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Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 5:38 AM
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Has this virus thing had any impact on your business? Also, what is it, a harbor pilot or tug boat captain? Are they the same thing?
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Re: Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 6:29 AM
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Oh yeah it has . I'm a tugboat guy , push jet fuel around to various military bases on the Chesapeake and Delaware bays . Pilots are ship steersmen , think valets where some other guy ( harbor tugs ) actually parks the car for ya . We're under DOD contract at the moment and so we're " critical infrastructure " . People can't come and go , including men at home waiting to make a crewchange back onto the boat . If your aboard you're unsure as to when you'll be relieved . It's a mess , like most are experiencing but the one saving grace is that the paychecks keep coming . Hope you and yours are safe and well .
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Re: Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 6:53 AM
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My office this morning .
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Re: Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 7:06 AM
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That looks like a perfect job.
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Re: Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 7:10 AM
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Lol , no but it is satisfying when everything's going well and the seas are playing nice
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Re: Tigerdug23
Apr 5, 2020, 2:44 PM
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Beautiful office. I think I need to repaint mine, but the color tinting wd b tough to match.
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Jet Fuel?
Apr 5, 2020, 7:19 AM
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If true, you're a got dang hero.
Or did you has something else in mind?
Good morning nice peoples.
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Re: Jet Fuel?
Apr 5, 2020, 8:42 AM
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Yes ... Jet Fuel . Taking 24k barrels of it to Anacostia DC right now as a matter of fact . That fuel head goes to Andrews AFB ... where they keep a lot of stuff that shoots stuff .
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Re: Jet Fuel?
Apr 5, 2020, 9:37 AM
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I wonder this from watching Deadliest Catch: How long are you at the helm each day and do you have a relief captain or are your trips less than 24 hours? Those guys look like they are fueled by cigarettes and little pills with funny names.
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Re: Jet Fuel?
Apr 5, 2020, 2:31 PM
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It's a two man rotation at the wheel so we do a 6 on and 6 off schedule . For example I am on watch from 0500-1100 , then a rest period until 1700 where I go back on til 2300 . Same goes for our engineer/deck crew .
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Is this something your father did or was this a childhood
Apr 5, 2020, 10:05 AM
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dream?
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We need to schedule a TigerDug AMA segment...
Apr 5, 2020, 10:39 AM
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where he answers all the questions we’ve ever wanted to know about tugging.
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Re: We need to schedule a TigerDug AMA segment...
Apr 5, 2020, 2:36 PM
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Lol . I'm surprised sometimes that people would find this job interesting . I liken it to driving a fuel delivery truck , but much much slower and with a lot more volume .
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Re: Is this something your father did or was this a childhood
Apr 5, 2020, 2:34 PM
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My old man was a Navy Chief .
I sort of washed around until I was 24 and found tugboating while living in Memphis TN . Been doing it ever since .
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Hey, Dug, you ever run into that Shrimpin' Boat Captain
Apr 5, 2020, 12:01 PM
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name of Gump? He is one strange dude, and that's all I have to say about thayat.
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Re: Hey, Dug, you ever run into that Shrimpin' Boat Captain
Apr 5, 2020, 2:37 PM
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Love that movie . Never read the book though . Maybe I should ?
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