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  • V Vincent Maverick Durano

    It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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    Corporal Agarn
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    Since I started working before computers were personal. I would be in engineering. Yes, you can do engineering without computers, it just takes longer.

    Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

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    • V Vincent Maverick Durano

      It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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      Marc Clifton
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      I've often wondered that. The list I came up with is psychologist, philosopher, theologian, or monk, depending on how far back in time you want to go. Possibly architect. Then again, I'd probably be dead, having either died pathetically as a conscripted foot soldier in a war or from disease, or at best been a farmer. I seriously doubt I would have risen through any military ranks, but politician might have been possible, though in that case I would have lost my marbles drinking from lead-laced aqueducts if in Rome. Marc

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      • D Daniel Pfeffer

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        DNFTT! :laugh:


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        • V Vincent Maverick Durano

          It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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          Vark111
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          I'd be the inventor of the first computer. :D

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          • V Vincent Maverick Durano

            It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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            Lost User
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            I would still be a chemist. It was a lot of fun, but I don't miss it.

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            • V Vincent Maverick Durano

              You must be legend! ;P

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              R Giskard Reventlov
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              Only in my own lunchtime. :)

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              • S Super Lloyd

                Being American there is a good chance you have been a soldier, or a prison warden I would venture...

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                R Giskard Reventlov
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                You'll never know! (Besides, I'm a hybrid).

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                • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                  It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                  jeron1
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                  A fishing guide, specializing in Musky[^], :sigh: oh dare to dream.

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                  • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                    Ron Anders wrote:

                    Or on a street corner with a guitar and a cup.

                    Count me in. We could be famous. :laugh:

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                    Ron Anders
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                    Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"

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                    • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                      Mark_Wallace wrote:

                      manual skills

                      too vague. care to share your "manual skills"? :-D

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Oh, behave!

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                        It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                        Sander Rossel
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                        I would be totally lost. It's the only thing I know how to do. I hate all physical work (well... almost all :-O ) and I have two left hands. Perhaps I'd be an artist or a writer, I've done both in the past, but in that case I'd be starving too ;p

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                        Regards, Sander

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                        • R Ron Anders

                          Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"

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                          Vincent Maverick Durano
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                          Ron Anders wrote:

                          Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"

                          Or the other way around. I'll then plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed" :laugh:

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                          • R R Giskard Reventlov

                            A street-fighter. Or a knight of the round table. Or a court jester. Or a gynecologist. Or an astronaut. Or a racing driver. Or a pro arm wrestler. Or an archeologist. Or a trapper in Canada. Or a novelist. Or a mechanic. Or an electrician. Or a baker. Or a bull fighter. Or a nurse. Or a violinist. Or a sheep shearer. Or a candlestick maker. Or a book binder. Or a kindergarten teacher. Or a prison warder. Or a soldier. Or an explorer. Or a biologist. Or a historian. I have done at least one of the above. :-)

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                            maze3
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                            please let it be novelist. can only image the things you would write with a mind that would write a response like this.

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                              I would be the equivalent of a Dune "mentat," using thought alone to create and shape realities. The fact I was physically confined in a mental institution would not bother me, since I could manufacture transcorporeal freedom any time I wanted to. I would be blogging about this (of course) by implanting memories in the subconscious minds of millions of people.

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                              Slacker007
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                              I think this is the beginning of a beautiful story line that you will transform into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. It goes without saying - books, speaking event, and movies, oh yes the movies.

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                              • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                                Ron Anders wrote:

                                Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"

                                Or the other way around. I'll then plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed" :laugh:

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                                Herbie Mountjoy
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                                I saw a man drop a five pound note into a busker's cap. As he did it he said "Here, go and get some singing lessons."

                                We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.

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                                  A street-fighter. Or a knight of the round table. Or a court jester. Or a gynecologist. Or an astronaut. Or a racing driver. Or a pro arm wrestler. Or an archeologist. Or a trapper in Canada. Or a novelist. Or a mechanic. Or an electrician. Or a baker. Or a bull fighter. Or a nurse. Or a violinist. Or a sheep shearer. Or a candlestick maker. Or a book binder. Or a kindergarten teacher. Or a prison warder. Or a soldier. Or an explorer. Or a biologist. Or a historian. I have done at least one of the above. :-)

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                                  Herbie Mountjoy
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                                  Why not be an actor? Then you could be any one of these whenever you wanted.

                                  We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.

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                                  • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                                    It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                                    ClockMeister
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                                    If computers weren't in existence I think I'd just drive a truck. :-)

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                                    • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                                      It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                                      maze3
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                                      (male) escort first, with some sex work to bump up the income. trouble of starting new again is it takes a while before you can be a bit more choosy. Might also need to shift location unless supplemented with part time construction work.

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                                      • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                                        It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                                        MikeTheFid
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                                        A Forest Ranger. It's the only career I ever went out of my way to research in the high school Guidance Office. It's my "road not taken."

                                        Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.

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                                        • V Vincent Maverick Durano

                                          It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.

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                                          Brad Stiles
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                                          Most likely, I would still be in the restaurant business. I worked over 6 years in one before the Marine Corps taught me how to program correctly. It's possible that I would be retired now, having sold the restaurant that I bought when I was 30. :)

                                          Currently reading: "The Prince", by Nicolo Machiavelli

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