What wouldn't you miss about working in the patch??

[MrHankey]

give us another 10 years and we will take over BC,ahahahah ,unless the chinese beat us to it

 

[scrfce]

Here ive got the solution,,, alberta and bc separate together and between the oil, the mountains, ocean and port access we ll be the best, richest country in the world! Oh and why not throw sask a bone they seem to be up and coming.... All problems solved right???

 

[Summiteer]

You could put a lifted stupid duty with 37" tires and stacks and a big pot leaf on the flag with a JD combine in the background if Sask. joins up.

 

[MrHankey]

fawk ya,who do we vote for for this to become a reality?

 

[kenvb]

I dont miss working with lazie A--holes half my age that wont help..they seem to think being older means we do all the work.but I do miss the paycheques,,made more in 1 yr up northern BC operating a remote mid stream gas plant than in 10 yrs of being self employed..but couldnt keep my mouth shut about the lazy young man who carryed a 45 ..got canned,found out he was buddy with boss..wife told me to shut up,,should have listened.was self employed for 35 yrs before I sold my business and went to work for nabors.really liked that job..so did the wife.hmmmmmm gone for 14 days at a time..and she liked it ,,hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[DaveB]

really liked that job..so did the wife.hmmmmmm gone for 14 days at a time..and she liked it ,,hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Yup. The patch cost me one useless marriage as well. LOL. Paid for it in one hitch though.....

 

[byronkentgraham]

really liked that job..so did the wife.hmmmmmm gone for 14 days at a time..and she liked it ,,hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Welcome to Fort Mac. Where women are like door knobs. Everyone gets a turn.

 

[northern bear]

Hey the Noralta camp was top notch! Bar, pool tables, good food, internet, top notch! I went to a camp in Grande Cache, worst camp I've ever been to. I'd rather sleep in my truck then stay there!

I've been in and out of this camp quite a bit in the last year and each time I come back it's seems to be going downhill. The lounge was even shut down for a while cause of staffing issues. I've stayed in better camps 15 years ago in the middle of nowhere, and all they were was old atco shacks pushed together. Atleast I got a room now with a share bathroom/shower instead of the public ones with snotballs and pubes stuck all over. On the bright side we got new blue towels instead of the old brown threadbare ones.

 

[RMK Junky]

give us another 10 years and we will take over BC,ahahahah ,unless the chinese beat us to it

It's not called Hongcouver for nothing....

 

[DieselDemon]

I wouldn't miss the guys that figure they can just take days off whenever they want by just not showing up to work. And things being crazy busy so you have to keep those guys around because you can't find replacements.
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[Work2Ride]

Entertaining thread to say the least.

 

[magnet]

i forgot one, all the drivers out there will appreciate this one, 2:00 am snowing so friggen hard you cant see the end of your hood and then trying to squeeze a 14' wide load across a 12 'wide bridge.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

I hate to break it to you but Alberta isn't the only place on earth that has a oil patch or is industry driven. I know several diamond drillers that make more then oil drillers. It's the narrow minded point of veiw of the ignorant I wouldn't miss.

 

[DaveB]

I hate to break it to you but Alberta isn't the only place on earth that has a oil patch or is industry driven. I know several diamond drillers that make more then oil drillers. It's the narrow minded point of veiw of the ignorant I wouldn't miss.

Talk numbers dude. When diamond prices change, how many workers are affected?

(Thread is about what we would miss about the patch...not what I would miss about AB, BC, SK, etc...LOL The patch in NE BC is alive and well...IF you really want to be there)

 

[MrHankey]

Ever tried a tank full of diamonds ,they dont burn very well J/k

 

[DaveB]

Ever tried a tank full of diamonds ,they dont burn very well J/k

Probably cheaper than diesel now though eh? hehehehe

 

[byronkentgraham]

Probably cheaper than diesel now though eh? hehehehe

Probably easier to find to.

 

[Longhairfreak]

Id rather live in Alberta than squat in BC.

 

[Fuel Fire]

12 hour nightshifts, they are slowly killing me.

AGREED!!!!! and boiler samples suck too. lol

 

[krazy c]

I would have to pay for diesel i guess.