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Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. I watch people sleep.

You have got to have some great stories :D

I bet he has a strain gauge with a little cup on the end of it....

Thankfully, at least so far, no P.T's. I await the day when the opportunity arises, pardon the pun, for one of our techs to "take one for the team".

I had the priveledge of telling the gentlemen where to attach those funny looking, mercury filled, rubber bands with the wires attached to them. The guy who worked the night shift (he made several dollars more per hour and none of us begrudged him his pay) had the strain gauge. He called it the "Portable Pocket Pecker Popper." :surprise: Those of us who have not suffered from this particular problem should all be thankful. Of all the weird jobs I've had that was the weirdest. It was 20 years ago but somehow the details are still burned into my memory.

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rockhound aka geologist. started out tracking down contamination, drilling wells and sampling anything and everything that could be sampled. currently transitioning to regulatory compliance aka keeping the colonel out of jail. currently working a DoD contract in the desert southwest. but first:

soil and concrete technician in construction biz

built decks and patios while in school

sold rugby equipment while between schools

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I receive compensation for my efforts in the following areas.

Photography

Writing

Gunsmithing

Machining

Instructing

Shooting

In the late 1970’s I did spend some of my wasted youth working in a “Harley Shop” as a gunkbrush, parts chaser, booze runner and “rice grinder” wrench. We would only take on non-H-D work when no one was looking. I did not stay long enough to earn the whiskers to wrench on H-D’s but, I did get to “test drive” a few!

However my primary source of income is generated via the motivation of electrical current flow to your homes and communities. I am a senior power plant operator at a hydro electric project on the mighty Columbia River.

What a neat collection of people!

Patrick

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I find, count and then write about fish, birds and bunnies, mostly in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Just like MOG to keep a US Army Colonel out of jail.

Biologist GS-0401-12

US Army Corps of Engineers

Jacksonville District

Planning Division

Environmental Branch

Special Projects Section

:ph34r:

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I'm living on what everyone is paying to Uncle Sam. Military retirement (23years) & Social Security.

Everyone keep up the good work & pay more so raises exceed cost of living instead of the other way around.

Retired military, now working as a range tech. for the Gov't. Double dippin from the Feds. ;)

LOL, I tell that to my cousin who is graduating college in a few weeks all the time. "Get a job and start paying taxes, I need a pay raise"

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Oh and before I became an Operations & Maintenance Engineer I was a Sergeant in the Dutch Airforce. I was a Specialist Launcher Patriot. Man those Patriot Anti Air Launchers are impressive ;) Did a short tour in Turkey when the Iraq War started.

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I'm waiting for someone to post that they are a "vehicle test crash dummy". I've got a few questions since I'm thinking of a career change.

p.s. Though a possible related career, not interested in becoming clinical drug test volunteer. I hear the pay is not that good. At least thats what the voices in my head keep telling me.

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So my best (but not current) job was a bartender in a "gentlemens' club."

The managment made us sew all our pockets shut so we didn't have any place hid money :surprise:

The dancers were fun, single ladies just working their way through "college" :devil:

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Police Office for 12 years which is where I developed the people skills I need for my current occupation.

Plumbing and heating Contractor self employed sole proprietor. People are happy now when I come to the door :)

Funny, when I left he PD I had been a firearms instructor for 6 years and stopped shooting for some time. There was always something missing and I could never quite put my finger on it.

I dug out my old revolver one day, showed up for an IDPA match, had fun even if they did make fun of my choice of divisions and have continued from there. I shoot revolver in USPSA & IDPA because I miss the abuse I received as a LEO :)

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