Conference back40::soapbox

    
    
    	dream jobs:
    
    	- full time paramedic for a large city
    
    	or
    
    	- teaching unarmed/armed self defense classes in a private room of
    my very large gun shop. :*)
    
    jim

    Driving around in a very late model La Saber, collecting lots of rent
    money for apartments that are not very well kept up, and dodging the
    local code man like some of my counter parts do.:)

    
    Bed tester.

    Building and painting custom kayaks.
    
    Running a marina.

	Work that helps others.

re .2: I've never seen a backsplash that could drive.

    
    
    
    	Easy.......   Jeweler.
    

    buyer for a wine importer/wholesaler
    
    "oh, you mean I've gotta go taste burgundies again this year?"

    
    my dream job used to be a hotel manager of a large hotel.  but now i am
    not sure anymore...
    
    

    Being on a comedy writing team.

Glenn, you _are_ a comedy writing team.

 baseball scout.

    RE: .4 and Marinas
    
    Hey, that's my dream job, get yer own!  :-)

	You people aren't fit to taste anything but the infamous box-o-wine.
Now Milady....she could tatse the finer wines. 

    I suppose your dream job is proctology... I mean, with your head's
    location, it just seems natural.

    Porn star.
    
    Like that Ron Jeremy bloke.
    

| <<< Note 675.15 by WAHOO::LEVESQUE "scratching just makes it worse" >>>

| I suppose your dream job is proctology... I mean, with your head's
| location, it just seems natural.

	Not sure we can talk about "that" head in here, Doc... :-)

    .6 ?? Backsplash?
    

    
    lots of them as I hope to change careers every 10 years or so ...

    * high school math teacher (it can be fun!) and coach (basketball, cross
             country and track)

    * architect (probably not creative enough)

    * pain to local politicians (work legislation on particular issues ...
             family law, campaign finance, etc)

    * venture capital firm ... after making 100 million or so start a venture
             capital firm where I provide start-up money to small businesses
             where I also provide business counseling ... you have an idea
             and the drive and I'll fund your dry cleaners, hardware store,
             etc.  
    
    Greg
    

re .18:

Counter part.


      Rock 'n roll microbrewery owner, who critiques restaurants, while 
writing gonzo journalism for rolling stone, when not on the Professional
Bass fishing tour.
                     z-wolf

    Wouldn't ya have to be capable of catching a bass to go on the pro bass
    tour, Nightcrawler? ;^)

    I have my dream job. Nyah.

Depends how rich he is.  I bet Steve Forbes could buy himself a spot.

re .23:

Deb, can I borrow your raspberry?

    Latin teacher, as if that's a surprise to anyone.

Wanna own and run a Bed&Breakfast.

    Problem with that, Jack, is that you have new people living at your house
    all the time. Kinda tough for a hermit.

He'll open it in his garage.

    You realize that will mean there would be people there.

But they don't stay long ...

    
    	Especially when it's raining or snowing, and they keep getting
    	wet.
    
    	8^)
    

    How about Vice-Principal mezzo?

Isn't he the Phantom of the Opera?

    
    Glenn, don't force me to make YOU into a vice-principal mezzo.
    
    
    

        I'd rather go for tenure.

    .20 You must have seen 'Pacific Heights' then?:) If it were me, those
    dam doors needed to be fixed. I hear a squeek in em. Be back next week
    pal.:)
    
    re Jack and his Bed and breakfast: How about a 'Bed n Leave'? No
    breakfast, you can crash anywhere execpt the tub cause I gotta get up
    early and shower.:)
    
    
    

    Another job would be laying off bank employees in the local mortgage
    company.:)

    I would like to own a hi-end home theater shop, spending most of my
    time designing and building custom theaters for my affluent customers.
    
    
    -steve

    
    
    
    
    	Local Excentric
    

    
    So you're a local centric now?
    

    In some circles.

At least those concentric circles aren't on his back.

    You never know when they'll crop up though.

    There's a law in Australia that firms with total wages over $100,000
    must spend at least 1% the total on training.  The Australian revenue
    agency was requiring that law be obeyed by a brothel.  So they have
    positions for instructors . . .
    
    
    				-- edp
    
    
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    How many positions?

    Use your imagination.  

    >How many positions?
    
     I dunno, but you can be sure the last two digits are 69.

    Head instructor and a couple of underlings?

    
    --- travel editor, travel troubleshooter, travel scout
    --- airline industry (but probably in IT, sigh...)
    --- #1 chef for a private luxury motoryacht owner
    --- bigcat wildlife conservationist
    --- the next Julia Child
    --- manuf rep for Hinckley, Swan NAutor, Privilege Cats
    --- bon-bon eating no-care-in-the-world, don't-worry-your-pretty-
    	little-head-person, FOR 3 MONTHS! Yep, that should be enough!!

>    --- the next Julia Child

You want to be a fat frumpy old lady?

| <<< Note 675.52 by NOTIME::SACKS "Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085" >>>

| >    --- the next Julia Child

| You want to be a fat frumpy old lady?


	Gerald....she does drink a lot on her show...

    
    An organic farmer.
    
    SUrprised ? You shouldn't be.  I'm up to my knees in cowpoop in my
    current job.
    
    

Have a big place up in the middle of nowhere in BC, charge big buck to take
fat dentists out to troll up the big kings. Fly 'em up in the Beaver.

    You want to open a brothel in the BC interior?

    
    oh well... I suppose I should be clearer, eh?
    
    just her culinary expertise and her marketing savviness. i really
    can do without her squeaky voice, but could use a few extra inches
    off her height to mine!
    
    actually it's her charmed life that I want :-)
    

    
    .42     So you're a local centric now?
    
    
    I must have been practicing; I was deviating from the accepted usage or
    conduct.
    
    
    Phonics might have worked if I pronounced the word correctly.
    
    
    

    a masseuse
    
    full time mother/housewife would be perfect though

    <-- Rub me the right way !

    I second that emotion....

    I always wanted to be a country singer or aMLBaseball player...

    >     I always wanted to be a country singer or aMLBaseball player...
    
    well, you caught me in a spare moment with my Superman cape on..
    
    poof! you're now a country singing baseball player.

    gee, thanks !

    .60 {rub} {rub}

    I'm feelin' better already.

    
    	RE: last couple replies
    
    	Talk about deja vu.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    
    Own and operate a small, old-fashioned mercantile in some tiny,
    back-woods place.. away from the every day grind...
    

    .67 I know what you mean.

    -1
         how do you always get that number?

    
     Being a daddy.
    

    
    	I think April is always looking for a 69.
    

    
    open my own bar, but I would probably be my own best customer.

    
    and you'd probably lose at pool too....

    Defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers.
    
    
    
    Mike
    

    And a bikini waxing salon during the off-season
    
    Mike
    

| <<< Note 675.76 by ACISS1::SCHELTER >>>

| And a bikini waxing salon during the off-season

	Mike, I'll be done to get my bikini lines taken care of. :-)


Glen

    I'd like to have Bill Clintons job.
    
    Paul
    

    Hi Paul!
    
    Christine

 Hi Christine!




 Jim

    Hi Jim!
    
    April

 Hi April!




 Jim

    Hi Jim!
    
    Hi Christine!
    
    Hi Paul!
    
    'night Johnboy!
    

    
    
    would that be paul of 'pol' fame????
    
    i was just thinking about him this morning and wondered where he was
    these days...
    
    

    .85
    
    No.  POL is Paul McSkeane.

    No, I used to work with Paul back in the dark ages!
    
    Hi 'pril!
    Hi Jim!
    
    see what coming in at 03:00 does to a body?

    
    re: .85
    
    raq...
    
    POL is waiting to find out about a possible (probable?) move to DEC in
    Colorado...
    
    

    
    re: .87
    
    >see what coming in at 03:00 does to a body?
    
    
    
    Can you show me in detail this weekend???

    re: .88
    
    and still waiting.  nuthin' happening in the near future (prior to the
    end of the quarter)

    .87 Now, that's dedication!

    
    well, see, that is the last i knew of pol...i was just wondering if
    perhaps he had gotten over here, but didn't have his own account yet
    and was borrowing someone else's.  
    
    and then i was going to get really mad at him for not telling me.  so
    at least he is safe for now... :>:>:>
    
    

    re: .89
    
    shall i bring the purple nightie?  you remember that one, don't you?

    
    
    > shall i bring the purple nightie?
    
    But of course!!!!!
    
    
    
    >you remember that one, don't you?
    
    With a vengeance!!!!!!

    Get a room!!  

    
    
    She has one!!!  Don't you dear....
    

    
    missing comma alert!!!!!!!
    
    
    (i thought you meant to write "don't you dare"...)
    
    

    re: .77  Glen, I think I'll have an assistant do your waxing.
    	     No offense, of course.  B^)
    
    
    Mike
    

    Hi Gene! Hi Jack!

    
    
    	job snarf!
    

Hi Doc.

    You mean, "Hi Doc!"

    
    	Eesh, how about a group hug so we can get this over with, eh?
    
    	But don't even think about touching me.
    

    Lighten up, Francis.

    
    	Francis??
    
    	You call me Francis again, and I'll kill ya.
    

    .103 {hug}

    
      Shawn, it's "What's up, Doc ?"
    
      bb

    
    re: .101
    
    >Hi Doc.
    
     Hi, Grumpy!
    
     Hi Dopey!
    
     Hi Sneezy!
    
     Hi Bashful!
    
     Hi Sleepy!
    

    
    	Figures, you sourpuss.
    

    
    Happy!
    

    
    re: .109
    
    > Figures, you sourpuss.
    
    
    SHADDAP... YOU!!!
    
    re: .110
    
    Thank you kind lady... I'm forever in your debt...
    

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    To be a fighter pilot, the ultimate high........../
    
    

    I'd like to be a materials analyst so I could note all day long.
    -ss

    
    Well my dream job does involve computers 'coz it gives me the chance to
    move over to the other side of the pond. My non computer related dream
    job would be a golf professional.
    
    I know, geeky and geekier!!!!!
    
    POL

    Hugh Hefner's.

    
    Re .114
    
    Well well, Paul McSkeane, the lurker comes out of hiding.
    
    How the devil are you sir?  Do you still look younger than me or have
    you grown a beard?
    
    
    Ian.

    >Note 675.116 by CHEFS::HANDLEY_I "My Name?...Good Question."
    
    >How the devil are you sir? 
    
    Not too bad considering the fact that I've been hanging around waiting
    for something to happen for the last few months. I think I'll ask the 
    Red Dwarf ship to put me into stasis till mother DEC sorts herself out.
    
    >Do you still look younger than me.
    
    I'm begining to show signs of wear and tear with the stress of it all.
    I had a new passport photograph taken last week. At long last I look
    over 20 in a photograph!!!! I can't say I was sorry to get rid of the
    old passport. I looked about 12 in the photograph, as 'tine and a few
    others can atest to!!  :>>>
    
    So how are things with you?
    
    POL.

    
    I'm doing rather well at the moment, got me my own company and I'm
    freelancing for a living.  I spent the last year and a half biding my
    time until DEC became solvent again and the rose from the crowd
    shouting "me, me, I want a job!"
    
    So I'm back on contract.  And they'll never get rid of me now....:^)
    
    
    
    I.

| <<< Note 675.115 by WMOIS::GIROUARD_C >>>

| Hugh Hefner's.

	You want to be a drunk?

    
    Ah yes.... POL... the young lad that loses all that money making wagers
    with American women...
    
    I remember him well...
    

    so do we, er, i mean, me! :-)

    
    I still have the autographed dollar tacked up to my mirror 8^).
    

    
    re: .121
    
    > so do we, er, i mean, me! :-)
    
    
    Does mz_deb remember if POL made any wagers with her??
    
    
    Bet she don't...

                     
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    I did, after I entered my reply.
    
    I figured I'd leave it for posterity...
    
    Besides... I needed a shower this morning anyway...
    
    

    
    it is nice to hear from POL again, and I hope he gets his job in CXO.

    Running a no kill shelter/rescue/hospice for ferrets and cats
    with emphasis on healing/placing special needs animals.
    
    Antique shop owner/Auctioneer
    
    Own/operate a coffeehouse
    

    
    
    Gun Shop owner in NYC...
    

    assassin

    I was going to say "Brad Pitt's sex slave", but that would be crass and
    vulgar, so I won't!

    Didn't Glen already pick that one?

                            Dairy farmer

| Didn't Glen already pick that one?

	No, and I would not pick that one. He would have to be MY sex slave. :)

    Hi Chris,
    
    I try to pop in when I can.
    
    Paul
    

    
    	RE: .113
    
    	If I didn't know any better I'd consider that an insult.
    

    RE: .135,
    
    I would say so?
    
    

    well Glen, i think being a drunk falls more in line of a disease or
    hobby. i was speaking about the employment dimension :-).

    - EC's tour manager
    - Race driver, Indy and Winston Cup
    - Sand crab on any Gulf coast beach
    - Poodle breeder (all sizes)
    

>    - Race driver, Indy and Winston Cup

Must be a Jawja kinda thing, eh, Karen?

    > Poodle breeder (all sizes)
                                    
    
    cool! can I watch?

I thought size doesn't matter.

    Gerald,
    
    Logistics can be a factor if one is trying to breed a toy male poodle
    to a standard female ;-)
    
    
    Jack,
    
    MadMike gets credit for turning me on to Winston Cup racing, but I
    saw my first F1 and Indy races when Mike was but a little nipper.
    
    

    I wanna open the world's first indoor anti-aircraft target range.
    
    Should be a short but merry career.

    Not necessarily.  You just need to find a building with a REALLY high
    ceiling.

    Artist
    Writer
    Physicist
    Mathematician
    Forensic Psychologist
    Criminal Lawyer

    Paperboy
    

    
    DREAM job, not CURRENT job, Meatybabes.
    

    Uhhh....sorry