Horseradish

 Yeah,  Lars. Back then it was Holley Corp and I was Assistant Maintenance Superintendent of the Refinery Division in Artesia and the Lovington plants. Holley Corp bought Montana Refining in Black Eagle, Montana. I would get sent up there to help during their shutdowns.

 I never will forget one time, we had finished an exceptionally difficult shutdown because of bad weather and I was flying home,,when just about over Billings, Montana, the plane took a sharp left turn and did an unscheduled landing and everybody was in a tizzy. I had decided to sit in the farthest back seat with a couple of stewardess,,,, when the pilot and a black suited fellar are coming down the isle asking everybody some thing and everybody shaking their heads "NO", When they get to us they ask me,,"Are You Joe R*****?" I say yes but WTH? He says,,"We've been instructed to get you OFF the Aircraft" He would not elaborate and told me to go to main ticket office and they would fill me in. I was worried that something had happened back home but ,,Why get me off the plane??? When I get to the office there is a number for me to call and is the number of the plant in Black Eagle,,,,??? I finally get thru and is the secretary and she tells me they have made arrangements for me to fly BACK to the plant as the main Crude Unit has just shut down and they have cleared with Artesia to keep me there 3 more weeks,,,,WTH,,,,WTH,,,do I gots any say so,,? NOPE, I went back and it snowed 6" that nite,,,spent a lot of time steaming out frozen lines before we could even start work,,,,,Crazy, huh?