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Sad to hear about Andrew Palmer, well respected in our industry for many years. First met him at the RJBA office in Holland where we engineered a 1 mile + 10 “ pipeline bottom tow in the “Argyll”field. A presentation SUT made by Palmer at the Old Skean Dhu in Aberdeen started by demonstrating that a lady knitting a Fair Isle jumper with 8 set of needles , 9 colours and over seventy points , all instructions could be contained on a single piece of paper which Andrew waved at the baffled audience , versus . The volume of paperwork and a serie of computer programmes and simulation for pipeline which took a thick book and 30 + programmed magnetic tape for the HP.
Glitches keep us aware , so for many years we hear “ mind the gap” I guess we never hear “ fix the gap” ?
So there we are , Merry X Mas and a prospective New Year Steve , god health is top of the list .
Happy New Decade Steve!
I would just like to confirm that, as one of your thousands of avid subsea watchers, I for one really do enjoy and appreciate the insights you offer us in your inimitable missives. It’s great to hear that you still enjoy writing them too. It was always one of my greatest regrets during my whole subsea career, that global colleagues appeared reluctant to let others know in real time what they really are appreciating, in contrast to what they have complaints about. Too often it appears as if things are just taken for granted – until they suddenly are no longer there.
I was so grateful that you conveyed to us all the sad news that Andrew’s time had come. I’m not sure how I would otherwise have found out. On that theme of letting others know what one really appreciates, I wish now that I’d made sure Andrew knew how much I had appreciated knowing him and benefitting from his trail-blazing expertise. A gentle giant in our midst, for sure.
Keep on prodding us as you always have, and maybe we can see a few more watchers insights into what they are appreciating or otherwise about what’s cooking in the subsea world ?