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Started by Phillip V, January 30, 2013, 09:04:11 AM

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Eddie Teach

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Barrister

Quote from: crazy canuck on January 30, 2013, 03:05:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2013, 03:02:50 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 30, 2013, 03:00:34 PM
Ft. McMurray is looking for people.  One employer put it to me this way,  "If they can walk and dont drool much we will hire and train them".

as long as they are willing to work 10 day shifts in remote work camps for 10-12 hours per day outside in the cold.

and make more than 100k per year

Sometimes much more.

But I make more than 100k per yer and I don't have to do any of that.   :)
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Barrister

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 30, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
You should have told us about this 10 years ago. Now the flesh is too weak.

Get thee to North Daokta.  Same kind of thing happening there.
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MadImmortalMan

I'm still young and strong enough to hack it, I think. I'd actually like to push myself a bit. I don't know if I'd like to take my wife out there though. Those towns are total sausage-fests.
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garbon

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 30, 2013, 04:14:00 PM
I'm still young and strong enough to hack it, I think. I'd actually like to push myself a bit. I don't know if I'd like to take my wife out there though. Those towns are total sausage-fests.

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Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2013, 04:13:24 PM
Get thee to North Daokta.  Same kind of thing happening there.

Yeah, so it still involves pushing/holding/carrying heavy objects around all day. No thanks. My back has enough problems.
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Barrister

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 30, 2013, 04:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2013, 04:13:24 PM
Get thee to North Daokta.  Same kind of thing happening there.

Yeah, so it still involves pushing/holding/carrying heavy objects around all day. No thanks. My back has enough problems.

Not necessarily.

But it probably would involve working outside in -40 though.
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derspiess

Quote from: garbon on January 30, 2013, 04:16:27 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 30, 2013, 04:14:00 PM
I'm still young and strong enough to hack it, I think. I'd actually like to push myself a bit. I don't know if I'd like to take my wife out there though. Those towns are total sausage-fests.

:shifty:

Stop perving on his wife.
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Ed Anger

Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2013, 04:13:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 30, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
You should have told us about this 10 years ago. Now the flesh is too weak.

Get thee to North Daokta.  Same kind of thing happening there.

:yes:

Walmart is paying 17 bucks an hour for workers up there.
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 30, 2013, 04:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2013, 04:13:24 PM
Get thee to North Daokta.  Same kind of thing happening there.

Yeah, so it still involves pushing/holding/carrying heavy objects around all day. No thanks. My back has enough problems.
I've read almost every kind of business is understaffed there. They struggle to staff a McDonalds at  $17 an hour.
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Eddie Teach

17 bucks an hour ain't worth having to live in North Dakota.
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jimmy olsen

If pay is that high for such menial positions, presumably it's higher for less menial ones.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Eddie Teach

I doubt it's higher for IT positions. No reason the company needs to be there.
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