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| Thread ID: 87295 | 2008-02-15 18:19:00 | What do you do? | Myth (110) | PC World Chat |
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| 640751 | 2008-02-16 23:27:00 | I pretend to be an opera singer for the university terms. When that doesn't work out then I do an impression of the living dead in a data entry job. Studying classical performance singing, doing honours this year. | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 640752 | 2008-02-17 03:09:00 | Thomas01. That's really something having worked on the TSR2! I remember that this plane was probably well ahead of it's time, expected to be a real world-beater, then the whole programme was canned by the UK Government without much explanation. It must have been a fascinating project espsially as things would have been done in what we would now consider 'old-fashioned' ways. PS. I am a retired manager, worked for Firestone and later Bridgestone when they took us over. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 640753 | 2008-02-17 03:34:00 | I pretend to be an opera singer for the university terms. When that doesn't work out then I do an impression of the living dead in a data entry job. Studying classical performance singing, doing honours this year. That's intriguing. Are you a tenor, baritone, bass, soprano, alto, contralto etc...? (Need to know so that we can guess who you are when you become world-famous) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 640754 | 2008-02-17 04:15:00 | That's intriguing. Are you a tenor, baritone, bass, soprano, alto, contralto etc...? (Need to know so that we can guess who you are when you become world-famous) You'll be lucky. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 640755 | 2008-02-17 06:56:00 | More than 30 years ago my professor at university (in the US) gave me a project to compare the tide at Honolulu with the tide at Anchorage, Alaska. At the time I thought ho hum, how boring. But, it started a lifetime interest in tides. Now, I make a living from it, working as a consultant from home. I could retire, but hey, why retire while people pay me good money to pursue my hobby? | TideMan (4279) | ||
| 640756 | 2008-02-17 07:02:00 | people pay me good money to pursue my hobby Some people have all the luck. :( My absolute interest is paleontology and conservation. And there's no money out of conservation. Paleontology, maybe, if I find some rare fossil. Chances are I will become a fossil myself before I can find another. :( |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 640757 | 2008-02-17 21:04:00 | I'm a baritone. I wouldn't hold my breath about fame. Success hopefully, but I'm not the next Pavarotti. It is nice getting money for what you love. But at the end of the day it's a job, like anything else. Just more interesting sometimes. | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 640758 | 2008-02-17 21:26:00 | Former Analyst. I'm looking. Gone via a restructure. As they are an EEO they had to readvertise the job and no way was I applying. Many of others have left as well by their own and one was a referee of mine. Applying is hard. Its not fun, the advertisement is like wanting a super person from their tone and most jobs are boring. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 640759 | 2008-02-17 21:37:00 | Hmmmm lets see ...... I am a single mum which takes up quite a bit of time ...... I clean, cook, garden and all that boring stuff..... I work full time as a self employed child carer and have worked with my current family (3 children under 3) for about 3 years. Will start studying for a 3 year diploma, full time, next semester whilst staying in my current full time job..... (wow thats a lot of 3s) Socially :p ..... I play indoor netball and coach outdoor netball which is a job in itself and funnily enough help people fix small and insufferable computer problems for no small or larger fee than a hot coffee. Ridiculously tired and stretched beyond imagining :groan: Oh and just started playing Xbox 360 on line which is a bad bad bad thing. :stare: | never-u-mind (6500) | ||
| 640760 | 2008-02-17 21:58:00 | Retired/dismissed (US= fired)/grew tired of: US Navy as a shipfitter/welder/fabricator Biomedical Engineering in a large Los Angeles hospital . Unlimited horsepower stationary steam engineer . NASA certified pressure hull and fittings welder (NASA Cryogenics and US Navy SeaLab project) Heavy-duty diesel/automotive line mechanic . Short order, salad and pastry chef while in college . Owner-operator of automotive repair & transmission shop . Demolition equipment operator (Bobcats, Ford 755, Cat D8 & D9) and repairman . What I REALLY wanted to be: A cowboy or a rock star . What I went to college for: To become a dentist or English teacher . Everything else happened by accident . |
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