Taxi is no big deal. Take off can get a bit sketchy until you have proper airflow over the tail, landing is the biggest challenge, especially on paved surfaces. Throw in a bit of a crosswind and it’ll keep you busy. This aircraft was laying upside down when we bought it...literally.
Maggie’s What's Your View II
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If you're on a production platform that would explain your reaction. Unless you're being sarcastic of course which I can't tell in a typed statement. I was on a drillship, and before that on a semisubmersible-both drilling rigs. The food on the drilling side is kinda like hospital food, it'll keep you alive but not a pleasant experience.
I DO miss the people (most of them anyway). The "safety" culture imposed on us by office people who've probably never WORKED a day in their life is what soured me. For instance having to have a permit for every little task etc does not make anything safer and in fact defeats the purpose of the permit-to-work system. Common sense has been outlawed out there. I finally got close enough to retirement age to just go ahead and retire early. If I'd waited til I was over 60 i'd probably have to go straight to a padded cell somewhere.
Haha no that was sarcasm. I’m on the drilling side as well, jack up rig at the moment. Honestly the food is way better then what I cooked for myself on land, it’s just fun to joke about (Like we have it so rough). As far as safety, I have way too many years left to adopt that mentality so I just roll with the punches and try to play by the rules. But I see where you’re coming from.
The fact that they changed the rules daily is what's so maddening about it. I gave up on trying to keep up with all the changes the last couple of years I was there. Every hitch was like going to work for a completely different company and having to start from scratch on the policies and procedures. Got to the point that we could only expect about 2-3 hrs actual work time in a 12 hr day-the rest of the time was chasing down all the supervisors to get their signatures on all the paperwork. I was in Maintenance, not the drilling dept.
PS-back when I was on the jackups the food WAS much better. The cooks etc were actually company employees, not the catering companies that hire either furriners or straight from some jail-to-work program.
This has been my view for the last 9 Friday nights. Hard to believe the regular season is over.
Playoffs here we come!
NOTHING moving. Weather is WAY to nice. 50ish n clear. Day one of the better part of a month off. 
Someone was being naughty with a bait site. That's a no no.
Someone was being naughty with a bait site. That's a no no.
After a month of cold and rain, finally gonna get back at it.
NOTHING moving. Weather is WAY to nice. 50ish n clear. Day one of the better part of a month off.
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Someone was being naughty with a bait site. That's a no no.
That looks more like a bear feeding station than a bait barrel.
I'm guessing the platform is the no-no?
It is a Bear baiting barrel which is a no no. Bunch of non locals who bought access permits are camped out all over the place up there probably doing it unless there's a PH on that timber land doing it, but they trap, not bait. It's illegal.
Not a very nice day to be standing on top of a pump, or in the water! 37 and 20mph wind and snowing like a fucker here right now
Went out last night seen one little doe and a chicken.
This morning should have had the deal done but the fog was terrible. To bucks were sparing but fog would drop and I would loose them.
Still a good morning. 7 deer and a herd of elk.
Oh yeah and snuck up on one of my buddy’s glassing this morning.
This morning should have had the deal done but the fog was terrible. To bucks were sparing but fog would drop and I would loose them.
Still a good morning. 7 deer and a herd of elk.
Oh yeah and snuck up on one of my buddy’s glassing this morning.
My last trip through Banf (18yrs old), I about didn’t make it to Alaska due to French Canadian hotties????
That's a wrap on the beans. 1000 ac of corn left.
NOTHING moving. Weather is WAY to nice. 50ish n clear. Day one of the better part of a month off.
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Someone was being naughty with a bait site. That's a no no.
Dontcha just love it when assholes are out there actively trying to fuck it up for everybody else? good luck w/ hunt brother and go get’m?
Made another run up the hill for provisions today. Might be icy up that way next month, so I went ahead and bought a little extra.
I'd say you have a problem, but it looks like you've got it taken care of.
??? Always drink Wisconsinably
@1J04 I'm surprised that barrel hasn't been torn to hell. If, if I were to have ever baited bear, I'd have used a metal drum with the opening cut nearer the bottom and would have sucured it to the tree with chains and turnbuckles. I probably would have filled it with out of date bread and sweet cakes from the bread store and apples picked up off the ground at an orchard. If.
That far north, nice to get those knocked out! Guys down this way are about 2-3 weeks behind on beans due to several weeks of rain.
3-4 here all most things grown in field for the same reason. A lot of potatoes are getting disced under too
Yeah what looked like a early harvest across the board isn't any more. And now in the hospital with our 8.5 yr old son who might have appendicitis.
Took my son back to his mom had a few minutes extra before I had to get ready for work.
Sorry to hear that. Keep us posted on how he's doing. Prayers for him.
Both my sons have had their appendixes (appendices?) removed. It's a bad feeling when you don't have a clue why your kid is suddenly in great pain and suffering.
Prayers for your little one.
A bunch of smaller holes work if you fill it with dog food and presweetened kool aid. Forces the bears to roll it around like a hog bait barrel.
I made the mistake of doing the big hole just once. They emptied it overnight.
I let a coworker hunt our bait station and when he walked up on it there was a huge boar on top of the barrel trying to shake shit out of it.
Dave took the shot from about 40yds and missed...
I think he might have had a touch of buck fever.
Thanks Tucker. The prayers are much appreciated! The poor guy has had a rough stretch this summer.
Wiped out on his bike and got the handlebars jammed into his abdomen in July severly lacerating his liver, then had to have 2 teeth pulled due to an a cyst forming under them, now the appendicitis and having his appendix removed.
Poor guy just wants to ride in the combine and tractor and play with his 3 younger brothers and help with his newborn sister.
But God has been watching over him and us and it looks like he should be fine!
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers @Tucker301 @mtrmn @powdahound76 and everyone else!
Shaun
Shaun
Glad its working out. Fortunately appendix stuff is pretty routine (except when its your kid!, I have 1 and 2 step).
That many kids keeps you plenty busy I am sure.
Glad its working out. Fortunately appendix stuff is pretty routine (except when its your kid!, I have 1 and 2 step).
That many kids keeps you plenty busy I am sure.
Boy just think if you had that Cool-pix 1000
Haha! It was really pretty dark. I'm amazed it came out this good.
I watched this guy make a scrape 20 yards from the bedroom window Friday night. Then walked over to the little resident five pointer and shoved him around a bit.
The biggest one's body is maybe 30% bigger than this one, and it makes his rack look smaller in proportion to his body, but when you get them all together you tell he's the boss.
Climbing out of Tri City (Bristol TN) this evening. This is out the left side window. The blurred vertical line is part of the window heating system. Pretty country down that way.
Next... the anticipation is frowning now that I can track when it’ll be here?
Thanks to that fella above, @Geno C.
I got some great coffee in the mail today along with some awesome cranberries and this cool cup.
Made coffee for Rebecca and I to have with a post dinner batch of chocolate chip cookies.
Thanks Geno.
I got some great coffee in the mail today along with some awesome cranberries and this cool cup.
Made coffee for Rebecca and I to have with a post dinner batch of chocolate chip cookies.
Thanks Geno.
Peanut detail
Combine runs
Combine dumps into buggy.
Buggy dumps into trailer.
Lots of overcast letting us know more water is coming. Got the cotton picking stopped for a couple days.
Combine runs
Combine dumps into buggy.
Buggy dumps into trailer.
Lots of overcast letting us know more water is coming. Got the cotton picking stopped for a couple days.
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