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Feb 23, 2017 15:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 23, 2017 15:40:29 GMT -5
 Found a 1970 pic of my Father smoking a pipe, they say I am the spitting image of him. At that time he was a Skippet of a 165 ft crew& supply vessel in the Gulf. |
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Feb 23, 2017 22:25:20 GMT -5
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Post by papipeguy on Feb 23, 2017 22:25:20 GMT -5
Brad, the apple fell real close to the tree. Your dad looks like a real solid guy; just like you.
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Feb 23, 2017 23:37:26 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Feb 23, 2017 23:37:26 GMT -5
Brad, the apple fell real close to the tree. Your dad looks like a real solid guy; just like you. You come from a rustic stock, Brad...in my book that's a good thing. |
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Feb 24, 2017 1:42:18 GMT -5
Post by antb on Feb 24, 2017 1:42:18 GMT -5
Really cool pic!!
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Feb 24, 2017 2:05:11 GMT -5
Post by Motto on Feb 24, 2017 2:05:11 GMT -5
Hi, I could not see your image this end, there seems so new issue uploading images, but maybe things will be fixed, can I ask what kind of vessel was he skipper of ? I have a little interest in old sea vessels., |
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Feb 24, 2017 6:59:31 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 6:59:31 GMT -5
Brad, your Pop is a rugged looking fellow. I bet he had some very interesting stories to tell. Any chance someone kept his pipe, or pipes?
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Feb 24, 2017 9:17:45 GMT -5
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 24, 2017 9:17:45 GMT -5
POP had an accident while out in his vessel, someone on the drilling rig mixed some chemicals that made a poisonous cloud, took several people down, scarred his lungs and he stopped smoking and threw everything out. So no to having some of his pipes. He was an interesting fellow, he was a welder in a small shipyard, then gravitated to welding for Chicago Bridge and Iron, then came Pearl Harbor, enlisted in the navy, first time I saw him as a baby I pissed all over his dress blues. Got discharged while war was on because he was a welder and sent out West to weld on Special Projects. To the day he died we never knew what Special Projects were.war was over he came back to Chicago Bridge and iron, was welding Spheroids at Texas City, he took us back to LA and 2 weeks later they had one of the largest a Explosions in Texas City in U.S. history, a fertilizer ship blew up killing many people. He was successful at anything he touched , made a lot of money, gave a lot away, he was a soft touch, haveing grown up very poor. He never met a stranger.i miss him.
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Found a 1970
