naomi 360 Posted October 10, 2014 tanatastic, if you're at a loss for what strikes passion in you, envision doing a "giving back" type of job...it's cliche but do you think that could oddly make you happy? Something like an instructional assistant (IA) at a public school where you're tasked with guiding kids. It's more one-on-one than teaching and usually requires going from class to class, catching kids in between class, etc. IA levels go from 'normal' kids, to behavioral and/or minor learning problems, to heavily challenged but still at a regular public school. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTSkiBum 1,626 Posted October 10, 2014 Can you sum up the oilfield worker personality? There is quite a bit of pressure, oil rigs are very expensive to operate, anywhere between 50,000 dollars a day for a land drilling rig to over 1 million dollars a day to operate a deepwater rig in the gulf of mexico. There can be lots of stress when things go wrong because of the money at stake. There can also be incredibly long hours, a normal workshift is working 12 hours a day every day for 2 weeks in a row. But it can be longer, I worked as a "fluids engineer" when I worked on the rig, and since I was the only one, if they were problems with the fluid systems I was expected to work however long it took to get the problem fixed, even if that means working 30 hours with only a nap here or there. The benefit is everyone is paid pretty well. Even someone starting out with only a highschool education can start at 70,000 a year and can hit 150,000 a year when they get some experience. There are not many jobs that can give a highschool grad 6 figure pay and 26 weeks of vacation a year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 835 Posted October 10, 2014 OldMaid ......a deeper hole. Unpossible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted October 10, 2014 tanatastic, if you're at a loss for what strikes passion in you, envision doing a "giving back" type of job...it's cliche but do you think that could oddly make you happy? Something like an instructional assistant (IA) at a public school where you're tasked with guiding kids. It's more one-on-one than teaching and usually requires going from class to class, catching kids in between class, etc. IA levels go from 'normal' kids, to behavioral and/or minor learning problems, to heavily challenged but still at a regular public school. So... he can guide kids to follow his career path of pursuing nothing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naomi 360 Posted October 10, 2014 So... he can guide kids to follow his career path of pursuing nothing? Yep. Good going Jerry. I'll be in homeroom if you have any more questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Go to three different colleges, get three different degrees, and get yourself into debt with the federal government, even after bankruptcy to the tune of about $65k, then find out you have spinal stenosis, which pretty much prevents you from being able to work full time, but not enough for disability. Move back in with your parents, then come back here, and I will listen to your story of woe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted October 10, 2014 Yep. Good going Jerry. I'll be in homeroom if you have any more questions. I take it you didn't find this to be constructive criticism? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naomi 360 Posted October 10, 2014 I take it you didn't find this to be constructive criticism? ...If you were serious, IA's are not guidance counselors. They try to help kids focus and to an extent they deal with their school related baggage. Tanatastic seems to have a personality where he could flow with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted October 10, 2014 ...If you were serious, IA's are not guidance counselors. They try to help kids focus and to an extent they deal with their school related baggage. Tanatastic seems to have a personality where he could flow with that. My comment was more directed at your suggestion that he consider a "giving back" kinda job. Not sure if you've read his posts on this subject, but he doesn't want to put in any substantive work to make money. What about his personality makes you think he would put in such work to not make much money? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naomi 360 Posted October 10, 2014 My comment was more directed at your suggestion that he consider a "giving back" kinda job. Not sure if you've read his posts on this subject, but he doesn't want to put in any substantive work to make money. What about his personality makes you think he would put in such work to not make much money? Yeah, it's a bad job if good money is the goal. I was thinking about his statements about being accustomed to making due with a modest income. Maybe he's always written off the idea of altruistic seeming jobs like that, but he would wind up enjoying it. He likes to share his insights to see people practically succeed. A job where you're doing that almost all the time, that doesn't take beyond a H.S. diploma.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,063 Posted October 10, 2014 Go to three different colleges, get three different degrees, and get yourself into debt with the federal government, even after bankruptcy to the tune of about $65k, then find out you have spinal stenosis, which pretty much prevents you from being able to work full time, but not enough for disability. Move back in with your parents, then come back here, and I will listen to your story of woe. "Not enough for disability"...says it all right there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted October 10, 2014 Yeah, it's a bad job if good money is the goal. I was thinking about his statements about being accustomed to making due with a modest income. Maybe he's always written off the idea of altruistic seeming jobs like that, but he would wind up enjoying it. He maybe needs to envision himself doing jobs he's never thought of. Fair enough. By the way, you have the right personality for those mining jobs. I worked with a guy who had a mine in Alaska and was looking for people to run that type of equipment. You would be a perfect fit. If you were wondering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naomi 360 Posted October 10, 2014 Fair enough. By the way, you have the right personality for those mining jobs. I worked with a guy who had a mine in Alaska and was looking for people to run that type of equipment. You would be a perfect fit. If you were wondering. had a brother in mind. Also I edited that post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,062 Posted October 10, 2014 Go to three different colleges, get three different degrees, and get yourself into debt with the federal government, even after bankruptcy to the tune of about $65k, then find out you have spinal stenosis, which pretty much prevents you from being able to work full time, but not enough for disability. Move back in with your parents, then come back here, and I will listen to your story of woe. A good thing this tells me is that things could always be worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 835 Posted October 10, 2014 Wow. Shittty thread rooned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Wow. Shittty thread rooned.Sorry, you are right. Lemme fix that. Refresh ... A lot deleted. Point is ... like Obi Wan said to Luke, "You must do what you feel is right of course." You do what you love. If you don't love anything, something finds you. End of story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 I apologize for the rambling, but this is a great story. My Dad and I took a trip, to old Vermont one summer. We had a name and a birthday. The family history that had spawned from one civil war vet was lost ... i had a copy of his memoirs. Different people had tried over the years, so,e paid to come up with foregone conclusions, my father said. He always said we were secret Jews, prolly sounds good for my step-mom who is full on Russian Jew. Anyway, we are in Rutland, VT for one night, after our tour of Canada and known relatives there, and we've pretty much given up. Says right there in the memoirs, "died of consumption" which is TB when I was 9 years old and I never knew anything about my Dad's family. So, anyway, we are at the historical society, weather has been perfect the whole time, summer ... Ad these old guys are trying to show me how to use ancestry.com ... We have some leads. This place is open 2 nights a week for like 4 hours at a time, we happen to be there that night on our way back. They are closing up, and there is only one old guy left there to lock up. It starts to pour rain, only time the whole trip. And the old guy asks us if we found anything, and then he asks if we knew his religion, and I didn't know but my Dad said "Congregational". Well, there's two copies of the minutes of the Congrgational Church of Rutland VT ... the one in the New England Historical society in Boston, and this one here in Rutland, and this old guy went and got it. I almost cried when we found it. A baptism record .... And his father was a deacon in the church, over the next couple years, by process of elimination ... 1635. Long ass time ago. Didn't make me any money, but it gave me a greater understanding of who I was. Just a pinmaker from London. Also, despite all the money the wealthy side of this family has spent, over hundreds of years.... I also felt pretty awesome about being the one that broke the code. No amount of money, ever woulda done it ... Took boots on the ground. I'm proud of that. And for me, finally when someone asks about my heritage ... I'm English. But that was so long ago ... I'm an American now. English, Dutch, Canadian ... after 400 years ... 'merican damnit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 I want a t-shirt: "MERICAN DAMNIT!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 I remember it like it was yesterday. Guy says to me, "Do you have a birthday? " and i gave him the date, and about 3 months after that, same name, baptism record, different page listed parents names. Yer gonna be shocked but ... you ever read Ralph Waldo Emerson? I'm related to the Emersons. Directly descended from William Bradford .... that get's difficult to prove but ... according to one University that's true. My great grandmother, who's maiden name was Davis. She was also a writer. Published even, which was rare for women back then. Then Poe on my Mom's side, my uncle Mark looks exactly like him. They all say it's proven, they have seen proof .... can't show me proof. Poe, and that family is very hard to prove. I need to look into it more, but Emerson ... i am about 90% sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Change your life man .... without God. No God required. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 If you watched that whole thing, you might qualify for a degree from NYU if you can pay the $60k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Silence Emerson. Emerson's sister. Great x 3 grandma. Nobody knew that. I remember as a kid in grade school getting really jealous when one girl explained she had ancestors on the Mayflower .... and I didn't know anything. Came home and asked my parents, and they didn't know much. I've learned a lot since then. One of my relatives contacted me recently and mentioned she was applying for the Mayflower Society and if I had any proof, such as the William Bradford claim, but that is fairly recent. I was named after my great grandfather and we are talking about his wife. So, I regretfully informed my distant relative of what I knew would not apply to her, and she said, if that was true, i had 6 ancestors on the Mayflower. SIX? Merican bro ... Prolly most white dudes have at least 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,063 Posted October 10, 2014 Find your way tanatastic, or you'll end up like this ^^^ dude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Find your way tanatastic, or you'll end up like this ^^^ dude Hey ... Not all of us are smart enough to be pretend lawyers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 My point is ... do cool shiat. Do whatever it is that makes you happy. If you want to learn about your ancestors, travel to where they are from. Walk the same streets they walked. If you are into that "finding yourself" kind of thing. Enjoy life by doing whatever it is that makes you happy. That's my point, and I am sorry it took me so long to say it. It's that simple. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 720 Posted October 10, 2014 I apologize for the rambling, For all of the rambling...or just this time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,063 Posted October 10, 2014 My point is ... do cool shiat. Do whatever it is that makes you happy. If you want to learn about your ancestors, travel to where they are from. Walk the same streets they walked. If you are into that "finding yourself" kind of thing. Enjoy life by doing whatever it is that makes you happy. That's my point, and I am sorry it took me so long to say it. It's that simple. I think tanatastic is trying to figure out what he should do for a living...you know, like a job and stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 I think tanatastic is trying to figure out what he should do for a living...you know, like a job and stuff. Does he have rich parents? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 No, seriously, I get that and I am blessed and lucky. It’s different for everyone ... but when you do what you love ... the money and the fame are less important. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Especially the fame. Ask Jennifer Lawrence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,063 Posted October 10, 2014 No, seriously, I get that and I am blessed and lucky. Its different for everyone ... but when you do what you love ... the money and the fame are less important. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,797 Posted October 10, 2014 Wtf doesnt mike ban gfiafp? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 For all of the rambling...or just this time? That apology was specific. However, in general I also apologize for rambling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 720 Posted October 10, 2014 Wtf doesnt mike ban gfiafp? Despite the rambling...he doesn't really break any of the rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Wtf doesnt mike ban gfiafp? Uh ... Because I predict weird shiat and it happens, maybe? :wink: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 You think I pull this outta my ass? No, it takes a lot of work. Yeah, I agree ... the info on Hurns week 1 was available to anyone, but did you advocate starting him? Did you put your prestine reputation on the line, with a call like that? No ... i do my homework. taliaferro shocked the hell outta everyone .... Ebron was ... I had to call a new guy, best I could,come up with. Dude, come on over to the mange bored. Nobody there is gonna get mad at you for your analysis. Maybe you will open some people eyes ... share what you are learning, brotha. Or just sit here and discount all the work I did. Say I'm crazy .... say I use too many elipses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Giants Fan 85 Posted October 10, 2014 Man, Giants Fan would mess up a wet dream... Why would you even ..... nevermind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
