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Ping pong thread Odd jobs and things you have done

Old 06-05-23, 06:35 PM
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Ping pong thread Odd jobs and things you have done

Ok not strictly bike related but very C&V people related

1) name a couple of unusual jobs you have had

2) some thing else you have done that not a lot of people have

3) high school mascot

for me
1) Looked for Icebergs, back up mortician's driver
2) Luge
3) Sugarbeeters
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1: Kill floor cleaner
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I rarely play along but this looked fun

1) Disassembler and parts cleaner in hi-performance engine shop
2) Drove a dog sled in the Canadian Rockies
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
1: Kill floor cleaner
2:
3: Bullpups
I spent a few weeks in the boning room running the bandsaw. To this day I'm thankful to still have all my parts.........
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
1: Kill floor cleaner
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3: Bullpups
Chuck M did You go to Hanford High in the Central Valley of CA? I can’t imagine there was another school with a mascot of the bullpups?
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Chuck M did You go to Hanford High in the Central Valley of CA? I can’t imagine there was another school with a mascot of the bullpups?
No. I went to a small school in SE Kansas. How they picked bullpup when a town up the road picked Bulldog, I don't understand.
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