Weird Jobs Ten More

I know about weird jobs,          campaign materials? Come on -      having been a "skip-tracer"     they hardly think their own        (one who tracks people down     thoughts. One writer says she      - in this case to serve               charged $25 to $35 per hour for    subpoenas), a repo man, and a         writing for politicians.           newspaper ad-inserter. I have                                            even had a few unusual business       Hot Walker                         endeavors, including selling                                             stuffed animals in jars ("Canned      A hot walker is the person that    Critters" - they never did catch      walks the racehorses around after  on), and earrings made form fish      a race. This is important,         scales (those did better). Here       because if a horse doesn't cool    are some weird ways to make money     down before returning to the       that I haven't tried - and            stall, the overheating can cause   hopefully never will.                 kidney damage.                                                                                              Elephant Tender                       Weird Restoration Business                                                                                  This job involves taking care of      Old merry-go-rounds need to be     the elephants for a circus or         restored if they are not thrown    zoo. Mostly that means a whole        away. Someone has to do it, and    lot of shoveling of large piles       undoubtedly gets paid fairly for   of - well, you get the point.         this specialized field.            Apart from being a dirty job, it                                         can be dangerous too.                 Translator Of Technical Manuals                                                                             Political Writing Business            What do you do when you want to                                          translate that technical manual    Did you think politicians write       or users guide for the VCR from    their own pamphlets and other         Japanese to English? Call someone  who does this work. Tedious, but      worked as an assembler of          the pay is okay.                      hypodermic needles. Her job was                                          to attach the needles to the       Bird Poop Jewelry                     syringes. She was paid by the                                            piece, and made less than $6 one   No, I'm not making this up. There     shift, due to all the time spent   really was (is?) a man who had a      tending to her wounds.             business selling bird-poop                                               jewelry. He encased the various       Maybe you don't want to ever be a  types in acrylic, and made them       sumo-wrestler's assistant, or for  into pendants and earrings.           that matter a proctologist, or                                           have any of the weird jobs listed  An Awful And Weird Job                here. But they are fun to read                                           about.                             I recently read about a woman who      About the Author: Copyright Steve Gillman. To learn more unusual ways to make and save money, and to get free e-courses and e-books, visit his website: http://www.UnusualWaysToMakeMoney.com Read more articles by: Steve Gillman Article Source: www.iSnare.com