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    This one is super corny but had to share it anyway!

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    My top five would be:

    1. Pimp
    2. Pimp
    3. Pimp
    4. Pimp
    5. Pimp

    Unfortunately, so far I'm unemployed. Dang it!

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    When I was a little kid my grandfather took me to a movie. This was way back in the mid 1950s when they had newsreels in between the previews and the feature. One of the things they showed in the newsreel was ironworkers erecting a skyscraper and I told my grandfather I would love to do that. He told me those guys were 'lunatics'.

    I ended up doing that for 20 years. When it was good it was very good and when it was bad it was horrible. In the 1970s when the politically correct crowd was taking over the media the emasculation of men began. The word was that there was no such thing as a 'macho man'.

    Walking around on I-beams a couple of hundred feet in the air on a beautiful spring day with your bridge belt and spud wrenches strapped around you ..... the operator swinging another piece ..... climbing columns .... that made a man feel like a man. I'm glad I got out of it when I did but I'm also glad that I did it for the time that I did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    When I was a little kid my grandfather took me to a movie. This was way back in the mid 1950s when they had newsreels in between the previews and the feature. One of the things they showed in the newsreel was ironworkers erecting a skyscraper and I told my grandfather I would love to do that. He told me those guys were 'lunatics'.

    I ended up doing that for 20 years. When it was good it was very good and when it was bad it was horrible. In the 1970s when the politically correct crowd was taking over the media the emasculation of men began. The word was that there was no such thing as a 'macho man'.

    Walking around on I-beams a couple of hundred feet in the air on a beautiful spring day with your bridge belt and spud wrenches strapped around you ..... the operator swinging another piece ..... climbing columns .... that made a man feel like a man. I'm glad I got out of it when I did but I'm also glad that I did it for the time that I did.
    I agree JimmyHAD I cant imagine any job in the world other than being an Ironworker. I've had family that are now retired and I always looked up to them. The day I was accepted into my local apprenticeship was that proudest day of my life. in my opinion people saying "your one of those crazy guys" and "I could never do that" make me feel great and fill me with pride.
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    I would love to have a job as a food reporter on world food.
    Travelling all over while eating and drinking good stuff.
    I'd be fat and happy
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    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Birnando View Post
    I would love to have a job as a food reporter on world food.
    Travelling all over while eating and drinking good stuff.
    I'd be fat and happy
    Ha!! I looks as if we think alike! Yeah, that would be awesome. There's a couple of shows that I enjoy watching and one of my favorites is of Anthony Bourdain, traveling around the World, meeting people, drinking and eating. So many cool places to see, so much great food to eat in our World!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by donv View Post
    Ha!! I looks as if we think alike! Yeah, that would be awesome. There's a couple of shows that I enjoy watching and one of my favorites is of Anthony Bourdain, traveling around the World, meeting people, drinking and eating. So many cool places to see, so much great food to eat in our World!!
    It sure does

    Yeah, Bourdain's show is one of the finest shows on that subject.

    Like you said: So many places to see, so much great food out there.
    And all the new people to meet is yet another bonus of that job
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    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....


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    Yes, I agree Bourdain has a great job!

    Top 5

    1. Financial Investor / Strategic Investor
    2. Firearms Instructor
    3. Professional hunter
    4. Food and Wine critic
    5. Librarian
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    Default Top Five

    1. Razor honer
    2. Razor collector
    3. Razor shaver
    4. Razor restorer
    5. Amateur OB/GYN

    Why not?

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    Default Fi8ve Best Occupations in the World

    1. Han Solo
    2. Retire extra early
    3. Captain of the Enterprise
    4. What Lynn/gssixgun does?
    5. Professional Food Taste Tester
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