Dunno what qualifies as a "real" job. Mowed grass, delivered papers for starters. Made a little jingle spearfishing. Then I hit the big time. $98/month, room and board included. Army basic training was a hoot.
10/4 on a real job.
Managed to scrounge up a lawn-mower and a broom @ 10 years old. Mowed yards.
At 15, worked after school in a Dr's office scubbing floors and plunging toilets for "sewer rats".
At 16 loaded trucks for $1.25 an hour.
At 17 was scaffold builder for $5 hour in the Houston area chemical plants on shutdowns
In between I sold vegetables from our truck patch out of a surf van, cut firewood and sold it on the side of the road,
At 19 for a while I painted addresses on curbs in new neighborhoods. Quit that and sold Fuller Brush for a while.
Waited tables and bar-tended between, 1971-1976.
1976-1985 would be the closest thing to a real job, Took over an industrail suppy/Job shop biz. Went broke an lost my house and cars.
Wholesaled cars, delivered pizzas, sold life insurance, had a paper route, sold bag phones, used cars between 1985 & 1989.
Licensed Real estate broker and Commercial RE Appraiser between 1989 & 2008.
Pretty much been a slum lord since then,
Ya!
GWB
