Ice Road Truckers

[Isaac-Saxxon]

Those crab boys just think they have it bad. These Ice Road Truckers that drive over frozen lakes and never know when they will find a crack in the ice.
I see where they are going to make a TV series out of this too.
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?c...Ice%2520Trucks

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon

Those crab boys just think they have it bad. These Ice Road Truckers that drive over frozen lakes and never know when they will find a crack in the ice.
I see where they are going to make a TV series out of this too.

This show could not hold a match to what crab fishermen go though. No competition whatsoever.

Imagine an ice trucker with a crew of 6. The other 5 guys are outside while you are driving the "steel horse". Your crew then uses a crane to pull cars that drive by up into the air, shake them until all the people come out, then set the empty car back on the road, all while going 60mph. Then you gotta keep your "catch" alive until offloading.

Ice Trucking can be summarized in one sentence!

WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST DON'T STOP....KEEP GOING!!

[Isaac-Saxxon]

Originally Posted by rhertz

This show could not hold a match to what crab fishermen go though. No competition whatsoever.

Imagine an ice trucker with a crew of 6. The other 5 guys are outside while you are driving the "steel horse". Your crew then uses a crane to pull cars that drive by up into the air, shake them until all the people come out, then set the empty car back on the road, all while going 60mph. Then you gotta keep your "catch" alive until offloading.

Ice Trucking can be summarized in one sentence!

WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST DON'T STOP....KEEP GOING!!

Crab fishing/Crawfishing These truckers are all alone dealing with real life situations. If you do stop it might be the last time.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon

Crab fishing/Crawfishing These truckers are all alone dealing with real life situations. If you do stop it might be the last time.

What, the Coast Guard won't give em a ride in their choppers?? LOL, probably because they won't need one until next spring's thawout.

[Texasbelle]

Rhertz, I think you are a little too obsessed with the crabbers. Life does get more exciting than that, I promise!

[Isaac-Saxxon]

Originally Posted by Texasbelle

Rhertz, I think you are a little too obsessed with the crabbers. Life does get more exciting than that, I promise!

One day in the cold and rhertz would be a ice cube. Nothing some Grey Goose could not fix. Tbelle how do you do in the cold turn to paste ?

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by Texasbelle

Rhertz, I think you are a little too obsessed with the crabbers. Life does get more exciting than that, I promise!

Ms Belle, operating a crab boat is like running any small business.......in a jail cell, mounted to a roller coaster, during an ice storm, with plenty of government regulation! What else could be more scary? What else could be more inspiring to the soul of a businessman?

It's cold out there, but there is plenty to eat. ($5k grocery bills)

There is no art on the walls, the Bering Sea is a living canvas. The open ocean calls to me like a Sea Elf.

There are no women on board with their opinions or high heels, just lots of crabs and maybe a handful of ex-convicts, who aren't so bad after you get to know em. (ducking)

It's like the iChing for business captains, what else can I say?

May your pots be full, and your season short! If that's not enough, please allow me to take you and Mr Belle to Joe's crab shack for opillio, tanner, or baradi crab (no telling which type of snow crab they sell - probably Russian, LOL) But its all good!

[Huldah]

Ice Road Truckers. . . .
If I lived in northern Alaska, I would rely on them. But then again, why would I live in northern Alaska.
These guys are yet another example of the "American Spirit." We have always stepped up to the plate, ponied up, bellied up to the bar. . . . oh sorry, I got a little carried away.
The point, I think, was that wild west/north would never have been tamed without such brave men and women. Or are they just crazy?

Huldah

[Isaac-Saxxon]

Originally Posted by Huldah

Ice Road Truckers. . . .
If I lived in northern Alaska, I would rely on them. But then again, why would I live in northern Alaska.
These guys are yet another example of the "American Spirit." We have always stepped up to the plate, ponied up, bellied up to the bar. . . . oh sorry, I got a little carried away.
The point, I think, was that wild west/north would never have been tamed without such brave men and women. Or are they just crazy?

Huldah

Welcome to the board Huldah I agree this country was tamed by very brave men and women that forged ahead to get it done. I think you will enjoy all the nice people here at SBLive and I hope to see you post more in the future. I think the other avatars will be happy to see a new member too.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

Originally Posted by Huldah

Ice Road Truckers. . . .
If I lived in northern Alaska, I would rely on them. But then again, why would I live in northern Alaska.
These guys are yet another example of the "American Spirit." We have always stepped up to the plate, ponied up, bellied up to the bar. . . . oh sorry, I got a little carried away.
The point, I think, was that wild west/north would never have been tamed without such brave men and women. Or are they just crazy?

Huldah

Huldah appears in the Hebrew Bible only in nine verses, II Kings 22:13-20, II Chronicles 34:22-28. This short narrative is sufficient to make clear that Huldah was regarded as a prophetess accustomed to speaking the word of God directly to high priests and royal officials, to whom high officials came in supplication, who told kings and nations of their fates, who had the authority to determine what was and was not the genuine Law, and who spoke in a manner of stern command when acting as a prophetess. Nonetheless the Bible does not offer the sort of background information it typically does with other pivotal prophets. Indeed, we are left knowing more about her husband's background than we know of hers, and the little information we know of her personally is largely in relation to her husband.

Hey Huldah ! Very nice Avatar