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Captainswife
Member
06-05-2009
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 6:35 am
Most truck drivers I know are meticulous with thier trucks that is thier living! My father is a truck driver has been forever and he puts alot of time into his truck so that the little things do not add up to the big things! With our boat we are very meticulous but things happen that can eaisly make you lose a season. My dh spends alot of time in the engine room making sure things are in top notch shape for the season!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 7:05 am
I would think that on a boat that you would have to be so meticulous...because the consequences of being stranded in the middle of the ocean with no engine could be dire!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 7:07 am
I think sometimes they don't show just how much the good captains have to know and their breadth of experience, because way out on the Bering Sea, they have to do the thinking and make the quick decisions. Like with Cornelia Marie, noticed that Phil hit the engine room running and was barking orders, because he knew what they should do, and fast. And when there are injuries, we see the captains assessing the crew and having to make decisions. Sometimes they show the joking around stuff but underlying all that, it is serious business. I have a lot of respect for them.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 7:12 am
hmmm, I think I didn't make last post clear. My friend is very meticulous in the upkeep and maintenance of his rig. It is his bread and butter. What I meant to say are there are a few things that he would like to do/fix but they are very expensive - so he waits until he MUST fix it. Hope that makes more sense. He does not have the huge funds to do otherwise.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 10:54 am
That makes more sense and I know what you mean, Terolyn. My poor nephew, every time he would get a little ahead on his rig some stupid person would do something stupid like pull out in front of him on the highway, causing him to have to brake abruptly and lose his load (and he is not the driving 90 mph kind of trucker...he can't afford the tickets). I don't think the average person in a regular vehicle realizes how hard it is for a truck carrying 80,000 pounds of something going 65-75 mph on a freeway just can't stop on a dime! Now he has retired from the trucking industry as he has a slow-growing but terminal form of cancer and as an independent contractor didn't have enough insurance so he has to go on disability in order to get medical assistance...our system is so screwed up!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:12 am
I wasn't commenting about your friend or his rig, Terolyn.. I had been thinking about how they don't show as much of how much knowledge the captains need and have as they do of the lighter or more dramatic moments, but sometimes we get to see the reactions when they have to make really quick decisions.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 12:10 pm
I know, I just reread my post and saw that I had not worded it correctly. I totally agree about Phil. He came down assessed the situation and knew just what to do. I love Phil.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Roxip, I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew, and yes, our health system is terrible, something has to be done. My Aunt had brain cancer, which she discovered 1 week after retiring, the insurance she had was insufficient, every penny she had saved went to her medical care and she died fearing she would lose her home! I hope Phil, on this show, remains healthy, it must be terrible waiting for the other shoe to drop, and another clot to form. He seems like an excellent captain.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 7:31 am
Must be awful to have to sit there and watch all your hard work go down the drain as your crabs die while being stuck waiting for the harbor to open.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 8:18 am
Does anybody else miss Mike Rowe on After the Catch?
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Delurker
Member
08-19-2005
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 9:08 am
I do Roxip, it's just not the same without him.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 9:18 am
ITA
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 9:47 am
I wonder if he's just too busy or if they are just trying to promote this other show...which for some reason I keep thinking is called Cash Cow.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 11:01 am
One of my favorite celebrities is Mike Rowe, I feel lost with out him on the aftershow. I can't even watch it.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 11:18 am
This is from Mike Rowe on the DC Wiki: Posted 06-11-09 02:30 AM Hide Post Nothing more than a scheduling problem. The Captains and I are still pals, and I wish I was in San Diego right now, hanging out and having a few laughs. Hopefully, Ben will have as much fun as I've had with the boys, and I wish 'em all well. Ironically, part of the conflict comes from having to narrate the show itself, which is currently in full production mode. As is Dirty Jobs, and a few other responsibilities that I can't seem to shake. Not that I'm complaining... Mike
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 4:26 pm
I adore Mike Rowe. He's from the Towson area, of Maryland as was my family so I guess I feel a certain kinship of sorts, or statesship or something. I first saw ( and fell in love with him!) on QVC years and years ago, it was about 200AM, and he was on selling jewelry. He had a piece of thick wire and had put an ice cube through it and put in on a form they use. He said, "Well, I just thought I'd try this to see if people would buy anything" or something like that! I couldn't believe what I was hearing and broke up. I didn't see him for a time after that, I don't know if he was fired or not. I love his dry wit, and just everything about him, seems like a great guy.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 5:45 pm
He was actually fired from QVC many times. But the final straw was because he had a nun puppet thing for sale sitting on his lap that fell down and he made a not TV or board appropriate joke about it! He cracks me up. I knew of him from Dirty Jobs but not a loyal watcher and I met him at a bar about 3 years ago in Southern Missouri. He was there with the crew after a local shoot. He was just such a genuine, nice, funny guy. Bought us beers (only if we would try what he was drinking) the rest of the night, we closed the bar down. He has the funniest stories and OMG he is so fine looking in person. I never miss a show now. I am glad to see/read that he is still involved with Deadliest Catch, he is great with those guys. He personally is very kind about them and shows tons of respect for them.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 4:53 am
I miss Mike Rowe a lot. What I really missed was the whole "After the Catch" last week. pffffft!! I have my DVR set to record all new episodes of Deadliest Catch but I completely forgot to do the same for After the Catch. Other than that, I haven't missed a single show since the series began. Right now I'm worried about Sig. He seriously needs to quit smoking in the off season and get his chest pain checked out. There could be a lot of reasons for it such as pleurasy or costochondritis. I've had both and am a non-smoker with an underlying lung disease. They are very painful and come on suddenly but can be treated easily. Of course he could also have bronchitis or a strained muscle. I hate to think of what the worst could be if it involves the heart and not the lungs. I don't know what all of those captains are going to do shut out of St. Paul harbor with their crab dying. I don't know why they are not allowed to go down to Dutch instead. Or, why isn't there an ice breaker assigned to St. Paul so all of the crab boats can get in? That would make the most sense. The way things stand now, the fishermen lose, the boat owners lose, the canneries lose, the potential customers lose and the crab die for no reason. All a shame.
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Ladyw
Member
06-28-2007
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 7:48 am
I was laughing so hard at Sig trying to quit smoking while hauling crab -- are you kidding me...and then the voice over - "its offical, Sig hanson quit smoking.....for 3 1/2 hours".... I was busting up and could totaly see Mike Rowe in a sound booth saying that with a totally straight face.... that ice is something fierce...
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 8:51 pm
Does anyone else giggle when Mike Rowe says "fart bubble"
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 1:15 am

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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 3:36 am
How cool Landi!!!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:33 am
Stacey, I laugh myself silly every time that comes up. Then my husband cracks up because I'm laughing so much. Bubbles, that is the coolest! If I had one from Sig Hanson I would be in heaven for a very long time even if I am happily married and he has a gorgeous wife and beautiful children. Did anyone else go "Awwwwwww" and tear up a little when Norm proposed to his wife again after 16 years of marriage? He cleans up quite well and looked all spiffy in his tux.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:41 am
tess, it was Edgar Hansen who proposed to his wife on the AFTC. and yes... the romantic in me had tears!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 6:13 am
And he looked FINE! (of course it is hard for him not to look fine!)
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