Something you're working on you'd like to show your friends?
Here is a place for that.
I'll start it off with the airplane hanger framing I erected last week 33' tall at the the peak. This is at the first housing development in the US where you can fly home and park your own airplane in your own hanger. It gained historic status a few years ago as it marked it's 50th anniversary. All street signs are about 3 feet tall to miss the wings.
(https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/glennkangiser/P1010510.jpg)
No pictures handy right now. My real job for many of the years since '85 has been co-owner operator of a small preschool, with my wife. She opened it in '85 and I worked with her on and off over the years. In between I've had a playground design/manufacturer/install business, been the finish carpenter / cabinet maker / installer for a custom home builder. For a time I was a banker at one of the larger Banks in America. The corporate benefits were great. They were counter-balanced by my own dissatisfaction.
Interesting and diversified mix we get here.
I've done many things but in general tried to stay away from suits. I once listed most of what I'd done here - it's kind of like I can't keep a job. :-/ ADD I guess.
...I only went back to '85. Just more uninteresting stuff... [smiley=rolleyes.gif]
At present I don't own a suit tho' I do have a sports jacket and a tuxedo (tux worn once a year at the dance club winter ball.)
Is it my imagination or the camera angle, but does that iron work get taller to one end? Maybe the "tail end" is taller? :-? Maybe this one of those Escher things?
No imagination - very complex building there -- 20 some feet in the back - 33 in the front and flared from about 40 feet at the back to 60 feet at the front - rough figures. The upper story is where the plane will be on display when hoisted by the dual forklift masts with lights shining on it to highlight it in the six bays of windows facing the runway. Front center is the first of 7 mullions to go between sections of storefront windows.
Laying out and welding the sleeper beams on top of the roof was quite a nightmare. My head still hurts. Things don't always go per plan either and you have to constantly watch for mistakes as you put it together or you end up doing it over. Purlins run diagonally in line with the angled sidewalls - you may see the clips on the top of the framing. There were several large mistakes on the steel for this project - some by the shop - some by the detailer - none by me of course... :)
Legal secretary - 24 years. Ugh.
Well, we're glad you drop in here for a break once in a while, Gypsy. :)
I own a garbage company but my normal day job is being a financial planner for one of the largest financial institutions in the world. I know garbage and investments are two different worlds. The garbage company was a whim that grew a lot faster than anticipated.
Very interesting.
I was in banking for 10 yrs, also... as a kid we had a field trip to the bank & got to see all the money inside the safe - always thought it would be so cool to be able to count & work with all that money! Naw... I worked in the real estate loan & new accts depts mainly but did my share of counting money. I've been registered nurse for going on 17 yrs now - still like that most of the time. Done a lot of other stuff too.
So, a little off the subject, maybe I should start a new thread, but there may already be one... Optionguru, what do you think of the Federal Reserve & the state of our economy right now? I know the stock market keeps going up because the Feds keep buying more US Treasury bills & pump out more paper money... oops, Glenn is going to get mad at me for hijacking his thread - I'd be interested in one of you starting a thread on that topic - get your view points... how 'bout it? Have you ever read the book Creature From Jekyll Island? I know Bart had some differing viewpoints.
Homesick Gypsy - I once thought about becoming a paralegal... but didn't want to go back to school again.
Garbage is big business, Optionguru!
...and pre-schools - how neat! , Mountain Don.
This is a very interesting thread! :)
Being too lazy to type, I went to and old file and found a listing of my experience - definitely the King of ADD. Much of this is concurrent and some with a crew of employees or co-workers. I'm not a million years old. :-/ Maybe 1/2 million. :)
THS
2 years Vocational Electronics
2 years Drafting
2 years Wood Shop
Construction Apprentice to Mandeville Mann –restored Circa 1910 homestead –all phases
Contractors License—1978 to present -CA Studies as required. Concurrent with other jobs
Private Instrument Commercial Pilot –Studies and training as required
Water Well Driller license — Studies and training as required - 10 years concurrent with other jobs -drilled appx 300 wells
AWARDS
LIGA International –Outstanding Service Award - Flights to a clinic in Mexico
FAA –Wings Awards
WORK EXPERIENCE
1960-1966
Russo Homestead Restoration –Private Project—M. Mann
All phases –electric—carpentry –drywall—plumbing—landscaping—general construction
1966-1969 Manager
Widow Creek Trout Farm and Hatchery
Helped restore, maintain and operate historic hatchery and retail U-catchem business.
1969 - Union 76 - mechanic -manager- attendant
1969-1970 Head Mechanic - radiator re-coring- learned body and paint after hours assisting body man-
Ballard Motors Dodge Dealer
Car and truck –maintenance –all phases
1970-1971 Diesel Mechanic –Welder
Hoovers Supply and Repair
Log truck and heavy equipment maintenance
1971-1972 Blacksmith—Welder
Johnson Welding
Blacksmith—welding—drop hammer—forge
1972-1974 Telephone Cable Splicer—Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance—Building and underground construction
1972 - current - Certified Welder- All position - All thickness
1974-current
Self Employed—General Contractor - welding contractor
Gateway Enterprises
Heavy Construction —Buildings to 8 story—300+ pre-engineered steel buildings —Shopping Centers—Hospital buildings—Residential and special buildings—Septic Systems—
1977 Commercial drivers lic - Peterbilt and flatbed to haul own buildings - appx 5 bldgs per week sometimes.
1979 to 1983 Peterbilt with 45' Reefer and 40' flatbed - long hauling California, Washington, Texas loops
1984 to 1992 - installed roll bars, A/C units and hydraulic sloper blades on Caterpillar and similar equipment various California locations
1992-current Licensed Water well driller -stopped drilling around 2002 - keep license current - occasional pump job and consulting
2002 - Self guided alternative building study and implementation - solar power study -Wind Generator study, installation and maintenance of own system.
I'd show picture of what I've done as a site civil engineer...but who want to see pictures of poo, stormwater, and dirt moved around. Here are some of my more visually pleasing projects:
International Cargoport in Boston, MA (http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=42.34412783586299~-71.02424873940225&style=o&scene=42.34412783586299) Did the site work on this one. It is built on top of Quay walls. This is where the military had fenestration buildings, the old railroad tracks are still there and could not be disturbed by our work-they could be activated for national emergency still. The garage ramp was tricky and getting this bugger to drain to low points was tough. Also had to invent a way to treat the stormwater-I used stainless steel baskets attached under the deck-the underneath is actually hollow and fills up and empties with the tide.
162,000 sf Office Building/Warehouse in Medway, MA (http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=42.13472487261279~-71.4758072585402&style=o&scene=42.13472487261279)Check out those drainage pipes and underground detention...wait can't see that stuff. Can see portions of the 10,000 gpd recirculating sand filter septic system and the covers for the 30,000 gallon septic tank and my beautiful stormwater basins. Building has been empty for 5 years.
Cape Cod Nursing Home in Bourne, MA (http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=41.7582100572815~-70.61051738081005&style=o&scene=41.7582100572815) Another beautiful piece of work they buried. 14,000 gpd Bioclere septic system complete with comminuter. Little did I know that my grams would be in that very nursing home later.
High-end residences in Providence, RI (http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=41.82819573638983~-71.42119293747763&style=o&scene=41.82819573638983) Lots of tough site work with those courtyards and little of the land left undisturbed made for a difficult stormwater project. We ended up treating the stormwater with a swirlchamber and discharging to the river across the street. Had to engineer a hill along the garage to cover hazardous less than desireable soil.
Future University in Pakistan (http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=24.968711&lon=67.370983&z=15.6&r=0&src=ggl) We are designing the water supply and treatment system, the wastewater treatment system, fire protection system, and water reuse for irrigation system. At least with the treatment plants my work won't be buried as usual. :)
Really interesting, Daddymem - thanks for posting that.
I went to the cape one time with one of my granddad's old cousins - she is now gone. Had a house in Hyannis and knew all the old gossip about the family. I was researching family history at the time.
I guess I'll add a few more things to my resume...
Babysitting 10y/o - 17 y/o
Played organ for church 12 - 17 y/o
Packed peaches 17 - 20 y/o (summers)
Community College 1969- 71 fultime
Took off from school one winter to snow ski :)
Sales clerk & credit dept clerk at Sears 17 - 20 y/o
Editor of local newspaper (interviews, wrote articles& editorials, took photos, layed out papers, ads) 20 - 21 y/o
Sorted frozen veggies (summer) 21 y/o
Nursing home - CNA 22-23 y/o
Banking (loans, teller, bookkeeper, new accts) 23 - 33 y/o (had 2 kids during that time)
Tied raspberry vines one winter after they had been cut
Grocery store clerk for 6 mo
Home health care for paraplegic 6 mo
Back to school to get my nursing degree - 1985 - 1990
Grocery store demos parttime while going to school
Student nurse parttime while going to school
Registered nurse 1990 to present (ICU, clinics, ER, patient education)
Received Nurse of the Year in 2000
Alternative building/gardening at present
Reading a bit more on Karachi, I think maybe some Kevlar would be a good investment - we need you to come back here, Daddymem. :)
It's not the bullets this time of year...it's the kites ya gotta watch out for:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6233461.stm
And I wouldn't drink the water after what I've been reading.... :o
I don't think anyone's going to have a lengthier resume than Glenn's. Variety is the spice of life or something like that. :-/
I don't have a ready to copy 'n' paste list at hand so I'll wing it, leave out the years and test my tyyping. :P (look at that)
Work experience:
Surveyor (1+ yrs) :(
Mechanic apprentice (1 yr)
Country route milk truck contractor (2 yrs) :(
Wholesale auto parts warehouse; worker (inventory specialist = gofer up to manager, then quit to...) (2+ yrs) :-/
take a year + off work to bum around Europe (22 countries) ;D ;D
Retail camera store; sales specialist (see above), to shipping/receiving specialist to asst mgr, to purchasing agent, then owner (13 yrs) :)
Opened preschool with wife ;D
Playground design/mfg/install business (also did decks) :):-/
(The Great American Southwest Playground Company.... had a fit of over enthusiasm.... :-[
Finish carpentry, cabinet business :) :-/
A+ and MCSE computer specialist :-? :-/
Banker >:(
Retired (semi-sorta) :)
Preschool :) :)
Some things oberlapped, co-existed at times
Oh oh - Don - you reminded me of a couple of things.
I ran Milk truck for my dad off and on for a couple of years - door to door delivery route - also did bread earlier and eggs with the milk - regular breakfast wagon :). To this day I almost barf when I smell or accidentally get a taste of sour milk - :-? We had a cooler full of leftovers that sometimes got too old. Couldn't sell it then. What are those chunks in my chocolate milk? :-/
I also did the Windows 95 MCSE Beta test - Beta tested for Symantec also- was about 2 questions short of passing the preliminary Win95 test and could have studied a bit and made it , but then got to thinking that they didn't make a suit that would fit me. :) Never got paid for that but did the study - prompted by all the major problems with my computer hardware when Win95 first came out.
I did a bit of aerial Photography and Sightseeing Airplane Rides to use my Commercial Pilots license for a couple years part time.
While doing steel buildings we poured all of our own concrete. About 300 floors with footings - average 40 x 60 x4"
I also had trenchers and installed drip and sprinkler irrigation systems for a year or so. 40 to 80 acre average - some contract trenching -a few large ranches and sites around the valley. I also trenched footings in housing tracts once in a while. :)
Could be more -- it will eventually come to me. :-/
Glenn:
There must be a few things you haven't done?
Have you ever been a govenment spy??? 8-)
Ah, Glenn. You shouldn't have added to your list; it reminded me of a couple things too.
I also did home milk for a short time. Had a Divco, special made for frequent stop delivery use; stand up and drive or sit and drive... one pedal for clutch and brake (press down and clutch disengaged then the brakes actuated. Three different throtlles and a second hand lever for the brakes as well.
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/divco.htm
Off and on since then I've had thoughts from time to time of finding one to play with.
I hauled ice cream from the dairy plant to a sub-plant in a city about 130 miles away, once or twice a week. The tractor was an old gas cornbinder with a short insulated semi trailer fitted with "cold plates" to hold the temp. No onboard reefer, just plug it in overnight. The ceiling was loaded with the plates (top heavy) and it somehow tipped over on me one day.
I did the MCSE thing on WinNT; I had about 6 courses under my belt and Win2000 came along. When I started there was a shortage of IT folks, later a glut and the salary plummeted in inversely. I decided I didn't want to do that afterall.
I did sprinkler and drip for the custom home builder inbetween finishing. It was one house at a time, leaving time for me to pursue stuff on my own.
And I was a spy. Nah, not really. ::) ...although I was a mystery shopper for a week.
You got me there, John. :-/ Only thing close is chasing down spammers on this forum. :)
Don, we had a Divco also for a while- not quite as many levers as yours but we could drive it standing up. Also a White that was standup if I remember right- both only had insulated boxes. We also used Ford vans.
I tipped my 45' reefer full of frozen corn over on 97 So. of Bend, Oregon avoiding killing 3 carloads of gawkers looking at a wreck as I rounded the corner on the icy road.
I completely plumbed at least 5 houses with copper - and ABS waste lines, Fletcher coat Gas lines, etc as necessary right after I wrecked the truck. I actually bought a second truck and reefer and put a driver on it because I couldn't lose money fast enough with one truck. That managed to finish me off. That put me over 100K in debt and the banker was surprised when I made the final payment on my loan in a few years. He never thought I'd do it. I many times wondered.
I got one more--
While in HS a friend and I worked for a contractor doing contract painting at a professional level after school or weekends. We painted motel rooms at a large ocean front motel. The contractor taught us how then we went from there. I know we did it cheap and good. About 2 1/2 hours per room as I remember, including cutting in with a brush - no sloppiness and no paint spots left on anything.
I also cut and sold fire wood after school and weekends. $20 a cord delivered. I could cut, split and load a cord in 2 1/2 hours. My uncle gave me decks of alder logs that were left too long and checked at the ends. I used a 7 1/2 hp Homelite with a 36" bar and went through multiple logs at one time.
Average 12" dia and split one time with a 4 lb single bit ax.
It's funny - I see kids up here in the mountains doing the same thing -- It's like a time warp. These guys are the ones I count on as work assistants and business associates. Seems I can trust them - not that they aren't wild little rascals sometimes. I took out a separate contractors license with some of them on it. It really limits gov. control over us. I teach them my secrets of business. Do you think I have ruined their lives? ;D
Maybe that's 2 more. :-?
Yep, you've probably ruined them for life. And a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
They may never be able to adjust to the real work of a corporate drone.
I am so inferior guys*LOL*
So very inferior...almost ashamed to post....So I will pass ;)
I doubt that, Peter. You are here aren't you? :-? That in itself raises you above the rest. :)
I'm just a lowly hick from the sticks who can't manage to stay at one thing too long. I get bored to easily. Fortunately I do stick at most jobs long enough to get to be fair at them.
Now I am spreading the idea of self sufficiency and independant thought to a few of our future generations. I must be stopped. :-/
You are already on your way and are not in much danger of total failure as I see it. :)
Heck - I didn't even make it past high school. :P
I have went the diverse route. Started out as a Civil Engineer/Surveyor. Went into material testing. Got out of that and went into electronics. Became an electronics tech. Then went into land development. Now I am a real estate broker in Missouri and Arkansas and own my own company. Who knows what I will go into next.
Looks like we have a bunch of people who get bored easily. Great. :)
I sometimes declare that I've done one of everything. Not really. And a lot of that was through temporary agencies.
Cleaning fish.
Ward clerk in a locked psychiatric unit (I lasted one whole day there).
Crafts instructor (one of the more unhappy jobs)
Counter person in an auto parts store.
Record store (also book store) person.
Carpenter (apprenticeship program, pickup for a biggish house contractor aka, framing for medicine cabinets in the bathrooms of houses under construction, framing, a bunch of little remodeling jobs)
Not to mention seventeen years, off and on, working in a truck factory.
That was one of the few places that wasn't afraid of me--I've got enough education to claim I'm a charter member of the useless degree club. No PhD, though.
Where'd you clean fish, Amanda? I had to clean them at the U-Catchem pond when I managed that. Pepele would catch a bucket full of trout then check out - I could do one in about 20 seconds - a slit down the belly and under the tongue/lower jaw - thumb down the center - twist and grab guts, tongue - gills and two front lower fins - all gone.
A retail/wholesale fish store.
I worked for them for a while. Can't remember what all kinds we got to clean. The catfish came in mostly skinned, though.
They also had me driving the delivery truck (illegally--I didn't have the license to do that!)
It sounds like you had cleaning those trout down to a science. I don't think I was that good.
The owner who was one of my best friends taught me. He was previously in communications at Vandenberg AFB - got some bad chemicals there in all likeliness, that gave him leukemia and he died on me. I met him and his wife at about 13 years old - ran the trout farm when he went to telephone co. training classes back east and other times also. He taught me a lot of electronics - relays - circuits etc. and about anything else we did. He set up electronic warning devices so that when the screens on the water intake plugged a buzzer would go off and we or I would go to the weir and take the leaves and brush out of it during the storms so the fish wouldn't die from lack of water.
He used to tell me I was cutting wood too slow with the chainsaw just to make me go faster. Later he told others he had never seen anybody cut that much wood that fast.
There was the wife of a deep sea fisherman who lived about a mile away -- she cussed like a logger. He called her up and asked here if she'd like a goose for thanksgiving dinner. She said sure. We threw a couple rocks in a gunny sack - drove into her driveway where he took the sack - called her out and said here's your goose. Then he took the sack - threw it over her fence into the front yard and shot it with a 12 gauge shotgun. We then jumped in the truck and took off with her yelling G-- D--- you, Jack. We had fun. I was his sidekick. :)
Hey, that reminds me... I did some commercial salmon fishing & also worked at Long's Drugs for a few weeks during Christmas holidays. And I've cleaned a lot of salmon! Used to freeze & can loads of it - got to where I couldn't stand the smell or taste - I like it again now, once in awhile...
Most of my life (literally) I've been a Registered Nurse with the backbone of that experience being labor & delivery-want pictures?
http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/print/images/08006c%20%20%20Birth.jpg :D
One of the good things about nursing is there are many venues in which to be a nurse and I've tried most of them.
Clinic
University of Phoenix-sales (they call it Enrollment Advisor-but it's sales)
Home care and sales for company providing hi-risk OB home care
Middle manager in hospital (what a joke, but not very funny [smiley=sad.gif])
Lots of education-both patients and nurses
AZ Cancer Center-in a clinic for women at hi risk for breast and ovarian cancer due to personal or family history (there are some really smart people doing cancer research)
Now I review charts to make sure the hosp gets the proper $
Did some faux painting-my artistic differences got in the way ::)
We've built 2.9 (at this point) houses, and I think I like that the best!
Judy
i did the mystery shopper thing... Did not like it... It was retarded the things they made their employees say...The way they force the employees to ask every customer if they want lotto tickets and cigarettes...
when I was a regular consumer I would tell the cashier off if they tried to sell me cigarettes and lotto.... I would say....Do I look like a chain smoking loser who is addicted to scratch tickets?....Because I got annoyed that I could not buy a newspaper or gasoline without getting solicited for tobacco or lottery...Neither of which I ever ever buy
became a mystery shopper and the employees can get fired if they do not force that crap down your throats....They basically turned the person running the cash register into a telemarketer or bill collector type of person
QuoteMost of my life (literally) I've been a Registered Nurse with the backbone of that experience being labor & delivery-want pictures?
Judy, eggs come from cartons, milk comes from the store, babies come from hospitals. Can't we just leave it at that? ;D No responsibility for me, please. OK - so I looked. :-?
...and now Peter answers the mystery of why we are hounded at the cash register.
My preconceived concepts are being destroyed by this thread.
Glenn
What is wrong with you....Judy was going to post pictures of naked chics and you are turning her down... ;) ;D
I worked for my mom as a nurse's aid for several years in her home for handicapped children. Working for my mom meant I did a lot more than the average nurse's aid. She and I worked alone one summer with sixteen children (the summer I was 12). I also sold jewelry part time for Sarah Coventry and sold real estate part time for Century 21 and Remax. Worked Hobby Lobby for Christmas money. Worked for Sears as a mail clerk and worked at a couple of day care centers as a cook when my girls were little. Tried working out of the legal field once and worked about a month for a real estate developer who was a legend in his own mind. Went back to lawyers. Have worked a little as a paralegal, but too much work for no overtime, and hated to account for my life six minutes at a time.
I also make homemade soap and have always wanted to turn it into a small business when I can retire. Travel to music festivals, Ren faires, etc. Good way to write off part of my travel expenses and be able to do what I want.
I've OFTEN thought of adding items to the soap line and "retiring" now. How about another thread of what we'd LIKE our real jobs to be? ;)
Not a problem, Gypsy. Let me see if I can come up with some clever motivating title.
It seems we have a very diverse but nearly always busy little group here. I found a cool test last night I may post.
QuoteIt's not the bullets this time of year...it's the kites ya gotta watch out for:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6233461.stm
And I wouldn't drink the water after what I've been reading.... :o
You got that right - these guys really get serious about Kite Flying.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/world/main2514554.shtml
I readthat links on the kite flying over there...and it is some kind of competition and you do anything to have your kite kill someone elses...
Common sense goes out the window when you use razor wire or whatever to fly the kite....What the hell are these idiots thinking?
hmmmm steel wires attached to the kite...Power lines...I am standing on the ground both feet planted........I wonder if I am about to die and cause city wide blackouts....
I was shocked to read that people would fly any kind of kite near a power line let alone a kite with a steel cable... :o
Maybe that is god's way of saying natural selection exists....