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10/27/2019 at 16:32 • Filed to: How bad could Wollaston Lake be?, Likely very bad
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Also me: “you mean to tell me I could spend half my time in a city (well, Prince Albert, most likely) , and the other half in a northern remote fly-in community that considers winter as starting in September and ending in June? For one week in town and one week up north? Sign me up!”
We’ll see if I’m eligible for it in the next year. I’m sure all my supervisors are wondering what my career plan is, because I have no idea.
For Sweden
> CB
10/27/2019 at 16:41 |
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This is why you move to Fort McMurray. All the remote at a high price .
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CB
> For Sweden
10/27/2019 at 16:43 |
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No way would I move to Fort Mac.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> CB
10/27/2019 at 16:59 |
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FIFO is big business in Oz...the only difference is nowhere near as much snow.
I've also noticed that DIDO is becoming a thing around here...
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CB
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
10/27/2019 at 17:04 |
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There's another community that's drive in - drive out. But this one sounds more fun.
Jetstreamer
> CB
10/27/2019 at 17:07 |
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As someone who has spent a significant amount of his working career moving every week between cities and small remote towns, including a lot above the Arctic Circle, I can safely declare you mentally unstable ;).
I don’t know you of course , I myself enjoy nature and lovely views, but the traveling and monotonous life in the remote place will probably take its toll like it did with me.
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CB
> Jetstreamer
10/27/2019 at 17:10 |
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I have to pass a psych test first, so I might be certifiably unstable!
Thing is, my line of work requires a lot of moving. I’m done here in a year or two, and by doing some time up north, it means I can be considered eligible for other spots not in Saskatchewan. So two years of that so I could maybe move back to Ontario, out east, out west, wherever? I’m game.
How did you find the effects of it on your sleep?
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> CB
10/27/2019 at 17:20 |
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Whenever I go somewhere remote, I hate the fact that I can’t get decent internet (and “decent” is relative because I get gigabit at home in the city) but living in the city I hate that I’m surrounded by so many people and so many of them are shit.
Poor_Sh
> For Sweden
10/27/2019 at 17:21 |
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McMurray is a piece of shit.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> CB
10/27/2019 at 17:31 |
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Maybe it's like catch 22. Wanting to work up North is failing the first question on the mental health test
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> Poor_Sh
10/27/2019 at 17:38 |
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I got that reference
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For Sweden
> Poor_Sh
10/27/2019 at 18:16 |
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So is Ottawa yet people live there
Chuckles
> Poor_Sh
10/27/2019 at 18:47 |
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vicali
> CB
10/27/2019 at 20:32 |
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You can make good bank in camp.. as long as the camp costs are decent. And you don’t go nuts when you are off in the city.
Used to work fly- ins out of Fort Nelson.
subexpression
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
10/27/2019 at 20:50 |
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That is exactly my problem. My regular bartenders think I’m the nicest guy in the world just because I treat them like they’re people and a large chunk of their customers really don’t (and that’s before they even get drunk) . I hate living in a place where I’m never the biggest asshole, and I’m a pretty serious asshole .
But if I moved away from the city I’d either have to drive all the way in just to get a paycheck or I’d need solid internet with good bandwidth and reasonable latency . Even then, I might have to change to a line of work that I would find truly soul-crushing, and spending 8 hours a day being miserable is not something I’m willing to do anymore.
Stef Schrader
> CB
10/29/2019 at 12:21 |
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I mean, that does sound like the best of both worlds.
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CB
> vicali
10/29/2019 at 13:33 |
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My line of work demands me to behave.
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CB
> Stef Schrader
10/29/2019 at 13:37 |
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It seems too good to be true!