It depends. What is the unemployment rate there in "Alabama City"?
It depends. What is the unemployment rate there in "Alabama City"?
sounds like the movie clerks.
Range Safety Officer at H&H? :-)
I think Sooner State Pawn should hire you full time and me part time. We've both traded, bought, and sold more guns than anyone I know so we have the experience. I've got a life of leisure being retired USPS but get bored when it's not a good day to ride motorcycles or play golf.
I know this is an old post but when i read these two right next to each other i thought about "The Postman" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119925/
I have a couple of friends who are lawyers.. They tried a few years ago to get me to get a process servers license. Said they could keep me buisy most all the time for them and a few other lawyers they knew. I don't remember what the going rate for each paper served is, but it is pretty significant. That might be an option.
I was glad to see this thread. I've got the best job I've ever had making the most money I'll ever make and I hate it. Im on call for 15 days straight and then off 6. Each job takes a minimum of 14hrs and you never know when one is going to start. Its alot of reponsibility without much supervision. I fantasize about doin almost anything (including hvac) that isint "on call". Am I nuts?
Don't think you're nuts at all. long periods of being on call can be more challenging than a low pay. I have a standard 8-5 job, make great money and enjoy what I do for the most part, but any job can wear on you.
I've heard people say "Do what you love and the money will follow" - the actual original saying was "Do what you love and the money won't matter" - I think the answer lies somewhere in the middle.
While I enjoy having predictable working hours and a known project to work on, or problem to solve (I'm a computer programmer, BTW) - at the end of the day, I've spend 8 hours chunking 1's and 0's into a computer system. While I know that is creation - of a type - I have many hobbies that are much more personally rewarding that my job. I've done everything from grow a garden to build a CNC machine, to make furniture. I got into reloading, amateur gunsmithing, long distance shooting. And I've been a pilot since forever - my first love, first hobby and the one obsession that would trump all others, should I be forced to pick.
What sucks is none of those things, if converted to a job, make anywhere NEAR the money I make right now and my family is accustomed to a certain lifestyle. It's a frustrating place to be.
I've heard people say "Do what you love and the money will follow" - the actual original saying was "Do what you love and the money won't matter" - I think the answer lies somewhere in the middle.
While I enjoy having predictable working hours and a known project to work on, or problem to solve (I'm a computer programmer, BTW) - at the end of the day, I've spend 8 hours chunking 1's and 0's into a computer system. While I know that is creation - of a type - I have many hobbies that are much more personally rewarding that my job. I've done everything from grow a garden to build a CNC machine, to make furniture. I got into reloading, amateur gunsmithing, long distance shooting. And I've been a pilot since forever - my first love, first hobby and the one obsession that would trump all others, should I be forced to pick.
What sucks is none of those things, if converted to a job, make anywhere NEAR the money I make right now and my family is accustomed to a certain lifestyle. It's a frustrating place to be.
