Weird/Unique/WTF old timey professions

[OK_Cat]

Joke writer for this thread

[Brock Landers]

Apothecary

[Brock Landers]

Owner of ksufans.com

[Spracne]

Cobbler. Apothecary. Blacksmith. Tanner.

[Emo EMAW]

Lighthouse keeper

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[puniraptor]

VCR repairman

[puniraptor]

Lazerdisc repairman

[kso_FAN]

Telegraph operator

[IPA4Me]

Hey guyz, its ben ji here. Lets talk old timey professions that seem kinda weird or unique, BONUS POINTS if a family member performed them at one time.

My grandpa started working for the Postal Service after WWII. Must of been a mailman, dropping mail off at people's doors n stuff right? Nope, he was an old timey mail sorter guy. He had every zipcode from Kansas/Iowa/Nebraska/Missouri memorized.

Every week he would board a "Mail" train at Union Station and ride that train throughout the midwest picking up/dropping off mail in podunk towns. He and the other Mail sorters would sit in the back of the train and sort the mail by zip codes while still on the train. The train would make a big ole 3 day loop and then return to Kansas City. 

THEN THE DAM COMPUTERS CAME AND TOOK HIS JOB(actually he retired with a pension after like 25 years).

My grandfather retired from the usps too. He was a regular route dude though. Before that, he was a clock repairman. Used to teardown and rebuild grandfather clocks.

[Spracne]

Hey guyz, its ben ji here. Lets talk old timey professions that seem kinda weird or unique, BONUS POINTS if a family member performed them at one time.

My grandpa started working for the Postal Service after WWII. Must of been a mailman, dropping mail off at people's doors n stuff right? Nope, he was an old timey mail sorter guy. He had every zipcode from Kansas/Iowa/Nebraska/Missouri memorized.

Every week he would board a "Mail" train at Union Station and ride that train throughout the midwest picking up/dropping off mail in podunk towns. He and the other Mail sorters would sit in the back of the train and sort the mail by zip codes while still on the train. The train would make a big ole 3 day loop and then return to Kansas City. 

THEN THE DAM COMPUTERS CAME AND TOOK HIS JOB(actually he retired with a pension after like 25 years).

My grandfather retired from the usps too. He was a regular route dude though. Before that, he was a clock repairman. Used to teardown and rebuild grandfather clocks.

My daddy used to exterminate daddy longlegs.

[IPA4Me]

Mmmm. Kind of stretching on that one.

[Cartierfor3]

Bootlegger. Does anyone have like a great grandpa who was a bootlegger? I bet that guy would have cool stories.

Also, guy who kept watch so wolves didn't eat villagers while everyone was sleeping.

[Spracne]

Bootlegger. Does anyone have like a great grandpa who was a bootlegger? I bet that guy would have cool stories.

Also, guy who kept watch so wolves didn't eat villagers while everyone was sleeping.

Tywin was a great man...

[ben ji]

Cobblers? Didnt they fix shoes or something?

Man, just think about it. Shoe's used to be so expensive/valuable that you would have someone repair them instead of just buying some new kicks fresh off the boat from SE Asia.

[Spracne]

Cobblers? Didnt they fix shoes or something?

Man, just think about it. Shoe's used to be so expensive/valuable that you would have someone repair them instead of just buying some new kicks fresh off the boat from SE Asia.

Why, sir, cobble you!

Cobblers DO still exist, fwiw.

[Tobias]

anyone got a reasonably priced bard in seneca?

[Cartierfor3]

Back before printing press, monks and other dudes had to just hand copy everything. Seems tedious.

[HELLHAMMER]

Patron at Dr. Love's

[Saulbadguy]

Object oriented programmer

[ben ji]

Back before printing press, monks and other dudes had to just hand copy everything. Seems tedious.

Woof, can you imagine what upper management was like back then

"Hey Luther, I know you had a case of the Plague and all but Ima need more than 3 Bibles every month"

"Did you get the Memo about the TPS reports and how it could lead to increased Productivity with the new King James Files?"

"Great, see you on saturday but not on sunday!!!"

[scottwildcat]

Bootlegger. Does anyone have like a great grandpa who was a bootlegger? I bet that guy would have cool stories.

Also, guy who kept watch so wolves didn't eat villagers while everyone was sleeping.

sw's grandfather on his mother's side transported bootleg whiskey from Texas into country clubs on Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Illinois


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[scottwildcat]

Bootlegger. Does anyone have like a great grandpa who was a bootlegger? I bet that guy would have cool stories.

Also, guy who kept watch so wolves didn't eat villagers while everyone was sleeping.

sw's grandfather on his mother's side transported bootleg whiskey from Texas into country clubs on Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Illinois


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[SkinnyBenny]

dinosaur bartender

[SkinnyBenny]

woolly mammoth spanish language interpreter

[SkinnyBenny]

fish with legs