Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3822806)

We had a down turn in 2014. They gave my wife an early retirement package that was worth 2 years pay. Most of the imported skilled people left. Now things are starting to boom again. But there is not enough local skill people to do the work, but the import people are not coming back. For the most part. They don't like the weather. The wages are still staying high.

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 3822819)

Hi.

Originally Posted by jchammond (Post 3822788)

Seems like Jason has told me they only do Convertable’s on Friday’s :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3822818)

Like Alaska. They were paying piping designers $90-120/hr to OT to go up there cuz no one wants to deal with that cold. Not to mention the cost of living is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by bunk (Post 3822823)

Bassturds!

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3822825)

F14’s?

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3822824)

When they started to work on the pipe line up there. I turned down a job up there welding. Went through the interview and welding test with flying colors. Started asking about living conditions and cost of living. I just about fainted.:eek: One egg was over a buck, loaf of bead was 10 bucks, gallon of milk was 10 bucks. It would costs a mint to live up there at the time. Plus women was few and far between. STD's was running high too. :eek:

Originally Posted by bunk (Post 3822826)

Yep

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3822829)

That's what I thought you wanted. :confused:

F14's in gloss gunmetal

19x9.5 +20 255/35/19
19x11 +15 305/30/19

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3822827)

I worked a job up there for the Arctic drilling program 3-4 years ago. I never made the trip but we were instructed by the client on how to behave and react even in the grocery store. They were paranoid because O&G already has such a bad rep up there they didn’t want any more negative PR.

Originally Posted by bunk (Post 3822826)

Yep

Originally Posted by bunk (Post 3822830)

Yeah, that's my set at GYW waiting to be installed tomorrow

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3822834)

It was the wild, wild wild wild west when they started the pipe line up there. :eek: Those idiots when they got time off would tear up bars and anything else.



When I worked for Elliott. I had to go through survival training to go on the Hibernia drill rig off the coast of Newfoundland in the north Atlantic. The rig has some Elliott equipment on it. Did the training and never got the chance to go. :shakes head: The training was on how to survive 30 deg water temps. :eek: