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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | Night jobs count too...
Merry X-mas Eve to all:
Was wondering... What you people do for Gain Full Employment, besides playing musical Instruments ???
I recently retired from 30+ years in the retail Marine Trades and started my own Companie(s) selling Boat Parts, Boat Stoves, Firearm Accessories, PT Cruiser Performance Parts and Health Items (Oriented to aging Baby Boomers!!!)Primarily on ebay or the Web...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'm in Marketing. Which consists of taking something that isn't exactly what the customer wants or can afford, but you try to convince him that all his competitors are buying it so if he doesn't he'll soon be out of business. It's actually not that different from what the Mob used to do in New Jersey.
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Location: Southern California | After 20+ years doing the corporate thing, I got downsized. So, now I own and run a sign shop. Less income, sure, but way more satisfaction. (Hopefully, someday we can address that pesky "less income" thing, too ;) ) |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I am the owner of www.SpeedBinder.com. We manufacture custom looseleaf binders. I got into the binder business for the money, but any more I just do it for the hot chicks.
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Location: NW NJ | 20 years with AT&T/Lucent and took a package. Now I freelance doing higher-end, custom presentations for executives in a variety of companies and am the Worship Director at my church (lots of joyful hours - a little money to boot!) |
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Location: boulder | Wait does gambling count? because as a very small stock Daytrader, I can't see any difference. the cons are the stress of playing with large sums of money ( well large for me, miniscule for the big boys and girls),uncertainity over income and having to sit in front of a computer screen. the pros are internet surfing and being able to walk away when I want. Also being able to noodle on a guitar in the quiet moments is a major perk. It could be better, it could always be worse, peace and good health to all, mike |
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Location: Utah | Aside from being Dad to 3 kids and 2 dogs, I'm an airline captain with a profitable (!) national airline. I'm also a line check airman, which means I train our newhires and newly promoted captains on the fine art of real-life flying, as opposed to the sterile world of simulator flying. |
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"What would Jefferson Do?"
Easy answer... he and Wheezie are "movin' on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky".
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Location: Midland, MI | After being self-employed (and away from home most of) the last handful of years, I dissolved the corporation and took a 'UNIX Administrator' job at the local (regional) health care place (remember when they were called hospitals?). It's a heckuva pay cut, but it was also a heckuva stress cut. Best part is, I work ten minutes from home, so I get to see my family much more than I ever have. And play guitars more. My background is in high-end UNIX systems and network engineering/administration/security. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | This is sort of like an earlier thread " tell us about yourself". It asked: Where do you live? What do you for a living? When did you learn to play? What kind of music do you play?
I answered: In a van down by the river. I collect cans and bottles for recycling. I learned to play in prison. I play the blues(any wonder why?). I liked these answer and am sticking by them. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | After 20 years in the environmental business as a national sales manager, I switched over to the insurance business and started working for myself about 6 years ago. Like most, took a big hit income wise but finally got to work for a boss that was only an ass about half of the time (versus 100% for my other bosses)! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I've been in advertising and marketing in one form or another (first art direction, then sales, currently a Controller/VP of Finance - "I keep trying to get out but they keep pulling me back in...") for about twenty years with another five in the middle of it all spent in accounting for a leasing firm.
But, with any luck, I'll be hitting a billion dollar Lotto soon so that I can retire to a small cafe where music, food and wine are the order of every day and my goal will be playing guitars, eating and drinking good wine until the billion runs out. And who knows? I may even buy OLJ a new van. Sounds good anyway, doesn't it? |
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Location: NJ | Design structure and graphics of NYC (and national) tradeshows, conventions, exhibits.
Will take on the odd (the odd-er the better) freelance design/lettering job.
Sing/play guitars in bars most weekends throughout the year.
Cadaver-In-Training.
Abendicum:
Performance PT Cruiser Parts??
We need t'talk . . .
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Location: Utah | Moody, ya gotta get the accent in the right place. It's a DEEE-lux apartment! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I used to make the gear he tries to sell, then I moved on to a gas station and sold that and now play golf and guitar and am unfortunately a high handicapper in both. I build stone walls for fun. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Originally posted by cwk2:
now play golf and guitar and am unfortunately a high handicapper in both. Bill, when your golf score equals your bowling score (like mine), let me know. :D |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by ttenn:
Originally posted by cwk2:
now play golf and guitar and am unfortunately a high handicapper in both. Bill, when your golf score equals your bowling score (like mine), let me know. :D |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I've worked in graphics for over 25 years (I started young, really!). My background is in graphic design, illustration and lettering design for print. Nine years ago I left a corporate art department to freelance. Now I call myself a multimedia designer because nobody really knows what the hell that means.
One of the things I do is design content (theme design, logos, animation, presentations, collateral material, etc.) for those national tradeshows, conventions and exhibits that people like Cliff create.
I also do interactive design (CDs, Kiosks, DVDs, websites) and animation and motion design.
Every once in a while I'll design a calendar, but only if it's got lots of cool guitars in it! :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I defend people and companies that get sued. Yes, that means lawyer. |
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Location: Waurika OK | My day job, night job and weekend job is a preacher. Flexible, but uncertain hours. Not complaining, I love it.
As long as there are people; preachers, lawyers and P.I's will always be in demand.
Of course, wannabe guitar player. Received a compliment yesterday, was trying out guitars at Jerry's Guitars in Lawton and a young lady said, "Quit stopping to change guitars and just keep playing." Made my day. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
I am a Pharmacist who dispenses antipsychotics in a State Psychiatric Hospital during the day. At night I work in privately owned drug store and dispense Viagra at night. My guess is that they are the same medication. BTW, do you know what the generic name of Viagra is? :D |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Current job is: Electronics technician for business band radio. Mostly work on emergency services stuff (police, fire & rescue). Also work on the in-vehicle/motorcycle stuff (sirens, lights, etc. & some video & computer equipment). Occasionally work on guitar pre-amps & amps. ;) |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Banker...currently a Credit Administrator for 2 states (some times 3 when I am filling in for the guy who does the "new" Boise/Twin Falls branches Mark...hint...hint).
All that means is that I look at the biggest and baddest (not good in this case) Credits. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | I'm a Chief Warrant Officer (W-3) in the U.S. Coast Guard, going on my 24th year of duty. Currently the First Lieutenant aboard the Cutter "KUKUI" homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Here's a link to our webpage. web page
I spent the first twenty years working my way up the enlisted ranks to the rank of Chief Quartermaster (E-7) before receiving my commission in 2001.
Didn't plan on making this a career, but I've enjoyed it too much to retire (yet).
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Location: Tennessee | I'm part of a small company who happened to build some software that big companies and federal government departments seem to like. My primary role is exhanging our software for other people's money. It was three of us in 2001 and now its 75. We should double again this year. This is the backup plan in case the Super Lotto numbers don't hit. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
I am a Pharmacist who dispenses antipsychotics in a State Psychiatric Hospital during the day. At night I work in privately owned drug store and dispense Viagra at night. C'mon, Phil, have you - EVEN ONCE? - thought about mixing those up for a day? I know for a fact they would never give me those two jobs... |
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Location: NJ | Phil Wong is my hero. Just save me the morphine |
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Location: Connecticut | I'll be starting my 25th year in 2006 with a company in Connecticut that makes roundback guitars and I play in two Bluegrass bands on the side. I also see a guy known as cwk2 walking around every once in awhile. DaveO |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'm just lost, took a wrong turn at the river and wind up at this cool old factory. Oh yeah, I remember now, some of my guitars are stored there. Good reason to be there, amoung others. |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | I have spent nearly 30 years selling ridiculously expensive professional audio products to producers, engineers, artists, and tour sound companies. Have had a couple of diversions which took me to public relations, professional fundraising, and even a little politics and government work, but keep coming back to the music, sound, and recording business. Through all of this, I have always enjoyed the guitars. |
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Location: Orange County, California | I'm pretty new (3yrs) at the last job I'm ever gonna have. It's kinda like MIB, or the Matrix: There was no turning back once I started (it's that good). I sell industrial power transmission and motion control equipment used in automated process/assembly equipment on everything from food packaging to automotive assemby equipment. We are essentially guns for hire in the outside sales arena. Some of the products we sell are no-brainers that people (some of you) buy through PT/bearing houses already, others are highly engineering intensive applications that can turn into long term projects (like the machines Intel uses to test and grade it's processors). So I spend my days primamrily doing applications engineering and sales support for for our outside guys. I'm the primary point of contact for one of our lines IMC Camco/Ferguson on the west coast, I co-adminster (I finally got some help) our CRM software server, and I'm the de-facto IT guy in the office. I'm well compensated, and hope to be an owner some day. |
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Location: Houston, TX | Regional sales manager in the healthcare division for a company that makes and sells a ton of storage related stuff. Shelving, crash and medication carts, lab furniture - stuff like that.
I got into sales 15 years ago by default, not career choice. College drop-out, moved from a small town in NC to Houston, needed to make some bucks - you know the drill. When I reached my thirties and started to realize I'm probably not going to be a rock and roll star, I had serious concerns about being "in sales" from now on. I had to deal with one of the rogue thoughts that slips in uninvited - "is this it?" I'm ok with it now. Our customers help sick people get better, and if I can serve that process without succumbing to the temptations of greed that make a lot of people do wrong - then I'm ok with that.
I still wish "guitar noodling", "research on random subjects", and "reflection while sitting by bodies of water" were coveted,well-paying careers.
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Location: south of munich, Germany | I'm an engineer...
had been working for 7 yrs at a company building wastewater treatment plants
now i hav a new job as a salesman (temperature control units) but maybe soon there is a new job... we will see
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| My fancy title for the work I do is a "Museum Exhibit Specialist" I work for The Resource Center in charge of the many Historic Sites throughout New York State.
My job title does not require me to do as many of the things I actually end up doing for these sites...I have been invloved "unprofessionaly" in area History since a child so I am pleased to be allowed to build Scale Models and Dioramas and at times Custom Woodcarvings to add that extra touch in some of the exhibits I am building or when old furniture needs to be returned to its original beauty at these sites. My main duty's are in the manufacture of the cases and cabinets, used to display this states wonderful historic collections.
I recently had the privilage of carving missing parts of the podium in the "Assembly Chambers" in our State Capitol Building. It is a great job most days, but it has it's personel problems and it is a long drive every day. But like most of us It is still not making a living playing music so it is not my dream job!
What a cross section we have in this membership!
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Location: Waxahachie, Tx | I'm a wrench, mech, grease monkey, Been in Corporate Aviation for the past 25 years, at the same facility in Dallas, Texas. Our original company was just doing aviation maintenance as a side line but we earned quite a name for what we did. Then we were sold, but to an American company which, one of their primary interest is Aviation. Today, We manufacture and maintain the finest aircraft made abroad and in the USA. :D |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by BigBearCarolina:
I run a metrology lab for what I believe is currently the largest machine tool manufacturing company in the world. China? |
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Location: USA | Although I am not rolling in it...lol...or have an Mtv cribs episode...
I have been in the fortunate position to write, create, and play my music. I am extremely thankful to be doing what Ive always dreamed and am truly thankful each and everyday for that.
Maybe that Cribs episode will happen in 06 :)
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Location: Mechanicsburg,Pa. | Long standing employee of the parts world.If it is broke it is my job to find the parts to fix it. Have been mostly auto but was recently aquired for medium duty equipment parts aquistion. After 25 years cars got boring. Oh yeah, also do some performing also. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I would have to agree that this is one of the more interesting discussions we've had here. Thanks to all for contributing. Continue please. |
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Location: closely held secret | IT Manager for a northwest plumbing, electrical and lighting business. It's a long rive to work (45 miles), but I refuse to live in the city. Worship leader at our church, husband and father.
Noodler on the side, and my wonderful wife supported my dream of acquiring the necessary hardware for home recording. |
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Location: WILMINGTON, DE | My title at work is Switching Equipment Tech ( I can't spell technition). Don't do much work on the switching equipment any more. Now it's circuit packs and fiber optics. 36 yrs with what I like to call "the phone company." Diamond State Telephone, then Bell Atlantic, now Verizon.
Still waiting for that Lottery pension plan to kick in so I can retire. And still trying to "get over the hump" with my guitar "playing." |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Retired after 21 years in the Marine Corps as an FO (forward observer),while there I transfered into graphic arts for a while, then to aviation precision measurement equipment repair and calibration (metrology), all-the-while maintaining a part-time business as a sign painter. After retiring from the Marines I accepted a job as "working" City Superintendent for a small town in northern Michigan (sometimes I call it Mayberry), where I supervise the water, sewer, streets and park departments, and look for grant money. On my off time (ha-ha) I lead a worship team at our church. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I'm an engineer in R & D for one of the large American car companies.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Isn't "Large American Car Company" kind of an oxymoron? I can't think of a "small" American car company off the top of me head.
Actually interesting to think about how convolved things have become in the car business. Doesn't GM now own Saab and Kia, Ford owns Volvo and Jag, Chrysler is part of MB ...
I've got a good friend who works at the MB plant in Stuutgart (which by the way, in terms of a factory tour, THAT is the one you want to see). Anyway, to listen to him the story is that MB owns Chrysler, not the other way around. And the MB's that are made in the US (I think the ML's) are NOT called MB's by the Germans. They are called CHRYSLER-Benz. Nothing wrong with National Pride, I guess.
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Location: Central Florida | I teach guitar and am the assistant administrator/director for our church's School of Fine Arts. The irony about me teaching guitar is I don't read a lick of music. I tell my students if you want to learn music theory you need to go two doors down the hall, but if you want to learn to play guitar, THAT I can help you with.
Before I got into music education (that is, if you can call what I do music education), I played professionally from 1977-94, and then tried retail management for about 10 years and hated every minute of it.
After my bout with colon cancer last year, I decided life's to short to waste your time doing a job you hate so I got out of the retail thing. I enjoy what I'm doing now, and it's fun being in on the ground floor of a brand new school (we just completed our first semester and are ramping up for our second to start next week). I still have an awesome outlet for playing, as I also help lead worship in our church as the leader of the Praise Band. It's a non-paid position, but one I wouldn't trade for anything. |
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Location: Mechanicsburg,Pa. | Appears to be a lot of members involved in praise and worship in thier churches as am I. Kinda curious as to how many members are involved in this way. New Thread question? Must have something to do with Ovation sbeing Gods' chosen guitar maybe. :) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Since college, in succession, I have been a lifeguard, a librarian, a free lance writer, an editor, a paralegal, a securities lawyer, a trusts and estates lawyer, a litigator, a constitutional lawyer, welfare lawyer and currently an administrative law judge. God knows what's next! |
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Location: Canada | I gave up my deadend job of engraving tombstones back in the early 80s for a career in the Canadian Military. 22 years and still going strong. Took up playing the guitar while stationed in Egypt for a year. What else ya gonna do?
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Own a consulting company. I design and build high Challenge Courses and Climbing Walls and work with corporate exec types around leadership and cultural (organizational) development. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | an4340, maybe next you could be the Mayor of Converse, Texas if Hizzonor wants to retire! |
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Location: Tennessee | I can't think of a "small" American car company off the top of me head. I kinda like Panoz folks. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Dave, Mercedes DOES own Chrysler, not the other way around. The Germans run the company. Daimler-Chrysler is NOT an American company. Check out the book "Taken For A Ride" if you want the straight story.
I was referring to General Motors and Ford. Ford owns Jaguar, Aston-Martin, Volvo, Land Rover and holds a controlling interest in Mazda.
The way things are going, there won't be ANY big American car companies in 10 years. A couple of moderate-sized ones, if we're lucky.
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Location: Keller, TX | Originally posted by cwk2:
an4340, maybe next you could be the Mayor of Converse, Texas if Hizzonor wants to retire! I'm not sure, but I don't think Converse allows anyone from New York within 50 miles of the city limits.
Unless, of course, you can say "y'all", "fixin", and "Long live W" without smiling in the same sentence, can put down a 3 pound chicken-fried steak with all the trimmings in under 30 minutes, and can bridle and saddle a horse blindfolded. Maybe then you can be an adopted Texan. :D |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | After owning a restaurant for the past 11 years, I recently sold the busines and play my guitars a lot more. No, I am not bored yet. Doing some consulting work, while waiting for Mick or Keith to call for the next US Tour...ha ha ha.
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Location: East Tennessee | I worked as a facilities engineer for a large corporation for over 27 years. Started out as a production worker a gradually worked my way up the ladder. In 1990 after our plant was sold to a much smaller company was told, (along with several hundred others), that my services were no longer required. After several years my wife and I moved to Tennessee where we both work a theme park called "Dollywood" owned in part by Dolly Parton. I work for The Southern Gospel Music Association and work in their museum located within the park. This next year I plan to start drawing social security and only work part time. I sing occasionally in church and spend my off time visiting some of the older folks that are in nursing home or shut- in at home and play and sing for them. No money but a real blessing for me.
Left a lot out of the story but I've tried not to ramble on, (not too much).
I've enjoyed reading all the other posts. :)
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Well, I've been to Dallas / Fort Worth, and found the people pretty friendly. And I love eating beef. The only thing I found annoying was that I could go down the street to the strip mall to buy a gun, but had to drive to the next county to get a bottle of scotch! If I were mayor I'd change that. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Since everybody is giving history, I guess I need to add that in addition to being an electrician and an operations manager, I've been a professional grower for a large wholesale greenhouse operation, a mobile power specialist, selling and building PTO's and hydraulic pumps for the trucking industry, and a water pump installer. Obviously, I've stretched my biology degree to its fullest extent. |
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Location: Canada | Originally posted by willard:
Since everybody is giving history, I guess I need to add that in addition to being an electrician and an operations manager, I've been a professional grower for a large wholesale greenhouse operation, a mobile power specialist, selling and building PTO's and hydraulic pumps for the trucking industry, and a water pump installer. Obviously, I've stretched my biology degree to its fullest extent. I guess it depends on what you are gowin......lol |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | I'm a software "applications specialist". Do support and training on Bentley CAD products for the AEC industry.
Husband, father, step-father, local band member the rest of the time!
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Location: Flushing, MI | Full time musician - or I was until my wife died. Since that I've concentrated on raising my kids, and I'm just playing gigs here and there. I'm staying home with them and watching them as closely as I can. No other day job.
They found their mother dead in the middle of the night while I was out playing in a band. They were only ages 4 and 7 at the time. They seem to be fine, and I'm making sure of it. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Glad to hear that the kids seem to be holding up but even more glad to hear that you're taking care of them, Trag. That's pretty young to accept weight like that but that's probably nothing you don't know by now. Hope everything works out for you guys.
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | I'm a geologist... (the only one here so far that I know of)... I worked for a company for 7 years learning how to find and produce oil and gas then started up my own company... I've drilled alot of oil and gas wells oh (and dry holes)... I love what I do and am lucky I found it.. If you need someone to bitch about when you're filling up your car or paying your heating bill, I'm your guy...
This is interesting reading about everyone! |
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Location: chicago | I supervise the heat treat operation for a company that mfg's Hex key wrenches. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Jeff,
That has to be the most unique yet. |
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Location: Burbank | I am a televison engineer at Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group, I manage a group of 6 engineers. We are responsible for maintenance and repair of all the on-air videotape machine, servers and related equipment for The Disney Channel, ABC Family, Disney's Toon Network, Buena Vista Syndication and SoapNet (that wonderful 24 hour soap channel all you guys watch!) It is a very interesting job, that has many surprises. It can be slow as a turtle to as hectic as a nuclear disaster, and I love it! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Asked around, and nobody seems to know quite what it is I Do do. (bee do bee do)
The title on the door (If there was a door, or writing on it) would say Sales Manager, for a television advertising channel. (the TV listings channel.)
But I spend more time writing and voicing commercials, or shmoozzing bigger (?!we have BIGGER?) clients.
It's a pretty small company, but it serves two provinces. (U.S. landmass equivalent of 10 or 12 states, population equivalent of 2 good size cities)
Heck of a lot of fun.
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Sometimes play in bands when someone gets sick. (I hate to practice) Play with folkies around town a bit. Made a very poor living at it wa-ay back in the 70's.
Oh yeah, send songs off to Nashville sometimes too. I get a much better quality of rejection these days. Really must go there someday. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by BalladeerFun:
I'm a geologist... (the only one here so far that I know of)... I worked for a company for 7 years learning how to find and produce oil and gas then started up my own company... True story...went to my dentist two appointments ago and had my teeth cleaned by the hawtest (bar none!) dental hygienist I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. We got to talking and I asked her about her accent. My guess was one of the eastern 'stan' countries (and yes, that's exactly what I said, and no, she was not offended), and it turned out I was right (although now I forget which one). Anywho, more chatting and she's a MS in Geology from some apparently prestigous University in the Russian sphere of influence and worked in the petroleum field before relocating to the Middle of Nowhere, Michigan. Very interesting gal. She wasn't there the last time I went in, though, which was sort of a bummer. |
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Location: Texas | Past: Sales, mid and high-end home audio and video equipment. Some college, learned about computers. Worked for 25 years in the computer industry, first as a software engineer with custom systems (i.e. SCADA), then as a QA/Test Engineer with Compaq/HP. In 2003 was flushed out of HP.
Current: Own a 48 unit garden-style apartment complex, learning the "real estate investor" business. Hoping I won't ever have to go back to work for corporate America.
I'm part of a Life Teen Praise and Worship band. Its a great combination of a spritual, fun and rewarding activity (and, playing guitars!).
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Location: Zion, Illinois | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I defend people and companies that get sued. Yes, that means lawyer. I can't do anymore lawyer jokes because last Friday was my son's last day of law school. He is studying for the bar now. He is going to use his law degree with his molecular biology degree to go into regulatory law.
As for me, I started out as a factory worker until I lost my job to cheaper labor. I went back to college and earned degrees in Math and Computer Science. I am currently a systems analyst with Lehman Brothers, but I'm looking for something more enjoyable and creative. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Bradley:
He is studying for the bar now. I've met quite a few lawyers who were 'studying' bars. |
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Location: SE Michigan | I work for the phone company. Years ago Michigan Bell hired me. They became Ameritech, which was acquired by SBC, which has merged with AT&T and is being renamed AT&T. After the goverment broke up Ma Bell it looks like it is re-forming.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Bradley, wish your son luck for me. There is a little of that involved in the bar exam. Most likely he'll overstudy and learn a bunch of stuff he never uses once he specializes. From someone who took and passed 2 in 2 months, they are not as hard as some people make them. Of course, we didn't have many laws back in the stone age. |
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Location: Houston, TX | Bailey?
Bailey?????
BAAAAYYYYYLLEEEEEEEY! |
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Location: Colorado | Used to make a living 24/7 with ye old geetar...
Got married and had kids....
now I'm a high school administrator...pays the bills..
Every now and then a show comes through and they ask me to play... do it when I can...if the day job lets me be at the theater for curtain
Met cwk2, cliff, and AL, now I want to be just like them...
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Me? I'm just a lowly special education teacher, who wakes up everyday from Monday to Friday, hoping that something exciting will happen in the education and well-being of the children that I work with. To date, I have taught youngsters with developmental delays (for preschoolers), PDD (pervasive developmental disorder), autism, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, TBI (traumatic brain injury), and multiple disabilities. I work mainly in the classroom of 10-12 children until 4 p.m. Then from 4 to about 7:30 or 8p.m., I provide 1:1 special instruction for students with disabilties in their respective homes or in a venue of either the student's or the parents' choosing. |
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Location: Spain | When the good lady wife agreed to us moving to Spain two years ago it was partley to save my sanity and get me away from mending cars (Actually more to do with keeping me away from cazy customers crazier targets and some seriousley deranged corporate stuff)Two years down the line we dont make enough from music to survive so I'm back in a garage 4 days a week . You got to pay the bills even when you can see the mediterranean sea from your terrace. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I'm a media specialist/graphic artist with a company that develops computer-based training for clients such as the Navy, Marines, etc. So I spend my day creating illustrations, Flash interactive graphics and 3D models of things like aircraft carrier and jet engine parts, and other challenging items. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by ignimbyte:
Me?... taught youngsters with developmental delays (for preschoolers), PDD (pervasive developmental disorder), autism, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, TBI (traumatic brain injury), and multiple disabilities...I provide 1:1 special instruction for students with disabilties.... Do you offer guitar lessons?? ;) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by GN-Nick:
I'm an underwater munitions expert. ...isn't that a little over your head... |
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Location: Vermont USA | Hold your breath and say that.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by elginacres:
Met cwk2, cliff, and AL, now I want to be just like them...
gee what does that mean. Retired, unionized, and an idiot??? :D
just kidding guys....don't shoot the messenger! |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I'm an idiot who sells gear for a hobby and in order to support my own gear habit. Oh, and the one day a week I work a real job I am a pastor and worship leader. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | :eek: Just a thought but I'd stay away from the windows, Stephen. |
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Location: NJ | unionized??? |
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Location: closely held secret | I think he meant onionized. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by cliff:
unionized??? Maybe an incorrect assumption. I assumed everything to do with trade shows in the great northeast was under a unions control. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | How about.....
a retired, long-haired, balding idiot :D
ohhhh...no wait, except for the retired part, that sounds a lot like me.....and except for the long haired part......ohhh boy....I just realized. I guess I am just a balding idiot :eek: |
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Location: NJ | ". . I assumed everything to do with trade shows in the great northeast was under a unions control . ."
You are QUITE correct in that assumption.
I thought that you might've been referring to myself.
I have too much work ethic to be in a union. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Union...I have a friend that had a gig at a Chicago
coinvention center. Couldn't even carry in their own equipment. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Do you offer guitar lessons?? ;) Not really, but I'm fortunate enough to include music into my daily class and individual schedules of the youngsters that I work with. That means, I'm allowed to bring my guitar along -- and accompany them during music sing-a-longs -- even for something as simple as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." :)
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by ignimbyte:
even for something as simple as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." Gil, if you can teach him that within the next 5 months, then Jeff will have something to play at the TourJam. |
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Location: Warwick, RI | I sell commercial coffee brewers to service companies, mostly in New England and New York, Pittsburg, and Cleveland area.
I'm not a great salesman, and I'm not a great guit-picker, but I am a pretty good coffee drinker.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Nothing wrong with that! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Waskel:
if you can teach him that within the next 5 months, then Jeff will have something to play at the TourJam. Man, that'd be so great... |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | :D *rofl* :D :D :D |
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Location: closely held secret | We could do a duet. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've don't think there would be room for both of us on the same guitar. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Bailey?
Bailey?????
BAAAAYYYYYLLEEEEEEEY!
I was just wondering about Bailey, myself.
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Location: Carle Place, NY | I'm a lawyer for injured plaintiffs. I create business for guys like Mark in Boise. My specialty is dental/medical malpractice, but I handle all sorts of injury cases. I've been doing this for 6 years.
Before that, I was a defendants' attorney like Mark. Did that for 6 years.
For the 16 years before that, I was a pharmacist. Ergo the "rx" in my screen name. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I am in The radio Broadcasting field and have been for the Last 23 years. Started off as a DJ in training became Part-time then a full time Announcer in 1982 All the years later I concentrate on Commercial Production.I write scripts, produce spots and assign spots to be done by other announcers.The broadcasting cluster that i work for now has 6 Radio Stations in this market. I handle the commercials for all of these stations. And when i get a chance I play a little guitar.Radio Doesnt exactly pay alot of money,and with a wife and two kids, I'm looking to get out of the Radio Biz and into something that will actually help pay the bills. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Steve,
I have been told that I have a face for Radio, does that count?
It's never too late to start over, just more painful. Is Ovation hiring in CT? Wish you a great 06! |
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Location: UK - Canterbury Kent | I am a Company Director and look after the electronics side of our business. We are the sole agent for UK, Eire and Africa, for American made, Engine electonic goveror systems. The factory is just round the corner from Ovation. They are fitted to many large diesels for very close speed control. I also look after generator control systems and provide the syncronising and load contol sytems, with digital controllers for generators, both big and small. I travel in UK and get to Africa and USA often.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Piers, do any business with the Gilkes turbine company in Kendall, England? Nice folks. They did quite a few hydropower projects around here a few years ago. |
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Location: Indiana | I work in a semi-trailor mfg. factory. I normally am a machinist, but right now just work on the line doing whatever. You know.....a slave. Can't complain too much. Work 4 x 10 hour days. 3 day weekends most the time.I live 3 doors down(walk to work) Play bass in a rock-n-roll band on weekends. Singer is a very pretty blond haired blue eyed girl with a voice to match.
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by Waskel:
if you can teach him that within the next 5 months, then Jeff will have something to play at the TourJam. Man, that'd be so great...
Intro: C
C F C
Twinkle, twinkle little star
F C G C
How I wonder what you are
F C G
Up above the world so high
C F C G
Like a diamond in the sky
C F C
Twinkle, twinkle little star
F C G C
How I wonder what you are
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Location: Hicksville, NY | :( Oh man, I can't seem to get the chords above the word where it should be :( |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by ignimbyte:
:( Oh man, I can't seem to get the chords above the word where it should be :( Yeah, UBB doesn't allow a bunch of spaces. You have to use characters...
Intro: C
C....................F......C
Twinkle, twinkle little star
F.......C.........G...........C
How I wonder what you are
C....F............C..........G
Up above the world so high
C.......F.........C........G
Like a diamond in the sky
C....................F......C
Twinkle, twinkle little star
F.......C.........G...........C
How I wonder what you are |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm all over it....
What's an F chord? |
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| E is close enough. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | my next question...... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I was ok on the C and the F but then the T and the W got me ALL screwed up! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Aliteretacy in this nation horible. Maybe the Prezidant should head up task fource. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Werd. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | :) Thanks for the tip Waskel! Now I know what to do next time. :) |
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Way Off Topic... WHAT IS YOUR DAY JOB ???