How many times have you thought: I wish I was a fly on the wall on a drilling rig so I could listen to what they talk about... Oh, just me then?
Well let me fill you in on a few of the unique conversations I have on a day to day basis with the men I work with. The following conversation took place between me and an old fella (OF) I had literally just met and I think almost offended by asking how many head of cattle he had - I thought that was 'general farm talk' but apparently not, that was me asking how much money he had... Anyway, one learns.
OF: So where are you from?
Me: Brisbane...
OF looks at me suspiciously
OF: What are you born in Australia are you?
Darn, I thought. He got me on that one... When I replied in the negative, he simply nodded...
OF: Mm I thought so! (With a smirk!)
Later in the conversation, out of the blue...
OF: So I didn't see you at the local town's big dance the other weekend, you need to get to those sort of things.
Me: Oh really?
OF: Yeh, I can introduce you to some people. There's this lovely boy from the so-and-so family and they're really quite wealthy, I can introduce you. He's not a bad kid, about your age, he'll be good.
Me: (not sure if he is being serious, and thinking 'did this guy -whom I just met - seriously just offer to set me up with a random Australian country lad? Me, an obviously brown, Muslim non-Australian born chick? Wow, isn't multiculturalism awesome...) Oh how kind, thank you?
OF: Yeh no worries, next time we are in town I'll introduce you to him, you can go from there.
Who knows what will happen next time I go down town!
I walked into the drillers' room - or the doghouse as it is called, as was greeted with this: (D=Driller)
D: You hear that sound?
Me: Nope...what sound?
D: That ticking, it's your biological clock. You might be here now, but one day you'll just switch and you'll be wanting to iron clothes and feed babies... Trust me!
Me:...
But what if my biological clock draws me to the ninja mafia instead?
It is an interesting world, a little bubble if you will, where you meet the craziest personalities but also some of the most interesting... I love it. Stay tuned for more, and do share if you enjoyed it!