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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:00 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745073) |
Date: November 18th, 2014 5:01 PM Author: onyx puppy in a boomtown? how is it? would you advise unemployed bros to do the same? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745081) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Yep. Eventually settled into true ARE-country. Boom towns are really the Wild West. Shitty roads, police nonexistent, and BIGWALMART.
Would absolutely advise unemployed bros to do the same. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:10 PM Author: onyx puppy how though? isn't it impossible to find housing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745157) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:16 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Lived out of my car for the first 2 months, then found a place in a <5,000 town. Rent was $1800 for a 3br. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745210) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:03 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area you a worm brah? or are you doing support/office shit like land or division orders? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745092) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Won't out myself but it was a field labor job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745106) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:05 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area so a worm then? how long did you work bro?
my uncle is a company man and makes $$$$$$$ but fuck he had to work hard to get there |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:08 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Nah was third party contractor. Most of the legit hard/dangerous work is outsourced.
Worked for 18 months. Would work anywhere from 20-120 hours a week.
If you (ie your wife) can put up with the hitch, CM is one of the best jobs out there. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:10 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area seems credited if you can only stand your wife/kids in short bursts
paid vacation away from them 6 months out of the year
are you still in O&G? or did you bail to do something else? |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:13 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Yeah I was jelly. Also knew 20-25 y/o bros who did 3/1 hitches and cleared 130+
Used experience to leverage corporate biz-dev/sales job back in civilization. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:15 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area my uncle clears 160k post-tax and lives on-site all over the world
I'm too fat and office-bound to pull that shit off though, shit's like living in a never ending episode of Deadliest Catch
did you find you kept a DIAMOND HARD physique while doing all dat heavy lifting? |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:18 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour YES, was 180. You really develop your grown-man strength (huge forearms, broad shoulders) from constant lifting. Always competed with co-workers to see who was the toughest and strongest.
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: Fragrant Halford Sanctuary What's South Bend like? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745102) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:56 PM Author: Swollen spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745456) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:53 PM Author: Coral piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747631) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: dashing henna heaven place of business Are you on a reservation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745107) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:05 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour No, thank god. Four Bears casino is 180 though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745112) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:06 PM Author: dashing henna heaven place of business Yeah, I have some friends in SD who say natives are racist as fuck. They are basically ghetto niglets out in the wild. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745120) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:09 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour They are one of the most fucked demographics out there. Towns full of men with half their faces blown off, kids running around with pistols, everyone in trailers....
BUT THE REDSKINS NAME HAS GOT TO GO!!! |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:11 PM Author: Fragrant Halford Sanctuary (not racist bro) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745163) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:13 PM Author: dashing henna heaven place of business Dude you have no idea about the redman, man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745189) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 7:31 PM Author: Silver school cafeteria voyeur DESCRIBE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745864) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:11 PM Author: mauve stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745161) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:11 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area "Decent looking ND chicks"
LOL @ those four words in the same phrase |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 6:03 PM Author: Titillating ruby bawdyhouse As a former Domer, I ran here to post this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745491) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:14 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Lol. No. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745196) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:16 PM Author: mauve stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745211) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Neighbor was 200+ lb tatted chick with raven hair. Husband was a skinhead always away for work. She'd come over to smoke/chill and would openly ask for the D.
Roommate for a month was a meth-head who would bring back girls and have all-night fuck sessions. We had a falling out after I declined his threesome invitation. He was mad and said "I thought you said you were a bro who said he likes to do crazy shit? WTF man". Still laugh about that. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:32 PM Author: mauve stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745306) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:55 PM Author: twinkling brethren lol this is like some Gulliver's Travel fairy tale for us east coast folks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745455) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 6:01 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour sampling of my coworkers:
-Guy with 5 DUIs. Previously machine operator at coal mine. -Pair of 6'10 twins. Laid off from factory in ARE country. Experimented with professional raccoon/fox trapping. Owned the full box set of "World Class Coyote Kills" -Amateur rodeo rider. Stoner. -Ex-Cart Bitch at Target -Bro from SEC country who lost his land-clearing business after starting a 40-acre fire. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:12 PM Author: bateful windowlicker karate Bro, how is everyone handling the Northwestern loss? Have you gotten a blow job from a St. Mary's chick yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745183) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:30 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour LOL I matched with one on Tinder, never met up.
Have you even heard of NDSU? |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:19 PM Author: Heady shrine genital piercing How does one get started out there? Do you need connections or do u just show up in Boomtown wherever ND and someone hands you a job? I've thought about heading out there but I don't have any clue where to start. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745233) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: onyx puppy that's the thing, everything I've read or seen says not to do this because there is no place to live and the infrastructure is already strained to the breaking point. When you get there you will need an address (i would think) to get a job, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745249) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: Ruddy flirting area enjoy ur $2,000 a month shitapartment in Williston, bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745255) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:23 PM Author: bateful windowlicker karate http://lmgtfy.com/?q=north+dakota+jobs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745260) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:25 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Showing up is the ONLY way to do it unless you have a close friend in a company who is hiring.
I knew no one, had no place to say, and LITERALLY, just packed up my car (Chevy Astro Van yny), drove out, and lived in it until I found work. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:21 PM Author: mauve stain how much will you make in a year, breh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745246) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:23 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour ~65k first year, 85 second if I stuck it out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745258) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:25 PM Author: onyx puppy wait, don't walmart employees make like 28 bucks an hour there? How the hell did you only make 65K with all that overtime? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745266) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:28 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour 21/hr for Walmart near my town.
I took a lot of vacation and didn't get pay bumps until 3-months.
DQ there offers 18/hr, tuition reimbursement, health and DENTAL insurance. LOL at these living wage lazies. |
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Date: November 19th, 2014 9:37 AM Author: up-to-no-good mad cow disease rigpig You assume you will still have a job in a year. Oil at $74 now- if it drops any more for any significant amount of time, boomtown will quickly become ghost town. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26749800) |
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Date: November 19th, 2014 11:44 AM Author: soul-stirring salmon lodge mother (guy who doesn't know what natural gas is) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26750361) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:23 PM Author: onyx puppy also THERE ARE NO FUCKING WOMEN IN THESE PLACES. I REPEAT, THE RATIO OF MEN TO WOMEN IN THESE PLACES IS LIKE 20:1. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745259) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:26 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Counterpoint: all the bars have blackjack (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745270) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:27 PM Author: onyx puppy are there poker games? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745273) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:28 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Only on the Reservation.
BJ has a $25/hand limit. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:33 PM Author: onyx puppy lol bullshit there have to be tons of backroom games (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745311) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:32 PM Author: Effete temple What's the problem? That sounds 180. Just alpha straight bros hanging out and ignoring catty, bitchy American women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745304) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:35 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour THIS. You form bonds with your coworkers most spouses will never understand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745320) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:28 PM Author: onyx puppy Is it cold as fuck there? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745280) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:29 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Colder than that. Windchills down to -40. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745289) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:36 PM Author: onyx puppy I seriously want to move there and write a book about it. Sounds amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745329) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:40 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour The most interesting thing about the area is the people. People from all walks of live move there and chase the dream. You live, sleep, and eat with people that would be even the most wild Seattle-area grocery shoppers to shame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745348) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:41 PM Author: onyx puppy sounds cool, don't get the seattle grocery shopper reference (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745353) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:55 PM Author: Coral piazza evan39 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747661) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:41 PM Author: mauve stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745351) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:42 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour If you want info on nd jobs, try ndjobs.gov instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745364) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:45 PM Author: onyx puppy are there any resources online that let you connect with employers or housing places there? I'd love to check it out but wouldn't want to just show up and pray. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745389) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:54 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Ndjobs, rigzone, and CL are the best best. One of the first things employers will ask is if you have housing. If you don't, your screwed. That's why the best way is lying about your address and moving there in a van/RV.
Some larger companies offer housing, but those jobs will be harder to get without experience. If you're really risk adverse, you can find an operator who runs an in-house training program and apply for that.
I just applied to 100+ places then started knocking on doors. Eventually got a call saying "Hey, want to go to work tomorrow?"
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:56 PM Author: onyx puppy cool. Can you be more specific about why you left? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745457) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 6:05 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Wasn't ready to be sucked into corporate America just yet and had a yearning desire to prove myself. Never saw myself working in a cubicle. Always romanticized the West.
Forget which poster said you have to live you life in a constant state of maximum risk. You also have to convince yourself it'll all work out. Huge moment for me was when I didn't have enough gas money to turn around. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 7:33 PM Author: Silver school cafeteria voyeur actual alpha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745883) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:08 PM Author: Startling crystalline community account goal in life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747835) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 5:57 PM Author: Swollen spot Are you black? Fucked Rowan yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26745466) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:48 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747561) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:52 PM Author: Ocher Exciting Field Associate Where would you go for fun bro? Bismarck? Minot? Dickinson? Williston? I have never been west of Bismarck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747619) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:56 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Bismarck if you're a fan of the opera/music, but Dickinson if you want good food.
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:58 PM Author: Ocher Exciting Field Associate Very nice. Western NoDak is like a foreign country to me. I did more time than is necessary in the eastern part so you would always hear about this strange land out beyond the dune sea. I correct myself though, I have been to Minot once.
You and I are probably the two poasters on this board who have heard of New Town.
Do you have any intel on the local oil operations out there or were you with a big firm that moved into town? |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:03 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour NEW TOWN. First time there, we had to talk some feather beater down from jumping off the bridge there.
We worked with a few of the big producers and were privy to info about how their drilling was going. Production is still at capacity up there until the Saudis stop acting like retards. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:10 PM Author: Ocher Exciting Field Associate Word. There is a big midstream facility in New Town that I am long in. What will all of these Indians do once the oil dries up? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747866) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:24 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Same shit they did before: drinking and collecting checks.
They're sitting pretty nice though. They have 1,000+ wells and get ridiculous royalties, like 40%. Pretty sure they're also going to start drilling their own wells too. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour Jk the best fun to be had is far away from these shitholes hunting, shooting, and 4-wheeling/snowmachining. Not much nightlife, but if theres always random monster truck shows, cattle auctions, and bike rallies not too far if want to have a kooky time with the boys.
Nightlife is non-existent unless you know some locals. The most fun I had was at a farm party in the middle of nowhere. |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:13 PM Author: Carnelian flatulent indirect expression theater do people rent out their addresses? I imagine a normal house can fit 40-50 grunts, and at $500-$1000 a month, everyone wins (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2731345&forum_id=2#26747901) |
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Date: November 18th, 2014 11:18 PM Author: Deep charismatic parlour *Parks van at 203 3rd St*
"We'll, I wasn't lying!" |
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Date: November 19th, 2014 10:07 AM Author: Amber wonderful business firm digit ratio Xo you're amazing. Never change.
OP watch out, you're going to get all these nebbish Jews thinking they could pull it off. Maybe they can live their are country dream! |
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Date: November 19th, 2014 10:09 AM Author: twinkling brethren this thread inspired me to watch Twin Peaks on Netflix.... 180 life |