What do you do to feed the wife and kids?

Im also a firefighter, I do construction on the side to make extra money since most civil service jobs wont make you rich! You know what cops and firefighters both have in common? They both want to be firefighters!!
 
Self employed. Thirty years worth /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif

Home improvements. The dirty part and the bookkeeping as well.. One man operation. When I want off I just take it..LOL /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Try to stay in the glass line as much as posible.
2 1/2 yrs from medicare /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Hope I make it..
Having been a Vol Firefighter and Former USArmy Draftee, My hats off to all these guys doing those jobs now. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
No formal education, just school of hard knocks. Fartherest I went to school was 150 mi, and that was to visit my brother /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Started out as a scholarship student for the Divivsion of Wildlife. Hated school so now I am an U.S. Coast Guard Boatswains Mate Second Class. Stationed on the mighty Mississippi.
 
Well lets see I'm an ex-auto mechanic, ex-gunshop owner, ex-journeyman carpenter, ex-contractor, ex-semi pro trapper, ex-heavy equipment operator, ex-trucker, ex-trucking company supervisor, soon to be an ex-construction warehouse supervisor and become a full time retirey/ gun tinkerrer/ duckboat builder/fur collector and generally irritating old-fart.

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Let's see, I always wanted to be a deflowerer of virgins, champion of the downtrodden, and all around nice guy.

So, I joined the Navy, stuck it out for 21 years...that is what feeds the ex-wife, I just wish she would choke on it! Then it would all be mine....bwaahahahaha.

Needed a real job after I retired so I went to school. Now a ER RN with the IHS in one of the most depressing towns in the US.

Looking at a move to Colorado Springs or possibly Germany in the near future.

bob
 
Shift engineer at a hydrocarbons chemical plant. Also a journeyman pipefitter, and a little bit of farming on the side. Have 3 kids with one in university.
 
Work construction and have my own tree removal business, so the summer is pretty busy. In the winter it is pretty slow, so I ebay for a little extra fun money and hunt/fish 4-6 days a week. Wife is a great mother and works part time at the local casino. Have a 7 year old daught that can't wait to start hunting with daddy (bought her, her first gun at age 6).
 
Chain retail pharmacist for 25 years, along with relief work for private contractors on days off, then spend whatever time is left on 500 acres of hobby farm, and hunt whenever possible.
 
FEED THEM???? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Heck, let 'em fend for themselves! I got huntin' to do!!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
My 3 sons left the nest a long time ago but my bride of 41 years and myself are living are dream year round in remote area of Alaska. A meager retirement income and Social Security pays for what we eat that isn't harvested locally and our once a year "Spring Out" trip to Los Anchorage to visit our children, replenish our supplies and see the doctors, dentists etc. We designed built and maintain our home and associated systems and the self satisfaction of having done that is far better for us than buying the best experience in a urban environment.
Prior to retirement we lived in nothing but urban areas all over the planet and saw enough of the traffic, taxes and brown air to make me really appreciate where we are at. I am truly blessed with a companion that not only contributes more than her fair share to our overall experience but enjoys the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering as much and maybe more than I do.
In a prior life I spent 31 years as a Large Systems Engineer designing,installing and maintaining mainframe hardware and software for IBM.
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At the President's discretion, travel to foreign countries with as little as 72 hours notice, to remove rogue third world leaders and their cronies from their positions of authority. Been doing that for 28+ years.

Make a little money on the side doing this and that. Mainly that.

I want my wife's job. She does rock chip repairs in windshields. Sleeps in until 10 o'clock. Goes out to work for 4-5 hours and makes about $50/hour. I can't find any flaws in that program.
 
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