Occupation post Jan 2000 ????

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Our local newspaper is running an ad at the moment that reads

Wanted.Gravedigger.Must have a positive attitude.

(No,I'm not kidding !)

Once I got over laughing,it suddenly hit me that here was one job that might be safe if things go pear shaped next year !

-- Chris (griffen@globalnet.co.uk), August 23, 1999

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"go pear shaped"?????

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), August 23, 1999.

I'm thinking table dancing. Even in the midst of economic meltdown, Russians maintain very nice clubs and the women are able to support their families....

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), August 23, 1999.

Zoobie,

Pear shaped is a Gloucestershire saying meaning things are not in perfect symmetry.ie one is up the paddle without a creek.

-- Chris (griffen@globalnet.co.uk), August 23, 1999.


Fisherperson--I'll be on the ocean.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWayne@aol.com), August 23, 1999.

I have to thank KOS for this thought ... mudwrestling? I don't know how many people will be interested in buying my paintings, or if I will feel like making them.. but I suspect live entertainment will be in demand if media get hit very hard. Teaching, growing food, same things I find worthwhile pursuits now, along with alot of new things I'll learn to do should life change dramatically.

-- Kristi (KsaintA@aol.com), August 23, 1999.


Lisa -- looks like I beat King of Spain to it: Wanna mud wrestle?

-- A (A@AisA.com), August 23, 1999.

As sort of an entertainment (kinda like talking to myself) I have been thinking about this subject the last couple of days. There are a number of things one could do if they have the tools and experience. I have little DONKEYS and I have a large wagon (4x8) that they could pull. Therefore I could peddle my ass,errrr,ahhh, I mean my veggies, door to door. Also, if one has a few milk cows and REALLY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE COWS AND MILK so one isn't peddling TB or ungelent(sp) fever, one could deliver milk and make and sell butter. Another item, for those up north on the lakes you could build an ice house and sell ice. If its real bad, I guess we will have the rag man going down the street. And if you have water and soap and live in a populated area, how about a diaper service? If you have water, you might even sell bottled water, they furnish the bottle. If you are a REAL hunter, you could sell game. Just some thoughts.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassie@aol.com), August 23, 1999.


FWIW, I'm a programmer in the banking industry. I do the Y2k testing on my system. The applications software works just fine. I know there can still be problems with interfacing systems, electricity, the phone system ect. But we do have contingency plans in place. I'm deemed mission critical here -- at a VERY large bank.

I expect to be at my desk working -- either normally or on any problems that do come up -- rather than be hiding out somewhere waiting around for someone else to fix whatever does have problems. I'm just a technical person who lurks and post from work. I'm not any sort of bank or industry spokesperson, but since the reaction to my post will probably be the sort of kneejerk accusation of either "yeah, but what about the embedded chips" (or something similar) or "he must be a polly shill for the banking system" if he says the code works fine during his Y2K testing of it -- I'll just say I expect to be working right where I am right now, and for the delusional pleasure of some of you extremist, I'll just sign off as a....

-- programmer (shill@work.now), August 23, 1999.


I'll be growing food--- Small scale, intensive, and diverse food production. Got lots of seeds. Got land. Got compost. It's a most honorable way to spend your days.

Farmbeet

-- Farm Beet (Farmbeet@grower.corn), August 23, 1999.


Hey farmer, it's OK. Perfectly honorable. Nothing wrong with growing veggies. But you might want to avoid suffering the same fate as all those pot smokin commune loving draft dodging back to the land hippy types did in the seventies. Working a big garden is HARD, BACK BREAKING WORK!!! And you probably won't have enough from selling your veggies to afford a chiropractor, either!

Make sure, after 01-01-00, that you "bug out" from the country back to the city with enough money to reenter civilization again. After all, if there is a recession after this long economic boom, those hiring for "wage slave" jobs will be wanting to know what you've done lately that relates to the position they're hiring for. Think about your marketable skill sets getting rusty while your Mother Earth News subscription runs out and you don't have enough profit from selling your veggies out by the road to pay for another year's subscription.

I swear, it seems like these back to the land fantasies creep up with every new bunch of Mother Earth News subscribers -- usually twords the latter part of an economic boom -- just before the next bust.

Hey!! Heard about how rich our nation's farmers have been getting lately? Have yourself a mental enema and save your toilet paper in case Y2K amounts to something by using your copies of Mother Earth News instead of good toilet paper! DUMB A$$!

-- NOYB (NOYB@NOYB.COM), August 23, 1999.



huh? Farming is a most honorable profession- doing it now- will continue doing it- don't ever wanna be a wage slave in the city again either. Wouldn't subscribe to Mother Earth News either! sure ain't like it used to be.

Don't have to make lots of $$ from my vegies either- house and land are paid for- so is car, truck, etc-

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), August 24, 1999.


Consultant.

Whazzat? You say I already AM a consultant. Yeah, but if the worst case scenario rolls around, I have all sorts of knowledge and skills left over from being survivalist from the cold war era. I think I'll start as a sanitation engineer frist. Then move on to metal working.

If this goes long term, I can teach archery, fencing, hunting, gardening, and teaching what will be acient history (covering the period from 1950 to 1999+).

Keep resume updated and your...

-- eyes_open (best@wishes.net), August 24, 1999.


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