tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post3137117601752016335..comments2023-10-31T02:43:39.094-07:00Comments on The Peripatetic Engineer: A Spooky MeetingPeripatetic Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08508035944158746797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post-83435925339305820932012-01-31T04:24:37.493-08:002012-01-31T04:24:37.493-08:00As you can imagine, there was a WTF moment when th...As you can imagine, there was a WTF moment when they found out that the lamb had teeth. They called a halt to the exercise to get it sorted. I imagine a few pints were downed when back on shore.Peripatetic Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508035944158746797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post-36074115159020114812012-01-30T16:25:14.890-08:002012-01-30T16:25:14.890-08:00As a Brit myself, your comment about the North Sea...As a Brit myself, your comment about the North Sea rig story is hilarious. That must indeed have gone down in the annals of rig worker pub stories. Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know what happened next, I mean did the assault team go after the former SAS guy, or they all just had a good laugh (well excepting the chap who was unconscious!).commodity investinghttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/why-alternate-green-investing/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post-61198667831976224092012-01-28T15:35:03.983-08:002012-01-28T15:35:03.983-08:00A friend who spent some time in the North Sea told...A friend who spent some time in the North Sea told me about an incident where the Brits made a training assault on one of their platforms. One of the assault team was cold cocked by one of the rig hands. It seems the rig hand had been in the SAS and still retained his skilz.Peripatetic Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508035944158746797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post-78190937361249329172012-01-27T15:55:56.129-08:002012-01-27T15:55:56.129-08:00It's been done a few times... Just not with &#...It's been done a few times... Just not with 'manned' rigs...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115201021365461985.post-15444830582442887702012-01-27T08:58:07.639-08:002012-01-27T08:58:07.639-08:00My friends who work on the rigs would have a cow! ...My friends who work on the rigs would have a cow! And probably get felony convictions for their (quite natural) response to that sort of suprise. I'll be laughing all day thinking about that.The Lost Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047062069421428331noreply@blogger.com