Just a shout out from boredom

Bubba_Bruiser · 12-15-09, 01:47 AM

Well, we are still sitting down here off the coast of Tuxpan. We had to jack the rig back out of the water due to rough weather coming. You gotta love when people tell you one thing and you get there, and find out it is nothing closer to the truth. I got called down here and told it would be a 10-12 day tow on the rig back home and I would make it back home to be with my wife and boys for Christmas. They said the tugs are waiting to tie up and bring y'all in. I get down here, Friday will be 2 weeks, and we have been under tow since Wednesday night. We are moving at the speed of smell, thank you Ron White for the analogy, at a blistering 2.5 knots. We have a tow of 1050 nautical miles, and we have logged 350 of them in almost a week. But now we are stationary, so nada is on the horizon for the next few days. Man I wanted to be home for a change, but Santa doesn't seem to come if Daddy doesn't work much. Coincidence, hmmmm. Maybe I will make it home before the event in May. Hope to see y'all there.

nofearengineer · 12-15-09, 12:07 PM

Man...that's a shame, Bubba. Payin those bills sucks sometimes. Okay...most of the time.

Anyways, I hope you get overtime.

brushhog · 12-15-09, 06:03 PM

Bubba, god bless ya for working hard to support your family... It is what men do!

Bubba_Bruiser · 12-15-09, 06:29 PM

You too brushhog!

I got to thinking about this post and I want you guys to know I feel a little selfish. When we have men and women overseas supporting the right for us to get on here and blab. Also, we have a lot of people out of work and wondering what week to week is going to be like. Not to mention the strain of pleasing loved ones through what we have made a commercial holiday. But I know I am not the only one, and thank goodness I have set times, sometimes, when I know I will return home. Those guys might be there a while and have missed a bunch of holidays, births, etc. But to our vets, ones currently inlisted, and those struggling through hard economic times, God bless you and Merry Christmas.

nofearengineer · 12-15-09, 06:46 PM

Amen, bruthah....give them their props. But you are still allowed to miss home and gripe a little.

bcklash · 12-15-09, 06:55 PM

I agree with Nofear, sometimes you have the right to feel selfish.

Bubba_Bruiser · 12-17-09, 11:26 PM

Still sitting here. Might be doing a google for Auld Lang Syne if things don't get to poppin'.

1/4 stick · 12-18-09, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

Still sitting here. Might be doing a google for Auld Lang Syne if things don't get to poppin'.

Here, Listen to some fuji woogie somethinanother...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgf9OYrt2I

12-15-09, 01:47 AM	#1
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Just a shout out from boredom Well, we are still sitting down here off the coast of Tuxpan. We had to jack the rig back out of the water due to rough weather coming. You gotta love when people tell you one thing and you get there, and find out it is nothing closer to the truth. I got called down here and told it would be a 10-12 day tow on the rig back home and I would make it back home to be with my wife and boys for Christmas. They said the tugs are waiting to tie up and bring y'all in. I get down here, Friday will be 2 weeks, and we have been under tow since Wednesday night. We are moving at the speed of smell, thank you Ron White for the analogy, at a blistering 2.5 knots. We have a tow of 1050 nautical miles, and we have logged 350 of them in almost a week. But now we are stationary, so nada is on the horizon for the next few days. Man I wanted to be home for a change, but Santa doesn't seem to come if Daddy doesn't work much. Coincidence, hmmmm. Maybe I will make it home before the event in May. Hope to see y'all there. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

12-15-09, 12:07 PM	#2
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Man...that's a shame, Bubba. Payin those bills sucks sometimes. Okay...most of the time. Anyways, I hope you get overtime. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

12-15-09, 06:03 PM	#3
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Bubba, god bless ya for working hard to support your family... It is what men do! __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

12-15-09, 06:29 PM	#4
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	You too brushhog! I got to thinking about this post and I want you guys to know I feel a little selfish. When we have men and women overseas supporting the right for us to get on here and blab. Also, we have a lot of people out of work and wondering what week to week is going to be like. Not to mention the strain of pleasing loved ones through what we have made a commercial holiday. But I know I am not the only one, and thank goodness I have set times, sometimes, when I know I will return home. Those guys might be there a while and have missed a bunch of holidays, births, etc. But to our vets, ones currently inlisted, and those struggling through hard economic times, God bless you and Merry Christmas. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

12-15-09, 06:46 PM	#5
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Amen, bruthah....give them their props. But you are still allowed to miss home and gripe a little. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

12-15-09, 06:55 PM	#6
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	I agree with Nofear, sometimes you have the right to feel selfish. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

12-17-09, 11:26 PM	#7
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Still sitting here. Might be doing a google for Auld Lang Syne if things don't get to poppin'. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

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