get home from school before i start my chores, i find myself going out to the rig to stand with joe guthrie of boys, roughnecks from oklahoma and arkansas. i watch them change a bit, pull out a pipe, clamp on the big tongs. a man on the cat head spins her in reverse, uncoupling the 90-foot of drill pipe, then the block hoists it to the derrick man. then the block shooting down again to grab the next joint, split-second timing, slam on the brakes, clamp on the tongs, yank out the safety slips, the driller and the tong buckers working together with the swift precision of an all-american backfield. a rugged, proud, independent breed, always ready to pull up stakes and head out to where oil is to be found, california, montana, gulf of mexico, or right in our own backyard. ♪ neil: nights back in town, a group of us began getting together -- store owners, doctors, lawyers. >> all right, maybe it will all come to nothing. maybe it is a false alarm. all i am saying is it is important we plan a little, just in case. >> plan for what? >> housing, office space. we are liable to have 50 companies. a co