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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
Great post again JD. We think alike. I enjoy storms too. Love the power of nature on full roaring display. As long as I'm safe inside, looking out a window, storms are great :)
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
I loved being out at sea in those massive storms.. I miss that. Was phenomenal. Almost got washed overboard during one. I'll have to share that story.
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
Absolutely. Would love to read it. Were you ever afraid the boat might roll over?
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
I used to love the rough seas. You'd be walking.. on deck... then the deck and bulkhead.. back to deck. Then the other deck and bulkhead. That was side to side motion. When going into the waves.. oh.. that was more fun.. the ship would go down a huge wave.. it'd be the closest you could get to zero gravity. Just by being there... then it would go up the next wave and you felt like you couldn't move. Lol We'd go wave jumping out on the quarterdeck. The ship would drop.. and we'd all jump.. and we'd go up maybe 6 or so feet on the air.. then come crashing down. It got banned after one guy popped his knee. Lol. The quarterdeck was enclosed, so pretty safe. Only one crazy bastard ever did wave jumping on the flight deck. Which was open... no safety. Two guess who did that.. he only did it once.. as the ship went down.. he jumped.. the ship also started going sideways.. he didn't. Came pretty close to not landing on the ship. Lol. If you get lost at sea, during rough seas. Very good chance you won't be found.
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
Wow, I can imagine it. Amazing. 👍
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
I just created a blog specifically for these stories that don't really fit in any of my others. Subscribe and stay tuned. Lol. https://zirkels.com/dashboard#:~:text=%EF%80%94-,JD%27s%20Crazy%20Adventures,-jdarmstrong
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
Zirkels doesn't work well on my mobile phone. Have wait until I get home to login on my computer using Diamond app.
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
Yeah. I've mentioned to the guys that mobile needs looking at. Many people will read from their mobiles. I've even published from my mobile.. by choice. Lol. After they said no-one would publish from their phone.. by choice. Lol.
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
I always publish on my phone. My life is constantly moving. 🙃
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
Awesome. I love change. I read a quote years ago. Resisting change is like resisting to breathe. If you succeed, You die. That's the day I became an agent for change. Get out of your comfort zone. Embrace change. That's where the magic happens.
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
The thing I like most about travelling, and being on the move, is the change of environment. New scene. New people. New sights and sounds. Meeting interesting individuals is the best. You only get those interactions when you step outdoors away from the familiar. Comfort zones are danger. Quick road to death. Mix things up.
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
💯 I'm turning 50 this year. I decided last month.. when my land sale goes through.. get my money. Fuck it. Moving across country to QLD. That's like moving west coast to east coast on the US. Australia is the same size practically. Shit.. I got my hip replaced.. 4 weeks later I'm driving from Sydney to Perth via Melbourne and Adelaide and a heap of smaller towns. Just me and my 3 year old son. Why? Why not?
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 30, 2023
Four weeks later? Wow.
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 30, 2023
Yeah.. my hip was that bad.. there's another story right there. Lol.
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@GWGoodfellow - Jan 29, 2023
Why don't they fit in?
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
They don't fit in with my other blogs. One is about my cold shower challenge. One is Mental Health Awareness. One is caravanlife. These are crazy adventures.. like the time I hung off the Great Australian Bight for the perfect photo. The time I drove my car into the ocean. The time I got my car airborne. Almost getting lost at sea. Swimming with sharks without knowing it. Swimming in a lagoon where a croc took a tourist and they still hadn't found her.. or the croc... without knowing it. That's just a couple crazy adventures.
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@JDArmstrong - Jan 29, 2023
The ship I was on was a world class 2 ice breaker. HMAS Moresby. A pretty solid ship. Realistically it would have to be pretty rough and an I experienced helmsman on the bridge for something like that to happen. That would be directly the Captains fault if he left inexperience at the helm during rough seas. Or... rogue waves. More data is starting to come out about rogue waves with a record breaking rogue wave just last month I believe. I read an article last week. They are becoming more frequent and each recorded one is bigger than the last. Once thought a myth. These are real natural phenomenon. They seemingly spring up out of nowhere. Won't matter what ship, what experience. Even if you're facing the right direction. One of these bad boys gets you. You are done for. Found the article. Largest one on record. Feb 2022. So not last month. 58ft high. 17.6 metres. The waves at the time around it. 20ft average. Some reason we still don't know. They just occur. They said this size should only happen once every 1300 years. https://earthsky.org/earth/rogue-wave-most-extreme-on-record-canada/
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