ditchman Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 used to work 4 days a week on a turkey farm..(Lawrence Mack pot row nr Kings lynn)....as a "!Turkey milker"............i used to get some serious stick off my mates ...but the money was good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, ditchman said: used to work 4 days a week on a turkey farm..(Lawrence Mack pot row nr Kings lynn)....as a "!Turkey milker"............i used to get some serious stick off my mates ...but the money was good... You must have tinny fingers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 As a schoolboy I had a Saturday job as a wringer out for a one armed window cleaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern01 Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Road sweeper in Venice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B391 Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 When I was a student I got a job at the local hospital cleaning wards. The only job title they could give me was 'domestic maid'. That for a 6'2" bearded 16 stone bloke was a hoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Summer job as a student removing plastic wing mirror cases from a moulding machine, scraping off flashing and packing. It was absolutely boiling, repetitive and pretty miserable I have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 I was a pony trek leader for a large trekking centre one summer when I was 16. Not that bizarre until you take into account I was solely responsible for matching people to their horses, taking treks out and collecting the cash money. Plus at 16 I looked about 12 it got some interesting looks off customers. Not my favourite job ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Bar work for 10 years, could not believe the amount of toty that needed a service. Hardest work ive ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Did summer work as a school kid on a farm. Picking spring onions was the smelliest job, sorting beetroot (from within the hopper) the messiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Haven’t had that many crazy jobs and nothing that compares with ditchmans something you do with a pippet and a bit of sucking ? proberabley best he explains ?? however I’ve been asked to make some wierd stuff varieying from a 3foot long trowel so a bricklayer could lab 6 bricks at a time to a special axe for a fairy wand maker they walk among us ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-d Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 i once had a saturday job in bakery which involved a lot of cleaning until i progressed to putting the jam in donuts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 As a teenager I used to T-Cut brand new cars before they went in the showroom. Not very bizarre admittedly, but the fact they allowed a thirteen year old boy to do it seemed quite odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 where i glass collected every couple of months the bar manager had me come in and shovel the coal from one end of the old old worm screw fed boiler as it was badly designed, i used to be covered in coal dust and my mum always said I looked like i had eye liner on and looked lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 As a boy, Turkey killer, Turkey plucker, Rabbit gasser, sheep-worming, sheep shearer, Sheep dipping, hay-making, harvesting. As an adult, maintaining vintage aircraft, maintaining V-bombers, working on a TSR2, mixing asphalt, making horse saddle trees {inside every saddle is a wooden and metal frame called a tree, to which the leather is nailed) Making Tiffany lampshades, stained glass windows, engraving glass, repairing crystal glass. and loads of other more run-of-the-mill work, tractor driving, window-cleaning, domestic and commercial cleaning, glazing, cnc machine operator etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Did a job as chef in a nightclub. Again not that odd, but my assistant and myself were always in alone a good 3 or 4 hours before anyone else. The cocktail bar was right next to the kitchen! Don't know how half the stuff ever got cooked properly or how we got home most mornings. I say mornings because after cleaning the kitchen at the end of service, there was a lock in that usually ended around 5 or 6 in the morning. Job and me only lasted about a year. I also did block wall building for pig pens on a little farm. Never lifted a trowel before I got the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Old farrier said: Haven’t had that many crazy jobs and nothing that compares with ditchmans something you do with a pippet and a bit of sucking ? proberabley best he explains ?? however I’ve been asked to make some wierd stuff varieying from a 3foot long trowel so a bricklayer could lab 6 bricks at a time to a special axe for a fairy wand maker they walk among us ?? you work as a team...there is turkey wrestler..(he holds it on the milking stool) the "fluffer-up"....he gets the stag nice and sexy...then with a swift upward movement with his right thumb squeezes the *** out.... the "milk sucker"...which is a test tube with a long and a short pipe in it...you put one in your mouth ..to suck....then the other one...the short pipe.. sucks up the ***... so there you go .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Old farrier said: Haven’t had that many crazy jobs and nothing that compares with ditchmans something you do with a pippet and a bit of sucking ? proberabley best he explains ?? however I’ve been asked to make some wierd stuff varieying from a 3foot long trowel so a bricklayer could lab 6 bricks at a time to a special axe for a fairy wand maker they walk among us ?? Did the axe have to be made of non ferrous metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbyathome Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 8 hours ago, ditchman said: used to work 4 days a week on a turkey farm..(Lawrence Mack pot row nr Kings lynn)....as a "!Turkey milker"............i used to get some serious stick off my mates ...but the money was good... turkey milker eh did you use that one pulling fat sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 37 minutes ago, loriusgarrulus said: Did the axe have to be made of non ferrous metal. Oh yes with my anvil aligned with the lay lines and of course forged under the light of the moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) Not that odd but I was a in grave tomb builder once, got some startled looks as you emerged from a grave. Edited July 2, 2018 by tonker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 34 minutes ago, Old farrier said: Oh yes with my anvil aligned with the lay lines and of course forged under the light of the moon We occasionally get requests for rowan or hazel cut with non ferrous metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 I once had a job with the Royal Navy as a submarine washer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akka Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Mushroom picker.... Horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, akka said: Mushroom picker.... Horrendous. frightened of the dark ...are we .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, akka said: Mushroom picker.... Horrendous. No worse than rhubarb picking in Yorkshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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