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Grimas

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  1. Wife's father and sisters all aggs but she was the smart one and went elsewhere...
  2. I get they joy of attending the aggy game tomorrow... (Nephew in the corps and it's the one chance to see him "march in" before he graduates...) Told wife I was gonna wear burnt orange but was told by my aggy BIL it might not be wise...
  3. Totally agree and the pool of actual oil finders is rapidly shrinking as exploration budgets are cut or disappear all together and a lot of talent is retiring and not being replaced. Not seeing those who have been doing unconventionals their whole career really having the skillsets or experience to fill these roles either... And for recent grads, there just aren't as many slots available...
  4. I'm a second generation O&G geologist and when one of my STEM-strong kids asked if if he should also be a geologist, I strongly discouraged him and said if you want to be in O&G, go the production engineering route instead. Much more stable career as we are always - at least for next 30+ years - going to need someone to manage existing wells and production but keeping a job putting the "X" on the map will always depend on the commodity price...
  5. Also having an interest in the well is better...
  6. Only episode in quite a while...
  7. Those were actually fun days - we had a company sponsored "brew club" and used the campus kitchen to brew beer every month... Of course, the 53% income tax (expat discount!) rate sucked but a great place to raise kids...
  8. I was a division "head" at DONG Energy 10 years ago before they sold their E&P assets... My friends love calling me the "Dick Head" or the "Head Dick"... Much better place to work than Maersk in DK but they f-ed up when they went all "green" with windmills... It actually stood for Danish Oil and Natural Gas but I'm convinced it was some guys wearing capri pants that were drinking wine on a sailboat that said "Let's call it DONG and see what people say..."
  9. Same here but if I go to a tab that was already on a Surly page, I can refresh to see new posts or to go to other newer pages.
  10. Found it, thanks! I missed a bunch of bits in BCS since I never got past 3rd season of BB...
  11. Never watched the end of BB - so what happened to Mike or did I miss his departure in BCS?
  12. As an example - 2 bedroom, 3 bath townhouse in Chang Mai, Thailand for 1200/month: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/42466865?adults=4&location=Chiang Mai%2C Thailand&display_extensions[]=MONTHLY_STAYS&federated_search_id=409d4586-e9c3-43cd-bef4-c763585e3f6d&source_impression_id=p3_1660327195_bJPI0RnZTm3Hj2uS&modal=PHOTO_TOUR_SCROLLABLE
  13. i hope he knows how to turn off the georeferencing for this video he posted of a "command center"...
  14. Our plan is to downscale and keep a home base in the US but to pick a country and rent something for months at a time. Get bored of it, pick next country... We've done 10+ years as expats so know what to expect living outside the US... As mentioned above, medical insurance is an issue until you get to Medicare age. Outside the US, you can get private insurance for $3k/year while in the US, it's around $3k/month. 2 more years of high school and our kids are off to college and both are looking at University in the EU as they also have EU passports so we'll look at EU destinations for us one I quit working (or O&G tanks again and I get made "redundant"...) One thing to consider is that it can be difficult to open a bank account in a foreign country if you don't have an employer who assists you. Many foreign banks hate dealing with US citizens because they hate all the reporting they have to do on your accounts back to the US Treasury. (Pro tip: if you do live as an expat and have an account in a foreign country, don't close it when you leave so you can always use it later if needed...)
  15. Got at least a half inch (according to pool level) just north of there... And looking like more to come...
  16. Not sure of the Ukraine rules (assuming the EU admits them eventually) and I think it's different in each EU country- in my case, restoration is based on if you can prove you had a relative who was a citizen before 1940 and it's good for 3 generations from them. My dad was born there in 1941 but his birth wasn't "counted" and had to prove the relationship to his father. My kids can get it and once they do, their kids will also get citizenship. Trying to get it done asap as EU citizenship opens up a ton of University opportunities (like free!) for EU citizens and wife and I can retire anywhere in the EU and full private medical is like $3000/year (as opposed to $3K a year here) and is an option for us until we can get on Medicare back here...
  17. Same here - I got mine "restored" a few years ago and now also have an EU passport. My kids should finish the process to get theirs as well shortly. My grandfather was a "partisan" against the Nazi's in one of the Baltic countries after being in the army there as a lieutenant. They were welcomed at first as they were seen as a counter to the pro-Bolshevik activities that were starting to take over the Baltics during the 30's. That ended quickly when the Germans disbanded the army so many in the military left and went "underground". As the Russians approached, he took the family and was able to get on a train westward. Train got stopped in Poland and all males between 13 and 60 were pulled off the train and "escorted" to another train headed east to help fight the Russian advance. He had told my grandmother to go to a town in Austria to wait for him (with my dad and sister). He jumped off the eastbound train and it took him a year but he met up with them in Austria (where my aunt had died of pneumonia while waiting...) They had an uncle who had migrated in the 20's that then sponsored them as refugees in the US and he spent the Cold War sending money and books to his friends who got left behind the Iron Curtain... My family cemetery there has headstones dating back to the 1600's with my last name on them (but the village and church were destroyed in the war - with most remaining relatives sent to die in Siberian gulags - and were never rebuilt and the land is part of a national park now). Needless to say - fuck Russia!
  18. As someone who stopped binging BB in season 3, a lot of the backstory stuff in BCS makes no sense... Had to google to figure out the Gene/Cinnabon backstory which was making no sense to me...
  19. Make sure to pour some bleach down your sink drain(s) that share drainpipe with your condensations pan(s)... Forgot to recently and have had 2 trips out from the plumber to clear 2 different sinks as the drain pipes could deal with the amount of water draining from the A/C's due to algae buildup which in turn overflowed the sinks and came to visit us downstairs... Luckily this happened both times when we were at home... Had bi-annual A/C checkup before the heatwave and they flushed the lines and added algaecide tablets but plumber was guessing that the amount of condensation coming off due to the extended heat overwhelmed the "system"... The drains were getting a half a gallon of runoff every hour I had to bail from the sink before the pipe got snaked... My insurance company (and ultimately, my wallet) needs to send my office a thank you for letting we work from home a few days a week...
  20. Frigging DME... I told them to just send me replacement supplies ONLY when I asked them. They sent me new nasal pillows that I didn't need as old ones still were fine. Then doctor called and said I needed new appointment before approving a new "prescription" as the DME was still trying to approve another shipment that I hadn't requested (I told them to reject the DME). Few weeks later and I get a box of new hoses and masks I didn't order... Now their billing department is calling to ask me to verify my insurance so they can send more. I told them I didn't want another damn thing as I previously told them not to send more until I requested it and now I have more than a year supply I still haven't touched... (I keep my mask and hose clean and sterilize them weekly and they all still work fine...)
  21. Frigging YouTubeTV - lost color all damn episode...
  22. Non-lawyer here but can't he just say FU and here's your billion termination fee as I can't get the financing?
  23. Mike Rowe showing how the generators are maintained at the base that was on fire: How America Works
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