"Is that a thing?"

[Rich Keller]

My niece told me that a commercial diver from my brother in laws side of her family used to sleep underwater. When I told her I used to do the same thing she started to laugh and asked "Is that a thing?" I was doing bridge piling restoration work and when something would go wrong topside it usually did not take too long to fix so I would stay in the water and wait for the problem to be solved. When the water was warm enough I would just curl up between a couple of pilings and take a nap. I only know of one other diver I worked with that did this but there must be more. How many have taken a nap underwater while waiting for something to happen topside?

 

[j2s]

Few years back, went wreck diving w/a friend who just had twins a few weeks earlier and needed a break....Up every two hours, feeding, diaper changes etc. then off to work....Lost track of him then found him wedged under some stairs, curled up, sound asleep !!!!

 

[trefoil]

Hand raised even had a smart ass raise the diver volume and set off the bells on a wind up clock.

What is it about piling work that makes one tired? or bored? LOL
Working shallow water means no reason for coming back to the barge. ****, when the radio barked "stand by gonna be a minute." meant the barge rats where in a tizzy over something LOL

OR this line. "Might as well come up the crane man is out of his cab". That line usually meant "early day."