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Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:18 PM
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Met a new hand from Meridian , MS who is a diehard Tide fan . He seems like a really nice guy , and he claims to not dislike Clemson .
Keeping in mind that I am the captain and he's a deckhand I could be persuaded to believe that he's not telling me the whole truth on his Clemson-Feelings .
We both agree that Clemson choke-slammed his team in January though ...we do see eye-to-eye on that historical fact .
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:21 PM
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Is keelhauling still acceptable?
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Easy there Reynolds
Aug 12, 2019, 5:24 PM
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Not gonna barnacle the guy before the season even starts . Besides , as I said he seems like a decent dude .
So far .
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Re: Easy there Reynolds
Aug 12, 2019, 7:26 PM
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 10:34 PM
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We'll probably have to move shackles and rigging around in the forepeak . And when I say we...
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:22 PM
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So you have a gamecock on board?
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:25 PM
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He laughed at that notion . Told me he feels sorry for the Coots .
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:25 PM
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He laughed at that notion . Told me he feels sorry for the Coots .
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Legend [17626]
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Rule #1 for a new employee...
Aug 12, 2019, 5:22 PM
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Don't p!ss off the boss. Must be one of those rare smart Bama fans.
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Re: Rule #1 for a new employee...
Aug 12, 2019, 5:27 PM
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He knows tugs , been working on the Mississippi river 33 of his 53 years.
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So, does he think Finebaum is the "cat's meow"?***
Aug 12, 2019, 5:31 PM
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Re: So, does he think Finebaum is the "cat's meow"?***
Aug 12, 2019, 10:39 PM
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He doesn't like Paul , because he doesn't like Vol-Trash and that's about the hist of it .
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:38 PM
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I was waiting on your story to have a point. Could've kept this one to yourself tbh
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 5:55 PM
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The point is coots suck Bama’s nut sack and you are pathetic. hth.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 6:09 PM
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Don't be so shenshative
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 7:08 PM
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Hey Hey . Watch it , nooby . No one else can lay claim to that . Can you parallel park a tug ?
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 10:37 PM
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I wasn't prepared for literary success . I spent most of my formative years pushing a lawnmower and drinkin' coke colas.
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Since you say he's a nice guy
Aug 12, 2019, 5:39 PM
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do you give him a jacket before pushing him overboard?
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Re: Since you say he's a nice guy
Aug 12, 2019, 10:41 PM
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I did tell him that in the event of a collision he'll be used to stem the flood until help arrives .
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Make him swab the decks 44 times to 16 for the other
Aug 12, 2019, 5:44 PM
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Mates if he starts acting up. (If he's not too tired, of course!)
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i thought the next sentence was going to be...
Aug 12, 2019, 6:08 PM
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Man overboard.
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The prospect of the bilge keeps many a
Aug 12, 2019, 6:11 PM
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Hand in line.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 6:17 PM
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In 1981 in the Army my boss was Keith Waters, former Clemson baseball player and brother of Charlie Waters of Tiger fame. After the third game of that miracle season I told him Clemson would win the national championship. Well, you know what happened. From then on he thought I was magic and I got promoted fast.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 10:43 PM
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Good story , did you even get Charlie's automogragh though ?
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 6:25 PM
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Should probably fire him just for the safety of your boat and crew. An eight month low tide is too much to risk.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 6:57 PM
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As long as he is aware that you have a gangplank you will be ok with him.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 7:03 PM
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Sleep with one eye open. He’s keeping his enemy close for now. YOU!!
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 8:23 PM
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Met a new hand from Meridian , MS who is a diehard Tide fan . He seems like a really nice guy , and he claims to not dislike Clemson .
Keeping in mind that I am the captain and he's a deckhand I could be persuaded to believe that he's not telling me the whole truth on his Clemson-Feelings .
We both agree that Clemson choke-slammed his team in January though ...we do see eye-to-eye on that historical fact .
Meridian MS : Home of Dexter McCleon, one of the all time great Clemson athletes.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 8:39 PM
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Sounds like maybe a new anchor if he changes his colors.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 9:21 PM
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On another note, Meridian, MS has a great history. Originally settled by the Choctaw Native Americans, it became a major center of industry in the South and was the last major supply base of goods and material for the CSA during the "Civil War"(?) until Genl. W.T.Sherman destroyed it in Feb., 1864. (Yes, I'm one of those "buffs", and where's DSP when you need him to expound and clarify? Oh, of course, he's been banned again for being the rebel he is....) Btw, I was reared in upstate NY, but I grew up in Clemson and upstate SC.
Go Tigers!!!
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 10:52 PM
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Also the home of Peavey guitars
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 11:13 PM
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I once knew a gal from Tupper Lake . Any relation ?
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 11:11 PM
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This guy knew of Dexter Mcleon , one of the first things he mentioned when I walked in wearing a Clemson shirt . He graduated in 1985 , so he's close in age to Dexter and they went to the same HS .
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Tiger Doug
Aug 12, 2019, 9:41 PM
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On his Tiger Tug ??
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I'd be careful with this guy...
Aug 12, 2019, 9:43 PM
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when you mix seamen and the crimson tide you usually end up with a big mess.
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Re: I'd be careful with this guy...
Aug 12, 2019, 11:14 PM
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Thatz Groce , bob .
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 10:28 PM
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He'll rotate out after one voyage. It's endemic of Tide staff.
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 12, 2019, 11:15 PM
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He does get winded after a watch or two . Conditioning ?
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Re: Alabama fan on my tugboat
Aug 13, 2019, 12:10 AM
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Really good for short periods of time.
Yeah, some call it conditioning.
I call it 'spotlighting'--they are told they have to wait their turn to enjoy the spotlight, but then they get tired and sometimes bored with all the attention. They're ready to get rid of that spotlight by the time it finally moves to the next guy in line.
They learn that the spotlight isn't always your friend.
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