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Your dream.......

ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
Job. I am love my job and it pays well but this is not what I want to do. I keep it because of my family. I really want to be a LEO. Any kind of LEO. I have always wanted to be one since I was little. I always wanted to feel like I am making a difference. If I was to leave my job and join the force I would take a major pay cut and I am not sure I could do that with a growing family. What is your dream JOB. Do you have it now? IF not, do you plan on ever having it?

If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I complain alot but I love my job or I wouldnt do it.Im an LEO,and have been with the same Dept. for about 10 yrs.Its not a pie job but can be rewarding.Since 9-11 people have shown all of us more courtey.But you have to take the bad with the good.You may encounter hand to hand combat,jumping in the Middle of a fight is something we do often.Domestics are the worse in every way,you see some lady a man has slapped around and you automatically want to show him that a man can hit back,but you cant you have to remain Professional.And usually they both turn on you because you are the outsider in their home.I would recommend the job only if you plan to make a few calls see what Dept pays the most,which has a retirement plan.Thats one I like in ten more years lord willing I can retire.And also remember any classes you take to be a certified Instructor usually means a pay raise.I guess my wife and my job have made most of my dreams come true.

    Rugster


    Toujours Pret

    Edited by - Rugster on 08/23/2002 10:31:49
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    On a more attainable level my dream job would be a gun writer/tester.

    Eric S. Williams
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,471 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like what I do now....but the idea of being a Hunting or Fishing guide appeals to me.

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....
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  • The firearms consultantThe firearms consultant Member Posts: 716 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would love to have a houseboat on Lake Powell. You could spend a lifetime exploring that place. (Southern Utah, Northern Arizona.)

    I might not always tell you the truth, but I will never lie to you!
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  • Smokeeater 38Smokeeater 38 Member Posts: 2,735
    edited November -1
    A fulltime paid Firefighter. Right now I'm a volunteer/paid-on-call. I love the job and can't imagine doing anything else for the rest of my life.

    I rush in where others flee.
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  • Gene B.Gene B. Member Posts: 892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why dont you try and be on the SWAT TEAM? Its almost like being a cop and I think you even get paid more.


    I have lots of dream jobs, Army Ranger, gun maker/inventor, SWAT TEAM, SHAKIRAS GYNECOLOGIST FBI, work at Area 51, or S-4, be first person on Mars, test new guns, and on.....and on......
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  • ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In order to be on a SWAT team do you have to have prior police experience? Is this full time. I do not think that I could leave my job because of my family unless the pay was at least close to mine.

    If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
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  • Gene B.Gene B. Member Posts: 892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I dont know?????? you might have to have some experience, but im not sure. I think you have to be on call 24 hours a day...but agian not sure. I hear in Dallas, close to where I live, you get paid about 45-50 thousand a year for being on a SWAT team. Not to bad for doing something you love.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,471 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No offense Gene, but as someone that has gone out with the SWAT team as a Negotiator, it is not all fun and games for 40-50 K a year. SWAT team members are experienced Police Officers who had displayed the maturity to handle extremely stressful situation. They have also drilled together and received proper trainning to work as a team.

    There is nothing romantic or cool about suiting up and heading into an unknown situation. I can honestly say it has scared the Crap out of me when I have done it.

    I have a picture of me in a vest armed with a bullhorn behind a bunker surrounded by SWAT team members with guns aimed at a suspect
    that I am talking with. Way to stressful of a way to make a living.

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....

    Edited by - william81 on 08/23/2002 14:32:04
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  • Gene B.Gene B. Member Posts: 892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well isnt there a sniper team, entry team, and a negotiator? Or something like that? Negotiator talks, if that fails, entry team goes in, sniper as back up or one shot kill for hostage situations. Someone told me that if a SWAT team is called in that means all negotiations have failed. I know that it can be a stressful job but some people have to like it.

    Edited by - gene B. on 08/23/2002 15:32:56
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm Lazy.
    I want to be a Mattress Tester.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Caretaker on a few thousand acres. Owner provides the horses, ATV's, snowmobiles, house, garage, shop, etc. I just make sure no one (else) hunts or fishes on his land and that the fences (if any) are in good shape. The shop being a complete metal and woodworking shop.

    [brown]If I knew then, what I know now.

    Edited by - pickenup on 08/24/2002 00:29:10
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  • TazmuttTazmutt Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    To be able to retire from life as I know it now, live on a boat traveling to and fro on the canals and lakes in the northeast, heading south in the winters. We have started taking steps in this direction, 5 more years of school for yungun. Was planning to pay the house off but the stock market has rewritten my plans in that respect

    Its gonna happen though !
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK, to be serious, then. A writer. I can write well, but my problem is a lack of creativity. I remember an interview with some writer in which he described the creative process, how he could look at a pond and see some sort of story, Steven King would visualize some dark evil & Louis L'Amore (sp) a yarn about water rights. Me, I'd see some water - and hopefully some ducks / trout. I've tried to sign on as a free lance op-ed guy with several papers without luck, but I keep trying.

    I've also tried to find work as an editor as I see so much really poor writing in periodicals of various types, but again without sucess.

    Several people tell me I'd be a good teacher, but I lack the patience to deal with the BS in the classroom and administration.



    Edited by - Iconoclast on 08/23/2002 21:33:07
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I also wanted to be a LEO. I think I came as close as you can get. I would have had to take a 7k cut in pay, from a Auto mechanics pay, and work 3rd shift. I said no, just because of the tight money situation at the time. That was 15 years ago. Whats the average pay of a leo now? I'm around 50k as a Mechanic now. I have good hours, and can spend time with my son. Am I happy, no. I would like to live anywhere besides California, New York, or Illinois. Reload my own shells, and shoot from my front porch, and not see another house anywhere from where i'm living.

    Rameleni1
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  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know I could never be a writer, but that would be great. I have a hard enough time authoring these modest epistlettes for gun broker forum. I think Research and devolopement is what I should have been doing, like for Springfield(way back then)Browning, Armalite,H&K, you know , all the fun stuff. Yes?

    Bartman
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  • kaliforniankalifornian Member Posts: 475 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Several possibilities for me:

    Teacher (not in a CA socialist public zoo with more administrators than school books, a but if they really exist, a place where I can work with very bright highschool kids who love to learn.)

    Writer (if only I could write more natural sounding dialogue! I like the idea of conveying my ideas to others through fiction and have good ideas and can write good narrations but my dialogue always sounds forced.)

    Computer Game designer (games with good writing, storyline and dialogues and with a tendency to make people think and reward those who challenge their minds. Maybe even educational games.)

    Hi-tech computer/software troubleshooter working as a well paid civilian consultant to the government and private companies.


    Currently: I'm a computer related manager and spend half of my time writing code, fixing whatever breaks, finding ways to make things go faster, etc. The other half is meetings, employee motivation/development, budget tracking etc etc.


    So many guns, so little money . . .
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  • 223believer223believer Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is a tough topic. I've always thought that lots
    of things look good, until you try them and have to show
    up every morning year after year. Then they start
    to look not so good. I would imagine, hard as this
    may be to believe, that the photographers from Playboy
    * about the bozo people from the magazine, the stupid
    Playmates, poor facilities, etc.

    That said, there are some jobs I think would be fun.
    I'd love to own a small speciality bookstore that appeals
    to an educated clientel. Talk about good books all day
    and spend lots of time reading. What could be better?

    I'd love to be a delivery person. I like driving and
    it would be fun to travel around and listen to the
    radio and get paid. It's just you in the car, so nobody
    would be around to bug you.

    Lots of things sound neat, but it would be tough to find
    something that ALWAYS is neat.
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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Harley Davidson factory test driver, other vehicle test driver,
    firearm tester and writer. Probably a few more. Tonight I would
    go with new sinus medication tester. I have the worst case of sinusitis I have had in years. Head feels as if it is in Uncle Fester's VICE, and even my teeth hurt!!!!!

    Don't send flowers when I die. Send money now, I can buy more ammo.
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    I wanted to be a fighter pilot for a long time. I eventually realized that 6'1 is a little big to be crammed into a cockpit.

    I was seriously considering a career in talk radio for awhile. I thought it was interesting, and managed to wrangle an internship. But the business was just too fickle for my liking.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    ccasey, pursue your dream of becoming an LEO with all you've got within you. For all it's pitfalls, and there are many, it's one of the most rewarding careers one can have.

    Besides, you'll never have to pay for another donut, haha.

    Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com

    Edited by - njretcop on 08/24/2002 18:15:50
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    I would give anything to have or be on one of those hunting shows like Realtree outddors or Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. This would be the most kick * thing in the world to me.


    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
    Will270win@nraonline.com
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clinton's proctologist.

    Why does man kill? He kills for food. But not only for food; frequently, he must have a beverage.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Hey, Bullzeye. You are not too tall to fly a fighter. One fellow at my church is a retired USAF pilot. He flew a number of fighters throughout his career and he is about 6'3".

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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