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A couple of you may know me from the UK boards, hello to those who don't.

Professionally I'm a naval architect but on the way I've been:

Paper boy
Barman
Mechanical Engineer
Machinist
Welder
Builder/labourer
Joiner
Tennis court builder
Roofer
Tree surgeon
Yacht surveyor

and probably a few others I've forgotten.

I tend to work intermittently, preferring to tinker with my own projects but if I'm honest I seem to spend most of my time getting balls out of trees, getting ladies' hair out of vacuum cleaners, shouting at the dog, building tree houses, swings and dens, playing pirates, giving my opinion on ladies' outfits (that all look the same to me anyway), cutting the grass, mending the lawnmower, mending the house and moping about where all the years have gone.

Not to be Facetious, (so I will be) is there much work for a Naval Architect in the U.K.? (Just kidding, WELCOME to the Forum!)

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

Hell yeah - those burgers don't flip themselves y'know!

Tell us about your bike(s). I had a new H2 in '72 - and bits of that are going into my (very) long term re-build.

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

I was 7 years old in '72. Currently I have nothing particularly pretty or exotic.
KH250 B2 rat for daily fun
KH250 B4 rat for pushing home
KH400 A4 rat more fun
H1/FZR Hybrid project for frustration
Mental 350YPVS/NC30/RGV hybrid for a fix
Beta 270 for pain.
2 stroke 'Harley' SS250 x 3 for some weird reason.
'87 GPZ600R for when all the 2 strokes are sulking.
and a pile of rusty old British mopeds.

Naval architecture in the UK is generally niche/innovation/consultancy. The small craft sector burbles away on its own with vibrant little pockets here and there. We train a lot of overseas naval architects. Those that can, do; those that can't....

Jayzus... Such interesting and varied backgrounds! I just fly helicopters...

Mil Mi-24 ??

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

Nope. 205, 206, 407, as350. Oh, and the mighty R22...

Well, starting in high school to present. In order... here we go:

Sears- warehouse worker, p/t in H.S. then full-time
Woolco/Woolworths - warehouse worker
Pittsburgh Paints - tech. rep/sales
Ford dealer - sales
General Contracting - various companies (too many to list) for 12 years
Painting Contractor - self employed
Bible College - age 38, back to school, B.A. in Sports Ministry
Hockey Ministries Int'l - full time for 2.5 years, volunteer since 2005 to present
Small business owner - vehicle emission test facility 2005 to present
Pastor - 1 of 5 full-time pastors at my church, from 2013 to present

So, at the present time, I own a small business (6 employees) and I'm a full-time pastor.

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"After all is said and done, more is said than done!"

'74 h2b/fz "Mongrel"
'71 h1a "750" (in process)
'75 G3SSE "PocketRocket"
'77 kz1000 "Superbike"
'78 kz1000 (undecided)

I am a master technician that has worked for Porsche Audi Volkswagen .
I was shop foreman for over 25 years .

I now work for Tesla Motors
It's an amazing job !

We are accelerating the worlds tradition to electric vehicles !

I work at the Factory directly across the freeway from where Fremont
Drag strip was years ago and a few blocks from where Denco was .

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