Your Occupation?

[Gigdujour]

I'm an engineer for Canadian National. I run between Battle Creek MI and Chicago for the most part. I also dabble in basset wrangling and grandfathering


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

 

[jifjifjif]

I'm a Playboy photographer.

Oh, my real occupation? Well then, I work as a Talent Acquisition Manager for a Federally-Funded Non-Profit Workforce Development Board.

Oh, in layman's terms? Well then, I help match unemployed job seekers with employers in need of talent.

 

[ltrainer]

I'm an engineer for Canadian National. I run between Battle Creek MI and Chicago for the most part. I also dabble in basset wrangling and grandfathering


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

Does your train have a cow catcher? Have you ever run into a cow? If so, what kind of cow was it. Do cows respond to train whistles? Can you keep the meat from a cow that you hit? Can I buy hamburger from you? Have you ever had a woman strapped to the track only to be rescued by Dudley Doright?

 

[rjtoole]

Canadian trains don't have whistles, They have speakers that say Please Move, Thank you! and their Cow Catchers are padded like a Catchers Mitt.

 

[stillnotsmoking]

I always wanted to be an engineer and work on the rails since I was a small child, props to you that's gotta be a cool job!

 

[odysseysteve]

I run a one-man wood shop. I make high end Adirondack style furnishings.

I was a video game designer with Nintendo (NST), Microsoft and most recently Sony. I believe I am the only one to have designed for all of the big 3.

But these days I wear both my overalls and plenty of sawdust with pride.

 

[Danbrooks2k]

Paramedic, currently working 250 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico on an offshore oil rig.

I respond to emergencies, but more like a ships doctor. I have a clinic/infirmary/office... smells like strawberry bannanna vape all day long!

 

[ltrainer]

I run a one-man wood shop. I make high end Adirondack style furnishings.

I was a video game designer with Nintendo (NST), Microsoft and most recently Sony. I believe I am the only one to have designed for all of the big 3.

But these days I wear both my overalls and plenty of sawdust with pride.

How does an Adirondack furniture maker end up 3000 miles away from the mountains? Is there a demand locally around you for that style?

 

[xSoyer]

How does an Adirondack furniture maker end up 3000 miles away from the mountains? Is there a demand locally around you for that style?

Suburban house-wives love that stuff.

(Source: My mom asked for Adirondack chairs for like four years in a row before my dad finally caved..)

 

[jonah]

House husband soon to retire wife divorcing me...may have to get a real job...life can be hard somtimes.

 

[jifjifjif]

Sorry, brother. Time heals all wounds. Remember that, because it's true.

 

[bones1274]

I am retired Navy Chief Petty Officer.

Active Duty....

 

[Crash Moses]

I'm an engineer for Canadian National. I run between Battle Creek MI and Chicago for the most part. I also dabble in basset wrangling and grandfathering


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We were just talking about that at lunch. Love taking the train into Chicago to visit the Museum of Science and Industry. It's been awhile but I've been itching to crawl around the U-505 since they moved it. If we don't leave from Jackson we usually go via BC.

Have you toured the factory where they make the Girl Scout cookies? I remember it like it was yesterday...

Dang...now I want Girl Scout cookies.

 

[yolo_]

I would like a job as a Reo tester and would do it for free

Or as a chocolate taster and would do that for free also.

 

[bourzia]

Sometimes key grip, sometimes best boy, but usually just a grip.

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[odysseysteve]

How does an Adirondack furniture maker end up 3000 miles away from the mountains? Is there a demand locally around you for that style?

I actually do live in the mountains at 4200 feet of elevation - though not the Adirondacks. I am in the mountains an hour outside of San Diego (guess I really should update the profile at some point...) and there is a good demand for this style of furnishings. It is a classic style and I put my own twist of the design.

 

[Gigdujour]

Does your train have a cow catcher? Have you ever run into a cow? If so, what kind of cow was it. Do cows respond to train whistles? Can you keep the meat from a cow that you hit? Can I buy hamburger from you? Have you ever had a woman strapped to the track only to be rescued by Dudley Doright?

No cow catchers any more. I haven't hit a cow personally, but I've seen the aftermath. It's not pretty and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want that hamburger (pretty much all that was left). I've yet to see a woman tied to the tracks, but I did clip a drunk guy walking too close one night. God must love drunks as he was fine. The police had to drag him out of the bar to get checked out at the hospital


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

 

[Gigdujour]

Canadian trains don't have whistles, They have speakers that say Please Move, Thank you! and their Cow Catchers are padded like a Catchers Mitt.

If cows get loose and someone reports it, we usually stop the train before we get to the area. The cleanup following a cow-smacking is no fun for the poor bastages in the engine house. 800lbs of cow seems to contain about 400lbs of poop.


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

 

[Gigdujour]

I always wanted to be an engineer and work on the rails since I was a small child, props to you that's gotta be a cool job!

It was fun and cool the first few hundred times


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[MamaTried]

It was fun and cool the first few hundred times


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LOL. What's the count up to now?