severine
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I don't think it was my father's dream to be a route salesman for Entenmann's. Still, the cake plus all the treats from his buddies of the various other snack companies were a nice perk for us kids.
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What did you want to be when you grew up?
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I don't think it was my father's dream to be a route salesman for Entenmann's. Still, the cake plus all the treats from his buddies of the various other snack companies were a nice perk for us kids.
Dr Skimeister
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Or maybe my cat.
All kidding aside, I frequently tell people that come to my office that if there's a next time around and I have any say in the matter, coming back as a well cared-for house cat would be a good choice.
All kidding aside, I frequently tell people that come to my office that if there's a next time around and I have any say in the matter, coming back as a well cared-for house cat would be a good choice.
drjeff
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I've actually got a patient who does that! (There's a Frito-lay plant about 5 miles from my office). As he puts it "it was taste bud heaven" for the first couple of months, but now it's maybe a couple of times a year that he'll open up a bag and have some chips - and he's been a F-L employee for almost 15 years now
The crazy thing about that F-L plant is it's located less than a mile from one of the local parks that has your standard playgorunds/ball fields/track/etc. And sometimes if I'm running there at the track and the wind has a Northerly component to it, all you smell is potato chips! More times than not after a run there I find myself stopping at a convienence store and buying a bag of chips on the way home
playoutside
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I don't think it was my father's dream to be a route salesman for Entenmann's. Still, the cake plus all the treats from his buddies of the various other snack companies were a nice perk for us kids.
A friend we go on ski trips with is a "bread guy" He delivers for Pepperidge Farm I think. It's awesome...he brings the best snacks, cookies and all the bread products we could ever need for our meals. Definitely a good guy to know!
drjeff
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playoutside
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We always say this at our house! I definitely want to come back as my own cat or one of my siblings cats. Life would be very good...not a care in the world and my every whim met!
Dr Skimeister
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I'd imagine that life as Leona Helmsey's dog isn't a bad thing either
I could do without having seen Leona coming out of the shower, though......
ctenidae
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If you came back as your own cat you'd spend your time scratching at the door, since you wouldn't be there to open it for you.
Q: What would Abraham Lincoln be doing if he were alive today?
Q: Scratching at the inside of his coffin
/try the veal
Johnskiismore
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What kind?:lol:
Hee hee
Johnskiismore
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I'd want to be my cat if I had to do it again
mondeo
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Wanted to be an engineer since 4th grade.
Yeah. I was F'd up in the head early on.
Yeah. I was F'd up in the head early on.
MogulQueen
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National Geographic Reporter. It still seems like that would be a cool job.
Trekchick
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heavy equipment operator.
severine
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Voltron is cool! Can I be the princess?
ERJ-145CA
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I wanted to be an airline pilot.
abc
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I wanted to grow up to be a teacher. (But that was before computer. There's no competition between the two)
Still do (want to be a teach). But the cut in pay is too much to take. Maybe after I retire?
My parents were civil engineers. So I wanted to major in that (seriously) when graduating from HS. Wouldn't have made any difference in the end anyway. I would have gravitated towards computer regardless. So that was irrelavent.
Still do (want to be a teach). But the cut in pay is too much to take. Maybe after I retire?
My parents were civil engineers. So I wanted to major in that (seriously) when graduating from HS. Wouldn't have made any difference in the end anyway. I would have gravitated towards computer regardless. So that was irrelavent.
Hawkshot99
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Wanted to be a teacher for a bit(summers off!)
Beginning of HS decided civil engineer. Stayed with that and got into Clarkson's engineer school. Decided to go to Community College for a year to bring up my grades a bit, but after 1 semester decided I couldn't do all of the math.
Beginning of HS decided civil engineer. Stayed with that and got into Clarkson's engineer school. Decided to go to Community College for a year to bring up my grades a bit, but after 1 semester decided I couldn't do all of the math.
Construction worker....that drives backhoes, front end loaders ect. I loved that kinda stuff when I was a kid, still do actually. My folks built a house in the early 1980's. We were one of the first houses on the street. Since I was the oldest, my parents let me pick my room. I picked the bedroom at the front of the house...so I could watch the trucks go by. Great place to grow up! I got to know a lot of the workers that worked for the contractor building all the houses. I got to get some "seat time" in some of the equipment. Assisted of course...I was only about 6 years old at the time.
Trekchick
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heavy equipment operator.
My dad had an excavating business when I was growing up, and due to my energy level my mom constantly sent me out on jobs with him. I grew up being a daddy's girl and got to run a lot of equipment. Later I married one of my dad's friendly competitors son's and still run their family business. You should have seen the look on the truck driver's face(s) when they'd pull into the gravel pit and see a 100 lb girl in a tank top, shorts and work boots running the loader.(I don't weigh 100 lbs anymore
)It wasn't long before they bought me a pink hard hat(FYI Pink is NOT my color) and nick named me Construction Barbie.
What's funnier yet is when I pull up to a house to pump someone's septic tank.
I really do enjoy getting out of the office to run the gravel pit(s) from time to time.
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