What's New In W. Africa (Nigeria)
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Brain Statement
In a surprise move brave fighters of BRAIN released Mike A$$lick and Femi 'Kill-Em' Coolings during the weekend. A press release from their joint spokepersons, Comrades Blessing Green and Jomo Nono stated:
BRAIN has decided that we no longer have need of Imlach or Collins, they were very useless, very bad men. After long discussions with Bristow we were adviced by the tall speechless Scotch accountant that Bristow would not pay one penny for either men. Talks with our fellow fighters for the rights of the indigenous people revealed that of all the hostages they had held, the Filipinos were the poorest, but the most cheerful. Our own experience has been that of our forefathers when confronted by their Scotch colonial masters - that the Scotch are the richest and the most miserable. As for Collins - there is only one place for a 'Tom' like him who betrays his own people and steals from them - and that is in the Senate. The final straw was when Imlach demanded a three course meal be brought to him in accordance with a book no man has ever seen - Bristow admin manual. He said that because club sandwich was not available and meat pie is finished, despite the fact of the BRAIN kitchen in our secret hideout behind Green Crocodile was closed we must supply full 3 courses. My brothers and sisters, you are welcome to these men. This battle was lost, but the war goes on. Long live BRAIN, long live the brave Nigerian people, long live the crack fighters of NUATZI
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A?!lick and F?!ces Droppings
If any of those savages will be dropped off in Angola, I will personally see to it that they will not make it across the Equator!!!
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Consolidation Rumour
Alouette,
You obviously haven't heard the rumour ex CVX San Ramon that Chevron want all their Worldwide Aviation Assets under a common Management and guess who is the front runner? - why do you think Agbami went the way it has?
You had better sharpen your pointy stick and wait for the visit!
Trog
You obviously haven't heard the rumour ex CVX San Ramon that Chevron want all their Worldwide Aviation Assets under a common Management and guess who is the front runner? - why do you think Agbami went the way it has?
You had better sharpen your pointy stick and wait for the visit!
Trog
Songkla here we come?
Great idea BB
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How long you stayy?? I live in finest GeeAreAy penthouse but am planning open fire at BRC poolside on FRi to celerbrate my coming of age. No longer early forties - now mid forties. (anyway enough about my IQ)
I love Bristow Helicopters
- wooohooo - got my early Christmas bonus today which will keep me happy and allow me to buy you finest cinquintal count pushkin and coke.
many w/o day allow Z to play.
I love Bristow Helicopters
- wooohooo - got my early Christmas bonus today which will keep me happy and allow me to buy you finest cinquintal count pushkin and coke. many w/o day allow Z to play.
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Nigerian Visa
Got a question concerning the Nigerian Visa for Americans. I was lucky enough to make the cut for Bristow so I believe a Nigerian Visa is required to work there. How much time (average) does it take to get one?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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You Are Welcome
Hi loav8r,
Seems like everything with you is going to be copacetic now you're coming over to join the boys in the swamps. First you'll get an STR visa for your arrival. This means "subject to regularisation" and once you have the supporting paperwork from Bristow to say that you'll be employed by them you'll get this in 2 to 4 weeks from the Nigerian embassy or High Commission in your country. This will get you through immigration when you arrive and Bristow will then get your visa "regularised" for your residents and work permits. You can find the regulations here:
Nigerian Visa Regulations
Where will you be based and what type will you be operating?
Forget a lot of the bad stories. If you come here with a completely open mind you'll almost certainly find you'll enjoy yourself. If you read everything here, after you arrive, you'll find some will be true for YOU, some not. Both Bristow and Aero are going through some turmoil right now, but I suspect that the turmoil within Aero will have consequences that are further reaching in terms of its very existence. For all its problems, Bristow is not a bad company and just need the new MD to settle in once he has finished flexing his muscles. This is the natural order in any company when there are changes at the top and once the dust has settled, most people will accept the 'new order' and everything will be back to normal.
There are still many opportunities in Nigeria and the offshore helicopter industry will continue to expand over the next few years. I hope you'll enjoy your time here and maybe I'll be the first one buying you your ice cold Star when you arrive. (Star is a Nigerian institution now, and was originally marketed as the first indigenous Nigerian beer in 1949 by Nigerian Breweries, but Heineken acquired a majority stake 8 years ago).
Enjoy your time here as countless others have done before you. Many have come here wanting to change Nigeria, but the ones who have stayed have been those who Nigeria has changed
Seems like everything with you is going to be copacetic now you're coming over to join the boys in the swamps. First you'll get an STR visa for your arrival. This means "subject to regularisation" and once you have the supporting paperwork from Bristow to say that you'll be employed by them you'll get this in 2 to 4 weeks from the Nigerian embassy or High Commission in your country. This will get you through immigration when you arrive and Bristow will then get your visa "regularised" for your residents and work permits. You can find the regulations here:
Nigerian Visa Regulations
Where will you be based and what type will you be operating?
Forget a lot of the bad stories. If you come here with a completely open mind you'll almost certainly find you'll enjoy yourself. If you read everything here, after you arrive, you'll find some will be true for YOU, some not. Both Bristow and Aero are going through some turmoil right now, but I suspect that the turmoil within Aero will have consequences that are further reaching in terms of its very existence. For all its problems, Bristow is not a bad company and just need the new MD to settle in once he has finished flexing his muscles. This is the natural order in any company when there are changes at the top and once the dust has settled, most people will accept the 'new order' and everything will be back to normal.
There are still many opportunities in Nigeria and the offshore helicopter industry will continue to expand over the next few years. I hope you'll enjoy your time here and maybe I'll be the first one buying you your ice cold Star when you arrive. (Star is a Nigerian institution now, and was originally marketed as the first indigenous Nigerian beer in 1949 by Nigerian Breweries, but Heineken acquired a majority stake 8 years ago).
Enjoy your time here as countless others have done before you. Many have come here wanting to change Nigeria, but the ones who have stayed have been those who Nigeria has changed
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Yes but...
When you get that first Star do something with it that might not make sense at first:
When the bottle has been uncapped put your thumb over the opening, invert the bottle and immerse the neck in a clear glass of clean water. Now take your thumb away and watch what happens next.
If things go as usual you will end up with a certain amount of glycerine in the bottom of the water glass, added to the beer as some sort of preservative, I guess.
Or you may notice a funny odour and taste to your beer. That will be formalin, also added as a preservative. It is the same stuff an undertaker uses in the States when preparing a corpse.
I reckon I should do just fine, having been pre-pickled by now from my time in West Africa.
When the bottle has been uncapped put your thumb over the opening, invert the bottle and immerse the neck in a clear glass of clean water. Now take your thumb away and watch what happens next.
If things go as usual you will end up with a certain amount of glycerine in the bottom of the water glass, added to the beer as some sort of preservative, I guess.
Or you may notice a funny odour and taste to your beer. That will be formalin, also added as a preservative. It is the same stuff an undertaker uses in the States when preparing a corpse.
I reckon I should do just fine, having been pre-pickled by now from my time in West Africa.
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chuks:
I like the idea of your experiment, only one problem:
No "clear glass of clean water" in Nigeria, that's why we drink the Star!
I like the idea of your experiment, only one problem:
...invert the bottle and immerse the neck in a clear glass of clean water.
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Apocryphal
chuks,
That old story about Star has been around since Pontius was psyching himself up for his first solo. Did you ever actually try it for yourself? 
That old story about Star has been around since Pontius was psyching himself up for his first solo
. Did you ever actually try it for yourself?
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I've never touched Star, being a gulder or Satzenbrau (when it was available) drinker myself, but I've seen the "inverted star" trick performed on many occasions.
It does work exactly as Chuks described, and I totally agree about the smell
, That's the reason I never drank the stuff
It does work exactly as Chuks described, and I totally agree about the smell
, That's the reason I never drank the stuff
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Of course, as well as Star, Gulder and Heineken are all owned by Heineken. Didn't know that? Have you ever tried the inverted Star bottle trick with either Heineken brewed in Nigeria or Gulder? You may get a surprise. Many beers in tropical countries contain residual glycerine and formaldehyde which act as preservatives and give greater body. None of your German beer purity laws here 
When I was at Masalembo and then Duri (Indonesia) the local beer was Bintang Baru, "New Star". Later, posted to PH I was sadly introduced to Star which appeared to be the same, I asumed that Heineken, which had a star on the cans, had started both breweries. Never tried the inverted trick though.
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It is apparently the only way to keep the beer viable in the heat while it's packed outside the brewers/bar waiting for all the thirsty guys to gather under the mango tree.
I used to mix Gulder with a dash of tonic water to make it palatable, Star was almost instant headache before the first one was drunk.
I used to mix Gulder with a dash of tonic water to make it palatable, Star was almost instant headache before the first one was drunk.