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Jobs, etc.	I've pumped gas, here and there; washed dishes; sacked groceries; bussed tables; was a wrangler, taking tourists on horseback rides; rented bicycles to tourists in several State Parks; cooked pizzas''s; cleaned bathrooms; was a driver's helper delivering Cokes; lumber yard worker; assistant manger trainee for Value Giant stores; made business presentations to the rich in order to get them to invest in a new business while I was in high school and sold them on it   (Commercial Computer Services); run backhoe and numerous fork lifts; delivered `rented' stereos and/or televisions and had to re-possess them   (that part was a bummer); tore down walls and laid bricks; used a jack hammer; sold groceries; fixed flat tires; had numerous factory jobs; was a FAA certified air traffic controller; Clerk typist   (I was then and still am a lousy speller!); Drill Sergeant   (but not for long!); and probably forgotten jobs that I have had..
Redwoods	I worked in the "tall timber" of northern California as a `choker setter'  (attaching cables to fallen redwood trees and the other end of the cables to the back of D-9 cats, to be dragged to a central location for loading onto semis'.).   That lasted 4 days!   I got slapped twice by trees that were being dragged and wound up in a stupor on my backside wondering, "WA' HAPPEN'"!   I have a tendency to be a slow learner at times....  (heck!   Most of the time!!!)
Factory Trained	I've been a "Factory Trained and Certified" Yamaha motorcycle mechanic, and worked in a Yamaha shop.   The big repair job that I did, at that time, was customize my 750 Honda!   It was honest work but I didn't really like getting greasy every day!!   I've ridden cross country from Arkansas to California and back again, on a Honda!
College	I had a term paper I'd turned in   (MS-305, Management, Concept and Analysis - course title)   used by the teacher, Col. Solomosey, to teach the officers in his command about how to be a better leader.   The title of the paper was "What Kind Of Leader Are You?"   That was his favorite phrase when he was `dressing down' junior officers that had messed up.
Fame	I've had jobs that lasted almost a whole day and others that have lasted over three years.   Listed above are some of my claims to fame and did not list all the job types I've had nor the profession that I am now in.