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Don't drop anything down the hole: Q&A with a roughneck

Michael Allan McCrae | March 18, 2012 | 5:18 pm Canada Europe 

[Warning: strong language] A roughneck can net $7,000 a month in northern Alberta, just don't drop anything down the hole. A question and answer session with an Albertan roughneck was conducted on the social news site Reddit. L1BR8TED, his username,...

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