Oil Rig Explosion

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volinbham said:
Yep, I was surprised too. It was fascinating stuff. Best inside information this board has ever seen - except for the "I heard Jon Gruden was buying property in..." stuff.

Wonder if he was caught or maybe just some new rules came down.
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Excellent quote there.. almost shot my drink through my nose onto my laptop. So, to clear things up - I'm actually at home now and quit posting right before I left. I'd been offshore for about eight weeks and needed a break. I think I've spent a total of 40 days on the beach so far this year.

As far as gag orders go - I've never been told by anyone to not write about this stuff. For obvious reasons - I can't attach procedures or things like that. But, nothing I wrote wasn't going to be public knowledge anyway. My musings just had a bit of a twist to them.

FWIW, I bought about 150 acres outside of Knoxville last year. We finally sold our West Knox home about a month ago and we've been moving since the day I stepped in the door. I'll have about three weeks off and then I'm back out to the fray. I hope I can bring some more info to the board then. Until then, I don't know much more than you (well... other than I still see the 24 hour schedules, know which boats are going where, the helicopter schedules, how many people are on each ship, etc)... :)
 
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Orangetoes said:
Excellent quote there.. almost shot my drink through my nose onto my laptop. So, to clear things up - I'm actually at home now and quit posting right before I left. I'd been offshore for about eight weeks and needed a break. I think I've spent a total of 40 days on the beach so far this year.

As far as gag orders go - I've never been told by anyone to not write about this stuff. For obvious reasons - I can't attach procedures or things like that. But, nothing I wrote wasn't going to be public knowledge anyway. My musings just had a bit of a twist to them.

FWIW, I bought about 150 acres outside of Knoxville last year. We finally sold our West Knox home about a month ago and we've been moving since the day I stepped in the door. I'll have about three weeks off and then I'm back out to the fray. I hope I can bring some more info to the board then. Until then, I don't know much more than you (well... other than I still see the 24 hour schedules, know which boats are going where, the helicopter schedules, how many people are on each ship, etc)... :)
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Thanks for all the info.

About your edit; I too can't spell and my prodigeous amount of typos probably date to the reason I took typing in high school; there were lots of girls in typing class, almost took home ec but chickened out, heck I might have been a great chef.
 
#654
#654
Orangetoes said:
Excellent quote there.. almost shot my drink through my nose onto my laptop. So, to clear things up - I'm actually at home now and quit posting right before I left. I'd been offshore for about eight weeks and needed a break. I think I've spent a total of 40 days on the beach so far this year.

As far as gag orders go - I've never been told by anyone to not write about this stuff. For obvious reasons - I can't attach procedures or things like that. But, nothing I wrote wasn't going to be public knowledge anyway. My musings just had a bit of a twist to them.

FWIW, I bought about 150 acres outside of Knoxville last year. We finally sold our West Knox home about a month ago and we've been moving since the day I stepped in the door. I'll have about three weeks off and then I'm back out to the fray. I hope I can bring some more info to the board then. Until then, I don't know much more than you (well... other than I still see the 24 hour schedules, know which boats are going where, the helicopter schedules, how many people are on each ship, etc)... :)
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good luck with the move, and thanks for all your efforts in trying to stop the spill
 
#658
#658
BigPapaVol said:
you looking at coaching the Vols?
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Probably in about 2 to 3 years... if only the job was open...

IPorange said:
I heard his wife was a cheerleader and loves the vols.

EDIT: confirmed on TOS.
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Two things wrong with that statement... One, her boobs are too big to be a cheerleader. Two, she's an LSU fan (which was easy to ignore because of number one).
 
#659
#659
Love it OT, Congrats on the purchase...

Question... any chance that the Relief Well(s) wont work? And we will have to wait (years) till it runs out? I am looking at property near destin, and I dont want to waste my time looking if this could take years to stop.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
Love it OT, Congrats on the purchase...

Question... any chance that the Relief Well(s) wont work? And we will have to wait (years) till it runs out? I am looking at property near destin, and I dont want to waste my time looking if this could take years to stop.
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If you don't mind holding on to it for 20 years and can buy it low now, it could really be a great deal.

That leak will be stopped eventually. Almost certainly by December, and probably much sooner.
 
#661
#661
Honestly I dont have a lot of confidence in BP to stop it. Its obviously a massive reserve with huge pressure.

The cap is off after an ROV bumped into it and damaged it. The well is rolling right now

and Fox news is reporting that 2 clean up crewman have died
 
#671
#671
Americans have complained for years about the price of oil, now its washing up on the shores like manna from heaven and we complain.
 
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