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size=2 face=Arial>Spike - I'm not an oilperson. I was a staunch feminist
in the 1970s and broke through some gender barriers. One was to get
the largest oil shipping company in the US to hire me (they did not
have women on the boats.) I travelled to several locations, not just the
Gulf. I wrote about my experiences in some magazine, don't remember which
one. Was in one hurricane which was a horribel experience but not really a
worthy of a tale to tell. But what was more intersting than working in the
Gulf, was my utilizing the Merchant Marines as a way to travel on
boats to Brazil so I could get into the Amazon Jungle. I performed a
project titled "Green" outside of Manhaus, when it was a little village, and
before the big industrialization of the Amazon. NOW, this is a worthy tale worth
telling at some point in time. Bio is here (but it needs updating) <A
href="http://www.natasha.cc/cv.htm">http://www.natasha.cc/cv.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Gregory
Jones<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] Good article on the Deepwater Oil
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 6/17/10, Natasha Vita-More
<I><natasha@natasha.cc></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>... I was in the Merchant Marines in the 70s and I worked
with oil rigs in the Gulf. </DIV>
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<DIV>Indeed? This is so cool Natasha! I woulda never guessed
you were an oilperson. Have you an online autobiography?</DIV>
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<DIV>>...is the best I have found so far. <A
href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6609#more"
target=_blank>http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6609#more</A> -
samantha</DIV>
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<DIV>Ja this is a good explanation and a good source. I check
out the Oildrum occasionally. It's a good informative site, strictly
moderated, balanced, sane, on topic, seldom wacky.</DIV>
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<DIV>spike</DIV>
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Natasha Vita-More <natasha@natasha.cc><BR>Subject: Re: [ExI] Good
article on the Deepwater Oil Spill.<BR>To: "'ExI chat list'"
<extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR>Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010,
7:43 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Thanks Samantha.<BR><BR>I suppose this situation
touches all of us and in different ways. I was in<BR>the Merchant
Marines in the 70s and I worked with oil rings in the Gulf.
We<BR>especially worked with cleaning up left over pipes after we moved
a rig to a<BR>new drilling site. It was exceedingly dangerous work
and when the hurricane<BR>season hit, we had 30' swells and serious
problems to overcome. <BR><BR>Natasha
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On Behalf Of samantha<BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:33 PM<BR>To:
ExI chat list<BR>Subject: [ExI] Good article on the Deepwater Oil
Spill.<BR><BR>For understanding a bit more technically what happened and
is going on this<BR>is the best I have found so far. <BR><A
href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6609#more"
target=_blank>http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6609#more</A><BR><BR>-
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