'REAL' job

[JHSump]

 

 

 

 

Philosophy professor at a large midwestern state university.

 

I'm sorry, the topic is about "REAL" jobs

 

 

The comment I usually get — at least from guys of a certain age — is that my job description sounds like the start of a Penthouse letter.

 

Mel Brooks references could be made here.

 

 

Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it BS.

 

We have a physics professor at U-E as well, for example.

 

I'm that physics professor (at least I think I'm the one @maven is referring to)!  At a mid-atlantic/southestern state university.

 

BTW: physics used to be called "natural philosophy."  

[Larry in TN]

I'm that physics professor (at least I think I'm the one @maven is referring to)!

F=MA, E=IR, P=IE, ... What else do I need?

[StrikeToWin]

I sell parts for heavy equipment like bulldozers, excavators, pavers, wheel loaders etc.

[maven]

 

I'm that physics professor (at least I think I'm the one @maven is referring to)!

F=MA, E=IR, P=IE, ... What else do I need?

 

 

Um, the calculus? Hamiltonians? Anything in physics since 1905?

[KLAH316]

I'm a Police Officer...... 19+ years and counting.

[maven]

BTW: physics used to be called "natural philosophy."  

Quite right. You can find issues from The Atlantic as late as 1900 using the term.

 

For bonus points, what were the other kinds of philosophy?

[Rulekeep]

Unnatural philiosophy?

[maven]

Unnatural philiosophy?

You'd like that, wouldn't you.

:P

[Rulekeep]

Unnatural philiosophy?

You'd like that, wouldn't you.

Nah, it was just the closest thing to humour that I could come up with on the spot.

[cyclonehokiece]

Civil engineer for a government agency

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[JaxRolo]

I'm that physics professor (at least I think I'm the one @maven is referring to)!

F=MA, E=IR, P=IE, ... What else do I need?

E=IR

Volts=current x resistance ???

[conbo61]

Civil engineer for private consultant specializing in transportation projects.

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[Kevin_K]

I teach US History in a high school.

[afaber12]

I'm a parking ranger, so everyone loves me whether I'm umpiring or I'm working.

 

Man I wish I could eject people for arguing in "real" life...  = 

[Justin]

I'm a graduate student in biostatistics - just finished the first year of my master's program. Hoping to work for a cancer research center when I graduate.

 

Currently, I deliver for a sub shop, tutor high school/college math and physics, teach tap dance, and umpire to help pay my way through school until a professor decides to throw some funding my way.

[Replacematt]

Gigolo.

[Typhoon]

I'm retired, I was an Electrical Operator. That is one who oversees and controls the distribution of electrical energy in a safe, reliable and efficient mannner. From 500 kv to 12 kv

I now spend 2 days a week working in a mom & pop computer store as a tech. I spend another 2 days a week building a full size WW2 Mosquito Bomber

I do a lot of volunteer work for the Rotary Club, and I usually deliver meals on wheels once a week. Sometimes I don't know how I found the time to work

 

Here I am at a Local Tim Horton Coffee shop doing my December gig.

 

 

 

Tony

[Stan W.]

Purchasing Manager

[JaxRolo]

I'm retired, I was an Electrical Operator. That is one who oversees and controls the distribution of electrical energy in a safe, reliable and efficient mannner. From 500 kv to 12 kv

I now spend 2 days a week working in a mom & pop computer store as a tech. I spend another 2 days a week building a full size WW2 Mosquito Bomber

I do a lot of volunteer work for the Rotary Club, and I usually deliver meals on wheels once a week. Sometimes I don't know how I found the time to work

Here I am at a Local Tim Horton Coffee shop doing my December gig.

Santa.jpg

Tony

Which one is you?

Purchasing Manager

Well then, purchase me some new gear!

[Umpire in Chief]

HR Manager at a large For-Profit University

[JHSump]

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy professor at a large midwestern state university.

 

I'm sorry, the topic is about "REAL" jobs

 

 

The comment I usually get — at least from guys of a certain age — is that my job description sounds like the start of a Penthouse letter.

 

Mel Brooks references could be made here.

 

 

Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it BS.

 

Of course it does.

 

Actually, I think many umpires here understand more philosophical aspects of umpiring than they may explicitly acknowledge.

 

Perhaps the most interesting chapter in the book "Baseball and Philosophy" is the chapter on umpiring.  One passage explores the metaphysics of the "call" and features a quote by Bill Klem ("It ain't anything 'till I call it.") and Bill McGowan's response to an arguing player ("If you don't think you are out, read the morning newspaper.").  Of course, the suggestion is that the umpire's call *decides* reality.  Without the call, the cat is half-dead, half-alive, not yet either --- to borrow from physics.

 

I think most umpires here would recognize the conclusions drawn in the chapter.

 

So, you're all philosophers!  

[hill2933]

I'm a Police Officer...... 19+ years and counting.

Me too 223 days until I can retire. And yes I am counting.

[celt62]

State Corrections Officer.  165 weeks (oh yeah, definitely counting after 22 years) from Friday until retirement, :notworthy:

[Chip]

PR consultant and owner of software company

[BigUmpire]

I am a tuner.

Have fun with this.