What Do COTEP Members:
 

Please tell us what you do for Living or did for a Living:












Clyde

I am currently employed of the South Dakota Highway Patrol....

The oddest job I ever has was I worked for a coffin maker..that was a good gig in college

I'm currently employed by AT&T, and have been in their care for the past 36 yrs. This doesn't include building old cars, GUNS, COOKing, OU Football, Thunder Basketball, Driving around topless in the bimmer with my wife or hanging out with all my new friends on this forum!

I Retired from US NAVY after 22 yesars Active Duty, and after I retired I went to College and got my Degree as and Electonic Engineer, in April 09 had stroke while traveling for work. I am Now Officially Retired...........


Clyde

Currently, I am working for an outsourcing company that is hired, by Kaiser Permanente, to handle it's mail/shipping, printing, and generally anything they can think of to make us do. I've been here for the past 14 1/2 years. I'm currently labeled the "Office Coordinator" which means I do everything.
Before that, I was an auto mechanic for a couple of different dealerships, but gave that up due to health reasons.
A few years ago, I went back to school and studied Photography, and graduated and planned to start a business, but that was the end of 2008, and you know what's happened since then. I've had a few odd jobs, but nobody wants to actually pay for a photographer, since it's so easy. http://forums.cigarweekly.com/images...n_rolleyes.gif
I have been studying, more recently, to get my FFL, since gun sales have been through the roof. Not easy, but doable in MD.

Just a little story:
When I was 8, a neighbor friend and I had decided to join the Marines together when we "grew up," being that his dad was a Marine, and we both thought that was just the coolest thing. He was a couple years behind me, so I was going to wait after high school for him to finish.
Cut to 12 years later, and I got hurt playing in a football game (hit twice in the gonads HARD) and ended up getting a biopsy done. Turns out it was cancer, and my friend joined without me. After a few years of recovery and testing, etc, the Gulf War was getting started, and even though I was not in the same shape I was in before, I tried to enlist in the Army. I was turned down because I had gained too much weight during those years. I was disappointed, but totally understood.
So even though I never got to serve, I've always had a place in my heart for those who did, and currently do. So I just became a mechanic, worked on cars, and shot my guns, bored to tears most of the time. Maybe that's why I'm constantly searching for something I don't have already. Seems I have this hole I can't fill.

I spent 20 years in the ARNG, Air Force Reserves, and Air Force. Since then, I have done various machining jobs. Now, with the help of the VA, I am a student. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. :D

Still work with Armscor/Rock Island Armory:)

Right now I am just enjoying life!!!:)

I'm a retired USAF MSgt. For the last 17 years, I've been doing technical support on fiber optic telecommunications equipment.

I retired after 32 years with GM Lordstown, OH in the Labor Relations Dept.

Jim

Good Question
 

In the 1970s, I was a Corpman and Drug/Alcohol Abuse Counselor in the Air Force, which gave me the misguided idea to go to graduate school for social work. For the last 32 years, I have been a Clinical Social Worker. From 1997until I retired in 2010, I worked with service members and their families. (I have been credentialed at both Walter Reed and NNMC-Bethesda.) This included post deployment combat veterans. (I hold additional certification for working with victims of trauma.) I also served in the Army Reserve as a Social Work Officer, retiring in 2004. :outta:

Since retiring in 2010, I do some part time EAP work (telephone counseling) for Carebridge Inc. I am also involved with The Soldier's Project, on a voluntary basis. http://thesoldiersprojectpa.org/ :flagwave:

They used to pay me to ride a Harley! Retired Motorcop.

I was,in the Army for almost 26 years as a Cav Trooper and attack heicopter aviator. I retired 1Dec2001. Worked 3years,in a crane company and hated it. worked 3years on the Army Training Model. Now I work on call, worldwide in logistics control for training exercises for 4star generals and their staffs.

I teach science at a local high school, and for a local university.

In my spare time I like to do freelance art jobs (been scrimshawing 1911 grips lately) to help make ends meet.

I'm also working on a Masters in Arts and Science, so I go to school at night. Other than that, and the obvious "powder-based" interests, I like to shoot pool, fish, and hunt. I hardly have time for that though. Most of the time I'm chasing my toddler son around the house and avoiding "honey-do's". :D

Jason

Jason, post some pictures of the grips that you have done scrimshaw on if you can!!:)

A friend of mine does the scrimshaw work for Randall knives!!

Wow. Randall, that's big-time. Love Randall knives (wish I could afford one)!

I would love to post the few photos I have of my work, but they might be a bit racy to post on the open forum. Nudes are sort of a traditional subject matter for scrimshaw, and that's what most of my customers have requested, so that's what I have photos of. If Clyde doesn't care, I can pm you (or anyone else that wants to see) some photos of some work I've done.

Jason

Jason, Clyde is so old that he might have a heart attack if he sees a naked woman!!!:D:D:D

That is cool, I thought maybe you did logos and animals, things like that!!!:)

Watch John, get Jack Slapped by his wife when he looks at your pics..........

Clyde

I'm a pharmacist, my wife and I (and our kids) run a Mom & Pop drugstore in a small town. ( pop. 1500)

Oh, well, truth be told, I'd prefer to do wildlife and stuff like that. It just seems most guys want the naked women on their pistols.

I did find a pic of a scrap piece of buffalo horn I had from some knife scales I made. I was playing around with a new scribe on it, so it's not "serious" work, but at least I can post something.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...scrimsmall.jpg

Jason

Ordained Minister. I run all Programs and Ministries for a inner city Mission to the homeless, hurting and hungry in Connecticut.
DaFadda

Thank you for your ministry to our less fortunate brothers and sisters. There but for the grace of God...

For the last 25 years or so, I've been a professional nerd in one way or another. I'm currently a pre-sales engineer for a disk storage company. And part time leather cutter. And a new grampa.

Lane

For 10 years now I've been a professional engineer in the field of transportation. As of March 5th, a father of a beautiful girl.

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Congratulations! There's nothing like it. Is she your first?

Jason

Yes she is my first.

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+1 to what Jason Posted................

Clyde

That's awesome.

Jason

+ 1

Outstanding!

I served in the Army as A MLRS Gunner and was deployed to Kuwait during Desert Shield and Desert Storm,after getting out of the Army I hired out with Norfolk Southern Railroad and have been with them for 17 years,I work As A Locomotive Engineer running Bellevue to Conway Pa.and also work in the yards..Iam also A Ordained Non Denominational Minister I was ordained in 2001 and mostly Evangelize Now..
I am A father of 3 boys ages 21-18 and 8 and also have 1 grand daughter who is 1 year old.
I have been married to my beautiful wife for 22 years now,we got married young and was told it would never last but all things are possible with God!

I am currently a Director for International Sales with a company that makes products for the power, mining, oil, and gas industries.

I as worked 20 years with a company doing similar job but was laid-off in 2009, I took early retirement from that company last year.

When I was in college, the first time, I worked in a grocery store. I worked there from age 14 to my late 20's. I have also taken an early retirement from there also.

I am planning on working another 10 to 15 years before I really retire. :D

I owned an aerospace machine shop.

plus 2

I started working at 14, cleaning, repairing, and moving pianos. I had a couple different jobs during High School, like making SCUBA diviing equipment and making pizza. In college, I worked as a librarian. After college, I joined the Navy. Retired from the Navy in '92 as a Lieutenant Commander, and joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Last year, I retired from there as a Sergeant.

Now I'm starting to catch up on all those projects I've wanted to do along the way but never had time.

Randall

Graduated highschool in 2003. Moved to southern Missouri and installed commercial garage doors for a year. Then moved to the Kansas City area and worked as a miner in and underground limestone quarry. Worked many jobs there from explosives, underground drilling, operating machinery, etc. Went to work for Union Pacific in September 2007, got laid off all the time it seemed. So I was back and forth between that and the quarry. Hired out with BNSF in October 2011, this is where I wanted to work since highschool. I am a conductor for them and love my job. I am also an avid gun collector like most others here. Hope I didn't bore anyone. Lol.

I have a BS degree in Housing and Design. I was a skier in Steamboat, an Interior Designer for Ethan Allen, and worked for NMSU Extension Office. Most of my time 24/7 has been in Logistics, Domestic Engineering, and Caregiver. I hold an NRA Instructor Certification for RTBAV, BP, PPITH, and PPOTH.

I was a head hunter. Executive Search. Banking execs. My own company.
Jim

I'm a chemical mixologist, hehehehe. Seriously, I'm a chemical blender for a small private compounder. We make industrial soaps, cleaners, etc.

Meth, etc............

Clyde

Sell Groceries.