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My buddy's uncle was a penalty box time keeper in Montreal, He was able to hook us up with good, free seats that were otherwise like $200. Another friend of a friend worked at the superdome in...

I did mine about 20 months ago, took about 2 months to get to the reference stage, one dragged his feet for 6 frigging months, so didn't proceed past then until a year ago. Then my profile updated...

Hey, I just signed up to write the exam in Jan, I was curious if anyone had any of the material that seems to be 'floating around'? University here has some older versions of the texts, has anyone...

Yah I really can't understand the rationale behind U of C. I've spent more time working in the industry than most grad students have spent studying it, yet according to them it counts for nothing....

I haven't been on beyond in a while... I was working overseas and got a little distracted from everything AB, but actually came back here to Edmonton late last Spring with a work transfer.
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Well I was working in jungle camps of Indonesia for last 2.5 years, Had Indonesian residency card so Indonesia was my residence, but now I'll be here for the short future at least, and paying...

That's the thing, they are still primary, but they say I can't be listed at all without an NS license.

Which I thought was odd as I was always under the impression insurance follows the car, not...

So I've been working in Asia last 3 years, and before that was US.

I gave my car to my parents in 2010 to help prove non-residency.

I'm working in AB again for the first time in 5 years, and...

True, I'm at the point I could maintain my lifestyle for while and not work. Money seemed a lot more important when you are hungry and need to figure out how to make rent. Money isn't everything, but...

About the person who said about 3-4 year car payment terms, they do something similar. Basically 0% financing. No matter what the car dealer says the real "cost" of financing isn't 0%. The true cost...

I suppose this isn't a problem that will be fixed by gov't intervention, for me it's about being able to negotiate the terms of your own contract, and on more or less equal terms regardless of...

I wasn't commenting about the discount for guaranteed business, more that you get zero credit for bringing your own phone. All else being equal, phone companies make a lot more money off someone...

It's about the consistency in pricing.

While an exaggeration, its only slight. They are saying you can pay $50 a month, lock in for 3 years and get a free phone, or you can buy the phone outright...

The other option because lobbying MLAs takes time and this is a generation of instant gratification is to simply leave AB.

I did so (albeit for other reasons) but the silly traffic laws I don't...

Yah I agree 100%. Quality of work, get everything done, be available for key hours when you're needed.

The thing is the higher ups here went through the same system. When they started the...

+1 on the Asian work culture though. I was initially woken up a few times 90 minutes before we need to be at work asking if I want to ride in with some group of people. A couple questions(Are you...

The thing is you aren't really "scheduled". The documentation says we're expected to work 8-5, hr for lunch, yadi yadi yada.

As with most salaried jobs, the onus is more on 'get the work done',...

OK, so little background, I work a professional, field based oil field services engineering job on salary. Often time due to the field nature, you get calls at 3am to do something, or are stuck in...

So lately I've been doing a lot of thinking about economics, just personal curiosity, I want to understand how everything ties into everything else. Money, stocks, bonds, interest rates, and what it...

Here's a $15k field report from redflagdeals...

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/millionaire-mentor-group-mmg-1194965/

He didn't seem impressed, not worth the $15k surprisingly...

What's the limit then?

If 24 minutes later is ok why not 20? 10? or a infinitesimally small amount of time? Can they just sit there peeling off tickets until you return then?

I guess the business of charity is like a lot of other things. You can probably do it cheaper, easier, and a lot more efficiently on your own. How does $40 for a 5km cab right up north remotely make...

I'm not saying it's a scam, I'm saying it's a well-intentioned organization, but one where too many hands have access to the cookie jar.

http://www.kiva.org/about/how/more explains how it works. ...

I recently started looking more and more into charities, but like most things i try to do my due-diligence. I liked the idea of Kiva from what I heard, sort of the "helping others help themselves",...

I'd argue the government facilitates the creation of jobs, so I wouldn't say he's completely out to lunch.

You can be the smartest, hardest working entrepreneur in the democratic republic of...

Yah don't get me wrong, I think it's an achievement and applaud him for it, I'm not discounting him or his abilities, I'm discounting the event. I just hate how the culture of today has to take out...

Yes, I know that's why I said 'It was probably more the regulators than him'.

I'm just saying it just seems like a big ruse, almost an insult to the art form. Can people no longer take risks?
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Yah he did it, good for him, I'm reading in the papers today though that he had a safety harness? WTF is that shit? Death defying? Worst case scenario is a bit of a jolt and you have crow on your...

Does anyone know if there are any frequented oil field forums on the net? My searching hasn't come up with much.

There used to be a great one at oilcareers.com I think it was, but after numerous...

Yes? If I'm naked in the woods than that might be a step up. My grandkids would certainly be better off.

I'm not saying I agreed 100%, this was his point after all, but it was interesting food...

So recently went to Africa for the first time for work(poor as fuk), met with a guy who'd been there a while. We had a communal black friend we worked with in the states, and he said his ancestors...

There's been studies done that show that its not speed so much as lack of sense and driver education that causes accidents. Otherwise how can you argue the 80 mph in the states, or 140kmh/no limit in...

I always wondered how that worked, because the total amount you're driving and thus the total risk the insurer is exposed to hasn't changed. You'll be driving more or less about the same, but divided...

I agree with you 100%, but thats not what was written. As written it would be

48 * (9+3)
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To turn around and write that as 48/2(9*3) instead of (48/2) * (9*3) or 48*(9+3) / 2 is...

I answered 2. I see if you apply the hard and fast rules of BEDMAS its 288, however, I don't think you'd ever have something this ambiguous in the real world. People would favor the hard line with...

Yah I was going to say get out of North America. I've driven across Canada once, and the US three different ways (east coast to FL, Orlando-LA, and Calgary-MX border. Most of it in both countries...

How was it? How did it compare to AB? How did you get your foot in the door, what prior experience did you have? Any sort of rotation? Were you Fly in/out and able to maintain some sort of regular...

I'm not sure if I'm up for the operator type jobs yet. I'd say likely at some point down the road when I'm looking for more stability, but not now. I have the time for my PEng, but for all the...

How does time off work for you? I was initially more interested in MWD since the hours seemed more reasonable, but they said often times guys would be working 26/4, and that was only so they could...

So I've been doing wireline engineering with Schlumberger past 3 years or so, was up in northern AB, for about 2.5 years, then was supposed to move to coastal Texas with a different job description...