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Old 10-25-2011, 10:51 PM
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First night of studying. Getting ready for the trip. Found out today that I leave 7am the 4th From Monroe for Canada. Will be staying at the Cantera Suites in Edmonton, Alberta. Everything is paid for plus they will be giving me $560 in cash for my food for 2 weeks. If I have any left over, I get to keep.
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:06 PM
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First night of studying. Getting ready for the trip. Found out today that I leave 7am the 4th From Monroe for Canada. Will be staying at the Cantera Suites in Edmonton, Alberta. Everything is paid for plus they will be giving me $560 in cash for my food for 2 weeks. If I have any left over, I get to keep.
Yep, I liked those jobs. For us it was called "Per Diem Rates". That's for skilled trades and the last job I was on out of state (2 year contract), you got your usual union scale + $100 Per Diem. That's $100 per day separate, for cost of living. Which was paid bi-weekly.

It adds up quick, enjoy.
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:21 PM
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Call me? WTF? must be running a phone sex service
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:24 PM
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posted on my friends FB page of her dog in it's Halloween costume
 
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Call me? WTF? must be running a phone sex service
Yea, something was wrong there.
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:34 PM
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That pic is adorable Pat, so dogs seem to like the costumes

And yeah something was brew, strange with all the new threads

I'm off to bed, night fellas Pam needs to come back here
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrew
Yep, I liked those jobs. For us it was called "Per Diem Rates". That's for skilled trades and the last job I was on out of state (2 year contract), you got your usual union scale + $100 Per Diem. That's $100 per day separate, for cost of living. Which was paid bi-weekly.

It adds up quick, enjoy.
We only get $75 out over 100 miles and we have to work 2 days out over 100 to get it.....one down fall of driving the company truck......personal vehicle is another set of guidelines ......
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:44 PM
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The boys play their first round high school football playoff game tonight.....if they win they'll get put into a seeded bracket......it doesn't look good with their record and powerpoints.........the closest team they'll play after this game is 20 min away the furthest is 6 hours away on Halloween.....
The boys won their first round football playoff game....39-0......

And with that win they got the school 6 hours away from home

I've got to get the oil changed.......
 
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Old 10-26-2011, 12:06 AM
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We only get $75 out over 100 miles and we have to work 2 days out over 100 to get it.....one down fall of driving the company truck......personal vehicle is another set of guidelines ......
The Per Diem rates all varied with us. I was Indiana for 2 years that job. New York was paying 135 per day and Cali was paying 165 per day.

BUT, we work every day of the week for 3 weeks. After the third week you had the option of taking 3 days off, - you could ask for 4 and most likely get it or keep working if you wanted to.

If you were close enough to drive home, they paid your gas (mileage). I drove , it was aprox 250 miles out for me. You didn't get per diem on days off. If you had to fly home , they paid for that as well, but again, -no per diem.

Those jobs aren't for everyone, can get pretty taxing. Worth it in the end IMO.
 
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The Per Diem rates all varied with us. I was Indiana for 2 years that job. New York was paying 135 per day and Cali was paying 165 per day.

BUT, we work every day of the week for 3 weeks. After the third week you had the option of taking 3 days off, - you could ask for 4 and most likely get it or keep working if you wanted to.

If you were close enough to drive home, they paid your gas (mileage). I drove , it was aprox 250 miles out for me. You didn't get per diem on days off. If you had to fly home , they paid for that as well, but again, -no per diem.

Those jobs aren't for everyone, can get pretty taxing. Worth it in the end IMO.
Ours is straight across the board for the continental 48 states.......Alaska and Hawaii are more.....

Our wages vary by state also.....
 
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Old 10-26-2011, 06:32 AM
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BTW.......What oil should I use?.........

I've also got one of those orange cans of death filters......
 

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Morning.
 
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BTW.......What oil should I use?.........

I've also got one of those orange cans of death filters......
The cheapest you can find to go along with that orange can of death filter.
 


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