The Kitchen Table - come sit with us! new request added to post 1!

[ranchhand]

Carrot walnut? Sounds delicious!

I put up pegboard in the kitchen to hang pots and pans. Love it.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Okay, now here is a note I am leaving on the kitchen table to be answered by anyone who happens to come through in the next day.....

Note #1 "Have you ever held an unconventional job? What was it? Why did you like it?"

Normally, I would tell you about working in the Dairy Barn at an Agricultural Experiment Station, but dairy worker isn't unusual on this forum. Okay, this one will work.... I apprenticed and worked as a piano tuner for a few years. I liked fixing the bad sounds I was hearing. I didn't like having to ask people to be quiet while I worked. I love to talk, but you just can't tune a piano if someone is chatting, or running the vacuum.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Jobs I have had:

Swimming pool attendant
Lifeguard
Swim Coach
Scenic artist (where I did fauz painting for theatre sets)
stage manager for a ballet company
lighting tech for concerts and whatnot (the most memorable show was WWF Monday Night Nitro pro wrestling. Had a blast on that one.)
lighting designer for weddings and parties (did Natalie Cole's and Al Gore's daughter's plus about 800 others lesser known)
I'm a professor now teaching kids how to do all of the above.

Most of them have been pretty non-traditional.

edited to add- Nobody really blinked at these jobs, but just bring home a box of chicks and people think you are being weird...

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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cool! my youngest DS did sound and lights for theatrical performances (and anyone else who rented out the stage), so I am a little familiar with it. How did you learn to paint the scenery for theater sets?

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I took a class in undergrad. It was great fun and an awful lot like giant paint by number. I love that there is a step-by-step process to turn a plain piece of muslin into stone or marble or wood or whatnot. It's kind of magical.

I took the class just for fun and then ended up doing a lot of it in grad school. I'm not as good at carpentry work, so I spent most of my time painting what the carpenters built. When I got out of school there just seemed to always be scenic work available. It was a really fun job. Kind of like kindergarten all day long (minus the nap). Cut, paste and color!

How old is your DS? Is he continuing with his theatre work these days?

 

[Tala]

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I'm a bucket person. One has all my drill bits and stuff, one has all my loose screws (yes you can tease me) and one has clothespins in it actually it doesn't usually hang out with the tools but I needed to check the spacing for the hooks. I like having all of one type of items in a handy easy to carry easy to see in bucket. The bucket must be the right size though, I don't care for the 5 gal size that some guys use.
I don't like my toolbox that has a lid and several compartments and levels, because you can't see or get to all the items without packing it up and re-arranging it constantly.
I should buy stock in the Fortiflex company, for a non-farm, I sure have a LOT of their buckets!!! (4 in the yard, 4 in the house, planning to buy more...lol)

"Have you ever held an unconventional job? What was it? Why did you like it?"

Not really. I've only had 2 paying jobs. I used to work at WalMart and retail is pretty conventional
Now I deliver pizza, again, fast food is pretty conventional.​

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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how could I pass up a moment like this?

Yup, there's one on every thread. It appears you will be the *loose screws* title holder on this one.

"Have you ever held an unconventional job? What was it? Why did you like it?"

Not really. I've only had 2 paying jobs. I used to work at WalMart and retail is pretty conventional
Now I deliver pizza, again, fast food is pretty conventional.

so I'm thinking the handy person who fixes brakes is conventional? Okay, maybe it isn't an official job, but that's pretty unusual. (btw - I do my brakes, too. That's actually what started this line of questions. I wanted to know more about the people who would respond to this thread.

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Sounds like fun! I love jobs where you can go home exhausted in a good way! My youngest DS is 21. He learned theater lighting and sound in HS, then followed a friend to a local theater, where he worked for three years while going to community college. Now, he is just concentrating on surviving a university schedule for two years.​

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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Good for him! Surviving is the word for it. It takes a LOT of work if you do a full schedule. I'm not sure how they do it these days.

 

[Tala]

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Not really. I've only had 2 paying jobs. I used to work at WalMart and retail is pretty conventional
Now I deliver pizza, again, fast food is pretty conventional.

so I'm thinking the handy person who fixes brakes is conventional? Okay, maybe it isn't an official job, but that's pretty unusual. (btw - I do my brakes, too. That's actually what started this line of questions. I wanted to know more about the people who would respond to this thread.

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Oh well I see working on cars as more of a necessity than a job. I do drive for a livin after all.
My family has always had somewhat older cars, and my dad has always done most of the work on them at home, so I learned.
I also do all of my own basic upkeep/remodel/electric/construction/etc.

I installed my own ceiling fan last summer and my daddy was proud

 

[debilorrah]

I was a volunteer assistant football coach for my sons team. Is that unconventional? Not for me.