Owned an upscale pool hall for 20 years and have owned a commercial real estate plaza for the past 21 years. Always smoked in the pool hall back in the day, now I sit at home and collect rent. My manager has been running things for me since 1996.
What Do Pipe Smokers Do For A Living?
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What pool hall & where? I've played in a lot of pool halls where you had to be buzzed in and a few where you had to be buzzed out. Not classy but that's where the money was. I've played in a few classy places too where the owners were usually ex players and knew how to broker a game with a local for a traveling man. Maybe we've crossed paths before?
I'm a maintenance director at a long term care facility (Nursing home) in Denver. I plunge toilets and change light bulbs. Many poor decisions have been made in my life to get me where I am today.
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In the 1970s I worked in a nursing home in maintenance from age 16 to 21. I enjoyed talking with the residents there and still think about some them. One woman living there gave me a copy of a famous book in the philosophy of science, but at the time I didn't know that. The book was Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/
Another woman there corrected my pronunciation of 'abyss' when I recited to her a nonsense poem I'd made up.
My life was enriched working there, and I like to think I was good company for the residents. Your job is important. You are giving these people a comfortable home in the last years of their lives.
In the 1970s I worked in a nursing home in maintenance from age 16 to 21. I enjoyed talking with the residents there and still think about some them. One woman living there gave me a copy of a famous book in the philosophy of science, but at the time I didn't know that. The book was Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/
Another woman there corrected my pronunciation of 'abyss' when I recited to her a nonsense poem I'd made up.
My life was enriched working there, and I like to think I was good company for the residents. Your job is important. You are giving these people a comfortable home in the last years of their lives.
I coordinate and monitor a quality control tracking system for several work teams. Basically, if something breaks I fix it. I also let people borrow my brain cells so they can string thoughts together.
I wish I could smoke my pipe at work. I'm still a beginner and would feel a little uncomfortable whipping out a pipe in the outdoor smoking area this early in the game.
Also, I'm new to smoking in general and I absolutely cannot stand cigarette smoke, so hanging out with the cigarette smokers would be difficult for me. Is that odd?
I wish I could smoke my pipe at work. I'm still a beginner and would feel a little uncomfortable whipping out a pipe in the outdoor smoking area this early in the game.
Also, I'm new to smoking in general and I absolutely cannot stand cigarette smoke, so hanging out with the cigarette smokers would be difficult for me. Is that odd?
johnnyreb, my pool hall was in Warwich R.I on Bald Hill Rd and was named Chalks Billiards. I closed it in 2010 as people just were not playing as much and I just rented the space instead. I had 19 solid oak Murrey tables with carved legs and leather drop pockets. I had Simonis 860 on a number of tables for the players. We were famous for having the cleanest and most well kept pool hall in N.E. Our hosue cues were Dufferin D1500, best money could buy, and we kept them pristine,only used LePro tips that were shaped and rougghed up on a constant basis. Used Brunswick Centenials on every table and they were polished at least once a day depending on how busy it was. We had some players and even had some pros come through. It was a fantastic business the first 18 years. Here are a few pics.
Spent the last 20+ years doing whatever the Army told me to. Finished this fall, I am looking forward to the next chapter.
GI Bill 100% intact so default plan is to get a Masters in education/ Teaching cert. Middle school and older is my target audience, maybe community college.
In a perfect world, I would like to be a corporate trainer. I am VERY good at instructing horribly boring stuff in ways that people are entertained AND still learn.
GI Bill 100% intact so default plan is to get a Masters in education/ Teaching cert. Middle school and older is my target audience, maybe community college.
In a perfect world, I would like to be a corporate trainer. I am VERY good at instructing horribly boring stuff in ways that people are entertained AND still learn.
I spent 16 years as a clinical psychologist, specializing in compulsive behaviors. For the past 12 years I've been a psychology instructor at a small college. There were about 3 years of overlap, so I've actually been working for about 25 years.
Before that I paid for college as a housepainter.
In high school I was a soda jerk at a tiny little mom and pop ice cream shop. Definitely my best job!
We smoke outside on campus, but short breaks between classes mean I tend to favor small pipes and short smokes.
Before that I paid for college as a housepainter.
In high school I was a soda jerk at a tiny little mom and pop ice cream shop. Definitely my best job!
We smoke outside on campus, but short breaks between classes mean I tend to favor small pipes and short smokes.
johnny, the old guys love one pocket because they are only using half a table. lol I played 9 ball, and got pretty good. One of my customers was a pro and I gave him the run of the place and he taught me a lot. One time Keith Mcready and Dennis Hatch hung out for a few days, it was intersting to say the least. lol Sounds like you have some nice equipment, good for you. I haven't picked up a stick in a long time even though I still have mine.
I am a Project Manager of Mining and Industrial mega projects ($2bn+) currently working for the worlds second largest mining company, building a $5bn Aluminium Smelter.
I tend move every two years or so and have lived and worked across Australia, Europe and am now living in Northern BC Canada.
We can't smoke on site, but I work in my home office extensively after hours and this affords the luxury of the occasional bowl.
I tend move every two years or so and have lived and worked across Australia, Europe and am now living in Northern BC Canada.
We can't smoke on site, but I work in my home office extensively after hours and this affords the luxury of the occasional bowl.
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