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veganboyjosh
Aug 13, 2005, 4:29 PM
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on the whole, babysitting;s not that bad.
dealing with diapers with what looks like clif bars in them is the bad part.
actually, then going cragging and being offered clif bars is the worse part.
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addiroids
Aug 13, 2005, 6:12 PM
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I did construction for 2 years but already had the rack by then. Eventhough it was hot (Palm Springs installing aluminum shade awnings) we got paid pretty well (25-30/hr cash) and eventhough I will be making more as a Physical Therapist (in 2 years) after taxes it will be about the same.
The best part about it was that my boss climbed too and understood the "emergency Valley trip" that occasionally needed to be taken.
TRADitionally yours,
Cali Dirtbag
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stabla
Aug 13, 2005, 10:24 PM
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25/30 an hour thats dope! I am making like 14 out here in the humid South Carolina heat for the summer on a framing crew currently, before i return to college
thanks for ya'lls input and cheers
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yannbuse
Aug 14, 2005, 12:04 AM
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Argh... 12 hr days alone... painting.... if only could see what i turn into
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far_east_climber
Aug 14, 2005, 3:37 AM
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Cleaned toilets for 4 months. To be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed the job. I became intimate with each worker's bowel movements.
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tattooed_climber
Aug 15, 2005, 11:51 PM
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the dirtiest?
donut baker
demo
construction
production welding (current job)
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foraker
Aug 16, 2005, 12:06 AM
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worked in the oil fields at prudhoe bay
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tenesmus
Aug 16, 2005, 12:35 AM
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Emptying the 8-day-old portable toilets from our Grand Canyon river trips. They'd bake in that 130 degree heat for days, full of Salsa and Chile Verde. You'd have to clean a rack of 12 after every trip out back behind the shed.
By far the nastiest event happend when when my friend forgot to release the pressure valve before he opened the 8-inch aluminum cap. It shot off like a rocket and cut his face all to pieces. He was covered in LOTS of blood AND a few gallons of hot, week-old, baked lime green and red shit from all the passengers.
not cool.
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schmizzarocks
Aug 16, 2005, 2:35 AM
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Quote: "Emptying the 8-day-old portable toilets from our Grand Canyon river trips. They'd bake in that 130 degree heat for days, full of Salsa and Chile Verde. You'd have to clean a rack of 12 after every trip out back behind the shed. "
OK, That takes the cake. But, like mine, you were in a National Park!
Well it's not as gross as that but I worked on a trail crew in Yosemite. That was the dirtiest job I have done. Proud work building trail, but dusty,muddy,hot, sweaty, knuckles busting work. But working with granite you really become one with the rock. :wink:
Thanks
See you on the rocks! 8^)
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kachoong
Aug 16, 2005, 2:41 AM
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In reply to: After viewing a new show on the discovery channel on "dirtiest jobs in US" I discovered that the only 3 jobs i have ever had made the shows list. 1.Junkyard 2.Construction 3.Road Construction I am a junior in college and i love the fact that i get the opportunity to say that i have sweated my butt off in the dirtiest conditions for my rack, i was just wondering if anyone else feels the same? |
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newbierockstar
Aug 16, 2005, 7:29 PM
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In reply to: .... I'm professionally a dirty man! :wink:
...rrroooowwwrrrrrlllll.... :P (i get a good discount, right, babe?!?!)
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leinosaur
Aug 16, 2005, 8:09 PM
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jelliott
Aug 16, 2005, 8:16 PM
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Dirtest job I have had is a stable hand. Muck horse stalls, all 130 plus rent string and excercise ring. Worse part was in the spring after the rains. you had to dig out the black shit that had become mush in the stall. Started at 5am and went till 12 then in the saddle till feeding time. Ahh good times.
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blackgoldgator
Aug 16, 2005, 8:41 PM
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play it again sports!...
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tarzan420
Aug 16, 2005, 9:31 PM
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telephone surveys. Doesn't get much dirtier than interuppting folks' dinnertimes all over the US.
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chadnsc
Aug 16, 2005, 9:48 PM
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Janitor
Picking up after people in a mental health center.
Concrete Construction
Digging hole and then filling them backup.
Flood clean up.
Scrubbing and shoveling out buildings in Fargo ND after the big flood.
Architect
Telling someone where to dig a hole and what to fill it up with.
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muncher
Aug 16, 2005, 10:05 PM
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For me it was probably tree lopping. Getting covered in dirt, mud, sap, saw dust and wood chips. Fu#$ing hard work or a great workout depending on how you look at it.
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lucas_timmer
Aug 16, 2005, 10:17 PM
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In reply to: Emptying the 8-day-old portable toilets from our Grand Canyon river trips. They'd bake in that 130 degree heat for days, full of Salsa and Chile Verde. You'd have to clean a rack of 12 after every trip out back behind the shed. By far the nastiest event happend when when my friend forgot to release the pressure valve before he opened the 8-inch aluminum cap. It shot off like a rocket and cut his face all to pieces. He was covered in LOTS of blood AND a few gallons of hot, week-old, baked lime green and red s--- from all the passengers. not cool. |
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lucas_timmer
Aug 16, 2005, 10:32 PM
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Being a paperboy :P Being trapped in a blizzard mid-winter while delivering papers sucks, take it from me.
-LT
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Aug 16, 2005, 10:48 PM
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This summer i lived in Yosemite. and if any one knows about DNC (aka the Devil Needs Cash of Delaware North Company), the concessionaire for the park, the in themselves are destroying the place on touron (tourist moron) at a time. But in order to live there not necessarily to buy my rack, i had to bus tables at the buffet, basically scrapping crap of grumpy peoples plates so i could afford my habit of the valley. and I'm sure i will look back on my life and the will be the dirtiest most degrading job of my life.
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mattq331
Aug 16, 2005, 11:03 PM
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Several jobs I would rather NEVER have to do again:
Dustman (I was the "chucker" - I'd travel around hanging onto the back of the dustcart stopping at every bin to "chuck" it into the back of the truck.) Amongst the sort of trash I'd get down the back of my neck would be cat litter, dirty diapers and used syringes (pre-sharp disposal boxes). Ugh.
Also in this same period (I was employed by the city council to fill in for regulars off sick/vacation) -
Grave digger and Road Kill Collection crew.
Ah, the memories!
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shnobe
Aug 16, 2005, 11:37 PM
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I worked for a year pumping squid out of the fishing boats in Oxnard Ca, it was hard work plus, you always smelled like fish.
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stabla
Aug 17, 2005, 5:52 PM
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Man we have done some dirty shite to do what we love!
cheers
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stymingersfink
Aug 19, 2005, 10:11 PM
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In reply to: I worked for a year pumping squid out of the fishing boats in Oxnard Ca, it was hard work plus, you always smelled like fish.
(reminds me of the joke. punch line was: "How are we ever going to get the smell out of the fish?!" dont ask me how it went, I've forgotten)
I once blew a mental-midget in a dark alley in exchange for a couple of runners and a locking biner. Why, you want them back? That damn locker never worked that well anyway.
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