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If I was randomly transformed into a copy of the Sunday New York Times, would you spend all your time and money to save me? What would you do? What would my day and life be like with you?I have to applaud you on the imagination behind your question. Kinda Tom Robbins-ish.Sunday, huh? NY Times? And just one copy, and just one issue? This must be some special edition, one that sold out quickly. I know it wasn’t 9/11. I’d have to research for any Sunday extraordinary editions.Lacking the research, I wouldn’t spend all my time and money to save you. My apologies, you’re off to recycle!During the 1960s and before, I’d use you to line the household trash cans - since the liners of today hadn’t been born. This was common practice; you can research it. You’d hook the top of a newspaper page (preferably 2 or more) over the rim of the trash can and then push the remainder downward, flat against the wall of the can; continue that till you’ve covered the entire can.My hubby tells of when his mother sent him about this particular task only to seek him out several minutes later, finding him face-down in the can, reading the news articles.Back then, we’d have had all kinds of uses for you, so don’t fret.Your day and life? Good grief, dude or dudess, you’re a bunch of paper with ink coating! You don’t have a day, much less a life. And as far as being with me in particular, I just can’t go there. BUT, hold on! The Internet has a huge list of uses for you once your news becomes outdated:1. Cleaning windowsUsing an old newspaper to clean windows works better than cloth for preventing streaks. For even better results, use a vinegar-and-water solution instead of a chemical cleaner.2. Shelf liningReuse old papers to line your cabinet, dresser, pantry or bathroom shelves. They're cheaper than shop-bought shelf liners, and they’re easy to put in and replace.3. Cat litter box linersPlace sheets of paper in the bottom of your cat’s box, under the litter. You’ll save on litter, and any odors and wetness will be absorbed.4. Barbecue cleanerTurn off the barbecue and allow it to cool a little. Soak newspaper in water, lay the sheets over the warm barbecue grill, close the lid and leave for approximately an hour. Then simply remove the paper and wipe the grill clean.5. Packing materialA newspaper is a great substitute for bubble wrap. To pack a box with fragile contents, first wrap the items individually. Place them in the box, separated by crumpled paper. Then fill any remaining space with crumpled paper. If you have a lot of old paper, use a paper shredder to make piles of great packaging material. Whoever receives your gift can avoid adding to the world's waste and put your papery packaging straight in their home recycling bin.6. Weed killerIf weeds are a problem in your garden, cover the flower beds with newspaper and soak them with water. Then cover the paper with compost or mulch. Eventually, the paper will smother the weeds, and the organic matter will help your garden flourish.7. Papier macheKeep your kids entertained with this fun craft activity. With just newspaper and glue you can make whatever you can think of.8. FirestarterFed up of old news? Use crumpled up bits of old newspaper to start a bonfire, charcoal grill or campfire.9. Shape keeperEnsure that your shoes and bags maintain their shape by stuffing them with crumpled newspaper after use.10. Fruit and vegetable drawer linerPlace sheets of newspaper at the bottom of the fruit and vegetable drawer in your fridge. They will absorb any mess from rotten produce, and will also keep the drawer free from odors.11. Ripen tomatoesWrap green tomatoes in sheets of old newsprint, layer them in a box and put a lid on top – they will eventually ripen up to a lovely red color.12. Stain protectionWhen using stain-prone products such as paint or shoe polish, place newspaper down before you start, to prevent soiling your carpet or furniture.13. Car floor coversLay folded newspaper on the floor of your vehicle – it will absorb water and help keep dirt off the carpet.14. Fireplace logsRoll up newspapers and tie them tightly with string to make makeshift logs. You can then use them in your fireplace, saving on wood.15. Camping aidPut several sheets of newspaper underneath your sleeping bag when you go camping. This will keep your bag dry, free from dirt and grass stains, and will provide warm padding.16. Table paddingLay newspaper underneath a table cloth on your kitchen or dining room table. It’s an excellent replacement for expensive padding and will help protect your table from spills and other damage.17. Shoe and boot matPlace a folded-up newspaper beside the door and keep wet and muddy footwear on it to prevent staining the carpet.18. Shoe deodorizerCrumple up balls of newspaper and stuff them into smelly shoes. Leave overnight and discard – and any odors will have disappeared.19. Gift wrappingNo time to pop to Paperchase? Wrap birthday gifts with old newspaper. If you have time, you can even cut thin strips to make a decorative bow to top it all off.20. Book coversNewspaper works just as well as shop-bought covers for scrapbook or exercise books. To tell the books apart once they’re covered, use a section of the paper that mirrors the subject of the book.21. Cheap ragsReplace rags with old newspaper when cleaning paint brushes, removing oil stains and mopping up petrol spills.22. Storing fruitWrapping apples in old newspaper somewhere dry will keep them from rotting.23. Draught proofingUse folded up newspaper to plug any gaps in your windows or doors and cut your heating bills.24. Windscreen coverReuse newspaper in the cold — lay it across your car windscreen during winter to protect it from frost.25. Carpet underliningIf you have a foam-backed carpet, lay newspaper down on the floor underneath it. This will help protect the carpet and will stop it sliding.26. Protect outdoor plantsIf a cold snap is coming, cover outdoor plants with sheets of newspaper, and secure them to plant stems with clothespins. This only works if the weather is dry.27. Clearing up broken glassFirst, pick up and dispose of the larger pieces wrapped in old newspaper. Then carefully blot the surrounding area with a few sheets of wet newspaper – the shards of glass will stick to the damp wad of paper.28. Seedling potLayer several sheets of paper on top of each other and shape them into a makeshift container for germinating seedlings.29. Oven cleanerDon’t waste paper towels on cleaning up any residue in your oven – mop it up with a few sheets of moistened, crumpled newspaper.30. Unscrewing a broken light bulbReuse a wad of old newspaper to unscrew a hot light bulb and prevent burning your fingers.31. Compost materialAdd moderate amounts of wet, shredded newspaper to your compost heap and give earthworms a tasty treat.32. Insect trapsIf your garden is under siege from earwigs, dispose of them by making your own environmentally-friendly traps. Simply roll up a wet newspaper, tie it with a rubber band, and leave in the infested area overnight. By morning the bugs will have gone.33. Car wheel tractionKeep a stack of newspapers in the boot of your car during the winter months to prevent getting stuck on a patch of ice or slush. Placing a wad under each rear wheel will help get your car back on the road.34. Removing musty odorsCrumple newspaper — or any other kind of old paper — and place in a suitcase for a couple of weeks to remove stale smells.These amazing suggestions come from: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/natural-resources/34-uses-old-newspapersWhew! That was a LONG ride. But in your magical predicament, I’d expect no better. Or is that worse? Hell, I don’t know.Shanti

Depends on your personality, the company you’re working for, the shifts you are working, how many hours per day you’re scheduled, what you are actually doing on the platform, what kind of activities are on the platform, and what kind of activities you brought out with you.I worked offshore construction- logistics/personnel clerk on oil platforms, so technically my job on an oil platform was considered extremely easy. I didn’t have much “physical work” to do compared to, let’s say, a fitter or a welders helper. My job, my schedule was usually matched the shift pulled by the construction crew plus 2 hours. So, if a shift was pulling 12 hour work shifts; I would be pulling 14. If they pulled 18 hours, I was pulling about 20. I had to be up earlier in the morning to prepare the required paperwork for the daily work schedule, do my normal duties while the shift was operating, then when the shift shut down I had to close all the paperwork out, log everyones hours, do the daily budget, attend a “managers” meeting where the foremen/inspector/company rep/platform boss went over the days activities and take notes, and various other tasks. I say I usually worked 2 hours before or after a shift, but I’m just saying it as an average. If I was working with a 10 person crew, I may get done in 15 minutes in the morning and less then an hour in the evening. If I was working with a 200 person construction crew, I may get lucky if I get done in 3–4 hours. And if I was working as the only clerk on dual shift platforms (night shift/day shifts,) there is no telling when I’ll get done as I’ll be doing paperwork for both shifts as I can get to it.And my paperwork wasn’t the only duty I had to perform. I had to do customs documents for everything and anyone that left from shore coming out to the platform as well as everything and everyone going back in. I had to do inventories and paperwork for boats and helicopters that came out to the platform and left. I had to maintain a map in my head of every free spot on the platform, construction materials, and equipment plus supplies to operate it as I may be asked where it is at any given time. Also, if the supply boat was permanently attached to us, I could use that as additional storage to hold items but also had to know what was going on so I could pull needed items off of it that were needed so I can send it in to take people back to the dock for crew changeover, bring replacements out, grab more construction material and equipment, and also bring food/water/fuel that would keep job operational. And everything had to be documented from a tiny box of bolts with 2 hundred pieces in it to a 150 ton flyover deck that we’re working to install. And if I messed up, and it was inspected and the paperwork found to be wrong, the company didn’t pay the fines- I was responsible as a third party contractor.Then I have the incidental tasks- the crew. On most jobs, I wore two hats as both personnel and logistics. So, I had to also take care of the crew. And no, I didn’t babysit them… They were adults and the vast majority could handle themselves and their own needs with little or no intervention from me. But, I had a responsibility to them. And how well I did that job would determine how well I was liked or tolerated. I had to keep tabs on the cooks and try to get food they liked ordered that the crews liked and wanted (If I could order steaks, ribs, and hamburgers for lunch and dinner everyday; they would have loved me) but I had to work within a budget with the cooks. The head cook would bring up meal schedule plans to me, and we’d dicker and bargain with the construction foreman (who would know the crew better then I did as he worked and ran them,) until a feeding schedule was decided. Then the cook would order the food through his company, I would coordinate the logistics to get it to the dock, loaded up, manifested, then shipped out. Inventory it when it arrived, get some construction crew (riggers usually) to help unload the container to help out the cooks, and then inventory any waste we could not grind up to feed to the fish to get shipped back to shore. Food waste and organic materials were ground up to feed the fish (turd herders) that hung around the bottom of the platform and cans/plastics/inorganic material were shipped back to shore for disposal. Also, the “break time” food was modified. Most platforms kept a “convenience store” level of snacks onboard in between meals. Smaller platform jobs will have cans of soda, juice cans or pouches, boxed or bagged milk, and bottles of water you can access at all times. There would also be beef jerky, fruit cans, vienna sausage cans, bags of chips, fruit, candy bars, and an assortment of snack food. And the assortment was changed around as some crews favored items not carried. So the cooks and clerk would get asked to order some for the next food delivery. Depending on the crew size of the job, we could get deliveries from every day to once a week.Also had to coordinate housekeeping. For small jobs, it is usually the catering crew (cooks) that have members that do everyone's laundry, make beds, wash sheets, and clean the showers/toilets/sinks/floors. On larger jobs, especially 2 shift ones where there are not enough beds and people have to hot bunk it (share beds,) usually there is a designated crew that does both the platform crew and the construction crew. My job here was easier as I had to make sure they knew the shift schedules as well as order their cleaning materials and supplies. If they messed up, their usual line was “blame the clerk” which didn’t bother me too much as the crew knew I had little to do with their tasks and that trained monkeys could figure out the work schedules in less then a day. But, if they kept dropping the ball, the inspector would run them off the platform and we had to do our own stuff until the replacements showed up. And trying to coordinate washing all the sheets and blankets being washed daily for hot bunking (as it was tough to impossible to make sure an individual got the same set back) could get interesting and uses a lot of water that had to be shipped out to us on most jobs.Finally, entertainment. For small platforms it is squeezed into spaces where they could find room. You may have a treadmill, exercise bike, and weight machine on one of the platform decks where it is protected from the rain. A small tv room. And if you’re lucky, a room with a computer with internet access. Larger platforms may have dedicated spaces. One of the larger platforms I was on had a deck space with a full health club worth of gear minus a pool, steam room, sauna, and whirlpool. But, if you wanted to cheat you can go find an empty shipping container on the main deck that is subjected to the full sun, add a couple large pans of water, let the water heat up and steam, then close the door for your heat and steam experience. Never ran into anyone who wanted to do that the main deck was a very hot place during the day (10–20 degrees hotter then ambient temp) and you could get the experience just by sweating on a normal day. But, I wouldn’t discount someone wanting to do it based on the personalities that I ran into out there. Then you had the tv room that would have taped/dvd movies, a large screen tv (had to settle a lot of squabbles on what to watch but usually was first one there made the decision,) and small computer labs (2–6 computers) with internet access though there was heavy screening on what sites you could go to. Then, there was your personnel entertainment you brought out. Board games, chess and checkers, low stakes and occasionally high stakes poker (no credit given,) MP3 and cd players, game consoles with tv’s shipped out with personal belongings in mil-spec protective cases, golf clubs and golf balls (pitching and driving shots off the helicopter deck seemed to be a good way to improve your swing- I digress as I never shot gold,) and even had 2 guys bring out tennis rackets and balls and they persuaded the foreman to make enough room so they had a regulation size court and the shipping containers and equipment kept the balls from flying overboard. I was on a large platform off duty when they caught Saddam Hussein in the TV room as I was working night shift and couldn’t sleep. The tv room had 4 large screen tv’s and enough seating for 50–60 people. By each seat, there were 4 sets of headphones. You sat down, decided what tv you were going to watch, and grabbed the corresponding headphone and turned your chair in the direction of the tv. I worked on that contract for 6 weeks and that was the only day all 4 tv’s were on the same topic. Can’t forget the fishing. You had to be licensed and bring your own gear but some platforms kept some laying around on platforms where fishing was allowed. And those were platforms where you could eat what you caught that day. Or they would freeze it and you could take it home if it was legal. I caught everything from turd herders (forage fish that hand around the bottom of the platform,) barracudas, sharks, lemon fish, redfish if we were close to shore, red snapper on deep water platforms, tuna, and a marlin once. But you had to follow US fishing laws and most platforms banned it as an insurance liability due to shark bites trying to recover your hook, having a barracuda displaying it’s displeasure by chomping down on your hand, people falling overboard and having to be recovered, and line/hook injuries. So there was entertainment… You just had to plan ahead based on the platform you were going to and usually only when you were offshift or during bad weather days.Then you have your off shift/non-entertainment times. This is personal cleanup time and probably bed time. You definitely need to shower. The environment demands it… And if you ignore it, your crew mates will make sure you do so. They may hold off a day for unexpected items like going straight to bed due to being sick or having a major headache or migraine as those can be common and people will make allowances for those off days when you need to just get your head under your pillow and try to recover. It happens as you’re not super human and you need to recover. But, if you don’t shower just because you don’t want to- don’t complain about the consequences as they’ll take matters into their own hands and strip you naked, toss you in the shower, turn the water on, and clean you with mops or scrub brushes. If you work on deck, you’re going to sweat. It could be 30 degrees outside, heavy cloud cover, a 30 knot wind blowing, and rain or snow flurries occasionally; but you’re still going to be sweating underneath all your gear and clothes… And it gets worse when the temp is 95 degrees, the main deck is 105–115 degrees, no wind, and not a cloud in the sky where you end up slow cooking all day. Even clerks like me who can escape to a climate controlled office for parts of the day are going to sweat. Heck, the system monitors that spend most of their days in the operations room sweat. It’s the nature of the beast. And no-one wants to smell you after smelling themselves all day. And if corrective actions don’t seem to change an individuals mind, they’re going to get kicked off the platform as all the individual is doing is create tension. And be a dear, leave your boots outside the sleeping area in a covered position where they can’t be rained on or in… Many jobs will have a place to store your boots outside the sleeping quarters so everyone doesn’t have to smell your boots. You may not walk on deck in flip flops or tennis shoes, but you can usually access the non-work areas.Finally, sleep time until the next shift. I know I’ve flip flopped from 1st person narrative to 3rd person; but bear with me as I tried to include common items that included what other personnel had access to. Sleep time, rack time, chasing the sheep, counting your zzzzzz’z, sawing logs, entering the echo chamber, and all other descriptions of it is very important as you have to get up and do it again the next day unless you’re going home. And rest is one of the most important items as the job requires you to be properly rested and clear headed. In theory, you get plenty of rest. In reality, it depends on you to grab it. You may end up so wound up that you can’t sleep for hours cutting into sleep time. You may get assigned to a room where it sounds like a cave of hibernating bears with every different type of snoring present. You just may have so much on your mind that you can’t sleep thinking of family issues at home or if your girlfriend is stepping out on you, or multiple other issues. But, you have to get as much as you can. For an individual like myself, I usually had a semi-private room. That was either in the main platform quarters or in a quarters container. A quarters container held 12 bunks + lockers in 3 individual rooms with a bathroom section containing 4 sinks, 4 toilets, and 4 showers plus a storage cabinet with towels, soap, extra toothbrushes (in theory,) and toothpaste. And the housekeeping crew maintained it. It has it’s own heater and AC, water and sewage connections, and power plugs. For the main construction crew, it will be packed as they don’t want to waste space as these are rented for the job. For the Inspector, foremen, and clerks; we’re usually put in modified containers that has a smaller bathroom (2 of each,) one or two bedrooms with 4 bunks each, and the rest of the space converted with desks for our computers, filing cabinets for paperwork, and plan tables which allows the building plans to be laid out as well as can be used for meetings. And how full it was depended on how big a job it was. I’ve had jobs where the three of us were the only occupants and other jobs where we had 2–3 of the converted bunk containers with a ton of foremen, clerks, one inspector, and also temporary testing and certification crew or even visitors checking out the job. If we were lucky, on big jobs, we had a quarters boat contracted where the construction crew slept on. It had room for 300+ people in 4 person bedrooms, toilet and shower in every room, multiple tv rooms, and multiple dining areas. If we’re really unlucky with a small crew, we’d have to sleep on the supply boat… That meant we slept on bunks 20–30 per room, had to eat on the platform, and your entertainment was whatever you brought with you.If you want a fuller description of working on a platform, I can do more in depth with my day to day duties. I can also go into the daily life of most of the crew as some smaller jobs I had less to do and would work with the other construction members learning their jobs and duties. My descriptions of other jobs may not be perfect, but they’ll give you an idea. I just basically switched from covering my job duties to what a person may experience on an oil platform or drilling rig daily. And it’s going to be the same… Wake up, breakfast, safety meetings, go to work, break time, go back to work, lunch, go back to work, break time, go back to work, and then dinner time. After that, you will get a variation based on how long your crew is working that day. You could go off duty for entertainment, clean up, and sleep or you can go back to work, break, go back to work (break times comes sooner after 12 hours due to how tired you are,) and then enter your off duty time. And it will be roughly the same thing as you’re going to be working a minimum of 12 hours. Variations will be up to you.

Many of the answers to this question would have been OK in the old daysNowadays I write Safety Management Systems for commercial vessels and all crew must read and understand them.I also write a separate vessel manual with drawings and photos showing where all the valves, cocks, emergency shutdown flaps and fire extinguishers etc are. We dont want them opening a seacock and flooding the vesselThey also must learn the difference between a tow line and a mooring spring. This can be learned on the job but they are dangerous if they get confused. The manual with all the terms in it is best.It follows they should have some basic education or they can get hurt or worse still get others hurt.The days of the Jolly Jack Tar are over - at least in first world countries.Nevertheless there are many parts of the world where safety is not a priority.Here is the cover sheet of a manual which is written in the form of a courseMANUAL CONTENTSINTRODUCTORY SESSION and ICEBREAKERMODULE ONE. Classroom. DECK CREW, HOST’S AND ENGINEERING.SESSION 1 HISTORYSESSION 2 DECK CREW OPERATION AND MAINTENANCESESSION 3 GALLEY AND TOILETSSESSION 4 HOST’S TASKSSESSION 5 COPING WITH EMERGENCIESMODULE TWO. Classroom. ENGINEERING.SESSION 6 MAIN ENGINE AND POWER TRAINSESSION 7 BOILER, AUXILIARIES AND PIPING SYSTEMSSESSION 8 BATTERIES AND 12 VDC LIGHTING SYSTEMSESSION 9 110 VDC SYSTEMSESSION 10 AC POWER DISTRIBUTIONSESSION 11 NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND RADIOSESSION 12 EMERGENCY EQUIPMENTSESSION 13 ANCILLARY EQUIPMENTMODULE THREE. On Board. DECK CREW AND ENGINEERING.SESSION 14 GUIDED TOUR OF THE VESSELSESSION 15 RIGGING AND LINE HANDLINGSESSION 16 PIPING AND TANKSMODULE FOUR. On Board. ENGINEERINGSESSION 17 MAIN ENGINE AND POWER TRAINSESSION 18 SHORE AND SHIP POWER SYSTEMSSESSION 19 ANCILLARY EQUIPMENTNow here are the cover pages for an Safety Management System. Note the involvement of management which is criticalTABLE OF CONTENTS1. GENERAL1.1 INTRODUCTION1.2 VESSEL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATION1.3 SAFETY GEAR ON BOARD1.4 COMPANY DETAILS2. SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT POLICY2.1 COMPANY SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT POLICY2.2 ENVIRONMENT2.3 DRUG & ALCOHOL2.4 VESSEL SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS)3 COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY3.1 MANAGING DIRECTOR3.2 OTHER STAFF, CREW AND PERSONNEL4 DESIGNATED PERSON (DP)5 MASTERS RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY6. RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL6.1 TRAINING6.1.1 TRAINING OFFICER6.1.2 IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING NEEDS6.2 TRAINING RECORDS6.3 RECORD RETENTION - SEE PARA 11.77. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES7.1 WARNING7.2 CREW BRIEFING7.3 NON-CREW SAFETY BRIEFING7.4 PRE DEPARTURE CHECKLISTS7.5 ENGINE START-UP7.6 ENGINE SHUTDOWN7.7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7.8 DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE7.9 DISPOSAL OF WASTE OIL7.10 PUMPING BILGES AND DECK HOSE7.11 MAINTENANCE CHECKS7.12 REFUELLING7.13 BUNKERING7.14 ANCHORING7.15 TOWING7.16 HYDRAULIC CRANE7.17 VESSEL PLANS7.18 VESSEL LOG7.19 RECORD OF OPERATIONAL DRILLS AND TRAINING8. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES8.1 FLOODING8.2 COLLISION8.3 ENGINE ROOM FIRE8.4 FIRE OTHER THAN ENGINE ROOM8.5 CRITICAL BREAKDOWN8.6 PERSON(S) OVERBOARD8.7 GROUNDING8.8 EXPLOSION8.9 BOMB THREAT8.10 EMERGENCY STEERING8.11 UNLAWFUL ACT8.12 PERSON(S) INJURED8.13 PREPARE TO ABANDON SHIP8.14 ABANDON SHIP8.15 TERRORISM8.16 ENVIRONMENTAL9 REPORTING ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS10. MAINTENANCE OF THE VESSEL AND EQUIPMENT10.1 MAINTENANCE OF SAFETY ITEMS10.2 TYPICAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS10.3 MAINTENANCE LOG10.4 WORK REQUEST11. DOCUMENTATION11.1 DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDS11.2 AUTHORISATION11.3 SMS RECORDS - ELECTRONIC VERSION11.4 SMS RECORDS – PRINTED DOCUMENTS11.5 SMS DOCUMENT CONTROL AND IDENTIFICATION11.6 MODIFICATIONS / CHANGES11.7 RECORD RETENTION12 REVIEW AND EVALUATION