WHEN A BROKER INTERVIEWS A AGENT AND ASKS ABOUT WHAT WAS PREVIOUS CAREER HE OR SHE GOT INTO , AND WHAT CAN THEY BRING TO THE TABLE..................WELL I HAVE FOUND THAT THE OLD ADAGE THAT "THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD THINK MAKE IT DON'T AND THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD NEVER THINK MAKES IT" THAT WAS MY OLD BROKER WHO SAID TO A OFFICE MANAGER "HE'S NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT " I HAD NO SALES EXPERIENCE WHATS SO EVER ,BUT I BELIEVED IN MY SELF , I WAS HUNGRY , AND WHEN I SAW THE TOP PRODUCERS AND THE ATTITUDE THEY HAD , I SAID TO MY SELF ,SELF WHAT DO THEY BRING TO THE TABLE ,AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENT,WHEN I THOUGHT BACK TO BEING IN A LIFE RAFT IN SHARK INVESTED WATERS WITH A BACK DROP OF A $30,000,000.00 SUPER LUXURY YACHT SUNK !!! .IT WAS MY HOME ON THE WATER , I LOST EVERYTHING I OWNED !! , AND THIS IS HOW IT REALLY HELPED ME SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT ,AS SOME OF YOU HAVE FRIENDS GOING THROUGH SOME REAL ROUGH TIMES LOSING JOBS,HOMES,ETC.
I GOT A CALL IN 1996 DID I HAVE A PASSPORT (YES) CHIEF ENGINEER LICENCE USA (NO)I HAVE A BRITISH AND A PANAMANIAN CHIEFS TICKET,CAN I BE ON A PLANE FROM MIAMI TO NEW CALEDONIA JUST OFF AUSTRALIA AND CAN I BE AT THE AIRPORT FOR 6:00 NEXT DAY PAY WAS $50,000 A YEAR FREE BOARD ,MY OWN CHIEFS CABIN , AND A CRUISE ITINERARY TO DIE FOR , I WAS IN IT WAS A DREAM JOB AS I WAS GETTING $15,00 A HOUR BEING A GREASE MONKEY DOING 12 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK OH !! TO GET BACK TO CLEAN WHITE UNIFORMS , WITH THE CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THE FAR EAST !!!
I WAS ON THE YACHT FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS IT WAS A TOTAL DREAM JOB SO GOOD THE CAPTAIN WOULD ASK WHO WANTS TO GO ON A HELICOPTER RIDE TO A SMALL ISLAND OR A VOLCANO MOUNTAIN TOP IT WAS A LIFE STYLE OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS THE OWNERS IS A MULTI BILLIONAIRE WHO OWNS A BANK CHAIN ETC ETC.
I WAS LIKE THE FROZEN LITTLE BIRD SITTING IN A TREE WHEN HE FREEZE'S SOLID AND FALLS INTO A FRESH HUMP OF FRESH STEAMING HORSE MANURE HE STARTS CHIRPING WHEN HE DEFROSTS AND A CAT HERES HIM AND EATS HIM MORAL OF THE STORY WHEN BAD GOES TO GOOD HAVE A PLAN "B"
WE WERE IN ANY YOUNG BOYS DREAM PLACE KOMODO ISLAND HOME OF THE MAN EATING KOMODO DRAGONS TWO DRAGONS CAN DEVOUR A 200 DEER IN 8 MINUTES WITH NOT A THING LEFT HOOFS SKULL ANTLERS THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE........ANYWAY WE LEFT AT @10:00 IN THE MORNING WATER WAS LIKE A GLASS WE WHERE STEAMING AT 6 KNOTS THIS FINE HOT INDONESIAN DAY UNTIL,,,THE CAPTAIN SCREAMED INTO MY WALKIE TALKIE SAYING EVERY SINGLE BILGE LIGHT IS ON WHICH ON A 135' LENGTH 12' DRAFT (HOW MUCH OF THE SHIP UNDERWATER) THERE IS 8 BILGE PUMPS WHEN I FLEW DOWN THE STAIRS AND FIRST THING I SAW WAS WATER COMING IN AT A FIERCE RATE OF KNOTS WHEN I GOT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE ROOM FLOOR IT WAS FLOODED FIRST THING RUNS THROUGH IS WHICH OVERBOARD VALVE DID I LEAVE OPEN ,WHEN I FOUND THE REASON FOR THE RISING TIDE OF WATER I WAS RELIVED TO FIND IT WAS A HUGE 18" HOLE WHERE THE SHAFT SEAL WAS TO BE WASN'T I TOOK CONTROL OF PORT ENGINE AND PULLED VALVE FOR EMERGENCY PUMP ON BUT AS SUCTION PIPE IS 4" WHICH IS SUCKING OUT AND 18"IS COMING IN AT A DEPTH OF 12' IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW I WILL BE IN MY OTHER DREAM BEING A EXTRA IN ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND ADVENTURES AS WE IS SINKING AND SINKING FAST THE WATER WAS WARM BUT WHEN ITS CRAWLING UP YOUR LEG FASTER THEN FLORIDA FIRE ANTS YOU CLICK INTO SURVIVABLE MODE ,I CALLED THE CAPT AND ASKED HIM THE THREE MAIN QUESTIONS A ENGINEER ASK FROM THE TITANIC ON DOWN
1...HOW DEEP THE WATER ...........................1400' AND GETTING DEEPER
2...HOW FAR IS LAND ...................................1 MILE TO DRANGENSVILLE
3...HAVE YOU GOT THE S.O.S OUT AS I'M A THINKING WE'S GONNA NEED IT.......HE DIDN'T THINK WE DID
THE WATER WAS UP TO MY KNEES AND RISING FAST THEN I GOT THE NIGHTMARE THOUGHT IF THE WATER KEEPS COMING UP (AND IT WILL) WHEN THE WATER LAPS UP THE GENERATOR CIRCUIT BOARD CAN I GET ELECTROCUTED IN SALT WATER WILL IT CONDUCT AND KILL ME!!!! THEN A HUGE EXPLOSION HAPPENED AS THE PORT ENGINE SUCKED WATER DOWN THE SQUEAL OF EXPLODING TURBO'S WAS LIKE THE MOVIES,I CALLED UP TO THE CAPT AND SAID AIM FOR THE ISLAND, WHATS THE DEPTH 600' WE GOT 3 OR 4 MINUTES AND WE IS THE TITANIC ,,,GET THE DAMN S.O.S OUT NOW (HE DIDN'T) THEN THE OTHER MAIN ENGINE BLEW NICE FLAMES AND SMOKE ITS THEN I REALISED I WAS'NT STANDING JUST BOBBING ,THEN YOU GET THE MUSIC IN YOUR EARS ,LEFT EAR WAS JAWS THEME , RIGHT EAR THEME FROM TITANIC AND I CANT STAND CELION DION AS SHE REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER!! SMALL AND SQUEAKER ANYWAY I WAS IN 7 FEET OF WATER I STARTED DIVING DOWN TO GET TOOLS AND MAKE SURE ALL PORT HOLES WHERE CLOSED AND GETTING ALL TOOLS NEEDED THEN THE GENERATOR BLEW UP I DIDN'T GET ELECTROCUTED BUT I DID LOSE THE LIGHTS IT WAS PITCH DARK ,I WAS IN ABOUT 10' OF WATER WITH A AIR POCKET IN THE CEILING SUCKING IN SOOTY AIR LIKE IN THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE ,THEN THINKING WHICH WAY IS OUT I REALLY PANICKED THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE LIVERPOOL ENGINEERS THAT WENT DOWN WITH THE LIVERPOOL BASED TITANIC (WHOLE FAMILY'S WHERE DECIMATED WITH FATHERS,BROTHERS AND SONS GOING DOWN WHILE THE BAND PLAYED ON)
I HAD A COME TO JESUS MEETING I DECIDED TO TAKE A SHIRT FILTERED MOUTH FULL OF AIR AND SWIM DOWN AND AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS THE REAL WEIRD THING WAS I KNEW THIS ENGINE ROOM LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE AS I BOLTED ALL THE PORT HOLE SHUT THERE WAS NO LIGHT EXCEPT A WEIRD GREEN GLOW UNDER WATER ABOUT 30' FROM ME I THOUGHT IT WAS A BILGE PUMP THAT DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS NO ELECTRIC TO RUN IT I TOOK A EXPLORE DIVE DOWN AND THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THE WATER WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND WARM ,WHEN I WAS DOWN I SAW A LIGHT WHICH MY FRIZZED BRIAN CLICKED ON AND SAID ITS THE EXIT SIGN THE WAY OUT OF THIS TOMB ,AS I SWAM CLOSER THE EXIT SIGN WAS SO CLEAR UNDERWATER IT WAS A BEACON OF ESCAPE THEN I CAUGHT MY SHOULDER ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STAIRS ,I WAS UNDER THE STAIRS A DELFT LITTLE DOLPHIN MOVE AND I WAS KICKING UP THE STAIRS WITH MY LUNGS BURSTING FOR AIR I GOT TO THE TOP ONLY TO FIND ENGINE ROOM DOOR BOLTED SHUT WITH SIX HAND CRANKS AND COMPRESSED SOOTY AIR I TOOK A PARTIAL SUCK ONLY TO MEGA COUGH .I OPENED UP THE DOOR AND GULPED DOWN AIR .........................ONLY TO SEE WE WHERE IN DEEP DEEP WATER I RAN TO CAPTAIN AND GOT THE MATE TO SWIM TO THE WAS TOWED 20' WHICH WAS ONLY 500' AWAY SHE WENT FOR IT I FOUND MY MASK AND FINS DOVE OVER BOARD AND SAW NOTHING BUT DEEP BLUE NO B0TTOM CAPT SAID DEPTH SHOWED 280' I SWAM IN FRONT OF SHIP WITH CAPT THROWING FROM BOW TOWING ROPE THE YACHT HAD A SERIOUS STERN DOWN LOOK ,THEN THE MATE CAME AND WE TIED UP THE 20' WITH 2X 250 HP YAMAHA'S WE TIED AND THE 20' WAS ON FULL TILT PULLING A SINKING BRICK I SWAM FORWARD AS IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME FOR THE 135' YACHT TO GET GOING I SWAM AND THE JAWS THEME BEATING IN MY BRIAN ,I REALLY THOUGHT EVERY SHARK IN A 100 MILE RADIUS COULD HEAR THIS NOISE UNDERWATER AND DO THE JAWS THING, BUT I SWAM FORWARD AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES I WAS A GOOD 500' FROM YACHT AND NOTICED TWO HUGE CORAL PINNACLES LOOMING FROM THE DEPTHS IN ABOUT 40' OF WATER I GOT THE CAPTAIN TO AIM FOR ME AND STEER THE YACHT BETWEEN THE PINNACLES AND THEN IT SETTLED AND SUNK WITH ALL MY STUFF I SCRAMBLED ON THE BRIDGE AND PULLED THE TWO LIFE RAFTS AND 14 DAYS LATER A RESCUE VESSEL FROM SINGAPORE CAME AND RAISED THE YACHT BUT IN THE 14 DAYS WE WAS WAITING WE WHERE ATTACKED BY PIRATES THE BEST THING WE DID WAS THE 20' WHICH WE USED TO GO 40 MILES FOR WATER AND FOOD ONLY TO SLEEP IN OUR FLOATING RAFT TIED TO A SUNK YACHT ( AT NITE I WOULD SWIM TO THE RAFT AND STRIP OFF AND PUSH DOWN INTO THE DEPTH AND KICK UP I WOULD HIT THE BOTTOM BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE BOTTOM MORE LIKE HARD RUBBER WHICH I REALLY DIDN'T THINK ANY THING OF IT THIS WENT ON FOR A BIT ABOUT A WEEK I THINK I FOUND A DIVING LITE ON BOARD AND GOT ON THE LIFE RAFT AND STRIPPED OFF AND DOVE DOWN AND WHEN I WAS DOWN DEEP PUT THE LIGHT ON AND FOUND A ZILLION SHARKS DOING THE CIRCLE DANCE GOING IN A CLOCKWISE ROTATION I NEVER WENT ANYWHERE NEAR THE BOTTOM I WAS SLAMMING INTO A SHARK AFTER WHAT I WENT THROUGH THE LAST WEEK I SLOWLY SWAM UP EXPELLING BODY FLUIDS AS I WENT UP I REALLY PEED MY SELF BUT I JUMPED UP LIKE THE ANIMAL PLANET PELICANS EVADING THE LEOPARD SEALS ,I GOT IN THE RAFT AND MY GIRLFRIEND SAID WHERE YOU BEEN ,AND CAN YOU GO GET ME SOME TOILET ROLL AS SHE RAN OUT ( WELL I GUESS HER NITE RITUAL OF PEEING OVER THE SIDE EVERY NITE ATTRACTED THE MILLING CROWD BELOW
AND IF YOUR BROKER ASK YOU WHAT CAN YOU BRING TO THE TABLE JUST REMEMBER MY STORY AND I GOT A LOT MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM , ONLY YOU CAN THINK OF YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES AND PULL THEM INTO PLAY ,,,,,IF I CAN SWIM WITH THE SHARKS I CAN WORK WITH THEM AND REPRESENT THEM
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