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re: Some dude just knocked on our door looking for work
Posted on 1/23/16 at 12:52 pm to xxKylexx
Posted on 1/23/16 at 12:52 pm to xxKylexx
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Damn right I love cheap gas. I feel for people in the industry but they should know that if that's the field they choose to work in. Money in my pocket is a great thing.
The decline in the O&G business will eventually spread through the entire LA economy. doesn't matter that you don't work directly for a O&G company, that business required a huge infrastructure. Two of my friends in the Lafayette area are a pediatrician and a orthodontist, their practices are falling off rapidly, people are leaving the area, and braces are becoming a luxury item. real Estate values are falling regardless of what you do for a living.
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Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:02 pm to dcrews
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:04 pm to tigersownall
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I pray every night gas jumps back up to 3.50 a gallon
I'll be glad to sell you all the gas you want for $3.50 a gallon.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:09 pm to Godfather1
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Oil is the lifeblood of this planet's economy, baw. DWI.
Its 2% of the nations economy and the extraction portion of O&G is only around 1/3rd of that. most of the refining sectors are just fine.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:11 pm to Hammertime
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*I'd be fine with a happy medium if it kept a few more people employed.
You're happy paying above market rate for gas just to keep people employed? Yes, or no?
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:13 pm to Hammertime
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When I lived in BR, I had a guy with no legs ride up on a zero turn and ask to get a contract to cut my grass.
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He said his nephew did all of the legwork
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:15 pm to tigersownall
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But every a-hole and their mama is happy about cheap gas.
I know I sure am!
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:30 pm to Patrick_Bateman
I'm contracted to do work in a nursing home and actually got a small raise this year; husband is a farmer and well, we all need to eat so he hasn't been negatively affected so far (saved $30,000 in the fuel bills last year).
However, just found out my brother in law who was a land man for a long time for a Lafayette company has been laid off. Sucks.
However, just found out my brother in law who was a land man for a long time for a Lafayette company has been laid off. Sucks.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 1:35 pm to tiger91
Seems legit. Hire him to grocery shop for you or have him do your job for half the pay.
Mention guns frequently and your husbands police record.
Mention guns frequently and your husbands police record.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:08 pm to Asgard Device
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and the extraction portion of O&G is only around 1/3rd of that. most of the refining sectors are just fine.
Yeah, way to look at the bigger picture.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:11 pm to tiger91
One time this happened to my parents when I was a teenager. A guy knocked on the door looking to do any work to make money to pay for diapers because his wife/gf said he couldn't come home without any. He washed the cars and my dad gave him all the diapers we had left over from my youngest brother.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:13 pm to tiger91
Was scouting your house. Go watch There Will Be Blood. Great movie
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:20 pm to Godfather1
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Yeah, way to look at the bigger picture.
Uh, I just did. Cheap energy is good for the world.
Do you think we should pay more?
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:24 pm to EA6B
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The decline in the O&G business will eventually spread through the entire LA economy. doesn't matter that you don't work directly for a O&G company, that business required a huge infrastructure. Two of my friends in the Lafayette area are a pediatrician and a orthodontist, their practices are falling off rapidly, people are leaving the area, and braces are becoming a luxury item. real Estate values are falling regardless of what you do for a living.
Not are cities are taking as big of a hit.
Dallas economy is booming, homes are selling on average in 21days, with little to no concessions, and for more than list price.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:26 pm to Asgard Device
Yup. I can afford to pay a little more for gas, so I wouldn't mind. I drive a truck that gets 10mpg at best and never cut back on buying fuel....even when it was costing me $175 to fill up. The company I was working for laid off a large amount of people because of oil prices, and now I'm having a rough time finding a new job because of the same thing.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:33 pm to Hammertime
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Yup. I can afford to pay a little more for gas, so I wouldn't mind.
How much more would you be willing to pay per gallon in order to help sustain O&G jobs in the area?
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:41 pm to Asgard Device
Personally, I'd pay 2-250 ... after almost 3 and 4, that seems "doable". Especially if it helps sustain jobs.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 2:48 pm to tiger91
same thing here a few weeks ago. young guy walked up in my yard looking for work. referred him to a couple of people I thought might be looking
last year I gave a couple a bunch of scrap iron I had lying around the property. think they got a couple hundred dollars for it - back when metal was high - helped them keep their electricity on
last year I gave a couple a bunch of scrap iron I had lying around the property. think they got a couple hundred dollars for it - back when metal was high - helped them keep their electricity on
Posted on 1/23/16 at 3:04 pm to tiger91
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Hammertime: Yup. I can afford to pay a little more for gas, so I wouldn't mind.
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tiger91: Personally, I'd pay 2-250 ... after almost 3 and 4, that seems "doable". Especially if it helps sustain jobs.
Then you both should support my proposal to add a 25 cent tax to gasoline. It'll save all of the O&G jobs and yet you won't have to pay 2.50 at the pump.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 3:06 pm to tiger91
Good for him for doing whatever it takes.
Assuming of course he's sincere.
People like him will make it.
Assuming of course he's sincere.
People like him will make it.
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