Dunny (Kiwi - R.I.P.) or Lance (Aussie), those names ring any bells?Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
Dunny (Kiwi - R.I.P.) or Lance (Aussie), those names ring any bells?Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
A few random ones of the sepon Ladies
Ah Ok all good.Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
I know few others also just can't recollect any names right now.
I followed the first one and will follow this one. As always BLD another great thread!
What a great job eh. Four wheel driving, camping out, drinking beer and getting paid for it.
Pity about all the fourpenny bungers still laying around.
What's with sending in the machete girls first to clear the jungle for the guys with the mine detectors?
Are the girls bomb-proof?
There are guys on the cutting teams to, but mostly girls, Not sure why that is? One theory i have is the boys, there brothers or there husbands remain on the farm while the girls get sen of for the month ( they rotate villages every month). It certainly strikes me as a dangerous job, The vegetation needs to be cleared in order to search it.
Is that donkey water heater solar heated, I didn't see any evidence of a fire under it.
(edit) OK, had another look.
As yet unused by the look of it.
Great thread BLD !
I'm estimating approx US$ 7 per day = Laokip 55,000.
Was fraternizing with the work force encouraged ?
"Surely opportunity only knocks on the door once but temptation just leans on the doorbell."
When I look and read through your thread I can only imagine the adventures behind those pics.
Great memories.
Maybe your next career will be as an environmentalist since you've lived the corporate side and a have vast knowledge of tapping the earth on a larger scale.
To ceelebrate all that copper being produced over the 10 years management put on a massive pissup etc, but just for management and Lao govt
The reeled out a few stunners for this
Handed out a few medals
Lao deputy prime minister signs of
its not a Lao piss up without a cake
Apparently Driving one of these things is enough to make somchai wanna nod of
Unfortunately he fell asleep right on that culvert
well done somchai
His mate couldnt decide which side of the road to be in so went Vientiane style and stayed in the middle
Go see what the mining department are up to
All Good, Crack on
Last edited by beerlaodrinker; 30-06-2017 at 03:50 PM.
Aw fook spoke to soon
Last edited by beerlaodrinker; 30-06-2017 at 03:08 PM.
As you say you were laid off yourself and the mine is running down, it's obviously brought jobs and prosperity to the region over 10 years; I wonder what will happen to those people and communities once the mine is no longer productive.
The smart ones might have saved or invested, I bet a lot of the younger ones that have had a taste of a western working environment will upsticks for the city.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
Training department bought them a Dump truck Simulator but they kept crashing that to
Exactly, Over a number of years you could see thaat the village outside our perimeter was expanding and people had new found wealth to buy farm machinery, build houses etc, A lot of Lao were laid of to. Some people in the community were assisted by CR to set up small enterprise such as farm pigs and vegetables to supply the mine. or silk worm farming, A couple of years ago the company paid all the locals in cash simply because there was no bank within coo ee now the village has an ATM and a petrol station selling fuel from a bowser instead of from a coke bottle, got some pics here somewhere
Here we are
some of the things Community relations dept would do would be to get the locals to grow edible crops with a guaranteed buy from the minesite, CR would often provide the startup capital
Cr handing over hybrid riceseed to 13 target villages
Things had already slowed down when Gold became uneconomical to mine in 2013
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One thing i did notice was people were starting to build houses in concrete instead of Timber that they would of otherwise foraged for themselves locally, indicating the locals thought the party wasnt going to end either
Another thing apparent was there shocking taste in color schemes, jayzus the mexicans of asia or what.
Cr also set them up to supply the hi viz orange and yellow uniforms by the thousands, i guess that business is hurting now
would of been a nice little earner (for someone)
Last edited by beerlaodrinker; 30-06-2017 at 04:19 PM.
Cr and environment dept also had various villages making bamboo mats to be used as retaining barriers for erosion control on stockpiles and explortion drill pads, Bamboo was free, just go in the jungle and get it then get your whole family to make the mats. exploration paid 5000 kip each and used thousands yearly, guess thats gone now to
Silkworm farming was another thing
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