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infinite monkey · 07-12-2012, 07:21 PM

That would be fun as hell!

Clodfobble · 07-12-2012, 07:34 PM

I can actually see you being really good as a site manager for a general contractor. Telling the tile guys that being late is unacceptable, and they'll be finishing after dark without overtime pay, and having them tip their hats and meekly reply, "ma'am."

infinite monkey · 07-12-2012, 07:45 PM

Wow, I'm a big wimp in real life. If backed into a corner I'm fierce as hell, but for most stuff I'm a big giant doormat.

Don't tell foot and ut I might lose my position with the jamaicans, mon.

Hey, can I get a job as a doormat?

monster · 07-12-2012, 08:42 PM

here's a sign for you

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I no know whut it mean......

wolf · 07-12-2012, 09:44 PM

You could probably sign junkies in to rehab pretty good.

I have no doubt that you'd manage business casual much better than I am, at least.

Check your state's employment assistance office's listings for jobs. My experience of Pennsylvania's are that they are unusual, sometimes in niche markets or businesses seeking to develop new markets. It's not all sales and heavy lifting kinds of jobs, either.

While he's doing some sort of driving job now, sycamore used to work as a long-term temp in a number of different office contexts. All kinds of experience, lots of flexibility, and usually full-time hours. Worth a shot. I had put out feelers to a company specializing in nut-wrangling temps just before I got my tender for hire from the rehab.

Big Sarge · 07-23-2012, 06:37 PM

Hmm, you might make a fair domestic servant. Though, you are getting rather old

wolf · 07-25-2012, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Hmm, you might make a fair domestic servant. Though, you are getting rather old

Being a maid has a really limited lifespan. Butlers, however, seem to retain their positions well into their dotage, if Masterpiece Theater is art imitating life.

There should be more female butlers.

This could be the opportunity you are looking for.

ZenGum · 07-24-2012, 06:35 AM

I think she'll need to be domesticated some, first.

ZenGum · 07-25-2012, 07:06 AM

Maids mature into housekeepers, from where they boss about the new maids.

Which may make your experience in student finance useful.

infinite monkey · 04-03-2013, 09:34 AM

I'm still considering heavy equipment operation, and forestry.

Also up for consideration: dog groomer, lobster boat inspector, chicken sexer.

Actually really only dog groomer or lobster boat inspector. I'd settle for chicken boat inspector.

I ran into an old cow orker on Saturday: she retired before I left my last job. She was telling me about a woman who was nearing fifty and went to HC (a college that centers around agriculture and forestry, and stuffs) and now lives on an island off of Maine, and works in a restaurant and the govt employs her to inspect lobster boats too.

Yeah, I could do that. Would just need a warm body to go with me for those cold Maine winter nights.

Medical coding is still on my list too.

For the inevitable, I mean, um...er IN CASE OF dislocation of my job.

glatt · 04-03-2013, 09:53 AM

You could totally be a lobster boat inspector.

"Yup, that's a lobster boat."

Perry Winkle · 04-03-2013, 10:18 AM

"How do you know that's a chicken boat?"

"It's got wings, doesn't it?"

Undertoad · 04-03-2013, 10:48 AM

What? Chicken butt!

infinite monkey · 04-03-2013, 11:28 AM

Hahahahahah! I was telling my family this story on Easter sunday...my sis in law was like...what are you looking for? "Rubber band around claw? Check!"

Then we got into people trying to let un-rubber banded lobster to be accepted. I was like "NO! You let one claw get through..."

There was more to it, but we laughed a lot. Then my mom decided I'd be better suited for inspecting chicken boats since I don't eat crustaceans. I could drive around farms on a golf cart: Chicken? Check! Another chicken...check.

You probably had to be there.

Griff · 04-03-2013, 11:47 AM

I'm about ready to get my CDL. I could be all about hauling the gravel.

07-12-2012, 07:34 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I can actually see you being really good as a site manager for a general contractor. Telling the tile guys that being late is unacceptable, and they'll be finishing after dark without overtime pay, and having them tip their hats and meekly reply, "ma'am." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-12-2012, 08:42 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	here's a sign for you I no know whut it mean...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-12-2012, 09:44 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You could probably sign junkies in to rehab pretty good. I have no doubt that you'd manage business casual much better than I am, at least. Check your state's employment assistance office's listings for jobs. My experience of Pennsylvania's are that they are unusual, sometimes in niche markets or businesses seeking to develop new markets. It's not all sales and heavy lifting kinds of jobs, either. While he's doing some sort of driving job now, sycamore used to work as a long-term temp in a number of different office contexts. All kinds of experience, lots of flexibility, and usually full-time hours. Worth a shot. I had put out feelers to a company specializing in nut-wrangling temps just before I got my tender for hire from the rehab. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-23-2012, 06:37 PM	#6
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Hmm, you might make a fair domestic servant. Though, you are getting rather old __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-24-2012, 06:35 AM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think she'll need to be domesticated some, first. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-12-2012, 07:21 PM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That would be fun as hell!

07-12-2012, 07:45 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Wow, I'm a big wimp in real life. If backed into a corner I'm fierce as hell, but for most stuff I'm a big giant doormat. Don't tell foot and ut I might lose my position with the jamaicans, mon. Hey, can I get a job as a doormat?

07-25-2012, 07:06 AM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Maids mature into housekeepers, from where they boss about the new maids. Which may make your experience in student finance useful. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-03-2013, 09:34 AM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm still considering heavy equipment operation, and forestry. Also up for consideration: dog groomer, lobster boat inspector, chicken sexer. Actually really only dog groomer or lobster boat inspector. I'd settle for chicken boat inspector. I ran into an old cow orker on Saturday: she retired before I left my last job. She was telling me about a woman who was nearing fifty and went to HC (a college that centers around agriculture and forestry, and stuffs) and now lives on an island off of Maine, and works in a restaurant and the govt employs her to inspect lobster boats too. Yeah, I could do that. Would just need a warm body to go with me for those cold Maine winter nights. Medical coding is still on my list too. For the inevitable, I mean, um...er IN CASE OF dislocation of my job.

04-03-2013, 09:53 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	You could totally be a lobster boat inspector. "Yup, that's a lobster boat."

04-03-2013, 10:18 AM	#12
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	"How do you know that's a chicken boat?" "It's got wings, doesn't it?"

04-03-2013, 10:48 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What? Chicken butt!

04-03-2013, 11:28 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hahahahahah! I was telling my family this story on Easter sunday...my sis in law was like...what are you looking for? "Rubber band around claw? Check!" Then we got into people trying to let un-rubber banded lobster to be accepted. I was like "NO! You let one claw get through..." There was more to it, but we laughed a lot. Then my mom decided I'd be better suited for inspecting chicken boats since I don't eat crustaceans. I could drive around farms on a golf cart: Chicken? Check! Another chicken...check. You probably had to be there.

04-03-2013, 11:47 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm about ready to get my CDL. I could be all about hauling the gravel. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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