Occupation Before Retiring

[Guzzel]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

[dewilson58]

Few posters talk about their career...........the cool thing about retirement, it doesn't matter now.

BUT, I will watch the thread to see their history.

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

:popcorn::popcorn:

[Michael 61]

Few posters talk about their career...........the cool thing about retirement, it doesn't matter now.

BUT, I will watch the thread to see their history.

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

:popcorn::popcorn:

I like that most people you meet here in The Villages seldom talk about their retired profession, unless you ask them. Many of my new friends since moving here, I still don’t know what they did prior to retirement.

But since the question was asked here - I was an auto insurance claims manager - was hired as a claims adjuster right out of college. Fortunate to have had only one employer my entire adult working career.

[dewilson58]

I like that most people you meet here in The Villages seldom talk about their retired profession, unless you ask them. Many of my new friends since moving here, I still don’t know what they did prior to retirement.


:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

(didn't mean to my first post to be negative
like i said, will be watching
it's funny, a few posters have "posted their resume" on this site
:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: )

[retiredguy123]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

[vintageogauge]

It's an interesting topic. For me I owned a steel processing/warehouse for 42 years. I enjoyed it.

[Taltarzac725]

I have met a lot of retired teachers here in the Villages. One was also a scuba diver for police. She dove into Lake Erie, I believe. And also many retired Law enforcement officers. And some firemen.

I am not exactly retired yet. I doubt if I will ever actually retire.

I did get nominated for 24 different editions of Marquis Who's Who publications from around 1992 through to just before moving to the Villages in June of 2005. But these were more for a hobby and not something I would get paid for except maybe in the idea that I am making a difference. And also invited to probably over a hundred vanity biographical kind of publications.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I've worn a bunch of hats. Most of them retail, from cashier, to stock clerk, to front end supervisor, to running a 24-hour gas station convenience store (including inventory intake/stocking shelves/security etc) alone during the day shift. I was also a "balloon artist" at Party City.

I've also done office work, and was a "Kelly Girl" for many years. A favorite assignment was as the Marketing Secretary for the local dairy, for almost a year. The boss had to resign due to health problems, and I didn't like his replacement. Otherwise I would've continued and been absorbed in as a permanent employee.

Also got my COMPTia A+ certification and did some bench tech work for awhile, fixing computers at a university. And did a little coding on the side, but that was more of a hobby.

Also worked for the phone company, but unfortunately they were bought out shortly after I was hired, their department closed because Texas took over the work, so I moved to Human Resources. A year and change after that, they shut down that department because Texas was taking over that department, so I had to transfer to a third department. It was intentionally temporary; its function was to roll out DSL service to the state. I assisted the CAD engineers in making blueprints and other technical work.

A favorite Kelly job - believe it or not - was as a peanutbutter "sample girl" at the supermarket.

Lastly, I was a professional musician, a "busker" for six years in Boston. Most of that was spent in the subways with my case open while I played guitar and sang, but I also sang background on a friend's record, and was in a band and performed for the American Indian Council benefit concert in Cambridge with Floyd Red Crow Westerman in the late 1980's.

[PersonOfInterest]

0ver 20 years as a Coat Hanger Repairman and another 10 as a Senior Carwash Detailer.

[Hape2Bhr]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

LOL :a20:

[Taltarzac725]

I worked as an assistant manager in a food service for about six years in the Reno, NV area while in college at the University of Nevada, Reno. Worked three jobs at one point while getting a MA at the University of Denver. Was an indexer/abstractor at Information Access Company in Belmont, CA for almost two years. Worked as an Urban Corps Intern at the Minneapolis Public Library some of my 2nd year of law school. Worked as a Student Supervisor of a few law students while helping prisoners through Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. From mid 2nd year of Law School was working at the U of MN Law Library in reference as well as cataloging of all the files on WESTLAW for a national project. Did most of this my WESTLAW stuff my 3rd year of law school up to graduating. And then after was doing more cataloging of other materials and limited reference.

Did a lot of care taker work after. Like helping an Uncle get ready to go to a nursing home in Itasca, IL.

The stuff for the Marquis Who's Who volumes is for attempting to create an international discussion of the needs of survivors/victims through libraries which I believe I did after sending out a very large number of snail mail in 1990s, e-mails in early to mid 2000s, extensive use of Findlaw from 2002 through 2005 or so, and Facebook messages last seven years or so. That is a labor of love and not something I got paid for. Kind of something I paid for doing in many ways.

[Goldwingnut]

Professional Paycheck Slave

[rustyp]

worm farmer

[Goldwingnut]

worm farmer
Occupation after The Villages, worm food.

[fdpaq0580]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

Me too, for 6 years.

[Stu from NYC]

Took over for Art Carney

[kkingston57]

I like that most people you meet here in The Villages seldom talk about their retired profession, unless you ask them. Many of my new friends since moving here, I still don’t know what they did prior to retirement.

But since the question was asked here - I was an auto insurance claims manager - was hired as a claims adjuster right out of college. Fortunate to have had only one employer my entire adult working career.

Had same job but mostly worked as an independent. Florida was and still is a gold mine for this business as an independent. A lot of bad storms and a lot of unscrupulous public adjusters, attorneys and contractors. In fact Irma delayed my retirement by one year.

[Ecuadog]

Took over for Art Carney

Engineer in subterranean sanitation?

[retiredguy123]

Me too, for 6 years.
I had a Federal Government job for 35 years. Every time I looked for another job, I would have needed to take a huge pay cut, have less job security, work longer hours, and get fewer benefits. Plus, I would have had to actually work for a living.

[Stu from NYC]

Engineer in subterranean sanitation?

Sanitation Engineer

[New Englander]

I was a taste tester for Jack Daniels.

[dewilson58]

I was a taste tester for Jack Daniels.

At retirement...............anything change???

[fdpaq0580]

I had a Federal Government job for 35 years. Every time I looked for another job, I would have needed to take a huge pay cut, have less job security, work longer hours, and get fewer benefits. Plus, I would have had to actually work for a living.

My Hero!

[New Englander]

At retirement...............anything change???

Never change something that always worked.

[Ecuadog]

At one time, I worked as a Crowd Control Engineer.

[manaboutown]

I had a Federal Government job for 35 years. Every time I looked for another job, I would have needed to take a huge pay cut, have less job security, work longer hours, and get fewer benefits. Plus, I would have had to actually work for a living.

After graduating college and active duty military service I got a job as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office and attended law school in the evenings and Saturday mornings. My first SPE (Supervisory Primary Examiner = boss) soon told me to slow down and not work so hard. His reasoning was in order to continue to get promoted I needed to gradually increase my workload so I needed to start slow and easy. After three and a half rather boring years I realized I did not want to lead my whole adult life as a pachyderm in a tedious job which I thought to be a depressing future. I graduated law school and moved on to a fairly adventuresome professional life as an IP attorney and real estate investor-developer.

[LeRoySmith]

I built and operated data centers for an insurance company. What a gig.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Few posters talk about their career...........the cool thing about retirement, it doesn't matter now.

BUT, I will watch the thread to see their history.

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

:popcorn::popcorn:

guilty, though its still relative recent, less than a year, so I am hoping to break the habit by next summer.

personal chauffeur for CoachK . .

[retiredguy123]

After graduating college and active duty military service I got a job as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office and attended law school in the evenings and Saturday mornings. My first SPE (Supervisory Patent Examiner = boss) soon told me to slow down and not work so hard. His reasoning was in order to continue to get promoted I need to gradually increase my workload so I needed to start slow and easy. After three and a half rather boring years I realized I did not want to lead my whole adult life as a pachyderm in a tedious job which I thought to be a depressing future. I graduated law school and moved on to a fairly adventuresome professional life as an IP attorney and real estate investor-developer.
They also told me to slow down. But, their reason was that I was making other employees look bad.

[Two Bills]

Waste, recycling and environmental mobile operative.

[BrianL99]

Over the 10 years, some posters "live in the past" and try to brag about their past.
(a/k/a: Hey look at me)

:popcorn::popcorn:



I did get nominated for 24 different editions of Marquis Who's Who publications from around 1992 through to just before moving to the Villages in June of 2005. But these were more for a hobby and not something I would get paid for except maybe in the idea that I am making a difference. And also invited to probably over a hundred vanity biographical kind of publications.

Wow, you were invited to participate in the pre-internet version of LinkedIn? 24 times?

That's neat. Do you get an discount at Dunkin' Donuts?

[Taltarzac725]

I worked as an assistant manager in a food service for about seven years in the Reno, NV area while in college at the University of Nevada, Reno. Worked three jobs at one point while getting a MA at the University of Denver. Was an indexer/abstractor at Information Access Company in Belmont, CA for almost two years. Worked as an Urban Corps Intern at the Minneapolis Public Library some of my 2nd year of law school. Worked as a Student Supervisor of a few law students while helping prisoners through Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. From mid 2nd year of Law School was working at the U of MN Law Library in reference as well as cataloging of all the files on WESTLAW for a national project. Did most of this my WESTLAW stuff my 3rd year of law school up to graduating. And then after was doing more cataloging of other materials and limited reference.

Did a lot of care taker work after. Like helping an Uncle get ready to go to a nursing home in Itasca, IL.

The stuff for the Marquis Who's Who volumes is for attempting to create an international discussion of the needs of survivors/victims through libraries which I believe I did after sending out a very large number of snail mail in 1990s, e-mails in early to mid 2000s, extensive use of Findlaw from 2002 through 2005 or so, and Facebook messages last seven years or so. That is a labor of love and not something I got paid for. Kind of something I paid for doing in many ways.

I did have some trouble paying the student loan for my MA in Librarianship which I got in May of 1984 at the rather expensive University of Denver. The State of Nevada's chapter of WICHE had given me a Stipend Grant that I needed to work a certain period of time in Nevada after graduating. Nevada did not have a professional librarianship program so you could get a grant that paid a lot of the money needed for an advanced degree at a school acceptable to WICHE.

I had gone to law school in Minnesota in 1986 after working in the Stanford area of the SF Bay Area from 1984 to 1986.

Since I had been doing all this work trying to help survivors/victims of crimes access practical materials in libraries all over the world I had sent the Nevada WICHE office a request that they accept all of this as work that affected people in Nevada. I sent them copies of many things and they approved my request in September of 2000 or so. I try to leave a large paper trail and document stuff. What I would do is write the victim/witness assistance providers in each state in the US to see what they would like to see in libraries for survivors/victims of crimes and then share these documents with librarians, scholars, activists, journalists, writers, celebrities, etc.

Home - WICHE (https://www.wiche.edu/)

[manaboutown]

They also told me to slow down. But, their reason was that I was making other employees look bad.

YES! Now I remember my boss told me that as well. They were angry with me.

After a couple years I went to the director of another group and asked to transfer there. Within an hour it was done which angered my old group director. Oh well... The new group contained a livelier, younger bunch, many of whom were also in law school. I lucked out and got a 10th floor office with a huge window overlooking Reagan National Airport. There were five law schools in D.C. and I met guys attending most of the others. We enjoyed camaraderie and some partying as most of us were still single. Almost all moved on to outside professional employment. A few stayed.

[Taltarzac725]

Wow, you were invited to participate in the pre-internet version of LinkedIn? 24 times?

That's neat. Do you get an discount at Dunkin' Donuts?

Marquis Who's Who - Reliable and comprehensive biographical data (https://marquiswhoswho.com/)

I did wish I could eat these books at times.

[asianthree]

Medical will rarely admit person to person, because your conversations turn to “what is this, should I get second, what do you know about this drug, and so on, and on and on.

[manaboutown]

Medical will rarely admit person to person, because your conversations turn to “what is this, should I get second, what do you know about this drug, and so on, and on and on.

My first SPE at the Patent Office advised me that when asked just say I worked for the government, not the Patent Office. Otherwise I would be buttonholed ad nauseam about how could they get patents on their inventions. I took his advice.

[rustyp]

worm farmer

After experiencing how difficult it was to be an independent farmer I went into corporate America. I became a professional brown-nose. On the plus side I never had to get my hands dirty again. The negative was total loss of self respect. It was a flip of a coin - corporate or politics. I tried politics for a spell but my hands still got dirty.

[Dusty_Star]

Computer Jedi

[photo1902]

I was an exotic dancer, then an ear model before retiring

[BobnBev]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Can't talk about it------top secret crypto------Black Ops.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

with a side gig as a full stack excel engineer / numerical jockey

[fdpaq0580]

Jedi! Black ops! Exotic dancer! WOW! Exciting stuff!
I milked almonds. Took a toll on my hands. Became a professional blood donor and Guinea pig. Luckily, I married well. 🙃

[photo1902]

Jedi! Black ops! Exotic dancer! WOW! Exciting stuff!
I milked almonds. Took a toll on my hands. Became a professional blood donor and Guinea pig. Luckily, I married well. 🙃

An almond milker. Best post of the day!

[Guzzel]

Interesting occupations.

[Guzzel]

Can't talk about it------top secret crypto------Black Ops.

We should talk.

[mtdjed]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Military jet engine sales and support

[Garywt]

I worked for the electric utility helping commercial customers save money by installing energy efficient products and then giving them rebates. Nothing very glamorous and after 32 years I had to retire and go on disability because of my lovely cancer. Unfortunately my wife is still working as I retired at 56.

[Taltarzac725]

Slight correction. I recall that my first job was as a dishwasher at a restaurant that had just opened. They asked me what I wanted to do and being shy I said "dishwasher". I did not think I could handle working with the public. The late hours and the heat of the dishwashing machine was a little too much to handle.

I started there the summer of 1977 and then got a job at Bower's Mansion in Washoe Valley handling a small food provider. "Handling" as the partners with the contract kind of left me and a woman there to do the work while they covered the softball diamond concession they also a contract for.

The dishwasher job was with the Rapscallion Restaurant which is now probably the best fish place in Reno, Nevada. It opened in 1977.

Access Denied (https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/nv/reno/rapscallion-restaurant)

Still want to try their food sometime at the Rapscallion in Reno, Nevada.

I worked at the partnership's various interests until Memorial Day of 1983 where I was at Bower's Mansion when the nearby Davis Creek park was hit with a mudslide. I left very soon after that to drive to Denver and start a Master's Program at the U of Denver.

A mountain snowpack broke loose in the foothills of... - UPI Archives (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/30/A-mountain-snowpack-broke-loose-in-the-foothills-of/1215423115200/)

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-non-villages-discussion-93/memories-tragedies-memorial-day-1983-mudslide-341386/?highlight=davis+creek

[tophcfa]

Institutional Investment manager/portfolio manager specializing in fixed income and structured finance.

[Taltarzac725]

I did call one of the partners of this food service concern when I was in Reno, Nevada at the law library convention the Summer of 1989. Just to tell them that I had made it through law school this time. I had taken a shot at BYU Law School in 1982 but only lasted about two weeks.

The other partner become the warden of one of Nevada's prisons. He had been very interested in corrections when we talked.

Not sure when and how he got into that field from food service.

I had typed his name in and up popped all these court cases of Inmate Blabla is suing Warden X.

[Topspinmo]

//// too long and boring, nobody really cares anyway.

[Blackbird45]

I'm not going to disclose what I did for a living, when it's disclosed at a party, many people find it interesting and asked endless questions. I was in my profession for 40 years and all though many people find it fascinating after a while a job just become a job.
Thank God for retirement.

[RICH1]

35 years circumcising elephants at the zoo, the pay wasn't much , but the tips were big!

[Foxtrot]

Typesetter for 45 years. I was probably one of the last ones.

[westernrider75]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel
Retail pharmacy for the last 16 working years. Never again.🤞

[Berwin]

Senior official in the Deep State.

[TomPerry]

I’m a retired Chip and Dale dancer. Still work a little at private bachelorette parties here in The Villages.

[Lisuccia]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Computer Systems Engineer. There not many women in that sector of IT when I was coming up through it. I'll admit that it was both fun and daunting to be the only "girl" on a team. But for the last 14 years of my career, I had the good fortune to work with several awesome women.

[JGibson]

I was a rocket scientist and sometimes still think I am.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Husband’s response would be: “I don’t remember!” 🤣

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Typesetter for 45 years. I was probably one of the last ones.

Wow, I did that in high school with a lead casting machine and an air powered keyboard, for a Heidelberg press.

That's a rare skill from a now dead industry left over from the renaissance period in history!

sportsguy

[ThirdOfFive]

Artificial inseminator at zoos. Specialized in rhinoceros.

But I IDENTIFIED as an astronaut.

[IndianaJones]

Molecular Boiphysicist - research & teaching at a top tier university, assisting with commercialization of new drugs, startup companies. A classic nerd.

[BlackHarley]

I entertained as a 'Stand Up Philosopher' for a number of years. When that career ended, I became a piano player in a whore house.

[Villagesgal]

Owned various business, librarian, banker.

[KShowalter]

Medical will rarely admit person to person, because your conversations turn to “what is this, should I get second, what do you know about this drug, and so on, and on and on.
Same with me. I am a CPA. I always get tax questions if I disclose my profession.

[CosmicTrucker]

Consumer Commodities Relocation Specialist 😄

[JMcDonald]

Me too, for 6 years.

Education for 43 years as a teacher, coach, athletic director, driver education instructor, high school principal, and superintendent of schools. Presently teaching CDL classes for school bus licensure and driving school bus for our school district.

[Teemotay]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Forester for small sawmills in Montana to the two largest private landowners in the U.S.

Worked in some beautiful country; Montana, British Columbia, Oregon, California, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Minnesota, Michigan and Mississippi.

[sowilts]

Can't talk about it------top secret crypto------Black Ops.
Best job, Morse Code Operator, Instructor. USAF Security Service. One of last jobs, Certified Ethical Hacker, Booz Allen Hamilton, until it became not Ethical. 😳

[Mrfriendly]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Non pension jobs

[butchnharri@gmail.com]

I was a Hairdresser for 50 years, that's a long time to stand up

[sowilts]

Best job, Morse Code Operator, Instructor. USAF Security Service. One of last jobs, Certified Ethical Hacker, Booz Allen Hamilton, until it became not Ethical. 😳
Close to 50 percent of Morse students were left handed. ������

[Regorp]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Part time disc jockey in classic rock radio and accountant for 40 years.

[fdpaq0580]

Education for 43 years as a teacher, coach, athletic director, driver education instructor, high school principal, and superintendent of schools. Presently teaching CDL classes for school bus licensure and driving school bus for our school district.

Thank you for your service!

[airstreamingypsy]

Go Go dancer in New Rochelle NY. Polo Pony groom/exercise girl in Westport CT. Reservations at Tauck Tours in Westport. Corporate travel at Stauffer Chemical in Westport.

[fdpaq0580]

35 years circumcising elephants at the zoo, the pay wasn't much , but the tips were big!

lol!

[MidWestIA]

I was a computer tech it was a awesome career on the 80s-90s and still is but not as much fun as back when you actually did computer programming. I like to ask not to see who's is bigger but then I get topics we have in common to talk about. I ask doing taxes it's interesting to see what people did it can be surprising and is interesting.

[Guzzel]

Any current or retired MITRE folks in TV?

[Topspinmo]

Had same job but mostly worked as an independent. Florida was and still is a gold mine for this business as an independent. A lot of bad storms and a lot of unscrupulous public adjusters, attorneys and contractors. In fact Irma delayed my retirement by one year.


Was you the guy that came to my door 5 times after second time I told you get off my property? A three tab Hunter?

[Annie66]

26-year Naval officer following by 18-years as a director of manufacturing excellence and quality for a major paper packaging corporation.

[Topspinmo]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.


So you had 30/70 job also. Unfortunately I was in 30% category.

[PolarExpress]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

I had a BA and MBA before, now I have RA and hoping not to graduate with ED

[bobmarc]

I wanted to be a gigolo or a golf pro but was a bit short on the needed equipment. :jester:

[Taltarzac725]

My younger brother hung around with a male stripper back in the early 1980s and perhaps later. Johnny had asked me to give it a shot but I could not stop laughing.

Last I looked Johnny has a bunch of kids and is doing well and doing something else.

My younger brother worked at the Reno International Airpport in the car rental and did meet various celebrities. He seemed most impressed with how thoughtful Rutger Hauer was. But my brother was very concerned about all the rumors spreading about Bill Cosby.

My younger brother left Reno around 1990.

[Haggar]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Cruise Line President, Viking, CPA

[BrianL99]

Same with me. I am a CPA. I always get tax questions if I disclose my profession.

A good friend of mine was a "collector" at Suffolk Downs (Horse Racing Park), outside of Boston.

He used to complain all the time, about people asking him probing questions, when he told them what he did for a living.

It's surprising how many folks are interested in the ins & outs of collecting urine samples from thoroughbreds.

[BrianL99]

Any current or retired MITRE folks in TV?

No, but a fairly frequent street racer, on Crosby Drive in Bedford, right next to the Mitre facillity.

... well, until one of the guys got killed, when a Mitre nerd pulled out of a parking lot, right into the middle of our drag racing strip.

[craiglittler]

I was a Stage, TV, Commercial and Film Actor in New York and Hollywood. I spent 55 years of that in Hollywood prior to moving to TV. You can Google me for the details.

[bilcon]

You can always tell a new comer to the Villages. The first question they ask: " What did you do for a living? " I usually clue them in that is not the way you start off a conversation. You may ask: "Where are you from?" I was on a cruise once, and the two couples we shared a table with were well -dressed. I did not ask, but one guy stated he was a Surgeon, the other stated he was VP of a large well-known insurance co.

They asked: What do you do for a living? I told them I was in the sanitation business. They asked if I owned a large recycling company. I told them, no, I pick up garbage in NYC. I could feel my wife kick me under the table. They both apologized for their rudeness. DO NOT ASK WHAT SOMEONE DID OR DOES FOR A LIVING UNLESS THEY VOLUNTEER THE INFO.


"I have never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong."

[BrianL99]

I was a Stage, TV, Commercial and Film Actor in New York and Hollywood. I spent 55 years of that in Hollywood prior to moving to TV. You can Google me for the details.

My Boss fell madly in love with Connie Sellecca, from watching Hotel. We even bought a hotel, hoping she'd apply for a job!

Personally, I thought Joe Mannix was the coolest ever.

If you spent much time on L&S, you probably ran across my friend, Marty Nadler?

Most of this thread is nonsense. You sir, have had an interesting career!

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Grunt

[Jayhawk]

I was a Stage, TV, Commercial and Film Actor in New York and Hollywood. I spent 55 years of that in Hollywood prior to moving to TV. You can Google me for the details.

"Then why don't you get your fwiggin' feet off the stage?"

:clap2:

[buster21]

Hi! Hubby practiced patent law as a law firm partner and enjoyed it for 35 years! He says nice to hear from a professional colleague.

[Guzzel]

Were any Forum Rules violated with this question?

Looking at the responses, it doesn't appear too many people were "offended" by what I asked. If folks wish not to divulge what occupation they were in, that's fine; but it appears many folks found the question interesting. However, folks should never tell others what they can and cannot ask in an open forum.

[rsmurano]

I started playing drums at age 5 and was playing at large gigs (1000's of people) at age 11. Then went to college and majored in economics and accounting. BORING! Took up computers and did everything during the 43+ years in IT: programmer, system programmer, networking, then database which I did for the last 26 years. The last 10 years I wrote white papers on how to do certain things with Solid State Storage that will make the computer systems in the largest companies in the world run faster. I traveled the world giving talks, presenting at large computer shows, and working with our sales people.
I retired early to cruise, play sports, and do investing.
I do have a temp gig now that doesn't pay much (I don't do it for the pay) but has many perks: Bra/lingerie fitter at Victoria Secrets!

[craiglittler]

My Boss fell madly in love with Connie Sellecca, from watching Hotel. We ever bought a hotel, hoping she'd apply for a job!

Personally, I thought Joe Mannix was the coolest ever.

If you spent much time on L&S, you probably ran across my friend, Marty Nadler?

Most of this thread is nonsense. You sir, have had an interesting career!

Not familiar with L&S? I knew Marty's name and we did many of the same shows but never met him. Yes, it was an interesting life.

[vintageogauge]

True Story. I had a neighbor before moving here that was a physician and he had a brother that was in the metal scrap business. The neighbor told me that when his mother would meet someone new she would always say " I have two sons, one is a physician and the other is successful". I knew both of them and the mother was correct.

[BrianL99]

Not familiar with L&S? I knew Marty's name and we did many of the same shows but never met him. Yes, it was an interesting life.

Laverne & Shirley. I think Marty was a Producer on that show for a while. I know he did some writing for the show. He was the most naturally funny human being I've ever met.

[oldtimes]

"Then why don't you get your fwiggin' feet off the stage?"

:clap2:

OMG Blazing Saddles, my favorite movie of all time

[Road Apple]

I sold hearing aids door-to-door. Problem was…my best prospects never answered the door! 🤷🏼*♂️

[ThirdOfFive]

True Story. I had a neighbor before moving here that was a physician and he had a brother that was in the metal scrap business. The neighbor told me that when his mother would meet someone new she would always say " I have two sons, one is a physician and the other is successful". I knew both of them and the mother was correct.
Heh.

Mid-80s or so and the city was digging up a sewer in back of our office building. I was taking an afternoon stroll and happened on by. Four guys in the pit, maybe 8 feet or so deep. Along with some casual banter I observed that given the lateness of the day they'd be working overtime. One of the guys in the pit said "Yeah. I used to be a doctor but there just wasn't enough money in it'.

[Michael 61]

I was a Stage, TV, Commercial and Film Actor in New York and Hollywood. I spent 55 years of that in Hollywood prior to moving to TV. You can Google me for the details.

I was a huge fan of Lucas Tanner - was a one-season show when I was in 8th grade in the mid 70s - would love to find it streaming someplace or on DVD - haven’t seen it since then.

[Guzzel]

I was a huge fan of Lucas Tanner - was a one-season show when I was in 8th grade in the mid 70s - would love to find it streaming someplace or on DVD - haven’t seen it since then.

Here's the link for all Lucas Tanner episodes.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/playlist%3Flist%3DPLAkFwZCQjyWy5ySTHSH5EKHa1HEgUGD lW&ved=2ahUKEwiYtr7Qkv6DAxWQFVkFHbE1B6cQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1px9BU0LveCybcnG_aFUuH

[Taltarzac725]

There was a retired DC patent lawyer who came to the dog park but he passed around 12 years ago.

We also had a retired NYC labor lawyer who was on Talk of the Villages but he also might have passed. He was on TOTV a few years ago,

[macawlaw]

Typesetter for 45 years. I was probably one of the last ones.

My dad went to linotype school in the late 40’s. He routinely would “hang” the machine and have to wait for it to catch up. Your post brought back a lot of memories.

[Nana2Teddy]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel
I was very lucky to be a full time homemaker/mom from 1979 to 2010. Hubs worked for 46 years for several aerospace companies as a mechanical and systems engineer. We (his family) affectionately call him a rocket scientist, lol. Our kids were spaced so far apart that each one was born in a different decade (70s, 80s, 90s), so I was in my late 50s by the time our 3rd and last reached college age. At that time I declared myself fully retired. Hubs worked 10 more years until age 68 in 2020.

[village dreamer]

i had a very responsible job........ all of my 10 bosses said i was responsible. lol

[kcrazorbackfan]

Law Enforcement

[BrianL99]

If you see something that’s not right, say something.

I was at Logan Airport on Thursday. Got up from my table to grab a coke, 15' away. I was gone less than a minute. When I got back to my seat, 6 people were pointing at my backpack, I had left at my seat.

[Fstark]

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

[Velvet]

Policy analyst, consultant, economist and my favorite: elementary school teacher.

[Marmaduke]

They also told me to slow down. But, their reason was that I was making other employees look bad.
My boss also told me to slow down and not be so efficient so she could show a need for improvement, this justifying her job. I became her boss.

[BobnBev]

We should talk.

I would be glad to talk with you-----about the weather.:D:D

[fdpaq0580]

Law Enforcement

Thank you for your service.

[Pat#79Luv]

I was a 911 dispatcher for nearly 36 years and my significant other owned a body shop for 39 years.

[Robbb]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

Damn, I was hoping my life as a porn star would not follow me down here.

[DonH57]

Commercial HVAC&R Service Technician. Also did Commercial Kitchen and Laundry Equipment service.

[mrf0151]

I had a Federal Government job for 35 years. Every time I looked for another job, I would have needed to take a huge pay cut, have less job security, work longer hours, and get fewer benefits. Plus, I would have had to actually work for a living.

Just like my wife. I would have to say I was a "professional moocher" as she brought home the bacon. Furthermore, it is absolutely unbelievable what she has made over the past 20 years in Pension money. No wonder the government is broke.

[dtennent]

I worked in corporate research and development. After I retired, I was elected town supervisor of a small rural town. When my wife realized I was working 25 hours/week for a job that paid $10,000/year, she said that I should have stayed working at my job in R&D.

[Bay Kid]

Family real estate business now run by my daughter and son-in-law. Taking care of my parents for the last 11 years. Mom passed 2 years ago, now just me and my 91 year old Dad.

[Dusty_Star]

I was a Stage, TV, Commercial and Film Actor in New York and Hollywood. I spent 55 years of that in Hollywood prior to moving to TV. You can Google me for the details.

You were in loads of shows I enjoyed, Crazy Like a Fox, Dallas, The Love Boat, Dukes of Hazzard, to name a few. Thanks for all of the entertainment you brought.

[Taltarzac725]

Family real estate business now run by my daughter and son-in-law. Taking care of my parents for the last 11 years. Mom passed 2 years ago, now just me and my 91 year old Dad.

I have been doing a lot of that care for the last few years. Hardest job I ever had. I get a lot of help from Vitas a Palliative Hospice and Hospice as well as Right at Home. We had Trusted Home Care for a while and had a great Filipina but she was not always available to come here.

Have done some kind of care on-and-off since volunteering at the Reno, Nevada Veterans' Hospital for a year of Saturday afternoons in 1977-1978. We had Veterans from the Spanish American War through to Vietnam in the long term care section. A number of them passed that year. Think the Spanish American vet was around 100 years old.

[ElDiabloJoe]

/// changed my mind about the post, opted to not broadcast former life.

[justjim]

I don't know if you call it an occupation, but I had a Government job.

Same for me. I was a hard working and competent Bureaucrat.

[frayedends]

Hand Model
Latex Salesman
Architect
Marine Biologist
Assistant to the traveling secretary of the NY Yankees


Actually not retired yet and don't live there full time. Yet.

[village dreamer]

i worked at a cemetery ....... had 10,000 people under me.

[Taltarzac725]

Hand Model
Latex Salesman
Architect
Marine Biologist
Assistant to the traveling secretary of the NY Yankees


Actually not retired yet and don't live there full time. Yet.

That sounds like George from Seinfeld. Very funny show.

[RayBev]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

How many ex Aerospace/Defense contractors out there?

[margaretmattson]

Sales- owned my own business for 22 years. Dabbled in real estate in the early 2000s. Got out when the market crashed in 2008. I've been retired since.

[chrisinva]

Librarian, Defense Techical Inforamtion Center. We collected research,that had been federally funded, but had no enforcement of that requirement
Unfortunately.

[Wing-nut2]

20 years Air Force. Twenty years firearms instructor @ Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

[Taltarzac725]

Librarian, Defense Techical Inforamtion Center. We collected research,that had been federally funded, but had no enforcement of that requirement
Unfortunately.

I had a friend at the U of Denver Graduate Library School who ended up on various bases' libraries as a librarian of some kind. She retired though. She is on Facebook every so often showing her travels.

I believe she was at the on base libraries.

[villagetinker]

I was a Professional Electrical Engineer, worked for an electric utility over 40 years. Started as a commissioning engineer at a power plant then transferred to design engineering. I have been "retired" for over 10 years, but my wife says I stay very busy helping others, so that is my current occupation.

[eweissenbach]

Education for 43 years as a teacher, coach, athletic director, driver education instructor, high school principal, and superintendent of schools. Presently teaching CDL classes for school bus licensure and driving school bus for our school district.

I too spent fourteen years as a teacher, coach, athletic director, and driver Ed instructor. Sold real estate in the summers. Then twenty years with a major insurance and securities company in field management - retired from there and spent five years with another major financial services company as a home office marketing manager. Loved every minute of all my jobs.
I play a lot of executive golf as a single. Usually discuss our respective careers. If find it fascinating to learn about people.

[eweissenbach]

Law Enforcement

You neglected to mention working for Eddie Hall at Paradise Point.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

How many ex Aerospace/Defense contractors out there?

I know of one who will be moving out there soon!

[Ropnrose]

I retired from the world's largest coal company, after working there my entire career. Started as a geologist two weeks after college graduation. Held positions in environmental and reclamation. When I retired after 30 years, I had been the corporate environmental manager for their western US and Australian mines.

[dewilson58]

i worked at a cemetery ....... had 10,000 people under me.

Pretty cool having that many people that looked up to you.

[Bay Kid]

I was a Professional Electrical Engineer, worked for an electric utility over 40 years. Started as a commissioning engineer at a power plant then transferred to design engineering. I have been "retired" for over 10 years, but my wife says I stay very busy helping others, so that is my current occupation.

Over the years I have noticed your willingness to help others. Thank you.

[1009 wilder]

i was a Obstetrician-Gynecologists

[ArkOuFan]

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just curious, what was your occupation prior to retiring and moving to TV?

Guzzel

As you can see most folks don’t talk about it or really care. We’ve reached that point that our “job” doesn’t define who we are. I think we find more connections asking where you are from as you might have some common history or experiences. I think another reason is you quickly find out how talented other villagers are. I spent 41 years in the financial industry and thought I was somewhat successful, but when I hear that the guy I’m playing golf with was a former pro baseball player, who later became a doctor, I kind of feel like a nudge. I think retired is the best career to have.

[Jim 9922]

A Professional Taxpayer. And I haven't yet retired from it. :jester:

[cswett5234]

....was a former pro baseball player, who later became a doctor, I kind of feel like a nudge. I think retired is the best career to have.

Could this be the famous PHI/BOS Sox pitcher Dr. Lonborg? Just curious...

I'm not quite retired yet, but I'm the most hated man in my town, I'm the local tax assessor! haha! Clint.

[BrianL99]

Could this be the famous PHI/BOS Sox pitcher Dr. Lonborg? Just curious...


Jim Lonborg was a Dentist on the South Shore of MA. A friend of mine was his office manager. Great guy.

The only other MLB players I can think of, who became Doctors, would be Bobby Brown of the Yankees, who's dead and Mark Hamilton of the Cardinals, who's too young to be retired in TV.

[fdpaq0580]

Pretty cool having that many people that looked up to you.

So funny!😁

[Topspinmo]

I was a “know it all” for while, but that didn’t pay well.

[fdpaq0580]

Rock Star. Patooty and the Blowhards!

[Davonu]

I was a Professional Engineer. I managed the Engineering division of a Development Review Services department for a county government. My wife worked for the Tax Collector for the same county. We were much loved by our citizens...I permitted them and she taxed them! :)

[Boffin]

Any current or retired MITRE folks in TV?

Yep.

[Stu from NYC]

Pretty cool having that many people that looked up to you.

Rumor has it some didnt like what they saw and turned over

[fdpaq0580]

I was a Professional Engineer. I managed the Engineering division of a Development Review Services department for a county government. My wife worked for the Tax Collector for the same county. We were much loved by our citizens...I permitted them and she taxed them! :)

When I was little I wanted to be an Engineer. I really liked trains. 😉

(I'm sure you've heard this joke before.)

[Velvet]

When I was little I wanted to be an Engineer. I really liked trains. 😉

(I'm sure you've heard this joke before.)

Since I was 5 years old I wanted to be a chemical engineer. My mother asked why? Because my babysitter (after school) was the happiest person I knew, and she was studying chemical engineering. After highschool I did enter chemical engineering for two years. I watched beakers endlessly and made graphs etc etc and was bored to death. I left. Not sure what exactly my babysitter found so exciting. (It wasn’t the guys, in my native country more females than males study chemical engineering.)

[Guzzel]

As you can see most folks don’t talk about it or really care. We’ve reached that point that our “job” doesn’t define who we are. I think we find more connections asking where you are from as you might have some common history or experiences. I think another reason is you quickly find out how talented other villagers are. I spent 41 years in the financial industry and thought I was somewhat successful, but when I hear that the guy I’m playing golf with was a former pro baseball player, who later became a doctor, I kind of feel like a nudge. I think retired is the best career to have.

The question was not meant to "define" anyone, but rather strictly out of curiosity and to see if others have similar backgrounds. Based on the responses, there definitely are similarities.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Best job, Morse Code Operator, Instructor. USAF Security Service. One of last jobs, Certified Ethical Hacker, Booz Allen Hamilton, until it became not Ethical. ������

My only assignment in 34 years that didn't involve tent life in 3rd world paradises was at 6950th RAF Chicksands, UK circa 1965. I was not a Diddy bop, though.

[frayedends]

That sounds like George from Seinfeld. Very funny show.

Yes, they are all George professions. Interestingly, only one of them is a position he actually had (Yankees).

Funny story...my wife is a realtor and took me to a Top Producer "Elite Retreat" in Boca Raton one year when we were a fairly new couple (this was maybe 5 years ago). When the other realtors asked me what I did I would alway respond with one of George's professions from the show. I had them going on Importer/Exporter. I told them I imported latex to tie the 2 jobs into one. I really had them at Marine Biologist. I have enough knowledge of the subject to keep them intrigued for quite some time.

Eventually they all realized I was full of crap. Then they didn't believe me when I told them I was in biotech, which I am.

[macawlaw]

I was a family law attorney who was either a guardian ad litem for abused, neglected, dependent children or represented parents of those children.

[eweissenbach]

I was a “know it all” for while, but that didn’t pay well.

People who think they know it all offend those of us that do.

[Taltarzac725]

I was a family law attorney who was either a guardian ad litem for abused, neglected, dependent children or represented parents of those children.

Thanks for your service.

[Tustin714]

This turned out to be a great thread, including comments about what people wanted to be and what they ended up doing. Putting aside that all kids in the 1960s wanted to be astronauts, by the time college rolled around I wanted to be either an astrophysicist, a rock star, or a lawyer (I did high school and college debate for nationally-ranked schools and law seemed like a good extension). Math killed the science path, and people way more musically talented weren't getting anywhere, so law school it was.

I enjoyed a 30-year law career (business litigation), and retired/went inactive 6 weeks before the pandemic shutdown! Good timing. :smiley: I still get asked about reactivating and am always pleased to decline. Maybe rock star is still in the cards. :D