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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:00 am 
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I'm just finding out that a lot of guys have or had really cool jobs. So if you like to share, lets us know, what you know. :thumbup: :clap: :thumbup:

I'll start,

I was a line mechanic in the mid 70's for a Lincoln, Mercury dealer.

Auto repair shop mechanic and shop foreman for The Army vehicles at Holloman AFB NM (got to see a SR 71 land and was there when the first F 15's got stationed there. 1977-78. And when I got my first triple.

Worked at a RV place, installing roll bars, lighting, wenches, turbo's and such.

head mechanic at the local Kawasaki shop for a year.

Learned dental lab work, built my own company. Where I learned to cast gold, carve wax, and build smiles. :D (dentures)

Was in sales that took me all over the country, for 5 years.

Went into jewelry manufacturing, learned all facets of that business.

Spent a year in San Francisco selling my jewelry as a street artist. (that's when I got back into triples, and started designing my reed kits)

Spent time as a "door slammer" at a plastic injection factory and went through QC school there.

Started a small jewelry design and manufacturing business.

My reed conversion business took off, I added porting, head rework and fiberglass bodywork. and that's my current business.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:05 am 
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Location: Milang, South Australia
All respect, Moo, but it's hard for me to picture you as a street artist in San Francisco...........! :o

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:27 am 
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RODH2 wrote:
All respect, Moo, but it's hard for me to picture you as a street artist in San Francisco...........! :o


It was actually pretty fun. Got to meet people from all over the world. :thumbup: Lived for a couple of months almost right on the corner of Haight and Ashbury.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:48 am 

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Location: Pacifica, CA
RODH2 wrote:
All respect, Moo, but it's hard for me to picture you as a street artist in San Francisco...........! :o


Na, haven't met him yet but I can see him, he'd fit right in Gumby suit and all. I have been working in SF for quite a long time and there are lots, and I mean lots of strange people here. :P Especially late at night...


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:21 am 
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Hey Moo.....can't hold down a job ?
:lol:

Long time automotive Engineer in new vehicle test & development.
Home builder.
Now I R a rocket scientist....no really....I am !

Dream job..... adventure riding.... :P

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:51 am 
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Location: Dirty Old Town, Oslo, Norway.
Building houses since i was 17 or so and then for the last few years ive been working here www.eyenetworks.no warehouse, testing and some preconfiguration. (im the kind of guy who goes around hating every day and then 10 years on think that maybe its time for a change..) this fall ill go back to school and get started on getting the grades i need for college\uni.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:14 am 
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Location: Dandridge, TN, USA
- McDonalds
- grocery store produce mgr
- flight simulator tech - USAF - F102, F106, F105, F4D, F4E - 8yr
- TV repair
- various engineering roles at Delco Remy - 11yr
- aftermarket remanufacturing - starters & alternators & components & steering asm
- business management
- started remanufacturing CV axle business
- added automotive parts store
- started a portable x-ray service
- also dabbled in various home construction & janitorial services

Now, pretty much, retired.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:33 am 
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Location: Mount Vision, NY
*VW dealership new car make ready
*Supermarkets as a shelf stocker
*Parts man at a Kawasaki dealer
*Several machine shop/factory positions. Lathe Mill Grinders
*Comercial fisherman for 6 years Prince Edward Island
*Factory mechanic/Machinist/Supervisor
*Melife Insurance Rep
*Home based computer business
*IT dept. of a non profit
*Purchasing agent of same.

Semi retired. Ebay sales are about it any more.
Cruisin to retirement age and Social Security baby.......


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:59 am 
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I left high school wanting to be a tool and die maker but went to college for mechanical engineering as a fall back... I landed an apprenticeship in tool and die after college but only stuck it out for 5 years before moving on to automation design for 15 years. Some of the stuff I worked on in that field was automated industrial fuse manufacturing, composite sail manufacturing and carbon fiber fuselage manufacturing. Since then I've had my own company and contracting for the past 7 years designing for a machine tool builder. Mainly CNC retrofits and custom machines.

In the future, I'd love to get into something related to motorcycle design but not holding my breath... :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:48 am 
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From my LinkedIn:
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS – System Architect - Remote worker - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 11/2010 – Present
JDSU/TECHNIOURCE - Network Engineer - 3 MONTH CONTRACT – COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 8/2010 – 11/2010
VOSKY INC. – Senior Applications Engineer COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 12/2007 – 3/2010
VERIZON BUSINESS - Senior IT Project Manager -6 MONTH CONTRACT – COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 3/2007 – 10/2007
TELETECH HOLDINGS INC. – Senior IT Project Manager -ENGLEWOOD, CO 5/2006-1/2007
SSG CONSULTING/AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES – Telecommunications Engineering Consultant - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 6/2001-3/2006
TSOLA.COM (fka) E-CONTEXT.COM – Senior Telephony Architect - BELMONT, CA 7/2000-4/2001
ONEBOX.COM – Telecommunications Manager - BELMONT, CA 11/1999-7/2000
ORACLE CORPORATION WORLD HEADQUARTERS – Senior Network Engineer - REDWOOD SHORES, CA 11/1995-11/1999
WEST COAST WIRING - Operations Manager - REDWOOD CITY, CA 11/1994-11/1995
BENHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Telecommunications Specialist - MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 1/1989-11/1994
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. - Central Office Technician (COT) Wire and Repeater Technician - SAN FRANCISCO, CA 4/1977-12/1988
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The most fun (and money) were the Dot.Coms in Silicon Valley during the boom years.

I was a short order cook in my very young days - that was a blast too!

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