Text 7728, 75 rader
Skriven 2008-05-24 17:09:00 av Nancy Backus (34349.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 7637 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: jobs
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-=> Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 05-23-08  19:17 <=-

 NB>> Unfortunately, he put civil and architectural engineering at the very
 NB>> bottom of his list... in the IF ALL ELSE FAILS, maybe, category! 

 JW> So he's tired of it then.
 
Yup.  Exactly.

 NB>> Bartending

 JW> That could be fun for a break, in the right place.

He's on the right track for that, at the moment.  He just got a job as a
server at Cheesecake Factory... they hire their bartenders from their
server staff.  He's done it before... sometimes to better success than
at other times.

 NB>> and airline steward were at the top of his list

 JW> The travel perks can be rewarding. I have a friend who did that for

That is part of his reasoning there.  He is, also, a very personable
young man...  He may change his mind on that one, as he gets a little
older... hard to say...  at 34, he's still basically not much more than
a teenager sometimes... ;)

 JW> 20 years, got tired of it, worked as a train conductor for a bit,
 JW> then as a bartender on a B.C. ferry for a few years so that he
 JW> didn't have to cross time zones and got to sleep at home every
 JW> night, got bored and returned to the airline. He was able to port
 JW> his pension and his union seniority from Air Canada to Canadian
 JW> National Railways to B.C. Ferries and back to Air Canada again. He
 JW> retired last month to a small acreage and a cabin in the Cariboo
 JW> Country vowing to travel no more.

I can well imagine!  :)  But I bet he had fun while he was doing it,
too.  :)

 JW>> And our winters are not at all like NY winters [g].
 NB>> I'm sure!  (BIG grin).   Longer, colder and snowier, probably... ;) 

 JW> Longer and colder but not snowier. It's quite arid here and there's
 JW> less moisture in the air to make snow when it truly frigid. I just
 JW> looked it up: we average 59 inches of snow per winter, 13 inches of
 JW> that in Nov before it gets really cold. With the dry air there's a
 JW> lot of sublimation (dry evaporation) so the average depth of snow on
 JW> the ground maxes out at 15 inches deep by March. My home town in

Oh, ok.  :)  And, once the snow shows up, and you clean up from it, the
roads, sidewalks, and vehicles stay clear of snow and ice, and you
always have a nice coverlet of the white stuff?

 JW> Ontario just north of you averages 80 inches per winter, had a
 JW> record of 173 inches, with 22 inches in one day and 44 inches within
 JW> one week. I hate shovelling snow!

I'm not the one that gets stuck shovelling... but I'm certainly not keen
on slipping on ice... ;)

 JW> Also because it's so cold we don't have to contend with slush, sleet
 JW> or black ice. It's not that bad here.

I could almost be persuaded... as could hubby, no doubt...  But I don't
know about the kid... ;)  At least he's decided that it really isn't all
that cold here...  his blood thickened up within a few months of being
out of AZ...  <G>

ttyl     neb

... Of people born in 1839, 100% who ate carrots are dead!

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