Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse [Carter, Paul] on Amazon.com.
In fact, bought because I saw a guy do just that on the tube. Your question may be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who purchased this item, who are all part of the Amazon community. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The joke has involved many other professions, but has been used mostly for politicians or lobbyists since the 1980s-1990s. As an oil and gas worker, this book is a spot on accurate look at the industry and the insanity that goes on.
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Taking postings in some of the world's wildest and remotest regions-not to mention some of the roughest rigs on the planet--Carter has worked and gotten into trouble with some of the maddest, baddest, and strangest people you could ever hope not to meet.
It’s worth a read and possibly a dislocated jaw from incredulity or a broken rib from laughing. Well written and an easy read. Airplane gift for pilots 11 oz. Don’t tell mom I’m a pilot, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse. Of course not nor was it meant to be. Read full review, A collection of tales by an Australian bloke who has spent a fair whack of time working on oil rigs around the world. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Don't tell my mom that please !! Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Creatively 3D Plane Lights LED Airplane Night Light, YKLWORLD 3D Aero Plane Illusion Table Lamp with 7 Colors and USB Powered, Best Bedroom Decor Toys Gifts for Kids Children Birthday, Black Upright Piano Miniature Replica Magnet, Size 3 inch by Broadway Gift, Dexsa Broken Chain 6 x 9 Wood Plank Look Wall Art Plaque, Anne Taintor Square Refrigerator Magnet - My Mascara Ran I'm Counting It As Exercise, Son Prayer Wood Plaque with Inspiring Quotes 6x9 - Vertical Frame Wall & Tabletop Decoration | Easel & Hanging Hook | Dear Lord, one of The Greatest Gifts You've Given is The Gift of My Dear Son, Airplane Coffee Mug. Lil Durk Recommended for you. Neither of those would keep it from being a 5 star read for others who are interested in reading about a job outside there normal 9-5. But if you want to laugh and get an insiders view on this most unique, dangerous, high-adventure occupation, you will love this book, I sure did. Some parts were rather like reading a journal, where not that much happens. Someday maybe I will time. Shave My Spider! - An unbelievable cast of characters and catastrophes (in other words, a movie just waiting to happen): Carter, who continues to work on oil rigs even as he has now become a successful writer, has been shot at, hijacked, and held hostage; almost died of dysentery in Asia and toothache in Russia; watched a Texan lose his mind in the jungles of Asia; and been served cocktails by an orangutan on an ocean freighter.
Parts were hilarious. Ok, I’m in the industry and I’ve been to many of the same places so this has a special resonance for me. Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2016.
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Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse I work in the offshore oil field around the world as a diver.
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019. Another great story about industrial adventures. I recommend it for a light read and to pick up a little knowledge of the life of rig hand.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015. Please make sure that you are posting in the form of a question. Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014, Here is another bok by Paul Carter about life in the "oil business", I have read this book and laughed all the way through the book.paul writed in aan easy Aussie style that is easy to read, the only problem is that you laugh so often as Paul describes his life as a rig worker. My experience in oil was in surveying, but there are some strong similarities.
Not only that but the title alone will have people asking what your reading. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. There was a problem loading your book clubs. to tell rollicking stories from the edge of civilization (places, as it happens, upon which most of our lives rely). Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. - An unprecedented view of the oil industry from the inside-out: Paul Carter has worked on oil rigs since he was eighteen, in locations as far flung as the North Sea, the Middle East, Borneo, Tunisia, Sumatra, Vietnam, Columbia, Nigeria, Russia, and many others--and he's survived (so far!) A take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. .....in parts. Currently unavailable. This was a fun read.
Very funny to read once, don't go back to it as you then realise what an absolute smarmy git Carter actually is. More Funny Quotes and Sayings.
Lil Baby & Polo G (Official Audio) - Duration: 2:50. Like other reviewers, I laughed out loud so much, I had tears running down my face and a belly ache. If you have ever sat with, dined with, married a worker from the exploration business.
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It’s certainly not literature but an amusing take on the madness that is life in the global oil and gas community. Some of these items ship sooner than the others. A collection of tales by an Australian bloke who has spent a fair whack of time working on oil rigs around the world. : A Memoir of the World's Least Successful Actor. Find answers in product info, Q&As, reviews. Worth the day or so to read it, and will keep my eye open for other books by Carter....Finished 16.04.2020 in Malta. This is a really funny book - this guy knows how to tell a story and wow, does he have some great ones!
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In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. My roommates and I went out for one of their birthdays and my phone had died on the way home. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I humbly suggest you get a copy of this and make notes of what you can expect to experience.