What was/is your favorite job

[Calif. Hunter]

Oh, that reminds me - I worked for Redi-Rooter for a while. It was decent money, but the rust stains never got off my hands from the cable and being on call every few days sucked. I quit one day when I was clearing a clogged sewer at a large warehouse. I had about 100 feet of cable down the pipe, and I cut my knuckle to the bone on the lip of the cable spool,

just as Mt. Vesuvius erupted in a shower of raw sewage, covering my gaping wound.

I just knew I was going die from typhus or something.

 

[snake river rufus]

For several years I worked manufactering, research and development at Boeing Wichita,really sweet ricebowl.

 

[beardown]

Favorite.....I got once....BLOW!!!

 

[GLW]

Only once?

Must have been one hell of a job!!

 

[pawclaws]

I think my very favorite job is the one that...NAHC is doing on Chas 031!!

Now they not only got "Two" former Life members; but a member who is banned for life!!

 

[mtmiller]

Wow, sounds like some cool jobs out there.

As for me, one of my favorite jobs was working on a bison ranch two summers while I was in college. I didn't have a lot of contact with the herd, but did push them once a week to a new pasture. 1,500 bison in one herd is pretty cool, especially when you are on their ass at 30mph on a quad.

Actually the best part of the job is that I was paid to shoot and trap prairie dogs.

I would trap between 1,500 and 2,000 during the summer and shoot that many or more as well. The landowner liked the pdogs on his ranch, but did not want them to expand more than the ranch could support. He was against poison, so that is where I came in.

Prairie dogs that were live trapped ended up as food for black-footed ferret across the country. They were quarantined for two weeks and then processed. We got some funny looks when someone stumbled into one of these processing sessions.

Ah, the good old days.

 

[cjcj]

Now Miller i have got to ask, what in the hell were you guy`s/girls doing to those dogs at the "station"?

 

[chas031]

MTM,
The Military gave me my training ona simular line. Animal warden for Ft. Lee, VA Ran a trapline of 250 hav-a-harts. Plus the tranq gun. Trapped over 2000 feral cats in just over a year.
CJCJ,
It's called vivisection. Normally vet students first time hands-on trainig.

Chas

 

[T Bone]

I delivered the Post Register in Rigby for 5 years as a boy/young man. Then it was an afternoon delivery.

The last 3 years I had all the nice older ladies trained to have hot out of the oven cookies waiting for me Mon-Sat.

At Christmas my income doubled from the tips. Wish I could get my paycheck doubled now.

The only bad dog was Kujo the dachsund/bulldog mix that was pissed at the world for how stupid it looked. Towards the end he was happy to see me every day, bark and bluff charge while wagging his tail.

 

[JohnSWA]

Favorite job? I'd have to say it's the one I have now. I'm an aircraft mechanic for Southwest Airlines. I've been here for almost 14 years. I've been working day shift since I hit the 5 year mark(unheard of in this industry). My Grandpa RIP worked for American Airlines with over 40 years service and didn't have the seniority for day shift!

Presently I'm also working as the Treasurer for our Union Local. Long story and you can check it out at the "Issues" thread. I get my dues reimbursed but that's about it.

I'm also going to college studying accounting. Being Treasurer, this helps out a lot, plus the industry I'm in is so fickle. On top today, who knows tomorrow. One thing I like about accounting is, you can work anywhere. As an airline mechanic, you have to be in a major metropolitan area to make halfway decent money.

If I get laid off(God forbid), I'm heading for the boonies as a bean counter where there's great hunting and fishing!

Oh yeah, I did concrete finishing when I was laid off from Boeing before SWA. Don't even ask if I'd put that as one of my favorite jobs! That's real work!

John

 

[RogueWarrior1957]

Over the past 30 some odd years I have worn many hats. I can't really pick a favorite. The one I've had now for the past 6 years pays well, but I won't say that it's a favorite. I have been with the same company for 22 years. The old time full-service gas station job back in high-school and shortly thereafter was fun, though it didn't pay that well. New car prep at the Chrysler dealership was fun for a while. I got to install all the fancy toys on customer's vehicles. Probably my lab job as a chemical analyst was the best one.

Dream jobs:

It would be nice to have way and means to fabricate custom machinery, whether street-rods or custom motorcycles. I love machinery!

Field editor for a well known outdoors publication would be a trip. Think of it...being in the great outdoors, getting to go on special hunts with the latest gear. and then getting paid to write about your adventures.

But realistically, after I retire, I'll probably see how well my custom engraving business will fly. I made a custom piece for a 1946 Chevrolet panel-delivery that a friend is restoring (as a street-rod) last week. I got a great deal of satisfaction from creating the piece as well as from his satisfaction in my workmanship. That diamond-cut lettering gets them every time!

-RW-

 

[mtmiller]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Now Miller i have got to ask, what in the hell were you guy`s/girls doing to those dogs at the "station"? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well the guy on the end is a vet and performed necropsies to locate any abnormalities. The other two techs were eviserating (remove gastro-intestinal tract). The rest of the goodies stayed in for ferret food.

The prairie dogs were first placed in a container and knocked out with CO2 and then I came in for cervical dislocation procedures. It was very rewarding after cleaning up after them for two weeks.