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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 3:16 am
Has anyone been watching this? It's on Discovery Channel. My daughter and I are hooked!
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 3:50 am
Love this show!! I'll never look at crab the same way - these people literally risk their lives to catch those critters. The footage in this series is amazing! I feel real over-paid, sitting at my desk "pushing paper", compared to their work.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:12 am
I know one thing, I will never complain about the cost of the AKC legs again. Those guys are amazing. Hats off to them all.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 11:07 am
my husband hasn't missed an episode, and he has had us watching along with him. amazing when that guy went overboard!
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 11:45 am
Did you see the rogue wave flip the boat? I have watched the King crab episodes several times now and so far the "obi" crabs with all the ice and freezing conditions has me hooked as well.
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Pashine362
Member
08-20-2005
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:47 pm
I love this show too! I've watched it from the first season. I was at my brother's house one weekend, and they were having a Deadliest Catch all day marathon. That hooked me! I'm glad to see that there are others who enjoy this program as much as I do. That rogue wave that flipped the boat was amazing! They sure were braver than I would have been! LOL! And wasn't it funny how the one guy "beat up" that plastic container that tore his pants. That was too funny!
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 5:16 am
That was great, talk about blowing off some steam Hiram cracked me up about his breakfast. I guess when you are out there, that is all that matters.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 12:51 am
The rogue wave was amazing.. and amazing that they caught one on camera. Those guys really have the toughest jobs imaginable.
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Pashine362
Member
08-20-2005
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 1:43 am
Another great episode! Can you imagine doing all that extremely hard physical labor (dumping and collecting the pots and sorting the crabs) and having to sledge hammer all of that thick ice on top of it?? These men have tremendous stamina, don't they? And I don't see how they all don't end up with frostbite with all of those waves splashing over the rail right over them and/or into their faces! Amazing!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 2:30 am
I guess their drive comes from making as much or more money in 1 or 2 weeks at sea as most of us make in a year. I think I would sure like to try that job...
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 5:43 am
What got me last night was the guys who had the flu which was bad enough but then having to go out in below freezing temps, sledge hammer ice and pull and dump pots.. blech.. I would have been in bed asking the Lord to take me home. Amazing.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 7:02 am
DH and I are hooked too. My new favorite word is "Opilio" I say it all the time. Every time I eat AKC I will wonder if it was caught by the Rollo, the Cornelia Marie, or the Northwestern, LOL.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 8:47 am
I love to say "Opeeeleeeo" And I now know the difference between a "Opi" and a "Tanner" My favorite quote this week: Phil of the Cornelia Marie: "You go through a couple marriages, smoke cigarettes like it's going out of style, your body aches from the time you get up to the time you go to bed, and you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about where you're going to put the next pot. Yeah, it's a great lifestyle."

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Pashine362
Member
08-20-2005
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 4:55 pm
As I was watching the closing credits tonight, I noticed the name of the narrator of this program - Mike Rowe. He's the same guy who does the Dirtiest Jobs program. Now that's another really interesting (and a lot of times totally disgusting!) program. Has anyone caught that show? Another thing I noticed this evening watching this episode - Captain Andy is pretty cute! LOL! I sure hope that guy's ankle isn't broken - it really looks bad though. I hurt with him when they showed him coming down on his ankle like that - Ouch!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 5:42 pm
Yep, Mike Rowe hosts Dirty Jobs. He'll also be hosting a show or two in this year's Shark Week (last week of July). He's like the hardest working guy on Discovery!
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 3:01 am
That ankle looked awful, I bet he is off the boat. I wonder what that does to his $$ and if they will be able to replace him. Watching the previews looks as if they won't.
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Sassynegal
Member
01-21-2005
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 4:19 pm
My friend is a commercial fisher and he says its in thier blood. They know they are crazy but they love it and they can resist going back year after year.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 8:45 am
From seeing the previews, looks like the Rollo is going to be hit with some heavy fines.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 2:55 pm
Thanks to y'all's comments about how good this show is, I'm hooked. I've done exactly what he did to both ankles, never both at the same time, at various times through my life (I'm a real klutz), and I've never broken one. They looked just like that guy's (not good with names) - all swollen out like that. Each time, the docs said it was a sever sprain. Each doc also said sprains are much harder to treat (not much for it but limited use, wrap, boot, crutches) and the recovery time is longer than an actual break. All this to say that - he was talking about coming back onboard if it's just a sprain. There is no way he can do his job on that ankle - sprain or break. So, does he earn his share of what they've caught to that point at the current market rate? How hard is it gonna be for the captain to find another seaman?
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 11:19 pm
adrenaline junkies, in my opinion. It is about the money, the male bonding experience and the RUSH you get staying up for days on end cranking back the coffee. ((I used to work on a Fishboat. My dad was in the business. Not crabs though...that is a majorly risky job due to the severe cold!! But I've been in some dangerous situations and brutal weather. Here you will be hypothermic in ten mins if you fall into the water. Believe it or not, Fear just doesnt surface. You are working and things need to get done. We had our whole load in the hold shift in bad weather and the boat rolled onto one side and stayed there. We came close to capsizing....there I was Out on the deck saving/tieing up equipment so it didnt flip over the rail into the sea.))
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Jrsbus
Member
01-16-2006
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 3:06 am
ok i miss last night beause of last comic standing need a recap please anybody. bus boy i need about 3 dvr's a night
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 3:25 am
I missed it too and couldn't stay up for the repeat at midnight. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 5:25 am
It should repeat. I don't know if my upstairs DVR caught it last night or if it didn't get eaten since I'm also taping giant amounts of French Open Tennis. I was working the election.
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Scoutmom
Member
01-19-2006
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 6:56 am
Here is what I remember: Cornelia Marie: The ankle was so swollen it was not obvious if the bone was broken. But Dave has to stay off the foot and may be able to work in a few weeks. Phil put him on a plane and sent him home. No mention if he would be paid a regular wage or what. Most of their footage was about the remaining deckhands having to step it up to make up for the one missing. Northwestern: Sig is working the guys to death in an attempt to catch as many crab as quickly as possible. Edgar called him "Psycho Sig". They had been working 36 hours straight and Sig was unhappy when the hands voted to take a rest and not run some pots (which would have taken all night). Maverick: Nothing special last night - just catching lots of crab and Hiriam was happy. Rollo: They went into St. Paul to deliver some crab (50,000 lbs). Found out that they couldn't just deliver part of their load but under the new laws have to unload all which was way over their limit for there and they were being hit with healthy penalties. Eric the captain was unhappy about the decision and they were boarded by officers with the Department of Commerce who advised him of this new law. Also, his guys were not delivering accurate crab counts (as in were not counting and were guesstimating) and he had way over what he needed in the one tank he was delivering to St. Paul. He had already threatened the crew that they were taking a hit in their pay if the count was off by a large amount. We never heard how much they were off but he thought it was over 20,000 lbs and that was before he found out he was going to have to totally offload his ship. Evidently they get paid but at a lesser amount for the overages. That's all I remember. Hope this helps.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 8:21 am
Seems like next week is the finale. I hope this comes back again. I have really enjoyed this.
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