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It's a milk dud due to an udder failure.
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Maybe it's a udder dudder.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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@daveauld
"Offshore Installation Manager at North Oil Company Qatar" - I hope it's a promotion! 
No idea what the job entails, other than managing the installation of offshores, but I'm sure you do!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thanks, yes it was a promotion, although the same job as I was already doing, the scale of the role increased as I switched sites. I didn't expect it to be classed as a promotion, so was surprised when a letter dropped in from HR bearing gifts! Looking forward to this months payslip, let's just put it that way!
As for the role, just think of it as the captain of a ship, but for a fixed oil platform.
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Does that mean you can order them to raise shields if Esso show up?
Quote: There's BP on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's BP on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Dave.
Oil Trekkin' across the Persian Gulf,
On the Oil Platform Enterprise under Captain Dave.
Oil Trekkin' across the Persian Gulf,
Not even going forward, still ain't got reverse.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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In Dave's place, I'd be more worried about the Iranian navy...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Quote: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Oil rigs on fire off the shoulder of Al-Khalij. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Qatar Arch Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Perfect response.
Did it just roll off the keyboard or did you have to look it up?
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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I know the quote by heart, but I copy'n'pasted the original to make sure.
Excellent movie!
Quote: "You've done a man's job, sir. I guess you're through, huh?"
"Finished."
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Congrats, well deserved I'm sure!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
JaxCoder.com
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As long as you get someone with a Russian accent saying "Captain on the bridge!" any time you enter in yout office you're good to go.
And don't wear any red shirt.
Congrats!
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Don't hit the lighthouse then. 
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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DaveAuld wrote:
As for the role, just think of it as the captain of a ship, but for a fixed oil platform.
"Just as the captain", haha 
How does the new chair look like? Did you whisper "energize, Mr. Data" to yourself yet?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Make it so.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Do you tell them to "make it so" or "engage" ?
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Oh, don't worry, we make various references like that all the time....even the bosun's whistle for captains on the bridge gets an airing now again.
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As long as noone starts referring to Honor Harrington it should be fun.
Also, if this is The Original Series the Captain is the best role to have; if this is The Next Generation, I'd be happier being First Officer 
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Captain of DS9 (Deep Sea 9) ? cool, you will be our new prophet!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Must have laid a lot of pipe.
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I have a new nickname for you "Greased Lightning", congrats 
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Congrats Dave ! Captain of a ship that is not moving is much less dangerous, that must really be a piece of cake.
*Oil ? What oil ? ...Flammable ? In ... in huge quantities ? Like ... really huge ? Mmmhh ... where is that ship again ?* 
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Ooh, does this mean you can perform marriage ceremonies? 
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Congratulations. I'm still looking for work.
The higher oil price hasn't worked its way this far downhill yet!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Is a mastiff an argument between nuclear physicists?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Isn't it a ma-stiff? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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