A BIG FALL and THE ORIGINALS

As I said previously we went to Bed about 22.30 hrs, by this time we had already had about 2 or 3 Alarms, so we were already getting used to them!


When the main lights were turned off in our 6 man Cabin, we all had our own light's above our Beds, so I had mine on to Read a Book, for about an Hour!


But slowly one by one all the Lights went out, and about 23.30 hrs the Cabin was Pitch Black, you could not even see your Hand in front of your Face!


We had not worked all day but with all that had gone on, we were all exhausted, so I soon fell asleep..............................


Don't forget I was in the Top Bunk about 10 foot from the Floor!
I was having a Great Sleep, It was  Pitch Black and Very Quiet, when all of a Sudden (at around 2 am) .................THE ALARM WENT OFF!!!!!!!!!!


I opened my Eyes...Startled (as it was really quiet) by the Alarm Racket it was making, and pulled my sheets back and Jumped straight out of Bed to get Dressed!

Well I fell straight to the Floor, passing 3 Bunks (including mine) on the way Down and landed on the Cabin Floor on my Ar*e, I was in Absolute Agony, but I had no time to spare, I had to get Dressed (in my Safety Gear) and out to the Muster Point as soon as Possible!  


When I got to the Muster Point, I was still in Agony and in Shock I think, it was Pouring with Rain and Blowing a Gale, (if any of you Reading this, have been on a Rig in the middle of North Sea, you will know what I mean about the Wind, its 10 times Worse out there than Onshore Winds) after a few minutes and being Wet through, as usual it was called a False Alarm and we were on our way back to our Cabins!


By the time we all got back to the Cabin, everybody was taking the micky, and falling about Laughing at my 10 feet dive from my Bunk, it was the Funniest thing that ever happened to me Working out there!


What was amazing about the whole incident was, how I never Hit any of the other Worker's on the way down, as 5 other Blokes were in there, getting out of Bed, all  at the same time!

Anyway the next day I felt Terrible, I had bruises all over me and of course I never hardly Slept the night before after what happened, so I was still Shaken, Tired and Stiff all over and this was the Day when we were going to be Allocated our New Work Areas, our Jobs and New Cabins! 


What a day I had in Front of me!
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As for Music, back in 1976 a Great Dance/Disco Track was Released by The Motown Vocal Group "The Originals" they were Known for their Soulful Ballads, so this was something completely different for them.

It was a Great Track Produced by Frank Wilson and  Michael Sutton and taken from the album "Communique" it Reached Number One in the US Dance Chart!


During the Late 60's and early 70's The Originals had worked with Marvin Gaye (amongst other's) and during this Collaboration, Marvin Gaye had Wrote and Produced a couple of Ballads, which also went on to be 2 of their Biggest Hits.