Life Spinoff: What's the coolest job you've ever had? - Page 3

**SuperChief** · 08-18-2011, 02:12 PM

The other thread had me thinking about some of the cool jobs some (or most) of you may have or have had in the past. So tell us: what's the coolest job you've ever had?

tooge · 08-18-2011, 03:32 PM

greatest job ever? the last night for me at Pizza Hut

Delaney37 · 08-18-2011, 04:56 PM

1. My current job because I still have it after all the layoffs
2. Driving the grain truck for my grandpa at age 13. Met my first girlfriend in the truck line at the elevator. She was 16 and built. Best summer I ever had.

**Rain Man** · 08-18-2011, 09:51 PM

My job now is a neverending procession of projects, some more interesting than others. Some of my more interesting projects include testing romance novel cover designs, driving around interviewing people in their homes on Long Island about how they plan vacations, and driving around doing interviews in rural West Virginia.

Intellectually, I had an interesting project once where I had to develop profiles of the African American population in every county of the United States - over 3,000 counties - and then develop a mathematical optimization model to identify the six counties that in combination best represent the diversity of America's African American population.

Back when I was in the defense industry, I was on a project once where we had the big life-size simulators where real F-15 cockpits were inside 30-foot domes, and the scenes were projected onto the inner surface of the dome. They'd have dogfights against people nearby who were playing Soviet pilots, and I got to watch. Then my job was to take the big computer tapes (tapes back then) to a mainframe computer for processing overnight. Since it took all night, I would work some odd schedule like 4 to midnight, and my only job was to switch out tapes from time to time. I hung out and did crossword puzzles and stuff, and then got paid extra because it was a second-shift job.

Mama Hip Rockets · 08-18-2011, 09:54 PM

Teacher.

**DaFace** · 08-18-2011, 10:02 PM

I shied away from calling it a job in the other thread, but I'm gonna go with "pyrotechnician" on this one.

MIAdragon · 08-18-2011, 10:10 PM

Was an anti terrorism analyst

**TimeForWasp** · 08-18-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by thurman merman

Teacher.

Adam Teacher?? Did he enjoy it? Did he write a story about it?

Pitt Gorilla · 08-18-2011, 10:25 PM

College professor. I love going to work every day.

**TimeForWasp** · 08-18-2011, 11:22 PM

I'll never forget the adventure I had in the early to mid 80s as a helicopter mechanic on Tuna seiners.

Jenson71 · 08-18-2011, 11:28 PM

Tractor driver for a detasseling crew. It was fun (course, driving was an exception to the rule of walking). I had a good job at UNI in the tutoring program. Just got to study history with grateful students for 10 hrs/wk.

**TimeForWasp** · 08-18-2011, 11:42 PM

I found an old Video of a tuna boat we were always in competition with. I remember the name of the boat, the Skipper and the First mate. If my memory serves me right, after they cleared the helicopter from the net after it crashed, they cut the floats and let it sink for the insurance. The fishing industry was a small world and you hear all the stories. Most of these fishermen knew each other. alot of them from the old country. Portugal, Italy .

shorman22 · 08-18-2011, 11:59 PM

Prolly my volunteer job now, Where I write scouting reports for ku bball & get to intend any practice I want too

Rasputin · 08-19-2011, 12:00 AM

I got a pretty damn cool job. I get to do some pretty cool things. I can go fishing, play video games, watch TV, watch Chiefs football. There setting up a trip for us to go to Nascar in KC in october (pits). Hopefully we can go to a Chiefs game but I would may have to beg for that too happen.

Get to sit around at the office drink coffee, play bingo on fridays. Bowling on wendays. I think it's a pretty cool gig I got.

wutamess · 08-19-2011, 12:19 AM

Tattooing... It's more of a hobby and where else can you make $300+ for 3 hours of work and people actually pay you to hurt them?

I love doing it. The only downside is it hurts my back if I go too long at one time.

LVNHACK · 08-19-2011, 12:44 AM

Without a doubt, the one I have now...Explosive Detection Dog Handler....looking for things that go BOOM! gives me wood...My girl & I at a checkpoint in Baghdad last Thanksgiving day

08-18-2011, 02:12 PM
SuperChief Damn it feels good. Join Date: Mar 2011 Casino cash: $7547978	Spinoff: What's the coolest job you've ever had? The other thread had me thinking about some of the cool jobs some (or most) of you may have or have had in the past. So tell us: what's the coolest job you've ever had?
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08-18-2011, 03:32 PM	#31
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $3844112	greatest job ever? the last night for me at Pizza Hut
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08-18-2011, 04:56 PM	#32
Delaney37 Starter Join Date: Jun 2010 Casino cash: $6696925	1. My current job because I still have it after all the layoffs 2. Driving the grain truck for my grandpa at age 13. Met my first girlfriend in the truck line at the elevator. She was 16 and built. Best summer I ever had.
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08-18-2011, 09:51 PM	#33
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3178491 VARSITY	My job now is a neverending procession of projects, some more interesting than others. Some of my more interesting projects include testing romance novel cover designs, driving around interviewing people in their homes on Long Island about how they plan vacations, and driving around doing interviews in rural West Virginia. Intellectually, I had an interesting project once where I had to develop profiles of the African American population in every county of the United States - over 3,000 counties - and then develop a mathematical optimization model to identify the six counties that in combination best represent the diversity of America's African American population. Back when I was in the defense industry, I was on a project once where we had the big life-size simulators where real F-15 cockpits were inside 30-foot domes, and the scenes were projected onto the inner surface of the dome. They'd have dogfights against people nearby who were playing Soviet pilots, and I got to watch. Then my job was to take the big computer tapes (tapes back then) to a mainframe computer for processing overnight. Since it took all night, I would work some odd schedule like 4 to midnight, and my only job was to switch out tapes from time to time. I hung out and did crossword puzzles and stuff, and then got paid extra because it was a second-shift job. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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08-18-2011, 09:54 PM	#34
Mama Hip Rockets You don't faze me, Gobble. Join Date: Dec 2005 Casino cash: $10005644	Teacher.
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08-18-2011, 10:02 PM	#35
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1886899	I shied away from calling it a job in the other thread, but I'm gonna go with "pyrotechnician" on this one.
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08-18-2011, 10:10 PM	#36
MIAdragon Someone pass the antifreeze Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Miami (North Cuba) Casino cash: $1457819	Was an anti terrorism analyst
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08-18-2011, 10:25 PM	#38
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08-18-2011, 11:22 PM	#39
TimeForWasp Sprinkle in some Mahomes Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Butte Montana Casino cash: $7678507	I'll never forget the adventure I had in the early to mid 80s as a helicopter mechanic on Tuna seiners.
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08-18-2011, 11:28 PM	#40
Jenson71 fides quaerens intellectum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Casino cash: $8330900	Tractor driver for a detasseling crew. It was fun (course, driving was an exception to the rule of walking). I had a good job at UNI in the tutoring program. Just got to study history with grateful students for 10 hrs/wk.
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08-18-2011, 11:42 PM	#41
TimeForWasp Sprinkle in some Mahomes Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Butte Montana Casino cash: $7678507	I found an old Video of a tuna boat we were always in competition with. I remember the name of the boat, the Skipper and the First mate. If my memory serves me right, after they cleared the helicopter from the net after it crashed, they cut the floats and let it sink for the insurance. The fishing industry was a small world and you hear all the stories. Most of these fishermen knew each other. alot of them from the old country. Portugal, Italy . Last edited by TimeForWasp; 08-18-2011 at 11:48 PM.. Reason: remember , not recognize.
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08-18-2011, 11:59 PM	#42
shorman22 Starter Join Date: Aug 2010 Casino cash: $9999997	Prolly my volunteer job now, Where I write scouting reports for ku bball & get to intend any practice I want too
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08-19-2011, 12:00 AM	#43
Rasputin Tip of the hat LIV Champs Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ks Casino cash: $3355421	I got a pretty damn cool job. I get to do some pretty cool things. I can go fishing, play video games, watch TV, watch Chiefs football. There setting up a trip for us to go to Nascar in KC in october (pits). Hopefully we can go to a Chiefs game but I would may have to beg for that too happen. Get to sit around at the office drink coffee, play bingo on fridays. Bowling on wendays. I think it's a pretty cool gig I got. __________________ A Brave Man Once Requested Me To Answer Questions That Are Key 'Is It To Be Or Not To Be' And I Replied Oh Why Ask Me
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08-19-2011, 12:19 AM	#44
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $5311637	Tattooing... It's more of a hobby and where else can you make $300+ for 3 hours of work and people actually pay you to hurt them? I love doing it. The only downside is it hurts my back if I go too long at one time.
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08-19-2011, 12:44 AM	#45
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