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Old 05-12-2009, 09:47 PM   #201
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I slaved away at some of those jobs for weeks!

Some of them were simultaneous, like being in a band and having day jobs too. Same with beekeeping. Not a full time job. And I still haven't figured out what I want to do when I grow up.
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Old 05-12-2009, 09:56 PM   #202
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The first 9 are during youth and college daze. The last 12 are in the same megacorp, about 25 years. In those 25 years I have had 14 bosses, 7 in the first 18 years and 7 in the last 7 years.

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Old 05-12-2009, 10:01 PM   #203
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...oh, I thought I would add, that my "preoccupation" is FIRE....

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Old 05-12-2009, 10:03 PM   #204
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Old 05-12-2009, 10:49 PM   #205
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:36 AM   #206
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---worked thru college as:
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Old 05-13-2009, 08:48 AM   #208
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Old 05-13-2009, 08:49 AM   #209
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Old 05-13-2009, 10:08 AM   #210
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Old 05-13-2009, 01:30 PM   #213
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Old 05-13-2009, 02:45 PM   #216
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Thank you for pulling this up as I have been wondering what this post was called, and wanted to see it again. Great minds think alike and all that.
Dawg54 is one purty lady...I'm jealous.
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Old 05-13-2009, 03:22 PM   #218
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Well it's a rainy day here so what the heck...

Paperboy-that sucked

Mowed lawns-sucked

Bagger at the grocery store-Sucked

Cashier at an very cool old gas station-was cool but the pay sucked

Car wash guy that dried of cars for tips-sucked

Chicago hot dog stand-the food was good but it sucked

Mechanic-Im good but I hate fixing other peoples cars and they are some crooked bastards-sucked

Roofer-sucked

Industrial Blacksmith- I actually enjoyed this when I was young but the 19 years of hard labor took it's toll on my body and in the end it started to suck...

It did pay very good though, FIRED for now

Work SUCKS

Now Im a part time Ass model, but I do get tired of being treated like a piece of meat by the so called ladies
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