Lot of people on Campfire. I was thinking people on here could do or fix anything. I be a damn plumber-pipefitter. Am also a pretty fair welder also. Wonder what other occupations hang out here. I have worked at the trade for 45 years.

I've done a little welding myself...

I don't work

Me either. I fish.

Male prostitute. I tell people that so they don't know I am an insurance agent lol

I wish I could say that,,,
Plumber as well,30+yrs,also a landlord have a few rentals

I was a ship joiner , that's just a fancy damn name fer carpenter


Mike

I don't do the "w" word. Raised in the Land of the Neversweats and never got over it.

Architect

Retired

KC

Wet clean up on aisle 6 is my forte. Safety and Security Director is whats on my tax forms.

Welder/steel fabricator, closing in on 40 years, yikes!

I've been retired for some 10 years now. Was in the Pharmaceutical manufacturing business before, and spent about 25 years running/owning restaurants.

Ditto.

Janitor

Rancher

Retired Deputy Sheriff/Paramedic as well as Armorer/ pistol smith.

Drove some big truck (18 wheeler's) for a couple years after retiring the S.O. plus owned and operated a towing business on the side.

Bit of an Adrenalin junky it seems.

I'm a leisurely farmer.

That's an accomplishment. My grandfather did it for 40 years, my dad is coming up on 40 and I've only been doing it for 21... I still have a ways to go...

Shop owner, bullshitter, African-American redneck.

Done a lot of stuff - little bit of everything but mostly transportation. Warehouse work, driver, MRO manager and transportation planner.

I now work for a 3PL - I plan transportation for a large CPC. I specialize in their larger accounts. Walmart, Target, Costco, Walgreens, Amazon, CVS and Rite Aid.

I knew there was a reason why we are always two weeks late getting things done......grin

jack of all trades, master of none. i've done a bit of chewing-gum welding.

I'm fixin' to be in the same boat....and much earlier than once believed.

Thank you Jesus!!

I have been running printing presses for fifty years...still going

Industrial maintenance tech for over 30 years now. work on or fix about anything...

hanco;
Threads such as these are always interesting reading so thanks for starting it.

After working on a Saskatchewan farm for a bit, I went from house construction into working for a cabinet manufacturing plant for 27 years filling most positions including operations manager at the end of it's life.

For a short break in the middle I worked making fire fighting equipment that was mounted on helicopters - which was a fun year until that stopped and I went back into cabinets.

Anyway the last two years and a bit I've been working for a construction/development company doing the general repair and millwright work on the factory equipment, vehicles or doing whatever needs doing that day on one of the job sites.

Thanks again for the thread and all the best to you all in the upcoming hunting season.

Dwayne

Was a cutterhead builder. Retired.

i can do a lot of stuff, but mostly flooring right now.

And that's only when we want too ;]

Just a brain fart I had. A friend called me today with a problem. Sent him some parts. He is an AC repair guy, so he is pretty handy with tools. I would have gone over there, but am down for a little longer with broken ankle. He got it repaired. He comes running when one of my units go down. I have an Electrician friend that helps me too. We three helped each other build our houses. Saved a few bucks. Nice to have friends like that.

Retired Naval Aviator, Insurance Agent, Pipeline construction safety (for two more years, Lord willing)

I've done many things -
heavy equipment operator
truck driving
25 years electrical work
building construction - floor up
now manage an RV park AND a few self storage units
own a ranch (mostly fence building )
play at being a cowboy
can weld a bit

I've been in the oilfield since I was 21 years young. Process Safety Engineer these days. I'll be retiring in 3 years or less.

Railroad conductor

Spent 55 years in the hunting, fishing and sporting goods business, now retired and broke. Just hang around the Campfire 3-4 hours a day. Shoot trap and skeet on weekends. Pretty lazy really.

Wifey works for FMC. She be in oilfield service. They all are shaking in their boots. Many layoffs in that field now.

Going back 50 years...carpenter helper, concrete high rise construction carpenter/form builder, US Army, underground low vein (<36") coal miner, certified coal mine electrician, traveling electrical service technician for mine power distribution (underground, surface and prep plant) repair and commissioning, industrial and electrical utility sales currently concentrating in renewable energy (wind and solar) throughout the US and overseas. Also was a welder when needed. Most of my jobs were hard (as other people's) but they made me a better person.

I make handmade knives. Bowies, mostly.

Farmer

Dentist for 20 years.
USAF officer for 18 and counting.
Part time cowboy

Land Surveyor.

Retired one year ago yesterday!

I'm retired from the telecommunications business. I've been a custom knife maker since 2002.

Carpenter.....25 years and still going.

Have done a number of things... in college, worked summers in fab shops, running the bandsaw, deburring, forklift, etc. After college worked in aeronautics first as a tech writer, writing the manuals for an aircraft being type-certified, then in prototyping and building several major devices to go on the aircraft. Got into machining at that time, mostly mill work. Then ran a professional recording studio for about 15 years. That was fun, but really hard work... Did a stretch as a realtor, got my ass handed to me by the 2007 crash. Liquidated my studio assets, bought machines, and now run a small one-man machine shop doing short-runs, prototyping, inventor support, etc. Have been doing that for, I guess, 5 years. 80% lathe work. Love it and it pays good.

These last couple years I built a house, solo. Has been fun, very hard work at times, but very rewarding and the house is square, plumb, and level (because I'm OCD about that kind of shït) and pretty darn nice if I say so myself. Goal was low maintenance going forward (I'm 51) so we spent the money on really good materials. Fun stuff. Did it all myself, electrical, plumbing, roof, all of it. I hate plumbing.

I don't even know where to start. I tend to get bored and move on after I get good at an occupation.
Well in chronological order of the careers I've been paid for...
Farmer.
Welder (all trades).
Auto and light mechanic.
Factory maintenance guy.
Project coordinator (engineer without a degree) for a large manufacturing factory and maintenance super.
Owner/operator for heavy equipment business (self employed).
Now I'm in the process of adding a large addition to my shop to do more heavy equipment mechanicing when my regular business gets slow.

Oh, I trade stocks in my spare time. That's paying for my new shop.

Added: Rentals. I rent out a bunch of property to.

11 years as an 8th grade American History teacher and the last 2 years I've taught at the alternative school grades 6-12. This is my 16th year as a middle school football coach.

Growing up I worked with dad as a mechanic, ran some equipment, hammered a few nails, charged for welding by the pound , and a few other things.

Spent the 1st 30 some years of my life on a dairy farm. About 28 years now in machine shops, 20 or so in Aircraft as a CNC Programmer. Looking forward to that not working occupation in a couple years.

I have done a lot of things, some of them well. I was a locksmith then a machinist for most of my working life.

Now I am your worst enemy, I do nothing and collect government money for doing it. I get SS and I am rated by the VA as a 100% service connected disabled.

An honourable man would end his life rather than be a burden on your working guys. Guess I am not honourable.

But then I married a single mon and we all know what stupid bitches they are.

Worked in a grocery store in High School years, then joined the Air Force, and was a Loadmaster on C-130's ( 2 years in Vietman ) for four years.
Now retired 14 years, was a Steamfitter for 32 years. Worked on installation and repair of large ammonia refrigeration systems (4 - 16" suction lines, and up to 12" liquid lines)
Also York Turbopak low temp R-12 systems down to -100*f with 4" liquid lines in chemical plants.

Loved the work, but long hours ( up to 140 hour weeks) took their toll.
Lots of body parts hurt, or don't work at all today...

Just quit ( retired) from farming last fall.Just enjoying not having to worry about much now. ED K

Did a few things, none of which would be helpful to anybody here. Now retired.

I wait for direct deposit.

Retired. Used to be important to some people, now just a bum

Been a cowboy my whole life. Custom saddle maker for the last 35 years. Oh yeah I drove a dirt truck for 10 months one time lol. Ed

Done a lot of things. Used to hate to submit resumes to potential employers or clients as I figured the first thought that they would have was, "Can't this guy keep a job"?

Mostly retired now (I still have one consulting contract). Professionally, I am wildlife/range/conservation biologist. Taught at two universities, worked for a couple of state agencies and three nonprofits. Managed two ranches for owners who were conservation-oriented. Been a natural resources consultant for the last twelve years, and I will terminate my last client contract at the end of 2017, if the good Lord lets me live that long.

I ran a cash register in one of my uncles grocery stores for one winter.

First and only time working with women.
(luckily it was a college town...)

They were great coworkers.....grin

Was an underground coal miner, section foreman. Continous miner operator operator.

Industrial services for the last 30 years, commisioning plants and pipelines. Industrial blaster for a few years, removing slag from boilers and refractory from reactors etc.

Now I work on airpolution equipment, oxidizers and catalytic reactor and the like. some of thr catalytic convertors are the size of high school gym. WE all know hoe expensive the cat is for acar/pickup, guess what one holding 5,k yards of cat costs to replace.
I Developed a way to regen the cat in situ , with biodegradeable chems.

Civil Engineer. Worked in commercial construction until it got so bad I decided I'd had enough. Now I work for the Dept of Transportation.

I manufacture and sell social lubricant and wellness tonic.

I joined the Navy right out of high school, and I've been doing that for 28 years. Right now, I'm commanding a helicopter squadron in Jacksonville.

I'd like to make it about six more years, and then I'll collect retirement and hunt full time.

Professional singer for 25 years, wildlife artist (carving and watercolor), motorcycle mechanic, millwright for a short time...the usual retail stuff from time to time. Nothing now. Gotta carve and paint some again. Singing is done. Kinda searching.

Bev is far from a bitch - and, along with "The Warden" - living proof that God made someone for everybody -
even us big, bald, goofy-looking guys!

I often wonder why they put up with us.

True love, I guess.

Still in school...aspiring land surveyor and forester. Mostly surveying.

I work on the family farm and ag supply business

I worked for Hillary's campaign, but just took a job at Under Armour managing endorsements.

I ain't read alla this,....but if you want to be an expert at fabricating chit out of nothing fer people who are too fuggin' stupid to appreciate it,...you can always be a Toolmaker.

About 25 years into it you'll develop a foul attitude for the human condition and an appreciation for quality vodka,..

,...but it's a livin,...

fuggit,.....

EE. Ran my own business 20+ years, wrote a fair amount of software. Retired now. Drive a bus interesting places, and some not so much, about once a week now or more if I feel like it or it looks like fun.

I bought a Camry,...and I got enough 401K to buy gas,...so I wander.

I'm goin' out to the ocean directly.

I dare anybody to ask me to do any fuggin' thing that I don't wanna do,...

azzholes, enny damn way.

,...fuggum.

Retired naval aviator (21 years). Changed uniforms and am now a flight simulator instructor at NAS Meridian (23 years). It's hard to quit when you have students as motivated and bright as ours are.

I need a tent.

A 7X7 heavy canvas wall tent and a dozen good stakes is all that's standin' between me and freedom.

Where them sumbitches at?

Bridge construction summers during college--very good motivation for an education. A college biology term paper in '69 was on the stomach contents of pheasants in NW Iowa-85 taken legally that year. I spent a lot of time in "class". 🤔 😀

Two years as a [/i] the [i] high school science department while pondering the future. I often wonder how much damage I did those kids.

Back to school five years and a couple more degrees for nurse anesthesia and a credential as a pain management specialist which is what I do post-retirement two days a week now.

In anesthesia we count cases much like a pilot would do "hours" as it is somewhat analogous I guess though many cases are much longer than an hour (am a private pilot). Have about 20k cases across thirty-seven years.

Avocations are of course mainly related to being here. In addition I'm getting back into impressionistic sketching and other artwork at the encouragement of my daughters, reading, and maybe a little writing.

,....maybe a good cot,...since I'm old now.

I wasn't old the last time I was free.

I could sleep on the ground back then.

I need a good fuggin' bed now.

I'm a Commercial Pilot....and I can weld anything from a broken heart to a Prince Albert can! I can also plumb....being in the agricultural aviation business that's one thing you'd best know about and I can fly anything with two or four wings! Taught lots of folks how to shoot....and still do! Also know about working on P&W Aircraft engines! Electrical work? Nope! I call the 'lectric man' when I need one!

BTW....sharpsguy makes some damn beautiful knives!!

Now there's a career path! Beer? Whisky? Moonshine??
Need some help??

Executive in Franchising for 32 years.

Owner of Restaurants for 11 years.

Retired for four years.

Hunt, Fish, drive wife crazy.

On 8/25, I will be in the retired community.

Co-owner of an air filter supply company. Everything from residential to nuclear grade filtration.

Army 18yrs 11months and 10 days left until I retire.. I joined just going to do 3yrs well we all see how that went.. Been to Thailand couple of times for cobra gold. Then took part of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 I saw some of the craziest [bleep] ever. It was the wild [bleep] west.. Then back to Iraq 2006 then to Afghanistan in 2009 then to Kuwait 2015. I will finish my Army career off by going to Korea then I will retire... It's been great serving this country of ours and a honor to wear the uniform for this country!

You lucky SOB 😁

Last time I took to the road I hadda 78 VW Rabbit,..a 7X7 wall tent,..a new wife who had yet to get mean,..and a quarter pound of good mountain grown grown pot.

I recall,..that old boy who sold it to me said, "I thank you'll be tickled with it".

I was.

About 8 times a day I'd turn to my wife and ask,..."Where the fug are we?"

She'd tell me,...and then she'd load me up another bowl.

She was a good woman back then. She didn't get mean 'till later.

She got another husband now. He seems to be aw-ite,......but I wonder how long it's gonna take before he takes a fit.

There's only so many rules that a man will take about the proper way to handle a woman's puzzy before they catch an attitude.

I could tell ya about it.

,...gettin' all in the groove and the woman say, "You cain't do that!,....don't do that either!!

I'd be like,..."Well make me squirt so both of us can go to sleep,...bitch!"

Crazy ass feminists, enny damn way.

Congratulations!

There's not a cloud of that stuff around your computer now is there Bristoe?

Beer.
Yes. Finding solid help with a can do attitude and not be a fall down drunk is a major challenge.

Where are all the intelligent hard working folks that don't mind working long hours for low wages?

I retired from the Army 5 years ago. Folks will tell you that you will miss it. I found that to be untrue.

Best of luck on your last year.

No,...I'm just lookin' back and typin' while I do.

I don't wish my past on anybody.

It's a mark of personal pride that it didn't make me shoot myself in the fuggin' head.

Lawd knows there was plenty of people tryin' to make me to.

Some people look on here and think,...."what made him like that?"

I'm just tellin ya.

He crafts beer and is is damned good at his job. I have sampled a bunch of it.

TFF.

GFY.



Dave

Were they free samples?




Clark

No, they were free gallons. He is good people and he has a real cute kid.

I was a Stationary Engineer, a fancy name for a boiler operator, for the last 30+ years. I tried retiring four years ago but I kept getting called in to work shifts. So after turning 72 I decided that I best move away to keep the calls from coming.

Moved back to my favorite state of Idaho and haven't had a call since.

I have been teaching elementary special education for 18 years now. Before this, I held the usual slew of entry level jobs (dishwasher, bartender, retail sales, etc.).

I am an over-the-road truck driver.
In my other life I am a master log builder.
This is the last log cabin I built last year. Not bad for a 65 year old.

Corrections Officer
Formerly a carpenter ( Raised to that by my dad)
Welder, fabricator.

I can figure out how to fix most things.

There's a difference?

I would like to thanks all of you that served to keep us free. Also thanks to all the peace and corrections officers. Thank you! Thank you!

I work in the maintenance field, little bit of everything.

Thanks Scott!
He gets all his looks from me. Lucky little schit.

If any of you fish in SE Alaska for salmon there is a good chance I made it. I have been feeding millions of people since 2005.

That's a lot of breeding.

You must be exhausted.

Undergrad: Structural Engineering
Graduate: Materials Engineering
Early Career: Oilfield and Power Engineering
Late Career [bleep]!ng COWS!!!

Carpenter, General Contractor, Municipal Govt. Facilities Superintendent and Construction Manager.
Retired for 5 years.

30 years this fall

Journeyman Injection Moldmaker

Millwright for about the last 3 years, stint in the marines before that to grow up a little. last 6 months got in with a big multinational doing ss pipe fitting, hide behind the hood all day and tig. nobody messes with you when they cant run the rig.

Obviously, his mother still has all her good looks.

That is a real beauty and a dream home for me.

Registered Respiratory Therapist now retired

Farmer/rancher, welder, mechanic, bass player.

Before retiring three years ago I spent nearly 40 yrs. in manufacturing. Started out as a machinist and worked my way up to Journeyman Tool & Die Maker. Took a sidetrip into gunsmithing mid career, worked in Browning Arms Company's gunsmithing shop and owned my own gun shop for a short time. Taught HS machine shop and Community College gunsmithing for a few years, finished my career back in the Toolroom as a prototyping specialist and was upgraded to Manufacturing Engineer for the last few years prior to retirement. Retirement is the best job I've ever had I'm never bored, enjoy reloading, shooting, hunting and fishing and having the time to do them whenever I want to.

Retired Army colonel. I now work for a worldwide defense sector freight forwarder. Future Marlin 336 connoisseur.

Expat

US Army Retired
Environmental Engineer
Env Project Manager
Env Program Manager
Strategic Planning Consultant
Sustainability Consultant
Now pretty much retired!

14 years fishing charter captain on W coast of Prince of Wales.

Owner/Captain of F/V Glory, commercial salmon troller. I fish a lot.

Tool and die maker, mold maker.
39 years.

dave

I've been butchering animals for just shy of 40 years.
Ain't much in North America I ain't run a knife through....

Infantry, US Army, retired SSG.
Cop, patrol.
Two young daughters means I won't be retiring soon.

Licensed land surveyor

That's a great pic.

I did a four year apprenticeship to be a carpenter, when I was young. Got tired of moving started another apprenticeship and became a millwright. The company I worked for sent me to collage and I got my mechanical engineering degree! Finished my career as the plant engineer. Retired three years ago. Now I do just about anything I want. Oh yes I fix about anything! Don't weld as good as I once did because my eyes don't work good enough up close.

Industrial electrician

Began as heavy equipment operator (diesel shovel) in the '50's.

Vietnam vet.

First career on the drawing board in engineering design.

Since the mid-'70's, a career in boat building, customizing and refitting yachts, including custom wood and metal working, electrical, plumbing, equipment installation.

Civil Engineer, transportation related, consultant for DOT's...

Do IT work for a state institution, a wee bit of scientific consulting on the side and manage a scientific journal with an impact factor over 6 in my spare time.

Hunter gatherer for the last 25 years, before that, I don't remember.

Army Special weapons for 7 years
Tool and die maker and gunsmith.
Retire soon. Make guns at my pace.

Carpenter (framing and trim), Auto Mechanic, Lab Tech/Chemist, Environmental Scientist, Regulatory Specialist, recently retired.

I liked working, but I have to admit I prefer not working.

More than 30 years in the optical industry. I've done everything from eyeglass production to lab management, quality control, dispensing, and dispensary management. (My current postiiton.) In my younger days I did a lot of different stuff. Worked in a small steel mill, for a construction company as a laborer, was a waterways patrolman, and even starved to death for a couple years as a professional bass angler. As a kid, I made money selling nightcrawlers and minnows to area fishermen, sold golf balls to golfers on the neighborhood country club, and did a lot of trapping.

Electrical Engineer with GE & Westinghouse most of my career. Mostly with high voltage power equipment 15KV & above.

The last 14 years commercial refrigeration technician. Before that a merchant seaman for a few years, ran heavy equipment, and a number of other things before settling on a trade.

Worked in a biological supply house when I graduated from college. Did a lot of field work. Saw the writing on the wall and went back for a second degree. Now I am in IT focused on desktop support, programming, and networking these last 20 years.

Gunsmith - just started my 19th year..

Army for 8 1/2 years. Been a municipal mercenary for one agency or another ever since. Been with my current department 15 years with plans on pulling the pin in 5.







Those things are beautiful.

Pimp slumlord

Lot of surveyor's on this forum.

Do you work on sail boats? If so, out of where do you work?

41 years Plumbing.

I'm the head manual laborer at the ranch, and brush control business.

I'm a chemical engineer working for a Fortune 500 manufacturer of molecular sieve and active alumina adsorbents. I sell those products into a variety of industries, mostly oil & gas.

Hay Raker
Hay Bale Thrower/Stacker
Life Guard
Retail Grocery
Flight Instructor
Aircraft Sales
Chief Pilot, FAR135
Air Traffic Controller

Retired

Charter boat Captain on Lake Michigan. Going on 31 years. Still love it!

Health and PE teacher 19yrs with 11 more to go.
Played pro softball for 8yrs.
Have a side business building planer boards for crappie fishing.
www.crappiereaper.com

Quality Manager for a AR15 pattern rifle manufacturer; we make almost all the parts in house and do OEM parts for others. Started off as a Process Engineer, then R&D Engineer, then Program Manager, all for a major printer manufacturer.

Purchasing Director at Sony when I retired in January. But I have other experience and built my own log home, twice.

Refinery/ Chemical plant operator
Boilermaker
Health and Safety/ Emergency response
Retired

Locksmith

Power and sail, out of Marina del Rey.

I'm a cashier at a 7-11

+1 sorta

Lifelong devil's advocate.

And a bit of computer IT on the side.

Clinical pharmacist

Construction Manager.

Sold the family dairy and now operate one of the largest pet boarding operations in central WA.

I would rather run after dogs than cows, the poop piles are much smaller!

TFF

Getting out of the dairy business seems smart. Worked at a dairy in Hugh school. 7 days a week. Stink. F--k that

Farm hand, trapper, movie projectionist, embalmer, dentist, orthodontist, retired, wanting to build a small timber framed stone house.

Yeah!

Let me be the first, wastewater operator. Taking crappy water and making it clean again then sending it downstream for someone else to drink!

Ivory poacher.

(baseball coach, baseball umpire, baseball player, jack hammer flunky all at various stages)

Translation - retired Ivory Poacher!

We need to talk. Homebrewer here!

ah, no. I KNOW what you do.

I'm a logger.

Sporting man.

Pastor.

ah, maybe pity, warm hearts, being better people than the male species. Could also ask why they have put up with so much for so long?

Control systems and fire protection engineer in manufacturing, oil and gas and now water/waste water. I've dabbled a bit with wood, metal, carpentry and auto repair.

Grumpy old fart

Retired locomotive engineer.(36 yrs)

Now I'm a dog sitter (mine) and farm looker afterer.

Getting my head ready to accept the fact that my 18yo son is going to enlist in the Marine Corp after high school graduation next summer. OOHRAH

There's another term for that..........hmmmm?

Chiropractor. Have owned my own practice for over 30 years. It has its challenges at times- like anything else in life. But I have found it to be very rewarding to help people.

Structural(buildings)Designer, been doing this for 37 yrs now.

Locomotive mechanic. Mechanical general foreman.

Ernie

Powerline (transmission) construction lineman.

ASME, AWS Certified pipe welder for pharm/petrol industry. Even got a bunch of papers from the US Bureau of Standards that sez I used to know my chit.There's a few Navy certs in there somewhere.

Went inside for years as a production welder. Then retired out of QC.

Spent a lot of time under the hood for these folks.
http://www.pcc-york.com

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PmqmDTCzAPs

and these folks.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/content/h-d/en_US/home/events/factory-tours/yorkpa.html

Next year I'm gonna put BUM on my tax return on the occupation line

Professional schidt stirrer and bane of the safety department

I'm a computer jock specializing in some weird distributed data chit. I'll probably be unemployed at the end of the year and starting my own disco yoga studio. I'm also a slum lord and a half a$$ed handyman/remodeling guy.

Hey, if you want to really create disgust, tell them that you're a meteorologist.

Mostly had to step back for health reasons....but still have my hands in a lifelong business that has metalfab, tool and die, agricultural manufacturing, farming, trucking and grain storage/marketing as parts of it.

Most days I just fish or hunt, I guess that's what happens when ya get put out to pasture......

Underwater basket-weaving; by profession.

I paraded myself as an engineer for years. Did such a (snow) job of it, they promoted me to a (blizzard) Engineering Manager. Retired now for about fifteen years.

I used to work for the federal government but the lack of self-respect caused me to change careers.

Now I'm a fluffer.




Dave

Yea now we're talkin!


My ride

Superintendent of Schools in eastern Montana. Done a lot of different stuff though. Jumped out of planes and blew stuff up, smoke chaser, chainsaw carver, roofer, social studies teacher, principal. Think I'll stick with the current gig.

The superintendent of the school district where I work makes 348,000 a year. He does OK

woodworker

Diesel Fitter

Started out as a carpenter, then did several years in printing and graphic arts. Went from that to plumbing and HVAC. Now I have a couple plumbing licenses through the state and still do a little HVAC. I would prefer to be doing something else, but my wife expects me to bring home a steady paycheck, small though it may be.

25 years teaching high school. I still enjoy it for the most part, but I'm getting a bit tired of lazy entitled kids (most of them grow up eventually). Coached volleyball most of those years and a few other sports here and there. I've run several of my own businesses from painting houses to boarding horses and software development (specializing in client/server database as well as GIS applications). We are also slum lords. Between my wife and myself we can do pretty much any work needed on a house. Former tree planter, grocery clerk, ski lift attendant, construction laborer, farm worker and much more. I like to make knives, both hunting and chefs. One day I'll retire and focus full time on my hobbies.

The HVAC guys I know on Vancouver Island make over 100k a year, although they get a fair bit of overtime. Tried to convince my youngest son to get into it.

The average HVAC man or plumber might make half or a bit more than that here, with overtime. There's a local grocery store offering $11.50 an hour to start and the fast food restaurants are offering just under $10 an hour for certain shifts. A Master plumber is lucky to get just over double that around here.

I've seen the supermodel you're married to, you should get a second job so she can have all the finer things in life.

Oilfield trash.

Paying Vocations: 38 years in IT as primary gig. Everything from programmer, to DBA, to ERP support. Now a contract ERP Project Manager. Been down sized, right sized, or outsourced 4 times in last 23 years. Along the way 15 years as an EMT. Loved the job, but, burnt out on dead babies. 2 years running my own sawmill. Again, loved the work, but, almost went broke. Mechanic. Part time farm hand.

Non-paying avocations: Farmer. Wood worker. Mission projects: local, U.S. and international. Jack of many trades. Master of none.

Love to hunt and shoot...

Retired two months ago. The 15 years prior to retiring as Senior Director with a large insurance organization.

UNION carpenter superintend and damn well proud of it!

I run this church for loggers...

Grew up farming and ranching, ran off and joined the Army. Spent four years as a glorified lawn dart with the Airborne. Tried my hand at retail tire sales, and management. Got a government job and became lazy and bored for 12 years. So I decided to try my hand at Choo-choo trains, and been doing that for the last four years.

Now Ray.


Mine is for fat single moms, BTW.

Rev,

You owe me for that dime bag.

Nazarene ain't covering that schit bro.

Hint.




Clark

Get behind me, Satan.


You shall not prosper....

Pretty Jewy.

For a gentile.




Clark

Mowed lawns at 16. Worked at a full service Gulf Gas Station from 17 to 18. Worked at UPS from 18 until I was 25. Full time Police Officer from June 1985 to present. 1 year and 282 days until retirement God willing.

Ron

Congrat's Jim. May you have many years of good health.

And a few more Blasers. 😃

Altar boy for Father Vinny....

Have been a bus boy, soda jerk, truck driver on wheat harvest, college kid, but found love in the USAF as a metrologist... we didn't do weather. Specialized in peculiar stuff then retired to find the very best work yet, grandpa !!

Started my own business mowing lawns at 14. During high school I worked 2 jobs during summers, one during school at night and still played football. I worked 2 jobs year round in college. I worked as a lifeguard 5 summers, worked in furniture factory, dairy, and as a meter reader 3 summers. I worked a couple of summers driving a tractor for a local soybean farmer and one with an electrical contractor. I've put in a lot of 16 hour days and more than a few 20 hour days.

Started teaching Industrial Arts and coaching HS football and soccer in 1980 after graduating college. I spent a few of those years coaching and teaching middle school, but mostly 9-12. IA was phased out and replaced by Technology ED in 1993 which I taught until I retired in 2010. With coaching there were a lot of 18-20 hour days and 70-100 hour weeks.

Since retiring I haul hay when needed during summers and work about 70-80 days a year as a substitute teacher to supplement the retirement, but mainly to keep busy. I still enjoy being around the kids, but don't have to put up with the administration BS when working as a sub.

Theater tech. Stagehand. Sf Opera and SF Ballet. Film ,television, rock &roll rigger.

Overeducated in Geology, Physics and Electrical Engineering. 20 years as a Naval Flight Officer/Electronics Countermeasures Officer. Now Chief Engineer for an FFRDC working in big data systems, antenna design, signal processing some IT and data center design and whatever else they throw at us. Trying to keep up with the really smart kids we hire!

In about 7 years retired and looking forward to it!

Amen.

Thank you much!

Retired Gynocologist............though I supplemented my income working as a cabinetmaker and finish carpenter, as well as a remodeling contractor on traditional homes.

Now I stay home and play in my little shop on the lathe and mill making custom parts for classic cars. Working with metal is a good change from working with wood!

Like I said, I do commercial refrigeration. In the Houston/ Beaumont, Texas area there's so much competition we're all getting well over $30 an hour with all the OT you want.

Indeed. I'm really enjoying it.

In order of occurrence:

Spear fisherman
Roofer
Professional Air Cavalry bait/instructor pilot/bait/accident investigator/bait/instructor pilot/bait/slick driver
Treasure diver
ATC
Corporate pilot/commercial fisherman
ATC
Unemployed

Retired residential and commercial contractor.Still do occasional technical eval assist for ground floor project developments.

Spend my leisure time teaching my grandchildren the ways of field and stream, enjoy shooting big holes in stuff with fiery brimstone belching big guns,occasional flying with a friend and taking care of long awaited honey do projects.

Assistant Resident Engineer with the NCDOT retired January 1st after 40 years and 4 months.

34 years in the oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico. Started as a roustabout now supervise a floating production platform. Started young so I have a few more years to work. Plus it took 30 years to get to the inside job in the AC be a shame to stop now.

Machinist for the last forty years. Just doing that till I grow up. Still undecided what I"ll be then.

I call myself a salesman, although my company may disagree at times. Been in the masonry/cement business for 20 years. The industry has been good to me, and I am trying to leave it in better shape than I found it.

Retired from 32 years in the ARNG; currently a MILCON field rep - provide technical assistance and sell building materials on construction projects at Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg NC.

Today's activities included:

Find and repair a leak in a system and make the leak less than 103 kpa per cycle.

Repair a leak on a hydraulic systems compensator valve.

R & R a magnetic proximity switch on a pneumatic cylinder.

Troubleshoot a failed conveyor system and return to service.

Repair a lock and position sensor on a hydraulic actuator.

Troubleshoot a failed three phase motor.

Check PLC logic for a solution to an ongoing conveyor problem...

That was a fairly typical day....

Paper boy, farm worker, Cheese maker, concrete work, autopsy assistant, bar tender, fly fish guide, sales, artificial insemination, lab tech, roofing, then jumped out planes and shot at stuff in army, Russian translator, worked in refugee camps then last 25 years basically a baby sitter for dysfunctional adults( Leo )

Two years til retirement if I make it

With all the varying professions and educations here on the "Fire" why haven't we been able to figure out how to legally get rid of the liberal communist vermin that infect this country.

You forgot to mention Great American Warrior sir.

A lot of skilled tradesmen here. You talk to the technical colleges and they are just screaming for trades students. Seems like today's youth isn't interested in learning a skill that doesn't involve little more than sitting on their butts and plunking on a keyboard. Scary to think that the day may come when no one's willing to get their hands dirty to make a living. Auto mechanics, tool and die men, machinists, carpenters, we will always need more of them. It seems like they get more scarce every year.

But I like you Toby

Kaywoodie has it figured out. we just all get together and storm the castle!

Hey I do that!



And on occasion it drives me to this...

I appreciate that Boss, Did I win?

Prior to my retirement last June at age 53 I was a senior manager with Royal Dutch Shell spending my last 11 years managing major projects across the chitholes that we develop outside the US. Prior was bouncing around the US doing downstream work, engineering and maintenance management as well as project management at about every refining operation we owned at the time. After 31+ years I hung up the hard hat wrapping up in Korea. A great career that I have zero regrets for. My youngest son, dropped off to start at A&M yesterday, wants the same. Another ME in the family it seems.

I've been retired for 11 years. I know a little bit about a lot of stuff, but not an expert on much of anything!

donsm70

The only reason I never tried 'em all is because I got too old and had to slow down. But here is some of what I did.

MY WORK HISTORY

My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned ... couldn't concentrate.

Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the ax.

I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it
... mainly because it was a so-so job.

I tried working in a muffler factory but that was too exhausting.

I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.

I tried to be a chef -- figured it would add a little spice to my life but I just didn't have the thyme.

I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard.

My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.

I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience.

I tried a job in a shoe factory--I tried but I just didn't fit in.

I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.

I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work way just too draining.

I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes, but I was fired because I wasn't up to it.

So then I got a job in a workout center, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.

After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a historian until I realized there was no future in it.

My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.

So, then I retired ... and found out I was perfect for the job!

You write in good spirit that brings a real smile to my face. Take care.

Meat cutter, meat wholesale salesman, dept store manager, law enforcement 33 years(retired), entrepreneur (antiques-precious metals). With retirement pensions, & investments I currently can afford to farm (cut brush and move the rocks around) for a short time before I expire. Finally life's great! GW

Ha!

Hope all is well with you, Amigo!

unfortunately no! I will post the winners when i get the official results
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Retired Marine Corps 25 years and change.

Judge Advocate, USMC....9 years active now in the reserves

solo practice lawyer

Plumbing contractor. Mostly do industrial and commercial plumbing.

Project I did a few years ago:
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Im a bit younger than most here (32) so far to this point in my career, I've become a Journeymen wiremen, a master electrician, Hold a couple of different nuclear welding certifications, a class A Cdl, a smoking hot wife, and a baby due in dec :-D Oh, I also shoot a lot of nice whitetails haha.

You got the world by the ass, so don't phouc it up! If you hang on and make good decisions, you'll still be smiling in 20 years. Trust me!

Boxboy'
Shoe clerk at footlocker
janitor
Warehouse picker, driver, phone sales, tires and wheels, ran a tire store all for the same company.
Construction laborer. Part time CC student too. AS in Fire Science
All crappy jobs that actually prepared me for my career.
31.5 years, Los Angeles County FD.
Started in 1981
Firefigher 2 yrs
Firefighter/paramedic 18.5 years
Engineer 8 month. Should have done this job sooner.
Fire Captain from 2000 to Jan. 2013 when I retired

Which company, if you don't mind?

Used to work in development group/lab for automotive electronics (Advanced Packaging, Processes and Materials).

Metallurgy lab............X sectioned a few boolits.

Used to be a contributor, got respect, worked with great people too.

Not anymore.

Diff company, different type of job.....just do my 8 and get the hell out.

Costume designer, personal hands on fitter for the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders!


Oh, sorry, this is supposed to be reality?

Ok then; Typesetter, plate maker, pressman, paper cutter in print shop. (back in the dark ages)

Military and civilian DOD employee in various positions for the rest.

Now retired.

You sir, are one member that I aspire to meet.

It is worth the effort.

In order of jobs.

Mowed lawns
Delivered handbills door-to-door
Hauled hay
Built fence and cut and split firewood
Cutter in a print shop
Scooped dog [bleep] at a shelter
Pumped gas at a full service auto detail shop
Built trailers and clean boats at a marine dealership
Mixed mud and stacked rock for a mason
Worked on mow crews
Drove a delivery route
Worked in a machine shop
Dorm mom for a bunch of dumbass freshmen
Front desk night attendant for a girls dorm
Intern in a state prosecutors office
Assistant District Attorney
Corporate legal counsel and Vice President for an advertising corporation
The past 25 years as Solo General Practice Attorney in a formerly small town.

Perry

farm hand
turd and gutless (curb and gutter) crew
car detailer
exterior painter
Congressional intern
packer of hogs
biller of trucks
teacher
currently completely useless

I couldn't wait to finish high school and join the Coast Guard. I did and spent the next 26 years driving ships and boats. That itch has been scratched! I retired from the CG on a Thursday afternoon and Friday morning I was sitting in the police academy. Been a cop working the street for nearly 12 years. It's a young mans job and in about 3 years I plan to leave it to them. I have too much to do, to be going to work all the time.

Journeyman sancho, Grade V
Journeyman gigolo, Grade IV.V
Comptroller of concubine distribution, Grade X
Transitioning to bikini inspector, all grades

Laborer,mason tender, body/fender in my youth.......brokered currency interbank worldwide (Deutche Mark) 20 plus yrs.....traded my own account after that....Started an Organic based Pesticide business part time with a partner in 07....It has grown into a busy, successful little company with 12 full time employees and 6 part timers including my 17 year son working on the side work crew pruning and planting during the summer months.

Between us we could fix anything, f--k anything, save anything, design anything, teach anything, you name it, we got it

Yep, ask any serious question here and get good answers. After the name calling that is.

MOGULIZER

TBH it's hard to say that's not the choice. My BIL works 9-5 Mon-Fri holidays off and has incredible insurance working in the IT industry. I work 14 hour days in the heat, snow, and rain every holiday and make 25k less than him.

Better sleep with one eye open Boss.

I once considered the trades as a decent way to earn a decent living, but in the last several years I've seen the wages at the top end of the average tradesman stagnate. I'm told that more specialized trades continue to pay well and things are regional, of course, but by and large, your residential tradesmen aren't seeing the same lifestyle they did a while back. That doesn't help the trade schools or trades to find fresh meat.

The days of me endorsing the non-specialized trades as a good way of life are over. Anyone wanting to go that direction needs to find a company that will offer higher education, especially in specialized trades. The days of residential plumbers, HVAC installers and electricians making a good living at their trade are past, IMHO.

Locally - it's a bit of a hard situation.

Welders start about 10 bucks an hour and top out around 20.

In 1999 I latched on with a HVAC outfit. Basically helping while learning the trade. Knocking together tin, hanging duct work etc - 6.60 an hour was told it would take 5-10 years to get into the 17 dollar an hour range. Nice but I had a wife and kid. They needed to eat today.

Machinists - start 12 and top out in the 19 an hour range, talking CNC. Really good guys who can program etc - couple bucks more.

When I was service writing - 11 bucks an hour and most of my techs were 13-17 with about 4 over 20 and those are guys with enough experience to work on mechanical engines and drive twin stick.

20 an hour is 41K a year - give or take. A new truck will run you 60.

Point isn't to slag on those things or the very real and hard work they are but to point out - the cost of living is going up fast and if I can go to school for 2 years, get an AA in auto mechanics to then go in debt to the SnapOn guy till I'm 100 and make 40k a year once I've been there a LONG time or go to the same school, get an AA in software development, have no debt beyond school and make 56k a year to start - it's not hard to see why people make the choices they do.

The problem is employers want someone 22-26 with 30 years experience.

To give a full list, in chronological order some were at the same time (more than one job at a time) -

Woods worker (cut brush)
Florist greens helper
Lumper
Fast Food (3 weeks)
Lot attendant (Ford dealer - gas/wash cars, did one repo)
Home insulation
Warehouse worker
Snowmobile rebuild/salvage
Bouncer
Bar Back
Truck driver (intermodal, dirt, logging)
Heavy Equipment operator (CAT 980F)
HVAC helper
Labor pool for fire equipment manufacturer
US Navy (25th birthday)
Service writer
Trailer Serviceability Specialist
Purchased Maintenance Manager (back to school for Bachelors)
Facilities Maintenance Manager
Transportation/Logistics specialist

i learned pretty quick, that while I don't agree with their politics, skilled trade unions are the best bet if you want to make real money in the trades. They aren't perfect, but I can go anywhere and the country as a JW/ME and make minimum 30/hr and while I'm at home in my own local, its much higher @ 45/hr, all while getting paid vacation and a great retirement (not a pension, basically a 403b, defined contribution) There are times I have to hold my nose and bite my tongue. But if you want to get into the Nukes, coal burners and peaker plants where the money is (Midwest) you have to have a card.

Agreed but locally, I looked at pipefitting before going back to school. The union didn't seem real interested in giving me answers - was more of a sales job. One of those "you need to join to find out" types of things.

I meant to mention unions in my post as they are one of the few ways to get the training to elevate yourself above the run of the mill tradesman.

I had a couple opportunities many years ago to join either of 2 very different companies while I was working in the residential trades (still do), one was a big company who happened to have a unionized work force. I would have had to move downstate to join and give up much of the autonomy I had as a tradesman in a booming market to go there.

Similarly, I would have had to move to join the other company; Michcon, which was later bought by Detroit-Edison, a big utility company. I would have had to move to the border of Michigan and Wisconsin to take the job, which was, once again, a union position and risk becoming a Packers fan. Honestly,it would have been a damned good move with good benefits and something to look forward to as I aged.

The compensation I have for taking neither of those jobs is meeting my wife and having 2 awesome kids. That wouldn't have happened had I taken either job, so I'm glad I didn't, but damn, it's tough to think about what I gave up as I get closer to retirement age.

bruin, I have to respectfully disagree,

I know many people in the trades, who have a very good life, and are making good money,

Residentrial work will never be what it was for those 2-3 decades, but there's still good money to be made.

Work and the economy can be regional, I'm not sure I would want to try making a living as a residential Plumber in Rhinelander Wisconsin for example, simply isnt enough work, and no work means no demand for decent wages.

Wait a few years till your kids start thinking about college, which is where I'm at now,

25K a year for a public state school, undergraduate at that..100k in education to work where? Likely making about what the trades are making, or less.

There's fewer options nowadays, no doubt, But I would never dissuade anyone from getting a License in the Trades, I believe there will always be a demand for a skilled set of hands.

One thing about the trades, your skills are yours and you can take those skills anywhere you want to go.

You find yourself headed this way let me know. Dunno when I'm headed your way.


I forgot to mention my several decades of part time work as a nipple inspector.

How would I find you house in Yankeetown?

While I was in the Navy - I could have gotten an AA degree in Serbian and Croatian Studies for free - I didn't.

Once I got out - I put my post 9/11 GI bill to work.

I got my Bachelors in 2 years. Busted my arse with 24 credits a semester. The school would cut my tuition to the max the GI Bill would pay per year so I sorta double dipped there. Had I been a trad undergrad that did 4 years - it was 110,000 in tuition.

I now have enough left over to get an AA or MBA yet. I'm looking at AA in software development (not even sure I will use it - more for me - I like to learn and it's a benefit that would just waste away). That's 11,900 at the local trade school.

I could also then use the WI GI Bill which pays for 48 months of school tuition at any state school. Conceivably that's an MBA at UW-Oshkosh at a mimimum, perhaps 2 if you hustled but not likely.

So basically for a 4 year hitch I got 149,000 in tuition alone from my service. A person just might end up with an AA, a bachelors and an MBA completely debt free.

Son-in-law is a certified, union, pipeline welder. By the time you add up his base pay, OT, plus "rent" on his weld rig, he is making as much money as I have ever made in IT. I would have no qualms about pursuing that career path if I were just starting out again. Just gotta be willing to work and put in your time as a laborer/helper until you can get into a welder slot. Nothing wrong with working a trade...

yeah, it's pretty much a military certainty that it can be done. but don't wait, get that MBA while it beckons. don't go backwards. time doesn't work that way.

the GI Bill is worth it's weight in gold.

Gus - you'd be surprised at how many guys at Meps were turning it down. All because you had to put 100 a month into the program the first year. Nothing after.

1200 2002 dollars is gonna net me 150k in 2016 dollars worth of education.

My son wants to be a welder. It's all he talks about and does in his HS shop class. His teacher used to work the shipyard and has said his quality and understanding is of someone who could teach the course in stick weld, his MIG needs work.

Long story short - he's most likely going to end up with a welding cert and likely a military hitch.

I couldn't be prouder of him for that.

gi bill education benefits are probably worth more than the advertising mentions or alludes to. it takes some personal effort, but that best personal effort helps describe a successful MBA graduate. that's part of their identity. ya know?

Well, I'd head SE from Iowa for a start. When you get here, rent a boat and ask for directions to Bennett Creek. There's a 14' lizard lives there can give directions to the house. Don't argue with her.

when I worked for a living I was a Journeyman Toolmaker, went on to be a manager over a R&D dept. for manufacturing processes developing equipment and now until retirement is here a project manager that oversees the Skilled Trades Apprenticeship program, Journeyman program and skills development education, handles surplus assets, and adds production capability to our USA and China locations. All for a small Fortune 500 company. Oh by the way for myself I raise a little livestock and build a few rifles. Russ

Teal, you seem to have one problem, and I'm not sure it will ever go away, you just simply don't know what you want to do when you grow up.

Honestly, that's not a cool situation for most.

Figure it out soon bud, Don't let to many doors close behind you.

I'm learning for the sake of learning, not flopping from career to career.

The benefit is there - I earned it, would be foolish not to take advantage. It hurts nothing to have it, don't even have to put it on a resume if I don't want to.

I had programming classes in high school, did a little for fun after. My mother was a programmer (retired last Feb) - I'm getting the AA for giggles - not for work.

Someday when I get my homebrewery up and done - I'd like to do some work with automating it via touch screen and incorporate some software I already have for brewing.

Well along came the Post-9/11 GI Bill and all those guys that turned downt the Montgomery GI Bill now qualify for better benefits and samed some coin as well (pos-9/11 is free).

Put it this way - if I won 200 million in the lottery tomorrow - I'd never work another day in my life but I'd be a professional student. Learning for the sake of learning.

Prob die with 20 degrees...

would rather die with a 20 gauge in hand

Well, as you might suspect, I had the general heading right but didn't figure on negotiating with any really big lizards.

Orthopedic X-ray tech

Have a friend going through school right now to be a radiologist of some sort. He loves it.

I'd behave similarly, except I'd probably have no degrees, but would treat myself to bits and pieces of classical education as well as certain skills such as learning how to weld other than stick method and such.

Architecture would be one for me. I love old buildings and the way/skill they were built. New ones - no soul.

Firefighter....35 years and counting.

Oh she's a sweetheart.

OTOH, if it came to my attention you were going to wander down this way I can probably arrange a simpler manner of meeting. I'm actually not in Yankeetown proper but can toss a rock into the jurisdiction without breaking a sweat. Have a house guest at present, a retired federal agent. He's crazy enough to make me appear perfectly normal.

That is scary!

22 Years in a 980 CAT Log loader with a Denharco boom and 2.25 cord clam

Trauma surgeon in Camden, NJ. Basically I repair African Americans for a living. It's like Dodge City and Marshall Dillon is losing the war.Not PC by a long shot and the anti gunners just don't git it.

Most if the building trades here are getting mexcanized. They drive wages down.

im azzhole and im good at it

Spent 18 months in cosmetology school before they told me it had nothing to do with space....

my workin' days for a livin' are over.......

Teamsters & Obummber take care of my bills.....

now I just shoot schidt all day.......

I fly when they let me, which isn't as much as I'd like

Laffin'.......my......azz......off. Funny chitt, you would fit right in with the Air Cav.

DD.......what R you doin' up here..........?

Nice generalization (it is the 'fire after all) but absolute rubbish if one chooses the right course of study, and many, many do.

Having now met you, spot on.

I work for Homeland Security monitoring subversive conservative websites.

i knew there was a naha in the wood pile around here somewhere :-D

I'm a dental floss tycoon.

So you manufacture those new-fangled G-strings?

So far I do believe you win for coolest job!

Pigasso! You are a trauma surgeon in Camden?
Do you live in Camden?

I drive an 18 wheeler. I work out of South Carolina. Normally I drive down in Dixe.
Had to take a load to Camden several years ago.

As I drove around the city, I saw a city that was a train wreck. So many abandoned houses. Beautiful, 1920's vintage apartment building of brick, one apartment would be rented, and the three next door boarded up.

It looked like a movie, of a city six years after the nuclear war.

I studied up on Camden. In 1944 it was the biggest shipbuilder in the world. Most of the destroyers in WW2 were built there. It was the world headquarters of Campbell Soup. All the Campbell soup was made in Camden.

It was the world hq of RCA. They manufactured records and record players there, and they had recording studios. Famous artists from around the world came to Camden to record.

In 1969 Camden had a race riot, which was devastating.
IN 1971 they had another race riot and the city was ruined. All the white people with jobs left.
Camden today is 48 percent black and 47 percent Hispanic.
Highest violent crime rate in America.

What a fascinating story of the rise and fall of a once great American city.




Here is a pic I took of an abandoned building that was adjacent to the terminal I went to.

Today, if it were in good repair, this building would be worth millions. I saw hundreds of buildings like this in Camden.

Waitin' for some wench to say she's a hooker. I'm on tush patrol.

Gotta love capitalism.

You flew them, I was part of the team who kept them fliable.


Kwg

I call bulshit. Allowing illegal aliens in and rewarding them with entitlements to take under the table jobs from tax paying Americans is not capitalism!!!

Our crew dogs keep us flying, can't fly without them

Lmao. Well at least you figured it out in 18 mos. but in 30 some years I've figured out its all about space

Give those young barracudas plenty of it !

Who said they were illegal?