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Saint Peter
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Is that a house, a tent, or an igloo?
That's what the fucking Brits brought for a 'shelter'. When I pointed out the two big blonde/brown things wandering about on the tundra on the horizon, it was replaced by a Chevy Suburban up on the pad.
Saint Peter
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I have seen their crap work before. No tent, just excuses.
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It was not for a welder, it was for a geophysicist.......
Nothing shows knowledge of the Earth like a nice Suburban.
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Suburbans are know to out run grizzy bears. Definitely the spot to be when one is within 500 meters.
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Cool, one of those Arctic dune buggies!
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I was sent an interesting PM the other day regarding contractors and licensing. It wasn't very polite or very nice (not a regular). So I'm listing which Licenses I have and what else I do in the building industry:
State of California.
Gen. Building B.
Gen. Engineering A. (inactive)
Plumbing C-36
Electrical C-10 (inactive)
Water conditioning C-55 (inactive)
HVAC C-20 (inactive)
Solar C-46 (inactive)
Montana.
Master Plumber (inactive)
Nevada.
Gen. Contractor (inactive)
Canada.*
Heating, Cooling & Gas Installation (inactive)
Gen. Construction (inactive)
faq.
Why do you have so many licenses? Until home depot sued and won the case against the state of California You had to cover three fazes of construction or have a specialty license.
Why are so many inactive? It cost a bloody fortune to have a license! My company is me so every license cost between $6,000-12,000 per year extra in coverage. Do the math.
I am a member of IAPMO.
I helped co-author the residential ADA code of wheelchair accessible bathrooms.
I also helped co-author the multi inspector examination, so you have an inspector who actually knows what they are looking for.
Both of these are in use in the US. today.
* I did the plumbing at 26 Quizno's sandwich shops in Canada.
Thanks for clearing this up.
State of California.
Gen. Building B.
Gen. Engineering A. (inactive)
Plumbing C-36
Electrical C-10 (inactive)
Water conditioning C-55 (inactive)
HVAC C-20 (inactive)
Solar C-46 (inactive)
Montana.
Master Plumber (inactive)
Nevada.
Gen. Contractor (inactive)
Canada.*
Heating, Cooling & Gas Installation (inactive)
Gen. Construction (inactive)
faq.
Why do you have so many licenses? Until home depot sued and won the case against the state of California You had to cover three fazes of construction or have a specialty license.
Why are so many inactive? It cost a bloody fortune to have a license! My company is me so every license cost between $6,000-12,000 per year extra in coverage. Do the math.
I am a member of IAPMO.
I helped co-author the residential ADA code of wheelchair accessible bathrooms.
I also helped co-author the multi inspector examination, so you have an inspector who actually knows what they are looking for.
Both of these are in use in the US. today.
* I did the plumbing at 26 Quizno's sandwich shops in Canada.
Thanks for clearing this up.
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ya don't throw much sand into the air with those 1 psi air bags (tires)
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The little beige houses on the right cover each wellhead. The structure to the left is the piperack. The larger insulated lines between the rig mats are flowlines from the wells. The funny finned things are part of the refrigeration system to keep the ground frozen.
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Pick a fucking trade, would ya?
Even women can make up their mind.
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Pick a fucking trade, would ya?
I can't decide! I like the challenges of all. The mindless ones (like roofing) just don't work out. I try to do what I enjoy.
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Is the derrick on rails or something?
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We were looking at a rail mounted one on a project in Russia, but I think that one in the pic is on big wheels or crawlers.
rosco rathbone
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I've been meaning to recommend this book here for a while, it's one of my all-time favourites, I've read it about 4 times. It's about an Italian guy whose trade is translated from Italian as "rigger", but he seems to be somewhere between a millwright and an ironworker. It's his weird tales, as told to Primo Levi, of travelling to jobs all over the world. You guys would love it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrench
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrench
rosco rathbone
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Did you have to break out barrels? I've done that.
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I had to clean dry-mixers, replace socks in the vents, jump into the hoppers to clean them out, worked with caustic soda (worst chemical out there, imho.)
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not me. you wouldn't believe how many honey pots i have my little fingers in.
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I'm biting my hand right now.........
Hester
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dip it in a honeypot first. it will taste better.
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ah, the sweet honeypot........
although, many folk in these parts are still on honeybucket technology.......
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