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Saw this thing riding around town today.
I bought a pair of gauntlet gloves for pruning my wife's roses. Saves me from scratching my arms all up. $13.82
G & F Products 2431L Florist Pro Long Sleeve Rose gardening Gloves, Rose Pruning Gloves, Thorn Resistant Garden Gloves - Men's Large , Yellow
G & F Products 2431L Florist Pro Long Sleeve Rose gardening Gloves, Rose Pruning Gloves, Thorn Resistant Garden Gloves - Men's Large , Yellow
What material are they?I bought a pair of gauntlet gloves for pruning my wife's roses. Saves me from scratching my arms all up. $13.82
G & F Products 2431L Florist Pro Long Sleeve Rose gardening Gloves, Rose Pruning Gloves, Thorn Resistant Garden Gloves - Men's Large , Yellow
Anyone done this? I’ve been researching offshore oil drilling. For me parts are a walk down memory lane. My company usually changed crews at a dock, sometimes that wasn’t possible. Sometimes I had to fly offshore.
I’ll never forget my first helicopter ride. The pilot and I talked a bit before taking off. He knew it was my first ride in a chopper so I sat in the front with him. I was the only passenger and it was the last flight back to land that day. That was a flight I’ll never forget, he did everything but try 360* loop. At times we were so close to the water I asked if he had a dip net, told him I’d try to catch something for dinner.
This was the early 80’s, every pilot I knew was a vietnam vet. Those guys could fly!!! The helipads on drilling rigs look big, unless you’re in the chopper trying to land on one. Then they look tiny! Flying in or out sometimes required landing on several oil rigs before my destination. A drilling company might have a half dozen rigs scattered over 100 miles of ocean. A company pilot basically flew a “route” each day, a shuttle bus for people or critical parts. Anyway, found this photo, brought back a few memories.
I’ll never forget my first helicopter ride. The pilot and I talked a bit before taking off. He knew it was my first ride in a chopper so I sat in the front with him. I was the only passenger and it was the last flight back to land that day. That was a flight I’ll never forget, he did everything but try 360* loop. At times we were so close to the water I asked if he had a dip net, told him I’d try to catch something for dinner.
This was the early 80’s, every pilot I knew was a vietnam vet. Those guys could fly!!! The helipads on drilling rigs look big, unless you’re in the chopper trying to land on one. Then they look tiny! Flying in or out sometimes required landing on several oil rigs before my destination. A drilling company might have a half dozen rigs scattered over 100 miles of ocean. A company pilot basically flew a “route” each day, a shuttle bus for people or critical parts. Anyway, found this photo, brought back a few memories.
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I've got a buddy that flies those routes for his job. Seems to enjoy it
I know I'd have enjoyed it, seriously considered a career change. Thanks to jimmy carter the oil industry crashed. 1000's got laid off, even lost the job I had... ended up in the Navy.
There were some Border Patrol pilots like that. They would use their skids to stop cars that were trying to run.
Was the Prius towing it, or was it pushing the Prius?
I think it was pushing! It actually sounded decent.
One more oil post that might be helpful to preppers! Say you end up in a boat at sea during a shtf situation. This first photo is a production platform. Multiple producing oil wells are connected via pipe to a production platform, maybe oil or gas or both. From there it’s pumped to shore. Odds are there are a few thousand gallons of diesel fuel on board and food underneath. Fuel for the big engines that powered everything. And fish...
Production platforms remain in the same location for decades. Entire marine ecosystems develop under them. Large schools of bait fish/sport fish live there, 1000’s of them.
If at sea and I were hungry? I’d be looking for such a structure, it has no drilling derrick on top, that’s the biggest clue. The other is the legs going into the water, it has many, all about 20inches in diameter.
A drilling rig has 3 to 5 very large legs (square/round), several feet in diameter and a derrick. They only stay in place a year or so. There will be fish under them but not nearly in the numbers that are under production platforms. Sharks are especially fond of drilling rigs for some reason (while operating).
Way back when... snapper boats would go from platform to platform catching red snapper. Sometimes we’d trade diesel fuel for a bucket of fish, same for oyster and shrimp boats. How it worked… we might get a radio call from a sister ship in the area (or vice-versa). “They needed help with repairs”. This was code for “We scored a 5g bucket of shrimp and are having a fish fry, come on over”
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Pic one… production.
Pic two… drilling.
Production platforms remain in the same location for decades. Entire marine ecosystems develop under them. Large schools of bait fish/sport fish live there, 1000’s of them.
If at sea and I were hungry? I’d be looking for such a structure, it has no drilling derrick on top, that’s the biggest clue. The other is the legs going into the water, it has many, all about 20inches in diameter.
A drilling rig has 3 to 5 very large legs (square/round), several feet in diameter and a derrick. They only stay in place a year or so. There will be fish under them but not nearly in the numbers that are under production platforms. Sharks are especially fond of drilling rigs for some reason (while operating).
Way back when... snapper boats would go from platform to platform catching red snapper. Sometimes we’d trade diesel fuel for a bucket of fish, same for oyster and shrimp boats. How it worked… we might get a radio call from a sister ship in the area (or vice-versa). “They needed help with repairs”. This was code for “We scored a 5g bucket of shrimp and are having a fish fry, come on over”
.Pic one… production.
Pic two… drilling.
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I got some gardening gloves from Lowes that have the long sleeves but they are too small. Only one size available and I can barely fit my hand in. Thorns kept snagging on them and getting stuck and pulling the gloves off. So I said screw it and decided to tackle stuff without gloves. Had to pull thorns out of my skin quite a few times. But, I got that part down so I'm happy. Need to get the other side after the storms.
From my wife's office at the hospital this morning.
We had a little bit of snow yesterday that made the mountains pretty. The big mountain you can see is Mount Meeker, although many think it is Long's Peak. The very small tip-top part at the highest point is Long's Peak just barely sneaking into the picture behind Mt. Meeker. Meeker is 13,916 feet in elevation, Long's Peak is 14,259 feet.
The houses you can see at the far back of the sunlit foreground are Louisville, CO. That's where the big wind driven wildfires were a little while back, that destroyed a lot of homes. Known here as "The Marshall Fire".
We had a little bit of snow yesterday that made the mountains pretty. The big mountain you can see is Mount Meeker, although many think it is Long's Peak. The very small tip-top part at the highest point is Long's Peak just barely sneaking into the picture behind Mt. Meeker. Meeker is 13,916 feet in elevation, Long's Peak is 14,259 feet.
The houses you can see at the far back of the sunlit foreground are Louisville, CO. That's where the big wind driven wildfires were a little while back, that destroyed a lot of homes. Known here as "The Marshall Fire".
Peanut, those pics of the oil rigs are great. Did they have a cook for those who stayed there multiple days? Did everyone just fend food for themselves? Did anyone go fishing for dinner? Many questions for ya!
@havasu Even though I've been on many rigs I worked on 130ft boats that serviced oil rigs. We had 3-5 man crews, no cooks. Everyone took a turn in the galley unless you were the guy who could burn water. Drilling rigs had a galley and kitchen staff feeding crews 24/7. One of the things we hauled out to rigs were 20ft refrigerated shipping containers, their grocery orders. At the dock our cargo deck would be stacked with drill pipe, shipping containers etc, anything to big to go on a helicopter and deliver it somewhere in the gulf.
Boat crews worked 3 or 4 weeks on then had 2 or 3 weeks off. The only time I left the boat was a) business on a rig or platform b) when we stopped at any one of a dozen small oil/fishing towns along the gulf coast. I always tried to eat out when we were docked somewhere. We also made a run to the local grocery for supplies. Probably the only time in my life when I enjoyed shopping at a grocery store. After the food needs were addressed we usually hit the local bar. The entertainment was sometimes a fight between oil guys and fishing guys. I worked on boats but didn't fish, worked in the oil business but not on rigs. We were like Switzerland, neutral at such fights. More than once I grabbed my beer and sat underneath a cypress table to watch a bar fight. Might be 10 or 15 guys in a brawl, better than watching sports on a bar tv.
Boat crews worked 3 or 4 weeks on then had 2 or 3 weeks off. The only time I left the boat was a) business on a rig or platform b) when we stopped at any one of a dozen small oil/fishing towns along the gulf coast. I always tried to eat out when we were docked somewhere. We also made a run to the local grocery for supplies. Probably the only time in my life when I enjoyed shopping at a grocery store. After the food needs were addressed we usually hit the local bar. The entertainment was sometimes a fight between oil guys and fishing guys. I worked on boats but didn't fish, worked in the oil business but not on rigs. We were like Switzerland, neutral at such fights. More than once I grabbed my beer and sat underneath a cypress table to watch a bar fight. Might be 10 or 15 guys in a brawl, better than watching sports on a bar tv.
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When I am on north Federal Boulevard, heading south, by Westminster Castle, I always wonder what peaks I am seeing. It is hard to know what is what. Is Pike's Peak even visible from up there?
Pike's Peak is easy to see from here. It's what, about 100 miles away? You normally can't see 100 miles due to the curvature of the Earth - unless you're sitting on a big hill or are looking at a big hill (Pike's Peak qualifies as that!) All the major north-south streets - Federal Blvd, Lowell, Sheridan, Wasdworth, etc. - line up with Pike's Peak. Just look straight down the road when heading south, just a small tad to the right, and that is Pike's Peak. Same thing goes for when those streets enter Denver, but Denver might be too low to see 100 miles southbound. We're higher in elevation than Denver up here north of town. PLus, you have a lot of tall buildings in Denver blocking some of the view.
@havasu missed that Q. I've seen a lot of guys on rigs fishing in their off hours. If they caught something good the cooks would use it. I've even seen cooks snagging red snapper or amber jack if a school happened to stop under a rig. We fished off the boats sometimes. I never had much luck at it. Besides, there were 100's of shrimp/fishing boats who always needed a little diesel fuel. We'd pump them 20 or 30 gallons of fuel and they give us a couple 5g buckets of their catch. Everyone was happy with the arrangement.
You call that "Westminster Castle"? That's my house! I'm thinking about expanding because I'm running a little low on room. Hey, where are my guards? I don't see them. I'll have to speak to my guard-master about that!
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I do see the peaks when I am heading south on Lowell and Sheridan as well, and sometimes wish I could take a photo, but don't do that when I'm driving. I do think Denver is too low to see the peaks, unless you were in a taller building somewhere, such as a downtown Denver building that is maybe 10 or more stories tall. The trees and buildings also obscure the view. I'm thinking the Museum of Nature and Science, which has a sign close by on Colorado Blvd. says 5280 feet above sea level, is still too low and obscured. I do think that is why I see the peaks up north on Federal, Lowell and Sheridan.
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I've driven by that castle for years and only recently realized that it was called a castle. Well of course it is a castle. I only recently researched it to discover the history and what it is used for. How about the heating bill and maintenance on it? I think it would make a great event site, and rooms could be rented out for a Bed and Breakfast, Air B & B, and more. It is currently the site of a Christian school, through 12th grade.
For a prepper site, you could plant the fields to the north of it with wheat, corn, and other grains, and have a super large garden closer to the castle. Then you could have a summer kitchen where all the food gets canned, dehydrated, and prepared for storage. The biggest problem about it for a preparedness site is that it is too ostentatious and people would want to attack and break in. Then you would have a siege on your hands!
One can dream!
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I've looked at this a few times. Isn't it a motorcycle, with a boat surrounding it? I wonder if it can go in water? If you see this guy again, maybe you can ask him.
I've seen modifications with motorcycle and bicycles that are not normal, at least imho. I'll get a photo of one that I've seen, half car, half motorcycle.
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^Skilled Tradesmen in action.
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SMH at how this happens!
How many people were on the crew that put this there? There had to be at least two. It is possible that they were not native English speakers, and therefore not English readers and spellers.
I have the address and could go there, but I would be gone for more than an hour to get there and back, and then there is the gas. Someone posted this photo, and I want to see it in real life. It is possible that it has been corrected by now. We all make mistakes, but not for the whole world to see!
I'm just positive if it went in the water it would sink like a rock.
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Ha Ha you can still see what it was
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Yes, I thought it was worth getting the photo now, before it wears off. We have seen photos of these oops before, but it was the closest I came to seeing one in real life.
