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L A U R A: The Family Gathering
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Staying in one place is difficult. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. I can already imagine watching the trailer for the film. A black blank screen, the following words fading in and out (read slowly pausing between each):. 14 People, 5 Nationalities, 4 Languages, Age – 2 Months. to 78 Years. One House, One Family. That’s right, 14 people, 5 nationalities and 4 languages and yes all in one house in the middle of Zurich Switzerland. Fede’s family’s annual get together is truly a re-union. Lunch at 1pm that segwa...
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L A U R A: An Evening Stroll
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Staying in one place is difficult. Sunday, May 10, 2009. I just want to write about my walk tonight. Walk, after dinner, up on the Helideck around 9:30 as our boat enters the Bay of Biscay. The changes from west Africa to Europe are quite apparent. Yesterday I went for my nighttime star gazing walk at 8:30, only to find broad daylight – of course. Tonight, my walk at 9:30 was merely in dusk at best, and it stayed dusk for the entire walk. A skeleton crew of us joined. Everywhere is quiet and empty. Life ...
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L A U R A: The English Channel
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Staying in one place is difficult. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Last night was rough. Things were crashing in my room. The feeling of the bed falling out from under me, only to run up and meet me again. The boat vibrating with a loud thud. Now we are in Den Helder. Flat. but windy. Typical Holland I guess. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Abram T. Collier. Friends and Family who are also Blogging. Susan's Adventures in Moshi. Cancun Conference a Success In Spite of Oil Company Efforts. Golden Week in Tokyo.
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L A U R A: 02/01/2010 - 03/01/2010
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Staying in one place is difficult. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Meet the Smith Family. 8220;Meet the Parents” came out, then. 8220;Meet the Fockers”, now sit back, relax and get ready for “Meet the Smith Family”. Fede came to the Lake for Christmas – his first time in the US, and more importantly his first time to meet my family. However, I must stop here and note that it was NOT his first time to interact with my family. So having heard this, he emailed my mom asking if there were any house rules. If the ...
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L A U R A: A Shift Leader
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Staying in one place is difficult. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The seismic world is 24 / 7. All time is money, so full time production is a must. Therefore our work is shift work. I passed the test to become a shift leader last October, but given the current economic climate, on our boat, by December we had 4 people qualified to be shift le. Aders, so I never got to take on that role. This trip, one of those 4 was laid off and I became a shift leader. Did I not put in gun types? Afterward the client said...
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L A U R A: Meet the Smith Family
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Staying in one place is difficult. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Meet the Smith Family. 8220;Meet the Parents” came out, then. 8220;Meet the Fockers”, now sit back, relax and get ready for “Meet the Smith Family”. Fede came to the Lake for Christmas – his first time in the US, and more importantly his first time to meet my family. However, I must stop here and note that it was NOT his first time to interact with my family. So having heard this, he emailed my mom asking if there were any house rules. If the ...
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L A U R A: 06/01/2009 - 07/01/2009
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Staying in one place is difficult. Thursday, June 18, 2009. A Return to Normalcy. A return to normalcy. We returned to the back deck. Ports were behind us, south of us. We sailed into the open Barents Sea. For 6 months my vessel has been idle and without work. Our last production shot point was on December 26. But now we sailed north – away from West Africa, towards a job north of Norway. But, I guess this begs the question of what is normal. So I decided to document one day. I actually got out of my bunk.
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L A U R A: 05/01/2009 - 06/01/2009
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Staying in one place is difficult. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Last night was rough. Things were crashing in my room. The feeling of the bed falling out from under me, only to run up and meet me again. The boat vibrating with a loud thud. Now we are in Den Helder. Flat. but windy. Typical Holland I guess. Sunday, May 10, 2009. I just want to write about my walk tonight. Walk, after dinner, up on the Helideck around 9:30 as our boat enters the Bay of Biscay. A skeleton crew of us joined. Not only is this trip ...
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L A U R A: 08/01/2009 - 09/01/2009
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Staying in one place is difficult. Sunday, August 23, 2009. I just wanted to share this video of me driving our various small boats on board. Its also good if you have ever wondered how we pick the boats up out of the water. If you are patient enough, that comes towards the end of the video. Hopefully soon, once we get to warmer, calmer locations, and I get a few more trips under my belt - then I can get sign off as a coxswain! Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Did I not put in gun types? I should have slowed ...