Goodness gracious get on the hip waders, its getting deep. As my friend in Red Deer and Edmonton says abougt folks in Fort McMurray, if you got a nice pistol, guys up there have one with ivory handles on.

It always does when you start spewing.Come to think of it,it would be entertaining to see you trying to walk in waders.It would be just like watching a walrus on land.

Have you ever been to Fort Mcmurray?Do you have any idea where Fort Mcmurray is without looking at a map?Do you know why the city exists?Do you know what the Athabasca Tar sands are?Do you have any idea how many people from Edmonton and Red Deer make their living in Fort Mcmurray?Do you know why those people travel that far to work?Do you have any idea of what the average wage is in Fort Mcmurray?Yes there are many nice guns,vehicles,homes etc in Fort Mcmurray,and if you knew the answers to the questions,you would know why.

And you should come here to visit.Just stay away from the muskeg or you will sink until you disappear,just like the dinosaurs did,before they decayed to become the Athabasca Tar sands.

Sure do. Gas and oil. Been up that way many times.Not to Fort McMurray, but up above Edmonton.Contract for telus. Reason Your able to tell your tales, is your data is running over a network we sold. All the guys that used to work for me live in Edmonton, and Deer lake, and the ones I don't care for live in calgary. I am not saying they don't have money in Fort McMurray, I am saying I am starting to understand why my friends in Alberta says they are full of it, and exagerate most what they say. I didn't believe em at first, but you have made them boys into honest guys. Hey stubble, don't get mad at me, just repeating what they said about your folks.

Actually, I might be in the conklin area in a few months.

Actually it's mostly tar sand.We don't have that much accessible gas this far North,and we don't have oil in the usual form that it can be pumped out of the ground.We refine bitumen into synthetic crude oil.

So did you visit Deer Lake,Alberta?Of course you do realize that Deer Lake is in Newfoundland?But hey,that is only a couple of thousand miles away give or take.As for the people in Edmonton,many are very jealous of people from Fort Mcmurray that go to Edmonton and buy what most people from Edmonton can't afford.

Ask and you shall recieve. But I am not the walrus. Walrus was john lennon I am seem to be standing pretty good here. What about you?

Oops, been to both. I moose hunt out of deer lake.

On a serious side, I can see what you are talking about. I noticed some jealousy. But these guys make well over 120K US, and get all thier living expenses paid, so I am not sure why they would be. Guys from Calgary as worse. But one of my best friends lives in Edmonton.

I can't say,since you aren't walking in the waders.

I am in Alberta,a couple of thousand miles west of Deer Lake,you know,that place where your Alberta friends supposedly live.

So you prefer those little Eastern moose as opposed to our Western Canadian and Yukon moose?


And with the present economy ,many of those high paying contract jobs are disappearing.Many of the Edmonton suppliers are also laying off workers.The average trades person working at the plants make around that much,but we are still hiring,not laying off.

I think I hit a nerve with you. Like I said, don't cry, I didn't say it, just people who live in your providence. I am sure they know you better than I. You sound like your an indian up that way. I bet you are.