In article , "David Hill"
wrote:

".....What's your son doing that they would fly him to oil platforms all
over the world?........."

Not just Oil rigs.... he's an Oceanographic surveyor

Wow -- sounds like a fun job! Give him a tip 'o the hat from me,
when you talk to him. (I'm sure he already knows that Aberdeen
is hard to beat for a pub crawl, from what I gather from oil field
hands...)

Jan, a frustrated scientist