What kinda sorta rare job have you done for a living ?
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I was a sawyer in a sawmill ,, I was pulling lumber on the green chain first and then off-bearing the saw ,then sawyer..
The mill is in the background ,,a ferry landing is to the left to take cars and trucks across the Columbia River ,,dont know the kids I never had a photo of the mill until just recently and now people are starting to post them on sites,, thats how I got this one.. Attachment 1876075I |
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I've been a mechanical designer my whole career, 1st job w/ NASA designing a satellite (EUVE Satellite) and now with DOE designing synchrotron light souce (Advanced Light Source) and beam lines at the facility.
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Subject reminds me of a book by Studs Terkel "Working" 1974 where he interviews a variety of folks about the jobs they do. It's an interesting and worthwhile read that includes jobs now obsolete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin...t_What_They_Do
Not rare but the worst job I had was a summer gig roofing in New Mexico |
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Not sure if you would call it "rare" or not but when I worked for the Boeing Aircraft Co. in Wichita Kansas I was one of 16 people out of about 8,300 employees who were crane certified to work on the Presidential Air Force One 747. Had to pass a VERY rigorous and intensive back ground check by Boeing, Air Force Security and also Dept. of Defense for security clearance. Remember some pretty "intense" moments when operating a 65 ton rough terrain crane. Back side pulling up enough vinyl seat material you could almost taste it, LOL.
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I've done this, but I think on the Video it was training day or something, slower than I have ever seen - https://youtu.be/e-V0dKwyu6E
And I was the Arresting Gear Chief on the Kitty Hawk. Trained the Air and Mini Boss on the Essex. Drove a Fire Truck. Was a Navy Recruiter in Las Vegas, NV (ohhhh the stories). |
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I played bass and sang backup in a top 40 Country band for about two years in the late 70's.
Wine, Women and Song...and flying beer bottles. Then, i got married. ;) |
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Lord I'm boring. Some remarkable stuff you guys have done!
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My first job out of the university, I went to work for a company that beat out two national labs for the efficiency of their process for separating isotopes of the elements. I went on to work in MILSATCOM (Military Satellite Communications) and MD (Missile Defense), and worked for a bit on radar-evading technologies, like on the F117A and F22. Also, some other stuff.
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In '81-'82 I was job foreman for a custom builder who built passive solar, earth berm, and earth shelter homes. He and I derived our own Dryvit-like "outsulation" exterior wall system using Dow blue board. He didn't like the idea of Dryvit over white beadboard that disolves when it gets wet. So we created our own formula because Dryvit refused to alter their system (for the better).
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I spent 25 years blowing stuff up - combat engineer and field artillery - and now I teach Junior ROTC.
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I didn't have what you would call a rare job. But it certainly had some unusual moments.
I was a Meter Reader when I started at the electric company. And if you go into in the backyards unannounced of about 400+ houses a day, you're bound to see something eventually. My friends would ask me "Hey do you ever see naked chicks lying by the pool? Unfortunately. No. I just saw old naked men running around their backyards. What can be seen cannot be unseen. I've got a million stories about that job. I was attacked by a hawk, and I can't count how many dogs. I had a tree fall on me in a windstorm. And the lonely housewives that were always really ugly. People pulling guns on me. It was interesting work. |
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I was a kid with a lawnmower (rare today). I mowed folks yards and hand pulled weeds. I also used hand held grass sheers. In all seriousness though a lot of the hands on trades are hurting slowly making them rare.
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I spent years as a Zamboni driver at our local arena.
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In my regular ole plain Jane job I too have seen many of the same. And yes some things can not be unseen. |
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Nothing as good as the rest of you!
I did work as an electrician in the research and development dept of a chemical company for nearly 10 years.I saw a lot of bad,dangerous ( and very deadly) experiments and inventions. Spent time on a nuclear sub in the early 70's.About 3 months for the security clearance. And,in the 90's,my company built county jail's for about 2 years.All remote door lock controls,security cameras,remote lighting,etc.I did all the wiring with helpers.The wiring was supposed to be a big secret!But,that didn't last long before someone had to know for maintenance. I worked on the baggage system at the new Denver International Airport too! And,last---In the 60's,at about 14 years old,I hired out for the summer working for Dollar General Stores.A crew of 3 (plus me) had 2 vans and we would remodel a rented store into a new Dollar General Store. It was store number 3 in Alexandria,Louisiana.Store number 1 was in Columbia,Ms.Can't remember where store number 2 was.It's a big company now! Mike.:chevy: |
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It never happened again either. Later I worked as a baker in a pretty rough part of town down by 6th and Mission before it was gentrified. The place had a big roll up door with a man door on the side. It was about mid block and there were many homeless posted up and down the alley. I had to start baking at 3 so get there by 2:30. I would run from Mission, down the alley with key out in hand, quick open the man door, get in and lock it once inside. It was like Walking Dead every day. On one occasion, this guy outside started throwing bottles at the man door while singing "I am the muffin man". That was a pretty funny memory of that place. |
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In 1990 we built a high dollar boat house on Bull Shoals Lake. This thing was state of the art, top to bottom.
The interesting thing for a carpenter, was we had no need for a level. Every thing had to be done with a framing or T square or line blocks. Wall panel had to be squared, and sheathing had to be glued and screwed, then bolted to the floor framing. |
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I also ran Zamboni for about a year. Watched more hockey and drove in more circles than I thought possible. But a good job and badge of honor in hockey country. |
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I am a saw filer here in Chester,Ca.
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[quote=100%Chevy;8467984]Nothing as good as the rest of you! I did work as an electrician in the research and development dept of a chemical company for nearly 10 years.I saw a lot of bad,dangerous ( and very deadly) experiments and inventions. Spent time on a nuclear sub in the early 70's.About 3 months for the security clearance. Met a lot of guys who was on subs went to work at a Nuclear Site [QUOTE='63GENIII;8468009]Had a couple of paper routes in the city as a kid. Got the first one at 9 and by 11 had 4 of them. One day while collecting the subscription money, this middle aged lady answered the door in an open robe. She wasn't exactly pretty but I was 10 and almost peed myself. I couldn't even ask for the money. First time seeing boobs not in a magazine. I pretty much turned and ran. Can still hear her giggling. After that I would take my best friend collecting with me. It never happened again either. I had a paper route when I was 12 and one day I went to deliver a paper and the sherriff told me to just skip this house . guy shot his wife and then himself dead. [QUOTE=davischevy;8468593]In 1990 we built a high dollar boat house on Bull Shoals Lake. This thing was state of the art, top to bottom. Sounds interesting Larry ,,I got to experience buikding something on unlevel ground too ..not as elaberate as yours ,,but..I once built a fish tender buiding on a barge on Lopez Island out from Aberdeen Wa. Quote:
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More like a dream job. I had a stock boy job in HS. Not so rare in general, but this was a place in a mall called Smuggler's Attic. It was an import boutique, sold hippy kinda stuff and it was all hot hippy chicks working there except for me. It had an 8-track sound system always playing the cool stuff of the time ('71/'72). It was upstairs on a corner above the central fountain with square seating thingies along the rail, and a straight shot in from the upper parking deck. All the HS kids "hung out" there. The whole corner opened up to the store. I was paid to hang out, basically. Keeping it stocked was simple, took less than the first hour to get that done. The rest of the time I watched for shop lifting. The funniest thing of all was I never worked Thursdays and that was the day the truck came down with stock from New York. I never unloaded a truck the whole time. Just got paid (not much) to hang with the harem and the other kids basically :ito: |
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