"cold sweat"

[sageo]

Are we allowed to discuss negative implications on IOC here? Aside from that, I'm sure you will get positive replies from the resident SHU cheerleaders to alleviate your concerns and cold sweats.

1) You are allowed to discuss anything relating to IOC positive or negative, however

2) If, like this post, doesn't add anything as you not address the topic of the thread, nor provide any other info or opinion, substantiated or not, but chose to instead resort to derogatory comments on others.

3) I'm having to do this in public because in previous occasions when I just removed such messages you claimed not to have been derogatory and/or provide useful info..

Actually, I found Kommon's remark kind of amusing and thus not without redeeming social benefit.

Here's my view on the $8MM/mo:  Where is it going?  The last report I recall had seismics being completed.  Not there. As we all know the arbitration is over and IOC's drilling operations have been shut down.  Not there either. They no longer have service stations or a refinery.  The construction crews used to prepare sites were dismissed long ago.

Too bad we don't have a GAO (different SHU board) to ferret out waste fraud and abuse.

We do have an annual meeting in the summer.  Maybe this issue will become mute before that time.  If it doesn't I doubt I'd have any reservations asking a pointed question from the mike.

Thanks Art to you & all for a good discussion.

It wasn't my intention "to get anyone's dander up" or rile them.I guess I was just looking for some quality suggestions as to how our"preservation of capital" might be accomplished. Back in the late eighties,our family was going thru a ' finance downturn'. The decision was then made to (1) cut vacation spending,(2) eat out less,and(3) buy cheaper brand bourban and scotch,(4) as well as some other cuts.

In our case,would cheaper brand of 'pink shirts' help ? Who knows...(.every little bit would perhaps be helpful) ....yeah,yeah, I get it ..".only the Shadow knows". [ Smile]