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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
licksipsuckit.....Lix...you, like Bella, Dgraff, Phart and several others, got it wrong. I don't choose to "suck up your arses now and feed off the dags you feed her". I choose to visit Bella's forum site because her site is usually the only site that has some interesting topics. The forums are full of innate threads that belong in the heads of overheated male brains. You, on the other hand, seldom participate in the forums and never under your account name. For a long time I was a champion of the people that got trashed by Bella's crowd and you was a big recipient of my effort to fight trashing of my friends. It turns out it was for nothing. Lix, you've got your opinions on what I'm doing now. Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what they are and that is the same about anyone else. Bella, Dgraff, Phart, Jamie, or all the other members that may or may not want to be friendly, they can all kiss my ass. I'm doing AND ENJOYING, my time on the site. Just an aside......Phart, who almost always has opinions totally opposite to mine, is usually the nicest to me.
As far as needing someone to defend me for some of the shit posted about or against me, I think the site knows that when my ire is molested, I don't take prisoners. So, in honor of what I considered a friendship, you, and Dgraff can keep out of my existence on site.
Just so you understand, I do NOT have influence over what members post here and/or what they say about others. I would prefer that members don't take pot shots at her in this thread and I've gone as far as asking members to be nice. For you to address her post in another thread and toss my name into the mix only opens the door for her to use me as target practice and there was no need for that.
I don't feel like I've come at you with an attitude and I can hope that we can keep the non combatative momentum going.
Surely, you are not that foggy minded or clueless about your friend's response to you, are you? It might be tricky but I'm sure you can sort it out. She wrote;
"hey, don't explain anything to me, Im not the self appointed site police and I really cant bothered to read what you've written after the word CUNT AND DIRTBAG on the first line, theyre only worth pissing on in my opinion *lix*"
This is where it gets tricky because she made reference to your "first line". No worries, I will simplify it for you. You wrote;
"Lix...you, like Bella (referred to as CUNT), Dgraff (referred to as DIRTBAG), Phart and several others, blah, blah, blah....
AGAIN, I will kindly request that you do not publicly discuss me or mention me to your friend. Thank you.
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And yes, I am that foggy. I choose to be that way. You and Lix are two sides of the same coin. I don’t care if you can or can not control the other members. What ever those dip shits have to say is for me to deal with. I have tried to stay out of your way and to be honest, I like how things are working out. As far as Lix, well, she’s as good or bad as you and your bunch. Leave me out of your petty squabbles
But he had several places he checked for table scraps and he was on his way over here when he got the sqaush.
poor things aint got any sense.I mean,I almost hit the dumbass with the golf cart!
Well Lixy pixy spoiled meat pie I didn’t lie I’ve read your posts before and you care about no one but your self and the one woman that stuck up for you you kicked to the curb that one woman was candy or were you to stupid to realize that
Make what you will with it. As I said before, I don't give a rat's ass what ANYBODY thinks about me anymore on site. I will try to ignore innuendos, half truths and bitchy members.
I do not understand what TWOWARM feels she has to say to that woman that concerns me. Each and everytime my name is dropped in any of her posts, her friend uses it as an opportunity to call me a cunt.
There also seems to be a correlation to the prominent member slamming me when dgraff starts in on the prominent member, too.
DON'T START NO SHIT AND THERE WILL BE NO SHIT.
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Right now it’s just me and muggsy watching tv so I’m deviling muggsy but he loves it
Your post struck a nerve with the prominent member and she referred to as a DIRTBAG but not before she took a swing at me.
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So much for
A
Random act of
Kindness it blew up in my face
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