made me laugh a bit

[Polarblu]

For the North part of BC i can say that i dont agree with alberta trucks running in BC without having pay as much as local. Truck inspections are twice as long, insurance is less money, and coming out of a city fuel is more affordable. Makes it hard for the owner operator in BC to make a go of it when 5-8 percent off the top is just to stay in the game.
As far as welders they can all go F#$#K there hat with minimal overhead a 20K months. That rate is just stupid.
As far as mechanics, pretty close wages across, but most alt companies dont pay the kid to go to school,!! Whats up with that? write a contract, sendh im to school if he fails he owes his wages back. Simple plan.
The company i apprenticed under payed full wages all the way through so i could focus on school, i gave them 10 years of loyal service for it. Things are different now.... My rant

 

[Bogger]

No I wasn't with him on the friday, only heard about the creek crash....

We were at the cabin during his ordeal....

Ya I hear ya Johni I almost voted for bogger as well until the cat issue popped up! I do believe i pulled a plio7 out of a creek on the friday of MM5 by the cabin. and i do beleieve i saw a bogger looking at plio witha big grin on his face hahaha if that was you bogger!

 

[jaredszakacs]

hahahaha thought I seen that orange cat go by I know one guy from your group stopped to help and he was laughing pretty hard! i wish i would have seen him crash it looked like it would have been a doozy! in alberta they pay the kids to go to school for mechanics! we have payed for every apprentice at our stores to go for there trainning! but I hear ya on some of the other wages and yeah that additional 5-8% is definately a killer for bc residents. I know when i was doing truck accessories there it was costing me 12% at the border for taxes then 12% tax to the customer theres a 24% tax mark up wich you dont see at all!

 

[Mike270412]

hahahaha thought I seen that orange cat go by I know one guy from your group stopped to help and he was laughing pretty hard! i wish i would have seen him crash it looked like it would have been a doozy! in alberta they pay the kids to go to school for mechanics! we have payed for every apprentice at our stores to go for there trainning! but I hear ya on some of the other wages and yeah that additional 5-8% is definately a killer for bc residents. I know when i was doing truck accessories there it was costing me 12% at the border for taxes then 12% tax to the customer theres a 24% tax mark up wich you dont see at all!

I stopped and giggled a little

 

[Riverjet]

I don't care where you're from. I hate everyone equally!

 

[jaredszakacs]

I figured it had to be one of you GBCA boys that was giggling just a little I was to a bit but then I felt bad cause it happend to one of our buddies he was stuck at the bottom of a nasty treed hill literally sitting a couple feet from the edge of a 150+ foot cliff we walked him out a trail for over 2 hrs till he could get a good run then we inched him through the trees hahahaaha thats when we came across Plio in the creek. I was the guy in the orange and grey klim coat all black etec.

 

[Bogger]

which one???? seems everyone who rides a all black doo has the black orange klim coat, I just assumed the coat came with those sleds......

I figured it had to be one of you GBCA boys that was giggling just a little I was to a bit but then I felt bad cause it happend to one of our buddies he was stuck at the bottom of a nasty treed hill literally sitting a couple feet from the edge of a 150+ foot cliff we walked him out a trail for over 2 hrs till he could get a good run then we inched him through the trees hahahaaha thats when we came across Plio in the creek. I was the guy in the orange and grey klim coat all black etec.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

We built the mountains, lakes and rivers to keep you out. If you want to come here you have to pay to use them. If anyone wanted to visit new foundalberta there would be tax there to. There is a reason even the dino's left.

 

[jaredszakacs]

which one???? seems everyone who rides a all black doo has the black orange klim coat, I just assumed the coat came with those sleds......

hahahaahahaha shut it! well they kind of fo doo through it out as a promo on the sleds maybe its why they gave me the orange helmet so people can find me stuck in the tree wells! hahaha that was some fun times minus the half dozen rocks I hit lol

 

[byronkentgraham]

me too right thru and only once lol

Only need to go once. You see everything it has to offer on that trip.

 

[Bogger]

STFU & bow down to us.... we are to you as China is to the USA....

We built the mountains, lakes and rivers to keep you out. If you want to come here you have to pay to use them. If anyone wanted to visit new foundalberta there would be tax there to. There is a reason even the dino's left.

 

[eclipse1966]

STFU & bow down to us.... we are to you as China is to the USA....

that is not true as I dont see too many Americans packing up on weekends wanting to go to China

 

[Bogger]

Yah Yah... you guys are lucky saskatchewan doesn't have mountains.....

Bwahahahahaha.....

All in fun, I have no doubt that I will one day end up a BC resident....

that is not true as I dont see too many Americans packing up on weekends wanting to go to China

 

[eclipse1966]

Yah Yah... you guys are lucky saskatchewan doesn't have mountains.....

Bwahahahahaha.....

All in fun, I have no doubt that I will one day end up a BC resident....

lucky? I fail to see why

But like you said all in fun. I have lived in Calgary/High River waaaaayyy back and the mountains always pull me back. But then again I have friends in Lethbridge that say they could not live here as they would feel claustrophobic due to the mountains. To each his own I guess.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

All in good fun.

Some ppl do take it to seriously though and just have a hate on for BC. I always find it funny because those are usually the same people who spend $$$$ coming here to enjoy what we have. I always tell them "Hey if you don't like it go salmon fishing, sledding, camping, whatever..... at home"

 

[JaySimon]

I don't hate albertans, just azzholes.

Turns out the population size of Calgary lends itself to more azzholes than the small towns around here, so it seems like there's more.

That or only azzholes live in Calgary...

 

[Bogger]

Option #2....

Well not only azzholes, but they do outnumber the good peeps down there....

I know a few cool Calgarians... but not many...

I don't hate albertans, just azzholes.

Turns out the population size of Calgary lends itself to more azzholes than the small towns around here, so it seems like there's more.

That or only azzholes live in Calgary...

 

[eclipse1966]

Option #2....

Well not only azzholes, but they do outnumber the good peeps down there....

I know a few cool Calgarians... but not many...

No wonderer I hated that city...... I did not find it a "welcoming" city when I lived there for 3 years but then again that was a few years ago.

 

[Bogger]

Very white collar and snobby....

When I first came west I had no ties so I had a choice of where to settle down...

Very quickly chose edmonton, I like the blue collar red neck feel and attitude

No wonderer I hated that city...... I did not find it a "welcoming" city when I lived there for 3 years but then again that was a few years ago.

 

[eclipse1966]

Very white collar and snobby....

When I first came west I had no ties so I had a choice of where to settle down...

Very quickly chose edmonton, I like the blue collar red neck feel and attitude

never lived in Edmonton so cant say. But found Vancouver much better than Calgary.....go figure??? High River was nice though. Either way, Armstrong is where I am planning to drop dead at