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OF all the stuff in here the bowl of peanut butter sammich had me crying... I can't even begin to tell you all the different ways we'd mix stuff up to be able to choke down a meal on the Carrier... obviously we put tabasco on EVERYTHING... having a Mexican mother who could cook, being on board were white bread and brown lettuce was the norm I struggled to get some flavor on my food. One time we had a "taco bar" mostly becasue the sign said so... If my mother ever saw it she would cry I'm sure... So after choking down some tacos with tomato paste and ground up roast beef dry cheese and brown lettuce... No way in hell I was gonna touch the "sour" creme.... I was like a crack addict for some chips and salsa!!! So I got a bottle of tobasco, Some tomato paste and some of the soggy floury things they called tortillas. I mixed up the salsa and tomato paste till it kinda resembled a salsa like flavor and put the tortillas in the microwave unitl they were crisp and brown... and hard as frisbees... Crunched em all up am stirred it up in a bowl and ate it with a spoon... I was in heaven.... Till I had to go number 1.5... NOT good....
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05-15-2011, 12:17 PM | #1038 |
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Ya'll are crazy
I always assumed that was the one thing the off-shore guys got was great food... I assumed wrong
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Down in Brownsville while working in a shipyard, I got to be good friends with one of the shipyard welders over a two day period of dying in the sun... He was assigned to work with me on rebuilding a big tool. It was August and it was hot... I think we hunted shade more than we worked... Anyway, I asked this guy if he knew of a good place to get breakfast Taco's. Everyone not associated with the oilfield thinks everybody that works out here is from Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama... Not so... He said yes he did, and I told him that if he would stop and get some every morning, I would pay for them... Sure nuff, next morning he shows up with a big bag of tacos... bout 7 dollars worth... I think it was eight or so tacos... I love the Deep south Texas Taco prices... He had these little cups of salsa, one for each taco, and some salt packets... Yum yum... I doctor mine up and start eating... Man was it good... but it wasn't hot... It had great flavor, but it wasn't hot... I looked at him and said... Hey homey, were's the heat... he looked at me and said, dude, where you from... I said... San Antonio is where I grew up... He laughed, and said, dude, I thought you were from Louisiana... I didn't get the real stuff, this is the gringo stuff... So, the next day, he brought the real stuff... Good thing we didn't spill any of that on the deck... It would have eaten a hole in the deck... OMFG was it hot.... I ate it but Dayummmmmmm.... I started sweating early that day... My last meal on the way here and my first meal when I get back to Texas is ALWAYS MEXICAN FOOD....Not Tex Mex, but authentic Mexican food...Enchiladas con juevos, Miga's, Machado, etc... Quote:
And crazy is taking over the galley... running the galley crew out and fixing an "american meal"... Nothing down here ever matches... Typical disorganization... Roast... no gravy and french fries... Spaghetti and no toast or salad... but mashed potatoes... Steak, liver and onions, fried bananas... It's like having kool aid with no sugar, cereal with no milk... etc... it goes on and on... Pizza down here on break... has peas and corn... Hot dogs, peas and corn and some tomato type sauce with onions and green peppers, and celery or some other random vegetable.... We have some form of chicken that has been cooked entirely too fast for every meal... It's dry as hell and tougher than a 36 inch pipe wrench...
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05-16-2011, 05:46 AM | #1040 |
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Compound Forced Induction...
If I can figure out to get this baby in my bag and on the airplane, Corey is going to have fun...
Building a manifold... Plumbing it.... Beefing the suspension.... and tuning it..... I see the need for some five inch exhaust pipes in my future... In the pic is Andrew, assistant driller, also known as helper.... (with his serious look before I got over there.... ) and one of the only two crane operators I like to work with... He is an assistant driller, and he was a crane operator... and I use him to move or help install stuff occasionally if Chris isn't available due to rig operations... When I say stuff... I'm talking about trying to stab a rod and piston into a tensioner... and like a piston on a car it has rings... Imagine trying to compress the rings and seals on a piston your putting into a motor... the rod is 11,000 lbs and 16 feet long and you have to do this with a crane, and the crane is moving in every axis...as is the top of the tensioner... and the rod is hanging between the two.... and..... PQ isn't allowed to try this... When you're stuck between stationary hard stuff and in motion hard stuff, on a moving rig, (this is a floating rig) you want a smooooooooth operator.... and Andrew and Chris (not pictured) are both amazing....
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05-16-2011, 07:08 AM | #1041 |
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Robert your stories of life on the Rig bring back fond memeories of my Uncle who has worked 35 years as an Aircraft Mech on a Rig but recently has went to Shore, especially the food stories.
He worked 7 on 7 off but usually swapped and worked 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and loved it that was. He always seemed to work it in his benefit where he had a month off and worked a month, but that was years ago. Appreciate the pictures and the stories. |
05-16-2011, 08:43 PM | #1042 | |
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05-16-2011, 11:34 PM | #1043 |
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i could see how those last few days before heading back could really suck....
heck, i wish i had more than 2 days off at a time. i'd LOVE a week on and a week off...and would even settle with 4 on 3 off a week. that would make the family life SO much better. |
05-18-2011, 09:51 PM | #1044 |
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I bet they could polish that and make it look like a polished maggie. You're going to need a beefier front suspension...
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05-19-2011, 08:25 AM | #1045 | |
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This is a test... This is only a test... We are trying to determine the period of time that the wind can blow in the south Atlantic at or above 50 mph... It has been around 52 hours so far... The fortunate thing for us is that is keeps moving around the compass, so the seas haven't built that badly... We are heaving, pitching, yawing and rolling quite a bit... Pretty much everyone has tape on the casters of their office chairs to keep from rolling around while trying to type, write, or otherwise do things in the office... We have ascending rain... It falls from the clouds, gets close to sea level and then is repelled back up to race across the deck at somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 mph, stinging and soaking everything and everyone in its path...We have most stuff tied down, but I think a roustabout was blown overboard at the aft end of the rig and he swirled around and landed on the bow.... Can't prove it, but we can't deny the possibility either... The sea birds usually skim the water, riding just high enough above the water level to keep it from hitting them on their bellies... and this is up the front side of a wave and down the backside... It's beautiful to watch... but it's funny as hell to see one of these graceful animals try the same thing and smoke a wave... cartwheeling to a stop and shaking its head to clear the cob webs.... took about 30 seconds of recovery time before it tried to take off... may have just been waiting on clearance from the tower... Wind plays hell on the wildlife as well....
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05-19-2011, 08:40 AM | #1046 |
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I'm getting seasick reading the description.
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05-19-2011, 10:05 AM | #1047 |
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Most of the time it isn't too bad, but there are times when I get a pretty severe headache... from the motion...
There is nothing I know of worse than the feeling of motion sickness... Unfortunately, you can't get away from the motion out here when the rig starts moving... I've actually seen guys trying their damndest to find the geographical center of the rig as theoretically that would be the area with the least movement... The fun times are being at the crown, the top of the derrick... 300 feet or so above the water line when the rig is rocking and rolling... you can literally go through 20, 30, or even 40 or more foot swings from one side to the other... Fun times... I've been on a manrider (cable and harness) working on the drill string compensator 80-100 feet above the drill floor and had the wind blowing so hard and the rig rocking so much if you let go, they had to pretty much bring you down to the deck to start over as you couldn't get back to the area you were working on...If there were hoses or cables in the area you could, but thats not always the case... I Love my job most of the time, but there are times like that when it's not so fun... You do what you gotta do...
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05-19-2011, 11:59 AM | #1048 |
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Well, this should be fun...
A friend of mine and I are working a deal with our company... We have a company quarterly magazine, (you can actually view it online if you want) and we are working on doing a car feature article... Andy, the guy working on this with me, a Crane Mechanical Supervisor for the Western Hemisphere, drives a bad ass Corvette that he just got back out of the shop... LS-6 stroked to 396 ci, and now it's fully forged and boosted... His car is around 700 HP, and mine is well... you know... We have five categories and I will update as it goes... this will take a few months to complete pending final approval from the President of our company... He is into cars so we are hoping that is just a formality... We are going to go out company wide with an e-flyer and ask for people to submit their modified cars for inclusion in the magazine... The name of the Magazine is Rigamarole, for and about the people and customers of Diamond Offshore. The article will be something along the lines of the Horsepower of Diamond Offshore Drilling... If you go to Diamond Offshore Drilling... you can see past copies of the magazine and it is a very well done publication... They are the large style magazines, with a semi hard cover... http://www.diamondoffshore.com/ourCo...rigamarole.php
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So, guess what Robert! You get the POOP EMAIL!!! I swear...I had tears coming out of my eyes when I was just reading this to Dana! I hope you are in the mood for a good laugh, Robert! Quote:
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OMG, I was in hysterics reading this... The mechanic came out of his office next to mine to check on me...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
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