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re: Coolest Job(s) You Ever Had....?
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:56 am to Torbemsti80
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:56 am to Torbemsti80
I've built power plants, refineries, chemical plants, blast furnaces ,water towers and storage tanks and have even flagged a manitowoc 21000.
But the coolest job I've ever had was being a grandfather.
But the coolest job I've ever had was being a grandfather.
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:34 pm to Torbemsti80
Oh man, I had a great one for three summers. I was a high school teacher for several years so my summers always involved some type of side work to make ends meet. A farmer in Vidalia, LA grew sweet corn and sold it to markets in Monroe, BR, Shreveport, NOLA, etc. It had to be kept cold, but instead of using a refrigerated truck, he bought a couple of ambulances and gutted the back. The AC back there kept it plenty cool. So I’d go to the shop in the morning, they’d load the corn (bags of of) in the back, and I’d cut out. I just drove around all day listening to my podcasts and delivering corn. Most awesome gig I ever had.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:40 pm to Torbemsti80
I, at one point in my life, got to get paid to shoot a 60mm mortar.
That was pretty cool.
But only that specific thing. The rest of it kinda sucked.
That was pretty cool.
But only that specific thing. The rest of it kinda sucked.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:49 pm to AwgustaDawg
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You will never hear a professional. experience miner cussing MSHA like you will general industry workers cussing OSHA because there are very few miners who do not have some bone chilling experience...they fully understand that MSHA regulations were written with the blood of their friends and family who were miners before them.
Everyone that we worked with in the mine knew someone that had died down there. They all had horrible stories of people getting sucked into conveyor belts, crushed by equipment, or when the mine exploded. I smoked at the time. They made it clear that if you brought any tobacco materials in the mine, you'd be escorted out and never allowed to return. Safety was priority number one and EVERYTHING else was secondary.
I got to go watch the longwall machine one day when we ran out of pipe early. I'll never forget watch them move the roof jacks and the ceiling collapsing behind them. Every now and then seeing a bright blue flame run across the ceiling.
Here's a cool video about what it was like. Only difference in the Oak Grove mine I was in, is that you had to ride down an elevator 1000' to get there and then another mile or more in a mine car.
Longwall Mining
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:48 pm to Aubie Spr96
I was a longwall electrician/mechanic. Fun getting to crawl inside those shields to change blown hoses, lol. Jim Walter #7 was 1800 feet. #4 and #5 were over 2200 feet.
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:56 pm to Torbemsti80
Bus driver for minor league sports teams. Hockey, baseball, and Arena Football.
Attended upwards of 150 pro sports events in dozens of cities. NBA arenas down to barely larger than little league baseball fields.
Attended upwards of 150 pro sports events in dozens of cities. NBA arenas down to barely larger than little league baseball fields.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:22 pm to Baldy
2 short-term gigs come to mind
1. Hired to set up a Mac network (circa 1993) for Kit DeFever Production in NYC. He set us up in a condo he owned that he usually let models stay in that came in from out-of-town for the week and we got to watch him shoot models all day for JCPenney & Kohl's catalogs. Had the best week of my life pretending to be a cool NYC guy w/ a Greenwich apartment. Never knew work could be so fun. Helluva guy.
2. Hired to do some production work for MTV and lived/eat/slept in the Santa Monica airport while building it. Made some quick dough and again it was a blast doing something so off-the-wall and nailing the final product. Literally we finished the network and applications, showed it to the MTV brass, then they took it all apart & shoved it into the back of a cargo plane and took off.
1. Hired to set up a Mac network (circa 1993) for Kit DeFever Production in NYC. He set us up in a condo he owned that he usually let models stay in that came in from out-of-town for the week and we got to watch him shoot models all day for JCPenney & Kohl's catalogs. Had the best week of my life pretending to be a cool NYC guy w/ a Greenwich apartment. Never knew work could be so fun. Helluva guy.
2. Hired to do some production work for MTV and lived/eat/slept in the Santa Monica airport while building it. Made some quick dough and again it was a blast doing something so off-the-wall and nailing the final product. Literally we finished the network and applications, showed it to the MTV brass, then they took it all apart & shoved it into the back of a cargo plane and took off.
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