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We're doing real good. Still traveling, well sorta. Right now we're working as Oil Field gate guards down in South Texas. We log all the trucks in and out of the sites where they're drilling or Fracking. Pretty cool stuff to watch. It's a 24/7 job meaning we can't leave and one of us has to be up at all times but it's fun and I've met some real neat people. Of course I take the night shift, night owl that I am. We'll work for 6 months and make some moolah so we can go play for 6 months.

Wow, that is the life! :toast:
 

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We're doing real good. Still traveling, well sorta. Right now we're working as Oil Field gate guards down in South Texas. We log all the trucks in and out of the sites where they're drilling or Fracking. Pretty cool stuff to watch. It's a 24/7 job meaning we can't leave and one of us has to be up at all times but it's fun and I've met some real neat people. Of course I take the night shift, night owl that I am. We'll work for 6 months and make some moolah so we can go play for 6 months.

Glad to hear things are going good for you and the DH Norry! That's great!

My wife's illness has about put an end to our traveling much and we've been half-heartedly trying to sell our 38' Montana. If you hear of someone who wants one send me a PM. The price will be excellent and I'll deliver it, plus. it includes all kinds of extras.

We did take a trip out to Arizona and New Mexico last spring, but I think that was the last big trip.

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I should say only one of us can leave at a time. One of us has to always be on site :)

That sounds somewhat like my sister and BIL. They are team truck drivers. One drives while the other sleeps. They make excellent money doing it plus have traveled the country.
 

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Windows just told me that my virtual memory was almost full and my computer froze up. I had a lot of tabs open so I am hoping that was the issue. I guess that I am going to find out.

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Windows just told me that my virtual memory was almost full and my computer froze up. I had a lot of tabs open so I am hoping that was the issue. I guess that I am going to find out.
What is virtual memory? LOL I wish I was a computer geek.

Nevermind. 5card explained it...:)
 
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:toast: back to ya Salem. We like it and it's great in the Winter. Some folks work year round but I don't think I could take the South Texas heat in the summertime, especially living in an RV. This Summer after we've visited with family we're gonna spendi some time up around Paris and points East looking for some land.
 

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We've met some Gate Guards who used to be Team truck drivers. This doesn't pay nearly as well but it is good money for the little that we do. We make $125 a day (that's for both of us) but the works not hard and we can sleep, watch tv, play on the computer or whatever we want to do until a truck rings the arrival bell LOL They provide a generator, fuel, water and a septic system so with our RV we have all the comforts of home :D
 

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I'm not real sure what it is 5Card, something I heard in the Fusionman Cave one time. But if its free and it doesn't hurt then I probably need one or have one!

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I hope it's nothing like shingles but I don't know what they are either so I wouldn't know if I had either of them.
 

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We've met some Gate Guards who used to be Team truck drivers. This doesn't pay nearly as well but it is good money for the little that we do. We make $125 a day (that's for both of us) but the works not hard and we can sleep, watch tv, play on the computer or whatever we want to do until a truck rings the arrival bell LOL They provide a generator, fuel, water and a septic system so with our RV we have all the comforts of home :D

That sounds like an awesome deal to me! Almost tempting enough to buy TTs castle and hit the road!
 

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That sounds like an awesome deal to me! Almost tempting enough to buy TTs castle and hit the road!

Its the life Trish.

Just go where you want, when you want ... south in the winter, north in the summer.

There's a lot of folks out there that do what Norry and her DH are doing. Work part of the year and travel the rest of the year.

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Cockleberry or cockleburr....It's a seed...From a weed....No not that weed....Usually find it around agricultural fields...."Bout 1/2 way between a peanut and a grape....It's covered with spines...Not really sharp but not exactly dull spines either...I've removed at least 10 million from my horse's tail...they like sticking to shoe strings and levis as well...
 

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LOL, I'm easy to find! If you get back this way give me a PM and maybe we can meet somewhere.

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I'll do that TT. We're heading to Cali in May, Indy in June and then plan on wandering around looking for some property in North East Texas. Larry want's at least 15 acres or so.
 

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Its the life Trish.

Just go where you want, when you want ... south in the winter, north in the summer.

There's a lot of folks out there that do what Norry and her DH are doing. Work part of the year and travel the rest of the year.

TT

I know. I have obligations here right now though that would prevent me from doing that.
 
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