What do you do for a living???

[Water Boy]

I'm basically a truck driver that delivers water(5 gallon btls... etc)

 

[PINGGOLF]

I'm basically a truck driver that delivers water(5 gallon btls... etc)

Did that myself, back in the day!

It was a home grown business with about 30 customers in my local town. Sold coolers and all. An easy $400-500 a week and more if I sold a cooler.

I rented a garage at a local storage building and kept my 5 Gal. bottles in there. $35 a month

I traveled every two weeks in my 1987 Toyota P/U towing a car trailer with empty bottles to TN (2 hour trip) to drop them off and get new ones.

Loved the job and I managed to swell up pretty good in my chest and arms! If I remember correctly, a 5 gal bottle was 50lbs.

Now Im married and fat...go figure

 

[sandy]

Did that myself, back in the day!

It was a home grown business with about 30 customers in my local town. Sold coolers and all. An easy $400-500 a week and more if I sold a cooler.

I rented a garage at a local storage building and kept my 5 Gal. bottles in there. $35 a month

I traveled every two weeks in my 1987 Toyota P/U towing a car trailer with empty bottles to TN (2 hour trip) to drop them off and get new ones.

Loved the job and I managed to swell up pretty good in my chest and arms! If I remember correctly, a 5 gal bottle was 50lbs.

Now Im married and fat...go figure

Nice to read about people who take a chance on doing something on their own...even better when they succeed and better still when they love it.

 

[ellsworth007]

I have been in retail or Foodservice all my working life. I started at Taco Bell at 15 , Farrells ice cream parlor where I was head waitress ( ohh ahhhh ) I went to work for Safeway in 1978 at 19 years old and just Hit my 32 second year. I have been in Managment most of my career starting as front end manager. July 9th of this year I will Celebrate 20 years as a store manager. When I originally made Store manager only a small percent were women now our Portland Division has close to 50% . I have a beautiful store with in 15 minutes of home , the Genesis is hardly warmed up by then ! I noticed alot of people in service to our Country , My father and Brother are both Army retired. Dad was in Viet Nam during the tet offensive. I have always had a strong work ethic ,a high level of honesty and integrity because of my parents and specifically the Honest hard working Military father ! here's to all the Dad's on fathers day.

 

[PearlGen]

I have been in retail or Foodservice all my working life. I started at Taco Bell at 15 , Farrells ice cream parlor where I was head waitress ( ohh ahhhh ) I went to work for Safeway in 1978 at 19 years old and just Hit my 32 second year. I have been in Managment most of my career starting as front end manager. July 9th of this year I will Celebrate 20 years as a store manager. When I originally made Store manager only a small percent were women now our Portland Division has close to 50% . I have a beautiful store with in 15 minutes of home , the Genesis is hardly warmed up by then ! I noticed alot of people in service to our Country , My father and Brother are both Army retired. Dad was in Viet Nam during the tet offensive. I have always had a strong work ethic ,a high level of honesty and integrity because of my parents and specifically the Honest hard working Military father ! here's to all the Dad's on fathers day.

What a great success story, as well as tribute to your father and brother. Nice commute to work too!

 

[Veloci_G]

Computer jockey for communications company...........

 

[DubaiRich]

I have been in retail or Foodservice all my working life. I started at Taco Bell at 15 , Farrells ice cream parlor where I was head waitress ( ohh ahhhh ) I went to work for Safeway in 1978 at 19 years old and just Hit my 32 second year. I have been in Managment most of my career starting as front end manager. July 9th of this year I will Celebrate 20 years as a store manager. When I originally made Store manager only a small percent were women now our Portland Division has close to 50% . I have a beautiful store with in 15 minutes of home , the Genesis is hardly warmed up by then ! I noticed alot of people in service to our Country , My father and Brother are both Army retired. Dad was in Viet Nam during the tet offensive. I have always had a strong work ethic ,a high level of honesty and integrity because of my parents and specifically the Honest hard working Military father ! here's to all the Dad's on fathers day.

Fantastic story of success. Did you buy your Genesis at Town & Country???

 

[ellsworth007]

Yes I did

 

[nhparks]

I'm a Hyundai dealer, in addition to being a partner in a Ford dealership and am working on purchasing a Nissan franchise. I'm young, but I grew up in a family with roots in the car business going back nearly 100 years. I started out mowing lawns when I was 9, which I continued until I went to college - and washed a few thousand cars on the side at my uncle's Nissan dealership. Prior to that, my great grandfather and grandfather were both car dealers. Before selling cars, I earned a Bachelor's in Finance from TCU (Go Frogs!) and a JD from GWU Law School. I joined the family business after realizing how much I hated practicing law.

I previously ran a Dodge dealership in Alvin, Texas, and purchased my Hyundai dealership (with much monetary help from my uncle) in February 2010. The dealership is Dallas Hyundai, Inc. and is located on I-20 in Dallas, Texas.

 

[sandy]

I'm a Hyundai dealer, in addition to being a partner in a Ford dealership and am working on purchasing a Nissan franchise. I'm young, but I grew up in a family with roots in the car business going back nearly 100 years. I started out mowing lawns when I was 9, which I continued until I went to college - and washed a few thousand cars on the side at my uncle's Nissan dealership. Prior to that, my great grandfather and grandfather were both car dealers. Before selling cars, I earned a Bachelor's in Finance from TCU (Go Frogs!) and a JD from GWU Law School. I joined the family business after realizing how much I hated practicing law.

I previously ran a Dodge dealership in Alvin, Texas, and purchased my Hyundai dealership (with much monetary help from my uncle) in February 2010. The dealership is Dallas Hyundai, Inc. and is located on I-20 in Dallas, Texas.

Like a chef who eats in his own cooking, it's good to see you drive a Hyundai

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[robthoke]

I'm medically retired from the USAF where I was an AFOSI Special Agent. Like the retired FBI Agent, I welcome your tax dollars for my retirement. I use photography as a hobby to stay out of trouble.

 

[vega]

Retired after 38 years as a tool and die maker. I also ran a computer networking / consulting business on the side for 22 years.

 

[puertorico]

E-6 with 9 years in the US Coast Guard. "semper paratus" ALWAYS READY

 

[Waki]

Retired Airline Pilot. 37,000 hours on the BIG stuff. Loved it & retired before the whole industry went down the tube !

 

[coaster49]

Chief Pilot for Irvine, CA based Internet Genius. I manage the flight operation when not doing trips in a Challenger 604 (former instructor, airlines, charter, seaplane driver). Just another white guy trying to get thru life without falling down or stepping in something. Genesis owner for 1 week....nice ride but a little slow!

 

[sarge]

Retired US Army Infantryman, about half of which was in the 82nd.

Now I'm a civil servant, managing 17,000 barracks spaces on Fort Bragg, NC.

 

[bradfieldsmith]

Retired Navy meteorology/oceanography weenie. Now working for Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a management/program analyst in ship operations (we operate a small fleet of research vessels that do a lot of interesting things in interesting places). Having a lot more fun with NOAA than I did with Navy!

 

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[Ron Veenker]

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Welcome, GM. What color is your car? I don't know how long you have lived in Lexington but I was a Vette City [Bowling Green] resident for 37 years. After retirement I decided that the beach was calling me closer.

Ron

 

[G.M.O.N.E.Y.]

...Ooops! I had to edit my signature to insert the color of my ride: champagne

I've been in Lex 20+yrs. Been to BG many a time. Usually gettin passed by a pack of 'Vettes runnin triple digits in route to the museum.