Funny story...

[Froward69]

I was asked to re post this here...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7972006

turning a wildcatter.

One of my tenants Boyfriends was a wildcatter. he had been busy busy busy working in Utah and almost did not get to vote. (cept when he told his boss he wanted to vote for McCain, and he did.)

Last week he was around and we started chatting whilst I was hanging plastic inside the hallway windows...
I jokingly told him his boss would not appreciate me putting plastic up as it saved energy... after explaining how. the subject turned to his work and "Drill,drill,drill," My argument Started with why to not drill based upon strategic considerations. the amount and how we would run out faster than his bosses rhetoric. then moved on to the beauty of the region. and our nations collective soul...

the only argument of his I could not counter was his employment... as it turned out his drilling job sights were suddenly all closed and although he was still employed had no work as because of the BLM suddenly backtracking.

we went into his GF's apartment fired up her computer and got him an on line application to one of the turbine manufacturing plants springing up around here.

guess what.

yesterday he announced he will be starting work in Jan. At a new Job Drilling foundation Pylons for the new plant (with a different company) and the job may morph into building the generators for the turbines once they get up to speed as he has a electrical journeyman's license.

he actually thanked me for not harping on the environment (in fact it was not part of my argument.) and he apologized to me for voting McCain. I told him i could care less for who he voted for, as this is America I only cared Before the election. however if he felt he needed to be punished he should ask his GF for the spanking... she blushed he laughed out loud and so did I.
So he was giving two weeks notice to get paid!!
He is still in the energy production field...
But Now will start a new career working to produce CLEAN energy.

she is thrilled and now proud of him.