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Gang, I'd like to hear your thoughts on something. As most of you know, I work from home, selling insurance. Because of the nature of what I do, I have found that 6 hours on the phone a day is pretty much my limit. Between what I make and what my wife makes, we are keeping our bills paid. However, I am going nuts being in this house all the time, and I want to find a second job away from the house. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, but it definitely has to be strictly part time work, maybe 20 hours a week max. I've been tossing around some ideas, and thought I would share them with you to see what you think. Keep in mind that I live in a small town with very few jobs, and I am not going to drive any distance to go work somewhere part time. Anyway, these are my choices:

• Gas Station
• Fast Food
• Grocery Store
• Dollar Store
• Sell life insurance as an independant agent.

I am leaning towards checking out the gas stations, because I've done that kind of work before. I am not sure if one of the restaurants around here would hire me because of my beard. I did work in the meat department of a grocery store a long time ago. The dollar store would be a completely new experience for me.

With the exception of the life insurance thing, none of these jobs would pay more than $7 per hour, but that's ok. I just want to get out of the house. Selling life insurance as an independant would make me more money, but I would have some expenses involved in getting it off the ground. What do you guys think?

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I'm not sure what city you live in, but in Houston there are a bunch of websites and employment resources online. There could very easily be tons of jobs that you are not even considering. Many of them have filters that you could use to eliminate any full-time jobs.
I know that at one point monster.com was a big national resource for jobs. Here in Houston I help people find many part-time jobs, and I just want to be sure that you are not limiting your possibilities.

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Rico when I was going thru my divorce I had to go to work at a gas station a little one in the middle of the sticks.. mine was because I had to have a job but he was hunting me down everywhere so I had to go to the one place he wouldnt look... however what is so weird about it was that I made lifelong friends there and even able to witness to so many people and it was actually fun!!!! So I would check into it... I did it for 3 months until permenant restraining orders were in effect and really kind of missed it...but I had a real job waiting on me just couldnt go there for the time being

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Brother, this town has about 2000 people living in it, including the ones out in the country we can claim. I pretty much named everything there is around here, except for the potato chip packing place. There are more jobs across the River, but I am not going to drive 15 miles to go work somewhere part time, considering the $4 a gallon gasoline. This is a small town and only has small town jobs available. Anything that pays much is in the northern part of the county or in the next county over. I'd be happy with one of piddly diddly jobs this town has to offer.

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Become a pastor!

Do not hesitate!

Pastors sleep late, work very little and have zero stress.

The money is always excellent, since all the pastor does is rob widows and orphans.

And the benefits of never having to admit that you are wrong are tremendous for your ego.

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Not to mention getting paid to play golf

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How about Massage Therapy, it pays well and you only have to work a few hours a week .... :whistle

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I know you've lost your mind now, OP! :lol

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And be rubbin oil and lotion over all them women?!?!?! Are ya nuts?!?!?! It's hard enough to resist me as it is, Sister! Just ask my wife, if you don't believe me! She'd have my head! All them women showin up at all hours of the night, begging for me to give them another massage and throwing all their money at me! I'd be divorced in no time flat! We can't have that happen, can we? No. It's better I save all my massagin for my wifeypoo. I am tryin to get to Heaven, ya know. :D

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Good thinkin! :ursofunny
Cause those midnight massages on strange women are so common...

"Rico's House of Rubbin' "... Hmm, yeah you better not!

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:killinme :killinme :killinme


Sister, you are way more fun than your husband to talk to! :D

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That may be true, but he takes the cake on intelligence! I tell everyone that he is smart one, I am the cute one... :ursofunny

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He is a pretty smart fella. I like Baron, even though there is a lot we disagree on. He's one of the people around here I can talk with about stuff, and it never goes down the "you're going to hell", "I'm better than you", "you aren't even a Christian" junk we have to deal with so much around here.

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He does love a good argument! I hate confrontation, I generally deal with it with humor, he on the other hand can have a genuine discussion (argument) with someone and love every minute of it! It just runs off his back.... I was going to post something on the other thread;

I will fess up, I am the Baron's........................................... ...............




Massage Therapist!


:ursofunny

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Gas stations are fun... but I'd go with the dollar store.

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I had no idea you were the Baroness!!!!!!

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Dollar Store.

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Ever consider bar-tending? :toofunny

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:snapout:crazy

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why not? drinking is not a sin...

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:ursofunny

For almost 16 years!
Yeah, it has come up on a couple other threads, but we tend to lurk in different areas... I likes the controversial threads, I tend to stick with the fun ones... opposites attract, right?:friend

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Gas station

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While this is all true Odd Paths, there may not be a church available in Rico's little town.

Surely you would'nt expect him to start a work from scratch?

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Bar tending.....ya cant drink while working.....and think of all the so called christians who would be up in arms cause your in a bar telling people about Jesus...goodness knows we don't want to go where the sinners are...some of them just might come to know Jesus...hmm....

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BTW, I tend bar once a week! Love it. But I don't tell my customers about Jesus. They already know, most likely.

(And yes, I can drink on duty! But I guess it depends on the establishment's policy.)

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Thanks, Freeatleast for pointing that out, but maybe there'a a congregation nearby, that with right amount of stirring would run their pastor off or split the church, though it's always better to run the hardnose conservative preacher off so you can get the congregation annnnnd the building.

Rico,I hope that you are taking notes.

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I meant HE likes controversial ones! NOT ME!

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Why not? Doesn't a founding pastor get extra perks?

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That statement says a lot about your thought patterns and what you think.


:D

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Why on Earth would I want to go work at a bar and have to deal with drunks for a living? No thanks!

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Well, in a town that size I guess the gas station is a more viable option than I first realized. In a lot of places the risks just outweigh the rewards too badly.

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You got yourself involved in this one. :D I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to pastor a church.

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Well Rico, I am not going to encourage you in the job pursuit, because frankly you are just too much fun to have on AFF during the day, However I WILL give you persmission to begin looking in September when my teaching job starts back up :)

Much Love!

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I do the work from home thing during the daytime hours, and post in between calls, so I would be working more in the evening hours with this second job.

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This would be Rico on the job as a massage therapist:
http://cache.consumerist.com/consume..._bob-thumb.jpg

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Is that the Enzyte guy?

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Yes

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You don't know the half of it! :woot

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WHEW! Ok, then...

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:blink Whose her husband? :dunno