@JENGOSMonkey I WAS THERE FOR '89! I was a kid, but I remember the water coming out of the swimming pool in huge waves and everything falling from the shelves! I was actually born in San Jose, but moved around a lot later LOL I hear the wildfires are more of a concern for you guys now? That's scarier than quakes for me...
What do you do…?
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I work at the post office. I deliever the mail.
I love the customers I give the mail too…just not the awful postal system.
Its wasn't that way when I started, 15 yrs ago, but its turned into a place no one
should be working.
So, if I can stick it out for 6 more years, then I can retire, and do basenji rescue for my next "unpaid" job.
Laugh. Hope your not sorry you asked…PLEASE, I worked at a fast food place before, I'm not rich… I'm just lucky enough my mom puts up with me and pays for my education, if not who knows what I'd be doing right now.
And delivering mail can't be that bad, and I've heard the pay is pretty good to.
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I'm a Drug Dealer… ;)LOL!!! Sort of... I am a Pharmacy Technician!:D:D
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High School Science Teacher until June and then we will see what job I can get since I was one of the unlucky few cut because the budget sucks.
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Him-health care, kite builder, tinkerer, hiker, daydreamer
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High School Science Teacher until June and then we will see what job I can get since I was one of the unlucky few cut because the budget sucks.
I'm sorry Lisa…I hope it works out that you can stay in education if that is what you want to do.
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I'm the principal graphic designer at a trade show & publishing company. I'm focused mainly on print design (marketing collateral, ads, brand identities…that sort of thing).
For fun, I downhill ski (not this year due to a serious back injury...glad I didn't buy my season pass), sail (used to race seriously, but now I just go for fun), ride my road bike hundreds of miles :D, and last summer got my motorcycle license (gas prices made it no longer weird for a woman - me - to ride a motorcycle). Oh, and I am addicted to Formula 1 - hence my screen name.
One sport I've really wanted to learn...fence. Once my back is back in shape I'm going to give it a try.
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I work for the State of Michigan and I actually regulate professional boxing and professional mixed martial arts events held in Michigan. Currently we only regulate pro boxing and are working on our rules to regulate pro MMA. Thanks for sharing the video. Personally, I prefer boxing over MMA. Hobbies include my 2 B's, going to the gym, biking, skiing (down hill & cross country), baking, reading and I am just learning to knit.
Linda
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Danny delievering the mail is the best part of the job, and I like my customers a lot.
Its just the management of the PO that makes a good job hard with lots of micro managing.
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I'm a museum curator in a natural history museum and a forensic botanist.
Too many interests to list them all here (used to participate in shotokan karate) and many center around the outdoors. -
I have a really boring job compared to everyone else…
I just work as a Receptionist and Administrator for a fairly small office. Not the most exciting work, but lovely people and we have fun!
For hobbies i do my dog showing! Before that i was very much into horse riding and used to do Showjumping through the winter and Eventing in the Summer. We were quite successful with that!! Sadly a car crash which messed up my knee pretty badly put an end to any career i could have had doing that
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High School Science Teacher until June and then we will see what job I can get since I was one of the unlucky few cut because the budget sucks.
On NO!!!! I hope you find something great…fingers crossed.
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Well, my former job was interesting…I was a zookeeper for over 10 years, mostly mammals, and towards the end of that career I specialized in primates. I also trained dogs at a local school for years as an additional part time job. I left the zoo when our first son was born in '03. A few years ago, the training school closed, so I started my own dog training and behavioral consultation business. But that has slowed down considerably with the birth of our twins in July. So mostly I am a stay at home mom right now. I am in the process of getting the business up and going again...but the economy is SOOO bad in our area, it has been difficult.
What do I do for fun? I can't really remember
I love doing stuff with the dogs when I have some spare time. Everything pretty much revolves around kid and dog activities here...we used to go to movies, before you had to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford the movie AND popcorn AND soda...ugh. -
Credit Manager for an Ophthalmic/Surgical Microscope company, 26+ yrs
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I'm a museum curator in a natural history museum and a forensic botanist.
Too many interests to list them all here (used to participate in shotokan karate) and many center around the outdoors.OMG! That is too cool!!! DH, Tim is a botanist also. He is writing a flora of the Oak Openings region (Oak Savanna)…well, he has been working on it for years, but it will be done some day! For a day job he is a wetland scientist for a civil engineering company.
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I worked as an engineer for Ford for 8 years doing crash testing and then I left the sinking auto industry and MI to do failure analysis on hip implants for Stryker Orthopadics in NJ. Then a job opportunity came up here in CT working for Consumer Reports Magazine doing auto safety and child safety research at their auto test track and I just couldn't pass it up! Doesn't hurt that my boyfriend is in CT also!
Hobbies - anything outside, traveling, hiking, tennis, rollerblading, road biking and most recently running. I have always been an awful runner and now I'm determined to get better at it. Hoping to do a half marathon sometime this year.
Great thread! I've often wondered what everyone here does - outside of being slaves to their B's!
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I work in a general contractor's office, and I have my dogs (and Carrie) to thank for that. I met Carrie/Andrew because I have basenjis and she was the connection that landed me a temporary position doing database maintenance. Six months later that temporary position has expanded to "all around everything". They throw at me whatever they think I can handle and I have learned A LOT. We build mostly schools for local counties.
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I'm a Drug Dealer… ;)LOL!!! Sort of... I am a Pharmacy Technician!:D:D
LOL.
Official Title: I am a "Attorney Information Systems Assistant".
In English: Basically I work in an Intellectual Property law firm in DC. My position is a bridge between the professional recruiting & professional development departments. Basically, professional recruiting is the interviewing, recruitment & hiring of lawyers, law students or anyone with potential to go to law school. Professional development is coordinating all of those people after they are hired. I dabble in both departments, taking on assignments from both.
It's interesting work but I hope to be more on the recruiting side eventually.
Great thread!
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I am THE MAMA.
The pay's not great, but it's mentally and emotionally challenging work and the benefits are incredible!!
Homeschooling mom for 14 yrs.
For relaxation I garden, play games, spend time with friends, hike…. pretty usual "mom stuff". I volunteer at my church, host a women's Bible study in my home.... and of course am a slave to two Basenjis! -
I am an accountant as well as a student. I am working on my MBA. I have been at Battelle Memorial Institute for 10 years and don't plan to leave. but only in the accounting field for 2 years. Prior to that I worked in research. I would like to switch locations to a warmer state though.
In my spare time, I am a landlord for 6 units. but I only really have to manage the other half of my duplex. the four unit just sucks me dry of funds.
I also am a mentor for an at risk child through project mentor through big brothers/ big sisters.
Foster parent for BRAT. and a mom of an wonderful 8 year old and a wife to the most wonderful hubby on the planet.
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haha i read all these and then think of what i'm about to write and can't help but laugh a little..
..i work in a pizza place:D ..3 years in May
i guess it's justified, beings that i'm in college.. got my Associates in Psychology in December, took this semester off and I'll go back to school in September double majoring in Secondary Education and Math. oh and i just applied with the local school district to become a substitute..i should start there mid-April. so there's a second job.
