Daily Archives: July 29, 2012
Counting Down the Days . . .
Tomorrow (Monday) we’ll be starting our final 3 weeks of gate guarding, and Jan’s counting down the days.
Me, I’m counting down the fact we’ve only got 3 more paychecks. Bummer!
First off, to get the important stuff out of the way. Here’s Landon talking about how old he is. He’ll be 2 on August 20th.
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And Landon and Daddy,
It’s been a pretty slow week so far, but things are picking up.
We’ve heard that they will be sliding the drill rig over to the new hole sometime later this week. We’ve also heard that it will take several days, rather than the 12 – 15 hours I was told originally. That makes more sense to me, since it’s not just a matter of moving the derrick, but all the surrounding stuff has to be moved out of the way first and then hooked back up.
On Wednesday we had another catered meal, this time from Stellar, the company that furnishes and support all the office and residence trailers on site. Nothing fancy, but a delicious pork loin cutlet, with green beans, cheesy baked potatoes, and fruit salad for dessert. The really great thing about all these catered meals is how well they’re seasoned. Just perfect.
And they’re free.
OK, the really great thing about these meals is that they’re free, and perfectly seasoned. I’ve got my priorities after all.
On Tuesday of course, it was Galindo’s Chile Rellenos Day.
Another great meal from a little hole-in-the-wall place
Once again, not real fancy-looking, but really delicious!
For several weeks our temps here pretty much stayed in the low 90’s, but this past week it’s been back in the high 90’s every day, and looks to stay that way for the next several weeks.
Oh well, it’s summer in south Texas after all.
A few days ago I was talking with one of the drivers for Macro Trucking, one of the big haulers in this area for the rigs. They have over 600 semi’s, and we get 3 or 4 a day in here.
The driver told me about Power Service Diesel Kleen with Cetane Boost.
He said the company had started using it in all their trucks about 9 months ago, after doing a six month trial run on about 50 of them. He said they were getting a solid 5-6% increase in mileage, along with cleaner injectors.
I had actually heard of this awhile back on RV.net so I decided to give a try. Amazon carries it at the link above for about $14 for a 32oz bottle. I’ll let you know how it does once we get back on the road.
Wrapping up, Joseph, one of the Gate Guard Services’ techs came out today to top us off with water and diesel, and change the oil in our generator. This guy can do an oil and filter change in 8 minutes! Great when you don’t want to be without your rig AC for very long.
Finally, I want to highly recommend two Kindle books, both 99 cents, and well worth the money and more.
The first one is Mars the Avenger, a murder mystery set in ancient Rome, about 135 A.D. Besides the interesting mystery, the details of Rome life in that period make it even a better read. Check it out.
The second one is Methuselah’s Daughter, about a 3500 year old woman. The story starts in the present (2004, actually) and jumps between 1100 B.C. (when she’s already 400 years old) and around 135 B.C. in the Roman Republic.
Effectively immortal, (she grows back an arm and a leg after a bad traffic accident) the story really centers on how she views the rest of mankind and what she has to go through to hide her condition, a growing problem in today’s computerized society.
Don’t take this as a science fiction or fantasy book. It’s really not. It’s the story of a woman who has lived 50 lifetimes, coping with the loneliness, and watching anyone she becomes close to, grow old and die, while she stays young. At one point, she pretty much has no human contact for almost 400 years! because of this.
And just like Mars the Avenger, the details of the societies she lives in make the book even more interesting.
Both well recommend. You won’t be disappointed.
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Thought for the Day:
Nothing quiets a room like a 12ga. chambering a shell.
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