what do you do for a living

[CitizenKate]

Long story short. Everything fell into place........and here I is. Livin' the dream.

Good for you, Tex! That is exactly what I hope to accomplish one day.

Kate

[hidepounder]

Since becoming a full time tooler, I'm not making a living! But considering the state of our economy, I'm not going back to General Contracting or Finish Carpentry!

Edited January 14, 2009 by hidepounder

[steve mason]

I am a full time saddle maker, just working to be inpendantly poor. I use to be a flyfishing guide part time, but I have made saddles and worked leather for a living since 1989

Steve

[Dually]

My current full time position is shoveling and plowing snow just to get to the barn and back. LOL My last employer unexpectedly culled me from the herd last year after 20 years, so now I'm just starting colts and helping problem horses. And leatherwork of coarse.

[DJ1935]

And I thought that you all were professional Leather workers! I almost feel that I fit in now. I left school and went to work temporarily for my Father as a Painter & Decorator (our family goes back to the 17th Century as house painters). In the '70s it was pretty unheard of for a girl to be working in the construction industry and I was pretty shy and reserved. That was 31 years ago and I am running the painting business. Decided last year that the body has had enough of lugging scaffolding about and sanding weatherboards so have scaled the painting down with the hope of doing more leather work - not as much money in it but a whole lot nicer lifestyle.

DJ

[elegance382003]

I started going to school for medical office and then wanted to become a physicians assistant. After 4 years of college I got tired of school. During my last year in school I helped my dad at the Tandy Leather Factory store that he manages and ended up loving it more than what I thought. So now I am a manager in training at another Tandy store and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love my job which I hope will become my life long career.

[oldtimer]

I served 35 years in the Swedish Army, ( captain, infantry) , retired 6 years ago. Been doing leather work for many years as a hobby and started a saddlery business after retirement. Other interests are my horse, trail riding in the Swedish mountains , hunting moose and deer with my dog and fishing. / Knut

Edited January 14, 2009 by oldtimer

[MADMAX22]

Ive done more then a few jobs in variouse feilds over the years. However the most recent were working in aviation for a few years before joining the navy, been in the US navy for the past 9 yrs (mechanic) and will be getting out in a year and a half (by the way any of you law enforcement types hiring lol) at which time Ill be on the adventure once again.

Probably should retire from the navy but dont think I can handle another 11yrs of the worst bordom you could possibly imagine. Sometimes you gotta wonder why people do some stuff.

[Hilly]

I've been driving school bus since March 14, 1979.

During the summers, I work on a harvest crew for DelMonte. Either I drive a self propelled dump cart, loading freshly harvested green beans onto semi trailers 25,000 lbs. at a time, or I drive the big harvesting machines. So far it's my all time favorite job. I love the people I work with, and for.

[Wyvern]

I worked for Louisiana State University Ag Dept for 30 years. Took care of 400 head of F1 cattle. Retired moved to North Carolina and went to work part time for an exotic game ranch driving draft horses. I have been tooling leather since the mid 1970's. I made fillagree belts for cowboys to support my rodeo addiction. I have evolved a bit since then!