NutterButter
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I think he means archaeologists that find cool stuff like dinosaur bones and lost empires
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What Manual Labor/Trade Job Would You Enjoy? (1 Viewer)
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Rick James
Footballguy
Well, they tend to give those jobs to ex-ballplayers and people that are, you know, in broadcasting.
msommer
Footballguy
D-Day
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nirad3
Footballguy
Neither is listing four careers that fall completely outside the realm of what we're talking about here.
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I know. Well, OK... What else do you like?
D-Day
Footballguy
Something in movies-- non-union, please. Talk show host would be good. But I think I may have to settle for being a latex salesman... just waiting on that call.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Chef if that counts.
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Rafting guide/fishing guide/hunting guide
Sailboat company rep
Landscaping hardscape/stone work
Sailboat company rep
Landscaping hardscape/stone work
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Another poster mentionged farming. I grew up on a dairy farm. Farming is out. Planting fields is ok but that gets boring after days and days on a tractor. Dealing with cattle is awful.
This thread is quite appropriate though. My friend and I have a small construction business. We started off a few years ago doing small projects like tile and crown molding for friends. We both spent time doing construction in college but have had desk jobs for many years. I travel some for my job which adds some excitement but it is still the same job just in a different office/state. Our small work for friends has turned into a business finishing basements and remodeling kitchens as well as constructing paver patios. We entered a wealthy part of town a year or so ago and have as much work lined up as we want. Word of mouth is better than any ad.
My partner and I often discuss how much more rewarding the construction work is compared to our day jobs. That is sad considering it took college and years of hard work to get the day jobs that we have.
I would like to finish basements as my manual job. The patio work is really physically demanding and getting worse as I get older. Kitchen remodeling always stesses out homeowners. Tough to take away someones kitchen for a few days.
Basement finishing is most rewarding because it normally involves taking an ugly, unfinished big area or tearing down someones crummy work and making it a beautiful living space with cool features such as a kitchen, home theater room, a bar, a gym, a fireplace area with stone walls, etc. My favorite part of finishing basements is actually the rough work of framing the walls and hanging drywall. Doing the trim work and putting down tile is ok but nothing beats those first few days of getting the walls up.
This thread is quite appropriate though. My friend and I have a small construction business. We started off a few years ago doing small projects like tile and crown molding for friends. We both spent time doing construction in college but have had desk jobs for many years. I travel some for my job which adds some excitement but it is still the same job just in a different office/state. Our small work for friends has turned into a business finishing basements and remodeling kitchens as well as constructing paver patios. We entered a wealthy part of town a year or so ago and have as much work lined up as we want. Word of mouth is better than any ad.
My partner and I often discuss how much more rewarding the construction work is compared to our day jobs. That is sad considering it took college and years of hard work to get the day jobs that we have.
I would like to finish basements as my manual job. The patio work is really physically demanding and getting worse as I get older. Kitchen remodeling always stesses out homeowners. Tough to take away someones kitchen for a few days.
Basement finishing is most rewarding because it normally involves taking an ugly, unfinished big area or tearing down someones crummy work and making it a beautiful living space with cool features such as a kitchen, home theater room, a bar, a gym, a fireplace area with stone walls, etc. My favorite part of finishing basements is actually the rough work of framing the walls and hanging drywall. Doing the trim work and putting down tile is ok but nothing beats those first few days of getting the walls up.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Person that drives around taking pics for Google Streetview.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
I worked on a golf greens crew for summers in high school. I would do it again in a heart beat.
Mowing and landscaping combined with simple plumbing (sprinkler systems), spraying for weeds, even occasional use of front loaders and other large equipment (refilling sand traps or dirt work).
Oh and free golf.
I still miss that job.
Mowing and landscaping combined with simple plumbing (sprinkler systems), spraying for weeds, even occasional use of front loaders and other large equipment (refilling sand traps or dirt work).
Oh and free golf.
I still miss that job.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
That sounds awesome...unless you live in a hot-as-balls part of the country like I do.
mr fancypants
Footballguy
Maybe I'm a bit crazy, but I always thought being a meat butcher would be kind of cool
MikeIke
Footballguy
Not crazy, it takes quite a bit of skill to be a good butcher. And I can definitely see the satisfaction you'd get from providing a customer with the perfect cut of meat for their needs.
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MikeIke
Footballguy
Nah, you're fine. How hard could it be?
Jayrod
Footballguy
Thought so.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Making stained glass windows.
Otis
Footballguy
$$$
Spike
Footballguy
Depending on where you live, that could be a seasonal job. I work with a woman whose husband has this job and it's pretty much a 6-9 month a year job.
ghostguy123
Footballguy
I could see landscaping. Not the hauling rocks/dirt kind, but mowing/wacking/trimming/mulching/pruning.
Get your steps in, stay in shape, listen to music.
Much rather do what I do now though. Lot easier work. Thanks college.
Get your steps in, stay in shape, listen to music.
Much rather do what I do now though. Lot easier work. Thanks college.
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