Small Town Jobs

Rotgut · Post by **Rotgut** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:48 pm

Im currently looking at many houses in small towns that have some land on them. The only problem with that is most people I know in small towns either farm or ranch. Both of those things I know very little about. So Im wondering what other jobs there would be. What do you small town people do to pay the bills?

tracker0945 · Post by **tracker0945** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:31 pm

The same things as Big Town people do only in a smaller way. Sometimes you can do it from home, some may have to travel 50 miles or so to their job but that is no worse than sitting in a train or traffic jam for an hour.
Cheers

Hillbilly Rebel · Post by **Hillbilly Rebel** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:36 am

I can just speak for my area, but like anyplace else, it depends on what skills, training and desires that you bring with you. We do the same things that are done elsewhere with some additional ones that are particular to the area. In my area coal mining, timbering and extraction of oil and gas account for a lot of employment. Yet we have our teachers, store owners and clerks, doctors, nurses and government employees like everywhere else. So ask not what we can do for you, ask what you can do for us. (Forgive me John).

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:40 am

Scour the countryside and other small towns for collectible cars. Fix them up a bit, tote them to the big city and sell them for twice what you paid. I know a guy that specializes in Mustangs. He has a truck and trailer to haul them - locates them out in the boonies where demand is low, bargains hard, takes them home and does some minor repair/cosmetic work on them and then sells them for big bucks in the big city. Sells them fast too - because the demand is higher and concentrated there.

You can use that same method for a lot of things - go around and buy stuff that you can then take to the city and sell in flea markets or to antique dealers. If you set up at flea markest, make sure it is a real big one, and sell a variety of items - until and unless you decide to specialize.

Small shippable items you can sell on Ebay, like collectible bottles and such.

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:12 pm

Depends on your talents. For example, in Lithuania, you can make a living doing translations. You're not going to get rich, but it'll pay the bills. And all you need is a computer and the net. Plus, plenty of free time for distilling.

Of course, this would mean that you need to be able to translate into or from Lithuanian

If you've got more than three languages under your belt, you would do very well.

If you're in the States, translation isn't really an option. 1. Most yanks don't speak more than english, 2. there's not much of a market for translation and 3. translation?

Ah, the joy's of living in the EU -- 23 official languages, if I remember correctly...

Aidas

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:45 pm

You can also micro farm on small lots. Raise and sell organic fruits/nuts/vegetables to restauraunts with chefs, or sell them to/at the farmers market in the city. You can also set up a subsriber system, where people pay fees in advance for weekly food supplies of what you have in season.

Google the following: micro farm, biodiverse farm, eco farm. You will see that you can eventually get a decent income stream going.

Post by **theholymackerel** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:03 am

Aidas wrote:Ah, the joy's of living in the EU -- 23 official languages, if I remember correctly...

We have more languages than that in just the one state I live in (New Mexico).

We have 19 Pueblos, each with their own language. We have Utes, Apaches, Navahos, and Zunis. We also have English and Spanish speakers here.

So thats 25 languages all in just one of the fifty states. I'm sure I'm forgettin' a people and language or two, if so I'm sorry.

So, 25, or more languages just involvin' the Peoples "from" here. There are many Peoples that live here that have only been here a few decades. Fer instance: In the 70's when all the "Boat People" showed up in California and Oregon from South-East Asia the Federal Government picked a few places around the country to set-up communitities for them and moved them there. Albuquerque, New Mexico was one place where the Feds moved alot of the "Boat People". Today we have a thrivin' Vietamise, Cambodian, and Laotian community that's held onto their languages and culture. So I guess that they, and others, are New Mexicans now and we as New Mexicans probably speak more than 30 languages in our one state.

punkin · Post by **punkin** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:34 am

I'm sure I'm forgettin' a people and language or two, if so I'm sorry.

Yes.
I am rather upset.

You forgot pissed.

YouAlsoForgotGibberishPunkin

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:33 pm

[quote="theholymackerelSo thats 25 languages all in just one of the fifty states. I'm sure I'm forgettin' a people and language or two, if so I'm sorry.

quote]

True enough. I'm not counting regional dialects (that can be so different as to be hardly understandable to another) -- just official languages. Kudos to the pueblos, laoations, vietnamese, mexicans, etc. for maintaining their cultural identity and language.

That said, there's not much of a market for translating pueblo (one of the dialects) into english or any other language, now is there. It's not going to put bread on the table

English, though not the official language (as far as I know), is the only real government language in the States, and certainly the lingua franca. I don't know many americans that need to use more than english on a daily basis. I, on the other hand, use four languages on a daily basis (not on weekends).

Aidas

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:10 pm

that's something I've noticed, did you study english aidas?
or just use it a lot? cause you do it very well in english, as far as I can tell

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:25 pm

I studied in the States.

That's why I've got an american accent when I type.

Aidas

cannon.co.tn · Post by **cannon.co.tn** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:22 pm

Aidas wrote: I don't know many americans that need to use more than english on a daily basis.

Apparently your studies in the States weren't in California or Florida.

Post by **theholymackerel** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:36 am

Aidas wrote: I'm not counting regional dialects (that can be so different as to be hardly understandable to another) -- just official languages... That said, there's not much of a market for translating pueblo (one of the dialects) into english or any other language, now is there. It's not going to put bread on the table

The 19 Pueblo languages are not dialects, they are languages. They fit into 3 distinct language trees, but are their own languages. People here DO make a livin' translatin'. Most of the local telemarketin' companies won't hire folks that only speak one language. I have a friend that is a professor of the Navaho language at UNM. She definately makes her livin' from an other than English language.

New Mexico is estimated to have 2/3rds of it's population bilingual, and between 25-30% of it's population to speak three or more languages. (Most of my Indian friends speak English, Spanish, and two to three Tribal Toungues.)

So to re-cap: 19 Pueblo languages, Navaho, Ute, Apache, Zuni, Spanish, and English make for 25 seperate, distinct, languages in New Mexico for the Peoples "from" here, and who knows how many from Peoples who moved here long enough ago to be "New Mexicans" now, And a HUGE % of the State is multilingual and folk make a livin' here from speakin' multiple languages.

Aidas wrote: I don't know many americans that need to use more than english on a daily basis.

I may be wrong, but I'll bet money I know more Americans than you do, and where I live Spanish, bare minimum, is necessary.

Rotgut · Post by **Rotgut** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:22 pm

cannon.co.tn wrote:
Aidas wrote: I don't know many americans that need to use more than english on a daily basis.
Apparently your studies in the States weren't in California or Florida.

Or in Nebraska

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:23 pm

THM,

Point well taken. Though I think the Pueblo languages are 4 distinct groups, not 3.

Anyway, I still stand by my main point that the vast majority of americans not only don't need a second language, they don't know a second language. The statistics that I find are that only 9% of USA inhabitants speak more than one language, and that includes California's and Florida's latin-american communitites, the native-americans, etc. To me that's an incredibly low figure. Basically it means that (aside from the tiny native-american communities) that figure is pretty much made up by central and south american plus caribbean spanish speakers...

I'm not even going to go into talking about third or fourth languages.

By speaking a language, I mean more than just being able to say "gracias", by the way. I mean actually being able to communicate thouroughly (including shooting the shit).

I recognize that there are some exceptions to the rule. Obviously there are a number of people, especially in the academic world that are multi-lingual. I know a number of ethnic Lithuanians born and raised in the States who are multi-lingual, but my experience was that they were DEFINITELY a rare breed, and the exception to the rule. The statistics prove my point.

This, my friends, is not a USA-only problem. This is a problem shared by all large nations. For example, the vast majority of russians simply cannot imagine needing to speak a second or third language -- they think everybody should speak russian... much like the stereotype of the "ugly american" that comes to the Old Country and simply doesn't get it that not everybody speaks english (though these days, in most of Europe, pretty much all young people speak english too).

To this day, my american friends are blown away by my knowledge of 5 languages and the ability to get by in 3-4 more (get by = touristing), as most of them speak only english (and like the british, poorly)

To this day, I'm blown away by people NOT knowing an additional two or three languages, especially in the global economy...

Aidas

Post by **HookLine** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:47 pm

This, my friends, is not a USA-only problem. This is a problem shared by all large nations.

And some not so large ones (population wise). Australia is basically mono-lingual. Few speak another language at all, let alone fluently, and most who do are immigrants, or their children, or academics.

Your English is very good, Aidas. What other languages do you speak?

Post by **Husker** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:52 pm

HookLine wrote:
This, my friends, is not a USA-only problem. This is a problem shared by all large nations.
And some not so large ones (population wise). Australia is basically mono-lingual. Few speak another language at all, let alone fluently, and most who do are immigrants, or their children, or academics.

Your English is very good, Aidas. What other languages do you speak?

Hell, do u Ozlanders even speak English fliuently

I have read a few posts here. Looks like jibberish made up, drunk in a bar, standing on yer head, trying to drink more beer.

H.

punkin · Post by **punkin** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:04 am

Husker wrote:
HookLine wrote:
This, my friends, is not a USA-only problem. This is a problem shared by all large nations.
And some not so large ones (population wise). Australia is basically mono-lingual. Few speak another language at all, let alone fluently, and most who do are immigrants, or their children, or academics.

Your English is very good, Aidas. What other languages do you speak?
Hell, do u Ozlanders even speak English fliuently I have read a few posts here. Looks like jibberish made up, drunk in a bar, standing on yer head, trying to drink more beer.

H.

I dunno?

Whats fliuently??

GottaHaveYourDucksInARowPunkin

Post by **HookLine** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:29 am

Husker wrote: Hell, do u Ozlanders even speak English fliuently I have read a few posts here. Looks like jibberish made up, drunk in a bar, standing on yer head, trying to drink more beer.

H.

How did you know our secret? Is it that obvious?

(Where's blanikdog when you need him?)

And AyMerryCans ain't in no position to be lecturing others on propper spayking of da Kween's Aynglash.

But we still love youse all. Fair dinkum, cobber.

Now bugger off, I gotta fire up the u-bute, track out to the thunderbox and point Percy at the porcelain.

[Translation: Excuse me, dear friend, I must start the utility truck, drive to the toilet, and urinate into the appropriate receptacle from a standing position.]

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:16 am

HookLine wrote:
Your English is very good, Aidas. What other languages do you speak?

Lithuanian (fluent), English (fluent), German (used to be fluent, now it's just good), French (used to be really good, but now it's reallllllllly rusty), Russian (getting worse all the time, thank God!), Spanish (I get by), Italian (I get by), and a smattering of greek. I pick up languages very quickly, so when I go to another country for a weekend or longer, by the end of the week I can get by in the local lingo.

The reason my language skills are deteriorating is that English is fast becoming the lingua franca. That said, I'm planning on spending more time in Belgium, Italy and Spain in the future, so I should better my french, italian, spanish, and pick up dutch...

Best,

Aidas

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:51 pm

Being from the Southern USA I thought I might try to expand my knowledge of this great nation and took a trip to New York City. They were speaking some sort of English but I couldn't understand them and from the funny looks I'm sure they didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

I discovered that the best thing that ever came out of that town was the southbound lane of Interstate 95 (don't mean to offend anyone from there, I was just glad to get home).

Got friends from Rhode Island and I have actually had them to write things down so I would know what they were saying. English is more than one language.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:10 pm

blue,if you had found some of them new york city women and let them hear that southern drawl you might have been able to make relations with a few of them!

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:34 pm

Dang Ricky,

I didn't thank of that. I heading back this weekend!!!

BW Redneck · Post by **BW Redneck** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:55 pm

Heh. I'm probably one of the least cultured individuals here. Here in central Ohio, you only need to speak another language if you manage to live in an Amish-populated region. (Their Pennsylvania-dutch only slightly resembles German.) It's kinda scary when a group of amish guys are on break after raising a barn, shooting the breeze in their german dialect when one shouts SUCKER!! and everyone laughs.

(Maybe I oughta check out what the hell they did to the barn, ya know?)

Speakin' of different kinds of "English",Ohio's regional accents used to be really quite diverse. You had the toledo warble, the Appalachian drawl, the Sidney slur, and whatever else you could think of . You can almost cross a county line and find yourself stumblin' over how anything is pronounced. Ask ten people in Ohio to say the words "wash", "window", "measure", and "Morrow County" (by the way, it's pernounced MAR-uh COW-nee

) and you'll get twelve different ways of sayin' it!

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:56 pm

i wouldnt make the trip just for that!

them georgia peaches is a lot closer!

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:06 pm

them georgia peaches is a lot closer!

YES THEY ARE!!! Real close in fact!!! I'm married to one.

Best thing that ever happened to this ol' boy. I wouldn't trade her for a spankin' new Barlow! You outta taste them biscuits

. And I'm sure she can out do them other gals in the relations department

.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:55 pm

RodKnocker1

i always said my wife was half choctaw but she might be a site better than that. the only woman i ever seen could go to a bare cubbard and fix a four course meal.

and dont get me started on the relations!

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:59 pm

We share more than I thought. She's 1/8 Cherokee. Life is good.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:04 pm

No doubt!

punkin · Post by **punkin** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:09 pm

Old_Blue wrote:
them georgia peaches is a lot closer!
YES THEY ARE!!! Real close in fact!!! I'm married to one. Best thing that ever happened to this ol' boy. I wouldn't trade her for a spankin' new Barlow! You outta taste them biscuits . And I'm sure she can out do them other gals in the relations department .

She was leaning over your shoulder when you typed that, Eh?