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PuckOff
What exactly will you be doing there Plommer? How bout dem Leafs .....EH!!!
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Pucky, I drive a bus 2x a day. Take workers to the mine in the a.m. and pick them up and bring them back to camp in the p.m.
Job is easy and the pay is very good.

Tons of Leafs fans here pal, Saskatchewan kids learn the tradition of loving the Leafs from their dads, truly amazing.

Matty
What's potash anyway?

I was expecting a lot more snow.
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Not much snow here, no. This part of the province is not known for precip, we get lots of sunshine.

Potash: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/885395--what-is-potash

Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press


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It's a question that's been circulating among Canadians for weeks, ever since Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton launched a hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan: What exactly is potash, anyway?

Potash is a general term used to describe various compounds containing potassium, one of the key nutrients needed for plant growth — the most common of which is potassium chloride.

The Canadian Encyclopedia says pioneers traditionally produced potassium fertilizer by leaching wood ashes and evaporating the solution in large iron pots.

Today, about 95 per cent of the world's potash is still used in fertilizers, with the rest being put towards the manufacturing of products ranging from glass to explosives.

Thanks to huge reserves in Saskatchewan, Canada is the world's leading exporter of potash.
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Industry and Resources says the province is currently home to about half the world's potash reserves and accounts for about 30 per cent of global production. New Brunswick also produces potash, but nowhere near the scale of Saskatchewan.

Sales of potash produced in Saskatchewan totalled $3.1 billion in 2009.
The flat landscape and geological conditions found throughout the province, coupled with sophisticated mining practices, make potash extraction relatively simple and inexpensive, the province says.

Saskatchewan has been producing potash since 1962.

RogueJuror
In the first video is that the living quarters?
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Yes, the trailers are portable living accommodations. I'll take some vids of the inside and post them here.

Place is comfortable and clean and is maintained very well, each wing has a room attendant that vacuums the room, cleans and makes the bed everyday.
 
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On an unrelated note, Auto insurance here is run by the government - it is far cheaper than what privately run insurance cost me back home in Ontario.

I got a laugh the other day when I was listening to the guys chatting in the drivers lounge about getting a refund from the insurance corp here in Sask. It turns out that when the provincial publicly run insurance company earns a profit they return the profit back to the policy holders in the form of a cheque. Last year people received approx $100 back from their insurance company.

Private insurance companies give nothing back, they always take more.

I can't wait to switch my vehicle registration to Saskatchewan from Ontario. My rates will be going down by a big amount.
 
I'm glad for your easy and well compensated work day Plommer,

I wish all insurance companies worked liked the Sask ones. that is the way it should be.

I first invested in POT back in 2008 and some of the info I read and conference calls I listened to, were mind boggling in how confident they were going forward short and long term.

It made me buy them up big time, and I felt suckered at first, when their stock took a big nose dive. but all in all, its been a great investment and I love the prospectus going forward.

I really believe big in fertilizer stocks, going forward..... and your posts have really put a personal touch on this whole deal and makes me a bigger believer in POT. I really appreciate it
 
Archie
I'm glad for your easy and well compensated work day Plommer,

I wish all insurance companies worked liked the Sask ones. that is the way it should be.

I first invested in POT back in 2008 and some of the info I read and conference calls I listened to, were mind boggling in how confident they were going forward short and long term.

It made me buy them up big time, and I felt suckered at first, when their stock took a big nose dive. but all in all, its been a great investment and I love the prospectus going forward.

I really believe big in fertilizer stocks, going forward..... and your posts have really put a personal touch on this whole deal and makes me a bigger believer in POT. I really appreciate it
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Arch the stock took a nosedive when the ask price for a metric tonne of potash was $1000. Now the price is $400 a metric tonne and demand is high.

I have been told that there is more oil in this province than Alberta, it is untapped. The more I learn about the economy here the more I like it.

Truck drivers making $400 a day hauling crude to transfer stations is not unusual. This will be the case until pipelines are built to move the oil.

The biggest problem is finding a place to live. Housing is in short supply, jobs are not.

Archie
I hope the guy you share a bathroom with, is not too hairy or smelly
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He is not around much, plus the units are cleaned 7 days a week by camp room attendants.
Mudcat
You need to narrate that shit. I wanna hear the golden plommer tones.
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Muddaaaay, pal. I hate the sound of my voice, hence the silence.

 
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RogueJuror
cool videos

I wonder how much setting up one those living units cost.
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I dunno what the cost is but I do know that capacity right now is 450 people and they are adding units as the number of residents will be doubling to 900 in the next few months when more workers arrive to do concrete work on the mine expansion.
 
serious business.

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