Hi Tim,
You've got me intrigued, any idea how much they pay their machinists? Is
this year round work, or just in the warm season? ;^)
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Randles" <tim.randles@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: FW: Re: dust on lenses
> age is a bonus around here, we need the skills and experiences, and
> getting out a bit is healthy..the medic here is 63, the site
> superintendant is 61, there is no hindrance for age here.. my Dad is 67
> and he is an electrician in the oil patch for about 4 months a year or so
> these days, he cut back a bit so he could go fishing.. but they call him a
> couple times a year to come to work..
>
> No Fear!
>
> I'll keep posting pictures..
>
> http://baffinislandntcanada.fotopic.net
>
> Cheers.. Tim
>
> Martyn Smoothy <mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Seem to be having e-mail probs...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martyn Smoothy [mailto:mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 October 2006 22:01
> To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [OM] Re: dust on lenses
>
>
> Well, that called my bluff pretty comprehensively... :-)
> Reckon I'm too old & too fat for this kind of game - probably, give it
> some
> thought though (got to think about something stuck behind me desk all
> day).
> Cheers mate.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tim Randles
> Sent: 02 October 2006 21:49
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: dust on lenses
>
>
> Martyn, just like the rest of Canadian Industry we are so short of
> technical people here, that this place is screaming for people next year.
> It
> took me years to get the kind of connections to get this work, but now it
> is really easy because there is not enough skilled people and we cant get
> the locals to stay for 4 weeks, they think this place is a holiday camp
> and
> whine to go home after a week, and dont work very much. They have never
> learned a work ethic, and have soley relied on hunting and fishing,
> fighting
> and breeding to keep their populations alive..They dont understand how
> economically important this place is to their future or their
> grandchildren.
> It will bring these local communities into the 21st century with the rest
> of
> the world, ( unfortunately at a loss of part of their heritage)
>
> We need Water technologists, geologists, pipe fitters/plumbers drywallers,
> carpenters, mechanics, equipment operators, millwrights, diamond drillers,
> electricians, machinists, welders, first aide attendants, marine mammal
> biologists, large game biologists, and the list goes on and on.. this is a
> world class ore body under development and there is a great deal to do to
> bring this on line and then sustain it.. 35 years of mining.. 10 million
> metric tons of 68% ore shipped every year.. the largest ore body of it's
> kind in the world
>
> Just send your applications to the HR email you find at
> www.baffinland.com,
> they will look at it and forward it on to the right departments
>
> Google any of the below:
>
> Boart Longyear needs Drillers/ Drillers helpers, North/South Consultants (
> Winnipeg) for biologists, Medic North( Yellowknife) for first aide
> Baffinland for Geologists, Knight Piesold for Geotechs,
>
> Tundra Site Services Edmonton needs all kinds of skilled trades people for
> all the mining operations in the northern canada regions.. Diavik,
> E'Kati,Tahera, DeBeers, a whole lot of other places
>
> The Canadian Government is now starting to streamline working immigration
> processes to get skilled people here and recognize their talents. There
> are
> many Iranian Geologists here that have recently come over.
>
> My cousins are coming from UK to Alberta to work in the Oil field, this
> country was built on immigration, we need a hell of a lot more of it,
> especially fskilled trades from EU countries..Germany, Holland, Poland,
> Ukraine, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia..
>
> Feel free to apply!
>
> Cheers.. Tim
>
> Martyn Smoothy wrote:
> You lucky, lucky bastard...
> Sounds so much more interesting than what I'm doing these days :-(
> Don't worry about the dust - probably won't show.
>
> Regards - Martyn Smoothy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tim Randles
> Sent: 02 October 2006 20:33
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] dust on lenses
>
>
> I'm pooched...I have dust inside my lenses and on my viewfinder, I have
> tried everything.. any suggestions..can I fix this myself or do I have to
> take it in to get cleaned? How do I prevent this from happening again.. I
> use this thing in the field all day long..
>
>
> FYI: my trip in Baffin island..
> If this thing isnt a full blown mine in 3 years. I'll be very
> surprised...
> 68% iron in the ground.. nothing grows here..just red and black
> rocks..they
> say 35 years of mining..I've been asked to come back in March to re-open
> the
> camp and build the new camp for the mine..$$$ dictates..
>
> I'm flying home friday night.. this has been a long and difficult shift,
> the camp is like an international airport with flights going in and out
> day
> and night, 3 helicopters flying drill core down and supplies up to the
> drillers on the mountain all day long, hercules flying in fuel all night
> long, and the skyvan shuttling bodies at 5-6 trips a day back and forth to
> Pond Inlet.
>
> Sleep in tents, outhouse for toilet, 3 showers and a full camp of 85
> bodies, at least the food is good and plentiful.. imagine watermelon in
> Baffin Island, and I got to eat some seal, Caribou, Narwhal and polar
> bear..
> I liked the seal best.. it gives you a rush of warmth, and the vitamin
> content was fantastic.. I didnt catch any Char, didnt have time to go
> fishing..
> There is an inch of snow on the ground now, it is overcast and about -2C,
> last year this time it was -25C, so I am glad to be going home now.. I'll
> see enough of the cold temps this winter before Egypt.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers.. Tim Randles
>
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