Another lockdown… another commute

[Stumpy]

Silk Moisture......wicking.....


We'll get your thread back on topic.

How is work going?

[panama hat]

You mybe missed the bit where he said "30 years ago"....

. . . and the gender part, perhaps?

the conclusion I came to AFTER she got elected to Parliament and that was people in Government aren't necessarily smart

Amen, ootai - ain't that the truth

'Sports Ice Silk Moisture Wicking Underwear Wide-brimmed Mesh Breathable Boxer Briefs for Men'

Not made from bamboo fibres then?

[beerlaodrinker]

You saw the 'DIY in boxers' photoshoot too then.

Indeed. Mendys threads have got it all.

[David48atTD]

I’m still in therapy over the 'DIY in boxers' photoshoot

Mendy, forget those 'Sports Ice Silk Moisture Wicking Underwear Wide-brimmed Mesh Breathable Boxer Briefs for Men'

I did^* an ad for a real man's undies ...



'Sports Ice Silk Moisture Wicking Underwear Wide-brimmed Mesh Breathable Boxer Briefs for Men'







^* When I typed 'did' ... I meant 'watched' ... same same

[Mendip]

Well, this has got weird.


As I mentioned, after Heidrun we were supposed to start a work scope at the Kristin Field but we couldn't get a permit for the Kristin 500 metre zone so we started on the work scope at the Åsgard Field instead.

I've spent many months of my life at Åsgard over the past 15 years or so and it was the site of my last drink offshore. I shared a miniature whisky with a colleague in his cabin on New Years Eve 2005 but have never been tempted since. In the early days it was common to have a tot of whisky in your tea during the night shift but these days it would be instant dismissal... it's just not worth it.

Anyway, here is the Åsgard B semi-sub (left) and the Åsgard C FSU (Floating Storage Unit) at breakfast time. The oil industry loves it's acronyms.



And the Åsgard A FPSO (Floating Production Storage Unit).



And the Kristin semi-sub off in the distance, where we will no doubt get to at some point.



I get a camera feed into my office so I can see what's going on and noticed the survey ROV was about to be recovered so I thought I'd get a pic for the thread.



But it's up three levels and by the time I got there it was too late, the ROV was latched on and coming to deck.



When up above the ROV hangar I also noticed we were close to Åsgard A so I thought I'd sneak out for a pic.

No decent picture of the ROV but the first whale of the thread... what I think is a minke whale wallowing around off the stern of the FPSO.



There was a whale at Heidrun and now a whale at Åsgard... we never used to see any whales at all and I'm wondering if these guys hang around the platforms for food waste. I'm sure none of them will hang around this boat with the shite we're being fed on... unless maybe an ootai whale turns up.

[aging one]

unless maybe an ootai whale turns up.

55555

[malmomike77]

^^ it maybe teh whales have found the lack of trawlers around platforms encourage shoals of smaller fish

[Klondyke]

I'm sure none of them will hang around this boat with the shite we're being fed on

You should check on the cook. Perhaps he likes the whales more than you all...

[OhOh]

FPSO (Floating Production Storage Unit).

Power, Pumps, Pipes and Product.

I helped design many of them 30 + years ago. Studies, Preliminary, Final 3D "clash detection checks" of individual on-board and sub-sea modules. Along with hundreds of PFDs AND P&IDs. 3 x 8 hour shifts. 50% bonuses as the deadlines approached.

Sitting at one of these:

Intergraph InterAct 220 dual-monitor CAD workstation

No shirts and ties, except when clients were visiting. 12 of these beasts all hung off a VAX.

Great comradeship and rewards.

A 1.6 version of this:



Survived two crashes:

1. A deer ran out in front of me in Surrey,

2. the engine blew up when working in Switzerland.

[Edmond]

A 1.6 version of this

Am I dreaming or did they also have a 2.4L.

Which must have been an absolute weapon of a pocket rocket.

[ootai]

Well, this has got weird.


I'm sure none of them will hang around this boat with the shite we're being fed on... unless maybe an ootai whale turns up.

It is obvious to me that there are a lot of fussy kunts that post on here that have never been really hungry.
Mendip I am looking forward to the final weigh in you do before you leave to come home, I bet you will be heavier than at the start even with only shite to eat.
from obese to morbidly obese, look out here you come.

[OhOh]

^^
I believe there was, but it came with anti pollution "improvements", which had certain effects.

We only had one young son then, so just right.

[malmomike77]

Am I dreaming or did they also have a 2.4L.

Yes the largest was 2.0, their 1.9 GTi was rapid tho

[Saint Willy]

Silk Moisture......wicking.....


We'll get your thread back on topic.

How is work going?

I've been trying to reply to that post, but I truly am lost for words and a little bit further traumatised.

[Mendip]

^^ it maybe teh whales have found the lack of trawlers around platforms encourage shoals of smaller fish

That's a very good point and I reckon you're right. There are huge shoals of saithe (pollack) around Åsgard which are causing us problems with data acquisition but maybe the whales have come to feed on them?

Mendip I am looking forward to the final weigh in you do before you leave to come home, I bet you will be heavier than at the start even with only shite to eat.
from obese to morbidly obese, look out here you come.

That kind of talk has just made me even more determined Ootai... but you're wrong. I've been onboard for 10 days now and haven't had a single biscuit or pudding... and they have bowl of Chocolate Hobnobs permanently on offer by the coffee machine. This time I mean business.

Tell you what... if I'm heavier I'll give you a day's work on your farm. If I'm lighter you come and clean out my pond again... and get your feet wet?

[aging one]

Originally Posted by ootai
Mendip I am looking forward to the final weigh in you do before you leave to come home, I bet you will be heavier than at the start even with only shite to eat.
from obese to morbidly obese, look out here you come.

He sure as hell came back much lighter last time even though he put on a little working from land at the end. Plus its a goal that is easily doable. My bucks are on Mendy.

I am betting on him getting into a work out routine as well.

[Mendip]

^ Your moneys safe AO... I've been in the gym for an hour three nights on the trot.

All I have to do is keep it going for the next 3 months...

[Edmond]

their 1.9 GTi was rapid tho

That's the one.

Me non insured drug dealing friend had one around the mid 90s at age 16/17.


Fun blasts.

[Saint Willy]

^ Your moneys safe AO... I've been in the gym for an hour three nights on the trot.

All I have to do is keep it going for the next 3 months...

good effort mate !

[Topper]

Intergraph InterAct 220 dual-monitor CAD workstation

I drove a Computervision CADDS 4x system of the same era for about 10-12 years.

[Saint Willy]

These are my undercladding of choice... aerated and cheap, what's not to like. I swear by them.

I think going commando would have more material than your underkeks.

And I'm not alone by the looks of things... they're currently out of stock.

or that nobody else in the entire planet actually likes them?

And they're not 'boxer shorts' or 'skivvies', they're called 'Sports Ice Silk Moisture Wicking Underwear Wide-brimmed Mesh Breathable Boxer Briefs for Men'.

Most therapists recommend confronting the cause of your trauma to come to terms with any mental illness, so if you guys are serious about wanting to recover you need to man up a bit.

I'm not one to push my arse in your faces

I'm not sure manning up involves looking at men's arses!

[Looper]

I've had that "maganda ka pa sa umaga" thrown at me by colleagues/ friends. For us (Filipinos), it's just a type of flattery and/or word play - another way of saying "magandang umaga" (good morning). But yeah, you must have some rapport or camaraderie with the person.

To strike up a rapport Mendip try waiting till the Filipina cleena is wiping down your cabin while she thinks you are on shift and then step out of the ensuite bathroom in your wicking grundies dripping and clinging to your butt-tocks and tell her that she is 'more beautiful than the morning'

What is the worst that could happen?

[helge]

What is the worst that could happen?

I think Mendip is above such Weinstein behaviour

[Mendip]

^ Don't be too hasty in your assumptions Helge...

or that nobody else in the entire planet actually likes them?

I dress for comfort these days, my time of following fashion is long gone.

To strike up a rapport Mendip try waiting till the Filipina cleena is wiping down your cabin while she thinks you are on shift and then step out of the ensuite bathroom in your wicking grundies dripping and clinging to your butt-tocks and tell her that she is 'more beautiful than the morning'

What is the worst that could happen?

I'll tell you what's the worst that could happen...

I put my washing in at 10pm tonight on my way to the gym... and later at 1am when I had to pop back to my cabin for something the washing bag was already sitting on my bunk with my freshly laundered clothes inside. This is better service than I get from the wife... and they even do that clever thing with socks here where you fold pairs together. I spend forever trying to find matching socks at home.

But mysteriously... the two Filipina stewardesses are both on day shift... so this means one of the night shift stewards has been doing my washing... yes, a bloke.

So the worst thing that could happen if I try leaping out from my shower wearing nothing but a baggy old pair of stained, moisture wicking breathable silk boxer briefs is that apart from losing my job for sexual assault, I could lose my job for sexually assaulting a bloke.

I'm just gonna play it safe and try saying 'Salamat' to my favourite stewardess and see how things go from there.

[Saint Willy]

Might have known! Mendy’s flirting with the dark side!