Inspired by 42205.26.
I’ll start so’s you’all can get yer belly laffs out of the way.
Grape picker
Fry Cook
Sailor ETN2
TV Studio Tech
Radio Xmtr Maintenance Consultant
Maintenance Foreman, 1M+sqft Electronics Manufacturing Facility
an I still don no how to spell it.
Solar Engineer
Remodel Carpenter/Solar Installer
Civil Carpenter, from batter boards to screeing, laborer to foreman
Farmer
Farm Shop Foreman/Mechanic
Bath and Kitchen Remodel GC
Handyman
Thrashman
Handy Electrician, Handy Plumber
Production Plumbing Troubleshooter (Once)
Carnival Jointy
Suppliers Rep
Freelance Computor Tech/Consultant/Builder
Webmaster
Gas Station Garage Owner
Bombing Range Scavanger
Electronics Instructor
Custom Framer
(Less than 24 cumulative hours Tract Home work of any kind, including picker upper!)
Day Laborer
General Foreman, hospital remodels
Gas Lift Valve Technician (oil field)
Preventative Maintenance Systems Designer
Fabricator
Inventor
Broke
Rich
Certified
And next I’ll be a Specialty Contractor, Foundations and Basements, Radient Heat.
SamT
Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig — Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it. Andy Engel
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Porn star.
Nuff said
Who Dares Wins.
So what did ya do when that 30 second gig was up? :-)"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
can add a couple not already listed (does wedding night "performance" 40 years ago count as porn?)
cesspool cleaner
septic tank scrubber
lifeguard
"Future cook of the year" Illinois, 1957 (non-concurrent with the first 2<G>)
Rocket scientist.
>> does wedding night "performance" 40 years ago count as porn?
Was there an audience?
If he says yes, she watched, I'm gonna lose it here.Reminds me of "Every which Way but Loose" LOL
Anyway...
Babysitter
lawn care
purveyor of pony cart rides
Camp counselor - specialty in woodcraft and archery
dairy Farm labor
dishwasher
draftsman
construction labor
shingle layer
roofer
carpenter
retail store owner
contractor
quite a few other things that I have been paid a bit for but haven't done "professionally" as in doing it for a living
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Lemonaide stand proprietor
Baby sitter
Newspaper publisher (monthly newsletter for the block I lived on...passed down to me from older siblings)
Lawn mower
Newspaper delivery
Drug store janitor
Drug store cashier
Drug delivery driver
Public park maintenance
Cafeteria worker
Cafeteria supervisor
Pizza delivery driver
Fast food fry man
Pizza delivery manager
Pizza delivery franchisee
Automobile oil changer
Vacuum cleaner salesperson
Wholesale fireworks salesperson
HUD inspector
Handyman
Painter
Carpenter
Roofer
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
Was fireworks sales good prep for Hud inspector?
;)
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You can't fool us, we know your are a:
Bordello Qwner
Rooftop Livestock Shepherd
Gutter Installer
Where was your bordello. sailed to the carribean.We stayed in puerto plata dominican republic for a bit two months got to now the girls and the owner who was from philly. bordellos name was " pupys"
just another day in paradise
Hey now...
It is not my bordello!
It belongs to Rich Beckman, so ask him about it. I just went out and took a picture of it.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages/?msg=42663.1
Help!
Rich, you gotta help me. This guy thinks it is MY bordello! I get the feeling he is trying to drag me into your gutters.
Honestly, the line was so long all I could do was take some pictures.
Okay, I will call ahead next time... <g>
"Rich, you gotta help me. This guy thinks it is MY bordello!"
OK, OK. The name of the place is Beckman's Rooftop Ranch and Bordello.
I'm Beckman. Darcy is not affiliated with the business.
How's that?
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
>retail store owner
Piffin, can you elaborate? curious how long / what kind / good experience? Who knows where life takes me?
I never talk about my background and hate resumes, because people might think I'm flippant. I learned what I wanted to learn though through work:
dishwasher, in high school
picture framer, again in high school
waiter, on and off in my twenties to save extra money
combat medic (US Cavalry in germany)
hoddie / bricklayer
draftsman / spec writer
human resources resume-screener and interviewer
InfoServ guy who interviewed department heads on what their systems do to write a company-wide resource manual (contract with Eli Lilly in my early 20's)
purchasing agent
disco fan (my hidden shame)
sales rep / sales engineer for commercial hvac - cooling towers, water chillers, fan coil units, air handlers, fin tube radiation, etc.
quoter for charles schwab (evening part time thing, answer market questions / do research for account holders)
good will ambassador (spent three months in Russia in 1996)
biker (longest trip - indianapolis to baja peninsula with a hooker from the 500 race)
recovering alcoholic - 5.5 years without a drink, age 34 now and damn I still want a beer
smoker
manager of wholesaler for utility supplies - water pipe, valves, sewer pipe, fire hydrants, etc.
project manager / estimator for sitework / underground utility contractor (current job)
serial remodelers of fix-er up houses then sell them, now doing the same to rental properties
several above occupations I owned the business
landlord (newest hat)
peace
remodeler
I used to test rubbers for the US Air Force.
I used to test rubbers for the US Air Force.
ya - I forgot - I was a rubber worker the summer of '77...
"there's enough for everyone"
Here's one I bet none of you have done. Seriously. My first job (about 11 years old) was counting worms. Neighbor had a worm farm, would sell them to bait shops. Sit in his basement, pick out the too-small worms and the eggs (how many of ya know what a worm egg looks like?) and count about 3 strong dozen in a yogurt cup. $2/hour.
Since then:
farm work (baled hay, shovel sh!J from barns, set fences, etc)
Mow a cemetery (VERY important job. Had a lot of people under me. <g>)
Mow more grass for neighbors (about 5 acres/week)
McDonald's
Air Force Cadet (USAFA)
McDonald's
Dishwasher factory assy line
Golf course grounds crew (really cool job!)
Pizza delivery
McDonald's
Dorm floor janitor on weekends
Painter
Hospital janitor (26 toilets/night! and the impetus to leave college)
Blueprint folder (beginning of my "professional" career!)/ engineering tech
Tooling engineer (printed circuit boards)
Design engineer (die castings) CAD
Sales support engineer (die castings)
Engineering manager (Tooling)
Project engineer (bottle caps, or CLOSURES as they called them. On the ketchup & shampoo bottles, with the little butterfly hinge, among others)
Engineering manager (commutators)
Add to that QA Manager
Unemployed
self employed Die designer
Stay at home dad (the absolute BEST job ever!)
Self employed handyman and loving it.
Pete Duffy, Handyman
Ewe can dew recovering alky as a pro?
Congratulations!
The store wasa specialty shop selling wood stoves that I installed to compliment my remo business. Did good two years and on the verge of seeing profit, th e bottom dropped out with a warm winter and Carter's 20% interest rates on the inventory loans.
don't ever do retail undercapitalized!
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>bottom dropped out with a warm winter and Carter's 20% interest rates on the >inventory loans.
piffin, I met a guy about six months ago who owned an RV dealership during those years. They were very successful the first few years in business, and then 25% consumer credit loans evaporated demand for toys like that. Hard to remember even 12% mortgages of the 80's in today's environment.
>convict.too many times in jail to count
I wasn't a choir boy as a kid, and now I piss test my employees and run criminal background checks on someone wanting to work for me. They say you start life a starry-eyed democrat and wife, kids, career make you a conservative republican...
>PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER!!!!! Simply the greatest job I've ever had.
That statement demands explanation. My wife mystery shops pizza companies, so we have it free 3-4 nights a week, w-a-y to much. Good looking boss maybe?
remodeler
">PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER!!!!! Simply the greatest job I've ever had.
That statement demands explanation. My wife mystery shops pizza companies, so we have it free 3-4 nights a week, w-a-y to much. Good looking boss maybe?"
I agree. That was a great job. My excuse for lovin' it was I did it in Bloomington , IN. Most pizzas were delivered to comapus. Made decent money and had a lot of fun.
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
" Hard to remember even 12% mortgages of the 80's in today's environment."
Ssshhhhhhhhhhh..........!
donttellanybodybuthistoryrepeatsitselfandthecycleisshorterandshortereverytime.
Tomorrow we could wake up to find_________
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Some body fall in or was it sortta a private pool?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Hooooo
Still wipin the tears from my eyes.
Sam, I also did time doing short order cook, I also did time as....
pantry man
broilerman
front waiter
back waiter
busboy
gas pump attnendent
dish washer
pot washer
bottle washer
framer
trimmer
cabinet installer
remodling mechanic
meat butcher
fish butcher
poultry butcher,....
and I am currently doing time as a
Wood butcher.
I've been pro-bono way too many times.Kevin Halliburton
"Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men." - Solomon
pro-bono way too many times
Hey, this is not about Irish musicians . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Wrong interpretation there Sunny! I was talking about giving more than my fair Cher. :-)>Kevin Halliburton
"Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men." - Solomon
Well let's see.......
Ditch digger
Paperboy
Meat-cutting-area cleanup
Cleanup at an automated chicken butchery
Retail clerk
Tire salesman
Tire mounting jerk
Inventory clerk
Scheduling jerk
Scheduling expert
Lead scheduler of a large plant for a fortune50
Computer programmer (at least I tried)
Systems Analyst (the first syllable has a long A if I remember correctly)
Senior Systems Analyst
Senior Project Leader
Assistant Brownie Troop Leader
Den Leader
Assistant Scoutmaster
Assistant Baseball Coach
High School Band Booster Lackey
Announcer for High School Band
College expense burden carrier
Guy who was really tired of corporate life.
Handyman
Poor man
Unless you're the lead dog, the view just never changes.
paperboy (2 routes at once in Queens NY and LI from 15-16)
professional runaway (six times) from 12-16.(gave that up to be a paperboy)
Delivary boy for Grestidies Supermarket in NYC
Dealer of psychotropic hullucinagins (more jail time) (5 felonies and 5 mistameanors :)~
Tin man (with a heart and shears)
Protester...marches on Washington, Peoples Park in Berkely, Columbia U... etc etc etc etc
convict.too many times in jail to count
inner city activist
ran a free school for many years
professional hitchhiker (from NY to California back and fourth three times among other destinations)
Oh yeh and a Carp
BE well diversified
andy
My life is my passion!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Edited 5/3/2004 7:15 am ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)
Andy
Were you at the Free Concert "riot" in DC in the spring of '71? I would been "arrested" there iffin I hadn't been paying attention. Maybe we pass within a 1/4 mile or 20,000 people of each other?
I could not have afforded it as I had a TS clearance in the navy then.
That was my second course in government 101.
The first was the Black Panther attack on Treasure Island in SF in '70, and post grad work monitoring secure communications during the Viet Nam fiasco.
Samt
Paperboy
Fuller Brush Salesman
Resturant supply store delivery and stocking
Sommer's Canoe Base Guide
Pots and Pans U of M dorm
Assistant Cook U of M dorm
Halfway House Counselor
Farm Hand
School Bus Driver
Driver, Tire Test Fleet
Statastcian, Tire Test Fleet
Cab Driver
Rosewood Logger (Belize)
Carpenter's Helper
Plumber's Helper
General Contractor
Self-Employed Plumber
Radio Announcer (talk show, program director, operations manager)
BTB Telemarketer
Hearing Aid Franchise Sales Administrator
Corporate Data Access Software Account Executive
Web-site software sales
AS/400 Performance Tuning sales
HO/GC/DIYr
Hi Guy,
I've got this fantasy about retireing to Belize - maybe. You wanna bust my balloon or feed my fantasy?
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Well, it's been 30 years since I've been there. This was just a few years after the government was turned back from the UK to Belizians, and the country was still a British "protectorate" with British troops stationed near where I was in the South near Punta Gorda, ostensibly to protect the Belizians from maurading Guatemalans, as you could see the edge of Guatemala from the seaside of Punta Gorda.
I was working for some well off-Texans (lawyers, road contractors, feed store owners and the like) who had bought 10,000 acres of nearly unspoiled rain forest from the government for like a dollar an acre. I think the government at that time was encouraging immigration...there were a number of Mennonites who had bought land there, some Salvadoreans, and at least one crazy Florida family trying to carve a rice farm out of the rain forest. I don't think they sell land like that anymore.
Infrastructure like roads, electricity, telephones, etc was crude at best back then and as far as I know, still is. That kind of colonial deal where, sure, the mother country had turned over control to the natives, but the natives didn't really know how to handle it. At least to most Gringos' liking.
The climate is really tropical over most of the country, as the elevation doesn't vary much from sea level over the whole place. Everything kind of stops between late May and mid-September when it rains ALOT.
Why not take a test trip? You can get regularly scheduled flights into Belize City...rent a LandRover and drive through down to the southern tip. The diving is EXCELLENT off the coast east of Belize City out of a number of small islands called Cayes, (pronounce "Keys").
When you pass through Golden Stream, which was an indian settlement and the center of my group's rosewood and mahogany logging operation, say Hi for me. They were also trying to rice farm. See if you can hire a dugout to take you up some of the many streams that empty into the Caribbean from the rain forest by Punta Gorda.
I don't know about retiring there, because you would then have to deal with the vaguries of local former-colonial politics, but it sure would make a nice trip in February or March...which is the dry season. I suppose by now some developer is putting together retirement communities...but you don't sound like the kind of guy who would go for the sanitized, super-secure way of life of those kind of places.
I certainly had some interesting experiences down there...enough for a book, or at least a short story. We got in a propety boundry dispute with a guy named Mak, who ran the Chinese restaurant in Punta Gorda. See...he wanted to log rosewood too....and so it goes.
At one time, we drove a convoy of three trucks with trailers (rice combine, front-end loader, assorted tools and parts) from Laredo to Chetumal. That's a whole 'nother story. Saw a bull fight in Chetumal on the way back. Whew!
Edited 5/4/2004 8:45 am ET by johnnyd
Thanks for touching base on Belize`.
There are a number of American expatriots living south of the border in retirement because the American dollar goes further down there. I am Mennonite but probably not as strict a branch as those who have settled there.
I know there are some coastal vacation developements now.
My wife is big into birds and I love anthropology and mythology. That makes the whole Yucutan peninsula a definite destination at some point. The visit will enthrall me or discourage me.
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oh, ya - an'
dog trainer assistant
personal protection dog bait"there's enough for everyone"
Piff Miester,
I just finished rereading Seas of Venus by David Drake. It ends with a 30+ page treatment of his trip to Belize in 2001. Even if you just read the Belize trip, it is worth a trip to the library.
Did I mention, this is the second REreading in 6 months.
SamT
Thankls
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I spent a month on the Yucatan about 5 + years ago and think that their culture is one of the warmest on earth. Very nice people !
If you go there you should try to do a road trip to Progresso on the Gulf.
Progresso has some incredible architecture including the " Cake Box House "On a hill by the harbour
just finished rereading Seas of Venus by David Drake
Small world, by coincidence, I just finished reading the same book. Almost makes me want more non-fiction from DD.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
In the last six months I think I have read every DD book published by BAEN books. Twice.
BTW Baen has a web site where you can download complete books in html, rtf, ebook ,etc formats. Free.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm
SamT
Baen has a web site
Which is very handy for a number of the Webber books, as you can print your own copy of smoe ot hte maps and charts (making them easier to read than paperback paper & ink sometimes allow).
I've got all of the DD books excepting only the cup&sorcery (apologies to Spider Robinson) ones.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Have you tried Erik Flint? And John Ringo, the Posleen series.
I've been a fan of Spiders since his Easy Rider days.
It has gotten to the point where I will read any Baen release. It has spoiled me for any other publisher.
SamT
Edited 5/6/2004 4:17 pm ET by SamT
Erik Flint? And John Ringo, the Posleen series
Flint's Bellesarius series fills my shelf (and standing Amazon orders, it seems like). I've nabbed other titles, too, just because.
I happened upon Ringo by accident, but am thoroughly hooked. The next one cannot get to me fast enough.
Webber's "Star" series is where I finally went to the Baen site--I needed maps to keep the various jump points straight. Especially across the 5 books, four interstellar wars, and 7-8 starfaring races . . . (This was especially true reading The Shiva Option.)
I'm in Portugal now, with Lt. Sharpe--just started Sharpe's Havoc last night.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
5th Grade Fireworks sales
Driveway shoveler
Lawn mower
Caddie
Car wash attendant
Gas pumper
dishwasher
bus boy
food delivery
cook (god help you if you ate there!)
maintenance man
estate caretaker
landscape laborer
landscape foreman
sales-computers, car phones, office supplies, hardware
writer
editor
public relations for publishing company
semi truck driver
Snow plower
Art gallery owner
Slumlord
Remodeling carpenter
New construction contractor
Kitchen and Bath remodeler
UMMM, hi there, Mad Dog
what are the odds of this happening?
maddog
"what are the odds of this happening?"
It would seem the odds are not all that long. You, maddog, are the third on the board. I believe that Mad Dog was first and Mad Dog Maglin (sp?) the second.
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
Newpaper Boy – First route in our subdivision
Petroleum transfer engineer – OK Pump Jockey
Janitor
Gardener – Chief Weed Remover
Counter Worker at Print Shop
Graphic Designer
Movie Extra
Manager of Print Shop
Paper Salesman
Truck Driver – Saw many interesting things going on in people’s cars
Back to the Print Shop
Car Show’s – Special Event Coordinator, MC for the Bikini Contests
Retail Rep for a company that put video display units on grocery store shopping carts. Went bankrupt
Contest Organizer for Video Game Manufacturer– Man, I could play a mean Nintendo
Computer Operator at a Petroleum Transfer Station "$5 on pump 5? OK"
Car Mechanic
Tradeshow/Event Manager
Went to work for Kinko’s (took it because unemployment was running out and I told myself I would only stay until a “real” job came along.)
Kinko’s Corporate Office – Project Coordinator then Systems Project Manager
Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity
Handyman
Project Manager for a mold remediation company
Special Project Consultant for a Health Care Company - Any thats the cube I'm sitting in now.
Best 10 minutes I've had...putting together this list...now which ones to put on the resume. Hmmmm
Peace,
MartinHeads I win, tails you lose.
Hey Rich!
Yep, I had gotten word that there was a new mad dog around here, thought I'd better check it out.
Marking my territory,
Old Dog
Mad Dog,
You coming to RhodeFest??
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
Tell me about the lt. Who is his publisher? What's his/her? full name? Some titles??
Havoc. Ok, what're some more?
SamT
Tell me about the lt. Who is his publisher? What's his/her? full name? Some titles
Bernard Cornwell is the author. He got rather a bit more attention than he was used to when the BBC truned his first book "Sharpe's Rifles" into a miniseries with Sean Bean and Pete Postlewaith.
The series is about 15 books, spanning from Richard Sharpe's (the title character) start as a general soldier in India, where he meets up with Sir Arthur Wellesley. He becomes that rarest of 18th century soldier, one promoted to an officer. Later he joins the King's Rifles, and gets to campaign through the Pennisular War. All gripping stuff, and told well. Cornwell walks the ground covered in each installment, and gives a description of the actual site as it stands today (and any historical liberties he has taken, too).
Edited to add some titles: "Sharpe's Tiger" "Sharpe's Sword" Sharpe's Eagle" "Sharpe's Fortress" --there's a boatload.
Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Edited 5/7/2004 11:34 am ET by CapnMac
Thanks, I'll have to have the FFIL bring some home from work.
SamT
bring some home from work
Very cool. I'm pretty sure Sharpe's Tiger is chronologically the first as they are currently written. Which is different than the order they were written in. (A lot of having to peek in side the front cover to work out where a title goes in the sequence in the bookstore, at times . . . )
Just finished Webber's Heirs of Empire, the third book in the Colin McIntyre series (that starts with Mutineer's Moon). More good stuff from Baen.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Hmmm?
Theatre usher
stock boy
body and paint (antique cars)
block yard hi-lo
block prod. mgr - can't belive I never shot the boss-p.o.s.
conc. plant facilities mgr
conc bagging plnt mgr
Mr. mom - loved it!
airframe and powerplant mech
kit aircraft manufacture (mustang II)
remodeler
Edited 5/7/2004 5:21 pm ET by JUNKMAN001
I'm with you, Piffin. Soon as I get done with this house...
(by the way, back-priming the backs of these SYP T-111 panels with 60/40 boiled linseed/mineral spirits is working great. Last two panels sat straight as can be for three days with the linseed mix on the back and two coats of Cabot semi-transparent on top. Some of the PT plywood strips I'm using for water table over the poly covered PT wood foundation, and staining just one side, would make good toboggans )
...and get the last daughter out of college....wife and I will be Yucatan bound for at least a few weeks. Actually going to spend a week in Honduras this June as an interpretor on a mission trip...kind of a "doctors without borders" deal through my church.
Nope......missed that arrest........lol
But I did get arrested in Chicago during the Democratic NAtional Convention along with the, later to be known as the Chicago Seven.
I was gassed bad and thrown in jail there for four daze.
Mayor Daley ordered the National Guard into Grant Park with helicopters with machine guns and machine guns set up on the hill....Total insanity.
One of Mayor Daleys biggest mistakes setting us all up.
No one would allow us into hotels or campgrounds so we "peacefully " set up camp in the park.
When several layers of Guradsman surrounded the park and moved us all in what were we to do? They told us to leave but wouldn't let us, and thats the truth!!!
They started smashing heads for no reason at all (trust me, I have a scar on my upper lip from a billy club to my face).
It became pure insanity........long story!
PS.glad to see another bro here!
BE older'n dirt
andy
My life is my passion!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Edited 5/3/2004 10:50 am ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)
>> They started smashing heads for no reason at all
Were you ever in another demonstration in Chicago?
construction laborer
washed motorcycles at a dealership
salvage yard "gopher"
roofer
clerk
pizza maker
meat cutter
warehouse manager
sales manager
summer intern for highway construction
estimator
area manager
surveyor
cabinet maker
furniture repairman
Were you ever in another demonstration in Chicago?
Unc
That was the "only" time I was in Chicago other than during the Chicago Seven trial which I spent a week in the peanut gallery.
What a circus!
Why, do I know you.lol?
PS.As a poet (you and ok maybe me...lol) Allen Ginsburg led the peaceful stand off with the National guardsman having us all sit together......thousands of us and go into a meditationa nd a chant....scared the hell out of the NG. Who knows why.
Personally I think they were ordered to bust heads of kids just because.
If you were there you'd know what I mean. Little blonde girls with smashed heads and blood all over the place,,,,,,,machine guns???? We were kids!
Some things never change.
Be well Unc and god bless Abby
Be well
andyMy life is my passion!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
>> That was the "only" time I was in Chicago ...
That's the reason they were doing it, to persuade you not to come back. At least not for another demonstration. Illegal as can be, but it worked.
Edited 5/3/2004 6:59 pm ET by Uncle Dunc
Thinking back on payin' jobs...Ha Ha, no wonder there are so many gaps in my Social Security resume!
Seed and Christmas card salesman (my dad worked for that company on the back of comic books)
Caddie
Busboy
Amish masons helper (where I learned how to get my rocks off)
Amish carpenters helper (not much pay, but plenty of food)
Brick cleaner (1¢ a brick)
Nursery lackey
Farmhand
Holiday Inn rubber raker/wax toilet ring replacer (Monday was always a bad day)
Smuggler (smuggled rubbers from Switzerland to France, after the Holidy Inn job, I was experienced).
Brush-stacker
U.S. Army projectionist (showed those flicks about the dangers of LSD and loose wimmen)
Baker
Rabble-rouser (Andy C. & Sam T. I think I remember seeing you at Mayday)
Farmer (those rabble-rousing wimmen loved well cured produce)
Pipe maker
RC Cola route man
Mobile home undercoater
Bartender
Driver (from Tuscon to Tucumcari)
Retail store partner (weaving supplies, books, spices and, of course, herbs)
Carpenter
GC
Greeting card designer
Greeting card publisher
Cartoonist
Draftsman
Clockmaker
Cabinetmaker
Furniture maker
And, in two weeks, I’ll have two college graduates who should be paying me back any day now….;-)
Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Mayday,
Yah, I was the clean cut young sailor with the gallon bleach jug full of water for every one.
I left the area about 15 seconds before the heads got smashed. Like pumpkins.
SamT
Caddy
Supermarket shelf stocker
Supermarket Cashier
Draftsman
Tire Mold Designer
Field Cost Engineer, Industrial Construction
Field Engineer, Industrial Construction
Construction Superintendent, Industrial Construction
Production Scheduling Manager, Industrial/Commercial Building Products
Purchasing Manager, Industrial Commercial Building Products
Corporate Purchasing Manager, Residential Building Products
VP-Engineering, Residential Building Products
Retired
Builder, upper-end vacation homes
Estimator & Project Manager, Superior Walls Foundation business (part time)
They started smashing heads for no reason at all
"The Police are not here to stop disorder, they are here to create disorder" (His Highness, Mayor Daley, Sr.. 1968)
Family moved to Glen Ellen (25 mile west of downtown) just in time to watch riots on WGN.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
you got to be kiddin...
no?
Dishwasher
bus boy
stall shoveler
drug store stock boy
deli sammich man
pallet mill
hard ware store purchaser
US Navy..Air Command 2nd Lt.( 6 + yrs+)
4wd off road driver (Corn Binders RULE)
saw mill helper
exterminator
custom furniture worker
cook SO
carp
all around ele. plumbing,roofing siding..(still)
luthier
pipeorgan builder
luthier again
custom wood worker (still)
GC in NC and Pa..
farmer, caterer..
semi retired..now
full time putz
semi retired NOW..
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
Lawn mower
Bowling scorekeeper
Window washer
Camp counselor
Computer programmer
Computer repair
First Aid / CPR instructor
Sheetrocker
Backpacking leader
Ski technician
Outdoor gear sales
Solar system installer / plumber
Environmental Technician
Environmental Engineer
things I have been paid to do--
lawn mower
apple grower (well, fruit grower - apples, peaches, pears, strawberries)
ambulance assistant
tractor driver
certified pesticide applicator
corvair mechanic
auto body technician
writer
ag mechanic
truck driver
truck mechanic
artist
musician
trim carpenter
sawyer
lumber jack
nurseryman
tree doctor
firewood cutter
roofer
timber framer
lift truck operater
drug runner (just kidding)
I'm sure there is more, thanks for the neural stimulation...
"there's enough for everyone"
Paid to do?
cowboy
fireman
roofer
farrier
farmer/rancher
bush pilot (Montana, Alaska, Yucatan, Central America)
lobbyist
consultant
campaign manager (U.S. Congressional Races)
carpenter
woodworker
mediator
Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934, Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT
Provocative.
Protazoa
Prone
Proud
Provider
Prostrated
Procreator
Profanitator
Proven
Propagator
Protestor
Procrastinator
Prognosticator
Protector
Prowler
Prohibitted
Proper
Property owner
Profound
Promiscuous. (I wish)
Productive
Probed
Problematic
Prosaic
Prolific
Propped up.
But never Proportional.
For the rest of the time that you're given
Why walk when you can fly
quittintime
Ever proposed?
You mean to DeWalt for the job of fat horse ?
You bet !
They rejected my application.
Said they wanted fat horses, not an obese jackazz.
; )
For the rest of the time that you're given Why walk when you can fly
quittintime
Oh, waitaminnit.
I just saw which post you were replying to.
LOL
Yes. I have proposed. Twice. Married twice. Same woman both times. Some guys just never learn !
It has also been pointed out that I am quite often protagonistic...
For the rest of the time that you're given Why walk when you can fly
quittintime
Man, you guys must really be old to have been pro's at all that stuff...........
Boxboy-Checker-Navy-Shipping-Partsman- Parts & Service Sales-Parts Manager- Sales- Sales Manager- General Manager-
And after a long and sucessfull career in the corporate world
"Bob the builder" decided to do what he loves the most................
Be his own boss, work with his hands, and buy cool tools................
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
I admire you guys with a "short list." My dad had a short list too... probably 3 total jobs in his lifetime.
In 1989 I had 12 w2 forms. No lie. No exaggeration. Before I started working on my own, the longest job after high school lasted about 6 months.
Sounds like you are your own boss because you earned it.
I'm my own boss because I just can't learn to play well with others. :)
Highway maintenance
Dishwasher
Carpenter
Sales guy at Channel Home Center
Millwork shop help
Millwork shop counter guy
Builder's helper
Carpenter
Editor
Carpenter
Anybody see a pattern?
AndyArguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
>> Anybody see a pattern?
You keep carpentering until you run out of money and have to get a real job?
starting from oldest to current:
draftsman (quit)
commercial kitchen/restaurant equipment delivery-install (quit)
rental truck counter guy (fired)
college dropout
construction materials testing (layed off)
rowing coach (girls and boys high-school age teams) (quit)
first mate on private yacht
yacht captain (4 boats in 7 years) (sounds glamorous, job is a lot of fun, but real description should be: diesel mechanic, genset mechanic, plumber, electrician (dc and ac), paid friend, cook, maid, deck monkey, and occaisonally - navigator and boat driver) (quit - time to move on . . .)
Factory/Machine Automation Components - Sensors, Servos, Controllers, etc. - applications and sales
What a long, strange trip its been. . .
Bunch of well rounded folks in these parts...
apple picker .25/bushel 1963
paper boy
hay hauler
contractor gofer
lifeguard
psych aid in looney bin
reform school recreation staff
Kirby vacuum cleaner sales - long enough to shampoo my beer stained carpet & returned the sales unit... about 3 days.
prosthetic/orthotic tech
remodel carp
gang counselor
customer service for company that put an unfinished program online and lost 50,000 orders
lumper
furniture carnie- travelling auction outfit
van lines mover
lady driver's boy toy
remodel carp then contractor
cabinet shop
various writing credits
currently trying to break into the good ol boy network in Georgia
...or it could be the other way around.
>>I admire you guys with a "short list." My dad had a short list too... probably 3 total jobs in his lifetime.
I think I have the shortest list. For my whole life I worked for the government. I pay taxes.
Pretty soon all we have to worry about is our prostate and probate.
:(
Promiscuous. (I wish)
Profoundly Protuberant???
Yes.
Unfortunately, the profound protuberance is above the belt, not below it.
Were it the other way around, I may not be sitting here wishing...
If you do nothing, nothing will happen.
Paperboy. Free candy on Fridays
Grass mower on a Christmas tree farm. Major poison ivy issues.
Hay baler/tosser. Learned to drive a stick.
Produce clerk in grocery store. Fell in love with the flower lady, but she was already married.
Tireman at the raunchiest truckstop in America. Boss snorted coke all day.
Tree surgeon and chainsaw mechanic for the flakiest tree guy in America- the checks always bounced.
Manager of an electronic parts store- big commission offered (but never paid) for selling the 150 year old ocilliscopes that the owner bought mil surplus
American army infantry officer- indescribebly proud, satisfying profession.
Banker- (drone in a suit) what a letdown from army life!
Sales- of many things: more drone work, but exciting when you land a big one.
Writer. Still dabble from time to time.
Nursery owner.
Paid to be:
Grocery store cart wrangler/sacker
Archy drafter
Flight line gofer
Kitchen help in a bar
Landscaper (drafter/planner/irrigator/carpenter/prelim designer)
Archy drafter (again)
Painter
Navigator (ocean, under sail from Bahamas to Leewards back by way of Caymans)
Chef--started as line cook, then prep, then Sous, then (effectively) Executive Chef--all in 16 weeks
Illustrator
Contract drafter & CAD renderer
BBQ pit man & door dude of another bar
Security system contractor (video cctv, mostly)
Bartender
CAD drafter & intern archy
SO deputy
Cowboy
Gradual student
Intern Archy
Naval Officer (Reserve)
Poet (one measly pub)
Technical writer (many, but barely better $ than poetry)
Drafter Illustrator
General Contractor/Remodeler
Technical Consultant
Cabinetry Shop Drawing Drafter
Lead drafter for above.
CAD Manager for above
CAD Manager & Deputy IT admin for above
Contract Drawing/Graphics/Rendering guy while doing above
Construction Manager
Intern Architect (again)
Unpaid: Author, inventor, screen writer, it/lan consultant, aviator, song writer, confessor, teller-of-tales, and doer-of-deeds. A rake and a raconteur--to some shame on my part . . .
Edit: Left out being a paid proofreader & editor, and part time wiritng critic (wasn't paid nearly enough). Paid audio/video consultant, too. Computer tech & builder for pay. Paid movie reviewer (for the distributer--got paid to review the theaters screening the distributer's prints, the real downside was having to watch some horrible movies well shown, and great movies badly screened).
Edited 5/4/2004 3:01 pm ET by CapnMac
Newspaper delivery (from bike)
Chinchilla farm lackey (they pee at you for protection)
Vacation mobile home park lackey (the guy who cleaned up the place after your holding tank overflowed - yuck, but got to meet lots of chicks in swimming suits)
US Navy submarine lackey and supervisor of radioloical controls division at Pearl Harbor
Nuke power plant operator/manager/engineer/emergency procedure writer/operator trainer
Writer (4 books, all non published, but one came close, until publisher closed down, haven't heard from my agent since)
Renovator
College tuition lackey
All around stud for DW (good thing she won't be seeing this, there might be a difference of opinion)
All around stud for DW
You know, I don't think I would be coming in here and bragging about being a fat horse for DeWalt...
; )
he he
For the rest of the time that you're given Why walk when you can fly
quittintime
Gotta me thinking.....been around the block and back in just 31 years.
Let's see....started out washing dishes in the local diner (14 yrs old)
moved up to short order cook
line cook
full-time college student
0311 Infantry USMC
2531 Field Radio Operator USMCR
Security guard
Back to college
Salesman for the local "herb" a vours......sold weed.
Bartender
Landscaper
Tree Climber
Masonry apprentice (I carried block for one summer)
Full time Heroin addict
Inmate in my county jail
Irrigation systems installation foreman
Irrigation system service tech
Construction gopher
Framer
Framing crew foreman
and my current position of hack of all trades with my own remodeling company with 5 1/2 years sober.
hmmm... had almost as many W2 forms as automobiles...
Lawn care service
Bicycle repair
Stereo installer
Dishwasher
Clothing sales clerk
Computer services salesman
Legislative staffer
Limo chauffeur
UPS semi loader
Govt affairs manager
Lobbyist
Lawyer
State agency director
Paper boy (100+ paper route)
Lawn mowing gopher
MacDonalds lackey
Gas station sundries salesman
Remodeling laborer
Carpenter
University cafeteria worker
U. cafe manager
Maintenance in public elementary schools
Remodeler
Jon Blakemore