowledge and I started turning wrenches. The owner sent me to tech school for marine mechanics in Florida for a year. I worked in that field for a few years and then took a job at a wooden boat building shop where I was the mechanical guy but learned woodworking and fiberglass work when not installing an engine or some other system on something we were building or restoring. I built my Southshore 30 while working there in one of our empty bays over a winter. I had also one earlier winter took a course and gotten my captain license. That was 2000 I believe?? I started fishing and doing charters and got into the fire service after I watched my topless wife perform cpr on a man who had drowned, on the beach in the Virgin Islands while I looked on feeling helpless. I took the Emt course when I got home and now work as a firefighter/EMT. Currently work on Nantucket FD. It’s a great schedule and have been running my charter business since 2002.

 

[Diesel Jerry]

My first career choice started in a boatyard around the age of twenty yrs old after dropping out of college. My grandfather was an auto shop teacher and lifelong mechanic therefore he always tried to instill the value of knowing how to repair engines and anything mechanical. Working as a yard hand waxing and painting bottoms at the boatyard but constantly looking over the shoulders and hanging out in the mechanics shop area they discovered I hand some knowledge and I started turning wrenches. The owner sent me to tech school for marine mechanics in Florida for a year. I worked in that field for a few years and then took a job at a wooden boat building shop where I was the mechanical guy but learned woodworking and fiberglass work when not installing an engine or some other system on something we were building or restoring. I built my Southshore 30 while working there in one of our empty bays over a winter. I had also one earlier winter took a course and gotten my captain license. That was 2000 I believe?? I started fishing and doing charters and got into the fire service after I watched my topless wife perform cpr on a man who had drowned, on the beach in the Virgin Islands while I looked on feeling helpless. I took the Emt course when I got home and now work as a firefighter/EMT. Currently work on Nantucket FD. It’s a great schedule and have been running my charter business since 2002.

All I got from all that was “topless wife”.

 

[Hooper]

All I got from all that was “topless wife”.

I got “topless wife perform”

 

[Diesel Jerry]

I got “topless wife perform”

I know right.....then comes the mental picture of a topless woman doing CPR......wait I gotta go to the mermaid section.

 

[southshore30]

I guess the part I left out was that she saved the guy. Imagine waking up from dying of drowning on a beach in the VI with a topless woman kneeling over you. Even better, it was the guys birthday. For years she got cards from him in his birthday thanking her for saving his life and giving him a new one on his birthday. And to see if she wanted to leave me and come live with him too maybe lol. He had to be picked up by Virgin Islands search and rescue boat and transported to Tortola where they had a big hospital and he spent a whole month there recovering before being able to fly home to the states.

 

[Hooper]

I guess the part I left out was that she saved the guy. Imagine waking up from dying of drowning on a beach in the VI with a topless woman kneeling over you. Even better, it was the guys birthday. For years she got cards from him in his birthday thanking her for saving his life and giving him a new one on his birthday. And to see if she wanted to leave me and come live with him too maybe lol. He had to be picked up by Virgin Islands search and rescue boat and transported to Tortola where they had a big hospital and he spent a whole month there recovering before being able to fly home to the states.

Ty, all kidding aside, that is an amazing story. That guy is only here because she knew exactly what needed to be done! And to get the gift of life once again on his birthday? Talk about meant to be. Stay safe out there buddy!