11 August 2008
3 weeks
The last 3 weeks have been hectic. I have had my contractor remodeling my other bathroom so i spent as much time on the road as possible. The bathroom looks great and the cleaning people will be there today. It will be nice to get back into a clean home. For those who are interested, i had a Super Shitter Power Dump 5000 installed. It requires 120 Volt and 5 gallons per flush.
A couple of Fridays ago my friend Marks calls me and ask if i want to go hunting with him and his Grandson. I haven't seen his grandson, Tooter, in about 2 years. He used to go with us all the time before he hit the teen years. I say sure I'll go and ask my buddy Mardy if he wanted to go. We were all in.
Mardy and I leave the house and go pick up Mark and Tooter. Tooter comes out and i couldn't believe my eyes. He is 15 years old, 255 pounds, 6'7" tall and wears a size 17 shoe. This 15 year old that we taught to shoot is 2" taller than me. He grabs my hand and his paw is a lot bigger than mine. I was in shock. Of course on the ride out to the field Tooter had to stop and get something to eat. Damn that boy is big and can eat.
Me and Mark are in the front seat and Mardy and Tooter are in the back seat. We are driving down this old farm road and we see something in the distance and we can't make it out. Naturally the 15 year old wants to shoot it but we didn't know what we would be shooting at. As we pull up to it, it is a billy goat with his horns caught in the fence. I look at Mardy and start smiling and Mark starts bitching at us about corrupting his grandson. We just said we would try to "push" the goat thru the fence. I was of course laughing my ass off the whole time. In 40 years this is the first time i have actually seen a goat with its head caught in a fence. It was priceless.
Due to the raining we couldn't make it all the way to were we were going so we stopped and shot a bunch of ammo on the side of the road. On the way back out the goat was still caught in the fence. We stopped and Tooter and I freed him. Mardy and Mark was laughing because when we got near the goat he started fighting like hell. Kinda like he had been taken advantage of before. He was bleating up a storm and kicking at us.
When he was finally free that goat took off in a dead run for as far as we could see. He didn't seem to thankful for us saving him from being a coyotes dinner that night.
I did get to shoot my 2 new guns. I bought a Taurus Judge and a Winchester Model 94 30-30
They both shoot real nice and i look forward to shooting them more often.
A couple of Fridays ago my friend Marks calls me and ask if i want to go hunting with him and his Grandson. I haven't seen his grandson, Tooter, in about 2 years. He used to go with us all the time before he hit the teen years. I say sure I'll go and ask my buddy Mardy if he wanted to go. We were all in.
Mardy and I leave the house and go pick up Mark and Tooter. Tooter comes out and i couldn't believe my eyes. He is 15 years old, 255 pounds, 6'7" tall and wears a size 17 shoe. This 15 year old that we taught to shoot is 2" taller than me. He grabs my hand and his paw is a lot bigger than mine. I was in shock. Of course on the ride out to the field Tooter had to stop and get something to eat. Damn that boy is big and can eat.
Me and Mark are in the front seat and Mardy and Tooter are in the back seat. We are driving down this old farm road and we see something in the distance and we can't make it out. Naturally the 15 year old wants to shoot it but we didn't know what we would be shooting at. As we pull up to it, it is a billy goat with his horns caught in the fence. I look at Mardy and start smiling and Mark starts bitching at us about corrupting his grandson. We just said we would try to "push" the goat thru the fence. I was of course laughing my ass off the whole time. In 40 years this is the first time i have actually seen a goat with its head caught in a fence. It was priceless.
Due to the raining we couldn't make it all the way to were we were going so we stopped and shot a bunch of ammo on the side of the road. On the way back out the goat was still caught in the fence. We stopped and Tooter and I freed him. Mardy and Mark was laughing because when we got near the goat he started fighting like hell. Kinda like he had been taken advantage of before. He was bleating up a storm and kicking at us.
When he was finally free that goat took off in a dead run for as far as we could see. He didn't seem to thankful for us saving him from being a coyotes dinner that night.
I did get to shoot my 2 new guns. I bought a Taurus Judge and a Winchester Model 94 30-30
They both shoot real nice and i look forward to shooting them more often.
05 August 2008
White water rafting
I am at Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado. We went rafting down a Class 3 river. It is the Arkansas river in Buena Vista Colorado. It was a blast.
27 July 2008
Theology, from a redneck's point of view
I know that people are trying to be helpful but i really don't want to hear " It's God's Plan" one more time. It is not God's plan. It is biology.
I am going to give some free advice. If you talk with someone who has lost a loved one, don't offer any insight such as " They are in Heaven now" or " Its God's Plan" or anything like that. Just say you will keep them in your prayers. Trust me, they will appreciate it later.
To my understanding God's plan is simple. To put Him before all else and to love our brother. That is His plan. All this suffering and disease that is with us today is a result of our actions. Humanity brought this on. God's plan was for Adam and Eve to live blissfully in the Garden of Eden but they blew it with their actions.
God doesn't will for children to born with handicaps or for abortionist to kill unborn children. These things happen because of results of our actions. We have a free will and with this free will comes great responsibility. Look at out laws and it seems we have abused this responsibility.
I don't blame anyone for Ruth's death, especially God. I know that death is a part of life. Everyone will die. We will all eventually pass through the door of death. That is inevitable. We need to understand this concept.
I don't like it, but it is reality. To sit back and call it His plan would be a cop out on my part. I have to accept death and move on with my life. Sure sounds easy don't it. I wish it was as easy as it sounds.
When you meet someone struggling with life, don't say it is God's plan. God wanted nothing but happiness for us. Just accept that these struggles are a part of life and they form our character. Death comes to all of us though we do not know when where or how, but it comes. The sooner we all understand this, the sooner we can start loving one another and quit blaming some plan for our downfalls.
Peace.
I am going to give some free advice. If you talk with someone who has lost a loved one, don't offer any insight such as " They are in Heaven now" or " Its God's Plan" or anything like that. Just say you will keep them in your prayers. Trust me, they will appreciate it later.
To my understanding God's plan is simple. To put Him before all else and to love our brother. That is His plan. All this suffering and disease that is with us today is a result of our actions. Humanity brought this on. God's plan was for Adam and Eve to live blissfully in the Garden of Eden but they blew it with their actions.
God doesn't will for children to born with handicaps or for abortionist to kill unborn children. These things happen because of results of our actions. We have a free will and with this free will comes great responsibility. Look at out laws and it seems we have abused this responsibility.
I don't blame anyone for Ruth's death, especially God. I know that death is a part of life. Everyone will die. We will all eventually pass through the door of death. That is inevitable. We need to understand this concept.
I don't like it, but it is reality. To sit back and call it His plan would be a cop out on my part. I have to accept death and move on with my life. Sure sounds easy don't it. I wish it was as easy as it sounds.
When you meet someone struggling with life, don't say it is God's plan. God wanted nothing but happiness for us. Just accept that these struggles are a part of life and they form our character. Death comes to all of us though we do not know when where or how, but it comes. The sooner we all understand this, the sooner we can start loving one another and quit blaming some plan for our downfalls.
Peace.
23 July 2008
Hazing
I walk into my Borger TX shop this morning and one of the guys pull me off to the side. He said " Our new guy started today and we told him you were coming to town. We also told him that you were gay and liked to invite the newbies to your hotel room but to not go unless a group went"
I smiled and went on about my business. This type of thing is a very common occurrence in our business. We like to have fun with FNG's.
FNG is standing in one of the offices with a couple of the senior guys when i walk in. I look at FNG and ask how much he weighs. He tells me and i say " Your a cute little fucker aren't you" The look on his face was priceless. The guys start smiling and leave the room and tell FNG i needed to talk to him. FNG hauls ass out of the room and goes back to his training.
The guys and i are standing in the bay and we are cracking our asses up laughing. I say Watch this. i walk into the training room and drop my hotel key in front of FNG. I say " I am having pizza and beer in my room tonight and i would like it if you came by. There will be plenty of food, fighting and fucking so don't be late. It's just me and you" and then i walked out.
FNG picks up the key and then drops it like it was hot. Old technician walks in there and ask him what the key was for. FNG tells him and Old technician says " I wouldn't go there alone if i were you" and walks out.
All the while we are standing outside watching FNG through the window and cracking up.
Eventually we tell FNG that we are just messing with him. It was a good laugh.
I smiled and went on about my business. This type of thing is a very common occurrence in our business. We like to have fun with FNG's.
FNG is standing in one of the offices with a couple of the senior guys when i walk in. I look at FNG and ask how much he weighs. He tells me and i say " Your a cute little fucker aren't you" The look on his face was priceless. The guys start smiling and leave the room and tell FNG i needed to talk to him. FNG hauls ass out of the room and goes back to his training.
The guys and i are standing in the bay and we are cracking our asses up laughing. I say Watch this. i walk into the training room and drop my hotel key in front of FNG. I say " I am having pizza and beer in my room tonight and i would like it if you came by. There will be plenty of food, fighting and fucking so don't be late. It's just me and you" and then i walked out.
FNG picks up the key and then drops it like it was hot. Old technician walks in there and ask him what the key was for. FNG tells him and Old technician says " I wouldn't go there alone if i were you" and walks out.
All the while we are standing outside watching FNG through the window and cracking up.
Eventually we tell FNG that we are just messing with him. It was a good laugh.
The snake and the migrain
The other day Morry calls me and ask if i knew where to buy posters of oilfield scenes. I didn't have no clue so he invited me to g shopping with him to locate some. Morry just moved into a new office and wants to decorate with oilfield photos that are related to our line of work. After going to all the gallery's in Midland we decided to go to the petroleum museum to see what we could find.
Morry found some old sketches and old oil company logos on tin plates. We picked out what we wanted and were headed for the checkout counter. I looked down and happened to spy some wooden snakes. These little critters are articulated and look pretty real. I couldn't help myself so Morry and I bought us each one. We figured they would be good for a couple of laughs.
I get to work a few minutes early and place the snake in my secretary's top drawer where she keeps her face mirror. Unbeknown st to me, she is deathly afraid of snakes. I get a call and had to leave about 1/2 hour later. As i am out and about i get a call from one of technicians. Apparently he was blamed for planting the snake and called to see if i had done it.
This is the story of what happened as relayed to me: She got some makeup in her eye. Her back was towards the drawer so she reached back to grab the face mirror. She grabbed the snake instead and when she put it in her face she was staring at the snake. She screamed and ran from the office and wouldn't go back in. She left for a while then came back and grabbed her stuff and left for the day.
The beauty of this prank was that i told no one. This was a shock to everyone and true to my nature i couldn't stop laughing. Even the next day when i confessed to doing it and fellings were hurt, i couldn't stop laughing. I had to walk away so as not to offend anyone. I am giggling right now writing this. It was a good one.
Morry found some old sketches and old oil company logos on tin plates. We picked out what we wanted and were headed for the checkout counter. I looked down and happened to spy some wooden snakes. These little critters are articulated and look pretty real. I couldn't help myself so Morry and I bought us each one. We figured they would be good for a couple of laughs.
I get to work a few minutes early and place the snake in my secretary's top drawer where she keeps her face mirror. Unbeknown st to me, she is deathly afraid of snakes. I get a call and had to leave about 1/2 hour later. As i am out and about i get a call from one of technicians. Apparently he was blamed for planting the snake and called to see if i had done it.
This is the story of what happened as relayed to me: She got some makeup in her eye. Her back was towards the drawer so she reached back to grab the face mirror. She grabbed the snake instead and when she put it in her face she was staring at the snake. She screamed and ran from the office and wouldn't go back in. She left for a while then came back and grabbed her stuff and left for the day.
The beauty of this prank was that i told no one. This was a shock to everyone and true to my nature i couldn't stop laughing. Even the next day when i confessed to doing it and fellings were hurt, i couldn't stop laughing. I had to walk away so as not to offend anyone. I am giggling right now writing this. It was a good one.
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