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rock,roll,n,load
Just wondering what some of you guys (and gals) do to earn the $$$$ to pay for this not so cheap hobby that we have!!

I was a machinist by trade, courtesy of Uncle Sam. I picked up my trade in the Navy (Lifemember V.F.W. Post 7687), served my apprenticeship and worked for an Aerospace company for the last 25 years. Retired last February and enjoying life ever since.

My wife runs a lab for an analytical testing company doing materials testing and analysis.

We have 4 kid's, 3 girls and a boy who all par-take in shooting sports of one kind or another.

So, there's a little background on me.
Anyone else?
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  • williamprynn
    I was a machinist also. Don't miss it at all. Nasty oily bar stock, Chips in the soles of your shoes. Cast iron dust. Hot chips down the shirt. And stupid bosses. Especially the the rotten bosses.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    I am a Notary Public. [:D]
    I have a company that manages casinos here in this great state of WV. Gaming is legal here![:p] My wife is a guidance counselor for the state. I have 2 kids, 3 dogs, and NO guns.[;)]
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  • spanielsells
    I put money in some very wise investments in the stock market about ten years ago and kept putting money into it until about 2002. I was able to save enough to pay for tuition and take two years off to attend school. The wife still works so we have income, and my savings should be hammered pretty good by the time I graduate in August, but I should hopefully have little trouble finding a job.
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  • steeltoe1978
    I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.



    Man, I've always wanted to say that. [:D]
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    I work at Badger West, a wine and alcohol warehouse. I get to fill orders for many of the stores in Wisconsin by stacking cases, picking bottles, and driving forklifts. I also attend a local college part-time and will begin to persue my Criminal Justice degree in the fall. I have no kids and am not married, but do have a girlfriend and am only 21 so I have plenty of time for that. That also leaves me plenty of time for hunting, fishing, shooting, and all the other things I love to do.[:D]
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  • KEVD18
    emt for a busy private service in boston. in school for my rn(its a long road ahead). my aspirations are for medflight
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  • iwannausername
    Educational technology. I'm a geek that teaches teachers to do basic things, like use a mouse.

    (no, I'm not bitter...)
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  • Jacob2008
    quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
    emt for a busy private service in boston. in school for my rn(its a long road ahead). my aspirations are for medflight


    Is that where you fly in the helicopters?

    My aunt was holding down 3 jobs and going to school for this, and somehow she did it. She sticks to her word too, said she would do it, got A's in all of her classes, and i think now shes flying
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  • Jacob2008
    quote: NO guns.


    Have you noticed your on a GUN forum?

    [:D][:D][}:)][}:)]

    Just teasing. Your nice to have around
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  • Sav99
    Mortgage Banker, its a living.
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  • CHGOTHNDER
    Baptist minister with4 beautiful daughters that run around scantily clad.
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  • Warbirds
    I am soon to be an unemployed Navy survival instructor. Will be making the mov into an aerospace company in the very near future myself.
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  • ripley16
    I am a Professional Miscreant. Lifetime member of the A.M.A.
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  • PJ
    Retired banker.
    Pete
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  • rock,roll,n,load
    Hey Jacob2008:
    To answer your "No guns" question...........
    More that I need, but not as many as I want!!![:D][:D][:D]

    Thanks for all the replys!
    Really cool bunch of people on here!![8D][8D][8D][8D]
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  • Ronald J. Snow
    Retail store owner/operator. RJSnow
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  • Jacob2008
    quote:Originally posted by rock,roll,n,load
    Hey Jacob2008:
    To answer your "No guns" question...........
    More that I need, but not as many as I want!!![:D][:D][:D]

    Thanks for all the replys!
    Really cool bunch of people on here!![8D][8D][8D][8D]


    I may be 14, but if theres one thing ive learned its you can never have enough guns, and dont look down the barrel [B)][B)]
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  • IAMACLONE_2
    Exclusive worldwide franchise for stolen Yugo hubcaps
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  • Sav99
    quote:Originally posted by rock,roll,n,load
    Hey Jacob2008:

    Thanks for all the replys!
    Really cool bunch of people on here!![8D][8D][8D][8D]



    You just know us yet Rock, thats all. [:p][;)][:D]
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  • tapwater
    ...Spent 30+ years at a local grain elevator, until my back finally said "no more." Now, I'm a house husband, while the lawyers, docs and insurance people figure out what to do with me. Shopping, cooking, dishes, laundry, cleaning guns, etc. Meanwhile, my wife works for Federal Signal, building lightbars for police, fire units and the military. A real role reversal.
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  • brier-49
    I'm a POSTAL employee who only owns one gun.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M101_howitzer
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  • MVP
    I do as little as possible.
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  • Jacob2008
    quote:Originally posted by brier-49
    I'm a POSTAL employee who only owns one gun.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M101_howitzer




    are you wallie?[:0][:0][:0]
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  • mond
    pointer.........[;)]

    you do this ,you do that!!! [:D]
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  • Captplaid
    Grew up on a farm. Still help dad and live on the farm.
    Worked for at grain elevators for a few years. Traveled a little. Found a wife.
    Now maintenance at a beer bottle factor.
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  • Cubslover
    Process Operations Contoller for a Modified Corn/Food/industrial Starch Manufacturing Plant.

    I call that place the Golden Handcuffs. The pay and benifits are so good. I was a semester away from a degree in Architectual Design with emphasis in Technical Graphics, when I took a semester off to get married. I got offered a job here and never looked back.

    I'm also a Volunteer Emergency Responder(medical) and HazMat/Rescue Team Member.

    The HazMat team is only for our plant. The Responder is a State certification, I've stopped at a few accidents over time.
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  • Colonel Plink
    I'm a cathouse piano player.


    At least that'w what I tell my mother.

    You know...to save her the embarrassment.
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  • breddyrrt
    Started out as a Respiratory Therapist and now own Sleep Labs in several states.
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  • brier-49
    No jacob I'm not wallie, my cannon is a lot bigger. and I can't draw as well as him.
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  • sarge_3ad
    Besides growing up and working on the farm, I was a Army gunsmith for 13 years (3 years National Guard, 10 years Active Duty). After I left the Military, due to health, I went to work for a grocery distribution center. When I left last year after 12 yrs, I was putting the tax stamps on cigerettes. I also had a small gun shop until last year. Now I am retired, and like tapwater, I am waiting for the VA to get things sorted out. Meanwhile, I am a full time babysiter for my 2 young grandchildren.
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