What do you do for a livin and

[dissel]

I wanted to be a police officer. Now i'm a electrical lineman.

[walleyemaniac]

I wanted to be a linebacker for the bears! Like singletary, all crazy eyed, breaking facemasks! Quit growing in ninth grade, so now I work in a steel mill.

[GeoFisher]

Wanted to be a professional musician or high school music teacher. Became an Application Developer and then Database Administrator.

[HURRICANEBOB]

What I wanted to be when I grew up? ALIVE....tough neighborhood.

Degree in Sociology was to learn to talk my way out of fights. Army career as a Tanker and other things was to have a fall back position in the event the sociology degree didn't work. Now a Army Civilian working the move of the Fort Knox Armor School to Fort Benning GA. Great job, a tanker moving "the tanker school", and counseling the folks that will miss it when its gone.

Last thing in life I want to accomplish, in the past 2 years, I've been getting close to accomplishing. Using the best of my sociology skills, I'm attempting counsel to and modify the behavior of Stripers so they learn to control their natural aggression.......and NOT eat shad.

[Procraft Cat]

Begged the Marine Corp to take me but they wouldn't have any part of it. (Medical issue) Been a welder/fabricator for 15 years..

[roadrunner]

Started out as a farmer but had to give it up could not drink that much coffee. Went to work for my father-in-law in manufacturing running the shipping department I’m now President of a vinyl window company.

[walkeraviator]

Wanted to fly OH-6's for the 160th SOAR. I did manage to become a career pilot (which is a bad thing to be in this economy). BUt thanks to a medical condition, I never got to be an officer in the Army. Instead I do my best to avoid being an airline pilot.

[MsgMills]

Wanted to join the Army and retire..I joined the army in 1979 and Retired in 1999....So i did what i wanted and attained my goal........

Not many people can retire at age 37 and set back and smell the roses as they say.......

[RoadToad]

I wanted to be a professional musician, or maybe go into the newly emerging field of music therapy. Now I'm a systems analyst, working in network operations.

[DJD]

Wanted to join the Army and retire..I joined the army in 1979 and Retired in 1999....So i did what i wanted and attained my goal........

Not many people can retire at age 37 and set back and smell the roses as they say.......

Yep not many at all.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Yep not many at all.

Retirement only takes 2 things and EVERYBODY has one of them, TIME and MONEY. I have plenty of TIME but absolutely no MONEY

[Tim_T]

Wanted to join the Army and retire..I joined the army in 1979 and Retired in 1999....So i did what i wanted and attained my goal........

Not many people can retire at age 37 and set back and smell the roses as they say.......

So far you are the only one that actually ended up doing exactly what they wanted. That is pretty cool!