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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont know how some of the Lifers do it.
I always like the old timers talking "everyone sees the show and thinks they can make it as a crab fisherman!"
Not me.
Dont get me wrong, an episode featuring me would certainly be worth watching, but entertaining for all the wrong reasons.
"Where the hell is Locke?"
- "I think...I think he's doing Sig's taxes?"
"HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BAITING POTS!!!"
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The show still facinates me, and yeah it is a reality show. But you get some of these guys that think its a somewhat easy gig. You work about half a year or so, make pretty good money. But a lot of these tough guys that show up to be greenhorns are ground into the dust. Some just give up after a day or so. There are some that their body gives up before their brains tell them to stop, and those are the ones that get hurt. There are some that are unexpectedly tough. There was one kid that was a college student a few years back and looked like nothing. He was skinny and a brainy type. And he just powered through the season and earned a lot of respect from Sig, though he never came back.
I think what saved a lot of lives and injuries was the retirement of the Derby System (Watch the first season for that insanity).
these guys probably end up like a lot of people that work the mines end up, with a miserable final few years of their lives.