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Scuba

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60. Interesting how different people define "hard"...
Sun May 6, 2012, 08:39 AM
May 2012

Physically demanding

Gross

Stressful

Emotionally demanding

etc.

Really hard jobs. Name one. [View all] Bertha Venation May 2012 OP
Cat herder Major Nikon May 2012 #1
My boss. He manages my team TrogL May 2012 #19
I was on a team with the same experience! noamnety May 2012 #42
Is that difficult? cyberswede May 2012 #2
Yes. hunter May 2012 #14
Thanks cyberswede May 2012 #30
Unless you have an extremely good ear, I'd pay to have it done. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #53
Furniture mover... 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #3
+1 rrneck May 2012 #13
I used to do that. Man, I was STRONG. hunter May 2012 #15
my husband's going back to moving furniture fizzgig May 2012 #34
Fact checker at Faux news Rambis May 2012 #4
That would be a easy no show job whistler162 May 2012 #38
I don't think that job exists. Initech May 2012 #77
What would s/he do if s/he found one? KamaAina May 2012 #84
Porn actor. ohiosmith May 2012 #5
I nominate Fermin, the guy who cleans 40 stalls daily at my place. riderinthestorm May 2012 #6
pardon the ignorant, but . . . Bertha Venation May 2012 #64
Heh, my bad for ASSuming everyone would know... yup, horse stalls. nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #68
Nurse's aide in a convalescent hospital. CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #7
oh lordy, Peggy dana_b May 2012 #48
I did that job. Wanna lose weight? This'll do it. MichiganVote May 2012 #98
Industrial sandblasting guitar man May 2012 #8
Neurosurgeon HappyMe May 2012 #9
collector of bull semen/artificial inseminator of cows Arugula Latte May 2012 #10
Commercial roofer, during summer months. hifiguy May 2012 #11
Yup. That one gets a +1. HuckleB May 2012 #32
porta potty cleaner irisblue May 2012 #12
Some of the absolute BEST scenes in the original "Woodstock" movie... MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #26
Have you ever stepped into a Porta Pottie that was FULL? alphafemale May 2012 #40
hahahahaha Levitation skills Bertha Venation May 2012 #65
Teaching public school in a lower income urban environment. hunter May 2012 #16
Hospital laundry--I did it as a temp during my early 1980s unemployment Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #17
Police officer MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #18
How about a combined cop/forest fire fighter/EMT/mountain rescue team member. byeya May 2012 #21
I think their work-related murder rates (Rangers as the victims) is much higher than the police. MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #22
The Dept of Justice Crime Statistics group studied injuries and deaths byeya May 2012 #27
OMG! LASlibinSC May 2012 #56
Hard rock miner in the 1800s. applegrove May 2012 #20
In college, I got a summer job one year digging ditches for a little excavation company. MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #23
County real estate tax appraiser. trof May 2012 #24
My husband used to do that for the state of TN. Lars39 May 2012 #28
I know the term. trof May 2012 #37
Some days are better than others. davsand May 2012 #29
I did exactly the same thing. trof May 2012 #36
Paramedic or Emergency Medical Technician begin_within May 2012 #25
Yeah, that is seriously ugly work. BlueIris May 2012 #80
Grocery bagger, ditch digger, construction site lackey (brick/block carrier), landscape company ... HuckleB May 2012 #31
I was a dishwasher in a little local diner...hardest job ever nadine_mn May 2012 #54
Set three 16X80s in a day and you'll go back to washing dishes in a heartbeat LOL snooper2 May 2012 #101
Not out of touch, HuckleB... Bertha Venation May 2012 #66
There are, but I don't think this thread shows much perspective. HuckleB May 2012 #73
Newt Gingrich's PR writer Initech May 2012 #33
Rush Limbaugh's hooker HopeHoops May 2012 #35
Obviously parenting.... whistler162 May 2012 #39
Assistant crack whore. Scurrilous May 2012 #41
Kindergarten teacher. School bus driver. School custodian. School cafeteria worker. femmocrat May 2012 #43
Yes, anything affiliated with the educational field is murder. BlueIris May 2012 #88
It's almost as bad as running a smelter snooper2 May 2012 #102
Junior high school teacher TrogL May 2012 #89
School Social Work-killer MichiganVote May 2012 #99
Newt Gingrich's wife George Cauldron May 2012 #44
Training the small creature that sits on Donald Trump's head. SOteric May 2012 #45
HA! blue neen May 2012 #46
Customer service at a call center chrisa May 2012 #47
Elementary School Janitor. madinmaryland May 2012 #49
The guy at the animal shelter whose job it is to put down perfectly healthy animals Rochester May 2012 #50
Yes, that would be the worse job on the planet. femmocrat May 2012 #91
President of the United States RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #51
Parenting. Odin2005 May 2012 #52
Migrant farm worker. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #55
Crawling on your stomach in human waste & mud to get to a broken sewer pipe and repair it. Kaleva May 2012 #57
Power washing ANYTHING DiverDave May 2012 #58
debate prep for Sarah Palin Enrique May 2012 #59
Interesting how different people define "hard"... Scuba May 2012 #60
It's because our experiences are different. Kaleva May 2012 #62
While others don't understand stress... Scuba May 2012 #63
I've been a bricklayer for forty years panader0 May 2012 #61
I was an alcohol and drug counselor for adolescent street kids - runaways and throwaways. cliffordu May 2012 #67
I've always heard that the success rate for such programs is extremely low. Kaleva May 2012 #69
Thanks - cliffordu May 2012 #71
Parent (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #70
Donald Trump's critter-wrangler krispos42 May 2012 #72
Shoot just bein' married to him is bad enuf' MichiganVote May 2012 #100
Military survivor assistance officer. Hardest job in the world. jmowreader May 2012 #74
Missile launch officer. pa28 May 2012 #75
The world is full of hard jobs Marrah_G May 2012 #76
Don't know the 'name' of it laundry_queen May 2012 #78
Senior care provider. BlueIris May 2012 #79
Stay-at-home parent HopeHoops May 2012 #81
Fast food service one block from a major sports and entertainment arena. mikeytherat May 2012 #82
Servicemember in Afghanistan. KamaAina May 2012 #83
Locomotive engineer and freight train conductor. I had no idea until Mr. Brickbat started on the Brickbat May 2012 #85
Motherhood begin_within May 2012 #86
Zombie killer. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #87
Therapist for any republican. geardaddy May 2012 #90
Destroyer OF Worlds! ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #92
Hmm, Broken_Hero May 2012 #93
Diamond Cutter. Neurosurgeon. Public Bathroom Janitor. Taverner May 2012 #94
Medical Examiner at a crime scene AsahinaKimi May 2012 #95
Being second in command to an insecure person. nt raccoon May 2012 #96
Wild Honey collector in the Sundarbans mangrove forrest..... Cronkite May 2012 #97
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