I envy this. your buddy met a gal on the Oil rigs? All that pay AND women at work you can meet? lol back in the day this just wasn't the case. Be going to the bar after the week with a bunch of sweaty gorillas.
My in-laws r 92 and from Holland. They lived thru the occupation. They r tough as nails. They were part of the underground and hid Jews . One story they told me is the Germans came into their town and took 600 men away. 12 made it back after the war. There is actually a book about it. I read it. They came to Canada after war to start new life. No such thing as welfare then. They registered as farmers in pier 21 in Halifax and settled in a small village and went right to work. Back then it was you work or basically u will starve . No handouts .
He was a crane operator on the high end rigs and I believe she is a medic. They r working ocean rigs
I'd imagine that getting a person awfully thirsty. Used to pull 12hrs with Masonry crews working hot sun in summer time. Great for a tan, great for absorbing beer later. My only question is how one would STOP drinking after that. hehe
My family must be the only white people in all of Alberta that doesn't have any Ukrainian blood.
Dad's side is mainly British with a bit of Italian. Mom's side is British and Dutch.This touches me. My maternal grandma was born Dutch and was part Jewish. Her family was never caught though because they lived in a very secluded area when she was a little girl during the war.
Boring Scottish!?All these Ukrainians and Poles. I'm just boring Scottish.
An OT thread dedicated to sharing family stories and personal heritage would actually be a fun idea, especially during the off season. This kind of stuff fascinates me a lot.
My family must be the only white people in all of Alberta that doesn't have any Ukrainian blood.
This touches me. My maternal grandma was born Dutch and was part Jewish. Her family was never caught though because they lived in a very secluded area when she was a little girl during the war.
My money is on Ceci scoring. Or if it is Brown, it is a clapper from Ceci that claps the cheeks of Brown and goes past the tender
Oilers have been on sabbatical for a while…it’s important to let them pursue other personal interests. Oh wait, they’re hockey players….hmmm.
Why do I feel like Charlie Brown about to try a field goal, after reading your comment?
Because there is no difference to both of them flubbing.
Definitely tough times back then.An OT thread dedicated to sharing family stories and personal heritage would actually be a fun idea, especially during the off season. This kind of stuff fascinates me a lot.
My family must be the only white people in all of Alberta that doesn't have any Ukrainian blood.
This touches me. My maternal grandma was born Dutch and was part Jewish. Her family was never caught though because they lived in a very secluded area when she was a little girl during the war.
When I worked for Bawden (eventually Nabors) I had a beautiful girl working on my crew as a Leasehand. My Derrickhand got lucky with her and had a lot of jealous righands wishing they were in his boots. He even married her for a while but it didn't last.
I think Nabors was probably the worst of the drilling companies to work for. I only worked land rigs from Fall 2005- Mar 2006. We had terrorism attack on Saudi Aramco near my rig so that was it for me. It worked out for the best. I got home , drove out to Edmonton, witnessed the Oilers march to the finals that year and I witnessed GM 3 SCF live. What a party. I still get vibes thinking about it.
Lot of the fellas started on the rigs of Nova Scotia for Rowan. When that work dried up, they had to work elsewhere. Lots of work if u wanna move around. I hated working in the Middle East. It’s a very sketchy area. I don’t wanna start a debate on here but I seen shit over there that should never happen here.
Imagine being the only lady on the fishing boat?
Do u play the proline?GDT is up
GDT: - What, Me Worry? Edm v Ott - 8 PM
This one has me worried that the long break and recent success will result in a complacent game by our Oilers. They’ve demonstrated in the past that games like this often result in an embarrassing loss usually against a 4th string goalie nobody has ever heard of before. However this...forums.hfboards.com
Huge bet made on Connor Brown scoring tonight. Read the OP to find out more!
Its required to be the latest possible start and longest possible again interval between games because its the OIlers.
I haven’t looked at the remaining schedule after January but by memory we must be finished or very close to finished with the Metropolitan division. We’ve struggled with those teams this year so not needing to worry about them anymore makes the schedule seem soft by comparison.
