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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4732684" data-attributes="member: 59506">Well technically, right now I'm just retired. (At age 40 no less! Sweeet!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) But you really can't live forever on a military retirement without working at something, so I guess the party will have to end eventually.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />   I've had a number of different professions, and marked them all.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">21 years military (The Profession of Arms. Hoo-rah!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My military specialty was Aircraft Avionics - a technical career.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From 1994 on I've been a Non Commissioned Officer - mid-level management.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since I was 12 I've been a drummer, and although I haven't made a lot of money at it, I have made some (but I mostly do it for fun) - musician.</li> </ul>But currently, I'm just enjoying being retired. However, I'll be starting school this fall (3 cheers for the G. I. Bill<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />). My goal is to be a high school math/science teacher.    When I first started playing D&D (in 1994) the only people I knew who played were all Tech types (Avionics Technicians - or in Air Force parlance: Pointy Heads and Spark Chasers). While I was stationed in Korea, the people I met who played D&D were probably about 70% Tech people, 30% mechanical guys (knuckle dragging crew chiefs - APG<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />). The last group and base I gamed at was probably about 50/50 technical and mechanical types, with a nurse (my wife), one administration/managmement type, and one psycho housewife<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />. My current group has me (currently lazy...erm...Retired<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />), a nurse (my wife), and a teacher for deaf children (my wifes cousin).  edit: Oooops, I forgot dishwasher (high school), and the other default career of everyone who's ever been in the military: Janitorial Specialist.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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