THE DEFINITION AS Defined by ME
Feel Free to add what you think OILSTRONG™ means in the comments! OILSTRONG™ is something I started saying when my hubby would leave each time he packed up his suitcases and kissed me good-bye for yet another long hitch. OILSTRONG™ means so many different things to us who live and breathe OILFIELD LIFE. It stands for the wives like myself who become single moms,
handymen, car mechanics, the cook, cleaner, maid and about 7 other positions in the house, each time her hubby kisses her goodbye. It stands for the gentlemen who kiss their wives good bye to spend weeks on end away, missing birthdays, christmas', easter, funerals and even anniversaries. OILSTRONG™ stands for the employers trying to keep their guys employed as long as possible until LAYOFFS are a must to keep afloat. OILSTRONG™ is staying optomistic in the face of really crappy down times. OILSTRONG™ is praying to God for one more oilboom, while telling yourself, next time I won't be such a lousy saver!! OILSTRONG™ stands for the men who have lost their lives to their jobs doing something ONLY we who live for the oilfield life understand! OILSTRONG™ is a brotherhood not to unlike our service men. OILSTRONG™ stands for slinging pipe with pride, throwing sacks like the hulk and being damn good at something MOST would be too weak to last a week doing! OILSTRONG™ means more than two words placed grammatically incorrect in a sentence. You either get it, or you get run off! And as my Momma always said "ain't no way baby" OILSTRONG™!!