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I have been so many different things. My first good paying job was collecting building stone at 15 for fifty bucks a day. I worked "live line" at a chicken processing plant for my first 'on the books' job. I was a soldier for six years. I flipped burgers during the day and mopped and waxed Safeway at night. I roofed houses. I rough framed. I did cement and concrete. I drove a forklift and loaded trucks, I straw bossed a warehouse. I translated for Hispanic work crews. I chopped cotton for 25 bucks a day. I was a cutter at a scrap yard. I was an assistant engineer for the Oregon State Highway department. I beveled and took measurements of circuit boards. I made trusses. I painted heaters and stoves. I was a street musician / bar and coffee shop entertainer. I was a beggar, a drug dealer, a bum, and a janitor, a deckhand, an oiler, a wheelman, a rigger, light medium and heavy industrial fabrication, I installed siding, and windows, I was a wrangler and trail guide, logger, and farm hand. I think that's it. I'm disabled now but had been supplementing as a floor man until I had surgery on my knee. Thanks for this little walk down memory lane. It was good for my mind I think.

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@puck61: is there anything you have NOT done?

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so many experiences under your belt
hope all goes well with your surgery and your recovery afterwards
do as they say
good post op is nb
jack of all trades
hope all goes well with your surgery and your recovery afterwards
do as they say
good post op is nb
jack of all trades
@TearDropsOfLove: I was never a veterinarian! I was never a nuclear physicist. Come to think of it, there is a nice long list of things I haven't done!

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@puck61: I have known you since EP days. I never knew you did all those things. I am impressed.
@TearDropsOfLove: Well, job hopping is not impressive to potential employers most of the time, unfortunately! 😞

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@puck61: Yes I guess that would be true. I have only one skill for making a living. Some days I wish I could do something different. I am stuck doing the same thing for rest of my life. What are your plans after your knees heal?
@TearDropsOfLove: back to some supplemental work according to my ability...according to my need...I guess I'm a Marxist now...hA HA! I have my dream of selling a song or two. I won't drop that but I'm realistic.

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@puck61: I hope it all works out for the best. It sounds like your life is fun but difficult one.