My name is Johnny Marcus Guidrey, I am a Deck Hand on a Tow Boat.
A Tow Boat is a boat designed to push barges up and down Rivers. Yes I understand the irony of calling a boat designed to push barges up and down intercoastal water ways a Tow Boat. Rarely do we actually tow anything. But nobody asked me my thoughts on the subject when they named the damn things.
But I'm not here to tell you about the silliness of Intercoastal Marine Watercraft naming convention. No.
So think of the intercoastal water ways as roads. The big ones are highways, the little ones are city roads, and the ones that are just big enough for a barge are your back country two lane roads that see maybe five cars a week.
The water takes us to some places that most people don't even see. Let alone know about. Some real backwoods middle of no where swamp folk type places.
I was doing a thirty day hitch, for a larger towboat company by the name of Kirby Inland Marine. We were back in the middle of nowhere, taking a less often used water way, pushing an LPG barge to some little chemical plant out on the ass end of civilized creation. We were fifteen days into this contract and God knows how far away from Houma, Lousiana. Which is where we operated out of.
The glorified ditch we were pushing down was completely natural, no man's hand ever touched this thing. It flowed around bends in the river and doubled back on itself from time to time. It had Sand bars that were hidden just under the water. The occasional boat wreck you had to dodge, depending on how deep underwater it was. This was a real chaotic little strip of water.
It was probably a full time job for the captain to keep us from chasing frogs. That's what the old timers call running aground.
Part a my job as a deckhand is to walk the barge every so often to make sure it's in good shape. It's a nice little escape from the confines of the boat. Sometimes if I'm not busy with cleaning, maintaining, or on watch, I'll set up a folding chair at the front of the barge and just hang out, watching the shoreline cruise past. My form of meditation, I suppose.
Well that night I was walking up along the starboard side of the barge. I was lost in thought. Thinking about what I would be doing with the cash I was building up on this hitch.
Truck needed a new transmission. Wife was in dire need of a date night. Kids wanted one of them new Xboxes. I had plenty of things to sink my money into.
I was just about to decide on where
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Greetings r/UFOs community! I'm super honored to have been invited to take part in this AMA today. My special thanks to the moderators as well!
Here is my Tweet to verify it's really me: https://twitter.com/RyanSprague51/status/1449038512947441664?s=20
A little info on me if you're curious. I'm the author and host of Somewhere in the Skies, a book all about UFOs, and a podcast all about UFOs and the unexplained. I also co-host a television series on the CW called Mysteries Decoded. I have been researching UFOs since the age of 13 after having had a UFO sighting in Central NY in 1995. I am also a writer for The Debrief and for Trail of the Saucers collective on Medium. Here's my website if you want to get a handle of what I mostly cover and research. Thank you so much for having me, and I can't wait to answer your questions!
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I'll be here from 5pm EST - 7pm EST LIVE. After that, I'll try to answer questions that may come in after that when I can. Thank you again!
- Ryan
I know that this is going to sound crazy, but I was listening to Scott Hasn't Seen today and there was a moment when Sprague was talking about his client Shaun Diston and I had an epiphany ...
Now this might sound crazy, but I think Sprague might be Shaun Diston.
Also I think Shaun Diston is Q.
When you call they just say "we're closed today"
Anyone know what’s goin on? I’d check Spokane news but I don’t have FB
We'll be hosting an AMA in r/UFOs with Ryan Sprague this Friday, October 15th, at 5PM EST (view in your time zone).
Ryan is the author of Somewhere in the Skies: A Human Approach to the UFO Phenomenon and is also the creator and host of the Somewhere in the Skies podcast. He is a lead investigator and co-host of Mysteries Decoded (CW Network) and is also a regular on Ancient Aliens (History Channel) and Beyond the Unknown (Travel Channel).
His UFO research finds him interviewing witnesses in all walks of life about UFO sightings and claimed close encounters. He’s interviewed military and intelligence officials directly on UFOs, writing for such news sites as The Debrief, Open Minds Magazine, Rogue Planet, and Medium. Speaking on the UFO topic, he has been featured on ABC News, Fox News, 7News Australia, and the Science Channel. He has consulted and been featured in Newsweek, The NY Post, and VICE.
We're excited to have Ryan be able to answer our questions and invite everyone to participate. If you're unable to attend and would still like to ask questions, feel free to share them below and we'll do our best to facilitate them on your behalf.
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I'm a deckhand on a towboat and was wondering if anyone knows how I would have to set starlink up so you can get internet through most the boat. It's all metal and with being out in the middle of nowhere most the time you can't get good internet or any internet at all
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