What's your dream job?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:24 pm

Interesting.

What about... driver?

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:31 pm

By the time I'm 50 I want to have a small organic farm up and running. Maybe 10-20 acres, a little of everything - fruit, veges, berries, chickens, not sure what else. Possibly combined with another small business like an RV park or something else that will allow me to meet new people.

Think anyone would buy Feijoas?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acca_sellowiana
Hardly anyone in the US has heard of them but they're so good and the trees are so productive. Ok, maybe I'll just have a few of those trees to satisfy my own cravings

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:36 pm

be a mod on eplaya so i can decide which derogatory remarks stay and which ones get removed on a case by case basis as opposed to a standard.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri May 06, 2011 7:23 pm

Dork wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acca_sellowiana
Hardly anyone in the US has heard of them but they're so good and the trees are so productive. Ok, maybe I'll just have a few of those trees to satisfy my own cravings :)

We have them in the back yard and they are tasty. It might be an advantage that they ripen in the fall, after the stone fruits are done. Only competing with apples, pears and persimmons.

The marketing thing would be an issue. Maybe you can pay someone to invent and popularize a cocktail with a squeeze of fio--oh, blast, pineapple guava.

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri May 06, 2011 8:38 pm

Feijoa juice goes well with vodka, or as a mix with other juice types.

Actually, now that I think about it who cares if people will buy them? More for me!

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun May 08, 2011 11:42 am

TomServo wrote:@ TheCatman... When I still had my class A, I thought of building the worlds biggest hot dog cart, out of a 53 foot dry van.

Thats thinking BIG.
Tee shirts and other novelties are sold from what appears to be converted freight trailers, especially at NASCAR races.
Would a CDL still be needed? being as it would be a "Not For Hire" operation?

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 11:50 am

Thecatman wrote:
TomServo wrote:@ TheCatman... When I still had my class A, I thought of building the worlds biggest hot dog cart, out of a 53 foot dry van.
Thats thinking BIG.
Tee shirts and other novelties are sold from what appears to be converted freight trailers, especially at NASCAR races.
Would a CDL still be needed? being as it would be a "Not For Hire" operation?

With Air brakes and a Combo, yes....a CDL would be required. My suspension ends next year. I don't want to drive commercial anymore, but this idea sounds like fun.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun May 08, 2011 11:55 am

Trishntek wrote:My son-in-law did exactly that over 5 years ago. He makes more on the weekend doing events than he does with his catering company during the week! And the bonus is it is ALL CASH. All he makes are curley fries, funnel cakes, roasted corn on the cob, and lemonade. He clears $5k per weekend at rural events in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.

Two thumbs up to your son-in-law. People like him, I have all the respect in the world for.
This morning after breakfast I told my wife about your post and she says we should get serious and do something like what your son-in-law is doing, after we retire.....in about 13 years, but start planning it now.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:04 pm

TomServo wrote:With Air brakes and a Combo, yes....a CDL would be required. My suspension ends next year. I don't want to drive commercial anymore, but this idea sounds like fun.

You're probably right, but I think of all the retired folks who have the money to buy a 3axle motor home, which, many are built on commercial bus frames, and they're not requierd to have a CDL. I think they have to have basic knowledge of how air brakes work.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:16 pm

Come february, 2012 Ill get my class A back, so why not? I think I mentioned, I used to make $3000 per day in Union Square.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:34 pm

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motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:58 pm

I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:02 pm

Gonna go to that web site right now. Like the guys hat.

A problem for the "little guy" selling at big events like Hot August Night (HAN) or the rib cook off (rip off) is the beverage distributors have the rights of selling....Coke, Pepsi etc.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:05 pm

motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.

And there are plenty of owner /ops sitting at any given flying J or TA that could haul it.

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:26 pm

TomServo wrote:
motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.
And there are plenty of owner /ops sitting at any given flying J or TA that could haul it.

True. Lead time would be minimal and team driving would make delivery quite expedient.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:29 pm

Thecatman wrote:
TomServo wrote:With Air brakes and a Combo, yes....a CDL would be required. My suspension ends next year. I don't want to drive commercial anymore, but this idea sounds like fun.
You're probably right, but I think of all the retired folks who have the money to buy a 3axle motor home, which, many are built on commercial bus frames, and they're not requierd to have a CDL. I think they have to have basic knowledge of how air brakes work.

Any vehicle or combination of vehicles with the Gross Vehicular Weight (GVW) RATED CAPACITY greater than 26,000 pounds requires a CDL to operate.

edit to add: Any driver carrying passengers for hire must have a CDL. The vehicle size does not matter. Whether it is a taxi, limousine or a shuttle bus,,, they all have to have a CDL.

There are different grades of CDL too. Combination vehicles versus multi-axle vehicles versus passenger for hire IIRC.

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:44 pm

I dont have a dream job for a simple reason, i dont work because i want to i work because i have to. Having said that i enjoy most of my jobs i've had (and i've had a lot) what i hate is that your employers seem to forget that without good employeees they dont have a business.
perhaps if they showed us the respect we deserve any job would be a dream job.

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:09 pm

TomServo wrote:I would die contented, if I finally owned my own hot dog cart.

It would be called "Screamin' Weenies". I'd run it in Union Square, SF, and put Stanley Steemers out of business. His hot dogs suck anyways! I'd serve New York style dogs, with Sabretts onion sauce, sauerkraut, and anything the health dept. allows. Speaking of which...the health dept. doesn't inspect Stan's carts...they just walk by and put a sticker on it.

I don't know if it was the playa, but a gentleman had his own cart at BM 2005 or 2006, and those hot dogs were awesome! This has been a dream of mine, way before that, but, he inspired me to make it happen.

What about you? Maybe posting your dream job might catch the eye of someone, who could help you out!

Your idea may have caught my eye TS!

In Tahoe they are a few similar sitautions, despite the overbearing 'resorty' regulations; some street food vendors seem to find locations and do very well. Including hot dogs vendors. Union Square, now you're talkin'!!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:16 pm

motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.

This sounds wonderfully Romantic to me...

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:00 pm

moonrise wrote:
TomServo wrote:I would die contented, if I finally owned my own hot dog cart.

It would be called "Screamin' Weenies". I'd run it in Union Square, SF, and put Stanley Steemers out of business. His hot dogs suck anyways! I'd serve New York style dogs, with Sabretts onion sauce, sauerkraut, and anything the health dept. allows. Speaking of which...the health dept. doesn't inspect Stan's carts...they just walk by and put a sticker on it.

I don't know if it was the playa, but a gentleman had his own cart at BM 2005 or 2006, and those hot dogs were awesome! This has been a dream of mine, way before that, but, he inspired me to make it happen.

What about you? Maybe posting your dream job might catch the eye of someone, who could help you out!
Your idea may have caught my eye TS!

In Tahoe they are a few similar sitautions, despite the overbearing 'resorty' regulations; some street food vendors seem to find locations and do very well. Including hot dogs vendors. Union Square, now you're talkin'!!

that reminds me of something i wanted to do long ago before it became popular - a barrista, my life long love of coffee for a a living

would work well next to a hot dog stand i think or in fact anywhere

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:28 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.
This sounds wonderfully Romantic to me...

Indeed.
I am if nothing more a hopeless romantic.

Thanks Crypto. You made my day.

and now I'm tearing up for some damn reason. Hrmph.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:41 pm

motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.

Check out these portable and modular designs.
http://www.mkdesigns.com/

There are a huge number of people doing designs based on containers and modular built from scratch.
It's a fascinating area for me.
I even talked to Fuller about housing once.
Keep digging.
There's a lot of material out there.

I even tried to get some Luxeon homes awhile back, but on a military base, they require costly work to move.
Would have been easy otherwise.

http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/re ... using.html

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:06 pm

gyre wrote:
motskyroonmatick wrote:I would like to build a wide variety of disaster relief assets based on 20' and 40' shipping containers and work deploying and operating them in disaster areas in the continental us. They would run the gambit from dwelling units, food service, laundry, shower, basic medical, IC and community communication bases, to water purification, mechanical sand bag filling and of course welding and mechanical repair. You name it. Supporting local leadership and sweat equity with ready to go physical support assets would be awesome. Driving the heavy trucks would be an excellent side benefit.
Check out these portable and modular designs.
http://www.mkdesigns.com/

There are a huge number of people doing designs based on containers and modular built from scratch.
It's a fascinating area for me.
I even talked to Fuller about housing once.
Keep digging.
There's a lot of material out there.

I even tried to get some Luxeon homes awhile back, but on a military base, they require costly work to move.
Would have been easy otherwise.

http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/re ... using.html

I'm familiar with modular home construction and fairly up to date on container home construction. Some of the mobile home manufacturers near here are building multi level units that are set up with cranes. I'd find that more interesting if the homes were of better workmanship and quality. The main draw for me with containers is the high availability, standard dimensions and ease of mobility across modes of shipping. It seems like a great platform to build a wide variety of things on.
It seems odd to me that the carnival food industry has not adopted modified containers for their vending. What a pain in the ass it must be to have to lean way over out of your trailer to hand someone an elephant ear....

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:10 pm

graidawg wrote:
moonrise wrote:
TomServo wrote:I would die contented, if I finally owned my own hot dog cart.

It would be called "Screamin' Weenies". I'd run it in Union Square, SF, and put Stanley Steemers out of business. His hot dogs suck anyways! I'd serve New York style dogs, with Sabretts onion sauce, sauerkraut, and anything the health dept. allows. Speaking of which...the health dept. doesn't inspect Stan's carts...they just walk by and put a sticker on it.

I don't know if it was the playa, but a gentleman had his own cart at BM 2005 or 2006, and those hot dogs were awesome! This has been a dream of mine, way before that, but, he inspired me to make it happen.

What about you? Maybe posting your dream job might catch the eye of someone, who could help you out!
Your idea may have caught my eye TS!

In Tahoe they are a few similar sitautions, despite the overbearing 'resorty' regulations; some street food vendors seem to find locations and do very well. Including hot dogs vendors. Union Square, now you're talkin'!!
that reminds me of something i wanted to do long ago before it became popular - a barrista, my life long love of coffee for a a living
would work well next to a hot dog stand i think or in fact anywhere

In high school, my friend (our guitarist) and I wanted to start up a coffee shop. I came up with the concept of it being an assault weapon themed restaurant....thus akcafe. He didn't go for it.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:13 pm

moonrise wrote:
TomServo wrote:I would die contented, if I finally owned my own hot dog cart.

It would be called "Screamin' Weenies". I'd run it in Union Square, SF, and put Stanley Steemers out of business. His hot dogs suck anyways! I'd serve New York style dogs, with Sabretts onion sauce, sauerkraut, and anything the health dept. allows. Speaking of which...the health dept. doesn't inspect Stan's carts...they just walk by and put a sticker on it.

I don't know if it was the playa, but a gentleman had his own cart at BM 2005 or 2006, and those hot dogs were awesome! This has been a dream of mine, way before that, but, he inspired me to make it happen.

What about you? Maybe posting your dream job might catch the eye of someone, who could help you out!
Your idea may have caught my eye TS!

In Tahoe they are a few similar sitautions, despite the overbearing 'resorty' regulations; some street food vendors seem to find locations and do very well. Including hot dogs vendors. Union Square, now you're talkin'!!

Ive been researching this for years, and the biggest pain in the ass, besides the commissary, is the Sabretts style onion sauce. Seems like they want everything pre packaged.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:28 pm

I have my dream job.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:35 pm

throwing up on birthday cakes? yeah, id pay for that!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:41 pm

I think a big issue with containers is weight and width.

Psychocybin420 · Post by **Psychocybin420** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:42 pm

TomServo wrote:420s my birthday! and Hitler's.. Will you be baking brownies Psychocybin?

lol you bet! Everything from za's to brownies!

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:20 pm

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