Texas, by Indians (subcontinent Indians, not Native Americans). So we checked into the Snyder East Motel-a genuineįleabag, run, as was every convenience store and fast food place in West Of $500 in mysterious telephone calls charged to the Colgate Radio station.Īt any rate, we finally located the crew in Snyder, Texas, Scurry County, We had immense trouble locating them because they didn't want otherĬompanies knowing where they were, a hangover from oil wildcatting days.īut those difficulties are a whole other story and require an explanation To Odessa/Midland to sign on with a Western Geophysical crew. So after we'd completed our Summer term in 1981, several of us headed down Say that folks on these crews were not totally reliable employees). It was decent money you got minimum but worked 100 hours a week, got $5Ī day meal money and $25 cash per day just for showing up (suffice it to I don't even know how the whole relationship started, but somehow myįraternity (Beta Theta Pi) at Colgate developed a tradition of having aįew guys go work on a Geoseismic crew in Texas during our semesters off.
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