Tides of War

Im sitting and waiting for a phone call about a job on Faroe Island.

Im soo amazed it sounds too good to be true. Here are some details:

Wage: 130 DKK/hr 11 hours a day.

130 DKK is 21.127 USD (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

130 DKK is 17.465 EUR (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

130 DKK is 11.550 GBP (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

+400 DKK per day in diem (TAX FREE!!)

400 DKK is 65.008 USD (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

400 DKK is 53.739 EUR (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

400 DKK is 35.539 GBP (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

House/rent is paid

Plane ticket back & forth every 4th week is paid (work 3 weeks home 1 week)

Duration is atleast 3/4 of a year

A rough calculation Ill be making 36000DKK/mo after taxes

36000 DKK is 5850.804 USD (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

36000 DKK is 4836.573 EUR (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

36000 DKK is 3198.558 GBP (using conversion rates from Wednesday, June 09, 2004)

The job is paving a newly renovated harbor.

There is a 95% chance that Ill get it.

Dang!

Hope you get it!

95% chance reduces exponentially for each person you tell - SO NO-ONE READ THIS THREAD!

/bux

Good grief, Faeroe Islands?!? Halfway between Scotland and Iceland?

Wow.

All the best, hope you get it

Good luck.

Their football team isn't very good though.

welp i didnt get it, the contracter wanted an educated pavement layer thing >;(

my letter of apprenticeship wasnt good enuff for them >;(

oh well its back to the drawing board again...

DOH crazy: