Me too! I have to have one of those glasses.
*Edit* I found it...
Core Sample Tumbler Glass | Paleontology – Cognitive Surplus
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They're great, aren't they Snubs!
But for FFS Headworx, I've just spent $80 on two glasses with shipping.
And then I carried on and bought one of these... (and they spelt Palaeozoic wrong)
And what have they done to the Carboniferous???
And also one of these...
And then two of these...
"Geologic time, geologist" Mug by Heba44 | Redbubble
What's your address HW... this is your fault, I'm sending you the bill.
I think I'll stick with my mr.men and little miss cups
The very best view of a boat is in the rear view mirror of a taxi as you head to the airport.
The very worst view is of one you're about to board on a cold and blustery Norwegian spring morning.
The view is made worse when you see a gaggle of waiting crew who can't wait to disembark, which is never a good sign. I've been spoilt by working on nice boats for the past couple of years.
It's a smaller boat than I've got used to, with a busy back deck.
Hopefully we won't be needing these...
It's now looking like only a 2 week trip... a long way to come for that. I'm trying to pick up another 2 or 3 weeks work on another boat while I'm over here. This company are trying to get me an 'emergency' work permit as they have loads of work to do in the Norwegian office but I don't know how realistic that is in such a short amount of time. Brexit... it just keeps on giving.
But for now... I've slept in a lot of worse cabins.
^ looks fine, I've bunked with 6 in cabin that size admittedly for only 6 days, now its all about the lady chef and her capabilities.
^ Yeah, I'm sharing with a guy on the opposite shift.
I pulled rank and bagsied the bottom bunk.
Any chance of you qualifying for a better passport, such as an Irish one?
I know two old ones born in the late 1940s that qualified for both Irish and British PPs, as anyone born in Ireland before a certain year was, their daughter has both as born in England in the 1960s.
You might be able to dig out an old relly and be able to upgrade to being Irish.
^ I'm pretty sure to be sure that I don't have any Irish blood but I will check with my mum, Mrs O'Mendip.
#pray4thelittleenglishfellas
Now to the important questions, what is the policy for booze onboard?
Looks like a pretty cool/ fun gig to me. Probably depends on the quality of the food and crew.
What will you be working on, the same as before, pipeline maintenance/inspections or rock sampling and classifying .... ?
It's zero tolerance for alcohol mate, with the constant threat of random alcohol and drug testing.
When I started offshore 30 odd years ago most people would have a bottle in their cabin to 'help get to sleep' when on the nightshift and the offshore manager would occasionally invite a select few to his cabin for a 'safety meeting'. Being a newbie back then, I wasn't invited.
When we finished a project the client would often depart by helicopter, and then the offshore manager would get a few crates of beer and some bottles of whisky from the bond and we'd have a party. Port calls meant a piss up, right up until the gangway was raised. If you missed the gangway due to that extra pint, you had to jump across from the quayside to the back deck before the boat departed. And there were accidents, of course.
My last drink offshore was sharing a miniature bottle of whisky with a mate in his cabin on New Years Eve 2004. I still remember it... we were working up north in the Åsgard Field.
These days I have a few drinks flying over the day before, and that's it. I don't even bother getting off the boat during port calls. The whole atmosphere has changed and alcohol just isn't a part of it any more. I am glad really as it gives me a few weeks dry every year and the threat of instant dismissal is just too much. If you get a dismissal through alcohol or drugs in this industry you'll really struggle to find employment with any other company, especially if freelance. It's a very small world and there's no secrets.
I have a good friend who tested positive for cannabis a few years ago while working offshore... he'd had a smoke during his month off and and it was still in his system. This seems very unfair to me, but we all know the rules and that's just the way it is now.
This is all pipeline inspection, structure inspection and intervention (installing mattresses/sandbags/filter units etc) to stabilise subsea infrastructure. It's rare I get to sample/classify rocks.
I'd even say I was Welsh if it solved the problem.
^ It's a port hole, not a window.
It's strange you say that... I'm sharing with a guy from Karachi, called Muhammad would you believe. He's been complaining that the ship is too cold and keeps turning up the heating in the cabin. When I get there for my sleep it is baking hot and musty, and the port hole doesn't open.
My Dad used to say ... any port in a storm
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