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irisblue

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44. I did that!

Reply to Kali (Reply #42)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 07:09 PM

Nov 2024

Ww also ironed Dads' white dress shirts, arms, collar & front only. Mom told Dad no one sees his shirt back when he is in a suit coat.

I still have an iron, ironing board and a can of spray starch

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What job did you have that no longer exists? [View all] irisblue Oct 2024 OP

Medical transcriptionist no_hypocrisy Oct 2024 #1

Me too XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #41

I once pumped gas at a convenience store EYESORE 9001 Oct 2024 #2

Worked at a small local stationary store chain as my first job in 1987. Basso8vb Oct 2024 #3

I still miss them! Lulu KC Oct 2024 #29

Switchboard operator... NT deRien Oct 2024 #4

I did that for workstudy first 2 yrs in college.I loved using the cords irisblue Oct 2024 #7

One of the customers was deRien Oct 2024 #9

I did that back in college ... 1966. sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #23

I was a paper boy too, in the late 80s. Diraven Oct 2024 #5

Last time I had newspapers delivered, it was a 40 something woman with a car not a kid with a wagon/bag irisblue Oct 2024 #6

Data entry part-time for McDonnell-Douglas in the early 1980s. Jeebo Oct 2024 #8

DJ, where I played actual records. Permanut Oct 2024 #10

Full service gas station. duncang Oct 2024 #11

Car hop on roller skates. onecaliberal Oct 2024 #12

Do you still skate? irisblue Oct 2024 #14

The last time was probably 5 or 6 years ago. onecaliberal Oct 2024 #15

I was a night shift computer operator back in the day. Phoenix61 Oct 2024 #13

typesetter, paste-up, camera operator, film stripper mike_c Oct 2024 #16

Did you do some of these jobs at the same place, or were all these separate? ... electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #31

I delivered papers, too. I did my route on my bike until it broke, then I walked it. Aristus Oct 2024 #17

drive in theater concession stand rurallib Oct 2024 #18

Actually there are still 350 justaprogressive Oct 2024 #21

T-Square & triangle Paste-Ups, and Mechanicals Replaced by Computer Programs... electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #19

Video Store Manager JoseBalow Oct 2024 #20

good times Skittles Oct 2024 #32

Keypunch operator. sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #22

Iron pourer at a General Motors foundry. Robotics Emile Oct 2024 #24

Paperboy Here, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #25

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I guess I would go with job DUTIES Skittles Oct 2024 #30

I worked in a vinyl car top factory... GReedDiamond Oct 2024 #33

This will require some explanation. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #34

I pumped gas, checked oil and washed the windshield TommieMommy Nov 2024 #35

Correcting errors on computer punch cards Marthe48 Nov 2024 #36

Batch station operator for a computer lab WestMichRad Nov 2024 #37

I worked in a lab where data was recorded on eight inch floppy disks. hunter Nov 2024 #38

Part time stationery store clerk for a very short time Wicked Blue Nov 2024 #39

Wiretapper jmowreader Nov 2024 #40

used to iron hankerchiefs, pillow cases, and my Father's dress shirts Kali Nov 2024 #42

Duplicate deleted irisblue Nov 2024 #43

I did that! irisblue Nov 2024 #44