DeepDiver wrote:

[Commercial diving] was a real adventure, and I am glad I
followed my heart and did it. All diving is a kick, no matter the depth.

True. We all have to work for a living. Might as well do something
adventurous, right? Something about only living once...

I know a guy who's a commercial diver & welder. He's been at it for
ten or fifteen years, and he's good at it: he's one of about a dozen
people on the planet certified to weld the pressure hulls of nuclear
subs while they're still in the briny.

He's the Manly Man type, but he says the work is just plain Godawful
hard (plus there are lots of ways to die while doing it). To him,
diving is about as exciting as laying bricks. But he's very, very
well paid, works when he feels like it and doesn't when he doesn't.
He has lived and worked all over the world -- name the place, he's
had a job there. He knows the nightlife, the daylife, and the
wildlife of places I can't even pronounce. Speaks enough fragments
of enough languages to get around most any seaport in the world. Has
lots of stories to tell, and if they're mostly lies, who cares? Now
he's in his mid-thirties, lives on his very large property in the
Philippines, works a couple of months each year, and owns a few
businesses. Nice.

Me? Thank you, no. I really like my unexceptional life.

Pete

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