My daddy plays with oil in foreign countries!

Yay! My dad arrived to Dubai, United Arab Emirates a couple of days ago to start his new great job as the international oil parts salesman of the middle east! This is a great thing for him because like for 30 years he had been in the oil field industry, he had done international work for Central america and such but left the oil field when the crash happened in the late 90's. Just a year ago he was an assistant manager at a home depot, and now he's doing what he does best, making a crud load of money just by being a rough neck! =D!
I'm going to go to Dubai next summer on Vacation, so I'm totally stoked about it.

What's your daddy do?!

(btw, my entire family is oil field related and have been since the day I was born, so any anti-oil or "He's only over there for the oil" comments I will personally call out and correct you. :razz: )

[EDIT] I wanna see this~

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g8...2o/dubai_0.jpg

he is in VIP management at the casino i used to work at.

He's retired but he climbed to the dizzy heights of being in charge of a good 50 or so branches of HSBC bank before doing so.

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Originally Posted by Avarice-ness

any anti-oil or "He's only over there for the oil" comments I will personally call out and correct you. :razz:

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Who in the whole of hell is anti-oil? :lol:

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Originally Posted by Psychotic

He's retired but he climbed to the dizzy heights of being in charge of a good 50 or so branches of HSBC bank before doing so.

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Originally Posted by Avarice-ness

any anti-oil or "He's only over there for the oil" comments I will personally call out and correct you. :razz:

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Who in the whole of hell is anti-oil? :lol:

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Dude! Like when I was 4, we moved to this town who was basically taken over by the oil field because it was ripe for the oil reaping and my dad's told me that when we would go shopping that there would be people who would refuse to check us out if he was wearing his work clothes, so we'd have to go to another checkout person for help. People can be viscious! Then when I lived back in Texas, people were causing problems and stealing the trailers to carry the rig parts in attempts to stop rigs from going up, and this was like 4 months ago! :eek:

My dad is a renowned shrink in Brazil.

Oil, heh ? What does he think about the Peak Oil theory (that says oil will be scarce soon) ?

Telecommunications. Maybe something different now.

My Dad's a weaver in a factory in Runcorn. He.. weaves stuff.

hey if your dad was a coroner would the title be 'my daddy plays with dead bodies'?

"Painting Contractor"

:eep:

Landscaper.

*sighs*

My daddy is a director engineer or something. :jess:

My dad was in the army but now he is semi-disabled just gets drunk every day.

It sucks.

UPS DRIVER!!!! Screw DHL and FEDex (sorry if you/ your parents work there)

speaking of playing with oil, my daddy and I used to love to play this little game called Oil Baron that came on a cd full of shareware/freeware games. I would always make extra characters that I said we could use to help us both out and invariably make that character only help me out 8) I can persuade my daddy to many things!

My daddy fixes people's heaters and air conditioners. Therefore he provides a very great service, especially in January and especially in July and August.

My dad works at a bucket factory. I think his official title is Manager of I Hate All You Guys Seriously. He really doesn't like his job.

Auto mechanic.

I don't know.

I hear Dubai is stinking rich.


My dad is a carpenter/automechanic/entrepeneur/nurse/banker/invester/cheauffer/gardener/angeler/botanist/inventor

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I hear Dubai is stinking rich.


My dad is a carpenter/automechanic/entrepeneur/nurse/banker/invester/cheauffer/gardener/angeler/botanist/inventor

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my dad could beat up your dad

My old man used to be in the oil business. He worked in finance for Conoco. Now he's a Vice President of Finance at Exelon, a power (as in electricity) company created by the merger of Commonwealth Edison and the Philadelphia Energy Company (PECO).

My dad is the boss of all your dads.

He owns a Sand & Gravil enterprise company. He's also an auctioneer & entrepeneur.

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Originally Posted by Chemical

I hear Dubai is stinking rich.


My dad is a carpenter/automechanic/entrepeneur/nurse/banker/invester/cheauffer/gardener/angeler/botanist/inventor

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xD

Yeah my dad's going to be making 6 figures over there which would put him in the upper class society here, over there he's only middle class because the people there make close to the 7 figure mark.
In terms of the money I made as a retail sales person I'd be dirty scum that lived off the streets begging for money, and people like my sister who get paid by the government and live pretty well are low class people in Dubai terms.

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Originally Posted by Renmiri

My dad is a renowned shrink in Brazil.

Oil, heh ? What does he think about the Peak Oil theory (that says oil will be scarce soon) ?

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I've never actually asked him about that, but in my own terms, everythings going to end up scarce when it comes to being a natural resource that takes a damn long time to remake, but like the oil pockets shift, which is why the rigs end up shifting as well. Like in Kansas for example, you go down one of the main high ways and there are -many- -MANY- random little oil pumps, but very few actual tanks to hold the oil, because not all of them are able to hit an oil pocket. Granted we do grab a hell of alot of oil, but due to the fact that the pockets shift at a very sporatic pace, we'll most likely be able to find another source of energy before we hit -every- oil pocket. There's been many a time that oils been found by accident of the people setting the rigs up, say they put the drill like 15 feet over from where the cordinates said to be, they hit oil and they're like "wtf" because the only reason they found it was 'cause they screwed up!

Moral is, the chances of us sucking up -every- single bit of oil before we instate a new form of energy is pretty rare, due to the fact the pockets move and regardless if there is a science to find the oil, there is -no- --exact-- science.

I don't think my dad has a job right now.

I honestly don't know, I think he's an engineer or something.

Unemployed. :/ Before that my dad was a heavy machinery operator. He can also do mechanical work as well and did that at his old job too.

Dead being. (not kidding, my dad died when I was like 3) before that he started off as a mechanic in the merchant navy where he fixed anything from bikes to tanks, he left there and went in to the mechanic business for himself, owned his own garage then he went in to managing offliscences untill he died in 88 of heart disease.

My dad owns a mechanics shop (...forgot what it's called, that place you go to get your car fixed...). My grandfather (mom's side) has a more interesting job though - he owns a seafood exporting company, so he and my grandmother can get giant lobsters and shrimp whenever they want :drool:

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I honestly don't know, I think he's an engineer or something.

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seconded. and for the record i am 99% sure Rengori is not my brother.

Sells weird planets and chemicals. He used to be a chef, though!

Just to clear up confusion: I definitely mean planets.

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Originally Posted by Rengori

I honestly don't know, I think he's an engineer or something.

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seconded. and for the record i am 99% sure Rengori is not my brother.

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I'm an only child, so you can be 100% sure I'm not your brother.

My daddy operates construction tractors like I used to do.

My daddy is Assistant Principal at Napier Girls' High School.

Lucky.

Mine is a driving instructor. :)

My father created the universe sometime ago and has since retired to a life of alcohol and pretty ladies. He lives on a cloud.

(SPOILER)I don't know what my dad does. I have not seen him in about 17 years.

My dad's a chemical engineer. At the moment I think he's installing a PET scanner in a hospital.

My mommy.


Sorry, I just can't believe no one's said that yet. xD

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My mommy.


Sorry, I just can't believe no one's said that yet. xD

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xD *high-five*

You win an invisible award for that! =D

He's a minister.

He's also a landlord and does a lot with buying old property around Los Angeles, renovating it, eventually selling it again.

Painter and decorator, police officer, gas meter reader, team leader with Metering Services, supervisor for a cleaning company, shop manager, bus driver, key skills tutor

Yeah, he's had a few jobs over the years. Currently back driving a bus.

My daddy can kick your daddy's ass all the way to Hong Kong!

For serious though, he's a firemen and has a part time job working at a pet store.