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What's your dream job? If you are happily retired, what was your dream job (if you could do it over again)?
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

I currently work in a high-stress, crisis management type job. It pays the rent, has health benefits, retirement benefits, and allows me to send $ home to help my Mom with the baby, so, I am not going anywhere, but...

I have two dream jobs:

1. Own a small used book store. A friend in town owns one and would sell it to me (he's 75), but it is too risky...

2. Retire. I'd walk off the job today if I could...
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

I would love to own a bookstore too. Probably never will but that would be fun for me
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Tessa Onyx, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess)and the 5 porch kits also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

I guess I am one of the few lucky ones that have a job they really enjoy doing - auditing and forensic accounting. Every audit or every investigation is different so I am not bored. I think of retiring but not yet - I am still having fun at what I do.
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Boris's Human, Pam

I am still having fun at what I do.

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How great for you! What exactly is "forensic" accounting? You have me thinking an episode of CSI, but I am sure I am WAYYYYY off.
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

Actually, you are pretty close. I find the ones that either "cooked" the books or stole money from their employer. Basically, I find fraud and then build the case for prosecution so yes, it is somewhat like CSI only with accounting information instead.
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Boris's Human, Pam

Basically, I find fraud and then build the case for prosecution so yes, it is somewhat like CSI only with accounting information instead.

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How fascinating! I can see how that would keep your interest, ever changing scenarios...
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

At this point in my life, my dream job is more about having a sane boss than the actual work I'm doing. You know you've left a bad job when you're in the prosecutor's office five months after the job ended because the man refuses to comprehend the words "no contact"

I love teaching but if I couldn't teach

1) I would run/own an animal shelter/ doggie day care/ something a long those lines.

2) I kind of like the bookstore idea. But I don't think I could do it full time. I need to be moving!
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker

To work in a museum,
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PHTessie