Hey Marvin, My sister just moved to Irvine to start a job as a computer tech at a lawfirm out there. I know it would be too big of a coincidence but what's the name of your firm?
Jet engine mechanic for the Air National Guard. 20 years now. Thru the years, Iv'e worked on: C-141b's, F-4D's, F-16A's and now C-130H's. Just took a managment position as shop supervisor, sucks not to get in and get your hands dirty, I really love the work. But the pay is much better and I'm not hurting at the end of the day. Getting older sucks. Also worked as an auto mechanic for Olds, Nissan and Volkswagon dealerships (ASE master technician).
GLSBR Mike The law firm i work for in is los angeles and the name is...............Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Barnes and Reubens. (almost got a hand cramp typing that long name) But we have other offices in California Los Angeles Riverside Fresno Novato Orange Encinitas Sacramento Ventura San Jose Stockton what's the name of the lawfirm your sis is working for?
Hi Ed, If you are still reading this thread you may want to consider changing your major. Perhaps you have heard of the ongoing tailspin the airline industry is in? Coworkers with 12 years of seniority are hitting the streets and my employer is healthier than some of the other airlines. I don't want to discourage you from furthering your education but I urge you to stop investing in a field which offers little in the way of opportunity.
Hi Tim, That is a good picture dude! Hey, you're wearing steel toe safety shoes while handling those hefty blades right? :laugh: I also noticed your hand location in the illustration. At the "Big D" we call those "Western Gloves." :laugh:
"Environmental and Reclamation Coordinator" Sounds more important than it is. I have a degree in Extractive Metallurgy and almost and MBA. I do mine process operations/management, some reclamation management, water treatment processes, and correspondence with 5 or 6 regulatory agencies. working myself out of a job every day.
Re: can you guess what I work on? We say.....an industrial meat grinding smashulating pulverizer.................... AKA Hot Dog Maker :laugh: It also looks like one of our printing presses D&B
hey adam, you ought to be familar with montana's ban on cyanide heap leaching for gold. any thoughts? i know a company called pegasus that definitly has one! as for my job. i work in a plywood manufacturing plant operating a machine that cuts grooves into panels used for siding. T1-11 303, and a product we make exclusivly called duratemp. you should always use plywood for everything you build! particle board and other composite boarding, underlayment, and sidings is bad....bad..bad i tell you! :spank:
Great thread! I really enjoy these that gets started and then gets a lot of attention! I grew up on a dairy farm (since 3 years old). I figured I would die there - had tunnel vision. I obtained a BS in Animal Science with minor in Ag Mechanization (1985). Four years after college, the economy of dairy farming went down the tube thank you Monsanto for forcing bovine growth hormone (to make more milk) on an industry that that already had a surplus! There were 850 dairy farms in Maine in 1985 that has been reduced to about 385 presently. My dad still has the farm; it just wasnt big enough to support two families. I started as a substitute teacher in the fall of 1992, hired full time in November of 1992 (grade 8 math). I worked with a conditional certification until I completed all the necessary coursework in 1997 while teaching a dropout prevention/employability training program called Jobs for Maines Graduates (2 years), grade 9 Earth Science, grade 10 Biology and grade 11 Chemistry (4 years) . I started work on my masters beginning in 1999. I was a Dean of Students in a Middle/High School for one year and have been principal of that same middle school since 2000. I love my job! It is a great age group. Everyday is a new and different experience just like farming! The principal that hired me in November of 1992 said If I could herd cattle, I could herd 8th graders! She hired me on the spot without advertising the position (a big no-no with the teacher union). Life has many funny and unexpected turns you just need to be ready to adapt. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin
Well actually I was working, someone said "hey Tim, do something important like I do" so I turned around and put my hands in my pockets and the picture was snapped!! Grooming for management!:Brow: :Brow: Yeah, I like my runners when working on engines, some guys run their boots and scratch the hell out of everything, I prefer the soft touch. Sports car vs SUV. As for the heavy blades, you drop one of those $50,000.00 dollar puppies on your toes and the pain will be the least of your worries!!! later Tim
Re: Re: can you guess what I work on? Yup, It's a an offset press. Actually a referance picture of an old Miller tp 41 perfector cylinder. I took it while I was under there adjusing a cam follower. I work at Allen Press Inc. under the title Multicraftsman. I do the above plus stich heads, binders, web presses, guilotine cutters, compressors , pumps, hvac, trim collection systems, plumbing electrical, and much much more. About to add autocad to the list.
Somebody does everything around here! I'm Sr Telecom Engineer. I do routers, anything internet and am severly paranoid about security. Been with my company through thick and thin for 17 years. The #1 folks that make your underwear. I'm pretty sure I was conceived in a Buick and never left them. Grandpa was a horse trader and later tractor dealer and then a Buick dealer, which my dad bought. Had interest not hit 20% nor gas been in short supply, I'd be selling or servicing Buicks to this day. Fate is a funny thing in a cruel sort of way. At 18, I went from having a full 8-bay shop, lifts, air tools, alignment rack, tire balancer and an account at every parts shop in town to changing my transmission in a gravel lot with plywood, 2x4s and a scissor jack and reusing my old pan gasket. But, it builds character and I still have 10 fingers! The only thing I regret: I threw away enough service and body manuals when Dad shut down the business to have paid for my college education. We threw out everything from late '50's to early '80's. Filled a dumpster full of them.
I do GIS (computer mapping) for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA). I don't know what is more frustrating, cars or computers. But I'll say one thing for sure, my 32 year old Buick is lot more reliable than my 8 month old computer.
tom, have you had a chance to get into the software a couple of guys at the university of montana helped develope? i think they call it terra. it is a mapping program primarily for use in tracking environmental changes, if i recall correctly.
Right now I'm a bum. Kinda. I've been on work comp for the past 2 year's. Had 3 shoulder surgery's, and a neck surgery. The problem is I'm still messed up and they can't fix me. I was a carpenter by trade. I've done it all really. Had my own buisness for 10 year's, then thing's started getting tough and I had to go to work for someone else. The last 4 year's I worked for the same company as a trim carpenter. What's bad is the doc's say I have to get a new line of work. I can only lift 10 lbs. I'm at the stage with work comp right now where we're getting ready to settle. That mean's they've cut me off, and I have no income. Good thing is they're going to help me find a job and pay me while looking. But that part hasn't kicked in yet. I really have no idea what I'm going to do. There's no way I'll find a job making what I was. I might be forced to get on dissability if they can't find me a job. Anybody want to give a bum a job. Need your windsheild washed. How about buying a pencil.:ball: :laugh: J/K,,,,It's not that bad,,,,,yet. Cal
job born & raised on a farm until graduating from the university of western ontario with a BSc in computer science & math , class of '69 . have been involved in the computer industry ever since . am a senior systems analyst with the windsor police service .
The cyanide ban is silly from an environmental standpoint. Cyanide is stigmatized because it was used in the death chambers, but it is easily managed and breaks down in nature. Many foods actually contain some cyanide. The "other" metals produced are what are more difficult, but not impossible to deal with. Just don't believe all of the stuff you read in the funny-papers on the subject. Most of it is uninformed, inflamatory, or just propaganda from the anti-mining crowd. Anyone that is intereseted can PM me on the subject and we can go as in-depth as they would like to. The Pegasus Mining bankruptsy issue has to do with improper reclamation bonding of the mines. This is something which has given all mining companies a black eye. Proper reclamation bonding is what is needed for "safe" mining to happen in Montana. How about that bumper sticker "restore the valley; remove Missoula" :laugh:
TOMSRIV quoted Allright another GIS'er,I did a 3 year stint with a company called ASI, for computer mapping public utilities like PSI for Indiana, and Cinergy for the southwest Ohio region. :af: Know all about those dang computers and the outrageous software. Later
