Looks like I am heading to Norway

[kenimpzoom]

I just accepted a 3 month temporary job in Stavanger, Norway. They were getting desperate and I threw out a few demands and I'll be darned if they didnt meet every one of them.<br /><br />Probably gonna leave middle of this month, will be back in USA for Christmas, and then back there (bringing along the familiy for a short visit) for two more months.<br /><br />The neat thing about it is that my wife's sister lives in Sweden, and so they can meet up and also her mother might be there too.<br /><br />Looking forward to boating in some fjords.<br /><br />Ken

 

[Haut Medoc]

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Don't forget your parka! I'll bet it gets plenty cold up there.....JK

 

[Ron G]

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Have a safe and fun time,are you still going to be posting?

 

[KaGee]

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Talk about climate change.... BRRRRRRRRRRR!

 

[Wimperdink]

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sounds like fun... what kind of work do you do?

 

[kenimpzoom]

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I work in the oilfield.<br /><br />Hopefully it wont be too cold. Its between 40-50 degrees right now, I can handle that.<br /><br />Ken

 

[Wimperdink]

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better get some furry ear covers

 

[ZooMbr]

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40 - 50 right now; think you can handle it! By Christmas you will be looking at plenty of under zero weather. Make sure you let us know how a boy from TX handles it!<br /><br />Happy for you! Bit envious as pictures from that part of the world are beautiful! Are you going to be working off shore? Or more inland? Field or office? Had Swedes on our track team - and used to get a few on river trips; liked all I met.<br /><br />Hope it makes banking $$ for you.

 

[rodbolt]

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wow your headed the wrong way for winter . have fun. myself I am headed to VE and some payara and pavon fishing on the orinoco come christmas. warm weather baby try to get in a bit of fishing while your there but stay away from the place that does the rotten shark dish

 

[BassCat73]

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Good luck there KIZ. Sounds like it's a positive move for you... and nice that's only temporary. Something tells me you're going to miss Texas while you're there.

 

[Friz]

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Have fun!<br />I went to Andoya during my time in the Navy. I love that little town!

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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I wouldn't mind going there myself, lots of blondes!

 

[pjc]

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with all due respect, what is the nature of work you do in the oil field? I ask this as prior posts and conversations regarding Union employees, and your position stating that you would not care to be a represented person. I was never clear exactly what you did in your employment in the oil fields.<br /><br />IE:..you going there as a working laborer, or a white collar job.<br /><br />Anyhow, have a good time, great experience I do believe.

 

[Kalian]

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Have fun!

 

[kenimpzoom]

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More of a white collar with a blueish hue. <br /><br />I work in the laboratory but also sometimes go to the rig. I will always work getting my hands dirty, never did care too much for pencil pushing.<br /><br /><br />Ken

 

[Frankhanhart]

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Much fun KIZ !!!! Isn't it the period and place where the sun stays under the horizon in winter?? Bring a flashlight!

 

[stevens]

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Best of luck in Stavanger - it's a really nice town, on the west coast so it's not so cold but can be very wet and dark in winter. Great summers. Good nightlife, lots of pretty women. Large ex-patriate community, American schools, great scenery & boating in the fjords, not too long a ride by chopper out to the oilfields in the North Sea. It could be a lot of fun for you - but you really ought to prolong the engagement so that you could be there in summer....

 

[Kalian]

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Hey! thats cool Kiz, I used to manage an asphalt laboratory. Lots of long days and weekends for me. I quit because I hated it though. It became too boring and redundant.<br />Hope you enjoy Norway!

 

[rolmops]

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Great cod fishing in that fjord.<br />A platform in the North Sea of Norway in winter feels like hell freezing over.North Western will take on new meaning.

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Go for it KIZ and enjoy the experience, you may never get a chance like this again.