Fun stuff on Drilling rigs. I was a welder so got to know a few of the hands. When ya went to a new rig, the introductions in the dog house were great. On a rig in the Red Desert of Wyoming , they Introduced me to the driller, he had his back to me, said here is Ghost . Damn he turned around and I was looking at the grim reaper. He was 6'2 tall skinny and had long white hair and white beard. The other driller was [bleep]. All I ever heard him called. My neighbor is called Big rig. He is 6'8 in weighs about 350. Not because he is big but he always said he was going to drill on the biggest land rig. He did .
Everyone in the oilfield had or has a nickname.
