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    Great Pics Mendy, keep them coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    as I don't think the right big toe nail will be staying attached much longer.
    Was going to post earlier before you left but did not want to worry you. The last night Dan knew about your toe. After you posted the picture so did I. It was white underneath. Not a good sign. What a great way for your old buddy Dan to say see ya later.. He knew you were going to. Take care, lose weight, and keep up this thread mate.

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    Your desk is better than my desk.

    No messing with the mug size tho.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    The cons of staying onboard are missing out on a visit to see my mum in the UK and hopefully getting a Pfizer jab..
    Indeed mate, family and health first.

    Your mum would be over the moon to see you after such a long time away, plus you could stock up on cheese and cider

    You don't want that covid without any protection.

    You can walk in and get the vaccine for free over here now.
    Shalom

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    They were handing out free Pfizer vaccines to farangs in Songkhla based in over 60, poor health or…

    …“morbidly obese - over 100kg”

    Just saying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    We have 350m water depth
    How deep can the inspection ROV/rig go down?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    They were handing out free Pfizer vaccines to farangs in Songkhla based in over 60, poor health or…

    …“morbidly obese - over 100kg”

    Just saying.


    harsh! But true!

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    Once Mendip has finished his contract/work/fitness/ diet he wont qualify.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Ootai


    This campaign of work started at the Heidrun Field, 175km off the coast of mid-Norway. Heidrun was the world's first floating, concrete hulled, tension leg platform and has been producing since 1995. We have 350m water depth at the Heidr
    This gave me cause to look more closely at the paper weight that sits on my desk. At the time, Magnus was the most northerly platform in the UK sector, and in the deepest water at 186m. Steel jacket, and at the time about as high tech as you could get.




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    PAG, Where did you acquire this?

    They just don't make things like this any more as far as I can tell. Budgets don't allow for it I suppose. Not even a free T-shirt in the last 10 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    PAG, Where did you acquire this?

    They just don't make things like this any more as far as I can tell. Budgets don't allow for it I suppose. Not even a free T-shirt in the last 10 years.
    I was the Services Supervisor on Magnus, having moved from Forties. In fact, I was the first person actually living on Magnus, having moved onboard from the Polycastle alongside. This was 1982, and everyone got a paperweight for first oil. Margaret Thatcher was in BP's offices in Dyce to 'press the button'. This one's from Greater Plutonio, offshore Angola in 2007.




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    Nice collection.

    One of the last North Sea rigs I was on was the Forties Delta in 2019.

    I've never been to Magnus, and I wasn't even born in '82!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    and I wasn't even born in '82!
    I suspect someone is telling porkies!


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    Scouts honor.

    I was conceived though.

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    Bugger, bought you were about my age…

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Was going to post earlier before you left but did not want to worry you. The last night Dan knew about your toe. After you posted the picture so did I. It was white underneath. Not a good sign. What a great way for your old buddy Dan to say see ya later..
    Yeah AO, Dan's a great dog, we're very close. I guess she was trying to tell me about my toe. It would have been great to bring her out here, she'd love it and would be great company!


    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    They were handing out free Pfizer vaccines to farangs in Songkhla based in over 60, poor health or…

    …“morbidly obese - over 100kg”

    Just saying.
    What a horrible phrase 'morbidly obese' is for someone just carrying a few extra pounds. They love to give everything a medical term these days.

    No way am I morbidly obese or even just normally obese... this has made me even more determined to sort it out.


    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Once Mendip has finished his contract/work/fitness/ diet he wont qualify.
    Exactly right Joe, I'll be like a whippet when I get off this boat.


    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    How deep can the inspection ROV/rig go down?
    We have two ROVs on here OhOH, a workclass and a survey ROV.

    The workclass is used for inspection and other general tasks and is rated to 2000m. The survey ROV is used for site/route surveys and pipeline inspection and is rated to 3000m. The depth rating of the workclass ROV will be due to the lowest rated bit of equipment bolted on and I'm sure, if necessary, that depth rating could be increased. From memory the Black Sea goes down to 2200m so something will have to be sorted out for that project.


    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    I was the Services Supervisor on Magnus, having moved from Forties. In fact, I was the first person actually living on Magnus, having moved onboard from the Polycastle alongside. This was 1982, and everyone got a paperweight for first oil. Margaret Thatcher was in BP's offices in Dyce to 'press the button'. This one's from Greater Plutonio, offshore Angola in 2007.
    A great collection PAG... as Dirk says even a free T-shirt is a rarity these days. I did get a vacuum mug out of Equinor last year but that went to the daughter for a Christmas present.
    Last edited by Mendip; 28-08-2021 at 10:33 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    Your desk is better than my desk.

    No messing with the mug size tho.



    That's a messy desk Dirk!

    Here is my desk and I even have my own port hole (yes, they're not called windows on boats Dirk!).

    To be honest the only reason it's so clean is that one of the Filipina stewardesses gives it a good wipe down every day.


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    That's cool. Cheers for the update, Morbidly Obese Mendy.


    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    one of the Filipina stewardesses gives it a good wipe down every day.
    Oh hello.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Oh hello.
    Don't forget MoM's "forced" stopover in BKK. Give him a month or so for those memories to fade.

    By then, the Aberdeen grease monkey will become someone to investigate.

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    I really don't like the way this thread's going.

    MoM... FFS...

    And I had to stopover in Bangkok to get my PCR test!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I'll be like a whippet when I get off this boat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    To be honest the only reason it's so clean is that one of the Filipina stewardesses gives it a good wipe down every day.
    Here we go again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    To be honest the only reason it's so clean is that one of the Filipina stewardesses gives it a good wipe down every day.
    It looks like she's also hit the back of her head on the edge of your desk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    MoM... FFS...!

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    Since this thread has drifted slightly off course...

    I ran across a video about this sort of rock called itacolumite. Strange stuff. Do you run across this stuff during your geological surveys?

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    I bet she needs to clean it well after you watch a bit of pornhub!

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