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Life on the road -
Kristin and Hild working together

When Kristin and Hild travel to work as the Rygnestad Group there is both hard work and fun.
We try to make it fun to stay sane!

Click here to read about our Chile trip in 2003
Kristin working in the office. Hild working in the office.
Kristin working in the office - this time in Toronto Hild working in the office - this time in Toronto on her birthday
(with roses from Rob!)
Hild working hard - in the coffeeshop... Kristin working hard - in the coffeeshop... Kristin in the laundry room at the hotel.
Kristin and Hild are now known as the 'Coffee-Shop Twins'. Here working away in Toronto. When you're away from home a long time you still have to have clean clothes. Kristin in the laundry room at the hotel in Toronto.
Flowers from Alvaro to Kristin. Flowers from Alvaro to Hild. When you are away from home on Valentines Day and your birthday... Alvaro sent Kristin flowers in a heart covered mug. Hild not only got roses from Rob but also got birthday flowers from Alvaro.

One of our trademarks: Extensive use of whiteboard to keep track of our tasks!

Kristin details out what needs doing when and by who - all colour coordinated...

Kristin organising by whiteboard.

Then we get a bit silly and capture our work in 'meaningful' sentences...
Note that, all sentences and situations below were actually found in real reports!
(although not illustrated like this...)

Hint: It's all mining-related!

The workings consist of glory holes (or underground workings)... Run-off water reports to the tailings management facility for containment. ...within the likely repayment term of the senior debt...
The workings consist of glory holes (or underground workings)... Run-off water reports to the tailings management facility for containment. ...within the likely repayment term of the senior debt...
The CIL feed thickner receives the cyclone overflow. The shops will be managed...
The CIL feed thickner receives the cyclone overflow. The shops will be managed...
(now we write "the maintenance shops" - to avoid confusion and giggles).
The dacite bodies are vertically intruded in the breccia. The stockpile did not make it to the income statement.
The dacite bodies are vertically intruded in the breccia. The stockpile did not make it to the income statement.
(Note, now it has made it there...)


... built for one and a half truck loads. The pregnant eluate is accumulated in a tank.
... built for one and a half truck loads. The pregnant eluate is accumulated in a tank.



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