Prairie Pete

If my memory serves me well I was sitting in the Yanke drivers lounge in Saskatoon following the match on the web the day the mighty whites fell out of the prem into the championship.. .. can`t remember which team it was that put the final nail in the coffin "so to speak"...was it Middlesbrough??

Came out here January 2005. It was so cold they would not let me off the plane for my own safety coz I was not dressed apropriatley... it was -40. No I was not wearing shorts and tee shirt. I thought it was going to be cold but boy did I get a shock....

Lived in Rothwell before I came out here. Worked for exel at the somerfield Sherburn site.... Boy was that easy money .... happy days.

Prairie Pete

My advice to you would be don`t come blind.. By that I mean come out and visit the place first. Check out the area B4 coming this place is not for everyone!! I/we love it here but it just does not click with some folk!! Very expensive if you relocate over here and don`t like it then have to move back as many have found out.

Prairie Pete...

andy_sheila

can`t remember which team it was that put the final nail in the coffin "so to speak"...was it Middlesbrough??


Definately Bolton, we lost 3-1 or 4-1 after taking the lead........iirc

ftr, i moved around a lot while i was in the Leeds area but spent 8 yrs in Yeadon

kate white

yeah as we have found out,we love canada,but always been on the Ontario side when we came.here in Lloydminster boy is it expensiveand it dont help when the company your OH worked for is not paying the wages he was told,well not unless you work 24/7.now we are putting up our house for sale to down size,we are not giving up on staying here in canada just yet as there are jobs out there and its just finding ones on this dam LMO crap.Oh has had 10 job offers but none are on this bloody LMO so he cant take the jobs:curse:my OH has 2 companies to go to today so Im praying something comes out of one of them,if not then its further a field we have to go looking.we stand to loose just about every penny we have if work dont come soon and that means starting all over again in the UK.things would not be as bad if the stupid goverment stopped this LMO crap and allowed people to work without this LMO.companies are screaming for drivers here and yet my OH cant work for any of these companies.we would not have to sell up and we could have a good life here if it was not for this dam LMO bull

Lorna_D

Kate I'm sorry things are not working out well for you but hang in there it has to get better.

Gremmie

And who did he work for ???

Prairie Pete

Who did who work for???

Prairie Pete

Sorry been a long day...just put my brain into gear.....you r refering to previous thread....

Lorna_D

Gremmie

OMG you are in a bad way.. was refering to the previous POST not THREAD

bigwheels241

Your hand is to go on the gear stick not full-time on ya head

citicat

RJHOFFMANS the company that made admin remove all posts on how bad they treat their drivers,,,,


I walked out just before xmas from hoffmans due to them not paying the wage ,,

prarie pete i know you i was down at kwikies/somerfeild aswell for 8 yrs,, me and cam went to hoffmans and h&r,,,

mick

chris kim

hi prairie pete, we are moving to edmonton in oct on petrol job, any info/ advice would be welcome me an wifey an boys 17 / 12, kim is fitness instructer, i will be on 4 on 4 off so not to many nights out

thanks everyone for past & future advice

chris an kim

Prairie Pete

Your wife is a fitness instructor!!!! Lucky you. Who are you going to be working with??? Your kids will love West Edmonton Mall esp the indoor water Park ..go down the big red slide but hold on to your shorts at the bottom, I almost lost mine. Big City Edmonton!! were abouts are you going to live? in the City or on the outskirts? My wife likes Edmonton cos it has an Ikea store. We have only been there for visits so don`t really know too much about the place except its big compared to Saskatoon. Closer to the Rockies than what we are and you have the advantage of having a proper airport.

Pete.....

Prairie Pete

I remember a guy called Cam at Exel but I can`t put a face to the name..its an age thing..and there were a few Micks there. I heard the old place shut down, did all the guys do well with the payouts and finding other work at other Exel sites? Or were they shafted? I used to work afters with Steve (mad dog) Mcgowan. Did steve ever get to Austrailia? Last I heard he was almost there with paper work and stuff! Not too bad over here .. wish I had the Canadian lifestyle with my old Exel job, then I would be in heaven. I know H&R, the company I work for do a lot of work for them, not sure who Hoffmans are I will have to look out for them, can`t be a big outfit?

Pete