Y'all are making me sound light! With the exception of Lonestar of course. I was a personal trainer for a while and began selling fitness equipment, things were great till the market crashed. It took me the next two years to make what I did the year before the crash and I had to work twice as hard to make that. Kept it up for a while and then our son decided he wanted to be born. Decided it would be better for me to stay home with him than shuffle off to daycare and sitters all the time. I miss the income but in this economy I would probably end up paying more out for child care. So I get to raise my son, home school my daughter and be a taxi for my other daughter. I'm the stay at home dad with the NRA sticker on the car who gets to hang with all the soccer moms and play with the kids all day! Figure I can get away with it for a couple more years then get back to work doing something. Maybe Lonestar will need to retire by then and I can buy his shift at Penthouse!

Did auto body and paint work for several years , but the late 60s and early 70s got in the way . Worked for 35 years with addicts and their Families . Decided it was time to get out about 7 years ago . Love being retired .

Arley

How i make a living....
 

Since 1988, I've worked in Financial Institutions in IT, mostly networking and protocol analysis. Prior to that, I worked in Consumer Finance. Prior to that, I was an ordained Presbyterian minister.

Been in the operations side of banking most my life. Currently I'm an Operational Risk Manager for a major financial institution.

I'm retired from Fo.Mo.Co. I was in quality control for the majority of that time and was a test driver for the GT program for a couple of years as well.
Ford GT (40):
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s.../Ford-GT-1.jpg

Stayed retired from Fo.Mo.Co. for approx 6 months or so, got bored quickly, and then went to work for Porsche as a test driver for them, been at this job for 6yrs or so now.

Porsche 911 (GT3):
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...he_911_GT3.jpg

Do you need a personal assistant? :D
Cool job!

this^^^^^^

Wow RKP...your work history was sounding so great, that for a second there I thought you were going to say that on weekends you oil-up the Sports Illustrated swim suit models between photo shoots. :D

New guy here says Hi. Retired from a utility company after 41 years and change.

Welcome, to one of the greatest online Families EVER!

-scott

For the past 28 years, I've worked as a Civil Servant for the U.S. Navy doing flight test of fixed wing tactical jets (F-14 and F/A-18, mostly), the last 15 years of that as an academic and flight instructor teaching military aviators how to be test pilots.

Started out as an aircraft lineman (fueling and parking aircraft) during last two years of high school and first year of college to earn money to learn to fly, build time and ratings.

Needing to support myself and earn money for college, decided to enlist and spent 4 1/2 years active duty USAF as avionics technician from 1980-1984 (C-130s at Dyess and McCleland AFBs, then A-10s at RAF Woodbridge and then RAF Bentwaters, UK). Got out and went to GaTech to study Aerospace Engineering, working as a security guard to pay tuition.

For the past 30 years I have ground up baby seals to make ozone depleting products, worked at a chemical manufacturing plant.
For about six years before that I delivered pesticides and herbicides to the AG pilots in Kansas and Oklahoma. Most were retired vets and some of the most interesting nuts I have ever met and got to know. I even hauled trash for BFI with one of the commercial front loaders that dump the little dumpsters. I tried for six months to make it one day without some kind of breakdown or problem. Never made it and quit. And when your the new guy you get the worse route. It was the nastiest filthy job I have ever done. And everything that can go wrong did, daily, for six months. Looking back now, I think I did the right thing turning down the UPS job. I bet it is just as bad as BFI.

To all the vets here thanks. You guys are the best.

I'm a Machinist, I work for Toyota Bodine, we cast all the engine blocks and automatic transmission housings for Toyota Motor Co. I maintain the dies for the high speed injection moulding machines.

I have a small auto repair shop and my youngest son works for me.

As I stated in my Newbie post, I am a daytime bartender in a resort town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Been doing that for the last 15 years. Prior to that I was the general manager for a restaurant here. Prior to that spent 10 years in the Army 1968-1978.

Chip

Control room operator and mechanical maintenance at a simple cycle electrical power generation plant for 14 years. Before that I operated and maintained large HVAC equipment at a government laboratory.

38 years of working as a foot doctor(podiatrist). Enjoy what I can do to help others.
served 1.5 years in Chicagos WEstside VAMC--those were the best years of my professional career. I still love to help our vets. IF I get to retire, I plan on volunteering @ a local VAMC and an animal shelter(If I can handle THAT---I am like Ralph Kramden--I try to adopt all the strays I can-- > 30 cats and now 3 pit bulls in 33 years--not bad I think)

I can never do enough to pay back our Veterans for all they have given me. I would not be the physician I am without them

My status has changed to Professional Bum nanner

http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...&pictureid=888

Lol... congratulations!


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party on!!! nanner

I've change from a big ship builder/fixer to a Federal employee. That way I get to salvage 10 years of Coast Guard (Military) active duty.....Back in the 70's and 80's when I was in we didn't get paid squat so buying in was dirt cheap. The first Gov't retirement check in about 3 years will have me ahead of the game.nanner

I'm sorry I lied it will be the second check ;<)

i sleep with unattractive women for very small sums of money. it's not as rewarding as pig said it would be.:(

Lol...... since when did you start listening to pig?


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hey a guy still has to make a living.

Electrical Engineer for a material handling company.

Field Technician/Installer/Programmer for Motorola Solutions.
So I basically have a lot of jobs to do.

Let's see...

Inner city convenience store owner.
IT installer. ran plenum wiring for Novell systems and maintained said systems.
Electronic tech for SNET, then SBC telephone.
Pillar to Post licensed Home Inspector
Director of Programs and Ministries for an inner city Drug Rehab and homeless Shelter.
Retired and loving it.

My wife, at one point said "It seems you have problems holding a job".... lol

Hope you're up on all of your shots