There is only 1 person in the UK with my job. (And it’s me!) :eek:
I don’t know of anybody in the US who does this … but perhaps you do…
I teach chess, computer games and roleplaying full-time at school.
Why yes, it is the best job in the world. 
I am a Photo Lab Technician, that has made hundreds of thousands of prints, & not one person’s face is shown.
I work in an Aerial Phpography Lab, & our photos are turned into maps.
Word puzzles – crosswords, word-finds, etc. (I’m in charge of etc.) – for a magazine publisher.
Unless you’re a milk drinker. :smack:
Hey Bosda.
GIS
Geographic Information Systems.
Spatial Analysis.
:sigh:
I make maps.
Actually, I write front ends for our group to use the data.
I used to paint the darn things by hand. Now, I cut code. Much better than the old paint by number way (really did that for a while, a map could take weeks to produce. Ink on linen.)
I used to work on an asparagus farm.
If volunteer work counts, I commence restoring steam locomotives in a couple of days. Looking forward to it mightily!
Was anyone else thinking glee was the Queen?
They sheild your face, ears, and neck from the sun, the rain, and llama spit. This is invaluable.
We are amused!
No, I already knew what glee does for a living. As I believe he already knows that I officially hate him. 
Even Circle?
I work in a museum.
I clean artifacts, do research, help design and build exhibits, and generally anything else that needs doing.
The great part about my job is I never know what I’ll be doing each day.
I’m an astrophysicist. Does that count?
Awww. 
And this from a chap with a really amusing signature…
(Never criticize a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you’re a mile away and you’ve got his shoes.)
And I store art and antiques. Collectors and museums (like Lissa’s) would have me pack items away, transport them to my warehouse, and store them for anywhere from three days to thirty years.
The great part about my job is that I never knew what I’d be handling each day. Anything from an original Declaration of Independance, to Admiral Birds canoes, to the unique $20 gold coin that was taken from the World Trade Center just days before 9/11.
… Oh, right. I don’t work there anymore. I left last week and I’m unemployed. Nevermind then. Well I did have an unusual job…
I did that when I lived in Atlanta in the late 80’s - I worked at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth. We restored a oil-burning switch engine that I actually got to run, and I also worked on wooden cabooses and a steam-powered piledriver. (We never got the boom up but actually got her running under her own power - it was so cool!)
I’m a civilian contractor with the Tomahawk cruise missile program. This requires me to occasionally visit and get underway on various Navy ships.
Before this I was a sailor, so this is nothing new. I’ve been involved with the Navy as a sailor or contractor now for twelve years.
It’s not terribly unusual, except that not many members of this board are working with cruise missiles.
Lissa --how did you get your job?
What kind of education/training do you need?
Well, how you get your job depends a lot on the museum itself. Mine is in a small town, and has a small staff. The hiring procedures and job duties would be much different in a large or highly organized museum like the Smithsonian.
I started here as a volunteer. At my husband’s urging, I went down there one afternoon and offered to work twelve hours a week. They started me off down in the basement, cleaning rusty farm tools. I impressed them by the fact that I’m one of those rare individuals who don’t get bored or frustrated by tedious tasks. (I once spent four months cleaning a brass lamp-- I’d only manage to finish a tiny section each day.)
After about seven or eight months, they gave me a job on staff. I’m not college-educated. They trained me-- still are training me, actually. I learn something new every day.
Since it’s a general history museum, I get to work on all kinds of artifacts. One day I may be working on an illuminated manuscript from the tweflth century, and the next I may be working on a chainsaw.
Your education level depends on what you want to do in the museum. I probably won’t move up in the heirarchy, but I don’t really want to do so anyway. I’m happy scrubbing artifacts. (They’ve nicknamed me Buffy the Tarnish Slayer.)
Most of the job descriptions I’ve seen at other museums ask for a degree or equivallent experience. This is the only museum where I’ve worked, so I don’t really know how my experience would translate if I applied elsewhere.
What is left in Circle? I usually just take a right turn at the Cenex and head north to Wolf Point. Or if I’m coming the other way I’ll head towards Glendive and grap a bite at the Lindsay Rec.
The last time I ate in Circle I just grabbed a sandwich from Albertson’s. I haven’t drank there in years since I have family in Glendive and if I"m going to have a beer after work I’ll just go to the Beer Jug.
whistlepig