{"id":994,"date":"2013-09-18T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illumination2.wordpress.com\/?p=994"},"modified":"2013-09-18T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T13:36:41","slug":"blast-from-the-past-one-of-the-ones-that-got-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/18\/blast-from-the-past-one-of-the-ones-that-got-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the past: one of the ones that got away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blast from the past: one of the ones that got away<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. I know you were expecting something else.<\/p>\n

I was looking for a particular document today and had to wade through several big envelopes. As usual I came across some of the old communications between myself and some companies I had tried to “get into” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I am including some scans from the NLNG “attempt” below:<\/p>\n

I can still remember the NLNG tests. I scaled the first one in Lagos then “crash ‘n burned” during the second stage test in Abuja.<\/p>\n

\"nlng<\/a>
\nThe envelope the invitation letter came in.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/a>
\nInvitation to the first test above (let’s weed out the chaff eh?)<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/a>
\nSecond test above (we all now know how it ended \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

There are others of course: Mobil, SHELL, Chevron, …, hey! I have been around \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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