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DaveAuld wrote: Probably at least half of that has been spent in the middle of the north sea!
Literally, I'd imagine given the offshore to onshore ratio, and that you don;t get to commute home at night...
It's clearly been good to you though - you still seem to enjoy it!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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This is bringing back repressed bad childhood memories of seeing Cliff on TV.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Keith Barrow wrote: childhood memories of seeing Cliff on TV.
Think yourself lucky, some peoples childhood memories of Cliff are a lot worse.
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Choice of wording not a coincidence 
Too soon?
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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How very dare you! Everyone knows that "Watch Out" Cliff prefers a cup of tea to sex; though it can scald your willy.
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Keith Barrow wrote: This is bringing back repressed bad childhood memories of seeing Cliff on TV.
Seems to be happening to a lot of children these days. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Félicitations !
I hope I am rich before having to do 25 years of service... 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I hope you enjoyed every minute of it!
(I have a friend who tells me that his marriage is so perfect because half of his life he far from home  )
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Your friend speaks very wise words.....I would agree.
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Congratulations.  ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) 
The longest I have been anywhere is 15 years.
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... and the other half pished.
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Congratulations!! I have 23 years right now (it was planed to be 6 weeks)
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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DaveAuld wrote: Probably at least half of that has been spent in the middle of the north sea!
Why? Do they not have a Coast Guard out there?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Congrats 
And to make you feel old, when you started your job I was 8 months old 
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Forgot to say - congrats!
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Congrats...
Life is all about share and care...
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Congrats! I still remember your old profile picture of you(orange shirt)
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thatraja wrote: I still remember your old profile picture of you(orange shirt)
 you sure?
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Yep, I think it was something like fire-fighter
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Ah, it might have been one of me standing on a helideck in orange overalls from back in 2009(ish)...
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![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) Congrats!
I'm at about 28.5 years now. Seems like we're dinosaurs these days in that so many people change jobs so frequently.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I had a mech tech who retired last year......42 years service! So we have a way to go to catch that.
But yes, there is a lot more frequent moving around.
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Congrats Dave!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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