JUST PONDERING MY PAST

While reading some of the posts here about temp jobs I got to remembering my past as a young hellion and the jobs I quit or got fired from.The one that stands out in my mind is the job I got with Canada Packers in their cheese plant making cheese slices.I was the only one there speaking English. After going to work with a couple of beers under my belt I got into a brewha with the lady foreman and quit. Well the following Monday the head office called me up and wanted me to return to work.I declind and they sent me a months pay. Funny how life turns out got me another job and lasted for forty years.How many jobs you had?

First job i had was bucking bales for several neighbors, then washed dishes in town. Ever since, i clean my plate every time i eat, period. LOL.
Washed cars at Hertz, worked one day at K-Mart and didn't go back because i couldn't afford slacks. Mechanic for a trucking company and then have been a semi trailer mechanic for 25 years.
Had many part time jobs, even some today. Bound wheat with my binder for a wheat weaver, tractor restoration and parts, roofing, welding, wheat harvest hand, painting, whatever pays the bills.

3 5 years as Hog farm manager, 7 months in a plastic factory, 25 years with Delta Airlines

39 years as a park officer. Retired last year at 57. Now I have 4 part-time jobs. Help a couple fellas field tile, drive a gravel truck, drive a school bus, and help the county push snow in the winter. And take care of 80 acres of wildlife. They say it's hard to find a job---HMMMMM!

Married 45 Years today, Not really a job, but, But my best career.
12 Years old, wheat/cattle farm labor
14 Horse ranch.
15 left home when I was told I was working the wheat ranch job again-(farmed out, no wages to me)
Worked for orchard and fruit warehouse. got room and board if I stayed in school.
17 Working at grocery stores and gas stations.
22 U.S. Air Force 20yrs
Lots of 2nd jobs for 20 years
42 Electronics repair tech and farm 200 acres hay/grain
53 Counselor for State of MN and farming
63 Retired with cancer-Rented farm
65 Farming and several part time jobs
70 Still farming hay only. Fish, hunt and Spend time with grandchildren.
Life is GREAT
65

So you went to work after having a couple of beers, got in an argument and quit, then they wanted to hire you back?

Ive had 2 "real" jobs, started at an antifreeze additve plant in 1986. The comapny expanded into containers for the antifreeze and eventually switched totally to packaging supplies of several sorts.Due to supply problems caused by the hurricanes of 2004 closing our suppilers and several customers, we closed Feb of 2005. I was out of work for about 8 weeks, and landed a job with another packakging manufacturer, and since I began I have been promoted twice and am now the regional logistics manager for 17 warehosues in the southeast.

Growing up, we had our work around the farm, (chickens, cows, pigs etc.) and at 16 I took over the hay operations on the farm from my Dad and Uncle. This paid for me to go to college. Upon me leaving for college, Dad retired from farming completely except for a few chickens and cows he raised for the eggs, and milk. Dad died in 1999, and I no longer farm.

Too many jobs to mention but my first paying job at age 16 was most memorable.
I worked at a convention hotel center as a busboy, worked in the finess center etc..whatever was needed.
I would take up room service to people at night. I'm just an average looking guy, trust me, but it was unbelievable how many older married women would hit on me when I was in their room. Must be lot's of frustrated wives out there.

The center did lot's of conventions and there was always woman business traveler's there by their self. One woman just let her robe open up and she had nothing on underneath and she just smiled. At the time 35+ years ago I thought she was old but in reality she was probabaly 35-40 years old. I was 16 at the time but I guess I looked older..or she just did not care.

Believe it or not I did not do anything. I guess it was my strict catholic guilt trip up bringing combined with a severe case of shyness plus the center was managed by a close family friend of my parents and my parents were super strict and I was worried they would find out.

Boy was I stupid.

Never had one, yet...............unless you count working for a neighbor for a week in 1961, running his silage pit 'crew', making $3.00 per day. Farmed for 40-plus years, but I wouldn't call it having a job.

I left the farm when I graduated from high school
and got a temporary job with the US Government. I got drafted during the Korean War & got married
was rehired after being discharged. I was made permanent and retired after 43 years. The man that replaced me has 48 years and is still working. He can only get 80% of his highest 3 years of salary and would making more being retired since he wouldn't be driving to work. After I retired I was rehired by several defense contractors for another 5 years. Hal

At 13 I started on the neighbors farm, then worked various jobs during college. started career, worked for two companies 4 yrs each then left to do my own thing in the same field. After 25 yrs, sold out. Now I work commission sales in the same field, when I want, farm when I want, works pretty good. Just got fired from Fire Dept. after 35 years, for not respecting the Chief. I disagreed with him and officers about replacing 13 yr old truck, and saying 30 yr old truck is still good when 6 mos earlier he had told us that the truck had just 6 mos. left in it. I did not support the "stories" that they told at town meeting.

Hundreds ! .. Doing 1 day to 2 month long Home improvement projects for over 30 yrs .LOL .. Did the usual farmy things as a kid . Started out pickin strawberries forever ,at age 6 .. Mom crated in the berry shed and declared I needed to go out and make myself Useful. LOL, . around age 14 ,i was helping a neighbor farrowing pigs and raising hoggs (1000per yr ,and it is the one thing I know how to do WELL ) til 20%interest drove him out ,.turned around and began raising hoggs in the same facility with my brother til WE nearly went broke , Brother said "I think we need a bigger building ",,. NOT !!..during this time we were also taking care of a hundred brood cows below dads place .. , In my 20's for serveral yrs, my brothers and I could boast that We Kinda(custom Work ) farmed all the way to the Ohio river some 3 miles away.. I realized if I was goig to Farm for a living I needed to own land , And to Buy land , I needed Money , And , I SAW the best way to make that Money was the vehicle of home Improvement .. A nasty tornado had ripped across the County in 1974 , so, I started My own home improvement business , and RUN her HARD and did real good ." Never Mind the MULEs , JUST load THE WAGON" mentality . In 94 I busted My tail in More ways than One ,, was laid up for the winter , From then ON , EVERYTHING CHANGED .. My sons wanted the business so I kept it going with their help til they could grow into it . In 2002 My friends and Neighbors egged me into county politics .. The Good Folks of the County Voted Me in, I like it there and I hope the Folks will give me another term .. I still help My Sons in home Improvement occassionaly , But it is Their business to run .. We have 3 farms nearby with 90 acres of row crops .. SO much rolling stock to put antifreeze to safeguard , roll hay equipment over about 200 acres of hay each yr. (anyone NEED ANY HAY )keep around 20 brood cows , and NOT one Single hog ... so far ,So good ..

I am 31 and have had 3 out of college full time public jobs. Rayloc alternator dis-assembler, shot chickens out of a cannon for Tyson, and now I work for the city at a water factory. Part time while in school public jobs 4. NRCS co-op student while in high school, worked a Camp Currie 4 summers, Rural King two winters, and as a temp at Milstone coffie one summer. I tried to count up how many local farmers I have worked for a while back over a few beers, couldn't do it and too tired now. Over 20. Started I guess you could say as Granddad's part time assistant farm manager at age 6. He passed away in 99 and I have been working pretty much full time for my Grandmother since.

Dave

Got my first job. Picking cotton in Wilmar Texas at nine years old. Thought how hard can it be cotton is soft. Found the bowls are like razor blades. After we moved to Grapevine Texas. Went to work on a dairy farm. Worked there for two years. Hated the hours. Joined the Navy in 68 started working on generators. Got back from nam in 72 went to work for Cat. 1980 went to work for Onan. Worked there until Cummins/Onan fired me in 2006. Was told it was because of bad paper work. Tech rating was 98%. Found out later that the upper management considered me old and out of date along with some other people. Got my disability in 08. So now I just help out on line and do odd jobs around town.

28 years, two months and 10 days working for the US Government. Lots a of different jobs but one Payer.
did take a couple years off in 66 to try something else was a disaster. I call it my Hippie year.
Retired at Age 50 and 4 days never looked back.
Walt

Left home at 12 in 1968. Worked the summer for a neighbor sewing sacks on an IHC 123SP combine. Farmed on my own and worked a day or 2 a week at McMinnville Auction Yard until 1990. Got sick and had to leave farming in 1992. A year and a half at a small hay and cattle farm (took job so I could fish every day). Went to work for my small hometown day after Chistmas 1994 in the water dept, Utilities Supervisor now for 5 years. 5 more years and hope to retire to our little cabin in the country....James

13: Started working in my dads tool & die shop.
18: Worked in a small die shop.
20: Worked for a large machinery builder.
21: Worked for an aerospace company.
22: Worked as a toolmaker apprentice for Chrylser
24: Hired at GM after the Chrysler plant closed.
53: Retired from GM - plant closing.

Now 54, looking for what comes next!!

Job? I was supposed to get a job? I knew I forgot something.

I married a gal with a job, she never told me to get one so I did'nt, just 49yrs. I think she suspects something's going on, kinda fussy when the bills need payed.

I don't remember how old, but I picked up potatoes as a kid; also picked strawberries, raspberries and cherries. Handed out advertising handbills door to door, hauled hay summers, worked as a bagboy in a grocery store during high school, and office mail boy after graduation. Worked for Uncle Sam, then got a job as a carpenter after discharge. I've been an interior trades estimator--drywall, metal studs, etc.--for close to 40 years. Hope to retire at the end of December and work on wildlife habitat projects and maybe do some volunteer wildlife related work.

Larry in Michigan

paperboy, painting, print shop, board of ed., credit union, montgomery wards, firestone, 5 radio tv shops, radio station, toledo scale, US Navy, electrical business, landlord with 7 units, GM apprentice electrician for 32 years, freelance mechanic. Probab ly missed a couple. Believe it or not every job was better than the last except the last 15 at GM. God was good to me. Never out of work for more than 6 weeks in 40 plus years. Never fired, but sure am tired!
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5 for me;Taco Bell, 5 years in a warehouse job,
18 years in the machine shop for Union Pacific,
11 years for Asplundh Tree Expert co.and now my
last a year and a half so far for the city.

started hand milking cows when i was 9 till i was 17 for my dad,then on my own till age 30.
worked for 2 custom outfits and 2 AG dealer ships as mechanic/welder.did a stint building stand by powerplants,all between age 17 and 30.

Emigrated to CAN,worked there for 2 dairy's,a yr each,then 4 yrs as feedlot foreman and 1/2 yr for a contractor as mech/welder,Was the last employer i ever had(A holes)
Been farming and ranching ever since on my own,pushing 60 now

started hand milking cows when i was 9 till i was 17 for my dad,then on my own till age 30.
worked for 2 custom outfits and 2 AG dealer ships as mechanic/welder.did a stint building stand by powerplants,all between age 17 and 30.

Emigrated to CAN,worked there for 2 dairy's,a yr each,then 4 yrs as feedlot foreman and 1/2 yr for a contractor as mech/welder,Was the last employer i ever had(A holes)
Been farming and ranching ever since on my own,pushing 60 now,married with the same sweethart for 38 yrs.