Oh yeah Darth........sorry....it really sucks!
offshore Jake? My ex used to work on the crewboats that went out there. I went on a lot of runs with him. His first boat was out of Morgan City I think? in LA, but then he was working out of Galveston.
I drove 60D nails into plank to make board road into the marsh. A winch truck would drop off a 1500lb bundle and me and about 20 other guys would get to laying it, nailing it so the trucks could get back to the site in the swamp. Also cut right of ways along the pipeline. Felling trees for 15' on either side of the pipeline usually waist deep in water. I did alot of grunt work. the only work off land I have ever done was compressor and valve stations on the water, but inland.
The manual labor I did in my 20s, 30s and early 40s is the only reason I'm still mobile in my late 40s, LOL.
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