Tom Miller wrote:

Dangerous business in those days. Any roughneck that had been in the job for
a couple of years and still had all his fingers was suspected of being a
poofter.




Based on what I know of the roughnecks of yore..dying at 47 was not
all that unlikely..they lived hard, played hard..and died hard.

On the gripping hand..there are lots of radioactives used in the
pipeline industry for X-ray photographs of pipe weldments. Some of
those can be pretty gnarly.
Cesium-137 being one of them.

Gunner





Yep.

The doodlebugs I was talking about - the decal I have - was the First business unit
of TI - the 'semiconductor' company. Last I heard they are still (?still?) based in Houston.

I personly knew Victor G. (among others) and knew that TI was approached - but wouldn't sell.
Even though they were very small unit then it wasn't for sell. I suspect It was a statement
for an honorable death by retirements of the division. Never got to talk to Victor
after that on the subject, but now he is with RIG or retired (I hope for him).

When in the field, I got to drive the suit types around - since I was a semi-suit myself.
It was strange driving a VP or P from airport to meeting. These men were Giants in the field
but put pants on like we do. And the chit-chat was from planning on the weekend, loosing luggage
off the plane or taking heck for yet another un-planned trip while on a trip from the little lady.

Unique group of men and way of lives.

Martin

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