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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 04:16 PM
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11. Appliance repair
because everything else is for the young and cheap. People trust "older" gentlemen for appliance repair since they believe they have their shit together.
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  -I'll be 50 and have $$$ for education. What field should I pursue? maveric  Nov-08-05 04:06 PM   #0 
  - Why not both?  porphyrian   Nov-08-05 04:08 PM   #1 
  - Seems like porn would be a headache  LoKnLoD   Nov-08-05 04:09 PM   #2 
  - My sister got her CRNA cert when she was in her 40's.  longship   Nov-08-05 04:10 PM   #3 
  - Nursing goes in the cobweb cycle. Feast or famine. If you are in  applegrove   Nov-08-05 04:10 PM   #4 
  - Many RN's are leaving nursing due to staffing shortages...  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:17 PM   #12 
     - Those are the first reasons I would look into. What the salary is like  applegrove   Nov-08-05 04:23 PM   #19 
        - Thats happening now. Nurses from The Phillipines are being brought over.  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:32 PM   #22 
           - Well - that is not my experience. My experience is that often immigrants -  applegrove   Nov-08-05 04:55 PM   #32 
           - That's been going on for a while  NewJeffCT   Nov-08-05 08:00 PM   #51 
           - I was a nurse for thirty years  tinfoilinfor2005   Nov-08-05 08:13 PM   #52 
  - Building communities of underground energy efficient homes  whatever4   Nov-08-05 04:12 PM   #5 
  - I've been thinking about low-income houseboats.  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:19 PM   #16 
     - That is interesting  whatever4   Nov-08-05 04:46 PM   #25 
  - Take an interest survey.  neuvocat   Nov-08-05 04:12 PM   #6 
  - i took one of those at the career center in el cajon..  frylock   Nov-08-05 06:27 PM   #41 
     - fur trader here.  elehhhhna   Nov-09-05 08:48 AM   #56 
  - If I had the money, I would go to journalism school  Stephanie   Nov-08-05 04:13 PM   #7 
  - My Dad was a News Journalist. I didnt pick up those genes though.  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:18 PM   #13 
  - VERY low paying job,& editors/publishers/owners control what you write.  Divernan   Nov-08-05 04:48 PM   #26 
  - Hot medical professions and will be  Vincardog   Nov-08-05 04:14 PM   #8 
  - daughter is an RN with a BSN, 10 years experience  jackster   Nov-08-05 04:15 PM   #9 
  - Private home healthcare would be the way to go  SoCalDem   Nov-08-05 04:15 PM   #10 
  - Appliance repair  DainBramaged   Nov-08-05 04:16 PM   #11 
  - What's your goal?  ultraist   Nov-08-05 04:19 PM   #14 
  - The Real Estate bubble in San Diego will burst soon.  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:22 PM   #18 
     - Oh, you are in San Deigo  ultraist   Nov-08-05 04:59 PM   #34 
  - My wife (Nell) is the same age and lost her job as a school counselor  Dudley_DUright   Nov-08-05 04:19 PM   #15 
  - Stick with nursing.  apple_ridge   Nov-08-05 04:20 PM   #17 
  - Pharmacists are in demand.  amerikat   Nov-08-05 04:23 PM   #20 
  - Some kind of engineering!  Conan_The_Barbarian   Nov-08-05 04:29 PM   #21 
  - 3 engineers on my block have been laid off in the last two years  ultraist   Nov-08-05 05:03 PM   #35 
  - Hi Conan_The_Barbarian!!  newyawker99   Nov-08-05 05:55 PM   #38 
  - Sounds like a chance to reinvent yourself...  triguy46   Nov-08-05 04:39 PM   #23 
  - Build on your medical knowledge/experience & specialize.  Divernan   Nov-08-05 04:40 PM   #24 
  - the way i look at it?  MsTryska   Nov-08-05 04:51 PM   #27 
  - How about going for nurse practitioner?  Cleita   Nov-08-05 04:51 PM   #28 
  - Retirement!  screembloodymurder   Nov-08-05 04:54 PM   #29 
  - which one will give you the most satistfaction  nini   Nov-08-05 04:54 PM   #30 
  - hi nini!!  frylock   Nov-08-05 06:30 PM   #42 
     - Hey!!!  nini   Nov-08-05 06:44 PM   #43 
  - "Field" will be irrelevant; spend the $$$ becoming fluent in MANDARIN.  dicksteele   Nov-08-05 04:55 PM   #31 
  - I've been leaning in that direction. My brother is a part-time filmaker  maveric   Nov-08-05 04:59 PM   #33 
  - Added Bonus: Learning a new language keeps your mind young! n/t  dennisnyc   Nov-08-05 07:41 PM   #49 
     - True Dat.....and welcome to DU, Dennis!  dicksteele   Nov-08-05 08:14 PM   #53 
        - thanks for the welcome!  dennisnyc   Nov-09-05 08:39 AM   #55 
  - I'm 50  haydukelives   Nov-08-05 05:08 PM   #36 
  - do porn  leftofthedial   Nov-08-05 05:30 PM   #37 
  - seems like demographics for both lean in your favor.  xchrom   Nov-08-05 06:00 PM   #39 
  - don't do the porn unless you're an attorney, not an r.n.  pitohui   Nov-08-05 06:22 PM   #40 
  - Make a movie of the Scooter Libby book.  sleipnir   Nov-08-05 07:04 PM   #44 
  - lol  elehhhhna   Nov-09-05 08:52 AM   #57 
  - scooter & tweeners & bears, oh my!  elehhhhna   Nov-09-05 08:53 AM   #58 
  - Just a tip  Horse with no Name   Nov-08-05 07:05 PM   #45 
  - I'd say if you have some cash and a professional background  Jose Diablo   Nov-08-05 07:11 PM   #46 
  - Shortage of Pharmacists right now  NNN0LHI   Nov-08-05 07:16 PM   #47 
  - porn is more lucrative...not  pitohui   Nov-08-05 07:28 PM   #48 
  - School  Swamp Rat   Nov-08-05 07:43 PM   #50 
  - Push on for a PA - ya can't miss if ya have a brain. n/t  0007   Nov-08-05 08:16 PM   #54 
  - Don't nurses have lots of sex?  graywarrior   Nov-09-05 08:55 AM   #59 
 

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