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Wow. Sorry to hear about that. I am a weighmaster at a refinery. Great job. Hours kinda suck. One person short and working rotating 12 hr shifts. Only had to drug test to get the job and as long as I don't trip over my own two feet and get hurt I'm ok. A few people get high here, but no one knows I do. I prefer to keep it to myself. When I work nights I smoke some in the bathroom once in awhile.:stoned:)Quote:
Originally Posted by dejayou30
I don't think you will get an answer to that. ;) Come on now people can't give to much info.Quote:
Originally Posted by shiggernigget
Nice grades.Quote:
Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin
I'm self employed. I run a couple of websites.
I always pass my daily drug test (if my eyes aren't red I've failed)
The short version, maintaining wind turbines. It gives new meaning to the phrase, "It's a breeze".
Any pics of you in uniform lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by surreys princess
Im a Marine Diesel Engineering manager.
I build boats from scratch, fit them all, do the plumbing, wiring, mechanical engineering, glass fitting, the lot rofl.
I like the smell of the resin we use with the fiberglass [apoxy
serious, lots of incredible projects. big one through the shop now is for the next space telescope, making some extremely critical parts. parts for llnl,atk, ect ect.. oh shit ±.0002 i had to hit that last week on a mill in stainless, with a intermittent cut! danm that was a slow job!:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by xcrispi
Yes very good grades! You should be proud! Keep it up and you will go far!! :) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Meenstreek
dejayou, my question is will you quit toking, quit that job, or ride it out until your number is called?
I'm a lab manager/supervisor/chemical analyst.
Having a professional job makes my gardening hobby much easier to keep under the radar.
Good for you, Purple Banana. Follow that dream!Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Banana
I teach college English and it is a blast!
Keep up the good work- very nice grades! I did catering during grad school and it's a simple, flexible way to make money. Your other jobs sound interesting too- What do you want to do when you get out of school?Quote:
Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin
...I work with molten metal...
Dutch i tried to PM you to save up on clutter space, but canna makes everything hard. What MOS did you have when you were in the army bro?
Does it count if I'm a pot advocate and not a head?
My work right now is first-year medical school. With lots of books and CDs and software and lab classes. But, fortunately, I'm on holiday at the moment. Before I went back to school last fall, I was a professional speechwriter/copywriter for a big corporation for many years. And before that I was a news reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and a high school English/journalism teacher. During my teaching years and throughout college and grad school before that, I also worked as a fire department paramedic.
...91 Bravo...Class of '67...Quote:
Originally Posted by Skrappie
Truely a pimp; combat medic is not a job for everyone. 52D. generator mechanic, but i fixed everything diesel. Yay for the support team man. From one to one, have a good day dude.
im in grade 10....after school gonna study to become a civil engeneer
Not where i live.. most weedheads round here don't like getting robbed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skink
well i am not quitting my job because its a very good job with benefits. i get $11 an hour to do next to nothing working in a house with three handicapped individuals. i was going to quit as of last night, but i decided i am going to quit after today (my day off) for 30 days and then only smoke on my weekends off, which would be 3 days out of 14 days. i am hoping to find some way to beat the test as well, so if anyone knows any tricks, let me know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skrappie
Right now I work for a company called NPI. They are a landscaping company, but during the winter months when no landscaping can be done, they do snow removal, so right now I do that. We use a little enclosed cab. mini-tractor to remove the snow. It's heated, has music in there, and I work only 4hrs a day-Mon-Fri, and every weekend I work at 6am Sat/Sun, so I work 7 days a week. It's not all bad though. On the weekends I'm home by 8am, so I have the entire day to do whatever. It's not stressful work. You just remove snow using a tractor while blasting tunes in the cab. I don't mind it one bit.
In March though of 2007, I am returning back to school for 1st year jouneymen welding. I'm looking forward to that. :)
Im head chef I do not smoke when I'm at work but do enjoy a smoke when I get home as it is a stressfull job.plus plus can never get to sleep when I get home need time to wind down.smoking helps ,could say it'sfor medicenal reasons.;)
In 11th grade, after high school I'm going to be an electrician or landscaping.
You most definitely count. We need more pot advocates out.Quote:
Originally Posted by birdgirl73
we potheads are your mailmen, your lawyers, your delivery people, your judges, your cops, your bums, your door-to-door salesmen, your gas pumpers, your scientists, your generals, your presidents, your soldiers, your construction workers, your criminals, we are everybody.
well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by MastaChronic
I meant to ask this in my last post, but I was cut off. I'm at work and well you know how that goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by birdgirl73
I had a question for you birdgirl. I was wondering how you got your gig as a professional speechwriter?
Here at work I've done killer presentations and wrote a few things for the bigdogs to say at conventions, meetings, etc... I've always had fun, interesting, original speeches at school, but I never considered it a viable career option. I have a flair for words and I think I could do well writing speeches.
Also, what can a good speechwriter expect to get paid?
During the weekends I run and DJ at skating for a skating rink. I have six more years before my boss jumps ship and retires and I get first buy.
During the week, I work for my father's HVAC company and I just got registered for another semester in college- working on my business degree.
I am currently a sophmore in a university,
where I also work at the social studies department as the program assistant for asian pacific american studies.
I don't think anyone else does it.
It's not a good place to even bring it up.
although my writing professor surely does it.
The way I got that gig--and the way most speechwriters do, too--is that I was working as a writer for that corporation. I started as a business writer and hated that because it actually involved tech writing, and I'm really more into creative/human-angle writing. So I worked my way into the marketing and PR area and did marketing copy/advertising writing for a number of years. That was the organization in which the executive speechwriters were, too, and they'd ask us to help with executive speeches when they got too busy. That morphed into an opening on the speechwriting team. And that's how I ended up in that job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meenstreek
A lot of writers do freelance speechwriting or other types of freelance writing to build experience. If you can write an ad or a brochure, you can usually write a speech, too, or a video or audio script. Just so you know how to write in a conversational, succinct tone. The problem for freelancers is you need some way of finding people who need speeches to be written, and that's why working for a corporation works well. The execs and high-ranking managers often have public-speaking obligations. A good source of people who need speeches is often in local politics. That's frequently how political speechwriters get their starts. But they often come from the business world, too. One of my former colleagues from the corporation where I worked, which is a big Texas technology company, later got a job as a writer at the White House.
Salaries can vary, but freelance writers often charge more for speechwriting than other types of word-crafting, mostly because it's more visible, important writing. The experienced freelancers in our area charge $125/hour or more for executive speechwriting. Salaries for writers in corporations can vary anywhere from the low- to mid-40s for entry-level on up to more than$100,000 a year for experienced writers. I was lucky enough to be on the upper end of that scale before I went back to school. Political speechwriters who work for the government generally start in the mid-40s and don't go much higher than the mid-70s. (Private-sector jobs pay more.) But the top freelance political speechwriters can make a lot of money. The speechwriters who write for our president and his senior leaders tend to be staff writers rather than freelancers, however. They do that partially for security reasons but also to maintain exclusivity of phrasing/style.
If you're interested in being a speechwriter, read read read. Read famous speeches and books about famous speakers. Watch CSPAN and other channels that cover speakers and talkers. And get the book Simply Speaking by Peggy Noonan. She was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and is quite knowledgeable about speechwriting and communications (even if her political leanings are the complete opposite of mine).
First thing on my agenda is to thank you for answering my questions. Muchos Gracias!Quote:
Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Next, I will be taking you up on all of your suggestions on breaking into the speechwriting field. I will try to get a copy of Simply Speaking (although Ronald Reagan isn't my favorite president) and devour its contents.
Finally, I will be more active in pursuing avenues that may lead into this field.
You have truly inspired me birdgirl!!!
Thanks, Meenstreak, and de nada on answering the questions. Hope you go very far with your ambitions. Writing's a good field to go into professionally. Not that many people can do it well (illiteracy, as you know, is everywhere), and so there's always a need for people who can. And the best thing is that the more you do it, the better you get at it--and the easier the work gets, too. Good luck!
i work for myself,i'm a ceramic tiler nice and easy smoke when you want,lunch when you want.so if anybody stuck with kitchen,bathroom or swimming pool give me a shout i'm sure we can do a deal.:jointsmile:
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Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Very well stated!
One more vote for the book Simply Speaking, its on my shelf as well.
I slang Pizza's mayne! Pizza delivery driver is one of the highest occupations a person can have, there isn't one person at my work that DOESN'T smoke.
I could go for some dripping cheese pizza right now...
I used to work at a high-tech company,on the manufacturing floor.A lot of the guys there liked to blaze.
Hell,my long time connection worked there,he was a 'Nam vet.
i just got a job translating for spanish patients at this free dental and medical clinic downtown. they are paying me 8/hr to do it. sucky pay but it will look great on my resume. and i LOVE doing it. this is what I am going to college for.
Well, Im 19 years old, I live on my own, and I do construction. Mostly roofing, but I do alot of insulation lately also. I go to college, even though Im not in right now, my semester doesnt start until January, but I dont think Im going to make it back to that one.
I dont think anyone that I work with smokes. I mean, my dad owns the company (and he rides me the hardest) and he doesnt hire people to do "drugs".
Your doing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin
Money won't make you rich.
But consider yourself wealthy when you love what your doing and its furthering your goals.