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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; college paper opinion writer and restaurant review writer (Wisconsin Friday night fish frys); college library assistant; home health aid; 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; newspaper truck driver; animal shelter volunteer; newspaper mail room worker; foreign language newspaper expeditor; cultural blogger fish-frys/taverns/jobs/strip clubs.
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
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 II - Welcome to Nuremberg, West Germany
Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part III - VW-Beetle; Girls; Suicide Mission; Collleagues
Fifth Job of Bob - Army - Part IV - Heavy Equipment; Grafenwoehr; Targets; Black Berets
Fifth Job of Bob - Army Part V - Forgotten in an outpost of paradise; American soldiers in Europe?
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 IV - I believe in mail call, you sexy thing; touch the cookies in the Pringles can and die
Sixth Job of Bob - Corn and Soybeans
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
Ninth Job of Bob - Furniture Store Part I
Ninth Job of Bob - Furniture Store Part II - Don, 350 Yamaha
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, Date with Fate
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
The 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 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
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
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 dry 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
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?
Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service - Part VII - Time bandits, weekend shift, one last critique
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, Date with fate post 16 - 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
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
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
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
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.
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