holiday cancelled...

[Tiger]

Your glass is half empty then, FFS cheer up it might never happen. Weather mans always wrong

[jelsplace]

Christ what do you expect from an English summer?............... Sun?

[Apache]

I've been looking at the Albuquerque jobs pages again... 360 days of sunshine a year in New Mexico, loads of desert to play in.

Aircraft instrumentation engineers required at Albuquerque Sunport (what they call their airport) $80k a year... Cheap land prices, low cost of living...

The more I think about it, the more appealing it sounds. Unfortunately, ties to the UK prevent it at the moment.

[da SLUG man]

can a truck driver / electrician / plant operator do aircraft instrumentation??

[Apache]

Dunno, but you could probably do truck driver / electrician / plant operator for twice what you get in the UK.

I believe getting a work visa is the difficult bit these days. A mate of mine has a job offer with one of the big defence companies, but he hasn't got a Visa yet despite applying for the last two years.

Apparently, Microsoft sucked them all up this year, and they only give out a certain amount each year. Once they're gone, thats it til next year.

[NiftyNev]

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once for four days and then for three.

Nev

[dieselboy]

It's only a shower .......................... Famous last words

least you will have some nice breakfast for the next few days
god knows how you smoke them though

[dieselboy]

I've been looking at the Albuquerque jobs pages again... 360 days of sunshine a year in New Mexico, loads of desert to play in.

Aircraft instrumentation engineers required at Albuquerque Sunport (what they call their airport) $80k a year... Cheap land prices, low cost of living...

The more I think about it, the more appealing it sounds. Unfortunately, ties to the UK prevent it at the moment.

everytime i saw a road sign to albuquerque, i kept thinking of that song, dunno what its called, sounds like its an 80's tune..

honestly, isnt it way too hot over there? at 3am, it starts to get cool, say about 29c but the sun came up at 5:30ish so it starts getting hot!
i was seeing this girl from texas, she was well nice. i have pics!
if i were you i would go for it. i wish i had that opportunity. im really working as hard as i can so i can do just that. good luck!

[Apache]

New Mexico hits maybe 35-38 at its hottest. Thats not too bad. Low humidity helps.

Used to work out there (outside, in the desert) quite a bit in my old job. Really loved it!

[dieselboy]

New Mexico hits maybe 35-38 at its hottest. Thats not too bad. Low humidity helps.

Used to work out there (outside, in the desert) quite a bit in my old job. Really loved it!

phoenix is hotter then!

i would really like to live in a place like this:


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[Surf01]

nah, not spending a week stuck in a tent with 2 kids listening to the rain!

Probably a good time to consider buying a tin shack on wheels. At least you can tell the kids to play in the awning if it is raining!

[da SLUG man]

Probably a good time to consider buying a tin shack on wheels. At least you can tell the kids to play in the awning if it is raining!

ok, shall i park it round yours?

[Apache]

Phoenix is hotter - Yuma (a few hundred miles south west of there) is hotter still. 48ish when I was last there.

[dieselboy]

Phoenix is hotter - Yuma (a few hundred miles south west of there) is hotter still. 48ish when I was last there.

thats crazy... i was in a car park walking back to the truck and the temp being recorded was 51c, i know thats only because of the tarmac but it was still well hot. if you did a 3-point turn then your tyres would dig into the tarmac like mud.
ive yet to see that film 3-10 to yuma. have you seen it? ive got the remake.

i dont understand how the people live in places that hot. it was so bad, you hope the wind dont blow because its like being blown with a hair dryer.
if you get a hair dryer on hot, and hold it up to your face, thats what its like. ive been keeping an eye on their weather as its supposed to be raining there this time of year. its 6:30am there now and its still 88F

ive not really said much about my trip, but what an experience. i was in phoenix for 10 days, and had a hummer for the whole time. felt like a propper yank, and enjoyed every minute
once i forgot what side of the road i was supposed to be on, and made a turn infront of someone and slammed the brakes on cos i remembered, and they didnt even bother. just kindly let me go.
rarely see an old banger, but when you do its still some crazy old V8 that sounds the nuts, even if it does backfire

[Apache]

Yeah, driving's great out there. Most people are really chilled. I've driven all over the place from NY and Boston to Arizona, New Mexico, California etc etc.

No-one seems to get worked up about anything. I dont think they've heard of road rage!

We were working at YPG when I was at Yuma. One local guy said when it rains, they get chairs out and sit outside. I asked him when it last rained properly (it was August 2006 when I was last there) and he said November....




...2004!