DFB
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- Dec 7, 2000
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- Southern VT, Southern ME
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- John Deere 4100 HST /410 FEL, R4s
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that people born between 1957 and 1964 held an average of 11 jobs from ages 18 to 44. On average, men held 11.4 jobs and women held 10.7 jobs. 25% percent held 15 jobs or more, while 12% held four jobs or less.
Boy I don't know if its good or bad to do just one thing most of your life
This my 3rd major reincarnation
Now days I do sales and marketing for a large greenhouse operation and fruit orchard. We also raise a variety vegetable crops for direct sale too. Over the past several years I have built my own offsite market outlet and developed several other new sales opportunities for the business. One beautiful sunny summer day as I was 'working" had on my uniform of the day "shorts" and selling the greenhouse products I once had customer tell me that I had the best job :laughing: I said to him you really don't know the half of it!
I also do a variety of equipment and building maintenance along with some new construction projects for the business when I'm not marketing their products.
After 20 years career in an electronics factory I had attained the postion of department supervisor for a crew of 30 solder assemblers when it closed locally and moved offshore. I worked in just about every department. We built filters, ceramic chips, tantalum pellets, and KVA capacitors.
And in between I had my own small farm business raising produce for local markets. That was my first retirement job! I still do some free lance work rototiling and mulch layer work for some others now.
There was some other life experiences like working for a landscape business, tree farm, and the town highway department after my business stint they all sucked and before building my career at the Fruit and Flower biz
My buddy is a licensed GC so if have the time available I like go do jobs with him too. That's the work I started in when was in my twentys and before the factory.
Someday I just may really retire like JD
What I find interesting is that the owner of the business where I work now is 71, and that women has no intentions of stopping what she does. In fact the grant they recently accepted has 10 year operation clause or pay it back. She goes non stop. Every single day during the summer she runs a 100 mile round trip purchase and supply route before I even get there. Of course I don't come in till 10am either!
Boy I don't know if its good or bad to do just one thing most of your life
This my 3rd major reincarnation
Now days I do sales and marketing for a large greenhouse operation and fruit orchard. We also raise a variety vegetable crops for direct sale too. Over the past several years I have built my own offsite market outlet and developed several other new sales opportunities for the business. One beautiful sunny summer day as I was 'working" had on my uniform of the day "shorts" and selling the greenhouse products I once had customer tell me that I had the best job :laughing: I said to him you really don't know the half of it!
I also do a variety of equipment and building maintenance along with some new construction projects for the business when I'm not marketing their products.
After 20 years career in an electronics factory I had attained the postion of department supervisor for a crew of 30 solder assemblers when it closed locally and moved offshore. I worked in just about every department. We built filters, ceramic chips, tantalum pellets, and KVA capacitors.
And in between I had my own small farm business raising produce for local markets. That was my first retirement job! I still do some free lance work rototiling and mulch layer work for some others now.
There was some other life experiences like working for a landscape business, tree farm, and the town highway department after my business stint they all sucked and before building my career at the Fruit and Flower biz
My buddy is a licensed GC so if have the time available I like go do jobs with him too. That's the work I started in when was in my twentys and before the factory.
Someday I just may really retire like JD
What I find interesting is that the owner of the business where I work now is 71, and that women has no intentions of stopping what she does. In fact the grant they recently accepted has 10 year operation clause or pay it back. She goes non stop. Every single day during the summer she runs a 100 mile round trip purchase and supply route before I even get there. Of course I don't come in till 10am either!
