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Happy Christmas
By: Ducky Date: December 23, 2019, 8:20 am
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: Bashtard Date: December 23, 2019, 10:38 am
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Happy Hannukah.
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: -americanjoe- Date: December 23, 2019, 11:17 am
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Well, on a personal note, I am doing very well financially, so I
am thankful for that.
My goal was to put $100,000 USD more into my mutual fund in
April when I get back to the U.S.
It looks like after a year here I think I will hit the goal.
Not that much to some, but with what I have in there already it
means I can actually retire within a few years, maybe 5.
Especially if I can do it again next year as well.
I signed my Letter of Intent this week so that's looking pretty
good.
My life sucks here, up at 3:30am, on the base by 5am,
periodically yelling at young saudis in uniform for 8 hours with
F15s and Tornados roaring overhead, lots of stress to be honest.
Typical foreign military work station to be honest.
I work as a part of the largest military sales contract in
history and the money is good, but i miss my family and worry
about my aging father and my property at home, but for once in
my life I do not worry about money at all.
I figure when I get back I'll buy an old Jeep to work on during
weekends: it'll give me something to do and mechanical work
relaxes me.
My health is great, and I feel 15 years younger than I am.
Anyway, I have a lot to be thankful this year.
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: Bashtard Date: December 23, 2019, 11:54 am
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They still have Tornados? Cool. I spent a lot of time on Tornado
bases in the UK as an RAF cadet. Met the pilots and co_pilots
and got to watch videos of them doing low level strikes. All
decommissioned now.
I hope you get a contract somewhere semi decent next time.
Estonia looks to be pretty busy right now with the British PM
dropping in for lunch with the UKs largest overseas deployment.
The women are hot, climate wise it is more like Alaska and you
are used to being a neighbour to Russia.
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: Bashtard Date: December 23, 2019, 12:01 pm
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: -americanjoe- Date: December 23, 2019, 12:16 pm
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No, this base is where I'll be stationed.
KSA is one of the few military contracts that pay good money
that is left, as IRQ and AFG have pretty much dried up
work-wise.
It's not that bad, but the days are long.
The compound is awesome, like a resort.
Three swimming pools, separate villas, bowling alley, 4 tennis
courts, grocery store, weight room, lots of indians always
cutting the grass, planing flowers, plumerias on trees etc etc,
even zumba classes for all the wives of the spanish engineers.
Some filipino women even wash my sheets when I put them in the
hamper outside in the carport.
Someone said the company is paying $50,000 a year for each of
the villas we live in, but the U.S. government is reimbursing
them so I don't really know.
But this place is a lot nicer than my condo back in Fairbanks.
No, at $11,345 a month with 55 days a year paid off it would be
hard for me to beat this contract, so I'm going to ride this
horse until it bucks me off.
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: Bashtard Date: December 24, 2019, 2:18 am
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How is the villa they have you? Living room, kitchen, good
bathroom? This matters.
My plan for the New Year has crashed. I was looking at doing a
chemicals company across Europe including a long stay in Skopje.
They have gone with another supplier and I am now chasing
contacts to see if I can get in with other IT outsource. It was
going to be a chance to explore northern Greece, Kosovo, Albania
and Montenegro on company expenses.
Argentina to fill in until another overseas job comes in. I have
done 3 months in a basement in London and as lovely as the
Japanese are, I want to be out in the world on someone else's
dime.
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: -americanjoe- Date: December 24, 2019, 10:47 am
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I think the compound is great.
I've heard it's one of the nicer ones in Sharqiyah, and it's
nicer than the embassy one by far if you ask me.
It's about 500-1000 in population, on the edge of the city, but
it feels a little like it's in the country when we are driven to
the base in the morning.
Mostly military contractors, engineers, some Aramco higher-ups
and U.S. government muckity mucks like pilot trainers etc.
Some U.S. naval officers, people like that.
A sub-prince of some kind lives here sometimes too, mostly
because the security is so high, with constant patrols outside
by saudi military.
Entrance to the compound after the barbed wire, guards etc.:
[img]
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That's my villa, 3rd on the right.
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/7bRkT5b9[/img]
Another view of villa:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/jL8Zjf5q[/img]
Dining room:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/HVP9mCZV[/img]
Sitting room for my bedroom:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/F1HSHBJc[/img]
My bedroom:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/y3DWX2Fb[/img]
Tennis courts:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/rdz6mcc3[/img]
One of the swimming pools:
[img]
HTML https://postimg.cc/DJH7F0Xx[/img]
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Re: Happy Christmas
By: -americanjoe- Date: December 24, 2019, 10:58 am
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I think the compound is pretty nice.
It functions more like a resort it seems like.
I've heard it's one of the nicer ones in Sharqiyah, and it's
nicer than the embassy one by far if you ask me.
It's about 500-1000 in population, on the edge of the city, but
it feels a little like it's in the country when we are driven to
the base in the morning.
Mostly military contractors, engineers, some Aramco higher-ups
and U.S. government muckity mucks like pilot trainers etc.
Some U.S. naval officers, people like that.
A sub-prince of some kind lives here sometimes too, mostly
because the security is so high, with constant patrols outside
by saudi military.
Entrance to the compound after the barbed wire, guards etc.:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/63Fnz0gx/Compoun4.jpg
That's my villa, 3rd on the right.
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/65W5gRXk/Compound-5.jpg
Another view of villa:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/W1VKX6cZ/Compound-9.jpg
Dining room:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/0y9Wpk7d/Compound-1.jpg
Sitting room for my bedroom:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/sfp4wFjn/Compound-3.jpg
My bedroom:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/kGc89mDq/Compound2.jpg
Tennis courts:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/5tSfsNr4/Compound-6.jpg
One of the swimming pools:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/brNrx2Nf/Compound7.jpg
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