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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:50:23 AM EDT
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Gonne-smithing but I'm writing book #4 right now.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:51:15 AM EDT
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I would have joined the Coast Guard and been retired on a full pension by now, and hopefully found a gig Captaining a charter boat. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:51:30 AM EDT
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That's tough. I wish there was a more engaging way to work in LEO with my mental health skills. I like what I do now, but its too much time behind a desk. If I could get picked up by the USMS or FBI working in the field using my current skills that would probably be a lot more rewarding and interesting.
If totally start over, Air Force. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:51:57 AM EDT
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I would’ve gotten more into the trades as a career sooner than when I did. I joined the navy out of high school because I wanted to do law enforcement when I got out and my exposure to what the navy calls law enforcement was lack luster at best. I’m a maintenance tech now and just finished my degree in college this past December after 8 years in the navy.
Trades are a gold mine and I wish I had started my time in the navy with a rate in one of those areas. Kids today are into the weird as hell educations with no practical role in society. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:52:34 AM EDT
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I got an engineering degree in my early 40s. Best thing I ever did.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:53:37 AM EDT
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I would have choose Zerg over Terran and rushed mid. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 10:55:10 AM EDT
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Been working at the same company doing the same job for 24years. Realizing that if I had gone .mil I would be retiring(with a pension) and doing something new right now.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 11:06:11 AM EDT
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If could do it all over again I would have gone to flight school instead of the Maritime College or flown with the Navy after and become an airline pilot.
I got my Commercial Multi Instrument in my 30s but the timing was wrong and the airlines were laying off guys with 3,000 hours when i was starting to look for a job with 800. I was getting a divorce at about the same time and wanted to keep my house so i chickened out and stayed in the Merchant Marine. I couldn't afford to take the 50% pay cut to take the only job i was offered flying, Fligt Engineer on a 727 for a small company that I was afraid would go under. It's still in business, LOL. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 11:58:32 AM EDT
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Oh and @nvgeologist . Seemed relevant to my interest  Geology falls into three broad categories. Academic (working for universities and USGS primarily), industrial (mining, oil and gas), and consulting/regulatory. Consulting/regulatory is where almost all of my experience is, primarily environmental consulting. Cleaning up old gas station fuel releases and whatnot, due diligence for development and redevelopment, that sort of thing. Lots of primary contact with the regulatory side, which is usually pretty easy to get along with. Some mining related consulting as well, I have a potential project this summer overseeing coring for a gold prospect. You can always find work in geology, and it will always be interesting. Even doing the MOA Targets/ATF Convenience Store thing full time now, I still do consulting on the side. I'm actually working on blending both geology and firearms into Range Consulting now. I've been doing it informally a bit, and am building the resume to start charging pretty substantial amounts to do so. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 11:59:27 AM EDT
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Save and invest MORE and SOONER.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 12:03:18 PM EDT
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There's money in geology. Volcanology is mostly academic, but seismic has immediate industry uses. There's what, 50 million people in the US living in seismically active zones? Something like that. Geology falls into three broad categories. Academic (working for universities and USGS primarily), industrial (mining, oil and gas), and consulting/regulatory. Consulting/regulatory is where almost all of my experience is, primarily environmental consulting. Cleaning up old gas station fuel releases and whatnot, due diligence for development and redevelopment, that sort of thing. Lots of primary contact with the regulatory side, which is usually pretty easy to get along with. Some mining related consulting as well, I have a potential project this summer overseeing coring for a gold prospect. You can always find work in geology, and it will always be interesting. Even doing the MOA Targets/ATF Convenience Store thing full time now, I still do consulting on the side. I'm actually working on blending both geology and firearms into Range Consulting now. I've been doing it informally a bit, and am building the resume to start charging pretty substantial amounts to do so. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh and @nvgeologist . Seemed relevant to my interest Geology falls into three broad categories. Academic (working for universities and USGS primarily), industrial (mining, oil and gas), and consulting/regulatory. Consulting/regulatory is where almost all of my experience is, primarily environmental consulting. Cleaning up old gas station fuel releases and whatnot, due diligence for development and redevelopment, that sort of thing. Lots of primary contact with the regulatory side, which is usually pretty easy to get along with. Some mining related consulting as well, I have a potential project this summer overseeing coring for a gold prospect. You can always find work in geology, and it will always be interesting. Even doing the MOA Targets/ATF Convenience Store thing full time now, I still do consulting on the side. I'm actually working on blending both geology and firearms into Range Consulting now. I've been doing it informally a bit, and am building the resume to start charging pretty substantial amounts to do so.  big money there. I have no idea what I’m getting myself into but it interests me and I’ve heard that if you like being outside. That’s me. Wish I lived closer, I’d bug you to shadow you for a little bit. 
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Posted: 5/2/2019 3:47:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lead remediation? big money there. I have no idea what I'm getting myself into but it interests me and I've heard that if you like being outside. That's me. Wish I lived closer, I'd bug you to shadow you for a little bit. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 3:56:19 PM EDT
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THIS!
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IDK, but it wouldn't be IT...  |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:00:36 PM EDT
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I'd have a good, long sit-down with myself (Decide to throw away any sense of personal integrity, forego the Hippocratic Oath ETC) and become a Chiropractor.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:05:03 PM EDT
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Starting over? Nope.
My life has gone though several stages but I've always been the pilot of the direction I've taken. I worked myself into my dream job and then recently accepted a promotion out of it. I had to cock block the soft pretty boy yes-man dickhead who would have been given the job and destroyed so many careers. No regrurts. As I approach 60-years old it's hard to be sharp enough to do my old job as well as I did it when I was 40. I'd still do the job to success, it would just take a lot more effort than when I was younger. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:10:18 PM EDT
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Finish middle school and high school, and try to force myself to be more social and normal. Also try to have a better relationship with my dad. I think jobs are a miniscule part of your life if you have good mental health. It doesn't matter what I do or how much I make I'm pretty sure I would be sad.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:11:56 PM EDT
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PA or CRNA
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:13:17 PM EDT
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I grew up shooting from a very early age, but I would have sought out formal shoot training much earlier.
I would have started playing guitar earlier, and would have practiced piano lessons with more dedication. I would have done everything in my power to avoid going to school, by presenting my own educational path to my parents and seeking support in that, especially with more exchange student/study abroad opportunities than I did. I think I would have gone to Finland early to stay and learn Finnish as a youth, rather than as an adult. I've filled passports and cameras with a lot of trekking around this world, so can't complain there. I would have set myself up better for going on a mission at 19, rather than goofing off for a bit and then joining the Army. I don't believe or buy into regrets, but not going on a mission is something I really would loved to have done. Career-wise, I really enjoyed a lot of what I did in the Army and since. I would have preferred to go to Ranger Regiment as a Private and taken things from there. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:31:49 PM EDT
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Do what you love doing. If you love your life, you'll make enough money.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:33:38 PM EDT
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Helo Crew Chief instead of infantry.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:43:26 PM EDT
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At 70 no regrets...….except not becoming a porn star.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:46:50 PM EDT
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At 70 no regrets...….except not becoming a porn star.
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Posted: 5/2/2019 5:28:01 PM EDT
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At 70 no regrets....except not becoming a porn star. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 5:28:05 PM EDT
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Humm... I would have beat up a few liberals so they understand what a tyrant is. 
I wanted to be a pilot until I went to a jr college and they had an aviation program. I started the program and two commercial pilots came during one of the classes to say what to expect. Think one was from Delta and the other was from Eastern Airlines.  . What I found out was I would have been a big bus driver in the sky and have crappy pay for 10 years before I got a decent route.After this I had no clue what I wanted to do so Uncle Sams Misguided Children schooled me on my future career . Needless to say I still use that training today so I have no regrets. I now have a heart condition and would never pass an aviation physical and I got my CDL taken away so figure it was for the best in the long run.Fwiw, it’s not comparable to being a bus driver. It’s more demanding, but a lot better. The first and last 40 minutes of every flight is deadly serious, the cruise portion is usually pretty chill. You get to have some really good conversations. People I greatly admire, are paid $5.00 to hang out with me. Per minute. I would have done the same thing, but I would have got onto a better seniority list, earlier. |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 8:54:01 PM EDT
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Id have done mostly the same thing. Id have still joined the military at 17, except id have stayed in and not gotten in and out multiple times. Id have stayed in and left active duty after 20 years. Then probably started looking for a wife, and thinking about having kids at 40. I think it would have worked out a lot better had i waited until later in life to get married / kids etc. That was their reason ...... was it yours? |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 9:00:21 PM EDT
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If I had stayed in I would have done my damnedest to become a Warrant Officer.
If I were able to choose again I think I would have enjoyed being a hospital pharmacist. |
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Posted: 5/3/2019 7:51:55 AM EDT
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It always struck me as odd that so many of the prior service guys I asked "Why did you come back?" said "I got pissed off." That was their reason ...... was it yours?
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Posted: 5/3/2019 7:59:57 AM EDT
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There's a piece of land in my area that was 30k in 1985. It sold recently for around 3.4 million. I'd buy that.
And I could have bought a 1958 Flying V in 1987 for 3k. I'd buy that too. |
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Posted: 5/3/2019 8:06:33 AM EDT
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Either join military or maybe do something building custom PCs. I discoved a love for playing with computer hardware late in life and I really enjoy it. I also worked a remodel at a photography studio where the guy charged $1k-3k a session to photograph beautiful women who were in lingerie, partially or fully nekkid, thats seems cool he was a major homo though literally.
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Posted: 5/3/2019 8:34:50 AM EDT
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Do what you love doing. If you love your life, you'll make enough money.
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Posted: 5/3/2019 8:35:35 AM EDT
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At 70 no regrets...….except not becoming a porn star.
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Posted: 5/3/2019 9:29:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's a market for 70yo porn stars... |
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Posted: 5/3/2019 10:04:27 AM EDT
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I'd stop drinking 25 years earlier. No matter what else I did life would have been better. I remember that thread. I hope you and your family are doing well! Good luck! For me, if I had to do it all over again: I wouldn't have moved to Huntsville far sooner (from Seattle) and tracked down my future wife and got her to marry me sooner. |
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Posted: 5/3/2019 10:07:47 AM EDT
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Got out of being a graphic/exhibit designer and went into educational technology. Seemed like more work options. Got a masters at 43
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Posted: 5/3/2019 10:46:03 AM EDT
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https://www.aecom.com/careers/
Search the database by location and see what's available where you live. |
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Posted: 5/3/2019 3:20:00 PM EDT
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CRNA
in the sticks low hours lots time off lots a $$$$ |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 10:34:33 AM EDT
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Payed more attention in school, some people I grew up with are retired now or close to it.
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Posted: 5/4/2019 10:40:32 AM EDT
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There's a market for 70yo porn stars... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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At 70 no regrets...….except not becoming a porn star. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 11:22:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone who gets talked out of it that easy, shouldn’t be flying airplanes. It’s a calling. If my career had turned out slightly different, I could be making half as much, or twice as much, and I’d feel ok with it either way. Fwiw, it’s not comparable to being a bus driver. It’s more demanding, but a lot better. The first and last 40 minutes of every flight is deadly serious, the cruise portion is usually pretty chill. You get to have some really good conversations. People I greatly admire, are paid $5.00 to hang out with me. Per minute. I would have done the same thing, but I would have got onto a better seniority list, earlier. 3x times in my life I made major choices on which way I would go that had a major impact. First getting out of the Army at 22 after four years. Staying in and retiring at after 38 would have happened back in 2005. I enlisted in 84 under the old retirement system as well. 20 or more years would pay better than the current system. I just didn't think the military paid enough at the time. Second, after college and working for a few years and saving up some money, I was looking at taking 2-3 years off and sailing the Pacific. Still in my 20s and single. I met my wife and it didn't happen. Third, got hired for a flying job in Alaska, all packed and ready to go. Got an offer from an airline instead and thought that would be better for my career... Flying low and slow over Alaska would have been entirely different than a jet at 35,000 feet. I've got too many responsibilities with a wife and three kids to pursue other things at this point. Now I'm think at retirement in 13 years I might get a boat and sail the Pacific, or go to Alaska. Or do both. I'll probably have to do it on my own as the wife has zero interest in it. #1 thing for everyone out there should be putting more into retirement when they are young. Start when you are a teenager and put away as much as you can. I don't give a shit how poor you think you are. That should be your number one priority. Forget the cars, cell phones, trips, etc.. Save that money, live frugal, and retire early. If I had just skipped buying a few cars in my youth, I'd probably be retiring way earlier. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 11:41:30 AM EDT
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ETA: Misunderstood the question.
I have no idea how I'd restart right now since I don't have anything to restart, I gotta git going first
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Posted: 5/4/2019 11:51:40 AM EDT
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I wouldn’t have changed careers. But I did work hard as a teenager and if I had invested $5000 in Apple when I graduated high school it would be worth more than $500,000 today, so there is that...
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Posted: 5/4/2019 12:27:09 PM EDT
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The only thing I would’ve changed was my Military service direction. In hindsight I would’ve went either Rangers or Force Recon then perhaps into SOF.
But at the time I went USN Aviation thinking it would lead to good job prospects when I got out. I ended up not doing anything aviation related at all, but became a Machinist. Now I work at a National Lab working on fusion. I love machining and probably wouldn’t change that at all. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 12:36:23 PM EDT
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Investment banker. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 12:38:29 PM EDT
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My biggest mistake was letting women get in the way of things I wanted to do.
Even against my better judgement. I'd change that. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 1:24:57 PM EDT
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Stayed in the Marine Corps and lat moved around to different MOSs. Started a family.
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Posted: 5/4/2019 1:35:09 PM EDT
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My biggest mistake was letting women get in the way of things I wanted to do. Even against my better judgement. I'd change that. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 1:36:30 PM EDT
[#47]
Started saving earlier instead of starting when I was 25.
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Posted: 5/4/2019 1:45:12 PM EDT
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not exactly a 'start over' answer. already did that. got out of one profession and into IT and i love what i do..
but if i could 'start over' and had the potential skills and money, i like to produce/direct movies or HBO type shows. there's a lot of things i'd like to see made into either wide or narrow screen products. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 2:00:54 PM EDT
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Surveyor . My personal best for ticks this year is 21 in about 90 minutes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Da fuq? You a tick harvester? @dsteelmanMy personal best for ticks this year is 21 in about 90 minutes. |
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Posted: 5/4/2019 3:59:27 PM EDT
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I wouldn't have changed careers. But I did work hard as a teenager and if I had invested $5000 in Apple when I graduated high school it would be worth more than $500,000 today, so there is that... |
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