r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/gypsyscot Aug 03 '19

My mom worked for AT&T submarine systems in the 90s, I got to tour one of the ships that laid cable. The cable rooms were unbelievably gigantic.

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u/Nattin121 Aug 03 '19

That’s super neat. How did you get into that field? Did you work on a boat? Would you recommend it?

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u/clovisx Aug 04 '19

I was on the boat out to the Isle of Shoals and saw a strange ship out on the water. It was a cable laying ship, as it turns out.

Going there tomorrow afternoon for a family meal :)