Sproggie Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 For those that don't think they would like retirement or that it would be boring to not work I have not found that to be a problem - I'm busier than ever and I typically worked 12+ our days. If I slept I'd be in trouble because there's just not enough hours in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 For those that don't think they would like retirement or that it would be boring to not work I have not found that to be a problem - I'm busier than ever and I typically worked 12+ our days. If I slept I'd be in trouble because there's just not enough hours in the day. I can't wait for retirement and I'm only 17! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I can't wait for retirement and I'm only 17! LOL - good luck with that, but you kind of need to get the thirty or forty years of bustin your butt in before you retire, and sadly the way SS, taxes and pensions are headed you young guys might never get to retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosbig Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi Im based in UK and have been a guitar tech since`72!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 I can't wait for retirement and I'm only 17! retrosurfer1959, Tell him like it is. I'm looken at my last 10 years before I retire and their ain't to many on the water front that make it. Most are being put away early because of some kind of Cancer we got in the early years when we were working around asbestes or something else we were into on the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 WOW! What a wide variety of job holders, I'm going to have to hold on to this post. Now I have some new people to talk to when it comes to getting into new projects. Anyone else? I omitted this at 1st due to the ongoimg political debate on the subjet, which I DO NOT wish to incite here. For several years along with my "day job" I also had my own shop as a Certified Gunsmith, that catered mostly to owners of Antique, Classic, Obsolete, and Unique Firearms. I had parts contacts that could get me what I needed for almost anything, no matter how old or odd. And had learned from a very old book (found in a used bookstore) various methods to "artificially age" newer parts to exactly match the gun they were going on. (Nope, Fender did NOT start this "relicing" craze) Examples of my restorations are glass cased in museums, homes, and offices throughout the South, and i'm in the Millenium Edition of The National Registry of "Who's Who in American Business". The stress level of this type work WITH my "day job" as well was unbelieveable, so i've stored my books,tools and parts in my attic until I can no longer do the day job....then i'll go back to the antique firearm restoration business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'm glad you told me about your working with muskets. I'm trying to find some kind of contacts to help replace some Flintlock parts for a Kentucky long Rifle. 45 cal.If you have the time to maybe pass on some people to talk to I sure would apreseate it. Thank You // Steven, I tried to send it personal message but it said you have to much ,So I sent it this way hoping you'ld read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Happy new year, guys! Right now I'm in my last year of high school (I'm 18, although here in Sweden we actually start school at 7 rather than 6, so by American means I ought to be in my first year of college now. I digress, sorry), but come next summer I'm probably going to study cognitive psychology at a university not far from here. If that doesn't work out for some reason, ie. if there aren't too many jobs around (partially because few actually know what cognitive psychology really is even if it's useful in most lines of work), I'm thinking about teaching the subject at a university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Electrical/electronic engineer, then management. Retired at 50. Now 58. Planting olives yesterday and playing guitar today..... Heaven !!! Stick... what are you going to do with your olives? I have 20 trees.... picked 400 lbs this year, but left @ 150 lbs on the trees....(I just got too many to deal with). Here what I did with them: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll be 50 this year. I own a small AV Integration company for commercial and residential. Incorporated in 1987 and a few more years hopefully sell the business and move somewhere warm, and figure out what amp to buy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shell Shock Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Great Thread! Love seeing who's who and what's what here on the boards.... I am 52 and I am an Architect. I have had my own practice since '88. I do commercial work and have started to do some limited teaching at the colleges here lately. Also, I have played professionally in cover/bar bands since '80 and have had the chance to play with some really cool folks over the past 30 some years. And, I still play out now. Architecture is the passion, music is the social life! Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've been working for Snap-on Incorporated for twenty years. I'm on the Education, Engineering and physical mass / metrology side of the business..... Great company to work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I do. They are rare, but it happens. I teach gifted and talented children, so they possess better than average language skills anyway. Sometimes it can be a challenge to offer the brilliant ones constructive criticism. I know what you mean. I spend so much time writing at work that I rarely feel like writing at home. I keep thinking... "one day". It's never too late. ChanMan might chime in here too. He writes some great horror/suspense stuff himself. Maybe we can start like an old guy wanna be writers club! Sign me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've been working for Snap-on Incorporated for twenty years. I'm on the Education, Engineering and physical mass / metrology side of the business..... Great company to work for. Great tools, too, or so says everyone I've known who own them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Great tools, too, or so says everyone I've known who own them. Ya know, I'm pretty sure Snap On owns the company I use for reporting TREAD material to NHTSA...I'll have to check tomorrow when I get back to my office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've been working for Snap-on Incorporated for twenty years. I'm on the Education, Engineering and physical mass / metrology side of the business..... Great company to work for. oh SNAP-on? thought i read something else for a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 the problem with writing for a living today compared even to 30 years ago is one of market. It's changed so much... just as have venues/media for music. Plenty of folks happily will accept work for free. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am 41 and have worked for Roche/Genentech Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics for 11 years this year. I engineered and run the live and Video on Demand video webcast service for our company globally out of Indianapolis, Indiana in conjunction with teams in Basel, Switzerland, and San Francisco California. Greetings Everyone, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 oh SNAP-on? thought i read something else for a minute You were thinkin' of STRAP-On, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 What do I do for a living? 1) Main source of income: Pro musician - sax, guitar, vocals, flute, wind synth, keyboard synth, bass, and drums 2) "Moonlighting": Aftermarket style disks for Band-in-a-Box and Microsoft SongSmith plus Songbook (Fake) disks for Band-in-a-Box. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Semi-retired; former warehouse distribution manager. And other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sproggie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Stick... what are you going to do with your olives? I have 20 trees.... picked 400 lbs this year, but left @ 150 lbs on the trees....(I just got too many to deal with). Here what I did with them: Olives are just a hobby for us. We picked around 300 kilos this year and they all go to the factory for oil. We don't use chemicals so there's a bit of dakos fly and they're a bit small for the table. The oil's good though, around 0.3 percent acid and we share it with family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am a 45 year old civil engineer and land surveyor. My workload is mostly boundary surveying, but I also do land development and dam design and rehab work across the southeast US. I also do leatherwork and some of the instrument straps I've made have been on tour through Ireland and the states. Once upon a time, I worked for a production company and was on the staff for Farm Aid II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You were thinkin' of STRAP-On, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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