LETS GO TO THE FAIR,
WE CAN GO ON THE BUMPER CARS,
WE’LL BE A PAIR,
WE’LL HAVE A CROWD,
THEY’LL ALL STARE,
AT ME!
COZ I’M THE ONE AND ONLY BLOOOODY WHEELCHAIR
i like wheels if you hadn’t of noticed.

oh yes i like wheelchairs

LET ME LIKE YOUR WHEELS
I LIKE WHEELS
WHEELS
WHEELS
WHEELS
LET ME SOOK YA WHEELS
SOOK SOOOOOOK SOOOKY
WHEELS
I WANT YOUR WHEELS YOU KNOW IT;)
LET ME AT YOUR WHEELS I’LL GIVE YOU THE RIDE (in a wheelchair) OF YOUR LIFEEE!
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE ME BABES I GOT ALL THE OIL AND WHEELS TREATMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP YUOR WHEELS ALL SHINY AND PERFECT DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING BABES
I NEED YOUR WHEELS IT’S A NECCESARY THING FOR ME TO SOOK THEM NICEE AND WHEELY…
WHEELCHAIRS ARE GOOD
VERY VERY GOOD
JACK FROM EASTENDERS IS IN A WHEELCHAIR
AND HE LOVES IT VERY MUCH
I WILL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH YOU WILL LOVE THE RIDE IN A WHEELCHAIR
YOU WILL NOT FORGET

Will the UK be in Anarchy? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

There are a few websites you can try:

Rigzone tends to be mainly US and worldwide http://www.rigzone.com/

Oilcareers is more general http://www.oilcareers.com/worldwide/

NDT cabin is specifically for inspection work http://www.ndtcabin.com/

Sodexho are one of the catering companies http://uk.sodexo.com/uken/careers/careers.asp

Unless you have a particular skill that a company really wants then you will have to have your survival and medical certificates, which are quite expensive. Sorry to be so negative but there really isn’t such a person as an ‘offshore worker’ – you need the skill that’s required and then apply it offshore.

Good luck and I might see you out here one day!

anybody got any tips on finding a job on a oil rig in the uk/ireland? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

Good luck.

PS. My uncle is EX 42 Commando Mike Company (Clubs) 66-75,

How can I get a job on an oil rig? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

The only reason Obama is even getting involved is because he knows he was only voted in because he was black and he is doing such a bad job of it people are starting to dislike him.

If it was BP’s fault, why when it blew up were only 2 BP people on board, the 11 people who died were all American as were the rest of the crew. Grow up and take some responsibilty for your own flipping actions.

I was just driving to work here in the UK (ooooo yes thats right I’m in Britian surely I should be shot for that!!) and there was an American woman on the radio saying "where is the queen in all this"? "I think the queen should be doing more"!

WTF!! Why?? Why should the queen be doing anything?? Did she build the rig, did she blow it up? Is she killing fish?? Grow a f*cking brain.

Thoughts??
Answer of the day goes to Space Kitth you have a very good point. Jekka the queens job is to sit there and bring the tourism in – which she does very well.

WooHooozit – anytime, seriously anytime you redneck freak. The only people you ever help is your self to everyone elses property.

Josh, great answer and I see your point. You also seem to have your facts right. I agree something has to be done and it is a horrible catastrophie, but I hate people making scape goats. Especially when its not that clear cut. "Why do you see the twig in your brothers eye, when you do not notice the log in your own?"

Why are the French so Smelly?
Why are women in the UK so ugly?
Why are South Americans so Violent?

Stereotypes are not good and neither are massed generalizations.

Why are Americans so stupid? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

Contractually at least, the responsibility for the accident would appear to lie with Transocean. Like an architect, the oil giants design and oversee the job. It is the building firm, Transocean, that is paid to bring it to fruition, and shoulders the blame if anything goes wrong.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7107169.ece

Finally, is the most unpopular man in BP the author of the contract which did not include a clause making Transocean responsible for any mistakes such as we have witnessed?

We don’t know who to blame until all of the facts are brought out into the open.

Why is BP held to blame for oil spill? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

A May 2010 inspector general investigation revealed that MMS regulators in the Gulf region had allowed industry officials to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil and then turned them over to the regulators, who traced over them in pen before submitting the reports to the agency. MMS staff had routinely accepted meals, tickets to sporting events, and gifts from oil companies.[37] Staffers also used government computers to view pornography.[38] In 2009 the regional supervisor of the Gulf region for MMS pled guilty and was sentenced to a year’s probation in federal court for lying about receiving gifts from an offshore drilling contractor. "This deeply disturbing report is further evidence of the cozy relationship between MMS and the oil and gas industry," Salazar said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Management_Service

All under Obama’s watch except for the signing agreement in 2008, how pathetic to have a "leader" like Obama who plays the blame game, its HIS WATCH and Obama said he was in charge since DAY ONE.

To excuse Obama…..dems will blame Bush. In other words….two wrongs "do" make a right. Typical dem thinking. Obama has, is and will always walk on water in their eyes.

"Obama said he was in charge since DAY ONE." I agree, but his idle worshipers still think that DAY 1 hasn’t started yet.

How come Obama’s "brilliant highly intellectual" leader of MMS failed miserably on her job? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

"Russian scientists’ say Climategate data rigged
December 16, 2009 · 3 comments

John O’Sulivan did just a great job telling this story in a comment on one of our previous articles here today, that we’re going to run it as a standalone story:

by reader John O’Sullivan:

Russian scientists have just completed their analysis of the Climategate fudging and proved that the data sets for Russia and the whole of the former Soviet Union were rigged!

The Russians specifically state that the full set of Russian data does NOT support global warming, imagine how different the bright red dot over Russia now looks. Bear in mind that the Russian data alone accounts for over 12% of all the IPCC data. We also know there are big discrepancies in the New Zealand and Australian data. While the oldest raw data in the world, from the CET (Central England Temperature) record proves no warming in the UK for over 350 years!

Again the new Russian accusation is completely believable, yet is completely unverifiable because CRU has refused to release the data. This data and code release that is the subject of illegal blocking of FOIA’s (freedom of information) is one of the keys in the Climategate emails. We need to know the list of stations used and we must have copies of the raw data to properly assess if a mega fraud has been perpetrated. If the Climategate scientists were real scientists and not crooks they would not have defied FOIA requests for three years. This is not how proper scientists do their work. And we would not now be in the position where lawsuits have been served to force these snake oil salesmen to show the world what they’ve got to hide.

The Russians are now making a very powerful accusation, which if true could totally stand on its head the whole climate science debate. Many of the so-called peer-reviewed papers allegedly supporting man made global warming are based on the Russian dataset that has the highest trend of the major ground datasets."
John Q….. I believe that the ‘report’ was carried by wattsupwiththat.com and climategate.com
Dana and Richard…. Thanks for your responses! I am just sort of curious as to why "Russian scientists" claimed that something was ‘unusual’ with the data.
Here is another link to the report/claim:

http://en.rian.ru/papers/20091216/157260660.html

Dana…. you provided a link making reference to an analysis done by Tim Lambert!!?? He’s the Keith Olbermann of Faux Warming…. not very credible.

Richard: "It doesn’t take a PhD to determine that the acceptance of propaganda, which reinforces bad behavior, and the level of denial will be higher."

Mike: "It doesn’t take a PhD to determine that the acceptance of propaganda, which paints actions of bad behavior, and the level of belief will be higher."

Go ahead Richard, tell me I am blind to my propaganda and you see it all clearly.

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Edit: Dana, excellent work. I think that link you provided qualifies for an entry into the next IPCC report.

Edit2: Dana, that wasn’t an ad hominem, it was sarcasm. Have you completely lost your sense of humor?

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Edit: Baccheus, excellent work. "He is a dishonest person with a political agenda. " Now if you could only find just one other example, you’d have enough for a blockbuster of a book, shock the world…yeah…

I’ll even help you get started—everyone who supports AGW is an honest person without an agenda. Okay, go from there….you’re welcome.

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Edit: RobberGirl, please refer to those Russians by their proper title: "Denyetters".

Has anyone heard any recent news on the manipulation of Russian temperature data? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

ofcourse ive got no experience working offshore but am more than willing to learn..

anywhere like an agency i can sign up to and put my CV on for employment?

Im in the UK by the way, working away for 3 weekes and 3 weeks back at home would gbe what i was looking at.

thanks.

There may be an agency in the UK but I’m located in the US and would not be aware of one. My suggestion would be to contact the offshore rig companies directly as to employment. Also, if you are not hire-able at the present time, ask them what other job skills you could obtain to become employable in the future such as land based rig experience in Europe, roustabout experience on land, etc.

You might also consider working for a oilfield service company such as Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker, etc. which provide service support to offshore rigs and land-based drilling rigs.

Some links to pursue are below and then look for active rigs in the North Sea.

Contacts for working offshore on oil rigs..? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

Are there lots of helicopter jobs out there, entry and professional levels?

I know you can become a flight instructor, how much a year would you make doing that?

I live in Florida and the oil rigs in the gulf I know hire pilots to go back and forth. Is that lucrative? Do they hire entry level pilots?

The school I’m looking at has an FAA/JAA course for only about 1/4 more. I’ve been also thinking about moving out to the UK… does anyone know if they have lots of jobs out there and do you make good money?

The answer to this question is that the job outlook and availability are great for experienced pilots. Getting your foot in the door is the hard part, and the training is expensive ($70,000+ is about right) and difficult. You might hear things like "There has never been a better time to be a helicopter pilot" and people who tout pilot shortages. Just remember that the people saying those things are the flight schools that want your business. You can definitely make a career as a pilot, but you are going to have to want it to make it happen.

Entry Level
We might define entry level experience as having a commercial certificate, instructor rating, instrument rating, and about 200 hours of flight experience. Offshore operators cannot hire these pilots because they do not even meet regulatory requirements for part 135 (135 just refers to the section of the regulations that apply to those types of operations). Almost everyone will do flight instruction for their first 1000-1500 hours of flight experience. Again, Alloy is about right with $20,000 or so per year for flight instruction. You might make a little more if you work at a really busy school.

Instructor jobs can be tough to find. There is certainly a turnaround of instructors as they get their hours and move to the next level of work, but you have to catch a school when they need a new instructor. Working for the school where you train is ideal, but there are never any guarantees, and many schools graduate more students than they can hire. You may have to move to get your first job.

Once you get 1000+ hours, you can then apply for those jobs offshore, or doing tours in Alaska/Grand Canyon/Hawaii. Here again, you may have to move. I wouldn’t describe it as lucrative, but it’s not terrible. The more experience you have the better. You might start at $40,000-$50,000.

I really can’t tell you anything about the UK. Make sure you find someone who can before starting. Getting information from as many sources as possible is really important to make a decision and plan for this career.

I will tell you that Bristow Academy is an excellent school, if that’s the one you are considering. All of my instructors went there and had nothing but positive things to say about it. It has a good reputation as well.

You can read more here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar2z2WhbNtFE91T3vLySjSnty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081014162700AA6xQbc&show=7#profile-info-1HVs97Meaa

http://www.verticalreference.com/

http://www.justhelicopters.com/

http://www.helicopterflight.net/

Good luck!

Helicopter Pilot job outlook/availability? is a post from: Oil Rig Jobs

Are there lots of helicopter jobs out there, entry and professional levels?

I know you can become a flight instructor, how much a year would you make doing that?

I live in Florida and the oil rigs in the gulf I know hire pilots to go back and forth. Is that lucrative? Do they hire entry level pilots?

The school I’m looking at has an FAA/JAA course for only about 1/4 more. I’ve been also thinking about moving out to the UK… does anyone know if they have lots of jobs out there and do you make good money?

The answer to this question is that the job outlook and availability are great for experienced pilots. Getting your foot in the door is the hard part, and the training is expensive ($70,000+ is about right) and difficult. You might hear things like "There has never been a better time to be a helicopter pilot" and people who tout pilot shortages. Just remember that the people saying those things are the flight schools that want your business. You can definitely make a career as a pilot, but you are going to have to want it to make it happen.

Entry Level
We might define entry level experience as having a commercial certificate, instructor rating, instrument rating, and about 200 hours of flight experience. Offshore operators cannot hire these pilots because they do not even meet regulatory requirements for part 135 (135 just refers to the section of the regulations that apply to those types of operations). Almost everyone will do flight instruction for their first 1000-1500 hours of flight experience. Again, Alloy is about right with $20,000 or so per year for flight instruction. You might make a little more if you work at a really busy school.

Instructor jobs can be tough to find. There is certainly a turnaround of instructors as they get their hours and move to the next level of work, but you have to catch a school when they need a new instructor. Working for the school where you train is ideal, but there are never any guarantees, and many schools graduate more students than they can hire. You may have to move to get your first job.

Once you get 1000+ hours, you can then apply for those jobs offshore, or doing tours in Alaska/Grand Canyon/Hawaii. Here again, you may have to move. I wouldn’t describe it as lucrative, but it’s not terrible. The more experience you have the better. You might start at $40,000-$50,000.

I really can’t tell you anything about the UK. Make sure you find someone who can before starting. Getting information from as many sources as possible is really important to make a decision and plan for this career.

I will tell you that Bristow Academy is an excellent school, if that’s the one you are considering. All of my instructors went there and had nothing but positive things to say about it. It has a good reputation as well.

You can read more here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar2z2WhbNtFE91T3vLySjSnty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081014162700AA6xQbc&show=7#profile-info-1HVs97Meaa

http://www.verticalreference.com/

http://www.justhelicopters.com/

http://www.helicopterflight.net/

Good luck!

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