Why a social worker at sea? Unemployment and most likely stupidity. Maritimtim
2008/3/19, Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > WOW, Tim!! What an experience! Glad you're back safe and sound on dry > land. Soooo...what's a social worker doing working as a cook on a > fishing boat? Mid-life crisis? > > -p > > Tim Øsleby wrote: > > Warning. Looong and far OT post. But it is a long story... > > > > I've been away for some time. Anybody noticed? Probably not. > > > > There are several reasons for my absense. I have been out in the real > > world, having real world experienses. Reality is a tough bitch. A bit > > too tough some times. So now I'm back, and are looking forward to > > catch up again with the list. > > > > The short version is that I've been to sea as a stewart at a lineboat. > > It all happened very fast. This was a totally new experiense for me. > > I've never been at sea, I have never made my living as a cook, and I > > have never been farther north than Trondheim. This was in the Barents > > Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents_Sea > > > > It was hard work, very hard work. For the first two weeks we had bad > > weather, and it felt like I did everything uphill. Litterally > > speaking. After two weeks the weather improved, and I did too. I > > adapted to the new envirement. So I was able to make a lot of > > interesting pictures. Sadly I will never be able to show them to > > anyone. > > > > The trip lasted for five weeks. At 8. mars the boat was almost full, > > and we where preparing for going back again. I was full of adventures, > > and was looking forward to come home again to my everyday envirement, > > and to my beloved. It is kind of hard to explain what happened in > > english, but the short version of the story is best told by a picture > > (warning: drama) > > http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.5059478 > > > > No one knows what actually happened. What we do know is that came in > > water in the room where the line comes back to the ship. This is > > rather common, but for some reason the captain and the crew was not > > able to get it out again. So there was only one thing to do: To get > > into the water, and away from the sinking ship. It was chaotic. When > > we was geting into the life suits, the ship was leaning about 45 > > degrees, and a table was running loose. But we managed to send out a > > call for help, and get into the water, and on to the life float. Most > > of the other men where trained for this situation. But this was my > > first trip so I was not. The only thing I had learned up front was how > > to get into the suit. So I just had to look at the others, float > > along, doing whatever they did. Thanks to the fact that everybody, did > > what they where told to do, it all went rather smoothly. To make a > > long story short. We where all rescued after a long hour in the water. > > Basically I'm fine. Physically nothings wrong with me. Emotionally I'm > > fine too. I have good nights sleep. But I'm not sure I will go out > > again. I need to test my reactions towards the sea in more controlled > > envirement before I decide on that. > > > > I have lost some stuff. Camera, a couple of lenses, puter, cell phone, > > and some clothes. But most likely I will be able to replace all this > > from insuranse. What I will not be able to replace is my picture > > archive. I lost both originals and backup of most of my pictures. > > Hopefully I will be able to restore most of it from an old HD. > > > > Ok. Folks. Thats my story. Has something interesting happened while > > I've been away? I have noticed there is a new Tim here. > > > > Tim Typo > > > > PS. Thank you Doug, for being you know, Doug > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
