Riders, I also worked rigs and diamond drills many years ago. I hope to make you see things a little different because the journey was for me.
The living allowance sounds great but how much does it cost for a room in a high demand area? Or meals at a restaurant and fuel?
It's not the regular kids that get the company truck and not everybody is a thief.
Working 12 hours a day, driving 1.5-2 hours a day to and from work, bathing and eating left no time for water holes. The very odd time I did go it would be mostly locals.
Yes I don't remember how many times I heard a guy say, one year I worked all winter then came home to no woman, money and furniture. I read divorce is 50-60%. the average is much higher on the patch. Does it make it the mans fault?
I am not sure about the drug thing there, but do know it's a problem amongst our population. I thought the companies do testing now?
One time I was waiting in line at the elevator and a fellow farmer that was only a couple of years older than me asked ( can you look me in the eye and tell me you are worth that much per hour?) I told him we need more good men and could get him a gob. He never came or spoke like an envious person again.
After the slowdown in the early eighties most of the guys I knew (a lot of hell raisers) moved on to better things or moved up the ladder and are doing very well.
The living allowance sounds great but how much does it cost for a room in a high demand area? Or meals at a restaurant and fuel?
It's not the regular kids that get the company truck and not everybody is a thief.
Working 12 hours a day, driving 1.5-2 hours a day to and from work, bathing and eating left no time for water holes. The very odd time I did go it would be mostly locals.
Yes I don't remember how many times I heard a guy say, one year I worked all winter then came home to no woman, money and furniture. I read divorce is 50-60%. the average is much higher on the patch. Does it make it the mans fault?
I am not sure about the drug thing there, but do know it's a problem amongst our population. I thought the companies do testing now?
One time I was waiting in line at the elevator and a fellow farmer that was only a couple of years older than me asked ( can you look me in the eye and tell me you are worth that much per hour?) I told him we need more good men and could get him a gob. He never came or spoke like an envious person again.
After the slowdown in the early eighties most of the guys I knew (a lot of hell raisers) moved on to better things or moved up the ladder and are doing very well.
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