T1B

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 11:58 am**

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Rip City

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 12:36 pm**

Take a job on one of those boats from the Deadliest Catch--- I hear the mortality rate is extremely high for those guys

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 12:43 pm**

Hopefully he can find a boat like the Arctic Rose.

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 1:00 pm**

Diego in Seattle wrote:Hopefully he can find a boat like the Arctic Rose.

or the andrea gail

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 1:54 pm**

Bruce Dickenson wrote:Hear the rime of the ancient toddowen
See his thread as he stops none of three
Mesmerises none of the message board
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.

And the music plays on, as we all pass by
scroll with wheel as the toddowen tells his tale

Excuse me.
Is this the Nancy Jo upon which I have chartered a voyage?

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 3:22 pm**

be care full on that boat.

you could bump your head.

and drown.

and sink.

I remember Catalina...

/s/

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 3:31 pm**

I'm leavin' my fam'ly
Leavin' all my friends
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky
My tears are salt water
And the moon's full and high

And I know Martin Eden's
Gonna be proud of me
And many before me
Who've been called by the sea
To be up in the crow's nest
Singin' my say
Shiver me Timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me, now.
So swallow me, don't follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
Blue water's my daughter
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone

So please call my missus
Gotta tell her not to cry
'Cause my goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
Hey and nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me
So come and swallow me, follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
Blue water's my daughter
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone

And I'm leavin' my family
Leavin' all my friends
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
Upon a new front page sky
And shiver me timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 3:36 pm**

If you were half a man you would go crab fishing in Alaska in December.

I am sure the crew will have you walking the plank after one day.

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 3:51 pm**

Derronsdale wrote:If you were half a man you would go crab fishing in the U&L in some skanks still there by last call

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 3:56 pm**

Rack Luther.

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 5:50 pm**

Be sure to pick a Boat with no internet access.

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2006 6:26 pm**

W. Cohen wrote:Rack Luther.

Yeah - that was particularly deft.

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2006 2:43 am**

Oh man Luth that killed me. I let out the loudest laugh as soon as I saw that picture. Keep em coming...

Posted: **Sun May 14, 2006 6:53 am**

Posted: **Sun May 14, 2006 12:32 pm**

Toddowen wrote:Just got in. I'm back for a couple of days.

Nice job, all.

Believe me, I laugh at all of this too. Especially knowing more than likely even a macho man of the world like Luther would be wimpering to go home the instant land was out of sight. Just think what someone like Mvscal would do. :P

The weather was extremely shitty virtually the entire trip. Nothing but gale force winds and heavy seas of 18-24 ft swells from the time we got beyond the Stonington breakwall. Any among you think you can handle that for more than a few hours, let alone a few days of constant pounding? It a tough reintro, but I remember worse. But of course, we worked through it. That boat's as solid as any.

The catch was very meager. We were shooting for whiting and squid and didn't take very much from the canyons out around the 100 fathom line: Block and Atlantis Canyon. After a day and a half of that misery, we then decided to shoot over to Nantucket and try there, but the bag ripped off the net on our first haul this morning and we had no choice but to come back in.

Not a good trip. Far from the 18,000 pounds of whiting we were hoping for and the good market price it would've brought due to the few boats that'll go out there in this kind of weather.

All in all it was tiring but fun. At least we ate well while we're out there. My equllibrium is all fucked tonight, of course. I could barely stand in my shower a few minutes ago with my eyes closed without grabbing hold of the side of the wall.

F-

Posted: **Sun May 14, 2006 2:05 pm**

If you go back to the Vent days... who hated Luther the most? Yep.

Sooooo. There ends the storry of terdowned. Bad for Canada yet you give us Steve Nash?

Good reads like Rootqueer and velo, were a "staple." It was darkness, but it was scathing and all were ripped apart. Some understood but that was before the cordless days.

W_L_W

Posted: **Sun May 14, 2006 2:23 pm**

Toddowen wrote:a few days of constant pounding?

Dumbass, next time you won't forget to pack what you need:

Posted: **Sun May 14, 2006 4:19 pm**

Just got in. I'm back for a couple of days.

Fuck... that is not what we wanted to hear. We wanted to hear about a man overboard and not found.

Darwinsim fails us again.

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 12:27 am**

Sounds like fun Owentodd.

Ignore the haters, my man. Most of the guys on this board wouldn't have the balls to change a career, and try something new. They'd rather bitch about those that do, as opposed to themselves that dont. I think I would lose my mind if I had to do just one thing my whole life, and never take risks.

As I've said before... I think you and AP have more in common than you guys would like to admit.

Good luck, and congrats on getting out of a job you hated.

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 2:06 am**

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Toddowen wrote: I could barely stand in my shower a few minutes ago with my eyes closed without grabbing hold of...

Rip City

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 7:38 am**

Toddowen wrote:Why, I'll bet these pussies would would shrivel and shiver at the sight of a monkfish.....let alone having to handle one.

Upon checking out a monkfish earlier:

I was going to take a different route from Luth, and post something in response like, "Nah, most of us here would rather you just lose a few fingers to a cop of the monkfish world. Then we'll all laugh at you."

But upon reflection, Luth beat me to it. Hopefully, you've got a gun on that boat, Todd, or will be bringing one with you when you "embark."

We can hardly wait.

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 12:34 pm**

I highly doubt that you were on a ferry, much less any f/v.

And if you did any fishing, it was more like this....

At least try to make your lies at least somewhat believable, moron.

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 1:43 pm**

Monkfish tail is good eats. Maybe Tardd has a candidate for Last Meal?

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 4:58 pm**

Not a bad price on them either.

"Poor Man's Lobster"...

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 5:11 pm**

Toddowen wrote:Actually, I don't hate the type of work that I did. I just dislike some of the useless jerkoffs that I had to be around for 40-50 hours a week.

Commercial fishing is a pretty tough way to make a living. It's not for everyone. It's dangerous. And there are times when you'll put a lot of effort in for little or no pay. But at least I'm around good friends now. And there are times when it can pay well.

And yeah.....probably something close to 100% of the pipsqueeks that make up the world of Jim Rome message board posters would make their first stop on returning to port at their doctor for a dose of meds for extreme duress and mental exhaustion.

Why, I'll bet these pussies would would shrivel and shiver at the sight of a monkfish.....let alone having to handle one.

Welcome back. I have icythiaphobia, so your job sounds horrible.

Posted: **Mon May 15, 2006 5:32 pm**

If icythiaphobia is “fear of a snatch that smells like a monkfish”, I think I can relate.

T1B

I'm outah heyuh