What do you do for a living?

[Sal-XK]

I'm a SSG in the 82nd Airborne Division. My MOS 11BP (Infantry-Parachute ).

[redrockv8]

Sorry guys but my job is better than all of yours. I'm retired and my mission is to find interesting places to drive my Commander and do as I please. Just came back from a 3,700 mile trip out West and visited 7 National Parks...My Commander performed like a dream...Headed to Jellystone next month.
Thanks to the law enforcement and military members for ensuring my safety while traveling around this beautiful country.
HT

[NeilSmith]

I dont jump out of airplanes, boo hoo ! I just paint cars.

[Doc in AZ]

I'm a SSG in the 82nd Airborne Division. My MOS 11BP (Infantry-Parachute ).

we used to call the ground pounders " 11 bang-bang's " (no disrespect my dad was one too)
i used to play elevator in my blackhawk for the guys to jump out.


me? well, i'm just a dumb weldor ~~~~>

[HueyPilotVN]

Doc, There is nothing dumb about your welding. I have seen your work and I see nothing dumb about it.

I have had an unusual and enjoyable career. I have alway said that if you enjoy your occupation then it is not really work. After returning from Nam I spent the next ten years working in Ophthalmology. In the early 1980's I built one of the first Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the country for our practice. For most of the next 20 years I designed and developed over 100 ASC's all around the country. I enjoy traveling comfortably so I chose a career that matched my desire to travel. The last 13 years have mostly been invested in the development and manufacturing of Mobile Surgery Facilities that match the regulatory compliance standards of a hospital or ASC for licensing and medicare certification. The easiest way to describe what I do its to visit our web site if you are interested at www.amohs.com.

[Doc in AZ]

Doc, There is nothing dumb about your welding. I have seen your work and I see nothing dumb about it.

it's a joke... i have an I.Q. of 165 (seriously) and started my college courses while i was still in 9th grade, i was a business major with 7 semesters of japanese under my belt preparing for international business. i have always prefered working with my hands and read a report that there were no blue collar workers left and the business degree just put you first in line to flip a Big Mac. i followed the mechanical side of my skills which lead me to being a maintenance engineer. through my studies i learned to "see" the failure before it was built which lead me to where i am.

Stone Soup is actually my 4th start up business. i owned 2 tattoo shops with piercing studios in germany until i needed to return to the states to spend time with my sister who wasn't going to be with us much longer. i spent time at a buddy's shop building chassis, engines, sand rails & race cars then went out on my own. i had a mobile welding business that grew into a general contracting company and a welding shop.

my wife is a member of MENSA but i declined due to their stuffy attitudes and know i am much more than a "dumb weldor" but i like to play the roll

[powerslave1966]

Real Estate Title Examiner for Landtitle USA.

[Adondo]

Two-way radio technician. (Police, fire, dispatch centers, Hanford Nuclear comm systems, etc.) And, no, I do NOT work on CB's. I've been with this company for 32 years.

I'm also a locksmith, and have a degree in refrigeration. I just do company related work, I don't go out at night and unlock cars for people, or fix fridges.

I quit after the 8th grade, GED'ed out, (Never did see the inside of a high school) and was wiring houses all by myself at 16. I didn't even have a driver's license yet... I'd get dropped off at the new house with a pile of wire, breaker panel, switch boxes, a Hole-hog drill, and the set of plans for the house, and I'd go to work. Later, I got into commercial electrical, (which was more fun) and by 18, got hired on as a temp by Motorola. I was ''stole away'' from Motorola in '78, and have been here ever since.

My side jobs for many years, (Mainly for friends etc.) is wiring race Jeeps and hotrods. There's been a few fun ones such as a '46 Ford flat nose truck. It has a mid engine 426 Hemi with a Roots blower on top. All the engine electronics went under the seat in the cab. The guy built a cage over the engine. (Like an animal cage at a zoo) Despite weighing about 9,500 lbs. the truck will do zero to 60 in about 5 seconds. The original duels were replaced with 3 foot wide racing slicks.

My hobbies include playing with lasers with enough power to drill holes and leave the mark of Zorro, flying, boating, hiking, Jeeping, (Duh) and traveling the USA in a 40 diesel motorcoach.

[HueyPilotVN]

I have met Adondo and I would swear that he has a PHD in several fields. He is a great source of information for this and other web sites. Hopefully he will post some of his projects such as his much easier to build storage box for the third seat area.

[GPintheMitten]

I'm a retired Analyst/Programmer ...retired in 2002. Then I became a carpenter of sorts, bending nails on a little 2 bedroom home I bought, gutted and rebuilt as new. I was pretty proud of that project. Then I went to truck driving school and drove a big truck all over the country. In the first 6 months, I was in every one of the 48 lower states. Drove a few years, some full-time, some part-time. Now fully retired and my job is to keep Joany happy. Joany and I got married almost 4 years ago and she is a sweety.

Hobbies are sailing my Catalina 30 in Lake Michigan, gardening, playing "up north" in Michigan year round and taking a spin every now and then off-road in my Commander.