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8d ago
inWarning: The official mileage for the John Muir Trail is way off
My GPS tried to take me down a one way street the wrong way last Tuesday. It was a road that's been there for at least twenty years. How does the data get that messed up for so long? I've started double checking everything on my phone map with an old paper atlas I keep in the car.
9d ago
inJust read a report that said the average offshore saturation diver works about 120 days a year
Yeah my buddy did that for a few years. He said the schedule was insane, like 28 days straight on a barge, but then he'd be off for a month just gaming lol. Sounds about right.
9d ago
inShoutout to the old guy at the coffee shop who said my climbing line looked 'tired'
Ugh, that's a scary thought, isn't it?
10d ago
inHad a chat with a retired installer at the supply house yesterday that made me rethink my seam placement.
Yeah my buddy's floor got all bouncy cause his subfloor seams lined up. Had to tear it out and redo it.
10d ago
inUnpopular opinion: I stopped using a lift bag on shallow salvage jobs and it's been better
So when you say pulley rigged to the boat, are you talking about a simple block on a cleat or did you have an actual winch setup? I'm trying to picture how you kept tension without it just being a straight, risky haul.