Posted in consulting, health, tagged business class, pleading guilty, scott turow, tip, travel on January 8, 2013 | 2 Comments »
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Most consultants work from large towns and cities. Most mines are distant in some far place. Some lucky consultants may be able to drive to the mine site. Most consultants have to fly and spend a day or weeks away from home. Here are some tips on those long flights from the city to the distant mine. (more…)
Posted in blogs, brandy, communication, consulting, Human relations and mining, tagged conferences, mining, proceedings, travel on December 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
There are many new mining-related conferences to attend in 2013. All very well if you are very important and travel with an unlimit company expense acount. (more…)
Posted in blogs, Diamond, Law (Mining), Oil sands, People, Tailings, tagged blogging, Oil sands, travel on September 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
No blog postings these past two weeks. I have been doing what miners do: working on mines. I have been doing what geotechnical engineers do: travelling to sites to see the soils & rocks. I have been doing what consultants do: going to far-away places to see, think, and advise. (more…)
Posted in Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Mining history, tagged broad mind, mining, navy, travel on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today, we travel for work, escapism/pleasure, and information. In the past, the only travellers were soldiers, sailors, warriors, merchants, and crazy adventurers. Today old ladies go to Turkey to see the sights; in the past only society’s misfits would venture that far. Think of Alexander and his belligerents travelling from Macedonia to India. Think of silk transported from China to the wives of Roman senators. Think of Dutch sailors in search of the spices of the east. Think Livingston & Stanley in Africa. Think Spanish in search of gold. Think of why people go to Amsterdam? (more…)
Posted in blogs, People, tagged fat, fly, Fort McMurray, kid, mining, travel on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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