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This Is Not a Drill

Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield

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This Is Not a Drill

By: Paul Carter
Narrated by: Paul Carter
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About this listen

 Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his dad - another adrenaline junkie; gets married; hangs out with his rig pig buddies in exotic locations; and spends a couple of interesting weeks in Afghanistan...©2007 Paul Carter. (P)2008 Bolinda Publishing Adventure Travel Adventure Funny Russia

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Critic reviews

"Get ready for loosely connected, bawdy stories about the author and his outrageous friends. Some tales come from the oil rigs Carter worked on, but most take place in bars, where misogynistic alpha males drown themselves in a sea of liquor. How about the one where a bloke with a glass eye pops it into someone's beer, and the crowd waits until the victim quaffs the last ounce to see it staring at him from the bottom of his glass? Carter narrates the audiobook in his working-class Australian accent, loaded with the national vocabulary of 'mates', 'queuing', 'boiled sweets', and 'rubbing one out' (think gas). His rapid narrative style leaves the listener little time to ponder the novel metaphors, similes, and analogies." (AudioFile Magazine)
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Amusing and Authentic. Very much a good listen. Always one to listen to. looking forward to the next one.

Excellent and amusing. Throughly lovely.

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loved it 😃what a life paul has had .very funny and interesting .10/10 thank you

what a great book

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go to the first book, its amazing. This one is okay but nowhere near as good

Unfortunately just not as good as the first book.

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Its all ways good to hear a real life story especially one you can relate to It’s the Dogs nuts

Charmed life

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