texas94z

I'm up here on a business trip for two weeks and it's going to hit the negatives here this week. My company just bought me 300 dollars worth of nice Carhartt cold gear. I do contracting work for oil companys and those companys are hiring like crazy up there. 26 dollars per hour plus tons of overtime. I was talking to a guy and he said hes going to make over 100k and this is his second year working for them. Also, I was driving by a fast food burger place and they were hiring people starting at 12 dollars per hour!!! Flipping burgers and making decent money, damn. This place is a boom town because of the oil industry. If y'all need a job, come to North Dakota.

Also, so far I've seen only a hand full of import cars. GM and Ford only up here. Its a pleasant site to see. However, no hot girls and no fbodys .

charlie_gonzales

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Lol...yea them northern states get damn cold...the other day it snowed a few inches in the panhandle of Texas and it was still like 60 something here in Austin...I could only imagine way up north

westtexasbuff

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It was 75 and sunny here in Austin today

ocshaman

Brother had to go up there for a presentation, and the airport got snowed out. Now he lives in Wisconsin, and says it snows 7 months a year. No thanks.

jlrz28

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What comes up must come down....its the oil industry....

charlie_gonzales

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Fk that...I'm not a fan of the cold weather

Scira

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Same here. Tomorrow I'm playing my second round of golf for the week.....couldn't do that in North Dakota right now. Or for the next 5 months

99 DUKE'Z 28

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Damn man. Any hirings still? I'm on call with a job here in Alvin. Lookin at hopefully 84 hrs a week @22 an hour... But I'm still on call and I need to get to work asap

Camaro_94

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I ******* hate this time of year. The weather blows in north. mid/low 30's, cold, rainy, and windy. Cant wait to move down to houston.

Ws6kid.

hey i need a job where do i sign up.

Randy_S

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What kind of work do they have, pipeline work or oil field? I am naturally insulated!

ssteven

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I lived in Minot ND when I was kid. Man did it snow back then. No thank you for the cold.

texas94z

Halliburton and Schlumberger, baller oil companys, are hiring anything from diesel mechanics to frac pump techs to drivers. Both are great companys. Seriously, the oil and gas industry are going to explode. The economy is getting better, Republicans are taking over congress, and we're trying to end our dependence on foreign energy.

dropped_ls1

Best thing that has happening in government in a while. There still all crooks though.

Vexzer

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Sweater Weather...

charlie_gonzales

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Hell yea...I hear you...I need to go out to the golf course and play...it has been a couple weeks or so since I have played

texas99Z28

I know all about cold weather. I grew up just south of Minneapolis, Mn. I used to play outside as a kid in jeans and a T-shirt when it was -20! I've been in Houston for about 13 years, and now when it gets below 40 degrees, I don"t even go outside! LOL!

chevyguy3

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Hah

The humidity here sucks big time. Granted its better than living in northern Indiana like I used to, but San Antonio/Austin weather is what you really want.