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FT Desk Jockey (Credit Analyst)...PT Police Officer.
- tommyboy72
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Dispatcher and Detention Deputy for a sheriff's office. Have worked as a reserve and full time police officer in the past. Also worked for several years as an industrial ammonia refrigeration technician, boiler technician, electrician and in electronics for major food manufacturers as well as a maintenance technician and equipment operator for a small municipality. Have bachelors in finance, business management and marketing as well. Currently going through the interview process with a major supplier of systems for the drug, research and pharmaceutical industry. Guess we'll see how that turns out.
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Started out as a phone man (put a phone in a ladies kitchen and one in the bedroom , made sure they rang and you could make calls and everyone was happy). Now I am a phone man, internet tech, catv tech, computer tech, underground utility contractor, fiber optic splicer, and a whole lot of jobs I didn't sign up for back in 1977!!!
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Former Army Combat Engineer and now a Full time Police Officer/ K-9 handler!
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OIF Vet. U.S. Army
Combat Engineer
If you can read this in English, Thank a Veteran
OIF Vet. U.S. Army
Combat Engineer
- mcclinj
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I'm a Full time student majoring in Wildlife Biology. Occasionally, I get contract jobs working for wildlife non-profits. I currently am a FT security guard contracted out to Chevron AMBU guarding their natural gas wells here in western PA. Three 12 hour shifts a week allows me plenty of time to play with my bird dog. also have been a volunteer firefighter for the last 6 years.
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- hunterw/newhobby
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FT middle school science teacher with a PT beer drinking career. Dont think I'm retiring from the PT job ever.
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"Semi Professional Race Car Driver and a Amature Tattoo Artist"
Contractor & Construction Teacher
Contractor & Construction Teacher
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Information Technology manager. Sounds impressive doesn't it? Translate, I punch keys and sit on my keester. My degree is in Electrical Engineering, so I still can't figure out why I wound up here.
Karen, my wife is our Senior programmer and works with me, she has written the software our company uses to manage our inventory, roll counts, and she's responsible for tracking all product beginning to end throughout our process. Did I mention she also maintains our customized (by her) accounting software too?
YEP manufactured in USA, and exported everywhere, including China.
Karen, my wife is our Senior programmer and works with me, she has written the software our company uses to manage our inventory, roll counts, and she's responsible for tracking all product beginning to end throughout our process. Did I mention she also maintains our customized (by her) accounting software too?
YEP manufactured in USA, and exported everywhere, including China.
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I am a law student. I have one more year of this, and then a year of tax school before I will begin advising people on on business planning and estate planning matters.
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Currently in an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program
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Present job is IT engineer at a college in Nebraska, at one time I was ASE certified mechanic, worked at that 20 years went back to school to learn this stuff. Isnt as hard on my body as pulling engines. Getting old and am looking for the retirement button, but with a 10 year old son, probably will work till I die. Have some steers for eating, chickens for eggs and 6 shorthairs.
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"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go
where they went."
Will Rogers, 1897-1935
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I have worked as a contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan for the last 5 years, the spring will bring something new. It is time to be home with the wife and run the dogs. Keith
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Medical Laboratory Technician. Husband is a Training Analyst.
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Industrial Electrician / foreman for CN Railway.
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Now there is good mentor.hunterw/newhobby wrote:FT middle school science teacher with a PT beer drinking career. Dont think I'm retiring from the PT job ever.
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Retired from USAF in my past life. Now I work Quality Assurance in The nuclear fuel cycle.
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Professional bird nerd (i.e. wildlife biologist). It has it's awesome moments but mostly I do surveys and write a bunch of papers that nobody wants to have to read, including me But hey, in the summer I'm outside about 50% of the time.
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I have so much respect for what you do. Thank you.hettmoe wrote:Hospice...Sitting with people as they die...
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Support Specialist for a local Managed Services Provider...basically outsourced IT for local businesses that don't want to hire their own IT guys.
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Project Manager for a steel bridge fabricator.
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FT grad student majoring in Geotechnical Engineering, a.k.a. Dirt Engineer, with an emphasis in Earthquake Engineering. Basically, design the supporting/foundational structure of any civil project. Gotta love the West Coast!
Peace, it's what's for dinner!
- Qwernt
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I am a web server performance and problems analyst for a certain major software company based in Redmond Washington.
Which leaves me precious little time for the family, much less the dog.
Which leaves me precious little time for the family, much less the dog.
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Sales consultant for http://www.SEO.com , we specialize in internet marketing.
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L.E.O.
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Been working in a metal fab shop for almost 20 years, running and maintaining turret punches, lasers, press brakes, and some welding, currently the retail sales manager.
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Locomotive Engineer with Norfolk Southern Railway
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I help unite families. Mostly ones to our south.
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Fishing & shotgun & dog bum.
Work as an Industrial Electrician to support my "bum" habits.
Work as an Industrial Electrician to support my "bum" habits.
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If you can't tell by my dog's names, I am an English Professor.
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I got my B.S. in Geomatics a couple years back. Now I do surveys, GIS, and CAD drafting, mostly for the US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.
- pinebrookkennel
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This is a great thread, I've wondered about this for a long time. It was fun to guess what peoples "real" jobs were.
btw, I'm a construction electrician.
btw, I'm a construction electrician.
Make no distinction between practice and combat !
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Miyamoto Musashi.
Knowledge, once gained can never be stolen or repossessed.
Jered
- RoostersMom
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trojanman wrote:I help unite families. Mostly ones to our south.
Border Patrol?
- ultracarry
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Professional waste management specialist...... In WY that sounds like a lot of fun.JWP58 wrote:L.E.O.
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I have one of those occupations that at parties when people ask you what you do, you know you will be asked a million questions.....I sell Pipe, Valves & Fittings...please keep your questions to a minimum
- ACooper
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RoostersMom wrote:trojanman wrote:I help unite families. Mostly ones to our south.
Border Patrol?
Might have something to do with a border, but I don't think it's patrolling.
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Nurse Anesthetist
Photography in spare time
Photography in spare time
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I'm another geeker. Currently I am the IT Manager, Application Development & Services for an online university. I design, build, and implement software and database systems. Before that I was in infrastructure/datacenter management. Also a grad student getting my MBA - Information Management degree. For fun I do some freelance consulting work on the side, have a pet software project I work on at home, and volunteer to build and maintain web sites for various non-profit clubs and organizations.
- prairiefirepointers
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After Stints in EMS, Agriculturial Millwright work, and the majority in Aerospace, I am blessed to just be a daddy/husband and Kennel Owner. I also deal in hunting dog supplies.
My world revolves around Faith, Family,Dogs & Hunting. Its a pretty sweet deal.
My world revolves around Faith, Family,Dogs & Hunting. Its a pretty sweet deal.
Jess Stucky
Prairie Fire Pointers & Supply
Pretty Prairie, KS
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- nikegundog
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What's your profession really?3Britts wrote:If you can't tell by my dog's names, I am an English Professor.
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Munster wrote:Former USN Petty officer. Worked in the engine room and Air conditioning and Refrigeration. Have since advanced to get my Domestic Engineering degree. Now, I stay at home and wipe snotty noses and wash dirty cloths. Dam I miss my Navy days!
Go Navy! ex-snipe here!
Own my own auto repair/tow shop and work full time as a Rural Carrier for USPS. (good way to find hunting spots!)
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"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." -George Bird Evans " Troubles with Bird Dogs"
"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." -George Bird Evans " Troubles with Bird Dogs"
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Retired. I don't do anything during the week and on weekends, I rest!
I pity the man that has never been loved by a dog!
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You get weekends????????????????? I don't get them or holidays either. Really tough when you never get a daY OFF.DonF wrote:Retired. I don't do anything during the week and on weekends, I rest!
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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Insurance adjuster for right now.
- tommyboy72
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Now that is a profession I truely appreciate.trojanman wrote:I help unite families. Mostly ones to our south.
- dxthunter86
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Pipeliner... I lay natural gas distribution lines around the Pittsburgh, Pa area.
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Talent scout & part time rapper
- Cajun Casey
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So those poledancing pics on FB were faked?tn red wrote:Talent scout & part time rapper
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy.
Spent the first ten years as a Sonar Technician on Submarines.
The last five years driving destroyers.
Headed to Tucson Arizona to work at the U of Arizona's ROTC unit and get my graduate degree.
Spent the first ten years as a Sonar Technician on Submarines.
The last five years driving destroyers.
Headed to Tucson Arizona to work at the U of Arizona's ROTC unit and get my graduate degree.
- dreamerofdreams
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Jealous, I would loooove for the husband to get an ROTC assignment, and Tucson is a pretty nice place!JoePaTurfShoes wrote:Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy.
Spent the first ten years as a Sonar Technician on Submarines.
The last five years driving destroyers.
Headed to Tucson Arizona to work at the U of Arizona's ROTC unit and get my graduate degree.
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I am pretty excited. Bought a place out in Vail, Arizona and move in around the first week of December