Damn, I forgot to mention that I also have pictures online of the dinosaur “sculptures” at the Circle museum. They’re pretty cool. Email me if you want the link.
whistlepig
I work as a weight-loss counselor for a major weight-loss company. It’s only a part-time gig because it doesn’t pay the bills real well. I work for a pharmaceutical company for that kind of money. 
By whom and why? Some ‘visit montana’ travel guide?
I am on the radio. I work on the air for a modern rock station in Knoxville. The job doesn’t pay particularly well - but man the perks rule. I haven’t paid for a concert ticket or CD in years. I really enjoy my gig, being wacky and creative on the air is much like therapy for me. And I need therapy.
I don’t know how unusual my job is…I’m a data network analyst for a large company. I work in a group of people who manage and troubleshoot the company’s (big) data network in the U.S. Oftentimes interesting, sometimes…not.
Originally Posted by whistlepig
I get paid to travel the ENTIRE state of Montana. Name a town in Montana and I’ve been there. I can tell you hotels, fishing access sites, hikes, restaurants, bars, etc.
I never get lost because I’ve been there before. How many people can say that about a geography of 150,000 square miles?
Whistlepig
Could you phrase that in the form of a coherent question? I have no idea what you said.
whistlepig
I got my truck smogged this weekend and started talking to the girl behind the counter.
Her job #1 is pretty normal (work at a mechanic).
Her job #2 is pretty unusual. She works for Crime Scene Cleaners. They go out and clean up dead bodies and whatnot. I asked her the worst one she’d had to deal with, it was cleaning up after a corpse that had been lying on a mattress for several weeks.
Smogged
I’m not familiar with this verb. Some googling shows it has something to do with a mechanic.
Please enlighten me.
I look after the mammals in a small zoo. I’m also the tourguide and sometimes I do 6-8 week Nature Club courses at after school programs.
No llamas. 
They also bite. Watch your back. 
In California (and many other states) your vehicle has to be tested (smogged) periodically to ensure that it conforms to emission standards.
Stranger
Who pays you to travel the entire state of Montana and why do they think this is a good use of money? Do you do it for some kind of ‘visit Montana’ travel guide?
i spent a little over a year running the tongue saw at a slaughterhouse
Do you still eat beef? Did you get free beef while you worked there?
Can you still taste beef?
They saw off the tongues?
'Course. How else would the tongues get to market?
Beef tongue makes a tasty sandwich, and can be cooked other ways.
I guess I just never considered you would use a saw to separate the tongue.
I’ve never eaten tongue - but I’m told it’s very good.
How did the old joke go?
Customer :“What specials do you have?”
Waiter: “Well, today we have a special on tongue sandwich.”
Customer: “How disgusting, I’m not eating something that’s been in another animals mouth!”
Waiter: “Would you prefer an egg, then?”
What happens if it is a cloudy day? Do they still make maps from images with spots of cloud blocking parts of the landscape, making guesses as to what’s beneath?
I’ve had some odd ones (I still have a part time gig at a non-profit adult ESL school which can be odd sometimes):
- abandoned prison tour guide
- travelling with the world’s largest map of Earth, teaching geography/global studies
- election monitor
- English teacher in Qatar (this has come up on the boards a few times)
- cleaning up a vet’s office after the daily operations (one cat testicle = step carefully until next located…)
- creating a database of the world’s museums
- directing voice talent for educational videos
- translating pharmaceutical studies
Met some cool llamas in Peru, but never got to work with them! Sounds cool!
Thanks for the clarification of your questions. Maybe I was having a low brainwave morning.
The state of Montana pays me to travel the entire state of Montana. I work with school districts. I make sure that all 350 districts are in compliance with federal and state special education rules, provide technical assistance to teachers on their special education paperwork or on kids with behavior problems, cognitive delay or autism. And every parent and every school district in Montana can call me with a problem.
It’s a good use of money because Montana school districts get money from the federal government to provide special education services to students. Part of the agreement to take the federal money is that we make sure that EVERY special education student in Montana gets fair services. There are 19,000 special education students in Montana and a total of about 5 FTE who share my job. Without my coworkers and I, the feds could pull the money because we couldn’t prove that special education services are delivered.
whistlepig