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[Kylie Howard]

GOT IT. will be working on an FPSO in the gulf. Coe that means its time to step my duck game up. gonna get me a niiice surface drive.

[PasadenaMan]

Congrats

[WestEndAngler]

GOT IT. will be working on an FPSO in the gulf. Coe that means its time to step my duck game up. gonna get me a niiice surface drive.

Gator-Tail will be joining as Sponsors shortly... I'd give Kyle & Hoyt a call over there... 337-229-4864 www.gator-tail.com

[Robalo]

90% is baloney - especially the part about the bosses, but the rest he'll "learn" !!! Pipe dope does not wash out of undies!!!

I worked on a drillship and several rigs offshore-he'll learn fast!! It was kind of neat-beat the heck outta digging ditches or loading railcars with 50 kilo bags of Uncle Ben's rice!

[Kylie Howard]

In what capacity did you work on the drillships? I will be 3rd Mate. That paragraph you posted was funny. Coe I will look in to that.

[Baby Tran Cat]

Congrats...NE is a solid company

[Robalo]

I worked on GLOMAR Tender II when Hurricane Allen hit in 1980-was a converted drillship to a Tender. earned some Able Bodied Seaman time-was assigned to the ship. reported to the Chief Bosun-nice guy. Loaded and unloaded boats, fixed cables, repositioned ship using the 8 anchor wenches to stay in place, chip and paint, operate crane, etc. -basically a deckhand/roustabout but a Global Marine employee. Went through USCG inspections-those were interesting-tore up almost 1/2 the life jackets-if they heard one stitch pop, knife went to it. very serious folks. In 76 and 78 worked for Pool Offshore as roustabout and floorhand-first time going out, the helo engine quit and auto-rotated down-pretty good bump when landed and that was first time ever on a helo-on another trip (old Bell 212 I believe), was only time had pilot and co-pilot and about 50 miles out the engine quit-buzzers going off and started auto-rotate down from about 4000' up-the stumpjumpers (Misissippi folks) and Cajuns unbuckled seat beats and I was next to door and they all slid against me like they were gonna jump-I said "You all gonna jump?" and they just were white-faced and panicking-the coptor had a back-up engine-pilot and co-pilot restarted engine and slowly we're gaining altitude and other guys were doing the "woo, that was close" routine when the motor quit again and started dropping-again those idiots unbuckled and slid-I said "Ya want me to open the door?" and yes I was scared, but not stupid and had already auto-rotated to ground once and was fine, so why jump!! They again restarted motor and made it back to Cameron. I was 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off and enjoyed that aspect.


Plan on being "tricked" and teased a lot (maybe not so much anymore due to Political Correctness and safety being stressed a lot more nowadays-back in the 70s and 80s, minorities and women did not work offshore and many workers had spent time in prison and were pretty tough)-fighting did happen but no one would report it because it was a crime out there. Injuries were fairly common. Be very careful-do what you are told and be alert at all times-I almost was crushed disassebling a broken crane-that ended my hitch that summer. Keep a low profile and watch what you say and who you say things to. Thievery does happen and some different type folks may be encountered. If you play cards, be very careful-I have always played Booray and out there, the rules may be different, so make sure you know what version they are playing (sometimes sluffing was allowed, other times it wasn't). Plus fishing from the ship is probably not allowed, so wait to bring any rod/reel with you. Arrive early for helo flights-take a week's extra supplies-you may be stuck for an extra hitch-I was several times (more $ made!!!).

Good luck (there is no such thing as a skyhook or a monkey wrench-a pipe wrench or stilson is its name-I knew that, so I'd say "yessir" when told to find the skyhook or monkey wrench and I'd hide for an hour and then come back and say-it must have fallen overboard because I checked everywhere-they were PO'd big time for hiding for an hour-suggest you just say you know there is no such thing and smile). watch out for the Safety Engineer-pay attention to all safety instructions-it can save your life.

Oh yeah, when the guy mumbles "ya need yer aminstatin papers signed" at helo qtrs-it's a joke-next the PHI worker will get on loudspeaker and say he has your Menstrating Papers ready for ya. ha ha

[imhammer]

Congrats Kylie!

[Kylie Howard]

haha i got messed with when i was working on pipelay barges all over the world. good times. i mess with people telling them that i need 3 feet of filopian tubing or a bucket of prop wash or some relative bearing grease. The oil field is a grand ole time.

[Reef Drifter]

my favorite at work is tellin the rookies to go find the pipe stretcher

[Beandaddy]

Or to check the "water table" in the crown.
Beandaddy