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1. Remote and Isolated Location
- Oil rigs are often hundreds of miles offshore. Workers can’t just “pop home” at the end of a shift.
- This isolation requires higher pay to make the job attractive to qualified workers.
2. Demanding Skill Sets
- Many positions require technical expertise (engineers, drill operators, safety officers).
- High-stakes work with dangerous equipment justifies premium pay.
3. Long Hours in Harsh Conditions
- Typical rotations are 2–4 weeks on, followed by a week or more off.
- Shifts are long, sometimes 12 hours a day, often 7 days a week.
- The high pay compensates for these grueling schedules.
4. High Risk
- Oil rigs are hazardous: heavy machinery, high-pressure systems, exposure to chemicals, risk of fires, and potential for accidents in extreme weather.
- Companies offer hazard pay to attract workers willing to take on these risks.
5. Physical and Mental Stress
- Jobs can be physically demanding: lifting, climbing ladders, standing for hours, and working in confined spaces.
- Mental stress comes from isolation, monotony, and being away from family for weeks.
6. Onboard Living Trade-offs
- Workers live in shared, cramped quarters. Privacy is minimal.
- Meals are provided, but dietary options may be limited.
- Entertainment is restricted (though some rigs have gyms, TV, and internet).
Safer, less uncomfortable jobs, requiring similar skills and that make (almost) the same money are:
- Subsea / Offshore Engineering (onshore-based roles)
- Industrial / Plant Maintenance Engineer (oil, chemical, or power plants)
- Pipeline or Subsea Infrastructure Inspector / Engineer
- Robotics / Automation Technician in Oil & Gas or Manufacturing
- High-Pressure Equipment / Turbine Engineer (if you don't fear heights)
that should be a good incentive by it's self.
Men just don't want to work anymore. Laziness has partook of our society.
There should be plenty of men that would want isolation. haven't you read all the info that is out now about how women use men and judge them so harshly that men have just said to hell with dating and remained single?
Men still want to come home alive, that's not "laziness".
You are projecting too much of yourself on other men.
Most men don't want to sacrifice a life for a job.
You read to much manosphere bullshit. Be a man, not a victim.
I never have but it was July when I quit drinking 13 years ago in September when I quit smoking 14 years ago.
When you have a habit that you need to ditch it doesn't matter what time of the year it is but you do have to want to do it and not because somebody is telling you should make a change in your life.
in spring. In winter, the Netherlands often makes Mordor (Tolkien) look like a happy place. That is not all inspiring.
I am also incredibly stubborn, which means I don't accept any external motivation.
All my motivation needs to be internal. Other people can only have some influence,
if they can shape some circumstances to aid me in my motivation.
I once went to a lifestyle coach, with the idea that the person would have some tips and tricks to help me loose some weight, and periodic appointments would help me keep my focus on my goals. It didn't work out that well, in the first 5 minutes of the first contact.
She started out by saying: "Before we even start, I want to you to promise to give me 100% of your commitment in this program. Will you do that?". I thought: "Is she for real?".
I considered what she was saying for a few seconds, and then answered: "I think that I had the wrong idea of coming here. I was hoping you could help me, but you are not getting 100% of my commitment. You would be working with at maximum 5%. I have a life and lots of other priorities. If I had 100% commitment on losing some weight, I wouldn't be talking to you, it would have already been achieved.". She looked at me like I was a green three-headed alien, then answered: "But isn't your health the most important priority in your life?". To which I replied: "Maybe, you are so lucky that your health is the only thing you need to worry about, but most people have lots of other priorities, to achieve their goals in life.". After that, we briefly discussed mutual expectations, but it was clear that
it wasn't going to work.
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Of course the winner of the Powerball has the option of taking 29 equal payments but they never choose that. I suppose that when you get to a certain age 29 equal payments might outlast your life.
If you win$820 million and I suppose about half of that will go to tax which pockets you $410 million. I could get by on that.
What government takes half of it; is it state or federal?
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Actual Federal income Tax Rate: The 24% withholding is an upfront payment. Your final tax is determined by your total taxable income (winnings plus salary, etc.) and your tax bracket, which can be as high as 37%. You may owe more when you file your tax return if your tax bracket is higher than 24%
Also,
Advertised Jackpot (Annuity Value): The large number you see advertised is the total amount the winner would receive over approximately 30 annual payments, which increase each year. This total is larger because it includes the interest earned from the lottery investing the money over those three decades.
Lump Sum (Cash Value): If you choose the "full payout" (lump sum) option, you receive the AVAILABLE CASH PRIZE immediately. This is the amount of money the lottery would have had to invest to fund the 30-year annuity, so it is naturally a much lower amount (often 40% to 50% less than the advertised jackpot) even BEFORE any taxes are considered.
And, last but not least, there wouldn’t be any lottery games if the original voter approval had not been tied to using a portion to fund education or other benefits.
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I have thought about this over the years and I am interested in purchasing GOLD. I want to diversify my portfolio, so to say, and gold might be the answer. I was talking to my friend about the purchase of gold and he said he invested 11k and now his investment is 28k. Woo hoo, cash it in and let's go on vacation! He said that he has to hang onto it for approximately 10 years to reap the full value otherwise the increase is negligible. He said that the "value" of his gold is not in the quantity, it is the quality of what he has purchased. What I understand him to tangibly have in his possession is 2 coins and some 1 ounce gold bullion. Apparently, the coins are where all the projected value is calculated from. In my head, I say BULLSHIT!
Has anyone purchased GOLD, who/where do you buy from and what should someone anticipate receiving in their purchase?
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If you already have a portfolio talk to your current advisor to may update your portfolio to maximize the return within the times you wish
go this route.
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I can go down to the creek and have some shimmmer in the bottle in a matter of minutes. Been a while since I did it due to my handicap now.
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Remember this post a year ago when I told everyone to buy silver
If I get a wild hair to purchase gold.
Let's just say, 10,000 dollars worth today.
3 years later under harris we go into a serious economic depression.
How does a person use that gold to say buy food?
I remember reading about times in germany being so bad back during the war that a person took a wheel barrow load of money to the bank and someone left the money and stole the wheel barrow.
if you were to sell the gold, and cash is worthless, you would loose money wouldn't you?
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I was spot on
1. Gold bullion, is it like 100% gold or is it a alloy, like some other metal in it (that could be easily extracted, so it may be better for transport & stuff), I know pure gold is soft ?
2. Does bullion only come in 1 size/weight, like a universal thing world wide or do different countries have different size/weights or in general say in a single country 1 size/weight ?
3. You say you have purchased gold, so when ya do, do ya take it to ya car in a shopping trolly, chuck it in the boot (trunk), take it to a secure location or home, or is it stored at the location you purchase it from, so you basically own some of the the stock that is there ?
Nicely done!
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Melt Value: The primary value comes from the silver content, also known as "junk silver" value. As of December 2025, the melt value for a single 1964 half dollar is around $24.06. For 40 coins, the total melt value is approximately $962.40.
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1964 and older coins have 90% silver and 1965-1968 have 70% silver. 69- present are only worth face value, so if you have 40 pre 1964 fifty cent pieces you can get around $950.00 melt value and half that for 65-68 half dollars. All assorted pre1964 coins can be mixed in a one lb bag to receive 950. Dollars
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I think I'm going to try to join the group established for the gay men, but as you may have guessed, lix is the moderator for that one, too.
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Nope, I cannot join that group either! /groups.php?id=132
Look at the groups that begin with an asterisk (*) and she is the moderator. She is moderator of over 400 groups.
Take a look for yourself, anything prefixed by her signature * is a group that she is the moderator of.
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I joined the American group before and was kicked out by her. Crazy me, I wondered what an Australian could add to a group dedicated to and established for Americans and in taking my concern to admin, his suggestion was that I start suggested that I my own group. I just wonder why admin gives her so much latitude.
Exactly same happens with power in real life. If you don't care about something and don't want to spend your time on it - it often ends up in control of people you don't like. And then you are suddenly not happy.
Personally I don't care who runs the groups, I only care that someone does so I don't have to monitor them for some fishy activities. I did nothing to help lix get control of those groups, which means she got them simply because she was more interested in groups than any other member. So I don't see why I should do anything about this.
When I joined United States group, I responded to 3 inquiries made but did not see anywhere where she made a contribution.
Sorry, admin, I think you are wrong to allow her this much authority and control.
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Please speculate on why I was tossed out.
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
I know that YOU know that this particular post is about licksipsuckit. If you had any doubt, all you needed to do was to gaze upwards by a few posts from your initial comment of; "What is in it for the moderator?". Surely you did NOT miss seeing her name in BOLD BLUE PRINT.
you are both always nice to me. be here to look at cunts and cocks not worry abot things you cant conrtrol
If she doesn't blacklist you, ask her for the *United States* group, too!
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