Deadliest Catch

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Anybody watch it?? That is some crazy shit.....I know the money is great....but....but....but, its freaking cold!!!! Not mention you could die!! Sorry does not look like fun...I will pass on that job application.


Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[briguy 0]

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but....but....but, its freaking cold!!!! Not mention you could die!!

just like skydiving in chicago in april.

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[Buried 0]

hey it was a pleasant april!.. tho i didn't jump. but i did in march

Where is my fizzy-lifting drink?

[selbbub78 0]

That is an AWESOME show, and yes I did watch it last night. It's very insane, but really gives you a 'real' life feeling as to what they go through. And people say skydiving is insane!!

CReW Skies,

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Yeah why not climb up on those crab pots covered in three inches of ice, while it is a raging snow storm and rouge waves are comin attcha?? Sounds like fun, no? Or better yet, be the dude that has to hang the bait in the pot and get hit by a rouge wave (ice cold water in the face and down the back of your neck)...thats cool too!!

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[lawrocket 3]

My wife and I have watched the show since it started a couple of years ago. We have some ideas on this stuff.

The first is that these dudes know how to live. Drown in coffee, light up a cigarette, and don't give a rat's ass about it. A simple life, a hard life, a ballsy life, and enjoy what you can while on board.

The second thought is that working on those crab boats in the middle of the Arctic during winter would be our idea of personal hell. My wife gets seasick. I'm no fan of the open ocean (that whole food chain thing). Due to Reynaud's syndrome, I wouldn't handle the cold too well.

The final thought that I had was that I'd love to watch the show while having the smell of fish and crab around me. I think the one thing missing is what must be the overpowering smell of seafood.

It's just an awesome show, though. I love the Norwegians..

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

My senior year in school I had a friend that worked part time in a seafood cannery....good god, no matter how many times she showered, she always smelled like fish!! It ruined her clothes....she would come in home room, sit next to me, and I knew if she worked the night before...she always had fish scales under her finger nails...it was horrible...needless to say, she was never able to keep a boyfriend. Though she did make excellent money...but still.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[lawrocket 3]

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had a friend that worked part time in a seafood cannery....good god, no matter how many times she showered, she always smelled like fish!!...needless to say, she was never able to keep a boyfriend

There's a good reason. If I was with a woman who spelled pungent and fishy, I'd think, "If I can smell that through her panties and pants, I don't even want to think of how bad that smells down there. I won't be going anywhere near that!"

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[masterrig 1]

Noww, you know why seafood is so costly! That's some dangerous stuff. Those guys are definately tough!


Chuck

[Slappie 9]

I watch that show and all I can think about is a huge pot of boiling water, some drawn butter with garlic....

*drools* I lovvveeeeeee crab legs.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[masterrig 1]

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I watch that show and all I can think about is a huge pot of boiling water, some drawn butter with garlic....

*drools* I lovvveeeeeee crab legs.

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Yeah! No kidding! Fresh crab, drawn butter... yeah, buddy! That's right-up there with fresh crawfish, lobster and scallops. there's just something about it.
...and all I got in the line of seafood is a can of Star Kist!

Chuck

[selbbub78 0]

Ya, that's some crazy stuff. I was talking to someone at work about the show, who had a friend who actually was doing that work for a while. Good money, but i guess they had a lot of funerals to attend every year. That's seriously crazy. Is large amounts of money worth the chance that you may die, and not be able to live life? I don't think so.. at least not to me.


CReW Skies,

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[Slappie 9]

A greenhorn deck hand can make $35,000 in 5 weeks. The other hands make 2x the amount. Think about it. An entires year salary in 5 weeks. Think of the skydiving you could do the rest of the year.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[briguy 0]

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A greenhorn deck hand can make $35,000 in 5 weeks. The other hands make 2x the amount. Think about it. An entires year salary in 5 weeks. Think of the skydiving you could do the rest of the year.

if you lived in a tent at the dz....

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[jceman 1]

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Noww, you know why seafood is so costly! That's some dangerous stuff. Those guys are definately tough!

I'd actually pay more for king and opilio(snow) crab if I knew that the extra was going to those guys and not the middlemen.

They can make a shirtload of money in a short time, but they really work for it. As for the danger -- Mike Rowe mentions at the beginning of the show that 41 men have lost their lives in the past decade. When you consider that those losses are over about only a month each year, those 4.1 deaths per year is pure carnage.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

[cocheese 0]

What about skydivers/ tandem masters etc. ?
I would feel safer on that boat than with some freaky tandem student trying to kill me.

MMMMMM Alaska King Crab. Drool.

[hexadecimal 0]

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but....but....but, its freaking cold!!!! Not mention you could die!!

just like skydiving in chicago in april.

Yea, skydiving in the 65-80 degree weather we had in April was pretty rough

[Slappie 9]

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A greenhorn deck hand can make $35,000 in 5 weeks. The other hands make 2x the amount. Think about it. An entires year salary in 5 weeks. Think of the skydiving you could do the rest of the year.

if you lived in a tent at the dz....

I don't know what you do for a living and really don't care. I personally don't like you much so any personal information I know will only be used to my benefit.

First off, I have had some awesome friends live in a tent at the dz, nothing bad about it. You cannot equate living in a tent at the dz to being homeless. Far from it.

Second off, $35k a year is average in this country, $70k is a very comfortable living. So being able to make that type of income in 5 weeks would be awesome. I wouldn't want to do it, because I don't like the cold, let alone being cold and wet for 5 weeks a year. To each his own.

I really just wanted to point out living in a tent at the dz isn't always a bad thing

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[CSpenceFLY 1]

It was interesting to watch the first few times then it's just the same stuff every show.


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[selbbub78 0]

sorry i'd rather work through the entire year, so i can live and be able to actually jump

Although.... living in alaska would be pretty cool...

CREW skies,

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[masterrig 1]

Ain't that the truth! Seems like no matter what it is, crabs, grain or cattle... the middle man is the one who makes the money.


Chuck

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Yeah those guys that are doing the physical work are working their tails off, but the Captain is taking just as much of a risk too.....look at all of those ships that go under, or just not hitting the right "fishing spot"...all that money burned to chase their own tail.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[yamtx73 0]

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I watch that show and all I can think about is a huge pot of boiling water, some drawn butter with garlic....

*drools* I lovvveeeeeee crab legs.

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Yeah! No kidding! Fresh crab, drawn butter... yeah, buddy! That's right-up there with fresh crawfish, lobster and scallops. there's just something about it.
...and all I got in the line of seafood is a can of Star Kist!

Chuck

I'm pretty sure I have some king crab legs in the freezer... several hands... I know what I'll have for dinner tonight...

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[fireflytx 0]

Brains is addicted to this show!

"Well behaved women rarely make history"

[masterrig 1]

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I watch that show and all I can think about is a huge pot of boiling water, some drawn butter with garlic....

*drools* I lovvveeeeeee crab legs.

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Yeah! No kidding! Fresh crab, drawn butter... yeah, buddy! That's right-up there with fresh crawfish, lobster and scallops. there's just something about it.
...and all I got in the line of seafood is a can of Star Kist!

Chuck

I'm pretty sure I have some king crab legs in the freezer... several hands... I know what I'll have for dinner tonight...

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That's not fair! Go ahead... rub it in!
That does it... i gotta get to the fish market!!!


Chuck