| 1/18/2008 7:29:02 PM |
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shir567
Hillsboro, OR
age: 57
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Waitress
mother
Letter Carrier
C*cktail waitress
Bankruptcy Administrater
Certified Nurse assistant
Medical Assistant
Really enjoyed being a mail carrier. Also enjoyed CNA, with hospice and the elderly
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| 1/18/2008 8:03:34 PM |
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61sunshine
North Augusta, SC
age: 61
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Jim used to tell everyone it took me 25 years to get out of kindergarten but I loved every day of it but was nice to retire too. During college days I clerked in a store in the day of the dinosaur when you had to know how to make change without a computer telling you how much.
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| 1/18/2008 8:15:43 PM |
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thepkk
Springfield, MO
age: 52
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Started out as a car hop at A&W but it cut into my babysitting money and I like it better.
Nurses aid we didn't have to be CNA back then.
Wife and mother
waitress
motel maid
truckdriver
motel maid again
medical records clerk for years at different places
customer service phone work for credit card division of a Bank (best job and paid the most)
Got sick now on Social Secuity it sucks.
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| 1/18/2008 8:25:54 PM |
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cottagebithec
Utica, NY
age: 60
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Wait a minute... the guys and some of you gals started with your paper routes (probably before HS I'm thinkin) so I've got to add a few more... you've got me going way back now.
Door to Door Toilet Papers Sales
Dry Cleaners; presser
Pizza Parlor, Clerk
Waitress
Child Care
Cotton Mill
Girl Scout Leader
Sunday School Teacher
Teacher Assistant
Lunch Room Aid
WOW... I'm pooped out,phwew! No wonder I retired early! 
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| 1/18/2008 9:02:07 PM |
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beelzebob
Greenville, SC
age: 58
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Nothing that would impress most women.
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| 1/18/2008 9:19:17 PM |
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beelzebob
Greenville, SC
age: 58
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Not the kind that has made me wealthy.
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| 1/18/2008 9:22:49 PM |
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bonamassafreek
Spencer, OH
age: 52
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As long as it was honest-what's the dif?
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| 1/18/2008 9:57:12 PM |
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ken325
Seminole, AL
age: 58
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Dry Cleaners pick up office
St. Regis paper company
USAF-Manual Morse systems operator-copied morse code stationed in Japan
Radio operator on C-47's in Viet Nam-136 Combat missions.
Sold shoes
Sold cars
Sold carpet
Back in the Service, this time in the US Army. Infantry
Helicopter Flight School
Air Traffic Control school stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
Retired US Army
Air Traffic Controller at Washington National Airport
Aeronautical Information specialist- published Flight Manual (FLIP's) and Aeronautical charts.
Retired Federal Aviation Administration.
Now just kicking back and loving life in South Alabama.
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| 1/18/2008 10:10:06 PM |
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farmersamm
Cushing, OK
age: 52
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Dish Washer
Cook
Truck Driver
Farmer/Rancher
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| 1/18/2008 10:21:20 PM |
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whalemstr
Corning, CA
age: 50
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Partial list?
pizza maker/clerk
gas station attendant
truck driver
newspaper delivery
dishwasher
babysat
cut grass,
cleaned offices
computer programmer
web designer/developer
shipping, receiving
mowed yards in summer
shoveled walks in winter
cut, hauled, sold firewood
sold eggs - my chickens
sold water beds
sold industrial pressure washers and steam cleaners
sold people - aka-headhunter
owner/creator/editor/salesperson/graphics designer - The Trading Post - want ad paper & Columbia River Real Estate Review and Reader - real estate sales books
owner/designer/builder/operator- Gray Whale Incorrigibles - Forest Fire Mobile Command Centers
owner - NAASCO - Northwest Awning and Skirting ompany - awning , deck business - responsible for all exterior products on mobile homes, 4 crews
been paid to: build 45’diameter cordwood wall home, sheds, greenhouses, garages, example - 1 street out here has 3 houses - I can drive past and show you stuff I built on each of those properties, 24x24’ shed, 28x28’ garage/solar/wind/generator/battery room, stairway.
present - working at trying to develop a cut flower - and veggies business
# one job of all my life - daddy!
I'm damn good at it and I do it for free!
dan
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| 1/18/2008 10:25:54 PM |
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shell523
Port Byron, IL
age: 53
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high school work- taco bell, convience store once(very short lived)
Bookkeeper for a junk yard and inventory specialist
Bookkeeper for car lot
bookkeeper at Trade Exchange ( bartering company)
Trade director - same comp as above ( fun fun fun)
worked at two factorys- one book binding- vacuum core building- hated both
bookeeper restaurant
Front desk worker at independent living facility (loved it)
Activities director at assistant living facility ( different company)
Home health care Aide
Now business owner of Residential cleaning company ( life dream come true) be in business of any kind.
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| 1/18/2008 10:38:58 PM |
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lotus3
Venice, FL
age: 55
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Sales clerk in a woman's dress shop.
Cashier in a Quick Stop
Waitress 
Hairstylist
Hostess
Dining Room Manager
Administrative Assistant
Radio Dispatcher/payroll(road construction)
Waitress
Radio Dispatcher/warrenty claims/schedule in home service(TV and appliance)
Food and Beverage Manager
Receptionist in a legal office
Manager of Transportation Dept..For wheelchair/stretcher transports.
Waitress......as you can see..I love working in a restaurant..I love the excitement, on a busy night..I love being able to move around..cater to people..and I love the money
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| 1/18/2008 10:45:07 PM |
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wylonerider
Gillette, WY
age: 58
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Ken - Spooky / Puff the Magic Dragon?
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| 1/19/2008 3:29:41 AM |
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vintage57
Galesburg, IL
age: 50
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At 16 started work at a grocery store-stocker,carry out Worked at gates rubber co for 2yrs - laid off Worked at a nuclear power plant in Minn-security Moved to Az. and worked there at Palo Verde nuclear plant-security Moved back to Ill in 1990 and worked at a hog slaughtering plant Got into truck driving in 1996 over-the-road,now I'm still driving but just locally
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| 1/19/2008 4:51:07 AM |
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bluboy
Elsberry, MO
age: 56
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Started off this dream at 12 cleaning 102 horses stalls a day and riding trails on weekends.
But I done about everything... CarHop,Babysitter, Cleanout Septic Tanks, Roofer, Maints Man, taught Martial Arts P/T for 12 years to kids. Last 30 years at Boeing aircraft, I work everywhere from sheet metal assenbly and riveter to the flight ramp, including and 750t press operator to machine parts inspector. Last 15 years in Quality Management.
Worked my way up to what I do now and must say pretty good at it, retired bum.
Later, Blu
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