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05-12-2009, 09:47 PM
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#201
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
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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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"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement." - Anonymous (not Will Rogers or Sam Clemens)
DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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05-12-2009, 09:56 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,487
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lawn mower
orchard farm hand
berry picker
chicken cook
dishwasher
janitor
line boy (in a cafeteria)
dairy hand (poop scooper & feeder for the calf operation)
cafeteria cook
sales (bus. services)
branch mgr
marketing mgr
training mgr
sales support mgr
strategic planning mgr
strategy director
FP&A director
M&A director
operations VP
country ceo
multi-country (regional) ceo
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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Find Joy in the Journey...
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05-12-2009, 10:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,487
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...oh, I thought I would add, that my "preoccupation" is FIRE....
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05-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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#204
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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There's no need to complicate, our time is short..
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05-12-2009, 10:49 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,894
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Logger
Farm hand
Industrial grinder and cutter operator
Activity specialist at summer camps
Bank teller
Industrial ink mixer
Environmental analysis technician
DNA synthesis and purification technician
Scientist (nanotechnology)
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05-13-2009, 12:36 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,864
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paper delivery boy
babysitter
dishwasher
lawn care
hotel maid
blueprint machine operator
farm laborer
short-order cook
gas station attendant
mattress factory
---worked thru college as:
construction laborer
furniture restoration technician
delivery truck driver
repossession specialist
tow truck driver
carpenter
warehouse laborer
dorm night clerk
mechanic
bicycle sales and service
dredge operator
auto body technician
house painter
---professional career:
Estimator
Designer/Draftsman
Project Manager
Sales Engineer
International Sales
Divisional Sales Manager
Product Manager
Divisional Vice President
Corporate Vice President
---aspire to be:
Retired.
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05-13-2009, 05:12 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,342
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bagger/stocker in grocery store(1yr)
pizza delivery driver(1yr)
sales in sporting goods store(1yr)
early morning truck loader UPS(1yr)
forklift driver(3yrs)
slitting machine operator(6yrs...)
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05-13-2009, 08:48 AM
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#208
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,483
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I am who they thought I was.........
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Consult with your own advisor or representative. My thoughts should not be construed as investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (love that one).......:)
This Thread is USELESS without pics.........:)
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05-13-2009, 08:49 AM
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#209
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,864
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in your dreams...
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05-13-2009, 10:08 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Naples
Posts: 2,179
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Paper delivery boy
Lawnmower
Shoe shine boy
Factory flunkie
College-Mechanical Engineering '54-'59
Automotive Tool Designer
Design Supervisor
Various engineering assignments
Superintendent-Manufacturing Engineering
Various manufacturing assignments
Project Manager
Retirement-1988
Real estate sales/golfer (both part time)
FIRE
Household flunkie/golfer (both part time)
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05-13-2009, 01:05 PM
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#211
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,067
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Pimping.
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-13-2009, 01:17 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,483
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Actually, I was thinking you were a beertaster for Anheuser-Busch.......
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Consult with your own advisor or representative. My thoughts should not be construed as investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (love that one).......:)
This Thread is USELESS without pics.........:)
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05-13-2009, 01:30 PM
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#213
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,067
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Did that when I was working my way through college.
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-13-2009, 01:55 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,864
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yeah, dawg, and remember, you provided us this photo to prove it!
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05-13-2009, 02:22 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh, PA suburbs
Posts: 1,796
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occupations
From first to current: public library page, university reference librarian, Army Corps of Engineers district librarian(Norfolk, VA), stay at home Mom, insurance claims processing in a surgical practice, long term living licensing coordinator.
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05-13-2009, 02:45 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oahu
Posts: 26,856
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Pet care/childcare/snow shoveler/lawnmowing entrepreneur
Golf course-- starter, ditch digger, greens maintenance
USNA midshipman
Research assistant at Naval Research Lab
Nuclear engineering student
Submarine chemistry/radiological controls officer
Submarine auxiliaries officer and damage control assistant (in charge of recovering from damage, not causing it)
Submarine communicator, all three jobs on a ballistic missile submarine
Naval Postgraduate School student (Weapons engineering)
Weapons Officer on an attack submarine (you veterans understand how unusual it is to pull down this sort of assignment after that sort of training)
Submarine staff-- exercises & current ops
Training command (battlegroup submarines & over-the-horizon targeting) in San Diego
Training command (submarine engineering & damage control) in Pearl Harbor
ER!
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05-13-2009, 03:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 3,323
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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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05-13-2009, 03:22 PM
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#218
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 291
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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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FIRED at 39 in 2008...
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05-13-2009, 04:00 PM
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#219
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,864
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve O
Now Im a part time Ass model
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Dawg could probably put you under contract ...
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05-13-2009, 04:12 PM
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#220
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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