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A young dredge hand set me straight about swing cable care last week
I was out on the Mississippi job near Cape Girardeau and this kid who's been on the crew maybe 6 months watched me reel in the swing cable with mud still caked on it. He pulled me aside and asked if I ever wiped it down before reeling because the grit eats away the outer strands over time. He showed me some nicks on my cable that I had missed and told me he learned that tip from an old timer on his first boat. Has anyone else had a younger crew member teach them something basic that you just never thought about?
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lisa_grant15d ago
It is funny how often the youngest person in the room has the best advice.
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the_jennifer14d ago
Wait, hold on. The YOUNGEST person? Like a teenager or someone fresh out of college? Because I gotta admit, when I was that age I didn't know a thing. I was still figuring out how to do my taxes and not burn toast. But I guess some people just have a natural instinct for things, you know?
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