ODD JOBS YOU'VE HAD

[N8YX]

Service manager of a home appliance shop.

Small engine/motorcycle mechanic at an area motor sales concern.

Packager at a local chemical compounder. Carper cleaner, windshield washer fluid and sidewalk de-icer were just a few of their many products.

When I finally did get a foot in the doors of businesses where my skills in the electronics tech/electrical engineering and IT fields could be fully utilized, the rest became history.

As soon as I finish equipping an electronics R&D lab, acquiring all Park Tools bicycle-related service equipment offerings, finding a frame jig and sourcing a capable TIG welder I could give a side business or two a go. But probably not until retirement - there's no way either of those will pay anywhere near what my current line of work does. For now I'll tinker with these things because I like doing them, and I enjoy helping others with their projects.

[suddenseer]

I can't talk about my teenage years odd jobs.....

Yes you can, I am sure the statute of limitations, sans murder has run out. Tell us more, come on, R YA CHICKEN????? (nope you're a bear)

[W7XF]

You can probably guess, Tim.... 40 miles from SF, Mom and I barely making it, and I was chicken at that age...least to say...a profitable business.

[WØTKX]

Mosquito counts, for the good of Minnesota.

[suddenseer]

You can probably guess, Tim.... 40 miles from SF, Mom and I barely making it, and I was chicken at that age...least to say...a profitable business.

I have never sent out for chicken, but I have delivered it a few times back in the day ;)

[KG4CGC]

Door to door used dildo salesman was a pretty neat job.

There was a guy following me around with a camera.

[wa6mhz]

My oddest JOB was my first job! I was a SHOE Salesman in a little shoe store in my hometown of LISLE, IL. But I quickly got fired cuz I was too anxious to help the ladies try on shoes when they were wearing dresses!!

[NM5TF]

spent 3 months between real jobs as a gravedigger......mostly mowing grass using Toro gang-reel mowers like you see
on golf courses....also learned to use backhoe digging graves....

worst part was cremating bodies....they came in cardboard coffins to be incinerated...will never forget the smell of a DB
for as long as I live....once we put them in the furnace, after 5 minutes we had to look in the viewing port to be certain
they were burning correctly.....as the body burns, the cartilage contracts & the body does a little "death dance".....

fucking freaky !!!!!

[HUGH]

Weekend job at a small electrical shop included repairing small appliances. The oddest one was a device from the local vet for electrocuting cats and dogs. How on earth do you test that one?

[N8YX]

Weekend job at a small electrical shop included repairing small appliances. The oddest one was a device from the local vet for electrocuting cats and dogs. How on earth do you test that one?

Your avatar might provide something of a clue ...