Well if youre Albertan then you come from the hardest working province of Canada handsdown. Not even (frank)ing close. But Albertans are also the stupidest people in Canada so it works both ways.. Im an Ontarian living in Alberta so i use my smarts to get out of working hard. Swabbing is one of the easiest patch jobs that still pays good money.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

thanks for swabbing my wells...now get back to work

In Hebrew the meaning of the name Devorah is: "Bee"
- Dozzer

We all know our Hebrew, Dozzer.

Doesn't clear anything up.

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It is not coincidental then that Albertans rank among the lowest in the nation for sense of belonging to their communities.
- Colin Dambrauskas

Yeah I am sure Bongcouver people have a great sense of community. They all seem to be bumholes without any redeeming qualities.

But at what cost?....


A Statistics Canada report compiling data from 2012 shows that out of all provinces in the country, workers in Alberta have the longest workweek.

While the modern Canadian standard workweek lies somewhere between 35 and 37.5 hours per week, employees in Alberta put in an average of 39 hours of work each week.

n 2010, Albertans worked 7.5 weeks more than the average worker in the top 15 developed countries.

“Working this hard comes at a cost,” says Diana Gibson, Parkland’s research director. “It means less time for family and community, higher levels of stress and poorer health.”

It is not coincidental then that Albertans rank among the lowest in the nation for sense of belonging to their communities.
- Colin Dambrauskas

exactly my point man... its easy to see when you live out here. There seems to be no attempt to be a happy family, just work work work... And guys who work in the patch rarely work less than 10 hours a day for 21 days straight.

I guess if making money is your MO in life. Getting an education is never a bad idea. If you start at the bottom in the patch and work your way up until retirement you could easily be a millionaire by the end. But the lifestyle is depressing IMO... Most of the patch workers i know have gold-digger wives and they are always complaining about money. A lot of guys cheat on their wives when they are on the road and avoid going home because they dont like their families.. I have a buddy who loves his wife and kids out here, but he's pretty rare. I think people should educate their children on how to be happy, not how to make money.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

I totally agree. Family is the most important thing of all.

Floss every night.

Sometimes there is a tiny bit of bleeding, but not much. I got told last time I have near perfect hygeine.

It is important for more than just your teeth. There is some evidence that flossing improves overall health, at least in terms of how often you get sick.
- Aetherial

studies show regular flossing can add up to 7 years of life expectancy, in fact.

Pretty sweet seeing ya kids get good education and land good jobs ....My son did marine diesel @ mun here on the rock..Just wrote 4th class engineer ticket..
Got a job with a NL shipping company and @26 already making more coin than his dad...Kid doing pretty good for himself+doesn't have to leave Rock like many before him....
- Fruitcakenipple

Poor (frank)er

Yeah I am sure Bongcouver people have a great sense of community. They all seem to be bumholes without any redeeming qualities.
- Aetherial

They have the best community building exercises

Poor (frank)er
- Garnie

Hab fan now are you Garnie.. Jumped ship..?

I just want my son to have the option to do what he chooses. When the time comes for some fatherly advice, I am going to recommend he becomes an electrician or a plumber.

We all know our Hebrew, Dozzer.

Doesn't clear anything up.
- Feeling Glucky?

dad and grandpa were proponents of child labour?

Ok guys enough slandering other cities,people etc it's ignorant and won't be tolerated here.

studies show regular flossing can add up to 7 years of life expectancy, in fact.
- Colin Dambrauskas

I have read that also.

When you hear stuff like that though, you have to wonder if the real issue is that people who floss also have other good health habits?

I mean when you think about it, allowing food to rot and calcify under your gums is pretty gross.

In all fairness, if my kid could leave high school and start making 100k per year, I am not sure I could push them to University.

Stay in school for another 4 years, to go 75k in debt, or go start working for 100k.. yep, when do I start.
- bixll

or stay in school, earn well over 100K, go home everynight to your family....

Hab fan now are you Garnie.. Jumped ship..?
- bixll

yeah! wtf?

Poor (frank)er
- Garnie

Says the guy who wears his wife's underwear ..u crotch sniffer....

Hab fan now are you Garnie.. Jumped ship..?
- bixll

Just til we win again

Says the guy who wears his wife's underwear ..u crotch sniffer....
- Fruitcakenipple

I just want my son to have the option to do what he chooses. When the time comes for some fatherly advice, I am going to recommend he becomes an electrician or a plumber.
- Aetherial

i used to want to do that.. and not to go against your advice or anything, but owning your own small business is the only thing that lets you be free in life. If your kid is smart he'll figure out a way to be happy in life. I bounced around too much when i was younger and only now i have a plan for success.

I have read that also.

When you hear stuff like that though, you have to wonder if the real issue is that people who floss also have other good health habits?

I mean when you think about it, allowing food to rot and calcify under your teeth is pretty gross.
- Aetherial

(frank) causality. Correlation for the win!

or stay in school, earn well over 100K, go home everynight to your family....
- drexel

That's the plan for my kids. But its hard to say that in the west, where great jobs are abundant.

or stay in school, earn well over 100K, go home everynight to your family....
- drexel

here is the problem with this..

the employment rate coming out of school is pathetic.

not everyone can have a desk job that pays well.. at least with a trade you have work.

a college education doesnt do much for you if you are still a manager at wendy's.

its the biggest lie of our culture.. school does not equate into employment.. its a gamble.. and is nothing more than proof you are able to start at the bottom of the ladder somewhere.

if i were to do it again, i would go trade work all the way.

Ok guys enough slandering other cities,people etc it's ignorant and won't be tolerated here.
- Yeti1181

well, that answers my question.

Ok guys enough slandering other cities,people etc it's ignorant and won't be tolerated here.
- Yeti1181

Really? We get a warning for that?

How about we start banning trolls for a minimum of one week, no warning. Maybe then there wouldn't be comments about people who live in other cities.

Just til we win again
- Garnie

That's the spirit.