Where are you working?

[6way_DPS]

About 10 years ago I started in Louisiana, located there for about 3+ years. Took a 2 year break chasing the bigger bucks. Then returned to the busuness in the Ky. market. I have been there since.

[yahoo]

still in louisiana :D

[6way_DPS]

Yahoo,
I can't say I miss the humidity, mosquitos and the l o n g dig season but I do miss the great food and some incredible people. Hope to make back to your neck of the woods some day.

[yahoo]

welcome home 6 way........wait .......long dig season......yeah what's it like in kentucky....ahhahahhahahhahahahhhhahah you miss the cajun food don't ya.....Godspeed to ya dude come on back home when you're ready we'll leave the light on for ya......

[gypsygirl]

I usually work in IL. However I do travel. I am currently in NE.

[sprayandpray]

North Texas with occasional trips to Oklahoma, New Mexico and elsewhere in Texas. Not too keen on the 3 week journeys though.

[beyond help]

As it says under my screen name. I am somewhere on my hand. :rolleyes: been here quite awhile, just took me a long time to find this site.

[RoadMap]

Somewhere in the United States

[Goldenboy]

SE Wisconsin here. Have never located anywhere else. I think I'm stuck here for eternity.:)

[yahoo]

is winconsin a state???hahahahahahh j/j:D

[swagman]

started in 1989 in Kent,Wa 1st job out of the "corps"
went to Bend ,Oregon,Salem Or,Portland,Or,spent 13 years in Longview,Wa,2years in Bellingham ,Wa,probably retire the beautiful place,back to Portland,My DM in Bellingham got us all fired,left portland in 05 to Twin falls,Id,now I cover all of Id and the six surrounding states,Ut,Wy,Mt,OR,WA,NV,lots of miles ,best job in the world when its busy,I love the adventure everyday.:D:cool:

[Mr Blunderbuss]

is winconsin a state???hahahahahahh j/j:D


Just a tax hell...

[Locatingart]

Denver Co.

[underground quester]

Alberta, Canada. Where its hotter than hadies in the summer and almost as cold as alaska in the winter.

[sprayandpray]

Alberta, Canada. Where its hotter than hadies in the summer and almost as cold as alaska in the winter.

Hey Quester, what's the deal with the Oil Boom up there?My son has been talking about it and was trying to get some 1st hand knowledge.

[Wingfoot]

SE Wisconsin here. Have never located anywhere else. I think I'm stuck here for eternity.:)

My buddies from Wisconsin tell me when the first snow falls in November, it stays until it melts in late Spring. WoW!

[beyond help]

My buddies from Wisconsin tell me when the first snow falls in November, it stays until it melts in late Spring. WoW!
It's like that here too. I already miss locating in that $#!t.

[South Kansas]

I work in south Kansas. And i love it. don't do anything and get paid, i will be here for ever

[sprayandpray]

I work in south Kansas. And i love it. don't do anything and get paid, i will be here for ever

Now wait a minute, in another thread you were complaining about having to help out your fellow locators. Which is it - no work or too much work? :confused:

[AULupstate]

New York, New Jersey, PA, Washington, Florida, Illinois

[South Kansas]

Now wait a minute, in another thread you were complaining about having to help out your fellow locators. Which is it - no work or too much work? :confused:

I just work in my area only. I put in around 8 to 9 hours a day. If I dont have enough tickets then I Just add about 20 minutes of extra drive time between tickets to get my hours and then go home. Screw the rest of the crew. Been doing it for months and it must work because no one has said anything yet:tease:

[UULC]

Currently looking for work in the Tampa Florida area.

:bang:

[RoadMap]

I believe that is CLS territory.

[RoadMap]

I just work in my area only. I put in around 8 to 9 hours a day. If I dont have enough tickets then I Just add about 20 minutes of extra drive time between tickets to get my hours and then go home. Screw the rest of the crew. Been doing it for months and it must work because no one has said anything yet:tease:

Damn! What is up your ass? I am glad your not on my crew. You are not a team player.:scold:

[underground quester]

The S.W. quadrant of the city I live in plus some of the rural areas.
The city is growing at a terrific pace so have tons of new projects on the go, new utilities being put in old ones taken out.
Locate 6 utilities in these areas.

Keeps me busy and out of trouble.
And, every day there is a new surprise (no snakes or gators) just new stuff in the ground that I have no prints for and nothing on the computer. So, lots of days I go on a seek and destroy OOPS, I mean seek and find mission.

[UULC]

I believe that is CLS territory.

I was with CLS as a Field Supervisor.

[straightliner]

started traning in louisville Ky. jan.08 / might make it to the 6 month mark had a nub for a trainer had to tell him how to run the class :jumpinsmile: yea yea who else could i be

[RoadMap]

I think it is industry wide on prints. They put them in faster than their computers can draw them. At least that is what they are telling us. I think it is the engineers who are lazy and don't care about the field workers who need them. Including their own employee's. You don't even have to have a degree let alone one in engineering to be one at ATT. Go figure.:bonk::Crash:

[LocatingAngel]

I started this adventure in Md, then worked in Va, Fl (for a help out mission), NC and then back in Va now....of all the places I located in Md is the best. Everything (mostly) is joint trench and you actually have prints that are worth a damn!! :bonk:

[TechMaster]

I gave been all over the United states, LA, TX, MS, Washington, Deleware. too many to mention. everyone of thise places I had to locate different things and each one was a new challenge. The neatest place I located was at Dover airforce base. We did a job where we had to locate and expose jet fuel lines. You knew you were on them when you started digging because of the smell. Also got to see pilots take off and land the presidents plane over and over. The people on the base said it was for them to keep their hours up to keep their pilot lic.

[Wingfoot]

The S.W. quadrant of the city I live in plus some of the rural areas.
The city is growing at a terrific pace. Keeps me busy and out of trouble.
What's the cause of the growth? Cold winters keeping couples confined to bed & baby making? - Manufacturing growth? - Illegal alien invasion?

[underground quester]

What's the cause of the growth? Cold winters keeping couples confined to bed & baby making? - Manufacturing growth? - Illegal alien invasion?



OIL MY FRIEND, TEXAS TEA as they say!!

We cannot produce enough to feed that growing economy below the 49th parallel. We have several mega billion dollar plants setting up in the northern part of Alberta to develop the "Tar Sands" which is strip mined. 85,000 square miles of it to mine. See the link for details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_sands

[Trent3342]

Well, Welcome Back down South, Hope you like it.

[LocateLady]

I work here in the sunny South but have a question for those of you in colder climes. Do you only get to work part of the year? What do you do in the depths of winter? We have construction year round and I worry about those locaters in colder climes. Do you have to have a winter job too?

[Goldenboy]

I work here in the sunny South but have a question for those of you in colder climes. Do you only get to work part of the year? What do you do in the depths of winter? We have construction year round and I worry about those locaters in colder climes. Do you have to have a winter job too?

I work in Wisconsin and it gets bitter cold in the winter with 2-3 feet of frost. Our work slows down dramatically in the winter. There is still plenty of digging going on it just involves frost picks on the high hoes and directional boring. Our work force is cut in half from Dec. through March. Since I've been here there's never been any mandatory lay-offs. There are more than enough locators that volunteer for the time off in the winter. You get to collect unemployement and know you'll be back to work when you want.

[justanotherlocator]

Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa & Michigan are all places where I have "squirted the dirt."

[thejoker]

:soapbox::hammer::hammer: And that is what will put us on mandatory saturday:(


I just work in my area only. I put in around 8 to 9 hours a day. If I dont have enough tickets then I Just add about 20 minutes of extra drive time between tickets to get my hours and then go home. Screw the rest of the crew. Been doing it for months and it must work because no one has said anything yet:tease:

[GODFATHER]

I just work in my area only. I put in around 8 to 9 hours a day. If I dont have enough tickets then I Just add about 20 minutes of extra drive time between tickets to get my hours and then go home. Screw the rest of the crew. Been doing it for months and it must work because no one has said anything yet:tease:

Damn, if I find out who you are im gonna gladly put a bullet in your head and put you out of our misery!!!!

[theone]

I would like to invite him to a locator party. BYOB bring your own bat.

[GODFATHER]

There is still plenty of digging going on it just involves frost picks on the high hoes and directional boring.

Bro those damn Frost Pics are ****in scary!!!! I was watchin a guy with one on a huge ass trac hoe in Illinois he was digging like 5ft from a huge ass Primary!!!! That Pic was bigger than my damn truck!!!!

[GODFATHER]

I would like to invite him to a locator party. BYOB bring your own bat.


LMMFAOOIJSMP!!!!:joke:

[Paint Grenade]

I would like to invite him to a locator party. BYOB bring your own bat. will the party be company funded under the new plan:rules::Todd:

[GODFATHER]

I think its funded by the BYOB association of Whoop Yer Ass County in the State of Open a Fukin Can!!!!

[thejoker]

:D:D:medalofhonor:


I would bring the self medication.....aka liquor.....lolI think its funded by the BYOB association of Whoop Yer Ass County in the State of Open a Fukin Can!!!!

[GODFATHER]

:D:D:medalofhonor:


I would bring the self medication.....aka liquor.....lol

Any of you whom have been in Illinois for any amount of time will know this one!!!!

"CAPTN TOMMMMMMM":yikes:

[BratPrince]

I work in south Kansas. And i love it. don't do anything and get paid, i will be here for ever

I think you missed a spot on your window.

[underground quester]

I work here in the sunny South but have a question for those of you in colder climes. Do you only get to work part of the year? What do you do in the depths of winter? We have construction year round and I worry about those locaters in colder climes. Do you have to have a winter job too?


I work in Alberta, Canada. In the winter we pretty much maintain a 50% crew the rest have either quit or been laid off. Our Summer staffing is about 50 ideally. But in three years I have only seen once where we were fully staffed for summer...and that was for a brief period. But I digress.

Winters here get no colder than North Eastern U.S. areas but generally we get substantially less snow and NO humidity. Average temp is about minus 20 Celcius. I think last winter we had a few colder days (-40C which is the same as -40F) but we had MANY more days that were above zero than we used to. That's the great part of global warming where I live, the winters are warmer.

Generally, I work half days and take quite a bit of time off to take courses, travel, eat/get fat, etc.

I have grown up here so from my perspective it is a heck of a lot warmer now than, say, in the 1970's.... :clapping: :woot: :yahoo:

[old 82]

yep thanks for the help. south kansas

[Wingfoot]

Started in 1989 in Kent, Wa. 1st job out of the "corps". Best job in the world when its busy! I love the adventure everyday.:D:cool:
Hey swag - I have been using Old Spice products for years. I was restocking my deodorant supplies and eyeballed this new item:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff124/wingfootsmp/300.jpg
Old Spice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrSNzSkvi70) Swagger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNUCsUUaevk&feature=related)

I'm using this stuff now. It smells good and is GREAT for killing stink! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2SIk00R-5Y&feature=related) And I love the name - swagger.......... As soon as I spotted the swagger, I thought of you. What's up with that?