You are so correct! The last thing I worried about was the Toothy Grey thingies. A falling beam or loose hardware that would pose a danger more than them was more on the mind! I only had an incident once where I even saw one close. I was cleaning the tunnel for a transverse propulsion gear that had lost it’s grate and one came by to see what’s up. There were some chewed up fishes in there!
I slowly backed off using only my hands to move and he went right in there. came out real quick too! I guess he didn’t like Blended fishies!
Low class shark; not into pate’. Bet he makes slurping sounds with his coffee too.
Once did a diving presentation at one of my son’s school. Hooked up two hats to a comm box and let the kiddos talk back and forth. showed them lots of gear and told them all about diving and working underwater.
And the only thing they asked questions about . . . sharks. Figure the odds.
You know HooYaa, that’s the primary thing I still get asked about even today.“Did you see any Bull sharks in the Bay?” “Did you see any sharks in the Oakland Tributary?” . I dove in Suisun once,Tricky one there, Currents are nasty. Mothballed ship got some wreckage tangled up in it’s half exposed prop. Folks on the ship’s deck were asking if there were any sharks down there. There may have been. I didn’t see them. My job came first and my " Buddy" didn’t see any either!
Back in 1988, we were tasked with a mock ship attack on a ship going through refresher training prior to deployment. We were driving a Boston Whaler around Pearl Harbor in the middle of the night and jumping out to attack the ship. Now one should note that Pearl Harbor is a breeding ground for hammerheads, so there’s usually a bunch of them in the neighborhood.
So, there I am, slowly swimming across East Loch, several hundred yards from any shore, when I suddenly recall the hammerhead breeding ground fact . . . Middle of the night, I can’t see anything around me in the dark . . . Oh, well, back to work!
I got the book from Brian and I can also say it’s very good!
Compared to you guys I have so little experience with water one could say I don’t even know what it is, but reading your shark stories I couldn’t help but remember one lame joke from when I was at primary school. At school in Poland they have a show and tell and Johnny (the jokes are always about Johnny) brings a strange looking black box. What is it Johnny? - the teacher asks. That’s my invention, says Johnny - a shark repelling device. But there are no sharks here Johnny! - the teacher says. See how awesome my machine is? - answers Johnny!
As for the books, I’ve got three ‘in progress’ so to speak; two sea story anthologies, and a kids book, second of a planned series for the middle grades (ages 8 - 12). I also am acting publisher for another anthology of poems, prose, and stories for the writing club I belong to. I don’t have a big model stash, I’ve got a book job stash.
And Tanker Builder, not sure I’d be interested as much in a ‘How To’ manual but I’d love to read your memoirs or just something on how modeling has changed thoughout the years as you’ve seen it.
While writing this I just remembered I was supposed to do something similar with the memoirs of my gramps from the times when he was a slave laborer in the WWII Germany… Would anyone want to read something like that?
Paweł
I would certainly read it. Stories of ordinary individuals in great events are always fascinating. My grandfather was a taken prisoner by Italians in 1941 for “constantly making disrespect to Italian soldiers…” He also challenged an Italian colonel for a gunfight. These are all stories from ordinary people that do not make into the history books.
When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor, I used to have to stand ‘duty’ every five days. If it was a Friday or Saturday, I would intentionally take the 8pm to 12pm watch at night. The other people tried to avoid that one because that’s when movie call went. I would stand that watch and then after, I’d go over to the dive locker and get my snorkle gear and go lobstering under the piers.
You want to make points with the wife or girlfriend? Show up the next morning after your duty with lobster for breakfast!
You mean genetically oversize “Mud Bugs” LOL.LOL. I told a friend that and now he buys Lobster every chance he gets. Tells everyone “They’s the biggest “Mud Bugs” you can get legally! in Loosiania” LOL.LOL.
