So, what's your day job?

[strtspdlx]

Mechanic for day job and side work and a welder/ half ass farm hand. We have 8 horses 5 dogs 3 ducks 6 chickens and an emu.


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[clayczech]

I work on the assembly line at case ih we build field sprayers

 

[Duke Thieroff]

I can't be the only dentist here.....

I do a little bit of nearly everything otherwise Lately I'm doing chainsaws and carpentry

Do you use dentistry tools on your port work?


Ever ported a set of dentures?

 

[Duane(Pa)]

King Air 350 ?

200. May have a 350 soon? Glad I don't have to cough up the $$$....

I get paid for the $hitty schedule (on call), paperwork, and stress. The rest I do for free.

 

[Joe Kidd]

I'm the director of aviation ministries for a Baptist mission. I oversee our missionary pilots in various places around the world. Do recruitment, training, logistical support, aircraft repairs and modifications and whatever else it takes to help them carry out their ministries. In the past I worked as a charter pilot in various places including Alaska, Louisiana and Michigan and flew as a missionary pilot in Timbuktu, New Guinea, Brazil (Amazon), and other popular retirement locations. I do mechanical work on a variety of things and some construction here and there as well. Chainsaws are a hobby although we do have a tree service we operate on a very limited basis.

Our county is home to Jaars(Mission Aviation) if you're familiar with those folks.

 

[troylee]

I locate and protect long haul fiber optics. If I screw up, you wouldn't be able to post comments on this site, look something up on Google, or have air traffic control or national defense. A cut of our lines costs around a million dollars a minute. FYI, you don't have enough insurance coverage. Call 811 before you dig!

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

Our county is home to Jaars(Mission Aviation) if you're familiar with those folks.

I would say you are in Union County, I used to work in Waxhaw for a while. At that time I was a programmer, and fabricator in a Metal Fabrication facility there.
There is another company in that building now -- doing fabrication work but not in the same manner. We were a job shop, they make Food Service stuff.

 

[Mastermind]

I have a trustfund and Im studying to be a full time hipster.

Same here.

if i got paid for that i'd be rich i tell you, RICH!!! now that you mention it i should go find out which thread mikes hang'n out in tonight

As many here know, I'm a Stihl dealer. I do about 30% of our repairs at this moment. My Stihl department is a small portion of a multi-faceted business that includes hardware, building materials, lumber, tool and small heavy equipment rental. We also truck all of our own freight from 100 miles away. My week is trucking at least two days a week in the winter, and four days in the summer, repair saws at night, manage the business in the hours in between. I also do a lot of the repairs on everything else with an engine around our place. In all of this I make sure that I spend plenty of time with my wife and kids. It's challenging and I love every single minute of it. I spend entirely too much time here

Wow. All that plus you remain one of the most level headed guys here.

I design and build stuff. I designed the glue factory that makes the glue that holds your windshield in place. I designed the proccess piping and packaging equipment that produces your medicine. I designed the packaging line with the 3 robots that put Dursban in the bottles and put the bottles in the cases and put them on the pallets. I designed the HVAC system for a Nuclear power plant that was never built. I have givin up on all that thinking and drawing. Now I just build cow barns. Cows are much better company than the engineering infastructure of world class chemical companys. A skytrack with a full tank of fuel is a lot more fun. Drill holes and use the earthquake trim a couple hundred 6 x 6 posts. Fun stuff
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That is one of the best looking buildings I've seen.

Rocket surgeon, I think?

Repped.

I've been retired 5 years come April. It is by far the best gig I have ever had.

In the Summer we play 18 holes of golf everyday, (walking). Generally get in 110-160 rounds /year.

I also have an orchard that is getting renovated with 320 new trees, am a licensed chemical applicator with small business doing the same, cut fair amount of firewood for sale, serious 9 ball player, run a skid steer plowing snow and recently volunteering in a saw shop learning to be a mechanic.

Working was never this busy. I make it a point to never do anything I don't want to do.

I have a friend that plays golf nearly everyday. He's a happy camper.

I locate and protect long haul fiber optics. If I screw up, you wouldn't be able to post comments on this site, look something up on Google, or have air traffic control or national defense. A cut of our lines costs around a million dollars a minute. FYI, you don't have enough insurance coverage. Call 811 before you dig!

Thank you sir !!!!!

 

[fordf150]

own small engine shop, so depending on the day I am the accountant, sales manager, IT department, maintenance man, mechanic or whatever else is called for on that particular day. Sell firewood in the winter. I also have 3 rental properties that i get the joy of maintaining and just for fun I farm. Run anywhere between 8 and 20 head of beef cows along with 20 or so boer goats. And since after doing all that i still have free time from midnight till 9:30 when the shop opens i started plowing snow this year to fill in that free time.

 

[Mastermind]

Holy crap.

I'm lazy compared to some of y'all.

 

[troylee]

Holy crap.

I'm lazy compared to some of y'all.

LOL......I made it sound really good above..........my job is to draw a orange line on the ground and WATCH other people work!

 

[Mattyo]

Do you use dentistry tools on your port work?


I haven't yet....though I really need a full setup at home....

Ever ported a set of dentures?

Uh....I've done a few with timing advance ......non popup

 

[c5rulz]

I have a friend that plays golf nearly everyday. He's a happy camper.

Golfing is a very inexpensive pastime. Since I buy a membership it ends up costing me $5 to 7/day over the course of the season. I ask, what can you do for 4 hours of entertainment for $7?

Besides, you get to gamble too, errr wager. Next to 9 ball it doesn't get much better than that.

 

[Ronaldo]

Monday through Thursday (provided there is no overtime) I work for a farm equipment manufacturer as a welder / weld inspecter. Weekends I help brother and Dad on the family farm some. Husband and Dad fulltime!

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Moores' Hardware and Building Supply up in Talkeetna.

Gotcha, I haven't spent too much time up there.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

I'm an elephant circumsizer. The pay isn't that great, but the tips are huge....

 

[HuskStihl]

Mostly retired (due to Yoko) guitar player

 

[AKDoug]

Gotcha, I haven't spent too much time up there.

Alaska's a big place if you are a busy guy.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

In the real world I'm a warehouse manager (at least that's my title) for a specialty wire & cable manufacturer. The process starts with me on the receiving dock and ends with me on the shipping dock. Most days I'm doing one or more of the associated tasks that occur between the two. Don't be fooled by the fancy title... I'm a working boss to say the least. I've been with the company for 35 years and have had my current title for 26... almost unheard of in today's world.

Back in high school I started doing towing & recovery and have been doing it on and off over the years. Health issues (emphysema) forced me to give that up about 3 years ago and I miss it terribly.

Saws have always been a hobby, but since finding AS a couple of years ago they've become an obsession. I've always enjoyed tinkering and playing with power equipment.

 

[gary courtney]

38 years plumber 32 of those Courtney Plumbing est.1983, full-time papaw, raise white-tails, leghorns and own a pine plantation 40 acres.