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CU Guru [1511]
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Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 5:55 PM
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I saw a short article on jobs that no longer exist - read the headline and no more. Anyhow it got me thinking, what job which no longer exists today do we really miss being done by a person, if its to be done at all anymore? Otherwise, life was, or would be, better because this job was being done and by a person.
I know there will be some, but I'm having a hard time coming up with any.
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Heisman Winner [135663]
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Swimming, Diving, & Wrestling coaches at Clemson
Jul 11, 2019, 5:59 PM
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Pay phone coin collector - my cousin’ first job was to hop out and collect the dimes from pay phones in Hickory NC while his boss drove and watched out for ###### and run artists.
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CU Guru [1893]
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Pay Phone repairman.
Jul 11, 2019, 6:01 PM
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NM
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Orange Blooded [3311]
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Family Doctor that makes house calls***
Jul 14, 2019, 12:46 PM
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All-In [38422]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:00 PM
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Cashier . I know there are still many of these jobs not being done by the paying customer themselves , but the writing is on the walmart.
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Legend [19911]
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Elevator operators
Jul 11, 2019, 6:04 PM
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:05 PM
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My grandfather was a pin setter in a bowling alley when he was young.
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All-In [40872]
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my dad was too***
Jul 11, 2019, 6:20 PM
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Legend [18407]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:11 PM
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Keypunch operators... it sure was nice to walk in and through keypunch to see all the fine ladies!!!!
Sexist, but idgad.
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:16 PM
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Service station gas pumpers and oil checkers ....
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Legend [19911]
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Oregon and New Jersey still pump your gas for you***
Jul 11, 2019, 6:19 PM
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Re: Oregon and New Jersey still pump your gas for you***
Jul 11, 2019, 6:23 PM
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In Oregon youre not allowed to pump your own gas anywhere.
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And soon, Oregon won’t let people think for themselves anymore either.***
Jul 11, 2019, 7:50 PM
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Re: And soon, Oregon won’t let people think for themselves anymore either.***
Jul 11, 2019, 8:12 PM
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Lol, yet true!
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Re: Oregon and New Jersey still pump your gas for you***
Jul 11, 2019, 9:01 PM
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Was wondering where they were finding all those gas pumping jobs - wewillROCK !! lol
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 9:44 PM
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Service station gas pumpers and oil checkers ....
New Jersey only has full service stations unless they recently changed. No self pump gas.
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All-TigerNet [10121]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 12, 2019, 7:29 AM
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Thanks - nctiger .... did not know that ....
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the milkman ***
Jul 11, 2019, 6:21 PM
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Legend [16646]
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And birth rates in this country dropped...
Jul 11, 2019, 6:25 PM
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No milk man and far fewer postmen ringing the doorbell. 
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CU Medallion [64997]
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The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Jul 11, 2019, 8:12 PM
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nm
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110%er [7447]
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Type-setters for newspapers...
Jul 11, 2019, 6:25 PM
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If we still had those then we wouldn't have smart phones and we wouldn't have social media! The world was much better place then!
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Legend [16646]
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This one's gone!
Jul 11, 2019, 6:27 PM
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CU Medallion [50483]
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Had an uncle who delivered milk to
Jul 11, 2019, 10:44 PM
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front doors in the Columbia area - ended the job because they thought people would rather do their own grocery shopping. Now it's the latest rage to just send your list to the big store and they bring everything to you. What were they missing way back then?
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:39 PM
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University of South Carolina Football Trophy Case Maker.
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All-In [25888]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:43 PM
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Good one Columbia !!
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:59 PM
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That was a fantasy job. Never existed. Gotta keep it real or it doesn't count.
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CU Medallion [60205]
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remember 1-900-976-1313? Sports Phone
Jul 11, 2019, 6:53 PM
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back before the internet and cellphones and such, there was a phone # you could call to get "live" updated scores from ballgames.
had a friend in school whose job was to call in the score at the end of every quarter. He had to leave his seat in the stands, run over to the payphones underneath the concourse, and report the score to the headquarters.
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Orange Blooded [2063]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 6:56 PM
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Photo-mat Booth attendant
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Orange Blooded [2420]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 7:02 PM
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Tv, radio and computer , appliance repairman. Most are cheaper to buy a new one or can’t be fixed
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 8:16 PM
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Hopeful Tiger You said it! Gas pumpers and oil level checkers at "SERVICE STATIONS"! That gets my vote > I hear in the distance somebody going, "dang, how old are you"! LOL!
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 9:06 PM
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Lol - HillRock ... well ..., I’m pretty old !! -
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CU Medallion [64997]
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Gas Station Attendant, Computer Keypunch Operator are a
Jul 11, 2019, 7:59 PM
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couple that come to mind. I haven't seen a full service gas station, or a computer keypunch card in 25 years at least.
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CU Medallion [64997]
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Nah, those attendants just sit in the little glass house and
Jul 11, 2019, 8:07 PM
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sell lottery tickets and collect money. They do NOT pump gas, clean windshields, check tires, oil, or any other things that real gas station attendants used to do.
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CU Medallion [64997]
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HONEST POLITICIAN! That one may still exist, but hasn't
Jul 11, 2019, 8:01 PM
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been filled in DECADES!
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CU Medallion [64997]
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Chastity Belt maker.
Jul 11, 2019, 8:04 PM
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That job was probably eliminated by mutual consent.
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110%er [6468]
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Re: Chastity Belt maker.
Jul 11, 2019, 8:55 PM
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You might want to Google that.
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CU Medallion [64997]
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Auto Plant Assembly welder. All those jobs are done by
Jul 11, 2019, 8:10 PM
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robot now. (And, I have to say, the uniform quality of cars now is way better than it was in the old days, or at least the old days of assembly lines.)
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 8:11 PM
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western sizzlin cashier.
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 8:33 PM
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there is a western siz of I-95 in Ga.
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 8:44 PM
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Objective news reporters and writers. Everyone of them has an agenda whether it news, sports, economics, science, whatever.
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All-In [36207]
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USUCK Gamecock Trophy Maker***
Jul 11, 2019, 9:00 PM
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Orange Blooded [3510]
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They exist but are rare
Jul 11, 2019, 9:53 PM
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Video store clerk
Typewriter repairman
Film processing technician
Cobbler
Switchboard operator
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 10:35 PM
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A friend's father was a brakeman on the RR and got to ride in the caboose and help brake trains.
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Orange Blooded [2066]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 11, 2019, 11:05 PM
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Wish they'd make lawn Jarts again. I aired one out while a kid and just missed my lab. Whew!
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Orange Blooded [2213]
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1949 Farmall Super H tractor operator....
Jul 11, 2019, 11:59 PM
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..that was my first job and although I scan the help wanted ads it must be gone with the wind...
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Orange Blooded [3182]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 12, 2019, 7:19 AM
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Drafting, my uncle came back from Vietnam, got his drafting degree and within 10 yrs completely fazed out!
Go Tigers and Happy Friday Tiger Family! ?? ??
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110%er [7219]
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Re: Jobs that no longer exist
Jul 12, 2019, 7:40 AM
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Pick any American manufacturing job, textile jobs,etc.
Toll booth collector.
Soon to be gone- cashiers, cab drivers.
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CU Medallion [53716]
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Gas station attendants that, PUT GAS IN YOUR CAR, WASH
Jul 12, 2019, 7:47 AM
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YOUR WINDSHIELD, AND CHECK YOUR OIL.....can you imagine?
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Orange Blooded [2823]
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Re: Gas station attendants that, PUT GAS IN YOUR CAR, WASH
Jul 14, 2019, 12:23 PM
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Remember when relatively new cars burned oil and you had to pay attention to the oil level between 3000 mile changes? Crazy stuff!
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