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"Good lord, these things seem to keep following me around.  I worked on Patterson 179 (was on days off when it blew), I had just left the Sweetwater, OK area when Nomac 17 went up and i'm working in the yard refurbing a rig that we are…"

"As much as I hate to defend Patterson, the blame for this one falls on Continental Resources.  The company men that we had running the show were more interested in getting back on bottom and back to drilling than taking the time to do things…"

"Thats right.  We should have been at around 12,000."

"I work on this rig...It's Patterson-UTI Rig 179.  I'm on days off at the moment.  Gonna be a fun hitch next week.  At least no one was hurt, from what i've heard."

"Currently drilling around Watonga, OK for the foreseeable future.  Really wish I could get on somewhere around Mcalester, being away from my family for so long is killing me."

"Had a friend that worked one hitch for Union Drilling...His shoulder was  injured his first hitch and when he came back for his second they ran him off.  Said he was going to sue them but I haven't seen him in awhile."

"Whats even crazier is the 5 or 6 rigs in the same area that were completely untouched.  That tornado must have hit them dead on."

"Drove past it on the way home from Watonga last night.  Crazy...Put a knot in my gut.  We had a small one spin up about a mile from our rig but it was on the ground for just a few seconds.  After seeing that I won't be riding out…"

"I'm heading to Oklahoma City on Thursday to take the test. When he told me i'd have to take a test I figured they meant an oilfield experience test, not a psych test. Glad I looked it up!"

"The only women i've seen in the patch was a sexy little asian wireliner and my favorite of all the steak caterer that came out the day I was laid off from the patch. At least i got pink slipped on a full stoumach!"