When they were building the Alaska oil pipeline a friend of mine said he wished he was a woman. Said he’d go to Alaska and make his f’n fortune.
The housing crunch is not as bad as it was a year or so ago. There have been many hotels/motels and apartment buildings built in the last two years in the area. The days of the Walmart parking lots full of campers is gone. I have sold a lot of lumber over the last three years that went into the construction of Man Camp temporary buildings. This is a trailer that has 4-5 bedroom/baths in it. There is no sign of this need slowing down any time soon. Not only is there the demand here in the US but also in Alberta where the oil sands are. There is just not enough housing in these areas to meet the foreseeable demand.
An elderly married couple was at home watching TV. The husband had the remote and was switching back and forth between a fishing channel and the porn channel. The wife became more and more annoyed and finally said: “For god’s sake! Leave it on the porn channel. You already know how to fish!”