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pommy

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557 days ago

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HI guys

thought i’d ask everyone what is their dream job is as i started my new job today working for northwood forestry a local sawmill that makes bespoke english oak timber framed buildings and after the first day im loving it

pommy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

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GaryK

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557 days ago

My dream job is no job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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pommy

978 posts in 589 days


557 days ago

Gary coming from you i believe you mate lol

-- cut it saw it scrap it

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Scott Bryan

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557 days ago

Having no job sounds fine but after a while you realize that you have to do something. I retired 5 years ago and I tried it for about 6 months but when the grandbabies started coming 4 years ago I realized that I enjoyed being around them. I have had opportunities to go to back to work but somehow playing with 4 year olds seems to take precedent. I don’t recommend it for the pay but the intrinsic benefits are well worth the effort. I can honestly say I am living my dream job right now.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Raymond Dersch

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557 days ago

My wife and I have always said that if we hit the lottery we’d open up a bed and breakfast in the country. That would pretty much entail everything I like to do. Cooking, grilling, building things, remodeling etc…

-- A King, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A Father can do neither. -Marlene Dietrich

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teenagewoodworker

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557 days ago

i would love to be a famous woodworker in a huge like 2000 square foot shop that is stacked with ever single woodworking tool know to man (hand and power tools) plus a couple hundred board feet of most woods in the world in a 600 square foot shed out behind my shop. i know its a pretty crazy dream but its a dream isn’t it!

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juniorjock

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557 days ago

Crazy dreams can come true if you want them to.
JJ

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

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Jarrod Zion Murphree

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557 days ago

I’ll have some of what Maloof is having.

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

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Blake

2763 posts in 772 days


557 days ago

Professional firefighter (I’m workin’ on it.)

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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motthunter

2079 posts in 697 days


557 days ago

dream job? lottery winner…

-- making sawdust....

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VTWoody

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557 days ago

I wouldn’t have said this in when I was still in High School, in fact, if someone would have told me I would be teaching teenagers for a living, I probably would have told them they were smoking crack. However, I love teaching high school. Don’t get me wrong, I like Teenage’s idea of a great shop with a ton of time without the fame, but life is good right now with the job I have.

I guess outside of teaching, working alone in a shop, drawing stuff up on a computer, or just plain getting paid to learn would be my other dream jobs.

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jjohn

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557 days ago

Dream job…hmmmm; let’s see, job = work. work = effort which = tired…I like Gary’s answer the best. Now if you want to talk about play….Put me down in my shop on a cool spring day any time.

-- JJohn

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 621 days


557 days ago

I am leaning towards a professional fishing rod holder. I like the lottery winner mentioned above: I keep trying but never pass the test. Until I can be one of these, then I guess I’ll settle for anything that accomplishes nothing!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Don Niermann

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557 days ago

I deam of replacing Hugh Hefner but still having a woodshop to rest up.

-- WOOD/DON (...one has the right to ones opinion but not the right to ones own facts...)

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Roper

760 posts in 611 days


557 days ago

product testing snowboards and gear. that would be sweeet.also the hef job could be cool.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

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FJDIII

169 posts in 709 days


557 days ago

Learning enough about Windsor Chairmaiking to eventually teach classes.

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

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ND2ELK

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557 days ago

Retired – which I am. Getting my shop set up and building cabinets because I want to, not because I have to. If I want to build some cabinets for extra money I can. If I want to go bow hunting or take a break I can. Just work when I want to work. No dead lines or due dates unless I set them. Enjoy the grand kids and the extra time with the wife.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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pyromedic602

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557 days ago

Blake I wish you luck with the firefighting. I have been a Paramedic / FF for 20 years. I have enjoyyed it greatly but am paying for now. Bad knees, back, nuerous burns and other injuries are staring to bother me also. I would not have changed a thing but am having to consider a career change now. The only problem is I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.

-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood

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Toolz

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557 days ago

I have my dream job. After 22 years in the Navy and another 20 working with state prison systems and senior citizens programs I finally retired. Since retirement I have learned a little woodcarving, a little leather work and a little woodworking all of which I enjoy. But I read voraciously and fish whenever I can. All in all life is full and I am enjoying it.

-- Growing older but not up!

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reluctant

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557 days ago

My dream job is any interesting job that I have the financial flexibility to walk away from whenever I’d like. I think I’d get sick of anything after awhile, but would love to try some things for a few years at a time. Furniture maker, trim carpenter, electrician, baker, mechanic, barista are some that come to mind. So many things to learn, so little time.

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CharlieM1958

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557 days ago

Judge at the Miss Nude World pageant.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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runngt

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556 days ago

is there a open seat charlie?? : )

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

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Tim Pursell

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556 days ago

A combination of Bob Foos on Overhaulin’, and of course——Norm .

Basicly I just want enough $’s to have “my” people build the toys I can dream up without having to worry about making a profit, with enough time to play with them all.

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6453794

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Allison

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556 days ago

I would have to agree with Scott Bryan, I have a 6 year old grandson and he is the one and only owner of my heart so I guess that would be my answer, of course watching him and relearning our world through the eyes of a 6 year old could never be a “job” so therefore I never did answer the question LOL! Grandkids Rock!!!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

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