Go to college to get a job. Get a job to pay for college.

[Mo~]

Also, Nordic, your friend does have a decent support system stemming from his PO, NA and drug court. Too many younguns show up without that and get f**k over hard.

[Dylan]

[Winchester]

[Philly]

What perspective do I lack?

[Winchester]

[Philly]

The thing about perspective is we seem to often gain it shortly after it would have been most useful. Tell me now dick.

[Stratego]

[Mo~]

When I was a teen I could work all kinds of hours and drink most of y'all under the table too on my time off. The shifts aren't the worst deal about the Bakken Field. It's the other shit. Oh ya, forgot to mention...

Safety!!! A town in Canada was blown to hell, train explosion in ND, 2 sites have blown up in WY. Just last week a town here was evacuated due to an explosion, thankfully no injuries, and about 6 months ago a site near where I had worked shortly before went up injuring 4 and sending 2 more out by Life Flight. Lots of younguns without a clue being overworked and not knowing enough to tell their elbows from their assholes in RTW states can be a deadly mix.

If y'all or someone you know is desperate enough to put aside the shifts and safety aspects, go to TX or WY or MT(ya, I'm sticking you with some of these punk asses, Win ) or anyplace other than ND. At least here and in TX you can explore other employment options and maybe even put your educations to work. The Bakken Fields are just a human meat grinder.

[Dylan]

Never had to deal with explosions fortunately. Got hit with a 10 inch circumference pipeline though. Thst hurt. Saw a guy get run over with a forklift. Poor bastard had to wait hours to be choppered out to the nearest hospital (a few hours away). He screamed and screamed and screamed. Ugh. Another dude cut the tips of his fingers off on the header after he removed the safety chain to be more comfortable. Well played sir. No deaths though fortunately.

[gla22]

damn you guys are pretty badass.