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 Jobs of Bob

  
"People who romanticize the blue-collar culture for the most part...are idiots; and, probably never worked a
real physical job in their entire lives - academics; politicians; fools; media hacks; con-men; and, the like."
  
 -
Bob Keith - 

Scroll down on this page to find a more orderly chronology of postings of Bob's work exploits. Each posting is a vignette about Bob's many, and often quirky blue-collar jobs over the last 40 years.

 Some of the jobs Bob has had in his life are:

Dairy farmer; saxophone player (rock band); gas station jockey; Army Engineer; scoop loader operator; dump truck driver; furniture delivery person; feed mill worker; cargo truck assembly factory worker; basic welder; bouncer; bartender; school bus driver; park keeper; roadside mower operator; landscape chemical pesticide applicator; grounds maintenance supervisor; small landscape business owner; auto mechanic; auto parts customer service desk worker; janitor; armored car builder; fork lift driver; lifeguard; ambulance driver; emergency medical technician; Emergency Room volunteer; nursing assistant, Alzheimer’s patients’ assistant; YMCA customer service desk worker; therapy pool attendant; college student - treated like a job; college paper opinion writer and restaurant review writer (Wisconsin Friday night fish frys); paid college note taker for students with disabilities; college library assistant; home health aid; YMCA grant writer internship; grocery store worker; disabled college students’ assistant; older college students’ assistant; in-country cultural writer Laos, Viet Nam (post war), Turkey, Iraq (active war); newspaper circulation worker; newspaper delivery person; parcel/package loading plant worker; newspaper truck driver; animal shelter volunteer; newspaper mail room worker; County Board Candidate; community radio station news copy writer; Iraq experience presentations; foreign language newspaper expeditor; cultural blogger fish-frys/taverns/war-casualties/jobs/strip-clubs/church-dinners; Nowadays, Bob just tells people, "...I fuck'n write books."

 
 Job Chronology 

Bob adds to his history from time to time, and not always in chronological order. As memories pop up or when ever it fancies him, he goes back and adds stories to previously posted jobs. The Daily Dadio Blog "Jobs of Bob" Category has them listed as he posted them.  The below list places them in chronological order starting from the first job. 

 
First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part I - Things learned

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part II - Dad; Ol' Uncle Art; Lima; and, back'n up a wagon

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part III - Milk Cooler; Kitchen Table; No Tubes or smoking allowed

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part IV - Binary; Weather; Woods; Creek; Rocks; Kids; Sandy the Dog


 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part V - The garden; the buildings; the barn; the house; the rhubarb

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part VI - The Hammer; a right of passage

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part VII - Never lost a digit; Dad could kill you with just a look 

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part VIII - The marsh Cat and a sunburn to remember

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part IX - The hunters; Ol' Adam and his hickery nuts, "Can I borrow a ladder son, got'a coon treed up yonder?" 

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part X - Jackknife

 First Job of Bob - Dairy Farm - Part XI - The farm kitties

 Second Job of Bob - Rock Band

 Third Job of Bob - Gas Station Jockey

 Fourth Job of Bob - Shore Retaining Wall Project

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - The Decision

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part I - Basic Training

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part I-A - Advanced Training; dozers, diggers, and trucks oh my

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part I-B - Advanced Traning; Walk to the back, where's the hat boys?; Franz tries for West Point

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part I-C - Advanced Training; Held hostage in Dugger, Indiana, 33 Bucks and 17 Cents ransom demanded 

 
Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part II - Welcome to Nuremberg, West Germany

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part III - VW-Beetle; Girls; Suicide Mission; Colleagues

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part IV - Heavy Equipment; Grafenwoehr; Targets; Black Berets

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part IV-A - Heavy Equipment; The Five-Ton Dump Truck; perennial Reforger war games

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part IV-B - Heavy Equipment; Hold up in the boonies; almost blew up Comrade; pseudo-live-round cowboys and Indians

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part V - Forgotten in an outpost of paradise; American soldiers in Europe?  25

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part VI - Kirby has a plate in his head from 'Nam; no Pfennigs for the shitter door-lock - then just shit in the goddamned urinal

 
Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part VII - Home and Retrospect

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part VIII - Too important to have a beer with a buddy 

 
Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part IX - I believe in mail call, you sexy thing; touch the cookies in the Pringles can and die 

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part X - The Mad Shitter

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XI - Free time - Penetration Theory, McDopple, walk, bike, VW Beetle, schnitzel, "The Wall"

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XI - leave-time entry 1 - Trek around Western Europe

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XI - leave-time entry 2 - Return to the Spanish scene of the crimes

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XI - leave-time entry 3 - Walkabout the British Isles; Comrade stole my damn new bike at "The Wall" 

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XII - Crazy Jimmy's Polizi chase

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XIII - Bunker duty retrospect

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XIV - Mash Unit; first major blood episode

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XV - Baker blew himself up; seeds of EMS

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XVI - Dumptruck load of sand in the middle of the strasse 

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XVII - Sergeant Bob? No Sergeant "Jack"

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XVIII - You owe Uncle Sam a Scoop Loader

 Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part XIX - The Archer affair; Sunshine the car

 Sixth Job of Bob - Corn and Soybeans 

 Lost Job of Bob - Yard work for a former teacher

 Seventh Job of Bob - School Bus - Part I

 Seventh Job of Bob - School Bus Part II - pre ADHD; bus shop; Charlie the dog

 Seventh Job of Bob - School Bus Part III - paint shop; amphitheater; bus wreck

 Eighth Job of Bob - odious labor service - Potato chip chicks; "Plastics"  

 Ninth Job of Bob - Furniture Store Part I

 Ninth Job of Bob - Furniture Store Part II - Don, 350 Yamaha   50

 Ninth Job of Bob - Furniture Store Part III - misery economy, delivery turck, daily duster

 Tenth Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Part I - consummate factory

 
Tenth Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Part II - Crazy Jim

 Tenth Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Part III - safety, shop gossip 

 Tenth Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Part IV - lay off; and, Haul to Pennsylvania now

 Eleventh Job of Bob - Feed Mill

 Twelfth Job of Bob - Bowling Alley Part I - tavern,bar, disco, bowling alley, bouncer, bartender

 Twelfth Job of Bob - Bowling Alley Part II - to-go-girls, Murry, Hanny's

 Twelfth Job of Bob - Bowling Alley Part III - Walter, consummate bar fights

 Twelfth Job of Bob - Bowling Alley Part IV - Art's truck, Victorian Inn, cycles, cops, girl-fight

 
Yet another Lost Job of Bob - Food tent at the annual fest - a one day affair

 Thirteenth Job of Bob - School Bus Redux Part I - two-jobs, engagement, comrade-caveat

 Thirteenth Job of Bob - School Bus Redux Part II - family biz, too-young colleague dies
 
 
Thirteenth Job of Bob - School Bus Redux Part III - married, crappy economy, good-bye Wisconsin

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part I - Dallas, Houston, Reagan Ranches, cancer, crime, work

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part II - Charles, Big Max, Cowboy Marvin

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part III - Glove box Bible, Republicans, Ol' Sonebitch 

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part III-A - Graveyard epiphany

 
Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part IV - Hedges, Little Danny, hornets, Pyracantha blues
 
 
Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part V - Chemical Room, Kent ain't no Texan, Ol' Papa

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part VI - Chemical Applicator, Dealey Plaza, Kenneth and where did Kennedy get shot?

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part VII - I killed the grass on the "Grassy Knoll"

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part VIII - and, Job Interviews from Hell number one

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part IX - some actors, '71 Buick in the pool
 
 
Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part X - Joe  75

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XI - special events, facilitaters of art, Robert Mitchum films in the barrio

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XII - pinned down by Balcony Man in Green Bay Park

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XIII - conferences and panels

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XIV - Robert Lee

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XV - Charles

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XVI - Slick

 Fourteenth Job of Bob, Park and Rec Part XVII - Here one day gone the next
 
 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XVIII - Fuck those trees and fuck you too

 Fourteenth Job of Bob - Park and Rec Part XIX - Them damn fire ants

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part I - entrepreneurial seeds, Sidney

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part II - the part-time endeavor grows

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part III - unsustainable grind - shop cats

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part IV - the help - the car culture - the wry comedy

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part V - Parting the waters of the Mixmaster

 Fifteenth job of Bob - Lawn Service Part VI - The long road home

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part VII - Want season tickets to them Cowboys? - Employee perks 

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part VIII - Small business health care; Son, I can pull that tooth for 19 Dollars!

 Fifteenth Job of Bob - Lawn Service Part IX - Could have been in Saudi

 Sixteenth job of Bob - Lawn Service Redux - home after years

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service Part I - paycheck shock, the Amish, and pay no attention to Bug-eyes

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service Part II - old grumudgeons, old tractors, the new life begins again

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service Part III - chauvinism, assistant rube, crazy Tim

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service - Part IV - Payroll vigilante, enter cell phones

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service - Part V - musical houses, motorcycle redux

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service - Part VI - Tourette's in the shop, is it Dave's fault and where would I be now?  100

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service - Part VII - Time bandits, weekend shift, one last critique 

 Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardward, Retail, Auto Service - Part VIII - Fraido takes a little trip to St. Louis?

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part I - job interviews from Hell, campus janitor

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part II - yet another job interview from Hell, air base

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part III - A few last job interviews from the gates of hell, not actually hell; and, missed State opportunities

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part IV - The ethical Bug-Eyes, go to Hell and see white!

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part V - Abandoned bikes, Clinton takes over, no heat in the '67, cold isthmus, warm duplex

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part VI - late for X-mas, wrong side bottle

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part VII - college can't be that hard

 Eighteenth Job of Bob - The all-mighty "State," Part VIII - No sleep, overwhelming fatigue, for my troubles...a new sequined sofa and a cassette radio

 Nineteenth Job of Bob - Landscape Maintenance Company, Part I - drawn to the land

 Nineteenth Job of Bob - Landscape Maintenance Company, Part II - The Whisperer, a bottle of Jack, chainsaw phony, tight ship lawn mower guys, weekends at the farm store

 Nineteenth Job of Bob - Landscape Maintenance Company, Part III - Missing arms but 10 snow shovels, '67 pickup redux

 Nineteenth Job of Bob - Landscape Maintenance Company, Part IV - Gun rack smart alec; giant lunch box; pay check ethics; nepotism; system favortism for the displaced; never look back

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part I - Driver, EMT, the beginnings of the return to college

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part II - Finally - the front of a police car; CPR - relentless smell of plastic

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part III - Classes, books, skills, nursing assistant, ERs, and time

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part IV - Testing; Clinicals; Beware the ER Nurse

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part V - New service member for a day

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part VI - A year of actual pay for weekend shifts; hours of college studies

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part VI - No longer your father's volunteer fire department; better not call 911 on Tuesday morning; no one dies on Thursday night just after midnight...they wait 'til Monday morning

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part VII - You can't save others if you don't save yourself; meet interesting people at their worst; Vagal-down dudes!

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part VIII - Bystander Syndrome; the new demographics

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part IX - A couple vignettes; an upside down girl; the errant shoe; an unexpected lap dance 

 Twentieth Job of Bob - Rural Ambulance - Part X - EMT-Intermediate; EMT-Paramedic; end of another road  125

 Twenty-first Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Redux - Part I - Armored car blues; the Japanese Rubric

 Twenty-first Job of Bob - Truck Assembly Redux - Part II - 100 miles of wire; you didn't weld that yet did you?

 Twenty-Second Job of Bob - School Bus third go-a-round - Part I - cameras; beatings; actors; 100 kids

 Twenty-Second Job of Bob - School Bus third go-a-round - Part II - CDL, no time, libility lunacy

 Twenty-third Job of Bob - Emergency Room Volunteer

 
Twenty-fourth Job of Bob - Nursing Assistant - Nursing Home Part I - Old Campus; Road Warrior 

 Twenty-fourth Job of Bob - Nursing Assistant - Nursing Home Part II - turning 40 in an old folk's home

 Twenty-fourth Job of Bob - Nursing Assistant - Nursing Home Part III - Sternal Rub really works (xiphiod process)

 Twenty-fifth Job of Bob - Alzheimer’s Center Part I - Group Construct

 Twenty-fifth Job of Bob - Alzheimer's Center Part II - Fistula Dude Affect

 
Twenty-fifth Job of Bob - Alzheimer's Center Part III - Don't mock the Metro; Another job bites the dust

 
Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part I

 
Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part II - Days of boredom followed by minutes of terror; abundant breasts

 Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part III - "Affect" Schlong Dude

 Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part IV - Crutches poolside; can you even swim?

 Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part V - Lady cop on the early AM prowl

 Twenty-sixth Job of Bob - YMCA Lifeguard Part VI - Last Official Day of Work September 11, 2001

 The Job that never happened - - Wanna load beer? - Day late - two years short

 Twenty-seventh Job of Bob - Therapy pool attendant and Lifeguard Part I - Sociological Perspective, gazelles vs hippopotami

 Twenty-seventh Job of Bob - Therapy pool attendant and Lifeguard Part II - "You ain't got no life old guy"

 Twenty-seventh Job of Bob - Therapy pool attendant and Lifeguard Part III - "Can't you call someone?"

 Twenty-eighth Job of Bob - YMCA customer service desk worker

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part I - took it like a damn job

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part II - the stage is set for a long academic run

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part III - early setback in nursing; 180 "degree" turn; word of my Best Man  150

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part IV - Total retool; kid in a candy store; not a typewriter to be found; prevailing myths; god bless "cut and past"

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part V - Favorite profs and their delivery of knowledge: Cobbs; Brien; Galliger; and, Neider

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part VI - Collective Undergraduate Classroom Silence

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part VII - Date with fate post 38 - A year in a wheelchair 

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part VIII - On to UW-Whitewater; Bob's private dorm "Keith Hall" 

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part IX - Don't let the 9/11 attack interupt your lecture; the emergence of the new student military Veteran; students ship out in Vietnam redux; from no Vets to a culture of Vets; another favorite prof

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part X - College Grad, a Harley to myself

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XI - A run at grad school; same old dead theorists as undergrad

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XII - More favorite profs and teaching styles: Frandy; Penn; McMahon; and, Irwin

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XIII - A few more favorite profs and teaching styles: Haney; Rosen; Harding; and, Newman

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XIV - Some more favorite profs and teaching styles: Berger; Koz; Klug; and, Searls

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XV - A few more memorable profs and teaching styles: Cantrell; Stokes; and, Hansard-Weiner

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - College Student Part XVI - One last tip of the hat to an influential professor, and a thoughtful instructor: Coates and Roseberry

 Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - Colege Student Part XV - Bought and kept every college text book

 Thirtieth Job of Bob - College Newspaper Part I - Write for a stipend; fish frys rule the news

 Thirtieth Job of Bob - College Newspaper Part II - Generational semiotics: "Didos" (shenanigans) verses "Dildos" (well...you should know what it is)

 Thirty-first Job of Bob - Paid college note taker

 Thirty-second Job of Bob - College library assistant

 Thirty-third Job of Bob - Home Health Aid Part I - Make a Decision or others will 

 Thirty-third Job of Bob - Home Health Aid Part II - "Where's God?"

 Thirty-third Job of Bob - Home Health Aid Part III - Whoosh

 Thirty-fourth Job of Bob - YMCA Grant Writer Internship

 Thirty-fifth Job of Bob - Older college students' assistant - What the hell is "Adult Resouces"?

 Thirty-sixth Job of Bob - Grocery store worker - five interviews to cut fuck'n lettuce

 Thirty-seventh Job of Bob - Private ambulance service 175

 Thirty-eighth Job of Bob - Disabled college students' assistant; van driver

 Thirty-ninth Job of Bob - Newspaper circulation worker - Youngest worker by 20 years at 50 years old!

 Fortieth Job of Bob - Paper Boy semiweekly publication - at least I can still walk at 50

 Forty-first Job of Bob - Parcel/package loading plant worker - I'm 50, next oldest worker...19 years old

 Forty-second Job of Bob - In-country cultural writer: Laos, Viet Nam Part I - Finally landed in Saigon

 Forty-second Job of Bob - In-country cultural writer: Laos, Viet Nam Part II - "Where's Cambodia?" "You're in Campuchia, you stupid men!"

 Forty-second Job of Bob - In-country cultural writer: Laos, Viet Nam Part III - Chicken and contraband bus across Laos

 Forty-second Job of Bob - In-country cultural writer: Laos, Viet Nam Part IV - Hanoi, "Many tricks" in 'Nam, "And don't say, 'Nam!"

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part I - life-changing project

 Forty - third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part VIII - One rubber-stamp date away from Third World prison

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part II - Oneway street into Kurdish machine guns - taxi dude ...., "Idiot" 

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part III - Never shot at once, but still bleeding to death in Iraq

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part IV - Asleep in Munich

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part V - Shoot out with the Kurds


 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part VI - Lost in Mosul looking for the temple of Lalish 

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-country war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part VII - "Syria good, Syria very good!"

 Forty-fourth Job of Bob - Daily paper contract delivery - paper boy with a car - frozen to death 

 Forty-fifth Job of Bob - Newspaper mail roomworker - right out of the movies

 Forty-sixth Job of Bob - Animal shelter volunteer; you can't save them all...or can you?

 Forty-seventh Job of Bob - Newspaper truck driver

 Forty-third Job of Bob - In-county war-culture writer: Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey Part VIII -  The editor said, "Gosh, it sure was fun to follow you in a war zone" - Fun! Wha'd'fuck?

 A run for County Board - "The people" decided otherwise

 Forty-eighth Job of Bob - Community Radio Station - News copy writer

 Forty-ninth Job of Bob - Presentions; Iraq experience - "Please sir, don't use the word Mafia at a dead animals' club"

 Fiftieth Job of Bob - Foreign language newspaper expeditor Part I - What the fuck is an expeditor? 200

 Fiftieth Job of Bob - Foreign language newspaper expeditor Part II - Most of these fuckers would get you killed in a war zone; if we were in 'Nam we'd all be dead 

 Fiftieth Job of Bob - Foreign language newspaper expeditor Part III - Ensconced in the "new norm" work culture of part-time, no-benefits, no-merit, no-future-of-retirement, languishing-'til-you-die, going-to-work-sick jobs

 Fifty-first Job of Bob - Cultural blogger (the final employment indignity) - Fish-frys/taverns/war-casualties/jobs/fate/strip-clubs/church-dinners

 Nowadays - Bob just tells people, "...I fuck'n write books."
 


Click on the Daily Dadio Blog "Jobs of Bob" Category to read the ongoing "out-of-order" gaggle of vignettes about Bob's many, and often quirky blue-collar jobs over the last 40 years.