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Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
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Re: what do you guys do?
Being satisfied with what you do is important. However, there will come a day that you will decide that the income is important. Most of us will be there sometime in our lives.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Dakota
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Re: what do you guys do?
Do something you love and you'll never work another day in your life again.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Monroe,Iowa
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Re: what do you guys do?
I'm retired,worked 31 years in a factory. Most of the time I was in the maintence dept. My last 5 years I spent there were the worst I took a line formans job. caught He-- from bosses and the workers finally I just signed the papers and walked out. Now I play in my garage and take care of the house and yard because my wife is a RN and works 12 hours on the graveyard shift.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Sun City West, Az
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Re: what do you guys do?
iv'e posted this on a couple of similar threads in the past.but,what the hell...iv'e been employed for 33 years in a pulp mill.i started when i was 18.iv'e worked on the paper machines,loaded trucks and rail cars with fork/grab trucks.the last 15 years iv'e been a bleach plant operator.bleaching pulp for our number one product .milk cartons.i also rotate into the chlorine dioxide plant operating it.a nasty gas solution used to bleach pulp.
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. Maybe it was Ben who through out a bucket of chlorine and caused me and about 200 others to get the he!! out of the mill a runnin.... LOL just kiddin my friend .. I am a retired carpenter of residential and heavy construction ,,plus contracted on my own since before the 70ies .. I Remember being sent after a sky hook,left handed monkey wrench..some hay? been there done that.. .then it was my turn ...and thats how got as a carpenter.. Already bend nails hit thumb more than ever,, best I quit that and hire it done.. gp
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ft. Worth, Tx 76135
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Re: what do you guys do?
I'm 20, and trying to build something my parents never did. I have worked for a BMW dealer for 2.5 years, work part time for a pest control company,and go to college more than full time. I am going to school for an AAS in Fire Technology. When I can catch some free time I am going to take EMT classes then Firefighter classes. In a way I'm keeping the options open in case something doesn't work out in my favor.
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Re: what do you guys do?
I went into the Air Force straight out of high school and became a nerd. I am a communications and network computer tech/security specialist. I retired from the USAF and now I work there as a teacher in the nerd schools.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
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Need to do a check: Pocket protector heavy framed glasses----with tape holding them together weezy laugh white shirt---tie vacation with large print Hawaiian shirts LOL
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: johnstown, CO
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ive been in the navy since 08 when i graduated high school...
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Location: Azle, Texas
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Re: what do you guys do?
I started out fixing cars part time and going to college full time for aircraft repair. I got my degree and Airframe and Powerplant licenses and worked a few years on planes and helicopters. I hated it something fierce. After quitting that I worked in a GM dealership as a line tech then ended up at the post office as a mechanic on postal trucks. The money was so-so but the long term outlook had me working a lot of years before being eligible to retire. All told, I spent 12 years as a mechanic.
So I quit all that and went to fire school and paramedic school and got hired on at the fire department and have now promoted to mid level position (engineer). I tell anyone who will listen to consider the fire service as a career. The 24/48 schedule is very nice leaving a lot of time to do stuff on your days off. The pay, in my opinion, is excellent. A rookie at my department hires in at 56k a year and gets bumped to 62k after he makes his one year probation period. As you promote, the pay increases right along with it. My city matches your retirement contributions 2 for 1 so your retirement really stacks up fast. To illustrate that, we had a guy retire recently at 50 years old and his retirement is 6200 dollars a month net take-home. I have 13 years before I'm there, but it gets closer every day.
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Location: San Diego
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Re: what do you guys do?
I graduated in May with a degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Business Administration. I decided to take some time off and am about to start looking for work soon, but I'm not sure that design will be my career. Anyone wanna gimme a job!?!?
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