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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: NebrCatMan] #8489075
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Originally Posted by NebrCatMan
I work at a WasteWater Treatment Plant for the Board of Public Works in a neighboring larger town. I also have been on the County Planning and Zoning Board of my home county since 1991. Also served on the variance board for a number of years until recently and was the P&Z administrator for awhile too. I make quite a few tomato cages from galvanized cattle panels for resale each year. I also help my brothers out as they are farming our family farms ( I am part owner on 2 quarters) and they farm alot of other ground. And recently started working part time for my local small hometown caring for their sewer system. And here at the first of the year I will be doing their water system also as I have a state water and wastewater license which they need.... will possibly be doing a couple more local small towns as I probably will be retiring here shortly from my main job. I'll be 69 in May.... it's probably time !


I think you should retire,..just my opinion,..no assort on my opinion!

Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489086
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Worked for farmers from when i was young lad.used to get up 2.30am to start at 3 to milk 90 head of cows before school my senior year of high school.alot nights just got home in time to change clothes and go milk.worked at a tire factory started on my 18th b-day.worked for farmers when time allowed.drove a 15 passenger van hauling people to work for 23 years around 140 miles round trip normally 6 days a week.retired little over 2 years ago from factory work but still help farmers out.

Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489093
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I started out climbing crab apple trees picking the apples for my grandmother and some of her friends , then shoveled snow for them .

When I got into boy scouts we delivered hand bills to pay for our camping trips and to keep heat and electricity on in the boy scout barracks then sold Christmas trees,after school .

I helped my folks work on water wells and learned the finer points of a shovel in various ditches in all kinds of weather . where I learned that I enjoyed working on water wells and wind mills way more than plumbing or cleaning drain lines or pumping out septic tanks .

I bought my own device rig in 1991 and worked on water wells all over Southeastern Montana , pulling pipes pumps and wire as well as cylinders or working barrels under wind mills or pump jacks or fishing them out if the customer tried it themselves and it got away from them .

I started working as a stagehand in 1978 and can't remember all of the symphony's , opera's and concerts I've worked for or on then not to mention the 5 major motion pictures I've work on .

During this same time I worked line clearance for 2 seasons and tried logging during the winter months . then later cut and sold firewood .

I also was a skinner for the different fur shops and did a little trapping when I could until after graduation , A short stay in college that wasn't my cup of tea and as a back shop parts man for the Caterpillar dealership until highway construction funds were cut and was laid off .

Making a wide variety of predator snares and helping others to be proficient setting them and dealing with grandkids now while trying to avoid Dr's , surgeons , nurses nd hospitals is getting tougher all the time ha ha

As you may of noticed I prefer to keep busy , sorry if this isn't in order but it is what it is ha ha

Enjoy your day and Stay Safe out there even if you don't want to ha ha !


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489104
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Caught and sold Night Crawlers as a kid. Mowed lawns and worked at a gas station through high school. Got a bachelors degree in Wildlife Management then did a cougar study to get a masters degree in Wildlife Management. Worked for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in the summers during college (putting up hay to feed elk at Hardware Ranch, Mourning Dove nesting study, fawn mortality study and winter range habitat study). Two years as a Wildlife Biologist and 30 years as a Utah Conservation Officer. After I retired I worked 3 summers for the BLM as a security manager on forest fires. Since then I do whatever I want whenever I want. Currently, helping my wife with a bighorn sheep hunt (she finally drew a tag after applying for 25 years).


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489108
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Savell.....was this thread supposed to look like a resume of your life...

From your lawn mowing jobs ...to current???

Just asking for a friend ...


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489138
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Maintenance tech. I bring good things to life!


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489139
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I would of sure liked to have heard Gulo's resume!


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489144
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Retired military and retired from DOD civil service.

Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Nessmuck] #8489150
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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Savell.....was this thread supposed to look like a resume of your life...

From your lawn mowing jobs ...to current???

Just asking for a friend ...

We're sorry Nessmuck if you've had an uneventful life.

This is a much better thread with a little personal history added.


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Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489157
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I like all the history. Work ethic and character building going on for sure.
Some real hard working folks all their lives on here.
Jim


Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Re: What Do Yall Do For A Living? [Re: Savell] #8489161
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I also like the added history, a lot more interesting than reading 'retired such and such after thirty years'. Great thread Savell!

My first job was at 9 years old, helping an old man cut wood with a bowsaw. Then raking leaves, cutting grass and shoveling snow for him and anybody else.
Picked blueberries, earthworms, nightcrawlers and sold them. Use to sell Painter turtles to petshops, sold dozens of Eastern Hognose snakes to the herp at the Long Island Game Farm. If my family would have stayed on Long Island, I believe I'd have had a landscape/lawncare company because I already had at least twenty steady customers by the age of 14.
At 17 I was my stepdad's helper delivering eggs all over NYC. At 21 I was driving the truck and my younger brother was my helper. At 22 we quit the eggs and started delivering kitchen cabinets up and down the East coast. At 24 I got into painting and loved it. After years of learning, I started my own business and have been self-employed for the past 22 years. Winters generally slow down due to lack of exterior work so, time to hunt and trap.

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