How Bout What You Do For a Living

[LtFrankDrebbin]

Just one of those out of interest things.
Whats your proffesion? What do you do to pay the bills?

Myself, metal fabrication/ heavy welding trade.
Commonly known as "Boiler Maker Welder"

Your self?

[44man]

Retired and waste my time at this stupid machine! :mrgreen:

[winelover]

Retired Pipefitter. That's what exposed me to the lead addiction!

Winelover

[PbHurler]

Electrical transmission line engineering (glorified keyboard jocky). The software is phenominal!, always interesting.

[Sparky141]

Journeyman Inside Wireman (electrician)

[bradh]

Remotely maintain private telephone systems. PBX = Private Branch Exchange. Semi-retired.

[mold maker]

Retired silicon mold and pattern maker in the urethane Mirror ind. Worked for the same company for 39.5 years. Now I enjoy Grandchildren, Boolits, and the PC world.

[bob208]

weldor and fabicator for over 35 years. then learned tool making. then tried it on my own. now retired. also along the way to make ends meet janitor, painter' farm hand and mechanic.

[dale2242]

Retired heavy equipment operator.
Mostly ran dozer building logging road.....dale

[cloakndagger]

Pharmacy technician/logistics clerk for the county hospital.

[cbrick]

Retired motion picture transportation captain. Also known as truck driver & chief bottle washer for location transportation crew.

Rick

[Olevern]

look for lead in unlikely places, ride and repair my 35 dirtbikes and atv's, ride and repair my three street bikes, cast and reload, shoot, hunt, fish, travel, mentor youth, sing in churches and other venues and interact with ya'all on here.

Oh, retired two times so the above is my third career. To shorten the definition of my new job: "What I want"

[wch]

Finally retired from 3 careers and d_____d happy to be out of the rat race.

[sljacob]

former oilfield well service rig operator/truck driver/welder/mechanic..... I grew tired of beening gone all the time and come home and took a job with the county as the sanitation department supervisor.

[chsparkman]

High school math teacher, 21 years now. We're not all liberals. Would love to retire, being as the wife is a big boss and I don't bring enough $ home to cover her taxes anyway (there's something wrong with that).

[LtFrankDrebbin]

Great, thanks all.
Keep em coming, this is interesting.

[Wayne Smith]

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, for 28 years now. 20 years with the same practice.

[Nanook]

I'm a pipefitter, for almost 40 years. Getting closer to retirement, and looking forward to it. No more 0400 "getups". Unless I want to. LOL

[292]

Maintenance mechanic turned truck driver at a builders supply. We used to sell ready mixed concrete and that gave me plenty to do. Due to the downturn in construction the boss shut down the plant, sold the trucks and laid off the concrete truck drivers. Now I deliver brick and block with 1 of those trucks with the little forklift on the back.

[Light attack]

Late of the USMC, Retired Commercial Pilot, now third shift supervisor for Freudenberg NOK ( Making axle seals ). Looking forward to retiring again.:mrgreen:

[500MAG]

Pharmacist for 20 years now.

[wantoutofca]

I work for an oil company dealing with government compliance.

[slim1836]

Construction inspector for Tx Dept, of Transportation.

[Jim]

Industrial construction pipefitter/welder superintendant, retired.

I see there's some other 'flange heads' here.

[brstevns]

Retired furniture repair and refinisher, now on a fix income.

[dragonrider]

Machinist, spent the first 10-15 years working in job shops, tool and die making gaining experience with a large variety of machinery. For the last 33 year I have been with a company with operation all over the world involved in mostly airospace industry. In the division I work in we make parts for jet engines. Particularly the engine discs which are forged in a vaccum forging press, they are then premachined to customer specs. We make the discs but the fins on these discs are made in another division elswhere in the country.

[1Shirt]

Retired Military, retired Safety Director, currently a studio potter with (like 44Man) probably to much time on this computer.
1Shirt!

[Freightman]

Name says it all Freight handler and city pick up and delivery. for 30 + years and now a school crossing guard and it is the best job I ever had.

[square butte]

Retired Forester.

[scottiemom]

I am a coding auditor for a large hospital system-making sure the hospital bills the appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes for all patients in the hospitals so we are in compliance with all the wonderful insurance and government requirements. Fortunately, I can work from home. I am able to work in my nice comfortable sweats and fuzzy slippers!

[Wolfer]

Being born a hillbilly I've always done whatever it took to keep the wolf from the door. A good bit of my life I've had a small farm. Out of school I was a logger for 12 years, the first 7 with a team of mules or horses. After that I worked as a heavy equipment operator then a rod buster and concrete carpenter mostly on waste water plants or other industrial stuff. When I was about 35 I decided I needed a lighter line of work so I became an electrician. Still at that in the commercial, industrial sector.

The wolf still gets on the porch sometimes but I've always managed to keep him outside.

[wgg]

Retired in September from TX Dept of Public Safety, spent 24 years as a Highway Patrol Trooper. Just started another career with our local District Attorneys office as a Criminal Investigator. Was retired for 3 months, time to go back to work.

[Cactus Farmer]

Geologist, working on the rigs looking at the drilled up rocks with a microscope. Gunsmith when I'm in between wells. Geology is for money,smithing is what makes me happy,most of the time.

[dagger dog]

Served a 5 yr appprenticeship, under my father to learn horseshoeing, worked as a master farrier from 1966-1976. Even shod a horse that run in the 1969 Kentucky Derby Rae Jet (they're still waiting for him to cross the finish line ).

My father was a horseman prior to WWII he rode (jockey) then was too large to ride after the war and took up the family trade (shoeing) that his father taught him. My father his brother and myself worked with thoroghbreds exclusively. Worked the circut , would go south every winter Miami,Hot Sprngs, AR ,Phoenix AZ, then back to work in KY for the spring summer and fall. I still enjoy the blacksmithing part, love to pound that hot steel and iron.

I got tired of the gypsy life style and went to the trade that I work at now automotive mechanic 1976-present ,ASE Master with L1 Certified, worked within the Porsche Cars North America and Volkwagen Audi, SAAB, Mazda groups for 20 years then went to the independent end for the last 17 years, am retiring in May.

[shdwlkr]

civil engineer worked on over 450 bridges in some way, computer programmer, computer administrator, manager, union steward, designer, developer of programs and systems, retired at the moment. Spent 35 years plus at this and managed to spend some time with the Army too.
Studying to be a mental health counselor to finish out my life on this earth when not working on my own small farm/ranch

[Charlie Two Tracks]

Retired carpenter. Had my own business until 10 years before retirement. (knees gave out). Worked for IDOT for 9years and 7 mo. Retired in August and am getting used to being able to do my own thing when I want to. I am really looking forward to fishing this spring and summer. It feels strange not to HAVE to work each day. I believe I can get used to it though.

[TJF1]

Retired after 48 years electrican

[2HighSpeed]

Are you proficient with algebra? Like college level stuff? Ill be re enrolling in school in a few months, Will need 2 algebra and a chemistry class. I suck at both. Biology and history are my strong points.

But, Alas, You cant be a paramedic with algebra and chemisty. I barely passed my 4 algebra classes in college,

Each class I got a C. Brought my 4.0 GPA down to a 3.7. Unacceptable to me.



High school math teacher, 21 years now. We're not all liberals. Would love to retire, being as the wife is a big boss and I don't bring enough $ home to cover her taxes anyway (there's something wrong with that).

[Bullshop]

With blissfull antisipation I rise each day to my task of creating still more boolits emerced in lubes of love to send out into the world to those in need and so to spread joy and happiness among those enlightened souls.

[2HighSpeed]

Right now, I am a stay at home mom. I left my employment almost a year ago. They where good to me and timed it well with some layoffs, Got a nice severance.
Currently I run a 6 person household, Smelt lead and am a wife of a US Solider. Being a army wife is hard stuff.
Previously, I worked in Weatherization for low income familys that qualified for the grant. I was also the Secretary of a ambulance aquad, Managed a multi million dollar trucking company that my Daddy owned and I was a volunteer EMT and Firefighter. My best job, Being a mom. And I did it all at the same time.
Once we get to Kentucky, I will be going back to school, Again. I wish to take the Paramedic program. I miss Emergency Services and being on the back of a ambulance is something I love and miss dearly.

[Der SchizKoph]

Been doing HVAC work for the last 10 years, everything from big shipboard chillers to itty bitty window units.

[blackthorn]

Retired Millworker, Union rep, Action Center Co-ordinator (providing assistance to unemployed people), Developed and ran a food bank and finally Labor intrest member and then a vice chair for the BC Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT). Following retirement the first time I spent the following 3 years doing Claims appeals on a contract basis and then I did two short contracts advising workers and representing them on appeal.

[btroj]

Pharmacist since 91

[somedude101]

Aerospace propulsion craftsman AKA I work on jet engines on airplanes.

[double8]

Retired injinear......now I do whatever I want to do....................:mrgreen:

[captbligh]

Retire fighter pilot from USAF, currently manager (Lt equivalent) over the Records, Customer Service, Alarms and Tow/Impound program with an Arizona Police Department.

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

Auto tech, evolved into an engine machinist and after 15+ years on
concrete, diabetes took parts of my feet. Now disabled :(
I can still do most things, but it takes me a looooong time to do them

[462]

After a military stint, sales for 37 years, now getting back the money the government stole from me.

[bosterr]

Retired equipment operator for a major gas company as of Dec 31 2012. Now a full time house fixer-upper (mine). My pretty live-in girlfriend keeps me really busy...

[429421Cowboy]

First 20 years of my life i have been a cattleman, took out a loan when i was ten and bought 5 head of registered heifers, now I'm up to about 40 head, selling bulls for breeding and all-natural corn and flax fed steers for beef. I also work on the ranch with all the cattle, between my folks and brothers we are running a bit over 300 head of registered stuff right now.
Lately i have also become a full time college student for the last three semesters, which actually still gives me plenty of time to work on the ranch as well.

[fatelk]

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. :)

Actually I'm afraid my new job pays well enough that I'm going to be stuck doing what I'm doing for a couple decades while we raise our family; running a noisy, oily old plant that sucks in air and spits out oxygen, nitrogen, and argon by the ton.

[bayjoe]

I was a cowboy for almost 25 years, then I got smart and took a job with the government. Now I inspect livestock and isssue permits.

[JWFilips]

Commercial Product Photographer 40 years

[sdcitizen]

Gold Miner.

[plmitch]

Hammer slinging ramrod and cat herder.

[wallenba]

Retired from Ford Motor co. 36 years, but skill set was airframe and powerplant mechanic. Worked that too. On S.S. disability with pension from Ford as of this year, six years after retiring (spinal stenosis). Everthing is paid for, and exes don't get anything, so I'm fortunate to have a comfortable income. A modest 401K remains untouched, rolling over dividends, my sisters kids will get that. Cost of living is a bit higher here than some parts of the country though. No golf, no bowling, Harley covered with dust. But I can still shoot pretty good, and I'm he!! on squirrels.

[Dale in Louisiana]

Electrical specialist for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee for a division of an interstate natural gas pipeline. As great grand guru of electrical power up to 500 kV, I also work with other divisions of my employer's system when they install large electric motors. 'Large' is 5,000 H and up.

I used to work for an electric utility, a BIG one, doing system protection, so I know what turned the lights out at the SuperBowl.

I'm old enough to retire if I had a real job, but basically I have a hobby with a paycheck.

dale in Louisiana

[geargnasher]

ASE Master Auto/L1/A9 and Master Truck mechanic for 14 years, aerospace manufacturing (production monkey and QC tech) before that.

Looking at 40 and needing a new career, back, knees, wrists, and shoulders have had enough.

Gear

[rexherring]

33 years as a Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner (Health Inspector) for a 8 county Health Department which includes Emergency Preparedness, Bio-terrorisim, Food safety, and a microbiology lab. Real close to retirement.

[Love Life]

Knuckledragger of the highest order. I break things for Uncle Sam.

[quilbilly]

Fishing tackle wholesale with a little manufacture for 32 years. Also retired navy and outdoor writer. Once upon a time a fisheries biologist.

[Phoenix]

Systems Engineer, I design server rooms and design infrastructure for Medium to large business. Consult to the same on the problems they cant seem to fix. One the side, Inventor - Have allot of things, Tinkerer - Always trying to find a better way (ties into inventor), Farmer - cause its fun. Now Semi-retired, They call when they need me. Entered the world of computers 35 years ago, professionally 30 years ago, Full Time 25 year ago. Self Employed 15 years ago. semi retired 5 years ago.

[starmac]

Just one of them guys that gets blamed for the high cost of shipping. lol

[WDS]

Certified Kitchen & Bath Designer

[missionary5155]

Greetings Independent Baptist Missionary teaching the Bible and starting churches in Southern Peru. Been here for 27 years and this may be the last if-en they do not re/new our visas.
Mike in Peru

[alrighty]

Started my tooling apprenticeship straight out of high school in 1985.Worked in a job shop the first five years.Went to a factory as a tool and die machinist in 1990.Worked for three different manufactures since then.First was a seating stamping now work with dies stamping front engine cradles and rear suspension chassis.

[waksupi]

Just building flintlocks now.

[woody1]

After 40 yrs. Gov't, I retired to this job:

Squirrel Extermination Specialist
Ridding the world of alfalfa eating rodents
One shot at a time!

A few yrs. ago we moved and I got a new one:

Part owner, Operator and
General All Around Flunky at
Woodell's Lost River Station

Regards, Woody

[marlin39a]

I deliver Propane up here in the Arizona hills.

[Nelson8585]

I have worked with people with disabilities my whole life. The last 15 years has been helping them find and maintain employment.

[LocoFixer]

Locomotive heavy repair and overhaul. (Journeyman Machinist)

[mtnman31]

My avatar says it all. I have THE best job in the world, getting told to do whatever someone else wants me to do...
Perks of the job include trips to exotic places, plenty of shooting opportunities, and it is essentially a paid health club. I don't pay a gym membership, I get paid to stay in shape. It only has a few downsides; sometimes you disagree with the "boss" but can't quit or tell him to pack sand and sometimes you get to take trips to exotic places. Downsides aside, I truly love my job and even though I have had some crappy assignments and duty stations over the years, overall, I can't complain and wouldn't trade it for anything else.

Semper Fi

[cephas53]

pass gas

[firefly1957]

Retired after 30 years at GM now i do not spend as much time with my hobbies as i should! Like to hunt , fish , Shoot , reload , cast & Swage bullets, walk the dog (He will not hunt) , Boat,........

[TXGunNut]

35 years OEM dealer parts sales, mostly FOMOCO but I'll generally locate whatever my clients need. 25 years (concurrently, up until 2006) police officer, last several years as a bike cop with assignments in crowd control, patrol, traffic and drug/alcohol enforcement. Also work as needed at a local range and as an estate administrator.
Hoping to live long enough to retire to my little spot on the prairie and pour boolits all I want.....someday.

[walltube]

Now gainfully unemployed after retiring in 2000 after 37+ yrs. a Union BoilerMaker, part time Pipe Trades (UA) weldor, and occasionally, Iron Worker. Travelled width and breadth of U.S.A and a wee bit of the 'Great White North'; mostly Ontario.

Be of good cheer,
Wt.

[phil3333]

I owned a sawmill and logging company up until about 3 years ago,now I am a heavy equipment operator

[NSP64]

I work on Millionair's aircraft.
Plan on falling over dead at work, I was laid off for a year in 2009 and was ready to suck a bullet. I like to stay busy.

[JPinMI]

calibrate automatic transmissions to make them smooth shifting but still durable

[Czech_too]

Retired after 35 some years in retail, w/a short stint in the military during the 'conflict'. Tryin' to live within my means. Spend time searchin' for my roots back in the 'old country'. Taken two trips back to date, would like to do a third in a couple more.

[ktw]

Forester/industrial tree farmer.

-ktw

[km101]

LEO - almost 10 years. Patrol Sgt., Investigator
Distribution/Logistics manager - 27 years
Retired - for 3 years. Now I shoot, reload, cast boolits, fish, hunt, do some leatherwork, and spend way too much time on the computer!

[pipehand]

Journeyman Pipefitter, in case you couldn't tell by my handle. By the responses to the OP, it looks like the construction trades are well represented, and that most are "hands on" artisans or tradesmen.

I really hope that cephas53 is an anaesthesiologist, or I have been selling way short on the same service.

[sleeper1428]

Anesthesiologist - Been retired for over 15 years. Spent almost my entire career teaching the Art and Science of Anesthesiology at two major universities. Could have made a lot more in private practice but I think that working with bright young physicians just starting out in the Specialty really kept me on my toes and made me think young while growing old. Started reloading 'way back in the early 1950's but didn't get into casting boolits until the mid-1980's. Since retirement, I've gone back to school where I first got my certification in welding and then went on to take a year and a half of machine shop practice, both things I'd always wanted to do but just didn't have time for while I was teaching. Having picked up a well used drill/mill unit plus an old 10" Craftsman lathe, I'm now able to turn out a lot of parts and fixtures that help in casting and reloading, all of which keeps me off the streets, so to speak. It really amazes me how some very bright people in Medicine can be so dumb when it comes to firearms and the lies of the gun control advocates. But I still keep working on them, trying to get them to keep an open mind and do something other than 'drink the Liberal Kool-Aid'.

sleeper1428

[rush1886]

One more Sparky here. First Journeyman Ticket in Utah in 1974. everything from houses to steel mills and now potato processing facilities. Unlike many sparky's, I love control work. "You want that to do what? Give me a coupla days and keep your checkbook open!"

Good Lord willing, 1 year to the SS "entitlement program".

[xs11jack]

Some time in the army, some time as Deputy Sheriff, longer time mission computer repair on Navy aircraft, Marine aircraft, torpedos and missiles. Now retired since 2008. Am now a Professional Tinker. And fish and shoot and motorcycle and all associated with them.
Jack

[bamacisa]

Retired retail store manager. I am glad to be out of the rat race.

[gon2shoot]

Was a QC inspector at a cathouse for 17 years, worked my way up to piano player.

[marshall623]

Pipe Fitter / Welder / and Superintendent

[Travtastik]

I am a team leader at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga TN. I over see the installation of the wiring harness.

[MT Gianni]

I started at the family business @ age 5 raising and selling tomatos and hay along with milking a few critters. Changed @ age 15 whne my dad started a sewer and drain service business. Trained as a Diesel Mech/Heavy equipment I worked at that for a year or two then went back to sewers. Had a Plumbing apprenticeship in 78 and switched to a gas utility in 80. I worked as a serviceman/pipefitter until 2006 when I transferred to my current job Measurement technician. I service meters and electronic correctors in MT from Billings to Drummond, So of Dillon to Lewistown, an area which is larger than many States. With helping out the other guy I get to Hamilton to Whitefish and E to Harlem. I see a lot of my windshield but love it.

[southpaw]

I make the stuff that you wipe your butt with. Your welcome. Also make the quicker picker upper stuff aswell.

Jerry Jr.

[Idaho Mule]

20 years as truck, equipment, auto mechanic. Was ASE master certified in both heavy/med. truck and automotive when I change carreers to phone man. Went to work for phone co. as a fleet mechanic and switched to the phone side after about 5 years. Am currently a construction cable splicer. Splice copper and fiber optic cable, still do lots of trouble shooting and also emergency repairs. Always been a half-*** farmer/rancher and ran my little pack string of mules for 20 some years as well. Getting older and more tired now, sold my small cow herd 3 years ago, still got 4 mules (had 7 at one time). Getting closer to retirement and hope I make it some day. As the wife says, I shoulda took more paved roads. JW

[David2011]

First career was as a publicity stills photographer. Met a lot if interesting people there but saw the job coming to an end as electronics replaced silver based film processed in wet chemicals which was printed into real photographs you could hold in your hand. Everyone who has a digital camera thinks they're a photographer so no need to pay one who actually understands lighting, composition and good taste. As I said, I saw it coming to an end and made a good decision to teach myself about computers. The job ended and my brother asked me to work with him. He's an IA A&P. I enjoyed working on airplanes but the pay at a local FBO was dismal. The FBO was an aerobatic training school so there were lots of interesting planes along with the spam cans- a Champ, a Citabria, a Decathlon, a Pitts S2A and an S2B. I did a lot of airframe repairs on wood and fabric aircraft. About the time I had enough time in to get my A&P license I was offered a job by someone who knew me in the computer industry and a few years later landed my current position where I've been a systems analyst for about 15 years.

The shop is coming along so I can transition to my retirement job as a gunsmith.

David

[R.Ph. 380]

I sell drugs down on the corner. Licensed by the state...............................

[Ed Barrett]

Went in the Navy 1960, they sent me to Electronics Technician school for a year. Then another year in school for Data Systems Technician. Got out of the Navy after four and a half years and went to work for RCA working on mainframe systems, then Univac, Telex. In 1976 I thought I had made all the money I needed and bought a farm. I loved it but after ten years my wife found out she liked it better when I was making “the big bucks”. Got a divorce and started over again. Started my own company doing systems work mostly for the publishing industry. Sold that out after 14 years and did some consulting. A friend of mine who was director of the Tourism commission told me about a job for the state. Ended up working for the Department of Corrections. I brought them into the computer age, with a lot of kicking and screaming. Retired in 2002 and moved back to the Ozarks to relax, garden and shoot and reload.

[sparky45]

Retired from day to day grind of applying what I learned in Anesthesia Residency so many, many years ago. Love to express myself through Woodworking, especially Woodturning. Throw a chunk of wood onto my Lathe and finish with whatever it decides to become. I use the wood shavings as flux for my Smelted Lead.

[DIRT Farmer]

Besides farming all of my life, from back when child labor laws were ignored, owner operater ag construction and light structural wood componet manufacturing plant for twenty years, met a lawyer and started over. I had been volenteering as a police officer and EMT, went to school for EMT/P rode 20 years in the back of a truck, retired.That sucked, now I take care of a small oil field (gauger ) and fix what I want to and call the company if I don't, run about forty head of cattle. Help my brother on his CSA farm, deputy coronor for the county. Some light carpentry and dig graves for a local funeral home. Help take care of elderly family members (aggravate the snot out of DRs)
And to think I went to the univerisity to be a forester.

[SciFiJim]

A mail man with a walking route. Hot, cold, rain, shine, dog poop. It is all part of the job. It has kept me healthier than I probably would be otherwise. I can see the retirement light at the end of the tunnel. Just hope the Post Office lasts another seven years.

[Reverend Al]

Five years in the newspaper business (no, not hot type ... our press was offset web or I would have scooped all of the lino possible!) and then into the Sporting Goods trade selling guns, ammo, hunting gear, and reloading equipment at three different retail stores over the next 38 years. Finally called it quits and retired about 1 1/2 years ago so I finally have the time to get back to shooting and reloading!

[GL49]

Went to college for 4 1/2 years to be a math teacher, but always like working in sawmills. Currently a journeyman electrician for a local wood products plant in charge of most of the new construction and plant upgrades. AND, (as an added bonus), I get to train the new apprentices. Currently have three, the teacher training and patience is paying off. Keep working to support social security, gentlemen, two more years of this and you can start paying my way.

[Olevern]

Was a QC inspector at a cathouse for 17 years, worked my way up to piano player.

That there is funny!

[LightsOutND]

I work on wellheads in the ND oilpatch. I live here in ND and like it too unlike just about everybody I meet every day. Saving up for a little place on the river, til then I'm so cheap I use old wheelweights for bullets.

[cattleskinner]

Through High School and College I worked in meat packing plants, along with milking cows for awhile. Joined the army national guard, and am about done with 12 years of that. Have been working as a policeman for the past 5 years or so.

[fishin_bum]

Milk Receiver in a Milk Plant! Basically I climb stairs for 12 hours a day. After work and on my 4 days off, I make custom game calls, cast or swage boolits, reload, shoot, hunt, fish, shoot my bow, or anything else that doesn't involve talking about work.

[Stephen Cohen]

Retired cabinetmaker, now wives gopher as in go for this go for that.

[smokeywolf]

Semi retired Motion Picture Machinist/Engineer/Designer, called a Cinetechnician (aka, electro-opto-mechanical engineer). Basically, design, build and maintain machinery that transports motion picture film from reel A to reel B and exposes it, exhibits it, duplicates it, enhances it, develops it, enlarges it, reduces it, prints it.
Before that, Body Guard, Law Enforcement.

smokeywolf

[Adam10mm]

General laborer in plating processes using very harsh chemicals, breathing nasty vapors, and getting paid **** while my health and hearing is worn down. 31 years old and I can't hear half the people that talk to me. I also deal with formaldehyde so my vision will soon worsen until I'm blind from inhaling the vapor gas.

FFL since 2006. Do bullet casting, ammo reloading, gunsmithing, and suppressor sales.

[altheating]

LEO for 25 years and I own a alternative heating business, selling and installing outdoor wood furnaces, indoor wood and coal boilers.

[P.K.]

Gear and LoveLife covered it for me. Started life fixing everything Joe managed to break then moved on to breaking everything the enemy managed to make...;-) That last would at least explain my affinity to large projectiles and larger quanities of powder...:bigsmyl2: Now it's HH-6 for a few years and who knows?

[Squeeze]

when Im not working for the secret service, my Time is split between the professional chariot racing circuit and working for the circus as the worlds tallest midget.:-D
but Im really a contractor mostly build residential houses. Lately rebuilding the Jersey shore after sandy

[oldarkie]

retired jorneyman lineman,40 years in the trade,ive rubber gloved or hot sticked every thing from a flashlight battery to a bolt of lightning, when The BIG MAN said let there be light i was on the crew. now i just hunt,fish,garden,run a few cows and enjoy life with my wonderful wife.thank GOD every day for all the blessings i dont deserve.

[Triggernosis]

I work as a professional gambler....or meteorologist - take your pick.:???:

[Garpo]

Retired from a bunch of things and now happy as a pig in stuff! [smilie=w:

[9.3X62AL]

Currently retired, and little danger of that status getting changed. I was an auto/light truck service/repair technician, a Teamster warehouseman/mill operator, and most recently did almost 28 years as a deputy sheriff and investigator in inland southern California. Being a Grandpa now, and it's the best job I've ever had or heard of!

[Charley]

Entomologist, spent the last 31 years in the pest managment industry. Better money than academia...

[fouronesix]

6 1/2 years physics/math. After school took a tangent turn in career. Retired 12 years ago after 27 years in one career but various jobs. Like Garpo, happy as a pig in stuff since then. :)

[clodhopper]

Went to the oil patch right out of high school, milked cows full time for 5 years and part time for another five years.
19 years at a small sawmill then 5years at log home mill, 2 years building custom log homes have been in "pre retirement" for about 13 months, getting a little part time work mechanicing on can seamers.
Looking for some thing I can and will do.

[P.K.]

Being a Grandpa now, and it's the best job I've ever had or heard of!

Sugar them up and give 'em back right? ;-)

That's what my folks do with my curtain climbers....

[9.3X62AL]

Sugar them up and give 'em back right? ;-)

That's what my folks do with my curtain climbers....

Not sugar so much, just playful spoilage--boat rides--rough housing--and lots of love.

[AricTheRed]

In charge of loss-prevention for a national specialty retailer, Basically a private investigator and inventory analyst combined.

[gnoahhh]

Semi-retired after two separate careers- industrial management, and yacht carpenter. Now I'm employed by a small liberal arts college in a role supporting the science labs. I build, maintain, repair the apparatus used in the labs which calls into play woodworking/cabinetmaking skills as well as machinist skills. In other words, they pay me to tinker. I set my own hours, and come and go as I please. I also have the use of the fully equipped wood and metal shop to do 'side jobs' and personal gun-related jobs (as long as I'm careful to only bring pieces of guns in so as not to violate the 'no guns on campus' rule). Working totally alone is nice too, as I'm the only one in here.

[captain-03]

Bunch of us retired folk around here .... Retired Mgr., Human Resources and retired Army National Guard. Do a little contract investigative work on the side for a rather large Government Agency.

Spend most of my time, counting my blessings -- 2 fine sons, 1 great DIL, and 2 precious grandchildren -- and a lovely wife of 42 years. When I am not doing that, I am a Club Officer at my local range.

Own a couple boats (1 for freshwater and 1 for the Gulf) -- second passion to shooting is fishing.

[smokeywolf]

P.K., "curtain climbers" haven't heard that one since I was little. The other of my father's favorite monikers for us was "door slammers"

smokeywolf

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

My self-proclaimed title, "Part time wire twister"

Actually, a industrial control panel builder, currently for the food processing industry. But I've built nearly anything you can imagine, from a panel for a Wheelchair cleaner/sterilizer to a panel for a truck tire tester for a re-tread plant (that used a 50,000 volt Arc generator). One of my fav's was a large stainless steel panel (painted olive drab), for a water desalination plant in Saudi Arabia right after the first Gulf War. Recently, I built a big one, a panel with only a 350 HP electric motor starter, with soft start option.
Jon

[gandydancer]

man of many trades. Master of none.Drop hammer set up man operator. (retired) Gun shop owner.(retired) Flag man at submarine races. (retired) eye closer at sardine factory.(retired)

[Down South]

Maintenance Manager for offshore production operations for a oil & gas production company. Hope to be retired someday soon.

[archmaker]

Hacker (Technology security specialist, I don't use 'Cyber' as I also do B&E)

[AggieEE]

Electrical Engineer. I repair ultrasonic cleaners and teach part time at a local jr. college.

[deep creek]

U.A. Pipefitter for 43 years retired in 2007. I own a small pest control company ,bats,swallows andlarger critters. make enough to hunt and fish. did i say that i work out of my cabin on Henerys Lake in the summer? livin the dream!!

[Brett Ross]

I’m a technical specialist for a sports lighting company. We light everything from the smallest Tball fields, to Major league ball parks and Olympic venues.

[jabo52521]

Jet engine mechanic, electrical division. Pilot has to know what his engines are up to. I make the harness that delivers that info.

[daniel lawecki]

I build material handling conveyors transfer cars wrappers check out Kaufman Company web site youll see everything we build.

[PULSARNC]

32 years with the state as a psychiatric technician and staff development teacher.before retiring .Now I work part time as a fireman ,airplane mechanic and part time installing equipment in hog and poultry houses

[BRobertson]

Washed up Bush Pilot.....

But I am still alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob

[wool1]

Gunsmith/Photographer and professional Dad!

[camaro1st]

bridge foreman and equipment operator by necessity to eat for the last 17 yrs. Schooled as auto mechanic and only worked in a parts store for 2 yrs. Hoping to start a shop in the next couple of years. (any investors?)

[richhodg66]

Retired last year after 24 years as an Artillery officer in the Army. Now I'm a Junior ROTC instructor in a high school here instilling good citizenship in our youth. It's actually a great job and I'm very happy doing it though it keeps me pretty busy.

[wildwilly]

Retired ten years (border patrol pilot). Started new career 10 yrs.ago....grounds keeper, grandchildren day-care, recreation activities planner/initiator, comedian/entertainer, pest controller, shadetree/bubba gunsmith-in-training, auto/motorcycle technician, furniture moving specialist, etc. Whew!!!

[Blue Ghost]

Working in the plumbing industry since '80. Now, i'm a Self employed Master Plumber, or as the State of Texas calls us, Responsible Master Plumber. Used to do only new residential, then the SHTF, moved to new commercial, which worked out ok for a while... maybe today (for real) will get the call from the attorney and get the money for a job that I finished in April 2010... been doing Com/Res repair for the last 3 years. Also trying to keep up with 10ac is a job in itself.

[Moonie]

UNIX/Linux computer security professional/SA

[Hawkeye45]

Retired pharmacist (40 years). Former gun shop owner and gunsmith, former bail bondsman, firefighter and police chief. I retired Oct 1st and am looking forward to teaching marksmanship again. The future looks bright if I can keep the bellows between my ribs working.

Mr Ed

[gunoil]

after trucking 10 years, here at ft bragg now, working at motor pool driving 82nd airborne around post and out to reservation for manuvers and such. Happy to be member of bragg gun club.

[stubshaft]

Police Dispatch.

[Marvin S]

Metals technician for Air National Guard (machinist and welder) 29 years fixing peoples junk. Worked for my dad in the school years in building demo and house moving.

[Pb Burner]

Chemical operator, making acrylic resins.

[mac60]

Truck driver, hauling compressed gases.

[Dirtdgger]

Retired Oil and gas drilling and construction owner. Keep some cows and have a oil lease to keep me busy.

[tward]

Hospital Lab Tech for 35 years, OR tech in army for 3 years. Semi retired now, do home insurance exams as an independent contractor. Doing more reloading and casting now.

Tim

[sav300]

Retired Railway worker (Guard and Driver)retired Jan 2006.

[lavenatti]

Engineer- Electronics

[tinsnips]

Self employed plumbing and HAVC company for the last 36 years not retired.

[Ramar]

Mr Ed,
Spiriva helps, so they say....

Ramar

[Boondocker]

Went to school for carpentry, got out moved down ti south Fla, was a foreman on a farm,moved back to Pa cause the wife hated gators in the yrd lol. Drove truck a spell, then went to fixing them for 31 years. Numerous jobs went bye bye to closings. Last one was Frontier Communications till the shut the garage to farm work out. Laid off in 2010 went on to drive again for Old Dominion Freight Lines as a line haul driver pulling doubles 5 nights a week into Jersey City and NYC or New Haven. If I survive the NJ and NY 4 wheeler wack jobs for another 12 years I am going to retire.Married 31 yrs with 2 kids and three grandkids. The boys are a whole other job. I least the schooling I used to build my house top to bottom, everything and a fully equipped auto garage with lift tho my knees say no to concrete after 31 years and surgery. Us 5 mechanics got certified letters to come back to the phone company the other week as linemen install techs. I cant see my self climbing a pole ( requirement) at 55 with bad knees. Beside I think landlines will be going by the wayside before I retire.:twisted:

[makicjf]

I'm a Certified Journeyman Farrier. Been doing this since 1997. 11 years self employed, and now work for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M. Been here since 2008. A little while in the Air Force, 4 years of college. Passed on law school, rode horses for a few years and ended up working under them.

[Hip's Ax]

Former Bartender (20 years), former Motorcycle Mechanic (16 years) and presently a Mechanical Engineer (13 years).

[w0fms]

Electrical Engineer by degree... Software Test Engineer by title. Have an MBA with honors as well but am non-management because I work for a living.

[Boatshop]

Retired Machinist/Machine Repairman

[BLTsandwedge]

Director, Sales & Marketing; Seascape Resort LLP.

[Norbrat]

Mechanical engineer; pulling apart customers' bad drawings, fixing same, and ordering materials to feed the machining and fabrication workshop.

Can't believe I'm STILL basically drafting after first perching on a drafters stool in front of a drawing board in year 8 school 43 years ago!!

I suppoose it's a little easier now with 3d solid modelling; doesn't help with bad design though! :-?

[Beau Cassidy]

Some of you guys have cool jobs. I am surprised by the number of flyboys on here. As for me I- am just an educated redneck but give me an orthopedic condition and I gotcha covered.

[Trey45]

Journeyman machinist/level one valve tech/nuclear grade forced to "retire" due to disability and now living on SS disability and shipyard retirement.

Currently a glorified babysitter on the best boolit casting forum the internet has ever known or will know.

[Ramar]

Trey45,
And thank you Sir!

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

Nuclear operations consultant. Learned to run a reactor courtesy of Adm Rickover. Best bit of dumb luck the son of a Kansas dirt farmer ever had.

[TheGrimReaper]

I am a Goverment Contractor. Pays the bills.

[472x1B/A]

Grain handler technician, level 4.

[yellowgate]

Pharmacist; almost 13 years

[daniel lawecki]

27 years they are laying off out of seniorty

[daniel lawecki]

sorry about spelling just left bar

[Mlcompound]

Gas station service technician. Also own a irrigation service business that my brother runs. Family / friends computer repair nerd. Do all - or so it seems the wife thinks that.

[ak_milsurp]

26 year USAF vet .(Aircraft Armament). Been an insurance and financial advisor for 11 years since then. Love mechanical things and firearms

[EMC45]

Done a bunch of different things to make a living. Started working at 13 in an auto body shop. Worked factory and mailroom jobs through high school. Moved to GA after graduating and did some construction for a while. Joined the Seabees and went all over the world building things and living wild. Came home did some retail, DOC, jailer, machineshop, BOE, AFRC for 6 years (3 were active) and now work for my rich Uncle doing logistics and transportation work. Constantly on the lookout for new work and a change of scenery. Wife is at home homeschooling my 3 awesome and crazy kids. I have been told I have the ideal face for radio.....

[jim147]

Owner of a small town HVAC/R and appliance service company.

I used to do heads, blocks, rods and engine assembly for a large company doing 1 to 12 cylinder (a two cylinder could be bigger than your V8) until I blew out two disc's and tore a rotater.

I see anything electrical or mechanical as a challenge to make it work better.

jim

[jkoper]

Toolmaker , I ran my own shop until the economy tanked. Now I work at a local plant making and repairing tooling. I kept all my equipment so if things ever get rolling again I may give it another go.

Jim

[Echo]

20 years USAF (electronic instructor on the Matador missile, Computer Maint Off, Comm Off, tested ARPANET, that grew into Internet, and Al Gore had nothing to do with it!), Shrink (ran children's unit @ psych hosp), CQE, ISO 9000 Auditor, Management Consultant, and finally retired. Volunteer @ Pima Air & Space Museum, 3rd largest in US, & largest non-governmental A&S Museum in the World!
And cast & shoot boolits!

[41 mag fan]

Mine examiner, heavy equipment operator, roof bolter, scoop operator, belt shoveler, ect ect.

Underground coal miner in other words.

[turmech]

HVAC contractor

[smokemjoe]

After the school of hard knotes, Got journey machinist card and journed around for awhile, Ended up retireing from John Deere company after 8 years of lay offs with 30 year retirement, enjoyed the last 10 years of doing what ever we wished, now fighting ever day for one more day.

[chambers]

Engineer- design systems to be installed by pipefitters and sheet metal workers, see many different industries from healthcare, energy, manufacturing, & food.

[augercreek]

Retired 13 years but still doing machine shop stuff as you can't get it out of your blood!Enjoy making firewood processors,skidders,rebuilding tractors and anything to do with hydraulics.

[dunnie]

Hello all,
Graduated high school, joined the army for 8 years, became a self-employed auto mechanic for 23 years (still at it) 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM and a partner in a small software company from 7:00 PM to 1:30 AM for the last 7 years writing and supplying software to official vehicle inspection stations in Pennsylvania (www.mvirs.com). When not doing all of those things I am either looking here or asleep.

[pmeisel]

Financial controller for an automotive stamping plant. Been doing some kind of management job in some kind of automotive or parts plant since Jimmy Carter was president, worked in every department except for HR and quality, but the financial control stuff is what I do best.

Having too much fun to retire, but I'm starting to cut back on the long hours some.

[kbstenberg]

4 years military, 27years laborer for road construction. Retired for 8 months to build the house we are in now. Money wasn't enough to live on. Now I'm a grunt in a food factory for 9 years. 2 more years (if Obama lets me ) retirement again. Kevin

[kaptain kartridge]

Worked for 32 years for pump and compressor indstrial distributor, now I work seasonal landscaping at airport
and off season as security guard at airport, might pull the plug next 2 years

[lightman]

I have been a lineman for an electric utility for 32 years. Plan to pull the plug in about 5 more. Lightman

[popper]

Stock boy/delivery driver for light fixture company @ 14, USN during Cuba (MT5/FT5), Apprentice sparky and guitar player while paying for BSEE. Designed electronic stuff for 40 yrs, retired and started casting, shooting and training a new puppy (Sydney) who is keeping me young.

[Texantothecore]

Realtor for Coldwell Banker, houston, tx.

[10 ga]

Retired from Va State civil service. 35 years with most time in law and regulatory enforcement. Currently hunting, trapping, fishing, (all income producing) gardening, building MLs and helping the children and grandchildren.

Best to all, 10 ga

[CrispexX]

Work for the state putting out fires from one end of the state to the other

[Mike in TX]

Graduated from HS in 1965. An old dairy farm boy who left the farm, unfortunately. Miss it now. Was a salesman for years with my own rep firm. At 57 I became a registered nurse. I have worked in acute hospitals for the past 9 years. Now I am hoping to become a travel nurse.

[Floydster]

Ex porn star, stage name, Ben Dover.

Smokeyloads

[DoubleAdobe]

I'm a Certified Journeyman Farrier. Been doing this since 1997. 11 years self employed, and now work for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M. Been here since 2008. A little while in the Air Force, 4 years of college. Passed on law school, rode horses for a few years and ended up working under them.
That's the hardest work I know of my friend, with the possible exception of pouring and finishing concrete in Arizona. A sincere tip of the sombrero to you.

[DoubleAdobe]

P.K., "curtain climbers" haven't heard that one since I was little. The other of my father's favorite monikers for us was "door slammers"

smokeywolf

Good ones for sure, another I recently heard and enjoyed "booger biters".LOL

[lightman]

A friend of mine calls them "bed wetters" . Lightman

[reg293]

Retired with one foot in my grave but feel blessed to wake up every morning.

[monge]

Rebuild torque converters for automobiles thirty years three kids one in college and two to go after that I am going to rest a long time!

[sparkz]

Retired Master Electrican / Comtractor, and I miss work so bad i keep shovlein money at something to do, hahaha
but then I have always shovled money at my collections of fun toys,,

God bless
Sparkz

[William Yanda]

Playground installer-we put the fun in.

[Beekeeper]

Three times retired boy am I glad.
25 years in the navy
17 years as a Ground Support Equipment mechanic for an air line ,No I did not work on the airplanes!!
30 years bee keeping 15 as a hobby and 15 comercial.
Wife got sick so sold business and moved to town.
busier now than when I was working.

But hey if you stop and sit down too long someone will shovel dirt in your face and that ain't gonna happen to me for a long time!!!


beekeeper

[jules]

2 years Steel Mill, 39 years in Building Construction. Last 25 as a Supervisor for Virginia Drywall Inc. I will never ever retire!

Jules

[fecmech]

Retired A&P mechanic and I have loved guns and airplanes since I was a young boy. I have been blessed in that I could earn money working on aircraft that I could spend shooting guns! It doesn't get any better than that.

[Denny303]

Currently, landscaper and snow plower lol

[onlylead]

Mason rebuilding furnances at copper refinery : carpenter- concrete-frp-pvc-painter- when not building furnance

[flint45]

Five years constuction,10 years truck driving, 15 more years construction.Last4 years babysittin my grandaughters best 4 ever. Only bad thing about it,it keeps me in Californa.Thank God I have a good gun club to go to.

[white eagle]

Retired mason/bricklayer now I am a maintenance supervisor @ a casino

[grimace1]

I'm an occupational safety, health and environmental specialist at a chemical plant. I read through a number of pages, and I have to say this is a very diverse group of people. As a group, we would be in very good shape after the zombie apocolypse.

[Jimbo2]

Geologist - drilling and grouting mother earth.

[LtFrankDrebbin]

Thanks all so far, the shooting sport does bring all walks of life together

[Piscator]

I'm a librarian I work for the Anne Arundel County Public Library in Maryland. Been with them for about 18 years now.