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04/28/2006 08:41:31 PM · #151 |
Originally posted by greatandsmall:
OK, I'm on the job! |
Success will be lavishly rewarded. |
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04/28/2006 08:43:19 PM · #152 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
Originally posted by greatandsmall:
OK, I'm on the job! |
Success will be lavishly rewarded. |
Add "Matchmaker" to my resume';) |
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04/28/2006 09:08:22 PM · #153 |
Well, after highschool I went to the U of M for computer science, Studied my arse off, went during the summer, and got my BS. The whole time I was going to school I was working at a small Amoco gas station evenings and weekends. After I graduated I got a job at a local software developer, mainly programming and updating C and C++ code. I really wasn't used to cubical life, in an 8x8 box basically. I hated deadlines because they always seemed impossible, and late nights, not to mention the Q/A(Quality Assurance) that followed. On my 6 month review I was told even though the company was growing they couldn't give me a raise till after a year, and for them the pay they were giving me they could hire 2 H-1B's. That drive home after that review I decided I was not going to do programming anymore! I went back to working at that Amoco gas station I worked before.
I decided to enroll in the local community college course for automotive technicians, I had always been fasinated by vehicles, in highschool I took an automotive course and got high marks. I got to deal with people one on one, and I got to absorb all the aspects of the systems that make the modern automobile work. The first Amoco I worked at closed after the owner passed so I worked at another one. Wasn't long before I was the goto tech when it came to the hard to fix problems, I got paid more than I did programming. In 1996 I was trying to get the shop computerized, all the info systems and work orders. I stumbled onto a internet group for automotive techs, we could bounce ideas off each other, learn, and further the advancement of the automotive service field. Two years ago I opened my shop, its been a struggle but its worth it, lots of money invested into tools, info systems. We work on everything from Hondas to Peterbilts, alot of electrical, driveablity, Air conditioning, Etc. Our customers are the best, even if I won the lottery tommarrow I would still be at the shop (maybe a few minutes late from being hung-over:)
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04/28/2006 09:45:52 PM · #154 |
I went to univesity and got 2 degrees (Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Education) and became a teacher, mainly junior high and high school English Literature and French Language. I didn't enjoy it. After several years I started a retail business with my husband. We eventually divorced, then I worked in the public library. I met a wonderful man over the internet, I quit my job to move to be with him. I got a job working as a registry clerk with the provincial government. My boyfriend got a new job, one that required a lot of travel. Since he is in a wheelchair he needs assistance when traveling, so I quit my job to travel with him (he's a computer security consultant working for an international company, so far travel has only been within Canada, but I am keeping my fingers crossed for a trip to Australia!). Thankfully his job supports us both, I can take photos all day. I volunteer with the children's hospital foundation taking pictures for them for various functions and publications.
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08/19/2006 06:34:08 AM · #155 |
I cut beams n a lumber yard with a chainsaw n drive a forklift
then i git off and go wheelin with mah girlfriend :)
i need one a them smart people jobs like you folks got
heres one a mah trucks yeeehaww
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Message edited by author 2006-08-19 13:05:55. |
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08/19/2006 07:08:59 AM · #156 |
if you like off road driving then you should get a jeep from Iceland :)
here´s one custom built for off road driving
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here's one Econoline I think.. street legal
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here is another, street legal Nissan Patrol, very common modification in Iceland
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here is the american way.. useless and dangerous
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08/19/2006 12:32:44 PM · #157 |
| yeah those rigs from iceland are so cool.. maybe one day |
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08/19/2006 12:40:07 PM · #158 |
Drink beer
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08/19/2006 12:46:48 PM · #159 |
| I eat soup in the basement. |
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