Originally Posted by Oink

I believe in Edmonton, you spend the winters, isolated, staring across the living room into your partners face, wondering what the hell you’ve done while you slowly hardened your livers in a vain attempt to find a flicker of emotional warmth to ameliorate off the overwhelming alienation and homesickness. Or you go skiing and ice-skating.

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

And don't think about escaping home... Air Canada have just scrubbed their flights from Edmonton to London over the winter.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat

Is that going to screw your commute?

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

No, I use Calgary.

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

No, I use Calgary.

Originally Posted by Oink

And a proper airline no doubt.

Originally Posted by Shard

Do you work 42 days straight (7/7) when you are out there in FM?

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

No, Air Canada is pretty good for flights across the pond. Very comfy up the front.

Yep.

Originally Posted by Shard

I suppose that beats looking for things to do in FM.

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

I'm not in Fort McMurray... I'm on a site about 200km north of FM.

Originally Posted by LouiseT

We're moving to Edmonton early next year and are obviously aware of the extremely harsh winters.

Originally Posted by ann m

Drink.

Originally Posted by rwin

f e c k

Originally Posted by Shard

Do you work 42 days straight (7/7) when you are out there in FM?

Originally Posted by gryphea

wow. That's full on. I thought most sites had a way lower cap for safety reasons

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

They do, kind of... the Alberta rules state a maximum of 24 days consecutive before a minimum of 4 days off, but those rules don't apply to 'management' who have no restrictions.