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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