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Old Nov 27th 2014 | 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
How lucky can one person get?
Not meeting any Irish or Welsh as well
 
Old Nov 27th 2014 | 12:49 pm
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How lucky can one person get?
damn scots, they ruined scotland !

 
Old Nov 28th 2014 | 1:18 am
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Originally Posted by floyd1965
Thnx for that Neil... Still deciding whether it's worth heading out to Calgary or is elsewhere as good for work..!! decisions.. desicions,, Lot to consider..
No problem.A mate of mine has recently moved to Edmonton,hes telling there lots of work there and surrounding areas .Im looking into going there for work also.
 
Old Nov 28th 2014 | 11:58 pm
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Originally Posted by floyd1965
Hi All...

I know this is going off the socialising point..!! I'm from Clydebank originally, moved out to Ontario couple of months back in search for something different...! Not much doin' where I am... seriously lookin at heading to Calgary.. ( wife and 9 yr old in tow)Question ..? Is it that expensive on the outskirts for rental... lookin to buy eventually.. if jobs etc kick in... any help / advice would be grateful.. thnx
Hi Floyd 1965 where in Ontario are you? We are Scottish been here nearly 5 years. We live South of Hamilton.
 
Old Nov 29th 2014 | 3:44 am
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Originally Posted by floyd1965
Hi All...

I know this is going off the socialising point..!! I'm from Clydebank originally, moved out to Ontario couple of months back in search for something different...! Not much doin' where I am... seriously lookin at heading to Calgary.. ( wife and 9 yr old in tow)Question ..? Is it that expensive on the outskirts for rental... lookin to buy eventually.. if jobs etc kick in... any help / advice would be grateful.. thnx
I'm from Helensburgh living in Calgary at the moment, use rentfaster.com for checking rentals in Calgary. There are a few towns on the outskirts (40 minish drive) of Calgary such as Cochrane, Airdire, Okotoks

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Old Nov 29th 2014 | 4:03 am
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Hi cbrown,, firstly better apologize to clare francis for hijacking post..!! Old helensburger..!! had many a good time there and down in Rhu... I was a firefighter for 20 years... also like a lot of other firemen, always been in renovation, construction etc,,, recently completed degree in sustainable building tech,,, so something in const' management is what the ideal would be,,, for now,,, anything with a proper wage that'll cover rent..! to get started.. to answer madscots,, we came to Peterborough, Ontario, as this is where my wife's family are originally from..!1 unfortunately , there is no work ,, so Calgary it has to be...? think i'll start a new post here or clare francis will kill me..!
 
Old Nov 30th 2014 | 7:02 am
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I used to like fishing at Rhu lighthouse when the tide was out
Living in Edmonton,work with one other Scotsman,but he's a lazy bugger,and full of himself(from Snydebank)
From Beith Ayrshire myself,loving it up in Edmonton.
 
Old Dec 1st 2014 | 6:52 am
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Rhu spit is very popular with fishermen, it used to be shallow enough to herd cows over....

Work wise in Calgary O&G is going through the crap part of the cycle. Construction wise though it is still booming, my girlfriends dad owns a drywall and stucco business and he says it is going flat out for now...
 
Old Dec 1st 2014 | 6:58 am
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Thnx..... Just spendin this week phoning around different companies.. was gonna take a trip over and chap some doors,, but reckon it's too close to holidays, most places winding down now...!! reckon if I can arrange a few meetings and hopefully a start somewhere in the new year...? so anybody knows of anything. let me know...
 
Old Dec 1st 2014 | 7:03 am
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Agree being close to holidays, I would hold off.Worst case you could work in fort mac for 1 month on driving a truck @$30phr
 
Old Dec 1st 2014 | 7:12 am
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That would do.. if it was on offer..!! only thing,, they took my Heavy goods and Bike licence off me when I exchanged..!! need to retest for HGV now,,, which probably is a good thing,, a refresher course never did any harm..!!! and the trucks are slightly bigger here...
 
Old Dec 2nd 2014 | 3:11 am
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Originally Posted by floyd1965
That would do.. if it was on offer..!! only thing,, they took my Heavy goods and Bike licence off me when I exchanged..!! need to retest for HGV now,,, which probably is a good thing,, a refresher course never did any harm..!!! and the trucks are slightly bigger here...
Thats funny,when I went to pick up my canadian class 1 at the driver centre they "gave" me a bike license,I have never been on motorbike
Anyway cbrown89 do you know any companies hiring at Ft Mac ,looking to work there next april and checkout all these scottish pubs too!
 
Old Dec 2nd 2014 | 3:28 am
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Thats funny,when I went to pick up my canadian class 1 at the driver centre they "gave" me a bike license,I have never been on motorbike
Anyway cbrown89 do you know any companies hiring at Ft Mac ,looking to work there next april and checkout all these scottish pubs too!
My friend just started working for a company constructing the road, as far as I can tell he drives a truck around and moves dirt... I can ask the name of the company.
 
Old Dec 2nd 2014 | 3:41 am
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Originally Posted by cbrown89
My friend just started working for a company constructing the road, as far as I can tell he drives a truck around and moves dirt... I can ask the name of the company.
Ok rite on.I worked for road constrution company in MB ,wasnt $30 an hr lol.
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