What do you do for a living?

[N4521U]

Drove a fork lift and truck hauling peaches in H.S. in Yuba City CA. Helicopter Sonar Aircrew in the US Navy, '61-'64 San Diego and USS Yorktown. Paper and pencil drafter for 14 years. Studied and taught calligraphy as a hobby for about 16 years, still fiddle around with it. Did sign painting in my own shop for 16 years till '92. Did some nose art, got to learn some aerobatics in a Cristen Eagle. Learned to fly at 48. Went to CAD school in Silicon Valley, have just left doing mechanical design work using Inventor. Work in a sign shop part time running a router table and 3D letter bending machine when they need it. Moved here to Oz in 2001, married into the country and will never leave. Golf and model building while my wife is teaching school. Lettered 3 planes for Reno races, one is still flying, Merlin's Magic, my current project in 48th. Will do "Somethin Else" sometime, John Crocker flew this P-51 at Reno. cheers, Bill

 

[Njaco]

I should have gone into graphics. Great stuff Bill.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree, very cool.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I work as a systems checkout technician for CaridianBCT, use to be Gambro BCT. I do the final systems check on blood machines used at hospitals and blood banks. Anyone who works in a hospital or donated blood using a machine has probably seen one of the machines I work on. People who go through cancer treatment have probably been on one of my Spectra Machines. Machines I work on include the Trima automated collections machine, the 2991 which is a blood washing machine, the Spectra is a theraputic machine, the Atreus is a blood processing machine, the Mirasol is a blood pathogen reduction machine, the Optia which is scheduled to someday replace the Spectra, and a couple others that are in the works to help with cancer treatments. Here is a photo of my work station.

 

[tail end charlie]

I started working in a steel factory, was made redundant in 1983 by our glorious leader Maggie Thatcher. Instead of "getting on my bike" as Norman Tebbit advised I took some training and exams and then got on a DC 10 to Dharan Saudi Arabia. Ive been all around Europe including Russia a lot of the far east (Japan China Indonesia and Thailand) + Mexico . Trouble is no matter how exotic the location I end up in a town place like Hartlepool in UK or how I imaging the worst area of Pittsburg. I am at present holed up in the sleepiest of villages in central France surrounded by Chateax fortified villages and houses and some fantastic Abbeys and Monasteries. On the down side the bars shut at 8PM

 

[Njaco]

... I am at present holed up in the sleepiest of villages in central France surrounded by Chateax fortified villages and houses .....

Don't worry. I hear those retirement protests will end soon.

 

[bobbysocks]

worst area of pittsburgh? no such thing. its a garden spot of friendly and helpful people...ok some pack 9s but you learn to duck.

 

[TimEwers]

well my work is nothing exciting, I'm a janitor.

 

[javlin]

Nothing special here either Tim.I have worked for a parts house now for 23yrs and is the largest in the country it's not a hard job thats for sure.I got started in the auto stuff as a kid it got me out of drugs ,cars cost alot of money and I was ready to quit the other thing.I have been the Mgr for the last three years it got old fast in the last year so took a step down with same pay but no bonus so there went 5G's easy but all will be fine.I like the new time off and able to take vacation time.I started really in the auto field in a machine shop in 85 and did that for 6yrs going to school F/T and working some were I am at now.I then went onto State were I stopped as a junior in ME(3 semesters left) life got in the way again.A newborn son and wife 300miles away while I attended class and the first time I came home he had forgotten me some as he was 14months old.I said this is going to be tough and the Wife use to cry on the phone but I loved it up at MSU was alot of fun and hard at the same time.My next venture if life and the economy permit is the shop doing small wood builds for customers.I have already got people asking for shutters why that maybe but from all the work I have done around the house.The one thing if the shop gets going is to try some recurve bows.I have watched some on the way they are made and they do command a price.Cheers

 

[P40NUT]

Started working as a welder out of high school. Went to selling auto parts after a slow time at the shop I worked at and liked that so much I sold parts for 25 years. Today I am in Plumbing wholesale supples. This is my 12th year doing that.

 

[herman1rg]

Well I currently work as Senior Technology Technician at a local Secondary School, preapring materials for students doing Resistant materials, assisting in the workshops and generally being Mr Fix It as well as a shoulder to cry on.

Previous jobs
Prototype Circuit board Technician
QC Lab Tech flexible packaging
Stores person/ van driver
QA Lab Tech in flour mill/ flour packer
Condom tester
Shift leader in metallic ceramic coatings
Power station operator and Site Technician ( made redundant)
Technician in a bank's data centre (temp)

 

[fubar57]

Work in a coal mine in central B.C. driving haul truck(22yr papermaker prior to when everything hit the fan 3 years ago). Nothing says fun like 350 tons of equipment going down an icy hill .

Me and the beast

 

[rochie]

i'm still a chef !!!

 

[BikerBabe]

Well...as of May 1st, I'm now officially working (contract and all) for the Police Museum in Copenhagen as an all-round practical smurfette museum attendant.

 

[evangilder]

Cool Maria. You can be our official forum smurfette too.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's smurfing great!

 

[BikerBabe]

Aw, smurf a lot, smurfs! *smurfsies*

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That's Smurf!! (Said to the theme of Tony the Tigers "There Great!"

 

[drgondog]

Retard(s) alert!

 

[BikerBabe]

Ah, smurf off!