RANDOM: Has anyone worked on an Oil-rig or know anyone who has? Is it very hard to get a gig on one? I'm thinking about trying to get my ass on one and be a Roughneck for a while, would be a fuckin' interesting time to say the least.
Another Tully-idea that he probobly won't follow through on!
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WOOPS: I guess the technical term for the entry level maintenance wench would be RUSTABOUT, ROUGHNECK is higher up and has more mechanical-responsibility. FUNFACT.
Russell
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I do, but only people who have worked there in a technical capacity as geologists. From what I understand you roughly 50% of the time off, and it's fairly decent pay. But you're not allowed to show movies on them 
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
LMFAO @ the topic of this thread. Seems there is one every other month Tully. 
S'ok (or is it)...I'm the same fucking way.
S'ok (or is it)...I'm the same fucking way.
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KILL TULLY said:
yeah, a buddy of mine grant from the fish plant is doing that now. Partied with him (got really drunk and high) back at easter or something.
No clue how hard it was for him to get on there. But I know he worked 6 months on 6 months off, and made decent coin.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Trylakos
gimme my key bitch!
a relative of mine worked on that one near Newfoundland that blew up or something. Luckily for some reason they were off of it and something came up and they didn;t make it to work
Claws of Perdition
Wipes sitting down
A_Hilter
Not that puss mussolini
when I was hiding out from that monster simon wiesenthal during the sixties I worked on an oil rig, very hard work but it taught me the discipline necessary to prepare for my resurrection and return to power.
A_Hilter
Not that puss mussolini
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
All I know is that you work six months and get paid a wad of cash.
I also hear that the oil rig divers earn a shit load (though most of it is danger money). My old boss used to monitor and fix the oil rig legs. They'd lower him down the shaft (also filled with water) in pitch blackness and he'd seal cracks and tighten bolts or whatever. Claustraphobics need not apply.
I also hear that the oil rig divers earn a shit load (though most of it is danger money). My old boss used to monitor and fix the oil rig legs. They'd lower him down the shaft (also filled with water) in pitch blackness and he'd seal cracks and tighten bolts or whatever. Claustraphobics need not apply.
Russell
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JayKeeley said:
The guys that do the really deep work even use that purple liquid to breathe as they can't stand the pressure with gas in their lungs. That must be really, really odd!
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Is that purple liquid oxygen thing real? I thought it was only used in The Abyss (read: Hollywood).
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Russell
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JayKeeley said:
I believe it is, yeah
At least, a friend of mine who is heavily into his diving was telling me about it!EDIT:http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=116268
Liquid breathing is in fact not science fiction, it is science fact.
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation manufactures Liquivent which is
used for the sole purpose of liquid breathing. This is accomplished
due to its oxygen rich content in a mix of perflourocarbons. It has
been tested on mice, and is currently in Phase 2-3 clinical (human)
testing in the United States, Canada, and Europe. More information can
be found at the links below, a couple articles on liquid breathing,
and the actual homepage for Alliance's Liquivent (which is being
developed first for medical usage, and then maybe perhaps for
industry; i.e. high pressure dives in which air breathing is not an
option). Also, from the DVD extras on the Abyss special edition (I own
it and have watched the documentary), the rat used in the scene of the
movie which you saw was an ACTUAL test of Liquivent, and not special
effects. It's quite interesting to see science fiction come to
fruition. Thanks for letting me help you with your question.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Yeah, but I'm not sure if divers can use this technique. I can understand how they might be able to treat people with collapsed lungs or whatever, but it's a pretty big contraption and they need to dispose of the carbon dioxide. The tech sheet makes the breathing apparatus look like a damn ATM. Unless of course they keep that shit on the boat and the diver just has a long hose pipe or something....
nah, this can't be right. This looks like some old April Fools Day joke.
nah, this can't be right. This looks like some old April Fools Day joke.
Russell
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After googling around and reading some university websites and other factual stuff (too lazy to link) I think this is real, but its still in the theoretical stage, that said, my dad was a commercial geoduck diver, they had a giant compressor on the boat just to pump the oxygen down and to suck the CO2 out, otherwise it would stick in the hose. So, the size of the contraption (especially on an oil rig) wouldn't be a big deal. it's probably real.
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