Monthly Archives: October 2016
Gateworthy . . .
Things they keep a changing.
Jan and I spent some time playing with the iPad Gate Program last night until I think we both have it down. It’s pretty much identical in function to the one I wrote 3 years ago, except my is text-based and runs on Windows 7, and this one is touchscreen graphics and runs on an iPad.
The only other difference is that SiteWatch’s iPad version is online and configured to upload data to the company server.
But mine is just as fast and easy to use. It’s just not tablet size
I have thought about converting it over and I still may. I already have a program to write it in, so it wouldn’t be a real problem. We’ll see.
If I did it, it would just be for fun.
Todd came back and picked up the iPad from Jan this morning about 8am before I got up at my usual 10:30. Then just as we were leaving the rig about 11, I got another text from Todd letting us know that our work schedule had changed again.
Rather than us both working the outside gate from 5:30p to 5:30p tonight, Jan will be working the outside gate and I will be working the inside gate from 6p to 6a. This kind of concerned Jan because she was counting on me being there to keep her awake. But I guess it means that Todd thinks we’re gateworthy.
The reason we were heading out right then is that, as I said last night, we wanted to have the Sunday Turkey and Dressing/Fried Chicken buffet at Barth’s. And like yesterday’s meal, it was really good.
Turkey and real (cornbread) dressing, not that cubed bread stuff, along with really delicious Fried Chicken, creamed red potatoes, fresh vegetable medley, as well as white turkey gravy, and cranberry sauce. Oh, and along with the salad bar, the homemade soup was Broccoli Cheese, just as good as yesterday’s homemade Beef Vegetable.
Even nicer is the price. The regular price is $10.99, but with $3 Senior Discount, ours was $7.99. Very nice. Just like yesterday’s $9.50 one was $6.50 for me.
And you know you’re in the oil fields when your large iced tea glasses don’t say Coke or Pepsi, but instead have the name and advertisements for an oil field service company called Rockwater.
Getting back to the rig a little after 1pm, we both went down for naps to prepare us for tonight’s work.
We had both packed bags with snack, drinks, Kindles, laptop, power supplies, chargers and flashlights. So we’re ready for any thing.
We got to Jan’s gate a little after 5pm, and I helped Jan get set up after Tam left. She does look pretty comfortable.
Then a little after 5:30 I drove the 1/2 mile or so down to my gate next to the pad.
Not much is going on right now so it should be a quiet night for both of us.
We hope.
Thought for the Day:
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. – Mark Twain
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Watch Where You Sit . . .
We were both up early this morning so I could finish all the paperwork we needed for SiteWatch.
The last thing I had to do was to get photos of myself and Jan as part of our application.
Here’s Jan’s great looking photo.
Mine I won’t post. I look like a homeless drug addict. Of course my excuse is that Jan took my photo and I took hers.
We were finally out the door a little before 10 to meet up with Tam, who was going to go over our duties at a SiteWatch gate. We spend a little over 2 hours checking the gate and the equipment.
The potty is on a separate trailer and has a flush toilet and a sink.
It even dispenses medical advice.
And or course being a potty out in the wild, it even warns you to watch where you sit.
The guard shacks (apparently they’re referred to as ‘shelters’. Maybe ‘shack’ sounds too low class) are really nice.
They’ve got 3 big windows, and as advertised, a refrigerator, microwave,and a color TV. And of course, they’re heated and air-conditioned. There is a desk running all the way across the narrow end opposite the door with plenty of room to lay all your stuff out.
About 12:30 we headed back into Kenedy, stopping to have the noon buffet at Barth’s, a local family dining place. Jan had the Chicken Strip Platter, while I had the Mexican-styled buffet with Beef Enchiladas, Carne Guisada, Rice, Beans, and Tortillas, as well as the soup and salad bar. Very Good.
And it got even better when Jan noticed that the Sunday buffet is Turkey and Dressing, and Fried Chicken, two of Jan’s favorites.
Guess where we’re eating lunch tomorrow?
Back at the rig, we both took naps, maybe our last ones for a while, before heading back out for a Wal-Mart run. And while we were there, Todd texted us with our first gate assignment.
Sunday, Monday,and Tuesday from 5:30pm to 5:30 am at the same gate we trained at today. How convenient.
For right now, we’ll both be working the gate at the same time. After that, who knows?
When we got back to the rig, Todd had left our SiteWatch red shirts and yellow safety vests on our rig step so we’re already to go for tomorrow evening.
Thought for the Day:
If you understand English, press 1. If you do not understand English, press 2. – Heard on an Austrailian Tax Help Line.
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