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albertafire

FUNNIEST STAFF MEETING EVER


The boss of a Madison Avenue advertising agency
called a spontaneous staff meeting in the middle
of a particularly ...More...
8 comments | 5 kudos | posted Aug 28, 2008 12:28PM

jelltex

Port call; Bitung February 2007 part 2
Apparently, the main road into town was not good enough, and we turned off down a narrow road through a poor residential area. Children and chickens scattered before our headlights, and scooter riders...More...
0 comments | 0 kudos | posted Aug 27, 2008 5:21AM

jelltex

Port Call; Bitung February 2007
And to think it was just three months ago that I was without work and about to lose my house to the bank. And then this job comes along, saves the house, and here I am on a boat in Indonesia heading t...More...
3 comments | 2 kudos | posted Aug 27, 2008 5:20AM

jelltex

Riding the whitecaps off Peterhead
Just a quick update for you; and many thanks to those that wrote yesterday.

After 24 hours either sailing towards or around the Moray Firth, we are now heading down the Cambrian coast to Peterhead ...More...
7 comments | 1 kudo | posted Aug 25, 2008 1:09AM

jelltex

The plan
By the time I finish writing this then plan will have changed.

I will try to keep you posted.

The plan has changed several times over the last 24 hours; weather forecasts have been read and igno...More...
3 comments | 1 kudo | posted Aug 24, 2008 1:00AM

jelltex

Panic over
I can't really explain why I worked myself into such a state the other night about getting off.

Well, I do. The chief mate was doing a little stirring and sharing tales of folks who had missed thei...More...
1 comment | 1 kudo | posted Aug 22, 2008 8:27PM

jelltex

Accident investigations and other stories
We are now heading north to our first survey site and actual paid work for the company. I have someone new to work with as Tony was sent home yesterday as doubts remained about whether he was 100%.
...More...
1 comment | 1 kudo | posted Aug 20, 2008 12:26AM

jelltex

On Life
I guess what I now realise how fragile things can be. Just a monebts lack of concentration out on the sea and things can go wrong very quickly.

We were doing a task we had been doing all night, and...More...
3 comments | 0 kudos | posted Aug 17, 2008 6:56AM

jelltex

To Hull and back
Or our ship broke.

I say ship because if we say boat the captain gets really angry.

It's a ship.

I say captain but then he gets angry because he likes to be called Master.

And we don't hav...More...
3 comments | 2 kudos | posted Aug 13, 2008 9:59PM

jelltex

The best of jobs, the worst of jobs
Someone wrote yesterday that they were jealous of my adventureous lifestyle. And indeed it can seem that it is wonderful. Don't get me wrong, this life makes all other things I do possible, for which ...More...
1 comment | 3 kudos | posted Aug 11, 2008 9:14PM

jelltex

Land ho!
Yes, finally, the coast of Norway is in sight as we head into Bergen for the last time.
It's an odd feeling to be finally coming to the end of this voyage, in just over 24 hours I will be home and so...More...
2 comments | 0 kudos | posted Jul 8, 2008 9:39AM

jelltex

Jelltex in Charge
Be scared.

Very scared.

At sea no one can hear you scream

By some quirk of fate or just plain stupidity by someone at the office, someone has put yours truely in charge until Wednesday. I hav...More...
3 comments | 1 kudo | posted Jul 6, 2008 8:17PM

jelltex

Beer, Norwegian wood and a larger member
So, Thursday night we were due to sail at eleven in the evening. I got up about nine hoping that the repairs were going to take longer and I get some time ashore, and maybe a beer or two.

No luck, ...More...
2 comments | 1 kudo | posted Jul 6, 2008 5:36PM

jelltex

One week
In one week I will be home, back in dleightful Kent, back with Jools and our three demading cats.

There are times when it feels like I will be here on this ship forever, and yet times when i know t...More...
2 comments | 0 kudos | posted Jul 3, 2008 11:25PM

jelltex

Under repair
So, here we are back in Kristiansund undergoing repairs.

Not that bad a deal, really. We worked hard all day yesterday doing our repairs. But, as it had been decided to stay of the sift pattern, w...More...
0 comments | 2 kudos | posted Jul 2, 2008 3:16PM

jelltex

Working the midnight shift.
So, work has finished for the day as we move to another site and begin to survey all over again. So, I have time to sit and write a little.

Working out on deck can be a pleasure, especially at this...More...
1 comment | 0 kudos | posted Jun 26, 2008 10:19PM

newpatches

Well it's just the pits....!

Pits...you know...pits???
CHERRY PITS SILLY!!! I was so tickled that I have a cherry tree in my front yard. Last year they got froze out but my gaud, this year......
I haven't pick...More...
7 comments | 0 kudos | posted Jun 19, 2008 11:51PM

jelltex

3 years, 3 months and three weeks; the three in one blog
Three years:

I was going to write that leaving the Air Force was like the end of a relationship, and had it all planned in my head how it was going to go. But then I thought, just the facts.

So...More...
1 comment | 0 kudos | posted Jun 19, 2008 5:18AM

Devil_is_in

> Thought for the day, you need to consider changing your.... <
I do not understand why people would love to get a raise, or a better job, or get promoted... just a few dollars difference! Do you realize you are building someone else’s empire? Making the compan...More...
0 comments | 1 kudo | posted Jun 12, 2008 5:09AM

WETNOD

Traveling...
Here it is, June 8th....
I talked to my boss today and he asked me to come to work Monday morning. It wouldn't be so bad if I lived close to where I have to work. It's 200 miles one way and with gas ...More...
1 comment | 0 kudos | posted Jun 8, 2008 7:34AM

 

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