Heh, I don't suppose government welfare counts? XD
If I ever do manage to finish any of the games/novels I'm currently working on, then perhaps all that spare time will have finally paid off :).
Or, to give the less bourgeoisie answer, "Pfft, why do people always assume that it's not a REAL job unless it makes money." :P

Yes, it is hard work and will wear a body down - especially the back from bending down laying the lower courses (and after 30 years of doing so).

I have done my share of mixing mud manually - not something I'd want to do all day.

Anyway, glad to see a fellow builder here among my favorite online community.

Cheers!

I fix bugs in a commercial program.

Other than building big metallic things, I volunteered for the national Fyrd. Gotta watch out for them vikings.

Oh, I've also worked in accounting (f*ck), tourism (f******ck) and machining (f**... no, wait, that one was OK).

I mixed cement the old-fashioned way and built houses when I did volunteer work in southern Thailand (near Hat Yai, not too far from the Malaysian border actually). I did something similar when I volunteered in China as well. Thankfully I only did manual labour for a few months (I spent the rest of my time teaching). It definitely wears you down quite fast - especially when it comes to a frail geek like me ;).

I was considered Adonis when I dug ditches in a hard packed, rocky high desert, and despite being young and in enviable physical condition I had what I could only describe as arthritic pain in my hands when I went home.

Some things we are just not able to do long term. Somehow some manage to habituate to it enough to survive, but it's brutal and kind of sad given our technology:(

Some people have jobs and still they have so much time be in this forum. I don't get it.

Edit; I'm just an asshole and drunk. *smiley face*

Some of us have boring jobs and internet access......

Oh don't worry, you still have plenty of time even if you have a job, as long as you're a drunk with no life;)

PS, drunk too, brother!
Or this!

You ogre.. I like you. We just try our best. Those fucks.. Anyway.. *featuring a drunken asshole* =) ..so, I did have a soul. ^^

I just got hired in the gaming section of Bestbuy right next to my house.

I have a job at day, and class (study for degree at night). i visit gog.com usually before twelve (most of the time). other than that whenever i have free time.

sadly, i have no girlfriend.

Damn straight. Some of us are even deftly camouflaged as lumberjacks.

I'm an engineer working with drilling equipment.

Shhh, I'm in a meeting now!

I hear the meeting organizer saying blaa blaa blaa. She just asked whether I could check something, I said yeah I'll do that later today, just send me a reminder mail.

Quite often when I write here, I have something running on the background, many times even several things at the same time.

Even at home, I quite often watch TV at the same time as I play something. Maybe that's why I prefer RTS games and others where there is waiting and "overseeing" of things, more than actively having to kill baddies all the time.

I'm also very flexible with my working hours. If I have lots to do, I continue work at home to late hours. Just last week a colleague of mine commented that I had apparently sent a work email at 2:15am (at night) or so. Fortunately this is an exception nowadays, sometime before this used to be the norm for me.

Too bad I can't drink at work... I have tried sometime in the past though.

Could have sworn it said:
Hm.. oh well.