From the email:

Here's a salute to Joe Vidrine who single handedly saved thousands of fingers of the men doing the tie ins. Not to mention the thousands of dollars he has saved the oil companies. Christ, the Oil Companies should give you a bonus!!!
    Are there any company men out there that can remember trying to set the O ring with welding rods and Teflon tape? Can you remember trying to find the leaks in the flange from a pinched welding rod in the flange?
    Can any divers remember a 6-8 ft sea tie in, trying just to pin the moving mass of metal only, to sweat it out the whole dive trying to get the ring in with out a resulting leak.
    Here's to you Joe; you have a good logical brain. Like my father always said, "Use your head or your ass pays the bill." Replace ass with fingers and there you have it.

Respectfully,
Max Kimble