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Jobs. What is your experience?
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No, I was there twenty years ago, and things have changed. Just be damn careful when you venture towards Baltimore. That city is dangerous as hell!
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Spent my years in law enforcement in North East. 15 miles ~ north. Also did training at APG. Cleaned carpets in Toole. Hit the hot spots, lol...
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Know more about Cecil County, next one north, cost you $10 toll to go across the river to get there. North East has a few good places, Steak and Main is good, Woody's Crab House is another. Locals go to Pier 1. Havre de Grace is the next town north of Aberdeen and is a cool town as well, but have not eaten there in years....
RuffledFeathers
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LOL, just turned 56, so slightly younger.Well, at almost 57 years old, I dunno about sexy anymore but, I may be younger than RuffledFeathers...
A lot of my job experience is volunteer work on the side, for decades.
Paid jobs started with institution of minimim wage forcing my family to pay me for working summers on the family farm, primarily tobacco, but we worked all the main staples, cotton, soybeans, corn, hay, hogs with a nursery, cattle, etc. We worked about 2,500 acres (owned and rented).
After college (Civil Engineering and drafting based) which lead to my office job doing cadastral cartography for a Tax Assessor, became a licensed real estate appraiser, appointed to Deputy Tax Assessor by unanimous vote of County Council, then became Tax Assessor, retiring after 30 years in same office.
On the side, paid to design several software programs for other county offices. Designed partially or fully about two dozen houses, several churches, and a two story office complex. Paid to program election machines, and repair on election day. Repair work on vehicles similar to mine (can rebuild engines and transmission on mine) Probably forgetting some other minor side jobs.
Volunteer experience, Treasurer and Executive Commitee member of a nine county Land Trust for a decade, currenty, or formerly, President of several Historical or Genealogical Societies, over a couple decades, former Treasurer of a county government commission, current Treasurer of a Community Development Corporation, and former Commander of a SCV Camp.
Also, have done dozens of speaking engagements about history or genealogy, submitted dozens of articles to various subscribed publications, submitted articles and maps to several published books (one was a regional, state, and national award winner), and am nearly finished with my own book (family history) and working on several other history books, local and regional, also started on a sci-fi space opera book.
That's all I can recall at moment.
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It all started at a 5000 watt radio station in Fresno CA ...
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While I was there, a bunch of guys wanted to hit the “titty bars”. We loaded up and away we went. Long story short, we ended up lost. A Baltimore cop pulled up beside us, said “follow me and don’t stop for anything “. He led us back to the interstate and told us don’t EVER go back down there again!
Copejunkie
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I grew up on a livestock and crop farm and still do just that, so I think I have the manual labor thing down for the most part. Also scooped horse stalls for a show horse guy on weekends and worked at a grain elevator scooping out grain bins while in highschool. Worked at a envelope factory as a machine adjuster "mechanic" for a couple years, also rode Bucking horses all over the midwest. Like I said above, all I do now is farm, livestock and row crop, and try to keep up with 3 teenage daughters.
Copejunkie
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Oh and I forgot to mention that I worked on a ranch for several months in the northern sandhills of Nebraska on an internship when I was 19.
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Teen years working on a farm and shift manager at a Pizza Hut.
early twenties started driving semi truck over the road
mid twenties came home and became a logistics director for a large equine company
through my 30s worked on a class 1 railroad working internationally
now train insurance agents here in my home town and work virtually
hopefully that one will change soon, have a couple irons in the fire for the future
early twenties started driving semi truck over the road
mid twenties came home and became a logistics director for a large equine company
through my 30s worked on a class 1 railroad working internationally
now train insurance agents here in my home town and work virtually
hopefully that one will change soon, have a couple irons in the fire for the future
RuffledFeathers
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I hated scooping out grain bins, the dust hung in the air without any wind to blow it away.