Only Franz Kafka could accurately describe the interviews and other processes involved if you want duplicate passports issued in order to avoid...
Time for me to fess up to the one that I got taken on. Way back when there were apprenticeships I was given an exercise to perform along with a...
Big strapping farm kid, first day on a rig meeting the ToolPush. The Push gets a really serious look on his face and the kid asks what's wrong...
Overheard the start of one while at a shop. Newbie had been sent off to pick up a heat resistant stainless steel 4 inch muffler bearing. Man...
Price at the pump specifically where in the US? There's quite a range across your country. Hmmm Thursday Dec 25 2008...
So typical of Canadians, overdressing for the occasion.:)
I wonder at what point the additional amount of the weaker material required to compensate for it's lesser strength adds up to more than the...
"She looks very small suddenly..." AMG, to mess up a line from Goldilocks, not too large and not too small, just right! You really scored a...
Oh, are you ever opening a can of worms with that one.:D Sikorsky makes helicopters. Ok, There's my 2 cents. In many cases it comes down...
Royale 110 Practical or not, it is just downright beautiful.
"Joyon is amazing" Couldn't have said it better. Must be saying something about the vessel as well.. That boat just seems to be able to get...
Argonaut. I just traveled half way across North America to hire an experienced machinist. Granted that this is in a different industry but don't...
Is that segment just above the anchor door openable for observation of anchor set operations? "Teaser", brilliant name for the start of another...
I wonder if we'll ever get accurate information about how it actually handles at sea.....
When you have 3 ex wives you learn to be very, very good at not letting them know or at least delaying the discovery for some time. It's never IF...
Kool-aid Perhaps I've just met enough people in the US that have the brains and the intestinal fortitude that I think can do what it takes. I...
Time and Materials contracts can be a good way to to do business. Couple of things that should be looked at though. Don't be vague about...
This thread is probably heading to the Yacht Club. That being said... Post WW2 the US economy has driven up the the world economy. The problem...
"Recently" becomes a longer and longer period of time, the older you get.:D Do you think that it was a 16 year old that came up with the Soviet 5...
The actual 100/bbl is just a blip and it received some attention. The blip itself is of no consequence in and of itself. That it got the press and...
