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HokieMacDaddy
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HokieMacDaddy

temporary manual labor in VB one summer

Demolition was my favorite, especially one of the old department stores in Lynnhaven Mall - smashing the floor-to-ceiling mirrors was a blast. Also got to work a bit with former Hokies receiver Steve Sanders.
Posted: 07/30/2024 at 10:30 AM ET
(In response to this post by bigbadbird)

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what was your favorite summer job? as the fastfood hellhounds begin their
bigbadbird • 07/30/24 08:21 AM ET
Worked at Newman Library first summer in Blacksburg.
meyerhokie1983 • 07/31/24 08:39 AM ET
Busch Gardens Williamsburg cash control
hokiedoug • 07/30/24 09:51 PM ET
Worked at the US Post Office Merrifield...
`lag • 07/30/24 04:40 PM ET
i had a great high school job for two years
MrBayAreaHokie • 07/30/24 04:23 PM ET
Movie theatre usher; we would get shot today
WestyHokie • 07/30/24 04:21 PM ET
Highway construction every summer. 2 hours a day each day 5.5 days / week
Hokiedc • 07/30/24 04:21 PM ET
Oops, 12 Hour days**
Hokiedc • 07/30/24 04:22 PM ET
I worked at an Ice House, making 300 lb blocks of ice and also bag ice.
Hokebury • 07/30/24 04:16 PM ET
I interned for the company I work for now. Spent my summers in Sharples and
Nortazhokie • 07/30/24 02:58 PM ET
I grew up on a dairy farm, so my summer job was also my fall, winter . . .
HokieKip • 07/30/24 02:45 PM ET
working at a golf course all summer - free golf...
LRC-Hokie01 • 07/30/24 02:20 PM ET
Waterfront Director at Boy Scout Camp. Swimming, canoeing, sailing, hiking,
DonHo-kieHi • 07/30/24 01:59 PM ET
Painted the low speed Wind Tunnel at VT one summer. Hot work but it was fun**
UTPr0sim • 07/30/24 12:53 PM ET
Gas station clerk in the Burg, man oh man an awesome summer**
astrohokie • 07/30/24 12:31 PM ET
Church maintenance
HokieNoVA • 07/30/24 12:28 PM ET
Worked on a crew with Anthony Pools up here in NoVa.
great2bahokie • 07/30/24 10:57 AM ET
Worked with Greensville Co. Soil Conservation Services after HS graduation.
Tank • 07/30/24 10:49 AM ET
Magic Kingdom Orlando**
OrlandoHokie • 07/30/24 10:49 AM ET
Summer school, with a lot of golf mixed in.**
UEMcGill • 07/30/24 10:41 AM ET
^^^ This is the correct answer ^^^
Hokie Fiji • 07/30/24 10:57 AM ET
temporary manual labor in VB one summer ◄
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:30 AM ET
Bus boy and waiter East Glacier Lodge in Glacier Park
hokie77th • 07/30/24 10:14 AM ET
Wowzaaa! Envious!**
DonHo-kieHi • 07/30/24 01:47 PM ET
Rock quarry worker. It was hot, dry, and
HortHokie • 07/30/24 10:12 AM ET
I was the night auditor and overnight desk clerk at a hotel on The Loop in
Hokie CPA • 07/30/24 09:53 AM ET
Close second...working at Arnold's in B'Burg and several of the good
Tuckahokie • 07/30/24 09:31 AM ET
there was indeed some nice talent there
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:27 AM ET
^^^winners^^^ Plural. Kim and them lived above me in Foxridge. Fun(s).
bourbonstreet • 07/30/24 06:25 PM ET
Bouncer at 2001 nightclub in Myrtle Beach **
CrystalCoveHokie • 07/30/24 09:25 AM ET
Jackhammer Operator...although now the lower back might not agree**
Tuckahokie • 07/30/24 09:19 AM ET
I did a weekend working a jackhammer once. Turns out I was pretty damn good
Nova Hokie 95 • 07/30/24 09:27 AM ET
Working Belmont Golf Course
hoosnowahokie • 07/30/24 09:19 AM ET
Lifeguard at club pool (outdoor)**
ColoVT82 • 07/30/24 09:10 AM ET
Sold books door to door one summer. Got up late & made a ton of money...
Vtskier1 • 07/30/24 08:53 AM ET
I lasted about three weeks at that job
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:28 AM ET
Summer of 1968, as an intern in an architecture firm in
PhotoHokieNC • 07/30/24 08:27 AM ET