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To: thackney
I only flew to San’a once, that was a scary place for a white guy. Very fundamentalist Islamic. Villages with open sewers, no water beyond a single well were common. Yemen wins.

I had no problem there. I just swaggered around and talked way too loudly. I'd 'accidently' knock over stuff, and sometimes try to cop a feel of some Muslim chick. I often cracked open a bunch of beers I smuggled in, and kinda make an impromptu bar where I would try to convert some of these Muslim fools to Christianity.

47 posted on 10/31/2014 7:59:29 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: Lazamataz

I started reading, thinking WTF! then saw the poster name...

We actually got beer and hard liqueur in South Yemen. 4 cases and 4 liters per month. It was part of our compensation. Selling it was a firing offence, immediate, that is the next plane, which might be next week.

60 miles from the nearest paved road, probably 100 miles to the nearest flush toilet (besides ours), 3,500 hundred ugly construction guys an no women.

8 weeks of 12/7 days then 2 weeks paid vacation. R&R was mandatory but we could trade weeks with others to maintain staff on site.

I made the mistake of agreeing to work 13 weeks straight once. June to August, we saw 125°F most days, probably 5 months between the slightest rain. I quit 3 times during that period, but got talked back into staying before I could get a plane out each time.


53 posted on 10/31/2014 8:08:39 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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