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RE Blanks

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Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« on: November 13, 2006, 10:58:28 PM »
Sitting in a hotel room, with a terrible Panthers / Bucs game on and I revisited the Who are you guys thread.  It seems like everyone is an attorney or Supt.  So, I added them up.  Here are the occupations from the 3 threads.  

Supt/Greenskeeper - 47
Financial - 45
Attorney - 25
Media - 24
Student - 24
Technology - 22
Golf Architect - 20
Sales - 19
Physician/Medcal - 13
Golf Professional - 12
Engineer - 11
Educator - 9
Retired - 9
Insurance - 5
Golf Operations - 4
Real Estate Developer - 4
CEO - 3
Private Investigator - 3
Medical Research - 2
Accountant - 2
Dentist - 2
Non Golf Architect - 2
Wine Beer Wholesaler - 2
Construction - 2
Marketing - 2
Graphic Design - 2
TShirt Printer - 1
Surveyor - 1
Relations - 1
Steel Mill Crane Operator - 1
Oil and Gas - 1
Caddeymaster - 1
Bowling Center GM - 1
Baritone Soloist - 1
Policeman - 1
Unemployed - 1

If golfers come in all shapes and sizes and backgrounds, Why is Golf Course Architecture is a white collar pursuit?    
« Last Edit: November 13, 2006, 11:05:39 PM by RE Blanks »

Tim Bert

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2006, 11:13:18 PM »
While my comment isn't intended to support or refute your question, I'm wondering where actuary got bucketed...

I'm thinking maybe insurance, though we don't all work in insurance!!

OK, I do (and so does the other one that posts here), but really... not all of us do.

RE Blanks

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2006, 11:15:38 PM »
insurance

Michael Dugger

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2006, 11:18:40 PM »
Baritone Soloist?
Private Dick?
Bowling Center Gm?

Who are you guys, indeed!

Great work on the list.  I am the unemployed guy at the end!!

Just Kidding

What does it matter if the poor player can putt all the way from tee to green, provided that he has to zigzag so frequently that he takes six or seven putts to reach it?     --Alistair Mackenzie--

James Bennett

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2006, 11:38:58 PM »
Baritone Soloist? - Mark Rowlinson I presume.
Private Dick?
Bowling Center Gm?
Bob; its impossible to explain some of the clutter that gets recalled from the attic between my ears. .  (SL Solow)

Aaron Katz

Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2006, 09:17:14 AM »
The occupations overrepresented are those where we are in front of a computer all day.  
« Last Edit: November 14, 2006, 09:17:43 AM by Aaron Katz »

Garland Bayley

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2006, 10:51:38 AM »
Who were the wine beer wholesalers? Inquiring minds want to know.  ;)
"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Andy Scanlon

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2006, 11:25:51 AM »
The occupations overrepresented are those where we are in front of a computer all day.  

 ;D ;D Especially those of us who are supposed to be reading/researching caselaw, statutes and regulations all day.  ;) ;)
All architects will be a lot more comfortable when the powers that be in golf finally solve the ball problem. If the distance to be gotten with the ball continues to increase, it will be necessary to go to 7,500 and even 8000 yard courses.  
- William Flynn, golf architect, 1927

Paul Payne

Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2006, 03:07:12 PM »
Me being a materials engineer from a steel company (possibly one of the engineers noted) I am very curious who the "Steel mill crane operator" is. I may know him.

Andrew Summerell

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2006, 05:15:01 PM »
I don't see Musician.

I assume it comes under media.

Dan Kelly

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2006, 06:20:20 PM »
I am the unemployed guy at the end!!

I figured the unemployed guy was a golf-course architect....
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Tiger_Bernhardt

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2006, 06:28:33 PM »
I do not know if I would call it a white collar profession. I would say there is some cross over as far as desire to learn and apply multiple deciplines is closer to white collar.

Dan Boerger

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2006, 06:31:27 PM »


I'm in advertising. And it really is the world's oldest profession if you think about it ... :)
"Man should practice moderation in all things, including moderation."  Mark Twain

Jordan Wall

Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2006, 06:42:26 PM »
I am a caddy and soon to be bag room employee.

Bill_McBride

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2006, 06:56:04 PM »
Me being a materials engineer from a steel company (possibly one of the engineers noted) I am very curious who the "Steel mill crane operator" is. I may know him.

I suspect that was written a couple of years ago by Portland, Oregon's own "Slag Bandoon," the nom de plume of Norbert Painter, who was right sized or out sourced, made redundant or some other damned thing.  He was subsequently re-educated as a landscape architect and is now self-employed in the landscaping field.

peter_mcknight

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Re:Occupations from Who are you guys....really
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2006, 08:02:33 PM »
I'm a lobbyist, so you can add that to the list.  As a curious aside from my employment past, I'm also certified by SWANA to design and manage a municipal recycling program for a jurisdiction.


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