Life under the Waves…Serial Channel 5 Monday evenings.

I do wonder what drives a young man to volunteer to spend months at a time with a load of other blokes in a cramped vessel hundreds of feet under the sea.
I once had a chat with an ex nuclear missile sub crewman. He claimed that he volunteered to get away from it all and that as on board he had nil expenses his salary soon mounted up to big money and allowed him to buy a nice house at a young age.
He also said that on patrol the crew (except senior officers) never knew where they were. It could be off Iceland or off Jamaica. This drove some blokes crackers and they would (e.g.) hold thermometers against the sides of the vessel to get clues from the water temperature. All in all, it sounded like a very strange life.
This chat was forty years ago, all might be a lot different now

SoundAsa£ said:

Lincsaddick said:

T_C_E said:

Watched, very enjoyable. 

Mitchelin star chefs is a bit different to mitchelin star grub, steak and chips is still steak and chips. 😉

I thought the reference to Michelin stars was the logistics officer being sarcastic about his crew's criticism of the 'scran' they were presented with, and not stating that his cooks were Michelin trained ?

I didn’t think that was the case at all Lincs.

well, we think differently

Cardinal Sin said:

Lincsaddick said:

I do wonder what drives a young man to volunteer to spend months at a time with a load of other blokes in a cramped vessel hundreds of feet under the sea.
I once had a chat with an ex nuclear missile sub crewman. He claimed that he volunteered to get away from it all and that as on board he had nil expenses his salary soon mounted up to big money and allowed him to buy a nice house at a young age.
He also said that on patrol the crew (except senior officers) never knew where they were. It could be off Iceland or off Jamaica. This drove some blokes crackers and they would (e.g.) hold thermometers against the sides of the vessel to get clues from the water temperature. All in all, it sounded like a very strange life.
This chat was forty years ago, all might be a lot different now

It doesn't really mater if you are not getting out anywhere!

might not matter to you, but it seems to have mattered a lot to some crewmen in the situation I wrote about ((:>)

SoundAsa£ said:

Lincsaddick said:

I do wonder what drives a young man to volunteer to spend months at a time with a load of other blokes in a cramped vessel hundreds of feet under the sea.
I once had a chat with an ex nuclear missile sub crewman. He claimed that he volunteered to get away from it all and that as on board he had nil expenses his salary soon mounted up to big money and allowed him to buy a nice house at a young age.
He also said that on patrol the crew (except senior officers) never knew where they were. It could be off Iceland or off Jamaica. This drove some blokes crackers and they would (e.g.) hold thermometers against the sides of the vessel to get clues from the water temperature. All in all, it sounded like a very strange life.
This chat was forty years ago, all might be a lot different now

Yes it is……they have Michelin trained chefs for starters.😄😄😄.
No chefs and starters quips please!

that deserves a quick quip .. were the Michelin trained cooks cooked and served up as starters .. rum the lash and cannibalism rule the navy 

episode 2 .. seems the sub has as many problems as the fictional 'Vigil' .. won't say too much to prevent spoilers