What do you do for a living?

dragon1952

What the hell's a "mahaganey pipe"

Demiurge

dragon1952 wrote:

What the hell's a "mahaganey pipe"

It's a wood that a lot of tobacco pipes are made from. Savinelli would probably be the most popular brand using that type of wood. Pipes are great in the winter time.

I ran a cigar and pipe shop for a friend a few years ago as a part time gig at night. Love it, wish I could go back.

MacLeod

Im the draft technician for a beer distributor.

I service and maintian all our draft lines in Chattanooga and also deliver some.

We're the import carriers. Not crap like Corona or Heineken but the REAL imports, the stuff that was brewed in Europe and sent over here on a ship. Stuff like Warsteiner, St Pauli, Newcastle, Bass, Harp, Lindemans Framboise ($6/12 oz bottle), Paulaner and so on. Also have some Asian brands like Tsing Tao, Sapporo and Kirin not to mention some hippy beers like Rogue and Flying Dog brewed in Seattle.

cbl117

I'm a photonics engineer for a company in pasadena. I make state of the art fiber lasers for nasa and the navy.

danger boy

I'm still trying to figure out what i do exactly.. I jump when my boss says jump.. and don't ask any questions. HA ha ha.

Actually. I'm a TV photojournalist in local TEE VEE for a large media company called Belo Corp.

W WALDECKER

I am a Pipefitter/Mechanical foreman for a company in Baltimore that primarily does work for the all of the Major Oil Companies up and down the Eastern Seaboard.thanks...WCW III

Early B.

Most of you guys are eggheads. That explains the techno-babble on this forum.:eek:

tonyb

CONSTRUCTION-15 yrs as a forman for sewer and water outfit
now I take it easy and am a heavy machine operator
local #150 chicago.Barone construction.

So here's a yell out to all my union brotha's!!!!:)

nesticle

Im a full time college student and full time shipper/reciever for a jewellry company. It's not diamonds and gold and stuff, just the kinda stuff tourists buy. We sell all over North America.

Beekyman

Jack of all trades...master of none! Currently I am a RF Field Technician!

danger boy

tonyb wrote:

So here's a yell out to all my union brotha's!!!!:)

back at ya! IBEW local #73 here

bvette94

U of M Skilled Trades Union and Ibew 252. back at you

jeremie

Local 1455 IBEW, but not sure why? Since i am IT?

Danny Tse

According to my business card, I am a "Regulatory Analyst" for the California Public Utilities Commission. I basically process claims, about half a billion dollars' worth each year, submitted by phone companies for a subsidy to rural schools, libraries, and hospitals. I am the only person in the whole state doing this.

millerman 3732

I sell womens shoes to support my wife Peggy, our two childern Kelly and Bud, and our dog Buck. I also played Highschool football and scored 4 touch downs in one game, man thoose where the days

unc2701

Biostatistician... I use really big formulas to decide whether or not something was an accident. Oh, and answer emails... lots of emails.

Danny Tse

millerman 3732 wrote:

I sell womens shoes to support my wife Peggy, our two childern Kelly and Bud, and our dog Buck. I also played Highschool football and scored 4 touch downs in one game, man thoose where the days

You didn't go to Polk High, did you?

millerman 3732

HOW DID YOU KNOW?........You must have ESPN, and not the network

disneyjoe7

tonyb wrote:

So here's a yell out to all my union brotha's!!!!:)

Hello back at you CWA local 3108.

cfrizz

I withdraw the comment!:eek: Scuse me, now I need to go get a drink!:eek:

F1nut wrote:

Cathy, it all started here........



keith allen
Polkazoid


Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bethlehem,Ga.
Posts: 551

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I think not,I listen to good audio as long as youve eaten your moldy cheese,drinked your cheap merlot,and put your(you know it all,your better than I) **** nose in the air.Im sure youve own better gear than I ever will,does that make you an expert...NO...HELL NO,what you like is not what everybody else likes,and I never ever said this was great gear,I said it made a huge difference when a good amp was added,oops its not a good amp,you said so...right.I hate hear bashing like this because this is the best my neighbor will ever have,and he's as proud of it as you are with gear,just because you have tons more money in your gear,doesnt mean the rest of us has junk!I'll say it,you are a piece of #$%^ sir,so put that in your mahaganey pipe smoke it...Im sure you have one!

polrbehr

1. Security for the Irrational Regulatory Society
2. Owner of a cleaning service
3. Sometime electrician (but not F/T since the 80's)

audiobliss

Demiurge wrote:

We have a unique niche since we are not an 'off the shelf' type company that sells cheap crap that needs to be replaced in a few years. It's built tough and it lasts a long time.

Sounds a lot like Snap-On Tools. My dad's been with Snap-On for 32 years now, as a dealer most of the time, and a field-manager for 3 years earlier on. Neat stuff y'all design/fabricate. How much 'engineering' goes into designing something to a customer's requests and then producing the actual piece?

bobman1235 wrote:

We make computer boards for embedded systems.... lots of computing power in VERY small spaces (usually military).

I bet that's some interesting stuff. Can you give us a reference as to just how small we're talking?

cbl117 wrote:

I'm a photonics engineer for a company in pasadena. I make state of the art fiber lasers for nasa and the navy.

Now there's a field of engineering I hadn't considered before. Certainly sounds interesting.

Danny Tse wrote:

I am the only person in the whole state doing this.

Wow. I bet you have a pretty good feeling about job security, eh?

unc2701 wrote:

Biostatistician... I use really big formulas to decide whether or not something was an accident. Oh, and answer emails... lots of emails.

That sounds interesting, too.


To explain my responses to some of the engineering type professions here, lemme say I'm currently investigating (though I admit much too passively) various engineering fields, based on my like for math and mechanics. Given the number of people here who seem to be somehow related to these fields, I think I'm going to start a thread about engineering and the like.

exalted512

full time college student at texas a&m, studying elec. eng. Also a full time car audio installer.
-Cody

jcaut

I'm a water plant manager. At least that's what it says on my business card. In reality it's more like chemist, electrician, plumber, radio telemetry technician, engineer, mechanic, maid, security guard, secretary, and general pencil-pusher and complaint-taker. And I'm basically on call 24/7.

I have a degree in earth science, and AWWA class 4 (the highest) water treatment and distribution certification. And I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

sucks2beme

Field engineer for telecom equipment manufactor.

nadams

Right now I'm working for a carpet mill as a utility weaver. Basically, I'm responsible for retrieving and replacing the beams of yarn that the looms use when they're weaving carpet. I also take the cuts of finished carpet off the loom, and clean them from time to time. It mostly involves a lot of lifting heavy beams with chain hoists. The full nylon beams weigh around 2 tons a piece.

It's not a very exciting job, except when one of the shuttles comes flying out of the loom or a slide doesn't stop at the end of it's run... then it gets a bit exciting. It is pretty cool working for a company that has put carpet in many large airports and casinos, as well as the US House of Representatives.

You can see their website at www.bloomsburgcarpet.com but sadly there are no pictures of the plant that I can find

joeparaski

I am the owner of Para-Ski International Inc. I sell powered parachutes and train customers to fly them. I've been pretty much all across the U.S. and I'll be in China in 2 weeks training a new customer that ordered three machines (they're probably gonna copy them). www.paraski.com

I also work part time at my previous job as a service advisor for Canadian Tire.

aaharvel

fitness trainer at an overrated and crappy gym. Looking for a real job right now, but still have until August till my cert. expires.

howie777

I'm an Electrical Engineer for an Automotive supplier. Most of my work is in embedded software but I have recently taken up hardware design (which as it turns out is more hunting for parts then actual design work).

I also have my own Paintball company, Suppression Paintball LLC (with one other guy). Nothing happening with this yet, but we have a local team who wants boards from us. Just need to get em done and figure out all the legal stuff involved with actually selling a product like this. Hopefully we will have product for 2007 model markers.

Howie

RSTERN

Your local telephone man, Outside tech. CWA 4900