Keeping Yourself Occupied When Times Are Slow

[mgbinspect]

All I have is a next week is a walk and talk. I will be out trying to find a job. May have to go to one of them there day work places.

Deliver pizzas! It doesn't interfere with your inspection schedule and is pretty good money for a couple hours of work a night. And, where else can you go and have someone pitch pizzas at you as they declair, "F you and your pizzas."?

Stocking shelves at night works too, if you don't want to eliminate the opportunity to do home inspections.

There are plenty of night jobs. That's what I have always done, in the past, when needed. It keeps me off the street, my mind occupied and makes it a whole lot harder to spend money.

What's profoundly funny about it though, is that the pay is so miserable that I found myself looking at a package of sushi for lunch thinking, "THAT'S A WHOLE HOURS WORTH OF WAGES! I DON'T THINK SO."

Perspective is everything isn't it?

I really miss the days of lighting cigars with twenty dollar bills...

[Marc]

I really miss the days of lighting cigars with twenty dollar bills...

Just curious....what did you do for a living that made you that rich?

Marc

[mgbinspect]

Well, if I had lived frugally during all the good years I've been inspecting, I could literally be retired right now. Most years, I was performing three a day, as many days as I elected to - and turning away work. I finally even decided not to work Friday nights or weekends. Now, I'm back to seven days a week and driving up to 90 minutes just to stay busy. But, I have no comlaints. In 2007 - 2009 I went on seven cruises, did travelocity last minute deals to see a lot of the country, and did a lot of wild and crazy adventures, like learning to fly and snowboard, and shoot craps from coast to coast (I was never a gambler. I'm a math and odds guy,and craps, if played right, reduces the house advantage to a mere .8%. I made money almost every time I played and one of the East Coast Casinos, used to harrass me every time I showed up, in an attempt to throw me off my game. They never comped me because I was ahead.). Life was, and remains good. Hind-sight 20/20...

[Inspectorjoe]

Deliver pizzas! It doesn't interfere with your inspection schedule and is pretty good money for a couple hours of work a night. And, where else can you go and have someone pitch pizzas at you as they declair, "F you and your pizzas."?

Stocking shelves at night works too, if you don't want to eliminate the opportunity to do home inspections.

I work as a life model in art classes at local colleges. It's a great part time job. The average pay is about $20 per hour and the time schools are out of session pretty much matches the busiest time of the year for inspections (late spring to September). I can work when I want; I'm offered different classes that are available and I pick and choose what I want to do.

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[mgbinspect]

Deliver pizzas! It doesn't interfere with your inspection schedule and is pretty good money for a couple hours of work a night. And, where else can you go and have someone pitch pizzas at you as they declair, "F you and your pizzas."?

Stocking shelves at night works too, if you don't want to eliminate the opportunity to do home inspections.

I work as a life model in art classes at local colleges. It's a great part time job. The average pay is about $20 per hour and the time schools are out of session pretty much matches the busiest time of the year for inspections (late spring to September). I can work when I want; I'm offered different classes that are available and I pick and choose what I want to do.

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Brilliant!

[hausdok]

Deliver pizzas! It doesn't interfere with your inspection schedule and is pretty good money for a couple hours of work a night. And, where else can you go and have someone pitch pizzas at you as they declair, "F you and your pizzas."?

Stocking shelves at night works too, if you don't want to eliminate the opportunity to do home inspections.

I work as a life model in art classes at local colleges. It's a great part time job. The average pay is about $20 per hour and the time schools are out of session pretty much matches the busiest time of the year for inspections (late spring to September). I can work when I want; I'm offered different classes that are available and I pick and choose what I want to do.

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Brilliant!

Yeah, riiiiigggggght. If they believe that, they're going to have to believe that I make ends meet by working as a groin-shot stand-in for male porn film stars that aren't well enough endowed. [].

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[mgbinspect]

I make ends meet by working as a groin-shot stand-in for male porn film stars that aren't well enough endowed. [].

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

Really? [:-spin] []

[Inspectorjoe]

Yeah, riiiiigggggght.

Selling apples on the street corner, I made up. I was serious about the modeling though.

This pic was taken a few years back when the prof decided it was too nice a spring day to spend indoors, so he took the class outside. If I knew I'd be modeling in clothes, I would have worn something decent to class.

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[mgbinspect]

If I knew I'd be modeling in clothes, I would have worn something decent to class.

You'll be clothed next weekend at the Tri-ASHI Siminar, though, right? I'm ADD, and it will be hard enough, as it is, to keep focused on Bill Kibbel's presentation, without a whole woodstock deal going on. "If you're goinggggg.... to SannnnFrannnnciscoooo.... "

[Inspectorjoe]

Woodstock? I'm already using Google Maps to scout out skinny dipping ponds near the Temple Ambler Learning Center. Let's keep our fingers crossed for warm weather.

Peace, Love and Harmony, man!

PS. I just opened today's mail. This is for the two and a half hours I spent working this past Tuesday evening.

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[mgbinspect]

I see a HI marketing opportunity here, Joe: "For a fee, and weather permitting, Joe's happy to be a life inspector for his clients. We ARE the only truly "full service company out there!"

[hausdok]

Oh well,

Guess I'll be standing in for the Korean porn star, Wun Hung Lo, next week. You got more guts than I've got Joe.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Bain]

Yeah, riiiiigggggght.

Selling apples on the street corner, I made up. I was serious about the modeling though.

This pic was taken a few years back when the prof decided it was too nice a spring day to spend indoors, so he took the class outside. If I knew I'd be modeling in clothes, I would have worn something decent to class.

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Totally cool. But when you're modeling in the buff, and staring around the room at the young babes . . . does it ever move?

[hausdok]

OK John,

You and I both are probably stepping over a line here. Probably best to chill before I get reamed out (no pun intended) by the sponsors.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Bain]

OK John,

You and I both are probably stepping over a line here. Probably best to chill before I get reamed out (no pun intended) by the sponsors.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

Gotcha, boss.

[Scottpat]

Humm, modeling for an art class? Might be something to look into. But then it is also going to be a small market for folks wanting to sketch, sculpt or paint a Buddha!

[hausdok]

I gotta admit, Scott; you would make a pretty good smiling Buddha. Now, if they ever need a Jabba the Hut stand-in, I'm there.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Bill Kibbel]

With Joe, Scott and Mike as life models for sculpture classes, there would be a major shortage of modeling clay on this planet.

[hausdok]

With Joe, Scott and Mike as life models for sculpture classes, there would be a major shortage of modeling clay on this planet.

You got that right. If you want to make billions, invest in Silly Putty now.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[kurt]

With Joe, Scott and Mike as life models for sculpture classes, there would be a major shortage of modeling clay on this planet.

Or, a major shortage of students for sculpture classes.

I was going to get some dinner, but now I don't think I'm hungry.......

[Ben H]

Totally cool. But when you're modeling in the buff, and staring around the room at the young babes . . . does it ever move?

That may be the funniest thing I have ever read on the internet.

[mgbinspect]

For those of you needing part time employment, Fred Pryor Seminars is ALWAYS looking for competent speakers to travel and teach on their behalf within a region. Apparently the pay is pretty decent. I've contemplated applying before myself.

Here is a link to information on applying to become a speaker/trainer for them:

http://careertrack.com/career/seminar_leader.asp

Past experience in public speaking is definitely helpful, and I can think of several guys here, right off the bat, that are shoe-ins.

[aarenjames]

It's really very slow. Link Deleted

[mgbinspect]

It's really very slow. Link Deleted

In the immortal words of Bullwinkle, "Fan mail from some flounder??...

[Jim Morrison]

I don't know what they're paying, but I think this would make decent filler work for the HI slow season.

Jimmy