What is the most miserable place you've ever been?

[Tlock]

Several year back I had to travel to Tri Cities for work during a week where the outside temps were 112-116 during the heat of the day. Not only was it warm outside, the areas inside I was working were 5-10 degrees warmer than ambient due to large heat producing machinery running. I lost like 10lbs that week from profuse sweating. I do not care to repeat.

Iowa in August, full tyvac double boots and double gloved. 3 weeks of that almost killed me. Fat boy lost weight too

 

[Lazyfaire]

Being in the beer business and doing alot of events during the summers I became friends with the guys who pumped OUT the sh***ers (the opposite of Cousin Eddie). A thankless job but those guys did their work twice a day every day of the week. All nice guys who deserved more than they got.

 

[ronin223]

Boston or portland Oregon. Hard to say which is worse

 

[Bolt_308]

During my time in the Fire Service, I was a diver with the Water Rescue team. When you hear water rescue, it probably gives you a nice mental picture of me running across some beach Baywatch slow motion style? ;-)

Well in the fire service, water rescue team rarely involves rescue- almost always its recovery. And the recovery/situation is almost always incredibly sad and brutal- accidents, drownings, and suicide body recovery. In the pacific NW, that means in dark, murky water with very low or zero viz.

One of the worst calls we went that sticks in my mind was a logging accident, where the victim ended up in a creek/river underneath machinery. Our team worked to recover the body which was submerged, and due to the nature of the machinery, at one point i was the diver responsible for making sure that as much brain material as possible was recovered. It was a horrible situation, and all right in front of many of the workers coworkers. By random chance, i found out 10+ years later that the victim was married to one of my wifes coworkers.

It was an important/necessary job which brought closure to families, but my wife is very glad that i no longer am a part of that work. . .

 

[nammac]

Boston or portland Oregon. Hard to say which is worse

I can answer that, Portland hands down….

 

[sobo]

Several years back I had to travel to Tri Cities for work during a week where the outside temps were 112-116 during the heat of the day.

I'm sorry for you, bruh...

 

[TTSX]

During my time in the Fire Service, I was a diver with the Water Rescue team. When you hear water rescue, it probably gives you a nice mental picture of me running across some beach Baywatch slow motion style? ;-)

Well in the fire service, water rescue team rarely involves rescue- almost always its recovery. And the recovery/situation is almost always incredibly sad and brutal- accidents, drownings, and suicide body recovery. In the pacific NW, that means in dark, murky water with very low or zero viz.

One of the worst calls we went that sticks in my mind was a logging accident, where the victim ended up in a creek/river underneath machinery. Our team worked to recover the body which was submerged, and due to the nature of the machinery, at one point i was the diver responsible for making sure that as much brain material as possible was recovered. It was a horrible situation, and all right in front of many of the workers coworkers. By random chance, i found out 10+ years later that the victim was married to one of my wifes coworkers.

It was an important/necessary job which brought closure to families, but my wife is very glad that i no longer am a part of that work. . .

So what I'm hearing is you found buried treasure and retired... Which is why you have all the cool toys

 

[floyddog12]

Took a teip to New York City. The people were unfriendly, the subways smelled like an unclean toilet. Went to a Broadway show and when I came out, Times Square was filled with gang members.

 

[Bolt_308]

So what I'm hearing is you found buried treasure and retired... Which is why you have all the cool toys

If I found actual shipwreck treasure, it would be a dream come true!

i do have a kilo of shipwreck silver from WW2, from the SS Tilawa- which was sunk by Japanese torpedoes, and then recovered from the ocean floor in 2017. The 100oz bars were then divided up and made into smaller bars and coins, which were sold over the last couple of years. Pretty cool to have a piece of history. Also cool that i bought it when silver was $28 an ounce. With it now at $95/oz, it also has been a nice investment!

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[Andy54Hawken]

If I found actual shipwreck treasure, it would be a dream come true!

i do have a kilo of shipwreck silver from WW2, from the SS Tilawa- which was sunk by Japanese torpedoes, and then recovered from the ocean floor in 2017. The 100oz bars were then divided up and made into smaller bars and coins, which were sold over the last couple of years. Pretty cool to have a piece of history. Also cool that i bought it when silver was $28 an ounce. With it now at $95/oz, it also has been a nice investment!

1 Kilo S.S. Tilawa Shipwreck Silver Bar (New) l JM Bullion™

Buy 1 Kilo S.S. Tilawa Shipwreck Silver Bars (New) online from JM Bullion. FREE Shipping on $199+ Orders. Immediate Delivery.

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Hmmm....one of my favorite movies is somewhat similar ....
Andy

 

[FourTeeFive]

Took a teip to New York City. The people were unfriendly, the subways smelled like an unclean toilet. Went to a Broadway show and when I came out, Times Square was filled with gang members.

You should have seen Times Square back in the 80s before they cleaned it up!

 

[sobo]

You should have seen Times Square back in the 80s before they Rudy Giuliani cleaned it up!

FIFY...

 

[Medic!]

Good lord were men!


Keep that sh!t all balled up inside!

 

[Tlock]

Good lord were men!


Keep that sh!t all balled up inside!

191 is missing......someone must be being a little pu$$y

 

[thekingoftroy]

When I was a cop a lady drank liquid drano to kill herself. Her body was a couple of weeks decomposed. She melted into her bed and the rest of her was liquid on the floor which was dripping through the floor onto the roof of her car which was in the garage below. Her dog was in the house starving and had bubblegum everywhere. The smell was the worst place I've ever been. Had similar calls but that was the worst.

 

[sobo]

When I was a cop a lady drank liquid drano to kill herself. Her body was a couple of weeks decomposed. She melted into her bed and the rest of her was liquid on the floor which was dripping through the floor onto the roof of her car which was in the garage below. Her dog was in the house starving and had bubblegum everywhere. The smell was the worst place I've ever been. Had similar calls but that was the worst.

Um, er, ahhhh...Winner...

 

[salmon creek gary]

When I was a cop a lady drank liquid drano to kill herself. Her body was a couple of weeks decomposed. She melted into her bed and the rest of her was liquid on the floor which was dripping through the floor onto the roof of her car which was in the garage below. Her dog was in the house starving and had bubblegum everywhere. The smell was the worst place I've ever been. Had similar calls but that was the worst.

That's a winner, for sure.

How'd you like to be a cop with anosmia (no sense of smell)? That was the condition an old buddy of mine was born with; Ed claimed he'd been "volunteered" to work every single floater recovery in St. Louis during his years on the force.

I feel fortunate that none of the death scenes I worked were "old". One was awfully gory though - the aftermath of suicide by high speed freight train. The scene naturally encompassed several hundred yards of countryside. We had just a few lumps in the body bag at first, followed by several days of random citizens helpfully bringing us an ear here, a toe there, etc.

 

[thekingoftroy]

That's a winner, for sure.

How'd you like to be a cop with anosmia (no sense of smell)? That was the condition an old buddy of mine was born with; Ed claimed he'd been "volunteered" to work every single floater recovery in St. Louis during his years on the force.

I feel fortunate that none of the death scenes I worked were "old". One was awfully gory though - the aftermath of suicide by high speed freight train. The scene naturally encompassed several hundred yards of countryside. We had just a few lumps in the body bag at first, followed by several days of random citizens helpfully bringing us an ear here, a toe there, etc.

That would have been useful in several calls. But would cause problems in others that required the sense of smell. The only floater I ever dealt with was in January and hadn't bloated too much at that time. I had a few that were super old and there pets had started eating them. They really stunk but that's what Vic's vapor rub below the nose was for. A train would cause quite the mess. That doesn't sound very pleasant.

 

[MooseOnDaLoose]

Downtown tent-city Portland

 

[po18guy]

Standing in a 4'X6' bathroom in late June over the outgassing, putrefying body of an elderly murder victim. I had to draw the diagram.

PS: It was my birthday.

The suspect had already murdered his girlfriend in Colorado, but without a body (they found a skull fragment) copped to manslaughter., and was back out in a few years. He died in prison for this murder.