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Old 08-17-2010, 05:10 PM   #91
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Was going to be a Libriarian, started volunteering with the National Park Service when I was 15, still working for them today. Was a Ranger for many years, now I guess I am in "management" (and turning into the old-timer, I actually demonstrated how to polish shoes to some student hires today...I am getting old). My technical title is "Cultural Resource Specialist" (aka: History Geek) but my park is soooo small I do whatever is needed: artifact curation, compliance, adminstrative stuff, nature stuff (which is funny because I'm a history geek. "what's that thing? Well if it is moving, it's probably an animal....if it's not, its a plant...or a dead animal...does it stink?) web stuff (IT by default, which is sort of sad) and so on.

Basically I have mostly a desk job....so WOE to the unwarey visitor who catches me in the hall to ask me a question....BOOM instant ranger program whether they want it or not!

Working for the government these days is kind of weird. Park Service employees tend to be the "hippies" of the government anyways, and then I get strange thoughts in my head like: "my salary is paid by taxpayers....yet I am a taxpayer....am I paying myself....am I reimbursing part of my salary back in taxes??" You can tell I have been in the office too long, when I start thinking those odd thoughts. Must...get...out..of....office.....soon.....

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I used to have that same thought process when I was in the Army... why the hell do they take my taxes just to give them back?
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Old 08-17-2010, 05:48 PM   #92
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I am a commercial photographer. Today I shot office furniture, deodorant cans and this afternoon I will shoot 3 beds. Glamorous or what?

Thursday I am off to shoot a mountain range in KwaZulu Natal. Tomorrow I shoot the offices of a corporate gift company. So it goes, up and down.
Right after I got out of the USAF in 1972, I spent about 2 years as a professional photographer and decided the life of an amatuer is about right for me. I kept finding myself telling Brides and Parents of the Brides, and worst of all Uncles of the Brides with cameras, to go F@%! themselves. It felt VERY good at the time, but made collecting money very difficult.
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:54 PM   #93
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You sure?

I'm a software engineer/architect though sometimes it feels like some strange combination of a baby sitter and all-night dirty dancer....

I also spend a lot of time on my art which is not for a living, but to be able to live!
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:56 PM   #94
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Me! absolutely nothing! other than what pleases me



Your turn will come, whether you like it or not!!!
Not likely as my savings are virtually nil....
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I train people to fly shit places without actually being in the thing or at the place they are flying the thing.
Ah-ha another clue....it's coming together....
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Driving a lift truck, looking for an IT job. Preferably one that pays what I make driving a lift truck.
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This is my first post to this forum.

I am a senior paralegal for a law firm in the North Florida area. Currently working on my MBA and studying for the certified fraud exam.
Welcome to MR, the best little retirement community on the web!
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Old 08-17-2010, 10:30 PM   #99
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I am a COBOL programmer.

Like a DC-3, even a stake through it heart won't kill it.

Ma COBOL's baby ain't ever gonna die....

(I annoy people as a sideline. Check around, you'll meet them...)
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Like a DC-3, even a stake through it heart won't kill it.

Ma COBOL's baby ain't ever gonna die....

(I annoy people as a sideline. Check around, you'll meet them...)
I can vouch for that last part.....particularly when he's unemployed...
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Old 08-17-2010, 11:14 PM   #102
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I can vouch for that last part.....particularly when he's unemployed...
I don't have time to annoy you currently. However I have my Annoy Kenny job swapped out, waiting for time. It'll page back in after I'm laid off. Please be patient....
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Like a DC-3, even a stake through it heart won't kill it.

Ma COBOL's baby ain't ever gonna die....

(I annoy people as a sideline. Check around, you'll meet them...)
Gads - I had to poke around in some COBOL programs just last week. You're right, there'll still be COBOL programs running when the first computer is a fossilized artifact buried 100 feet underground.

I've been an ERP consultant for the past 13 years. Most peculiar job I ever had was collecting pine resin, $40 for 40 ounces.
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This is my first post to this forum.

I am a senior paralegal for a law firm in the North Florida area. Currently working on my MBA and studying for the certified fraud exam.
What is a paralegal anyway? I've come across that term somewhere at the start of this thread as well...

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For me the age of retirement will probably be 70 instead of 65

But love my job so thats ok
You really think they'll stop at 70? No idea why anybody would hire a 70-year old, who has done nothing but IT (which requires some fast thinking and up-to-date knowledge, which will be getting harder and harder to do once decline really sets in, at around 40....) I already can't keep up with everything anymore!
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You really think they'll stop at 70? No idea why anybody would hire a 70-year old, who has done nothing but IT (which requires some fast thinking and up-to-date knowledge, which will be getting harder and harder to do once decline really sets in, at around 40....) I already can't keep up with everything anymore!
a para-legal, depending on the firm, does a LOT of the research, document preparation, intake consulting, etc. in a law firm. they don't give legal advice, but have a REALLY good background on the functions of the courts, required documentation and many other things.

sheesh! at 40 I was doing many of the same things I did at 18 and in most cases I did them better! professionally, physically, personally....
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