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    How many fatalities on the UXO deep search teams. It sounds horrific.

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    I started there in about 2006 and there really wasnt a huge effort to promote safety, all that came later with the training and discipline etc, We could still get a beer onsite in both camps but you had to be zero alcohol by start of shift, Back then there was always lots of partys and it was a pretty good social scene


    Nothing gave the guards a bigger laugh in there otherwise boring day than catching someone blowing over zero, instant dismissal

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    The cutters in action again









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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    I started there in about 2006 and there really wasnt a huge effort to promote safety, all that came later with the training and discipline etc, We could still get a beer onsite in both camps but you had to be zero alcohol by start of shift, Back then there was always lots of partys and it was a pretty social scene


    Nothing gave the guards a bigger laugh in there otherwise boring day than catching someone blowing over zero, instant dismissal
    That must be the drug squad anal probe for detecting contraband yaba smuggling onsite.

    Good to see you got the greenlight on that one BLD!

    Looks like a strict guard who enjoys his job too much

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b View Post
    What kind of pay rates were the locals on?
    It varied on what tasks they did for example i think cutters were on about 55000 kip a day. samplers on a drillrig about the same maybe 65000 for night shifts. This rate was actually stipulated by the Lao govt as being fair if you as a foreign company try to pay more than a local company will pay then you are creating a false economy, just the way it is. Personally i would of liked to see them on more but iit wasnt up to me, Certainly skilled Lao geologists engineers were aall on fairly good money by local standards because we could only find them in vientiane sometimes savannakhet. most didnt know much after graduating anyway and still needed a lot of training

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    I started there in about 2006 and there really wasnt a huge effort to promote safety, all that came later with the training and discipline etc, We could still get a beer onsite in both camps but you had to be zero alcohol by start of shift, Back then there was always lots of partys and it was a pretty social scene


    Nothing gave the guards a bigger laugh in there otherwise boring day than catching someone blowing over zero, instant dismissal
    That must be the drug squad anal probe for detecting contraband yaba smuggling onsite.

    Good to see you got the greenlight on that one BLD!

    Looks like a strict guard who enjoys his job too much
    He was a bit of a coont that guy, The YABA testing came a few years later when they figured out that there actually was a yaba problem in the village

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
    The cutters in action again
    Surprised they send out girls with machetes. I though an industrial brush cutter/slasher would make quicker work of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
    He was a bit of a coont that guy
    Never trust a bloke who straps a pair of used lady's panties across his face with elastic to get his thang on

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    Quote Originally Posted by crackerjack101 View Post
    How many fatalities on the UXO deep search teams. It sounds horrific.
    Strangely enough none of the uxo team were killed. perhaps because of the Farang supervision? Mostly they suffered macchette wounds or snakebites on the ass while there overalls were down to take a dump. or they would get injured in the seemingly endless road accident. We did have a couple of murders in the camp though. Mostly The Laos and Thais fighting over gambling and shit

    The endless road accidents


    oops that one was me, came over a rise with the sun in my eyes and turn where there was only open air, ( no safety bund) wasnt to far down






    FFS guys cut it out im running out of Landcruisers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
    The cutters in action again
    Surprised they send out girls with machetes. I though an industrial brush cutter/slasher would make quicker work of it.
    Village girls and machinery? hell no.

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    Im finding ive got these pics stashed all over the place in photobucket so as i find one i thinks interesting i sometimes jump back a few posts and insert it while ive still got the edit function

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    Im finding ive got these pics stashed all over the place in photobucket so as i find one i thinks interesting i sometimes jump back a few posts and insert it while ive still got the edit function
    No matter, mate. Just keep it going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    I started there in about 2006 and there really wasnt a huge effort to promote safety, all that came later with the training and discipline etc, We could still get a beer onsite in both camps but you had to be zero alcohol by start of shift, Back then there was always lots of partys and it was a pretty social scene


    Nothing gave the guards a bigger laugh in there otherwise boring day than catching someone blowing over zero, instant dismissal
    That must be the drug squad anal probe for detecting contraband yaba smuggling onsite.

    Good to see you got the greenlight on that one BLD!

    Looks like a strict guard who enjoys his job too much
    This fooker used to give me some attitude to



    Give em a breatho and a whistle and the power goes straight to there heads

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    There were a lot of girls onsite to and im sure they wouldnt of said no to a sneaky shag Community relations dept (consisting of some token govt members kept a beady eye on them ( and the lusty farangs)



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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post

    Mate, I liked this photo you did.

    There is a TD photo comp running and the theme is 'people'.
    (Entries are a bit light on)

    I entered the image on your behalf ... https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3573499 (Teakdoor photo competition - June 2017)

    Are you cool with that?
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    Will bung up some more tomorrow

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    Sensational stuff mate! Excellent thread!!








    But I was promised porn stars, where the fuck are they??
    Sorry mate, i never got into the porn biz. this mining thing came along first so i put it on the backburner

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    ^ BTW ... cough ... I would


    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post

    Mate, I liked this photo you did.

    There is a TD photo comp running and the theme is 'people'.
    (Entries are a bit light on)

    I entered the image on your behalf ... https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3573499 (Teakdoor photo competition - June 2017)

    Are you cool with that?
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    Yeah, if you like it then by all means,

    Another couple of pics you might like




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    I remember the earlier thread you did, also staggeringly good, with plenty of accidents.
    Surprised the company didn't invest in some ex military recovery vehicles.
    Blinding good thread, funny as fook with tons of human interest.

    You are the boost that New York bloke promised aren't you BLD. Loving it mate.
    Heart of Gold and a Knob of butter.

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    Post 39, 2nd pic. Swop the jeans for black stockings and I would be in heaven.

    And get rid of the Cats, Volvo is what you need...

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    Gotta agree on both counts. I think when they decided to go owner operator the boom was still on and gear was hard to find. Cat might of given them a good service contract also?

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    Who is this New York bloke?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    I was getting sick of cold showers so instructed the boys to build a donkey.. They had never heard of the concept but liked the result. Hot showers after work


    Where do you put your penis?

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    Lao people are definately party people. For being stuck on a remote site the nightlife was surprisingly good



    And they sure like to eat







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    My boss was a good guy and a funny coont, On his breaks when he returned to australia he would bring back these full sized costumes for the Lao geologists






    LOL

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