PART 2 of 2 – THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF MY WILD FRIEND IN PERU – 1978
In this Part 2 post, about the adventures of my South African, wild-man friend. I will now conclude my memories of him on this blog site. I know it is hard for everyone to relate to stories of a person…
MORE ADVENTURES OF MY FRIEND IN PERU – 1978 (PART 1 of 2)
A few days ago, I introduced some memories, of a friend I made in Peru. He was assigned to this project, by his company, from South Africa. His ass had ended up in, what we called, the Canadian Sector high…
NERF GUNS AT HIGH NOON – AN EPIC BATTLE – 2017
I find myself coming to a crossroads in my journey to shake the cobwebs from this failing mind, and to keep my memories chronological in order. Rather, I am now experiencing flashbacks to times and stories that appear more random…
PERU AGAIN, JUST CAN’T MISS THE LIFE SAVING MOMENT
I find myself once again, drawn to a fading memory of Peru. And find that I must put it on paper before it flutters away in the winds of my mind. OK, I apologize and will return to our times…
ONCE AGAIN CAPTIVE OF DAD IN HIS CAR FOR 3 DAYS
By now we had been in Pennsylvania for a year and a half and ol’ Bubbaloo was wanting to go see her dad, step mom and the rest of her family in Edmonton. I had been thinking, often, of visiting…
A BEAUTIFUL THING HAPPENED TO ME – AUG 2020
And last night, in mid pandemic, I am invited to a wedding, that will forever change my opinion of how they should be celebrated. I was excited all day in anticipation of the event. Two of my most favorite people,…
AND THEN “BIG WIND” ARRIVES FROM HUNGARY – Q8 1991
Let’s say that at just past the midpoint, of the projected schedule for the firefighting efforts. In about October of 1991, we contracted the services of a wild well control group out of Hungary. And I must say, that the…
MY FIRST TURN AROUND COMES AND I’M GOING HOME
Part of the deal when accepting this assignment was that we would work 30 days in. Followed by, a two week break to our point of origin all paid for. Our hours were unlimited but we were paid during our…
UNDER ATTACK BY A “COKE” PILE
It all happened about mid morning, while everyone was busy. Unbeknownst to us, the Kuwaitis had rolled in, one of their tanks. They moved it up close to our offices. Then drew bead on a pile of coke that had…
I’M OFF TO A WAR ZONE – KUWAIT – JUNE 1991
As I did throughout my career, once I was focused on and committed to an assignment. I pretty much lost sight of everything else around me. To say I developed tunnel vision was, perhaps, an understatement. My whole life became…
