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Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:39 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I actualy did very little out in the brick yard other then cupe groups of 2500 bricks together for loading onto trucks for delivery. I worked primarely as a janitor, unless they needed bricks cubed. I cubed bricks, sweapt the floors and cleaned the toilets for $3.10 per hour. That was the minimum wage back then, which was the Summer of 1980. I enjoyed some parts of that job, but for the most part, it was a DRAG.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:41 pm
by adrian
sounds like it lol but i like physical out door labor so maybe i'm thinking about it too much.. maybe i'd like it? who knows lol i've layed bricks before and it wasnt' so bad
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:31 am
by Pumpkin_Man
I did enjoy cubing the bricks and working out in the yard, but I hated cleanign that men's room in the shop. The place stunk like an out house all the time, and no matter how hard I tried to keep it clean, the guys int he shop allways managed to turn it into a filthy hole. The shop foreman also hated me because I'm Catholic and went to a Catholic school, so I was allways having run-ins with him. I was only there from Jan of 80 to Oct of 81, because I got so tired of that forman's "Archie Bunker" remarks about me, that I upped and quit. I took a job as a Teachers Aid a week later, and I LOVED that job.
It's really too bad the bridk yard didnt' work out, thoug. It was good physical exercise, and if I could have stayed on long enough, I might have worked myself into a higher pay scale. But then, I do lot look upon my bridk yard days with fond memories.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:34 am
by adrian
i know what ya mean.. i wish i could find a permanent full time physical labor job to keep me in good health through out the years
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:02 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
It's hard to get those kind of jobs any more. This recession has really taken it's toll on the construction industry.
I actualy love my present job, even though it's a bit more seddentary then the brick yard. I love taking photos, and doing video production, and I can't wait to sink my camera into the next photo shoot.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:05 pm
by adrian
oh man a photography position would be so much fun... yea i wouldn't miss the brick yard too much hahaha
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:41 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
As I said, if the shop forman hadn't been such a bigoted jerk, I might have actualy liked the brick yard job. But then again, I only took that job to begin with, so I could put gas in my car and pay my tuition to College. I had all kinds of piddly little minimum wage jobs to pay my bills while I was working on my degree. It was no day at the beach, but I got my degree. I also went back to school in the fall of 98 and worked towards my Associates Degree in Computer Science.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:49 am
by adrian
but hey.... now you're doing photograph which is fantastic.... ever thought about posting an online halloween themed photo catalog?
that would be fun
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:11 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I would love to have my own web site, and it would likely be Halloween based and contain a lot of photos, but I would not want to compete against this site. I like it too much.
The expense is my main obsticle, however.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:13 pm
by adrian
maybe you could have your own link here on halloween.com? that would be pretty cool.. i betyou come up with some good material
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:17 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
If I had my own web site, I would likely cater more to the paranormal and haunted places then to Halloween in general. Halloween would certainlyhold a very special place in the heart of my web site, but I would want to have it so that most people would go to it year round, and not just during the Halloween season. I come here year round as do many others, but there are a lot of people who only come here in Octiber.
Mike
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:27 pm
by adrian
yea i know what ya mean
you could do like a halloween season special release you know? only in october
then through out the year we could all follow you on your motorcycle journey through our haunting country
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:58 pm
by NeverMore
Pumpkin_Man wrote: I would love to have my own web site, and it would likely be Halloween based and contain a lot of photos, but I would not want to compete against this site. I like it too much.
The expense is my main obsticle, however.
Mike
http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:01 pm
by adrian
nevermore you're probably the most helpfull person on here lol
Re: Bump into the night???
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:05 pm
by NeverMore
Aww shucks [digs toe in dirt] 