{"id":689,"date":"2018-03-10T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=689"},"modified":"2018-03-23T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:09:57","slug":"alaskan-job-not-that-glorious-beast-of-burden-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"ALASKAN JOB….NOT THAT GLORIOUS…BEAST OF BURDEN 1959"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEAST OF BURDEN: \u00a0DOWNSIDE OF THE ALASKAN \u00a0JOB<\/p>\n

We had almost 24 hours of sunshine on the Alaskan job which \u00a0was great for my partner Bill Morrison because he loved fishing and the stream below our campsite was filled with salmon fighting their way upstream to lay their eggs. Huge fish\u2026so large Bill could not even hold them up to measure them. \u00a0He needed no bait as the salmon were not eating. \u00a0Just hook them and drag them to shore. \u00a0They only wanted to Lay their eggs and die. \u00a0Brutal end \u00a0to their lives but a bonanza for Kodiak bears and fishermen like Bill.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAlan, maybe Dr. Paterson was not completely honest about hour job up here.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGot me a US green card as a special person with special knowledge.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut there is another aspect to he job beyond Getting the Numbers.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLike?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLike carrying me here and there when I want to go fishing.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCarrying?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCannot get my leather boots wet\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo you mean part of my job description is being a Beast of Burden?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t sound so indignant\u2026accept my assurance that your job description involves aiding fishing.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIs that in writing?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo, Dr. Paterson\u2026Norm\u2026did not put it in writing.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDamn!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNow turn around, I want to fish on the other side today.\u201d<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch, March \u00a02018 (pic from 1959)<\/div>\n
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