Jobs you'd like to give a go.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 22-09-2013 7:40am #1

I'd love to give long haul trucking a try in the USA. I like driving and listening to the radio but I suppose sleeping in the god dam thing would get old quick. :pac:. Driver's salaries vary, most earn by the mile, starting rate is 25c for company drivers. It ranges upwards from that, Owner Operators can earn 6 figures a year.

A fisherman is another manly profession which I'm probably not cut out for. Wearing the overalls and hauling gear for hours on end etc.

Like trucking salaries vary drastically, A crab fisherman in Alaska can earn 50k for one 5 week season but a deckhand working onboard a trawler in Ireland would be lucky to make half that in a year.

What profession would you like to experience without having to commit to it?

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 7:47am

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'd love to give long haul trucking a try in the USA. I liking driving and listening to the radio but I suppose sleeping in the god dam thing would get old quick. :pac:. Driver's salaries vary, most earn by the mile, starting rate is 25c for company drivers. It ranges upwards from that, Owner Operators can earn 6 figures a year.

A fisherman is another manly profession which I'm probably not cut out for. Wearing the overalls and hauling gear for hours on end etc.

Like trucking salaries vary drastically, A crab fisherman in Alaska can earn 50k for one 5 week season but a deckhand working onboard a trawler in Ireland would be lucky to make half that in a year.

What profession would you like to experience without having to commit to it?

porn star anyone????

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 7:49am

Astronaut

F1 Driver

force eleven · 22-09-2013 7:54am

Working on one of those Alaskan boats, fishing for King Crab in the Bering Sea would be great.Although, I hate heights, get seasick and have a healthy disregard for personal safety, I'd say I'd be fine.

wendell borton · 22-09-2013 7:56am

Oil boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLB-uMPj27s

Ihatecuddles-old · 22-09-2013 8:04am

Always wanted to work in a bar

Someone hire me for the day! Ill work for free!

Daveysil15 · 22-09-2013 8:06am

Window cleaner in the red light district.

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:07am

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Window cleaner in the red light district.

that would be horrible.... its like putting a junkie in charge of a pharmacy :eek:

seanie_c · 22-09-2013 8:09am

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What profession would you like to experience without having to commit to it?

Astronaut or fighter pilot was always something I dreamt of.

Daveysil15 · 22-09-2013 8:11am

Bog Standard User wrote: »

that would be horrible.... its like putting a junkie in charge of a pharmacy :eek:

Nah that logic would only be accurate if I was sex addict, which thankfully I'm not... ohh wait... :eek: :pac:

everlast75 · 22-09-2013 8:13am

Dream job - F1 driver, a professional athlete

Possible - I'd love to work for the Criminal Assets Bureau. There's a rewarding job!

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 8:18am

Software Developer or System Architect

vicwatson · 22-09-2013 8:18am

Airline pilot

Bathysphere operator

HeidiHeidi · 22-09-2013 8:19am

Not sure I'd want to actually do them.... but I'd love to have a fly-on-the-wall view of airline pilots in action, and also a radio show being broadcast - something like Da Lahv Line :eek:

whadafook · 22-09-2013 8:20am

Proctolgist or Cowboy

irelandspurs · 22-09-2013 8:20am

Mcdonalds

DEFTLEFTHAND · 22-09-2013 8:21am

force eleven wrote: »

Working on one of those Alaskan boats, fishing for King Crab in the Bering Sea would be great.Although, I hate heights, get seasick and have a healthy disregard for personal safety, I'd say I'd be fine.

Have you been watching DC like myself? :pac:

If you can put up with the grind sleep deprivation etc you need only work 6 months in a year. The crab boats do two seasons King Crab (late October-eary December) and Opillio (early January early March), they tender salmon during July and August. A normal guy on the deck of a big boat could earn 200k for the 6 months. Apparently this used to be bigger in the early 90s with crew members earning up to 25k a week in crab season. Hence the massive influx of lads to Alaska. The fisheries have slowed down recently and the quota system has put an end to the megabucks but they still earn well above average for blue collar labour.

Sunglasses Ron · 22-09-2013 8:21am

Bog Standard User wrote: »

porn star anyone????

I remember watching a Louis Theroux behind the scenes look at a filming. The stuff is so choreographed and stop start acted that the actor and actress seemed pretty bored

Having said that apart from Lisa Ann most American porn is unwatchable rubbish anyway.

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:25am

irelandspurs wrote: »

Mcdonalds

it would be much better working for supermacs... if your going to get ridiculed for wearing a dorky uniform you may as well support an irish based chipper

redtapestyl · 22-09-2013 8:30am

TommiesTank wrote: »

Software Developer or System Architect

Woah!! Let's not go mad now..

tritium · 22-09-2013 8:30am

Masked crime fighter

Or more sensibly (?) Fighter pilot

Mr Jake · 22-09-2013 8:32am

Gynaecologist

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 8:32am

Binman - the one driving the truck though, obviously.

mickstupp · 22-09-2013 8:33am

Making stained glass windows. Or pottery.

I have no idea why.

Daveysil15 · 22-09-2013 8:34am

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

I remember watching a Louis Theroux behind the scenes look at a filming. The stuff is so choreographed and stop start acted that the actor and actress seemed pretty bored

Having said that apart from Lisa Ann most American porn is unwatchable rubbish anyway.

Ron Jeremy said he used to think of his grandmother and drowning kittens to stop himself from cumming too soon.

oncex · 22-09-2013 8:35am

A coroner! Awful but just to experience it

ROCKMAN · 22-09-2013 8:38am

Top Gear presenter ,Them lads seem to have the dream job ,

Football scout Based in Spain/ Portugal.

hansfrei · 22-09-2013 8:42am

One of them cowboy builders I used to hear about. Riding into work, riding during work, riding after work. Thats what I want. More riding.

canadianwoman · 22-09-2013 8:42am

Helicopter pilot.

Gongoozler · 22-09-2013 8:43am

Luas driver. Seems so glidey

DEFTLEFTHAND · 22-09-2013 8:43am

oncex wrote: »

A coroner! Awful but just to experience it

In Ireland your local coroner is usually a solicitor or GP. They investigate the death but they're not present at the scene and they don't witness the autopsy, if one is performed. Years ago they did but this practice has changed.

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 8:43am

canadianwoman wrote: »

Helicopter pilot.

Apache helicopter pilot.

smcgiff · 22-09-2013 8:46am

Mr Jake wrote: »

Gynaecologist

Plenty of grannies with dropped wombs, there'd be plenty of work anyway.

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:47am

smcgiff wrote: »

Plenty of grannies with dropped wombs, there'd be plenty of work anyway.

eeewwww!!!! rotten old fanny and some with sti's

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 8:48am

smcgiff wrote: »

Plenty of grannies with dropped wombs, there'd be plenty of work anyway.

He's into GGILFs.

smcgiff · 22-09-2013 8:49am

Pope - just to see the shock and awe when I say. 'Nah, it's all bollix.'

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:49am

does tommie actually drive a tank?

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:50am

smcgiff wrote: »

Pope - just to see the shock and awe when I say. 'Nah, it's all bollix.'

it would be even more shock n awe to say "lets all convert to islam"

canadianwoman · 22-09-2013 8:51am

smcgiff wrote: »

Plenty of grannies with dropped wombs, there'd be plenty of work anyway.

I see a few hysterectomies in his future.

smcgiff · 22-09-2013 8:51am

TommiesTank wrote: »

He's into GGILFs.

You could have stopped at GILF, but nooooo

canadianwoman · 22-09-2013 8:51am

Train driver....in Scotland.

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:53am

canadianwoman wrote: »

Train driver....in Scotland.

ive seen the trains ye got in canada.... fecking miles long... got stuck at a railway crossing in brampton once.... it took it about 15 minutes to finish going past

canadianwoman · 22-09-2013 8:55am

Bog Standard User wrote: »

ive seen the trains ye got in canada.... fecking miles long... got stuck at a railway crossing in brampton once.... it took it about 15 minutes to finish going past

Only 15 minutes?? That was a short one.

TommiesTank · 22-09-2013 8:57am

Bog Standard User wrote: »

does tommie actually drive a tank?

No, but he does one (well two) of the jobs that he posted here. And it doesn't involve driving.

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 8:58am

canadianwoman wrote: »

Only 15 minutes?? That was a short one.

no it was long.... just one of those high speed trains :P

minidazzler · 22-09-2013 8:58am

I know a guy who fishes every summer in the Bering Sea for 6 weeks. Makes 30 grand for that 6 weeks and then gets a bonus a few months later if the company make or exceed quota. Contrary to what people think, you don't live in or bring the fish to Alaska. You generally live in Washington State near Seattle.

smcgiff · 22-09-2013 8:59am

canadianwoman wrote: »

Only 15 minutes?? That was a short one.

There's an AH joke there somewhere, but I'm too much of a gent. :pac:

canadianwoman · 22-09-2013 9:04am

Bog Standard User wrote: »

no it was long.... just one of those high speed trains :P

Freight or passenger?

Howard Juneau · 22-09-2013 9:06am

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Ron Jeremy said he used to think of his grandmother and drowning kittens to stop himself from cumming too soon.

That would actually turn me on! :P

Bog Standard User · 22-09-2013 9:06am

canadianwoman wrote: »

Freight or passenger?

freight - mostly molases tanks

Howard Juneau · 22-09-2013 9:07am

Gongoozler wrote: »

Luas driver. Seems so glidey

And you also get to mow down the odd junkie on O'Connell St.

Jobs you'd like to give a go.

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