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[tsh3406]

I was 15 when I broke my neck, but at the time was running the tractors in the fields and moving 42' grain trailers between the farm and the local elevator. Did some driving on the open road when I got the chance. Now I have a social work degree and work for a regional planning commission. As soon as I can get the funds together and find the right K100, I'm going to get back in it, even if it's just for recreational driving. I love the smell of tar tankers....

Tim

[The Black Sheep]

I was failing 7th grade and in summer school.

[DannyR]

I drove a forklift in a hot dog factory owned by Sara Lee. I also was a member of the grievance committee for the Union. I recvieved my 20 year service award while I was off after my surgery. I miss my job. I miss the people after 20 years on the same job you make a lot of friends. I was with them when we only employed 103 people and watched it grow to over 700.

[Terrible Texan]

DannyR, on 06 May 2011 - 07:27 PM, said:

I drove a forklift in a hot dog factory owned by Sara Lee. I also was a member of the grievance committee for the Union. I recvieved my 20 year service award while I was off after my surgery. I miss my job. I miss the people after 20 years on the same job you make a lot of friends. I was with them when we only employed 103 people and watched it grow to over 700.

i can imagine that was a pretty tragic loss

[sh1wn]

Wow, 20 years at one company? Man that doesn't happen much anymore, hell most marriages don't make it past a few years.
So, can you tell us what they really make hot dogs from or did they make you sign a non-disclosure form?
Maybe thats why they keep guys for a long time, they don't want to share the secret with to many people.

All joking aside, that must have been a job you really liked and I can see how you could not only miss the job, but also miss the people you worked with.

[Ratticis]

assasian/freelance gigalo

[qbounce]

Ratticis, on 09 May 2011 - 05:33 AM, said:

assasian/freelance gigalo

What's an assasian . . . an Asian killer? Just say Ninja, then.

[andycm]

qbounce, on 09 May 2011 - 10:13 AM, said:

Ratticis, on 09 May 2011 - 05:33 AM, said:

assasian/freelance gigalo

What's an assasian . . . an Asian killer? Just say Ninja, then.

Funny.

I read it as a Chinese donkey.

[Edinburgh Colin]

qbounce, on 09 May 2011 - 10:13 AM, said:

Ratticis, on 09 May 2011 - 05:33 AM, said:

assasian/freelance gigalo

What's an assasian . . . an Asian killer? Just say Ninja, then.

I think it involves being available for guys called Ian who are that way inclined to relieve their stress lets say.

it would fit with the other job and give a bit of balance to your day, but of sticking bit of being stuck.

[mugsy]

DannyR, on 06 May 2011 - 07:27 PM, said:

I drove a forklift in a hot dog factory owned by Sara Lee. I also was a member of the grievance committee for the Union. I recvieved my 20 year service award while I was off after my surgery. I miss my job. I miss the people after 20 years on the same job you make a lot of friends. I was with them when we only employed 103 people and watched it grow to over 700.

I also had 20 years in when I had my fall. I know what you mean about missing the job and the people/friends.

[Mrs Wisteria]

Cake maker extra-ordinaire

[dexter]

I threw theme parties!

[coffeecups]

I was and still am a momma to my kids. This year I will be homeschooling my oldest who will be in first grade. Before kiddos I was a high school math teacher.

[Stand]

Worked for an insurance brokerage. Luckily it was Life Insurance, not the miserable Health Insurance I've come to loathe! But, I love what I did and miss the people I worked with. I would give anything to go back. Just to think, I actually complained some of those days I was able to work and here I am, pretty much willing to give up anything to be there! Funny how Life works.

[alysha]

My husband was a tree trimmer, he was for 14 years and his injury happened at work on sept 8,2011. Fell out of tree 45 feet. So tree trimming is over for him. We will have to figure out what he will do now. Any ideas????

[wheelie182]

I had a paper round

[Tatiana]

Special educational needs teacher and shop owner.

[Priscilla]

A meteorologist forecasting the weather. I was injured in a motor vehicle accident on work time and they have given me at least a year off and still paying my salary while I recover. The plan is to go back to part-time light duty in May. Not sure how I will handle rotating shift work in my current state. All things considered, I am very fortunate.

[Zack]

Many Jobs from age 14 Until I joined the Marine Corp. Then my car accident ended that career only 1 year 10 months into it. I lost too many Brother Marines (241) in the Beirut Lebanon Bombing that I should've been with!

[dingle]

In 1957 I trained as a pipe fitter/plumber in finished in April 1962 then I set of on a 5 year journey around he world ( to find myself but I never did find myself )working at any thing I could find,teaching English,picking grapes/oranges etc,
in 1965 I was in Beirut and met a Frenchman who was driving to Paris,we shared the driving to Paris and at the end of August I went to see my mother in London two weeks later I was hit by a taxi in London which went through a traffic on red and hit me and leaving my a quad at C7.

[Inkd760]

I worked 10 years for the BNSF railroad until my accident on July 1st of this year.

[isobar]

I was a panderer ..... you consider that a job.

[KayDub]

I waited tables/did restaurant work including managing a sit down local pizza/Italian place for over 6 years. Now I'm just a bother in the kitchen and have a hard time serving food, I dabble in it with my new job.

Most recently I was a kid's ski instructor. I coached a group of local girls who were great all mountain skiers and I worked with special needs kids, mostly with cognitive disabilities such as autism and Down's. I occasionally taught regular class lessons in our 7-14 year old program.

I still work for ski school but I'm based out of the on-mountain kid's lunch restaurant. I have a radio and help lost kids, talk to parents, have talks with sick kids or misbehaving kids, etc. supervisor type duties and I wear a supervisor jacket. I'm also responsible for collecting class lists from instructors and typing up the 200-600 names in our program to keep on file and to have when parents call looking for their child. I also am a liason for ski school and the staff at the restaurant and help things run smoothly. I was hoping to work as the assistant supervisor in the adaptive program, but the adult ski school, where it's technically running, wouldn't pay me. They put very little resources into our adaptive program yet charge the highest prices in our state, it's maddening.

But anyway yeah that's what I did. I really hope to get back to teaching skiing soon. I'm working on getting better at mono-skiing. I'm also applying for a job subbing in the public school district where I live.

[wiggy]

I was a Senior Systems Administrator. Post accident it was taken from me because core work duties included getting into hot aisles, being able to reach 6feet above the ground and climbing ladders.

now I'm a lowly help desk technician...