what does everyone do to pay for their habit, er, hobby?

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

currently working for Jay Behrend's favorite transportation company that is BROWN doing export compliance getting ready to segue to a job in industrial engineering and finance modelling the air system feeds and costs associated with Next and Second Day Air......I will have to interface with Jay Miller more to find out the trends in fuel costs.........

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Posted By: ramram

Have my own engineering company. We provide blast consulting services.

Rob M.

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Posted By: brian p

Thought my original response was so positively word-perfect that I would just repost it (laziness had absolutely no hand in the decision making process...wink wink, nudge nudge).

Brian

I am a merchandizing guru at an industrial hardware store that sells just about every wacky widget and thingamabob there is, where guys literally spend hours spelunking down aisles with their jaws open as if they had just seen their parents procreating (spelunking is not quite the appropiate word, as the store is well lit, and frisky elderly folk are discretely directed to the nether regions of the stockroom). The English Lit/Creative Writing major may have helped me out in that last sentence, but it has had no real bearing on my career path. We do, however, sell bearings.

Not the most lucrative of jobs, but thanks to the careless handling of baseball cards by the youth of the first few decades of the last century, I can still afford this hobby (when I can keep my fascination with paper fiberboard cups under control).

...edited to indicate a more environmentally and politically correct obsession. And styrofoam is just so toxic and awful smelling when it burns.

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Posted By: Brent Butcher

Day job - Contract Design Engineer for US Military Vehicles

Side job/hobby - Fitness Club owner

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Posted By: Jay Miller

Like Hal and Cmoking I am also a professional gambler, albeit of a slightly different stripe. I am a commodity trader, concentrating mainly on crude oil.

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Posted By: Mark Evans

Retired government lawyer hoping my pension will stretch in the event I ever stumble onto any of the obscure cards of obscure Jewish ballplayers on my want list.

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

Computer programmer/analyst for county government. Been a collector in the hobby for 35 years or so.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Tax litigation lawyer, Vancouver, BC

Max

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Posted By: William Brumbach

Third shift pharmacist for the evil mail order giant Medco Health Systems. $200/week gets kicked into a checking account just for me and my beer and gas and eBay. Right now I am doing more selling than buying which is supporting the habit, trying to clear out the basement so the little person coming in May has a place to play with it's toys.

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Posted By: PGA CPA

I work in a canning factory for sardines. I am the last person on the assembly line and my responsibility is to close the fish’s eyes before the cans are sealed. Very rewarding but my friends tell me I smell funny.
In my spare time I also build beautiful golf courses in the southern California desert

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Posted By: Scot Reader (ebay: sreader3)

Facilitator of the imposition of government sanctioned barriers to competition in the Internet space a.k.a. telecommunications patent lawyer.

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Posted By: Wesley

Indentured servant to a lawfirm that protects businesses and insurance companies against cheats and malingerers

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Same Ol' S***; still fighting the good fight against greedy bastards who cheat others, aka I have my own law practice here in LA LA land. In my spare time I bait conservatives and fondle women (well, woman), but I am my own boss, unless she tells me otherwise. I also write a book on boxing cards (plug, plug).

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Posted By: Dan Lundrigan

If I told you I would have to KILL you and I have had a long day and am too tired to kill everyone!

O.K I`m an H.V.A.C installer working in the building trades. Now would everyone kindly KILL themselves,but first place ALL of your cards on E-Bay with a low opening bid and no reserve!

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Posted By: mattsears

I'm a Blown Film extrusion operator. We make most of the plastic you see every day. Happy to be one of the few "Blue Collar" workers on the forum.

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Posted By: Mike Campbell

Commercial Banker, for nationwide bank group for 24 years, left there 1 1/2 years ago. Formed my own investment company in May of this year. Should have done it years ago. Best move I have ever made.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

The family business is astronomy. I'm a musician, and I think I am safe in saying, the only musician who has worked with both Angela lansbury and Metallica.

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Posted By: Dave

I'm an engineer in the telecommunications industry. I work on test equipment for cell phones. I also attend a standards committee for cellular phones that defines how they will operate in the future.

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Posted By: Texas Ted

An auditor actually, heading up a 120 person department of a major bank holding company, with 5 years to go for the perfect retirement. But, some guys from Cleveland bought the bank and forced me, and 2,000 of my best friends into early retirement, or just plain jobless folks. That is why I hate the Cleveland Indians.

So I moved to Texas where I am now doing consulting work in regulatory compliance, internal audit, security and any other questions I can answer with a quick google search.

I also have a part time card business on ebay.

Texas Ted

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Posted By: David McDonald

I'm a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Honolulu and a Trust Fund Punk. Got a cushy office job and buy cards with Pop's money.

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Posted By: tobacco-r-us

Insanity!
A Retired Bum.
Some people knew it would be, and I suspected it.

Former actor, and production stage manager of a couple of Duke Ellington productions.

Over twenty years of enjoyable insanity that would eventually lead to the Apex of Chumley's Rest. --- Card collecting.

Leon - I'm glad to see that you finally got my point, and brought this thread back to it's original intent.

T217 MONO Aiken L.A.

thanks for keeping it on topic Joe....you can be a true asset to our community if you want to be... (leon)

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Posted By: Rob Fouch

I'm a journalist. Work as a copy editor/designer at Newsday on Long Island in New York. Do some occasional writing for the paper -- mostly entertainment stuff. Got to interview Stan Lee once, right before "Spider-Man" the movie came out, which was pretty cool. (I'm also somewhat of a comic book geek.)

Also have written a couple of as-yet-unpublished novels. Hoping some day to land the big book/movie deal so I'll have endless cash flow to buy those cards that now I can only dream about.

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

I give out bowling shoes.

Yes that is part of my job, I work in a bowling center. Also buy and sell vintage cards on the side.

Lee

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Posted By: David Barkus

I live in Miami, FL and I am a corporate and securities attorney at a large national law firm. I help my clients buy and sell companies the same way we buy and sell little pieces of card board. I also help raise capital through large equity or debt offerings.

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Posted By: robert a

I play in an old-time fiddle band.

I'm also a counselor at a college.
robert

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Posted By: Josh A.

Old time fiddle band? Sweet! Do you guys have any CDs?

I'm an attorney.

"I'm thinking about getting a plasma T.V., in case I need a transfusion."- Steven Wright

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Posted By: Chris Mc

I own a tree and landscape company on eastern Long Island.

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Posted By: Bob Donaldson

Main Job: Husband, father (3 yrs old) and step father (16, 15 yrs old)

$econdary Job: I worked for a small Computer Networking consulting company named Callisma which was bought by SBC. I still do the same kind of work which is basically helping people with the operational management of complex voice and data networks.

Unfortunately, until my wife (sophmore Regis College) and two stepchildren make it through college very little of my income goes to cards. Fortuneately I bought a lot of cards in the 70 (paper route) and 90's (LAN Administrator). Kinda skipped the 80's.

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Posted By: David Williams

I own a janitorial supply company, own 4 rental properties, and on the side, train foster parents for the state of Indiana.

www.williamssupplycompany.com

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I'm in 12th year as a state court judge. Before that, I picked up coke bottles as a kid for the deposit (4 cents!), piling them up in my bicycle basket on Saturday mornings, retrieving them from along the roads. Then I'd peddle to the store, collect the deposit, and convert it to 1964 Topps cards... Then do it again the following year. Bought some "old" Bowman cards when I was a DJ in college days... Bought some more old cards (Old Judges, T206s, and Harpers woodcuts and the like, including a T200 premium) with a few dollars when I practiced law.... I figure some of the social security checks will help me complete Sky Birds and Diamond Stars... I hope so, anyway.

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Posted By: Joe_G.

Engineer in the Automotive Industry. I have been working for Chrysler the last 10 years with the last 3 as a Powertrain Engineer on the Hemi engine program. My group is responsible for defining required hardware to not only keep the Hemi competitive but dominate the competition. In doing so, I spend a lot of time around both dyno & vehicle test properties. We test and develop hardware that won't see the customer for several years.

Joe Gonsowski

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Posted By: Daniel McCarthy

I am an attorney in Fort Worth doing mostly tax-related transactional work.

Have been slowly getting sucked into the hobby. This board is a wonderful resource.

Dan

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Posted By: Aaron M.

In-house counsel for an entertainment financing company. (Yes, another attorney.

--Aaron

http://aaronsroom.blogspot.com/

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Posted By: pete

again, the gigolo was just a joke, i do real "handyman" work so i appreciate the offers to service your wives so you wont have to but some of those pictures hurt my eyes...
pete-

my best pitch was the one that made it to the plate!

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Posted By: Tom Botticelli

Restaurant/Bar Owner for the last ten years until the wife told me it was time to grow up and get a real job. Just kidding. The smoking ban hurt. Now at George Mason, Accounting and Economics.

Tom

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Posted By: Brian

Always lurked...never posted...time to start..

UPS driver

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Posted By: Anson

I manage a veterinary office.....actually, Keith, I could use another veterinarian if you feel like moving to San Jose.

Robert A, I also play old-time fiddle music (among other things). I did a CD about 8 years ago but it was working with a tenor guitar. However, it did feature Byron Berline (for those of you who care) on several cuts.

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Posted By: MikeB

I am also a veterinarian...in Louisville,Ky

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Posted By: Anson

I pay vintage card-collecting veterinarians very well, if you want to move out here!!

Sorry for the O/T

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

I'm a dirty shirt lawyer in Phoenix, aspiring to be Kenny Cole.

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Posted By: Anthony

Advertising Photographer, mostly of people (little over half of that kids) but a bit of still life for variety and sanity. Best career in the world, and keeps getting better.

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Posted By: RP60

I'm a mailman in new York, Suffolk county..And could I tell you stories about padded envelopes that would keep all of you from sleeping at night...

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Posted By: craig

i have managed my family's video business for 19 years and i am also a touring/studio musician, drums. my favorite, most rewarding and important, i am the father of 3 boys; tommy lee-2 (after the drummer), tyrus-3 (yes of course cobb), and zachary-8 (my wonderful stepson).

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Posted By: pete

zachary, after zach wheat right?

my best pitch was the one that made it to the plate!

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Posted By: Richard Lloyd

Hello..
I work for a Defense Contractor where I have been desigining warheads for missiles for the last 20 years as well as managing my team of engineers. Written several books on warhead technology and teach around the world. I also am on roster for the United Nations as a trained Iraq weapon inspector.
Best
Dick

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

Quite a diverse crowd here.

And we all like vintage cards?

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Posted By: david

a biochemist, but perhaps not for long if all the lawyers on the board dont help put a stop to the vioxx lawsuits out there. if not soon to be the greeter at the local walmart

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

David:

I know that some frivilous lawsuits are gumming up the new drug R&D pipelines...

but from everything that has come out in the testimony from the Vioxx trials to date, Merck deserves everything they have coming to them on this one.

A company memo to their sales reps about how to play "Dodgeball" with doctors in order to avoid answering questions about the side effects of Vioxx and the adverse results of their own study??

Their OWN former employees testifying against them and saying that they were "blackballed" when they tried to speak out against the dangers??


Definitely NOT something I want to hear about as a consumer if I was taking ANY drug!

And definitely NOT frivilous.

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

What's with all the attorneys on the board? I am one too! I do real estate settlements and a small amount of bankruptcy work in Pennsylvania Dutch country (Lancaster County, PA).

Jeff Mohler

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Where is the outrage at the Federal Drug Agency who
tested this drug for many years and approved it ?
Perhaps, the lawyers cannot sue a Federal agency and
get big bucks ?

And, why aren't the lawyers going after very similar
type drugs such as Celebrex, etc. ? All these drugs
have the same side-effects as Vioxx.

My dear niece (PHD) works in the research dept. at
Merck, so I do have a pretty good insight into this
situation. And, I am sure I will be accused of not
having an objective viewpoint on this matter.