Ep. 34 // A Real Fish Story

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 8 a.m.

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\\nDennis Gray hops into the hot seat this week on Terminal
\\nExchange. He\\u2019s been cruising our nation\\u2019s roads for a while now, but before he
\\nwas a navigator of the sea seeing the world. We could write a book on him \\u2013 but
\\nhere\\u2019s just a brief glimpse of Captain Dennis.
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\\n600 lb Marlin to
\\n80,000 lb Truck
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\\nDennis divulges his fascinating history from the army to
\\ncomputers in the \\u201980s to captaining sport fishing boats and more.
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\\n\\u201cI ran all sorts of different boats: party boats, cruise boats, dive boats, off-shore oil field crew boats, supply boats, and private boats. I had a lot of fun driving the private boats.\\u201d
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\\nHe\\u2019s seen the world, seen a lot of ocean, and now he sees a
\\nlot of growth and opportunity as a Nussbaum driver.
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\\n\\u201cWe need to get to dancing again. And get our rhythm back. And I think once we get our rhythm back, our strong heart beat\\u2019s going to return.\\u201d
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\\nIn this episode of Terminal Exchange, Dennis wows with where
\\nhe\\u2019s been, but also where he sees Nussbaum going as an employee-owned company. Listen
\\nnow for worldly stories and wisdom from Captain Dennis Gray.
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\\n* \\u201cMy dad was 24 years military. And my brother
\\nwas in the military at that time, so I joined the army security agency and got
\\n12 years in the military.\\u201d* \\u201cI got a long history \\u2013 I\\u2019m an old man!\\u201d* \\u201cNow my phone will do more than the first
\\ncomputers I ever worked on.\\u201d* \\u201cI ran all sorts of different boats: party
\\nboats, cruise boats, dive boats, off-shore oil field crew boats, supply boats,
\\nand private boats. I had a lot of fun driving the private boats.\\u201d* \\u201cWe won first place with a 654-pound blue
\\nmarlin. $575,000 for three days of fishing.\\u201d* \\u201cWe\\u2019re talking five staterooms, five
\\nbathrooms…\\u201d* \\u201cIt\\u2019s like a hotel on water?\\u201d * \\u201cYeah, but it rocks and rolls!\\u201d* \\u201cI can\\u2019t tell you how many people I see driving
\\ndown the road with that phone in their hand in front of their face trying to
\\ndrive a car 70 MPH next to a big rig.\\u201d* \\u201cHe was 25 miles off-shore in a 14-foot boat
\\nwith six people on it and had no idea where he was. He was just out driving
\\naround on his boat and was out of fuel.\\u201d* \\u201cGod\\u2019s sent me this message and showed me that
\\n[Nussbaum] truck coming down the highway on my way home. Maybe this is the
\\ndirection I need to go\\u2026\\u201d* \\u201cWe need to get to dancing again. And get our
\\nrhythm back. And I think once we get our rhythm back, our strong heart beat\\u2019s
\\ngoing to return.\\u201d
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