Or you could just work abroad and make more money than horses can ****e. Then you could use UK property as your pension My Dad did have a property in the UK but he decided to sell it to buy a bar and a big fuck off house in Phuket. He then pointed at me and said, "you're ma pension." The prick that he is.
I'd love to work abroad Frank but the field I'm in is fairly narrow in terms of jobs. It's alright if you're a Mechie or Rope Access where there are jobs all over. Being a Vibration Analyst means there aren't many jobs going. Plus I'm too lazy to start looking. Your Dad has the right idea though. My cousin did the same thing but still works in the Norwegian sector. He works 2 offshore and 4 onshore all the time and just lives out in Thailand. Lucky ****.
That's a new one Nev When I used to work on the boats I'd go on board to sign into the ships log. There would always be a few guys knocking about smoking and talking bullshit. When I'd say "I'm here for the vibration survey" one ****, no matter where the boat was from or how ****/good it was would say "Is that a dildo in your case?" my standard reply was "Aye, you must have the same one at home then?"
Have a look at Malaysia, its hoaching with jobs on the rigs right now. I wont be surprised if a "rogue" SE Asian country is added to the axis of evil In fact I'm almost certain this North Korea business is only because George W Bush ****ed up his Geography.
****ing true, loads of dodgy places around there. Malaysia, Burma, Sri Lanka. All ****ing death-zones. Can't be any worse than the Ivory Coast anyway. Scary looking darkies with guns and massive bats flying about during the day. I've been trying to get a job with OilSands in Canada for a couple of years now. But I think I'll need a bit more experience first. That's the worst thing about my job, you can be qualified to the hilt and not get a look-in. It's all about experience because you need to know about different problems with all sorts of machines, they just can't teach that in a classroom. It has to be through doing the job and seeing different faults and breakdowns.
Malaysia is actually a very tame country. I took a drive through it on my way to see a mate in Penang. The only bother I noticed was the wee fannies lingering about asking you for money so they dont wreck your motor when its parked. Some skinny wee chink noticed us about to drive away after having a bite to eat and ran up asking for money. My mate (a local) was about to pay him so I jumped out the motor and threatened to chuck him down one of those massive drains they have. He couldnt understand a word I was shouting but my mate pleaded with me to get back in the car and he paid him 1 Ringit (20p) Turns out they're all wee fannies that'll write down your reg and give you trouble if you dont pay them, they hang around cash machines as well. Personally I think they need their baws severely booted. Also, I didnt half get some funny looks driving through the main muslim part of Malaysia. Dont know why, they're the ones that ****e into a hole in the ground.
My mate worked in Azerbijan for 6 months and now is now a muslim hater. He always goes on about them wiping their arse with their hand. He got his mum to send him over some Andrex.
Every big bar in Dubai has hookers in it, the Cyclone bar being the best(think its shut now though). As long as you don't ride them on the beach its fine. You can't have that many Westerners in a small place like Dubai without having loads of hookers there.
It was about 6 years ago I was there, but it wasn't that expensive and some of them are model material
