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re: Coolest Job(s) You Ever Had....?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:35 am to Torbemsti80
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:35 am to Torbemsti80
Plug and abandonment; offshore on rigs.
Worked with plastic explosives, fished at night, ate like a king, helicopters, boats, cranes, it was cool but the work was hard and very hot. It put me in the best shape of my life.
Worked with plastic explosives, fished at night, ate like a king, helicopters, boats, cranes, it was cool but the work was hard and very hot. It put me in the best shape of my life.
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Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:36 am to Torbemsti80
I've had a couple of pretty cool jobs.
Worked as a Mussel diver on The Tennessee River a few years, money was good, got to be on the river most every day. Government regulations put an end to that.
After that, I worked as a contractor at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville for a couple of years, doing various types of contracts. Got to see some interesting stuff. Even got to watch a rocket motor test one night, from a quarter mile away.
Also did some work on the Redstone Arsenal side, tearing down buildings with an excavator.
Worked as a Mussel diver on The Tennessee River a few years, money was good, got to be on the river most every day. Government regulations put an end to that.
After that, I worked as a contractor at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville for a couple of years, doing various types of contracts. Got to see some interesting stuff. Even got to watch a rocket motor test one night, from a quarter mile away.
Also did some work on the Redstone Arsenal side, tearing down buildings with an excavator.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 7:20 am
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:38 am to Torbemsti80
Summers home from college, worked as a go cart mechanic/track attendant on P'cola beach at a water park. Park employed 20-30 college kids, so when we closed at 11PM, we'd hit the water slides, go carts, bumper boats, with cases of beer and hang until 2 AM. Lot's of lady life guards... 
Good times.
But the coolest job I ever had, I still have. I test fly "unairworthy" aircraft after heavy maintenance and sign them off when they work correctly. Every day is adventure.
Good times. But the coolest job I ever had, I still have. I test fly "unairworthy" aircraft after heavy maintenance and sign them off when they work correctly. Every day is adventure.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:45 am to Torbemsti80
My first job...I sold Cokes at Neyland Stadium when they still had people waking the aisles with racks of cokes to sell. It got me into every home game for free (and I made a ton of cash), and I got to see a handful of concerts for free the same way (they made you stop selling and sit down 10 minutes before the concerts would start).
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:47 am to Torbemsti80
Pizza delivery in high school.
Not “cool” but driving around listening to the radio, making tips and more money than my buddies at the mall.
Not “cool” but driving around listening to the radio, making tips and more money than my buddies at the mall.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:48 am to Torbemsti80
For me it was this…
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:48 am to slacker130
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But the coolest job I ever had, I still have. I test fly "unairworthy" aircraft after heavy maintenance and sign them off when they work correctly. Every day is adventure.
When I was a flight nurse I used to always say the most important crew member was the a/c mechanic and the craziest was the pilot who did the test flights after maintenance
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:50 am to Torbemsti80
Dock Hand during first couple of college years. Drunk tippers were awesome, drunk girls inviting you on the houseboats they were renting after work were awesome, got paid to catch bluegill for a fish fry on multiple occasions, outside all day.
Never realized how good I had it at the time.
Never realized how good I had it at the time.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:02 am to Torbemsti80
I had second job while I was in Cuba as the Supercargo for 2 different shipping companies, one based in Jacksonville and the other in Curacao. All ships were US flagged as required by law. My job consisted of handling any issues on island AND reporting commercial shipping activity to and from the island. In 4 years we had a handful of issues other than the one time a barge got caught in a storm of the Bahama Bank and had to be cut lose from the tug and about 1/3 of the cargo containers disappeared. My role in this was to report it to the Base commander as soon as the shipping company knew it happened and the shipping company flew in a gang of people to take care of it. The rest of the time it was something damaged which consisted of taking some pictures and sending them to Jacksonville.
The other part, monitoring the port for commercial acticvity, was very interesting. It allowed me to enter the port area in my own boat...something that no one else was allowed to do. The industrial area, as it is called, was unfished other than me and anyone who happened to be with me on "official" business. This consisted of taking pictures of any and all commercial boats in the port and sending this information to Jacksonville.
All in I spent about 2 hours a month doing these 2 jobs and was paid $4,000 a month to do so. $4000 of overseas income thus no income or payroll tax. It also afforded me the opportunity to unofficially be the fishing guide for dignitaries and high-level visitors who came to the base. The organization I worked for in my actual 9-5 gig was perfectly fine with me carrying visitors fishing a couple of mornings / evenings a week on my employers dime. Usually these trips were inside the port area because the fishing was better and it as a 5 minute boat ride from my slip. It was LOADED with tarpon and snook and was probably the best bonefish and permit fishing in the Caribbean. Was also the best lobster bullying area around and HUGE cubera snapper, nassau and juvenile goliath grouper on grass flats feeding on lobsters at night. It was a helluva ride...
The other part, monitoring the port for commercial acticvity, was very interesting. It allowed me to enter the port area in my own boat...something that no one else was allowed to do. The industrial area, as it is called, was unfished other than me and anyone who happened to be with me on "official" business. This consisted of taking pictures of any and all commercial boats in the port and sending this information to Jacksonville.
All in I spent about 2 hours a month doing these 2 jobs and was paid $4,000 a month to do so. $4000 of overseas income thus no income or payroll tax. It also afforded me the opportunity to unofficially be the fishing guide for dignitaries and high-level visitors who came to the base. The organization I worked for in my actual 9-5 gig was perfectly fine with me carrying visitors fishing a couple of mornings / evenings a week on my employers dime. Usually these trips were inside the port area because the fishing was better and it as a 5 minute boat ride from my slip. It was LOADED with tarpon and snook and was probably the best bonefish and permit fishing in the Caribbean. Was also the best lobster bullying area around and HUGE cubera snapper, nassau and juvenile goliath grouper on grass flats feeding on lobsters at night. It was a helluva ride...
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:05 am to Torbemsti80
Second best gig was managing the QA program for MILCON projects in Europe and North Africa for nearly 7 years. Work was mostly boring but traveling and living all over Europe on the dole is a helluva way to earn a living.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:06 am to tigernurse
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craziest was the pilot who did the test flights after maintenance
I love it, but it does make it tough for me to make small talk with other dads. When they hit me with "I'm a banker or attorney," I start nodding off or I just get sad for them.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:07 am to Torbemsti80
I was an industrial hygiene consultant for the Air Force for a couple of years. The variety of the projects we worked on was great. In 2006, I started out on a firing range project where instructors in indoor ranges were experiencing irritation when they made the change over to frangible bullets, couple of weeks later we were doing beryllium surveys in an F22 hangar, surveyed a Thunderbird being painted, we went to Marfa, TX to do a noise survey on a weather balloon launch, noise surveys for the AF Band, stood inside an anechoic chamber, monitored environmental remediation at Cape Canaveral, we had an AFRAT radiation exercise in Canada, emergency response training at all AETC bases, etc. I’m probably forgetting some stuff. The last survey that I did in that job was a camera cleaning task on the U2. I accepted a civilian job at the bowling alley at Beale AFB.
My base was selected to close during BRAC in 2006. I chose to not re-enlist. As cool as it was, it was tearing my young family apart and my wife wanted no part of living in Dayton, OH. She really didn’t like where we were living in San Antonio either.
My base was selected to close during BRAC in 2006. I chose to not re-enlist. As cool as it was, it was tearing my young family apart and my wife wanted no part of living in Dayton, OH. She really didn’t like where we were living in San Antonio either.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 7:32 am
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:12 am to Torbemsti80
When I was in college, I worked at a dry cleaner drop off place. We didn’t actually clean any clothes on-site, so we just tagged them for transport to the cleaning facility.
I almost always worked alone. The clients were almost all regulars and very friendly. I could listen to the radio and chat with the regulars or read or do homework if things were a little slower. I became friends with the guy who worked at the convenience store in the same shopping center, so there was kind of a weird “Clerks” vibe as well.
So not the most extravagant or interesting job - but it was the only job I’ve ever had in my almost 35 years of working that I never recalled hating or dreading. So that, in itself, made it the coolest to me.
I almost always worked alone. The clients were almost all regulars and very friendly. I could listen to the radio and chat with the regulars or read or do homework if things were a little slower. I became friends with the guy who worked at the convenience store in the same shopping center, so there was kind of a weird “Clerks” vibe as well.
So not the most extravagant or interesting job - but it was the only job I’ve ever had in my almost 35 years of working that I never recalled hating or dreading. So that, in itself, made it the coolest to me.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:12 am to slacker130
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I love it, but it does make it tough for me to make small talk with other dads. When they hit me with "I'm a banker or attorney," I start nodding off or I just get sad for them.
I totally get it. Imagine mixing aviation with EMS. I’m like you’re life is so boring.
Other ppl just don’t understand our sense of humor.
Also- this is one of my favorite quotes:
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:12 am to Torbemsti80
United States Marine and military policeman is my obvious answer for my coolest job. It provided great experiences that I never would have had in any other job. The training I received will always be useful no matter where I go or what I do. The self-fulfillment that job provided has never been matched, probably never will. I often wish I had stayed in and retired.
The next coolest job was an assistant shipping and receiving manager at Foley's/Macy's at Cortana Mall. I did this while I went to college after I left active duty. On Saturdays I was able to enter the interior of the mall to walk around just by myself (had to do security checks/equipment checks). For an 80s kid/90s teen, that was cool af.
Nothing I've ever done seemed as cool as either of these job. I make way more money now.....but....
The next coolest job was an assistant shipping and receiving manager at Foley's/Macy's at Cortana Mall. I did this while I went to college after I left active duty. On Saturdays I was able to enter the interior of the mall to walk around just by myself (had to do security checks/equipment checks). For an 80s kid/90s teen, that was cool af.
Nothing I've ever done seemed as cool as either of these job. I make way more money now.....but....
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 7:14 am
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:13 am to Torbemsti80
Blowjob. Was a pretty cool
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:13 am to Torbemsti80
During my time in Oz, I worked for the New South Wales state government. One of the jobs of my department was investigating accusations of corruption, conflicts of interests, unethical behavior, etc. at the local government level, mainly local shire councils. But the size and importance of the council could range anywhere from Wagga Wagga to Sydney city council. Anyway, I was at the perfect level in the department. I was important enough to know all of the big wigs in the NSW government, participate in the investigation, and sit in on parliamentary hearings, but I wasn’t important enough to actually have my name attached to anything, so I didn’t get bothered with the fallout from the findings. I think part of it was the novelty of being an American conducting business for a foreign state government. It made people somewhat curious about me. Sometimes it felt like the mafia movies where the head mobster is talking business, and one of his bodyguards stands in the background, while the opposing mob boss gets a little nervous and says “who the frick is that guy?” Then your mob boss just says “Don’t worry about him. He’s my associate.”
My favorite investigations were the ones where we sacked entire shire councils for violating the Local Government Act, and appointed interim administrators until new elections were held. That always rustled jimmies.
My favorite investigations were the ones where we sacked entire shire councils for violating the Local Government Act, and appointed interim administrators until new elections were held. That always rustled jimmies.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:16 am to Chili Davis
I shot coaches football film in college. Got a natty ring out of it.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:20 am to JamalSanders
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Got a natty ring out of it
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:21 am to Torbemsti80
The Hut, the hut, the hut
THE DAIQUIRI Hut.
I liked working at them both, but McArthut had better Beni’s.
THE DAIQUIRI Hut.
I liked working at them both, but McArthut had better Beni’s.
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