Me just curious what we all do for a living on this site. We all seem to be very down to Earth with lots of emotion for our lil' park in the woods.
My girlyfriend works for a printing company, she runs alot'a cutters & a die-cutter. I work at a auto detail shop cleaning interiors, been in the business since 1990.
How about ya all?
I work for a company called Damar. We sell almost every kind of light bulb made. We don't make them we just ship them out from our warehouse. I work in the UPS department as the lead.
I am a Detention Deputy for the Local Sheriffs Office.
Teacher to geniuses at the middle school level (grades 6-8) I was originally an art teacher.
I work for the publishing arm of the Church of the Nazarene. ;D
I'm a college student.
Seriously, though, I'm unemployed and want to work at a library til I'm able to work at SDC full-time.
I'm getting a Bachelors in Creative Writing, and I'm changing my minor from Folklore to Ozark Studies.
My plan is to hopefully become a bestselling author. And ironically enough, one of the characters in my work-in-progress trilogy is named Damar!
I might just have to read your book tinaalsgirl. You might not remember this but we met you and tinman at sdc on the morning of sdc's birthday opening ceremony. Tinman took a picture of us and posted it on his facebook but of course he takes pictures of everything.
4th grade teacher and part-time preacher
I am a cataloging specialist at the university's law school library.
Yeah, I remember you, pintrader! It was awesome getting to meet a fellow SDCFan!
Lifeguard :D and student.
Following my 7 years at SDC as a food service guy, River Rat at the Float Trip, and as Junior Dugan at the Diving Bell...I finished college, had a 20 year career as a radio broadcaster as an announcer and news reporter. Since 2003, have been working in healthcare at a hospital.
My claim to fame working at SDC: Some of the people I worked with in the entertainment end attended drama
classes at Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield, and either had
classes with, or had the same drama teachers as John Goodman (Roseanne)
Tess Harper (Golden Globe Winner) or Kathleen Turner (film actress)
My claim to fame at college: As I learned a few things from the people at SDC who studied with the stars
listed above or the people who trained with the same teachers, I took that
experience to college at Southeast Missouri State University at Cape
Girardeau where I had classes with my pal...who later forged a pretty
successful career as a stand up comic, TV and Film actor. He goes by the
stage name "Cedric the Entertainer." Other classmates from SEMO went on
to work at CNN, CMT, and have had jobs on films in Hollywood. One guy that
was an underclassman became a local news and weather anchor and won
several emmys for work in the Washington DC area. He now works in St. Louis.
I have been a volunteer / independent historian for Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. and am currently doing historical research independently. I have been fortunate to have support from family and my fiancee' that allowed me to do this. I have made many major historical finds for Jackson Co. Missouri and Kansas City as well (most went ignored because SOME people cant seem to look past the city forefathers and mayors and so forth)! I am now doing historical research for Benton Co. Arkansas. My main employment through the years has been warehouse/dock work.
Since you are doing historical research on Benton Co. AR I can highly reccommend books by J. Dickson Black, Phillip Steele, Fred Starr, and Vance Randolph. Shiloh Museum in Springdale, Rogers Museum, are good places to do research. Don't forget the special collections in UA/Fayetteville. Bella Vista, Pea Ridge, Lowell, Tontitown all have small local museums that might have some good stuff to look at if you can catch them open. If you want to purchase out of print books on Arkansas history, check out the Dickson Street Bookshop in Fayetteville, but bring your wallet and lots of money!
I'm a Computer Support Specialist for Arkansas State Government. My wife is a Geologist for State Government.
I'm a high school English teacher. I currently teach sophomores. I'm also the speech and debate coach, and I direct the fall play.
Since someone mentioned spouses...My wife is a college grad with 2 degrees and no job! Teaching jobs are just hard to come by right now!
As my screen name suggests I am a pastor, but this summer I'm also working part time for the National Park Service as a ranger for the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site near Wall, SD. I give tours of the underground launch control facility and the actual missile silo. If you're going to be in SD this summer give us a call and we'll give you a tour.
I'm a high school pre engineering teacher and serve as team leader for our FIRST robotics team. I'm currently working ( a little over half way complete ) on my masters degree in education administration. I'm also a "starving" musician. In fact, I'll be playing at the Outback Pub in Branson on August 13th and in Eureka Springs on the 14th so if any of you folks are in the area during that time, drop by and say howdy!
I too am a Pastor. I pastor a small country church in south-central Illinois. I also work part-time as a tour guide at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO. My company sub-contracts for the NPS. So Pastor Don we have a few things in common....we both Pastor, we both work at national monuments, and we both love SDC! Plus the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota are my favorite places to vacation (next to SDC, of course).
^That's pretty cool! (Unlike the weather here this week!!! 8) ) Come see us next time you're in the area!
Hey Junior! I plan to blow open some unknown historical doors on Benton Co. Ark.! I am sitting on some jaw dropping and unbelievable history that I will make known some time soon! I am very careful in revealing things anymore because I have worked very hard and had some of my work stolen or changed. Even though I am in MO., I have a small network going down there and am very excited and anxious to reveal what I know! I hate to come off sounding snobbish because I wont share, but I am snakebit and hope everyone understands!
We all have our "side projects" on here, and I doubt anyone has shown their full deck! It is totally understandable, but most things on here I hope are not taken and exploited. I have lots of time and money in my works, and hope sometime to have them all reach fruition.
Andy: looking forward to hearing more about your historical discoveries. I'm an armchair ozark history and folklore nut. I do a little freelance writing on those topics. So, if you are looking for some publicity, I might be able to help you out when the time is right. Just contact me and let me know.
I'm a plumber, in northwest Oklahoma!
I transitioned my voracious appetite of theme parks into a (now) 13 year career with the Disney Company. I've had roles all over the place ranging from Jungle Cruise skipper to VIP tour guide. My real passion came under the guise of leadership and attraction management where I have done most of my time.
I was the Walt Disney World Ambassador in 2007 (a role that Walt Disney created himself in 1965), which acts as the official spokesperson. I am currently starting my new role in the Global Park Operations line of business where all our attractions safety and regulatory decisions are made. Part of the job is doing safety auditing for the attractions which requires me to throw on a t-shirt and baseball cap and experience all the attractions. Tough job, I know.
Machinist and aspiring musician.
So, uh....Tony...are you "livin' on Tulsa time?" (Sorry, could not resist that one.) Good luck with the music. Having lived in Branson for a number of years I always admired the local musicians who could make a living at what it was they loved so much. It was fun hanging out with some of them, too.
Ha! Always, Junior. I decided years ago that I'd better get a real job, so I learned to program and run CNC machines. Music is my passion, but I sure doesn't pay the bills. I love to write and record at home. I've got a myspace page if you care to hear what I've been up to. http://www.myspace.com/wehrmachtsound.
You guys probably know the answer to this old Branson quiz...What's the difference between a large pizza and a guitar player?
The large pizza can feed a family of four! ;D
HAHA!! You could substitute "machinist" for " guitarist" there too.
OK Tony, I checked out your site...listened to "In the Middle" and "Because" all the way through. Listened to portions of "Weight of the World," "Jar of Fireflies," and "Big Picture," and it put me in mind of that old Billy Joel song where the lyrics go something like this..."they're puttin' bread in my jar, sayin' man, what are you doin' here?" GREAT WORK! Put in your notice, clean out the bank account, load up the van, and either head to Nashville, New York City, or Los Angeles...NOW! You are good...and I hope you keep pursuing your dream, however you do it! :D
Junior, wow man! Thanks. Problem is, I can't find anyone around here serious enough about music to hook up with and for whatever reason, I have trouble performing live by myself. Thanks for the boost, I needed that. I love writing and recording. We'll see where it takes me.
I don't really have an occupation, but I hang out at SDC...alot...and strangely enough, they like me enough to make it worth my while. It sure beats working for a living. To tell the truth, I haven't really had to much luck at jobs.
I tried working at a donut factory...it went in the hole.
I tried working at a brassiere company...it fell flat.
Then I became a pilot...I would pilot here and pilot there. I still do that sometimes.
^ I hear you Zephon! I once worked at a cherry processing plant...it was the pits! Frankly, I'd like to get a soft job...like stuffing cotton in the top of aspirin bottles!
I want the job of shooting chickens out of a cannon at the windshields of airplanes.
(Blue collar comedy group)
True story & job here..
I met my girl at a big auto auction & all we really had to do was drive cars & jump start afew of'm. It was a dream job, but they wanted to down size the company, & some of the people that made $9 -$10 driving vehicles they got rid of so they could pay people less $$$$. Well, that was us!! She was 1 month shy of 10 years in the company, & i was just shy of 5.
But, they "jerk'd our batteries out!!" :D
Worst jobs ever held: -Helped run a country store over Christmas holidays one year. Retail is not my bag, baby.
-Construction laborer at a job site for 5 months. Running at the drop of the hat to please
some dude that only wants to pay $7 per hour is not my bag, baby.
-Announcer/news reporter for the crappiest radio station in town. The boss was worse than
the radio station. Not my bag, baby.
Best jobs ever held: -Silver Dollar City (Fun, fun, fun!)
-Hee Haw Theater (Fun, fun, fun!)
-Announcer/news reporter for the best radio station in the entire region. The boss was
great, pretty much let me do anything I wanted to. (Fun, fun, fun!)
My worst jobs..
Pick'n bad potato chics from a conveyor belt. Stand'n in 1 place all day.
Knock'n grease off the big hitch & tongue of deisel trucks. Both jobs were REALLY greasy!!
I've never shot a chicken out of a cannon, but when I was the Marshal, I had the job of shooting a big wad of paper out of the cannon on the square at closing time. That was fun, but I think it contributed to some hearing loss that I now experience.
Huh?
Firing the cannon sure would have been a fun job to have. I only got "signed off" on firearms one season (1980) and I loved being in those feuds by the diving bell that year. Only thing I hated was for that five minutes of fun, we Juniors had to spend the next 20-30 minutes in our break room cleaning the shotguns we used! Ugh!
LOL, HB. It was kind of awkward. I'm right-handed, so holding the pistol in my right hand, aiming at the touch hole, you had to lean your head/left ear over into your left shoulder and wrap your left arm up over your head so you plug your right ear with your finger. It wasn't all that effective. Of course, shooting off our guns during street shows didn't help much either. Back then, we used serious loads, which made for very loud bangs...not like the little pops they now make. They sound like cap guns now.
I remember one time, Zeke Hatfield (name withheld) was carrying a sawed-off shotgun pistol (illegal and not approved by the park, but what the hey). He was standing under the balcony of Hannah's and fired it off. Extremely loud. The bad thing is that Jo, our safety coordinator at the time was standing right above him on the balcony, and he didn't know it. I swear, she jumped 3' feet in the air, durn near over the railing. Zekey might have gotten in trouble over that one...not sure.
That's funny. I've noticed a few things over the years that would require an NFA tax stamp, but I'm pretty sure they didn't have one.
Server support specialist (hardware) at Dell.
Musician in a local band
Best Job: Worked in IT at TWA in KC and got to fly all over the place for free.
Worst Job: Worked for 6 weeks at a Medical Billing company with an overbearing boss and clueless co-workers
I own my own call center business. I sit at home and take calls for different products. Its great.
Registered Architect
Beef producer. I raise cattle
small excavation business and have small fleet of dump trucks, both straight trucks and semi trailers.. :-\
I am a musician who moonlights as a computer tech
I work for st louis county government as a residential building inspector
Registered Nurse for 29 years and counting
Currently I'm a fulltime Emergency Medical Technician. Been in EMS since 1995. Other jobs have included Laborer and water meter reader for my local community. And laborer, mixer,and quality control tech. for a mining supply manufacturer.
This was an interesting topic, some very diverse backgrounds and it's interesting how we all love SDC so much!
I manage Marvel Cave and I created the Lantern Light Tour and am currently working on a few other projects.
I am also a full time student double majoring in History and Religious Studies with a minor in Ozarks Studies, tinaalsgirl, I think we might have a class together next semester.
Copper. ok so what i want to know is what do you do with ALL your spare time? LOL
Yeah, if we've got the same minor, I'm sure we'll probably end up in a class together.
QuoteCopper. ok so what i want to know is what do you do with ALL your spare time? LOL
I'm very thankful that I LOVE my job and I look forward to going to work each week, now as for school, I am often tempted to sleep in.
LOL..
Well let's see, I started off as an intern with the Department of Environmental Quality. After that was completed, I applied for a desk job at the local Sheriff's Office, and did that for a couple of years. Later on I was hired as a Patrol Deputy, and was sent to the Academy. However, there was a huge shortage of Detention Deputies at the time, so I was transferred there, and worked there for a few of years.
After becoming exhausted with that, I was hired as a Communications Officer with the Department of Emergency Management. However, the working hours there were a bit rough, so I returned back to the Sheriff's Office where I am currently working as a 911 Dispatcher / Radio Communications. It's definitely an interesting job, and I am always the first person to know when something big happens in the county. :)
@ozark-My friend is that nosey too. She has a radio deal that she listens too and cop friends......its great!!!
Ozark Studies.... I wish I could take that class via correspondence. It is obviously not offered here in StL. :'(
It's not just a class, it's an actual minor here at MSU (only became official on the books this year, in fact).
I looked up the Ozarks Studies curriculum on the college website. Very diverse for a minor. Looks interesting...if the college was not three hours from my doorstep, I'd take at least some of those classes. I've checked into taking some classes on local or regional history at the community college at Bentonville, Arkansas, but they don't offer them on a regular basis...and so far when they do, it does not fit into my schedule. The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville used to have a great regional studies program, but, not so much anymore. I've got enough regional material...most of it long out of print...in my home library (I'm talkin' hundreds of books) and I regularly add to the collection. Most of what I want to know I can pull out of those books...and they are great research sources for the little articles I write on Ozarks history and folklore.
I did the same thing...funny I am 3 hours away as well!