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Post by warcat82 on May 23, 2024 15:58:13 GMT -6
Yeah, I will say some (less than 1%) are legit overall, but in general they are bs. My dad and brother worked in the oilfield for years. My dad since the 60s, as he built drilling rigs as part of his company he owned until the bottom fell out in 85, then he sold and went into the refineries until he was forced to retire due to his heart in 2007. My brother was in it from 83 until he was killed in 2017. My dad lost many a friend and coworker to accidents in some of the refineries but all in all, the way those plants operate and all, they do limit risk and issues as much as possible. Every job has risks, and every job has dangers, the oil and gas field is one that people don't realize is so necessary, but yet they are quick to sue and hurt every aspect of the economy in doing so. I might of worked on one of his rigs.I had 13 yrs on rigs,6 on land and 7 offshore before I went back to school and got a degree. I’m retiring in August after 33 years of refining. I’ve seen more than I care to see of injuries and fatalities. Safety today has improved vastly since I started decades ago in the industry. I operate those units, start them up and shut them down and I know how to do it safely after many years of experience. Today with so many experienced operators are retiring, many companies now are spending big bucks to retain retirees to come back as contractors. I’ve already been told to get new coveralls and be available to come back when I’m ready. So much for retirement when you can come back at $1000.00 to $1200.00 a day. No rest for the weary! Yeah they consulted with my dad for years still even though he medically retired. It's crazy how these younger "smarter" engineers and "workers" can't chew gum and walk much less tie their shoes and talk, but yet they think they are "smarter" than all the experienced guys. But they can't replace a single one, heck 10 of them can't replace 1 experienced guy. Places have to literally stupid proof everything just to keep them from blowing someone up or killing themselves because they think eating laundry detergent is intelligent. I'm to the point where yes point warning labels on kids toys, because they don't know any better. But for adults, take those things off and let the fun begin. Let the stupid gene die off already. They either earn stupid prizes or they learn their lesson. The only 2 rules will be they have to do stupid games in confined areas marked for stupid games so as not to involve others, and if they happen to be related to intelligent people those people can't sue anyone for said idiot playing stupid games and receiving stupid results for stupid games. That would eliminate stupid people, stupid laws, and people would maybe be like oh don't do that, it hurts or kills you! Back to the work thing, COVID really jacked up the work force because it allowed the already lazy to be more lazy, and then now there are so many "get rich quick" "earn money without working" scams and schemes that have come from it, that it makes me sick. I have family members that I don't claim that are in that category. It's like man get a job and get some respect and dignity! Or they work 2 weeks and "oh it's hard out there." Yeah no kidding welcome to life! Time to grow up, get some skills, learn something, get better, and improve. Then they quit because working 10 to 20 hours a week was too stressful and how dare their boss expect them to follow rules. |
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Post by bluecat on May 23, 2024 16:52:55 GMT -6
The year of the pandemic was a tough year. I lost two close friends and coworkers and almost lost two more. I worked almost a 1000 hrs of overtime and set my personal record for take home pay. Uncle Sam really appreciated me that year. Still through it all I never want to go through that again, just too many bad things happened. It’s a real shame too because the two friends that passed, both refused the jab. Everyone has an opinion but as proof there was a period of 3 weeks when in my area the only workers there all had the jab, everyone without the jab was sick.
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Post by wfcoyote on May 23, 2024 18:38:51 GMT -6
My daughter had the Covid shot and follow ups and had Covid 3 times. My wife had the shot and had Covid. I spent 60 years in the oil patch and started out sand fracing in Wichita Falls. I cemented wells,Worked all over the country. Went back to college and took up consulting. I have a photo album of my pictures supervising Frac jobs on Lake Marciano, Venezuela. I was never injured on a job.
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Post by picodegallo on May 23, 2024 22:09:49 GMT -6
I had to laugh at that one about the Oxy flare going out and everyone in Robstown sued them. I was at work that day with my coworkers a few that lived in Robstown, a year or so later everyone of them took off work the day Oxy paid out the settlements to those people. I asked them if they felt guilty about filing a false claim? To a man they said hell no they have millions, and now you see the results of that kind of mindset. As always you abuse it, you will lose it. Yeah I lived right by that plant and never had issues from all that mess, yet miles away they had all this nonsense... it was so stupid. I couldn't believe they did that and got away with it. Then when that was the plant they got tax revenue from all the sudden the lawsuits stopped... Some long time friends of my family lived in the shadow of that plant and farmed the land around it. The father of the family just died about two years ago at the age of 82. His widow is still alive and as far as I know has not had any major medical issues. The five kids have been healthy , save one who did have breast cancer, but was treated and cured. Some of the more prominent lawyers in the Coastal Bend today got their seed money from that lawsuit. But nothing compares to the Bus Accident in the RGV involving the Coca Cola Delivery Driver running a stop sign and sending a Mission ISD school bus into a caliche pit. The shenanigans that went on with that made 60 Minutes and 20/20 and even in the RGV where Trial Lawyers rule to roost, they had to make examples of some and prosecuted a few. It was really sad because you had families ripped apart with greed and friendships destroyed. You had people who were on food stamps becoming millionaires and they didn't know how to handle the money. Lawyers were suing anyone who so much touched that delivery truck and if their client wanted more money, they would find a parts manufacture that might produced a brake clip and sued them. You had EMS and other rescue people who sued and that was fricken job for crying out loud. |
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Post by marci on May 24, 2024 16:07:35 GMT -6
Yeah I lived right by that plant and never had issues from all that mess, yet miles away they had all this nonsense... it was so stupid. I couldn't believe they did that and got away with it. Then when that was the plant they got tax revenue from all the sudden the lawsuits stopped... Some long time friends of my family lived in the shadow of that plant and farmed the land around it. The father of the family just died about two years ago at the age of 82. His widow is still alive and as far as I know has not had any major medical issues. The five kids have been healthy , save one who did have breast cancer, but was treated and cured. Some of the more prominent lawyers in the Coastal Bend today got their seed money from that lawsuit. But nothing compares to the Bus Accident in the RGV involving the Coca Cola Delivery Driver running a stop sign and sending a Mission ISD school bus into a caliche pit. The shenanigans that went on with that made 60 Minutes and 20/20 and even in the RGV where Trial Lawyers rule to roost, they had to make examples of some and prosecuted a few. It was really sad because you had families ripped apart with greed and friendships destroyed. You had people who were on food stamps becoming millionaires and they didn't know how to handle the money. Lawyers were suing anyone who so much touched that delivery truck and if their client wanted more money, they would find a parts manufacture that might produced a brake clip and sued them. You had EMS and other rescue people who sued and that was fricken job for crying out loud. They should just ask for donations like Coz does. youtu.be/fdk7ris5ZNA?t=460 |
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Post by bluecat on May 24, 2024 16:30:28 GMT -6
My daughter had the Covid shot and follow ups and had Covid 3 times. My wife had the shot and had Covid. I spent 60 years in the oil patch and started out sand fracing in Wichita Falls. I cemented wells,Worked all over the country. Went back to college and took up consulting. I have a photo album of my pictures supervising Frac jobs on Lake Marciano, Venezuela. I was never injured on a job. A year after the pandemic I got Covid the day before I had to go back to work. I wasn’t feeling sick I just had feeling something wasn’t right physically. When I tested positive I was surprised I felt like I possibly had a cold. No fever, no chills or sore throat at all. |
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Post by marci on May 26, 2024 12:32:03 GMT -6
My daughter had the Covid shot and follow ups and had Covid 3 times. My wife had the shot and had Covid. I spent 60 years in the oil patch and started out sand fracing in Wichita Falls. I cemented wells,Worked all over the country. Went back to college and took up consulting. I have a photo album of my pictures supervising Frac jobs on Lake Marciano, Venezuela. I was never injured on a job. A year after the pandemic I got Covid the day before I had to go back to work. I wasn’t feeling sick I just had feeling something wasn’t right physically. When I tested positive I was surprised I felt like I possibly had a cold. No fever, no chills or sore throat at all. Because of Covid I learned the 20 second plan and I think it saved my life! youtu.be/OxOJ7hh3H-I?t=70 |
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Post by bluecat on May 26, 2024 13:50:15 GMT -6
A year after the pandemic I got Covid the day before I had to go back to work. I wasn’t feeling sick I just had feeling something wasn’t right physically. When I tested positive I was surprised I felt like I possibly had a cold. No fever, no chills or sore throat at all. Because of Covid I learned the 20 second plan and I think it saved my life! youtu.be/OxOJ7hh3H-I?t=70Marci, ya got a way with words! |
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Post by wfcoyote on May 26, 2024 16:04:57 GMT -6
Nothing helped and we were lied to by the government.
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Post by gp37 on Jun 4, 2024 1:40:17 GMT -6
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Post by bluecat on Jun 4, 2024 8:37:43 GMT -6
That’s a dark lonely place! |
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Post by gp37 on Jun 5, 2024 6:51:14 GMT -6
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Post by wfcoyote on Jun 6, 2024 6:22:53 GMT -6
80 years ago I had never been to a football game. We saved our news papers to be recycled and we could take so many pounds to the movie theatre to get in free and we saw news reels on the war and D Day. We took our cooking grease drippings to the store to be recycled and made into glycerin to make explosives. My mother and aunt worked at Wichita Engineering makeing Armatures for tanks. I had an aunt working at a ship building plant as a welder. My dad had broke his back in a home made boxing ring and failed his physical. My uncle broke his arm in a Hay bailer and failed his physical and they both worked as bus drivers ferrying troops from the train depot to Shepard Air Force base. They moved to Wichita Falls with friend Roy Parnell the father of Country singer Lee Roy Parnell long before Lee Roy was born. I had several uncles and cousins in the war. After the war was over we went to football games and our greatest fear was playing Byron Townsend and the Odessa Broncos. Dallas Highland Park was another Power House and they had some great players. Coach Joe Golding came out of the military and Wichita Falls Coyotes became the winningest of play off games until Refugio won more playoff games than Wichita Falls.
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Post by bluecat on Jun 6, 2024 12:08:36 GMT -6
80 years ago I had never been to a football game. We saved our news papers to be recycled and we could take so many pounds to the movie theatre to get in free and we saw news reels on the war and D Day. We took our cooking grease drippings to the store to be recycled and made into glycerin to make explosives. My mother and aunt worked at Wichita Engineering makeing Armatures for tanks. I had an aunt working at a ship building plant as a welder. My dad had broke his back in a home made boxing ring and failed his physical. My uncle broke his arm in a Hay bailer and failed his physical and they both worked as bus drivers ferrying troops from the train depot to Shepard Air Force base. They moved to Wichita Falls with friend Roy Parnell the father of Country singer Lee Roy Parnell long before Lee Roy was born. I had several uncles and cousins in the war. After the war was over we went to football games and our greatest fear was playing Byron Townsend and the Odessa Broncos. Dallas Highland Park was another Power House and they had some great players. Coach Joe Golding came out of the military and Wichita Falls Coyotes became the winningest of play off games until Refugio won more playoff games than Wichita Falls. Some gave some but some gave all, my grandmothers brother during the Battle of the Bulge was shot by a sniper while he was repairing a communication wire. He could have saved himself by returning to the line. He chose to stay and finish the repair and prevent another from getting shot. He died due to blood loss and was awarded a silver star medal which my grandmother cherished till the day she died. |
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Post by raidercatphenomsmellmyown on Jun 6, 2024 15:57:40 GMT -6
80 years ago I had never been to a football game. We saved our news papers to be recycled and we could take so many pounds to the movie theatre to get in free and we saw news reels on the war and D Day. We took our cooking grease drippings to the store to be recycled and made into glycerin to make explosives. My mother and aunt worked at Wichita Engineering makeing Armatures for tanks. I had an aunt working at a ship building plant as a welder. My dad had broke his back in a home made boxing ring and failed his physical. My uncle broke his arm in a Hay bailer and failed his physical and they both worked as bus drivers ferrying troops from the train depot to Shepard Air Force base. They moved to Wichita Falls with friend Roy Parnell the father of Country singer Lee Roy Parnell long before Lee Roy was born. I had several uncles and cousins in the war. After the war was over we went to football games and our greatest fear was playing Byron Townsend and the Odessa Broncos. Dallas Highland Park was another Power House and they had some great players. Coach Joe Golding came out of the military and Wichita Falls Coyotes became the winningest of play off games until Refugio won more playoff games than Wichita Falls. Some gave some but some gave all, my grandmothers brother during the Battle of the Bulge was shot by a sniper while he was repairing a communication wire. He could have saved himself by returning to the line. He chose to stay and finish the repair and prevent another from getting shot. He died due to blood loss and was awarded a silver star medal which my grandmother cherished till the day she died. Those men were the bravest! GREAT generation of people. |
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