What do u guys do for work?

[Sweets]

NO MOVING WATER PLEASE!!! Water that deep that is slow moving can still have channels of fast moving water underneath that can be more then enough to pin your raggedy ass to a branch and you will not get out of your boat or back to the surface of the water... It all depends on the shape of the river bed and whether there is bends in the river.. Water moves faster in tight spaces so if there is a channel in the river bed the flow inside there will be much faster.. Also the outside of a bend will be moving faster both of these can easily pin you and drown you.. Seriously brother you are rolling with a black belt that does not give a fuck about your life. There are so many other things... Like for instance if you fall out two boulders side by side on the bed can easily trap your foot and your body will carry you forward and you will not be able to free your foot. Please go to a lake or sheltered bay and learn the strokes.. I can list them for you and share all sorts of videos demonstrating them step by step. It's extremely important you learn this stuff... No I'm not just a worried pussy I know what I'm talking about.. Be careful..

Also your boat is designed for the sea, it's ok to use on rivers, perfect even for a fishing or camping trip on a large river... The only thing is it will be tricky to manoeuvre until you get used to it, because it's hull is designed to carry a straight line on the relatively still sea. That's what you found out when it wouldn't straighten up for you. You probably caught an eddie line also. Thats the border between slow and fast moving water.. Eddies are areas of still water along banks or behind boulders.

 

[BJTT_Pella]

Also your boat is designed for the sea, it's ok to use on rivers, perfect even for a fishing or camping trip on a large river... The only thing is it will be tricky to manoeuvre until you get used to it, because it's hull is designed to carry a straight line on the relatively still sea. That's what you found out when it wouldn't straighten up for you. You probably caught an eddie line also. Thats the border between slow and fast moving water.. Eddies are areas of still water along banks or behind boulders.

Thanks for the info. I plan to take to a local lake this weekend to work some stuff out and just get more comfortable in it. Do you know of any online recources with videos? I apreciate your concern. People die further up the merced river every year doing exactly what I did. I dont plan on taking it down the river again for awhile. Fishing? That was the plan but of course never being in a kayak, fishing didnt go so well. Next trip no fishing. Just time in the boat.

 

[Sweets]

Thanks for the info. I plan to take to a local lake this weekend to work some stuff out and just get more comfortable in it. Do you know of any online recources with videos? I apreciate your concern. People die further up the merced river every year doing exactly what I did. I dont plan on taking it down the river again for awhile. Fishing? That was the plan but of course never being in a kayak, fishing didnt go so well. Next trip no fishing. Just time in the boat.

This guy is a multiple time world champion and he explains things as well as anyone... PaddleTV - YouTube
Start with the learn to kayak videos obviously he'll take you through he basics.. For this week just explore the lake and start to lean the boat side to side when your moving forward. Push either ass cheek down and lift the other leg, two or three inches off level is enough. You'll notice the boat veers left or right depending. It's called edging you'll use it all the time eventually it becomes automatic. It will also help you learns to stabilise the boat and build your coordination. Then learn your sweep stroke, put the paddle in at your toe and draw a big arch all the way around behind you, it's the quickest way to turn. When you get bored practice this.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KPF2r3S5w


So that's.

Edging.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPTebYaErA


Sweep Stroke.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebSOACHIyo


High brace.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KPF2r3S5w


Remember on flat water, if you're not wet you're not trying.

 

[La Paix]

Haha, too many lols.
Where else can a man play with fire, strippers, dikes, and lube all day...

 

[BJTT_Pella]

This guy is a multiple time world champion and he explains things as well as anyone... PaddleTV - YouTube
Start with the learn to kayak videos obviously he'll take you through he basics.. For this week just explore the lake and start to lean the boat side to side when your moving forward. Push either ass cheek down and lift the other leg, two or three inches off level is enough. You'll notice the boat veers left or right depending. It's called edging you'll use it all the time eventually it becomes automatic. It will also help you learns to stabilise the boat and build your coordination. Then learn your sweep stroke, put the paddle in at your toe and draw a big arch all the way around behind you, it's the quickest way to turn. When you get bored practice this.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KPF2r3S5w


So that's.

Edging.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPTebYaErA


Sweep Stroke.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebSOACHIyo


High brace.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KPF2r3S5w


Remember on flat water, if you're not wet you're not trying.

Thanks man. I watched some of the vids. I will check his youtube channel out when i have more time.

 

[Wild]

Excellent I can afford some... I don't do anything now where is a good place to start Brokers etc? I know nothing now but point me in the right direction and I'll find out for myself. Out of curiosity what is the time frame for the oil? A Year? Five?

Scottrade, Ameritrade, etc. Most are easy to set up.

 

[Sweets]

Thanks man. I watched some of the vids. I will check his youtube channel out when i have more time.

Do, just pick one skill and work it for the day... Also if you want to go fishing attach four soda bottles to the sides of the boat so they are just on the surface of the water two at each end.. Tie them on real tight they will really improve your balance no end..

 

[Sweets]

Scottrade, Ameritrade, etc. Most are easy to set up.

Sweet thanks..

 

[WarPotato]

Inspection - currently a weld inspector for construction inspection. Have done refineries, power plants, pipeline, aerospace, etc.

 

[Leigh]

I'm a safety engineer for a railway signalling company. Not quite the same position as @delightone, although they sound similar. I'm in a position where I work from home most of the time, which is amazing.

 

[La Paix]

Inspection - currently a weld inspector for construction inspection. Have done refineries, power plants, pipeline, aerospace, etc.

Where on this earth do you so these things?

 

[WarPotato]

Where on this earth do you so these things?

Washington state

 

[Psychotropic Wanderlust]

So you work out the; for want of a better word paramaters (... Blueprints???) for systems?

essentially, I provide drawing packages for their power systems. so they can have portable power substations, Dams, power conversion and run heavy equipment.

it sounds fun. buts its boring and not what I want to do with my life. I only do it to pay the bills. I want to be in Geology / forest conservation. but going back to school for that at 33 is expensive, and if I had the 50K to go back to school I wouldnt need too as I would take that 50K and open a business.

 

[Psychotropic Wanderlust]

Kayak instructor, most of the time it's extreme baby sitting but I'm working toward my Level 3 and that will allow me to work as a river guide..

I want a kayak so bad, just cant afford it right now. I love my canoe, as a Canadian I was basically born in it, but I want a kayak too!

 

[Sweets]

I want a kayak so bad, just cant afford it right now. I love my canoe, as a Canadian I was basically born in it, but I want a kayak too!

Get an old second hand number you'll never look back, up where you are there are likely thousands of the lying in sheds unused..

 

[sparkuri]

I wonder how many of us look at each others jobs and go, "damn, that sounds badass, I'm such a loser"

 

[Psychotropic Wanderlust]

I wonder how many of us look at each others jobs and go, "damn, that sounds badass, I'm such a loser"

welcome to my nightmare.

 

[WarPotato]

Get an old second hand number you'll never look back, up where you are there are likely thousands of the lying in sheds unused..

Man I want one also, but I wanna get one that I can fish out of - whether on lakes, rivers, or the puget sound

 

[otaku1]

He likes the adult actress Belladonna and walks at owl sanctuaries.

Sounds like someone reliable.
Belladonna x owl sanctuaries=solid case.
My loan will be paid.
I think.


Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

 

[Sweets]

Man I want one also, but I wanna get one that I can fish out of - whether on lakes, rivers, or the puget sound

I know here we have a Facebook page called Canoes and Kayaks for sale in Ireland. See if there is a page for your state etc... You can usually pick up a boat and some gear for a few hundred.

 

[Leigh]

I wonder how many of us look at each others jobs and go, "damn, that sounds badass, I'm such a loser"

Not me. I won't post too much about my gig on a public forum but working from home and getting paid well is amazing.

 

[La Paix]

I wonder how many of us look at each others jobs and go, "damn, that sounds badass, I'm such a loser"

I promise you I'm not thinking that about your career path sir.

 

[BJTT_Pella]

I promise you I'm not thinking that about your career path sir.

Im going with Birdwatcher on this one.

Ive sometimes wished i worked with something that wouldnt kill me for just not paying attention.

 

[sparkuri]

Im going with Birdwatcher on this one.

Ive sometimes wished i worked with something that wouldnt kill me for just not paying attention.

Yeah, I don't know what is wrong with me.
My other job is pyrotechnics.
Basically using electronics to blow up fireworks, and make them.
And working on my pilots license because basically I want to do what Justin Wren does.
And a single dad of two daughters full -time.
Could I BE, anymore dangerous?

So if I don't electrocute myself, blow myself up, crash into a jungle, or get shot by rebels, I can always kill a boyfriend and get assraped in prison for life.

 

[OhWhopDaChamp]

I'm a safety engineer for a railway signalling company. Not quite the same position as @delightone, although they sound similar. I'm in a position where I work from home most of the time, which is amazing.

You should be in a position in my email inbox. Now that'd be sweet