What do you do for a living?
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Heavy trucks were that way for ages, started to change around 2010. They had/have printed numbers, that were not petro resistant. Also diagrams read, "shows typical installation" means something like 87a is ABS in the diagram, but may be a locker indicator in reality. You learned quick or were moved on when/where I cut my teeth. Rewiring and replumbing a truck after a fire is a joyous experience.
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The real villain is the SOB who decided that wire labels should only be placed at either end, and leave the center section blank.
A lot of these older aircraft have to be reverse engineered and ohmed out to confirm wire paths because current wiring prints are not available. There are a lot of hackjob installers at small shops around the nation… I’m currently dealing with a mess left by one now.
My goal is to make my work blend in with the original so it looks like it’s always been there. Proper routing, chafe protection, security, and neatness are paramount requirements. Plus, there’s just something about a how aesthetically pleasing a perfectly combed out wire bundle is 🥰🥰
Years ago Minolta decided to make every wire in the machine yellow with numbers printed on each wire. The only issue with this was after about the first 6 months all the wires had turned black with toner and heat
What I'd like to know is why it seems that almost all the wiring problems I encounter at work involved connectors at the BACK of the panel that can't be reached without first disconnecting everything else to get to before I can fix it.
That's a whole lotta retesting to do when everything finally gets put back together.
That's a whole lotta retesting to do when everything finally gets put back together.
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Two words: Murphy’s Law
Wow...that's crazy, especially when you think of the possible consequences of doing it wrong.........cudos.
If someone showed me that and told me, "Fix it", I'd simply say, "I quit."
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I could tell you but the Madam forbids it, let’s just say it involves a lot of black leather and a ball gag…🤫🤫🤫
Jk I was Military Police but now I work at a gun shop…
Jk I was Military Police but now I work at a gun shop…
I’ve worked for BellSouth/ATT coming up on 22 years. I’ve held 4 titles in the company and want to change title again soon. Getting older and ladders aren’t getting lighter.
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You lay pipe for a living?! 😎
just sell it to the guys who do 😔
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I think if you "do something you love" you are very lucky, and it's a very sweet spot, but certainly not required.
Your last paragraph, I really agree. Kids need to stop being told "Do something you love." It does them no favors. Just like "if you work hard enough you can do anything you want." Although I do get satisfaction from what I do, it's what I do, not who I am, for sure.
lots of good stuff in your response. VERY good stuff.
I think it goes back to Genesis 2 and 3. The idea of discovering the riches and greatness of creation and your own strengths/weaknesses is "hard wired" into the command to fill the earth and subdue it. I don't think it was EVER the case where every man was good at everything. Part of the joy is knowing yourself and the aspect of creation you do well in bringing honor to God. This is what is called the "protestant work ethic." You do the work to God and rejoice with Him in making something good, wholesome, helpful to yourself and others, etc. I truly believe the next world (which I am, seemingly at the portals of!
) will be a world of WORK, within that framework, and I am eagerly looking forward to it!On the other hand, the very first result of a blasted, cursed fallen world was the inability to enjoy work! Frustration and futility and difficulty are tied up with work, so that we often view work itself as the curse (it is not!).
It is interesting to me that the VERY FIRST recount of a man being "filled with the Holy Spirit" was not a preacher, prophet or "spiritual leader"... rather they were TRADESMEN who were filled with the spirit to use their craftsmanship to make beauty in carpentry, weaving, dyeing, metalworking, etc etc. That fills me with a great joy to consider. (Bezalel and Oholiab, Exodus 35)
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When I have to look at/trace wires on the server rack my OCD irritates me. Your photo horrifies me for a variety of reasons.
I find joy in my work, I’m good at selling guns, working on guns, but I always give the glory to God that i found something I’m good at. Thank God I don’t have to do another ounce of paperwork bc some dbag decided to steal from the PX on base at the end of shift, I feel for all you officers of the law out there 👊🏼 More power to you brothers/sisters 🙏lots of good stuff in your response. VERY good stuff.
I think it goes back to Genesis 2 and 3. The idea of discovering the riches and greatness of creation and your own strengths/weaknesses is "hard wired" into the command to fill the earth and subdue it. I don't think it was EVER the case where every man was good at everything. Part of the joy is knowing yourself and the aspect of creation you do well in bringing honor to God. This is what is called the "protestant work ethic." You do the work to God and rejoice with Him in making something good, wholesome, helpful to yourself and others, etc. I truly believe the next world (which I am, seemingly at the portals of!
On the other hand, the very first result of a blasted, cursed fallen world was the inability to enjoy work! Frustration and futility and difficulty are tied up with work, so that we often view work itself as the curse (it is not!).
It is interesting to me that the VERY FIRST recount of a man being "filled with the Holy Spirit" was not a preacher, prophet or "spiritual leader"... rather they were TRADESMEN who were filled with the spirit to use their craftsmanship to make beauty in carpentry, weaving, dyeing, metalworking, etc etc. That fills me with a great joy to consider. (Bezalel and Oholiab, Exodus 35)
I work for a commercial construction company as a project engineer. I do low-level project management tasks day by day. Mostly work in/around Raleigh with my upcoming project being an addition for UNC Chapel Hill that will take around 2-3 years to complete.
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who are you with??
I’m currently a truck driver and articulating boom crane operator for a rental company in Garner. Worked as ops manager for the same company for five years before I decided I was going to go back to driving for another company and the current employer made it worth my while to stick with them a while longer.
I got bored sitting here watching my mom die, and feeling the effects of colon cancer, so I decided to review all the stuff I have done for money:
1) I built houses for my old man when I was in high school. Little bit of carpentry, roofing, electrical, plumbing
2) Installed water systems in subdivisions (that was FUN!) hot, hard, intense, exhausting, and very satisfying
3)Plumber/backhoe operator (paid better than a chemisty degree when I was fresh out of college!)
4) Research in molecular biophysics. Mostly ran some spectroscopic studies
5) Painter (while in seminary)
6) Research assistant (ditto... that was fun. Lots of research in Greek and patristics)
7) Organizing pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America in Beaumont TX (if you guys know of RC Sproul, D James Kennedy, Francis Schaeffer, Tim Keller... those are some of the more prominent leaders... it is a very conservative Presbyterian denomination). I went into a community and started a church "from scratch"... found people, taught some bible studies, lots of contacts with people I did not know and building relationships. Church did fine... my wife's health did not.
8) Real estate and remodeling, while starting two more churches in Alabama
9) Church planting (again!) in Anderson IN. Colossal blow up.
10) Sold environmental compliance (SARA/RCRA compliance) Tulsa OK and Indiana
11) Director of health and safety/environmental compliance for electroplating company in Kansas City
12) Environmental engineer (subcotractor for EPA). Reviewed all the GWAP and many RCRA plans for region 7 EPA
13) Got bored and took leave of absence, went down to the trading floor on KCBOT and made markets in wheat options. Also did arbitrage with Winnipeg and Chicago wheat.
14) Went back to engineering. Was offered corporate head of environmental compliance at a company in RTP, and took it (big mistake)
15) Hated EPA and the whole gov oversight thing so much that I 1) joined the Libertarian party and 2) simply quit and went to work with Farm Bureau Insurance
16) Farm Bureau and direct sales were lots of fun and I did well. Decided to start my own company in 2000
17) Owned and slaved myself for RTP Insurance and Financial Associates. Company was fairly successful
18) Sold company and decided to spend some time traveling around the world teaching English. Went to Mexico and got trained in TESOL from a division of Cambridge University. After goint thru all that, my wife said we could not go b/c her mom was sick and needed her care
19) Started "Pretty Much Anything"... a remodeling/handyman company. It did ok, but it was difficult to make a going business from it as I was all the time running back to Alabama, where Carole's mom was dying
20) Sold windows and siding for a while
21) Sold insurance as a producer for a major insurance line (awful!)
22) Sold medicare supp policies over the phone (ok job... easy)
23) Started trading full time when I got diagnosed with cancer about a year and a half ago. It -like anything else- is boring, grinding, repetitive and a slog. If you live for the fireworks, you will go broke (I learned that trading in the pits). Low profile, low risk, boring trades, and then some "pow" days, good and bad. It is a paycheck.
Maybe I forgot a few things here and there, but that is most of it, anyway. I guess if I had gotten one thing and stuck to it, I would have "done better" but at this stage in my life, I can't see that it matters much one way or the other.
1) I built houses for my old man when I was in high school. Little bit of carpentry, roofing, electrical, plumbing
2) Installed water systems in subdivisions (that was FUN!) hot, hard, intense, exhausting, and very satisfying
3)Plumber/backhoe operator (paid better than a chemisty degree when I was fresh out of college!)
4) Research in molecular biophysics. Mostly ran some spectroscopic studies
5) Painter (while in seminary)
6) Research assistant (ditto... that was fun. Lots of research in Greek and patristics)
7) Organizing pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America in Beaumont TX (if you guys know of RC Sproul, D James Kennedy, Francis Schaeffer, Tim Keller... those are some of the more prominent leaders... it is a very conservative Presbyterian denomination). I went into a community and started a church "from scratch"... found people, taught some bible studies, lots of contacts with people I did not know and building relationships. Church did fine... my wife's health did not.
8) Real estate and remodeling, while starting two more churches in Alabama
9) Church planting (again!) in Anderson IN. Colossal blow up.
10) Sold environmental compliance (SARA/RCRA compliance) Tulsa OK and Indiana
11) Director of health and safety/environmental compliance for electroplating company in Kansas City
12) Environmental engineer (subcotractor for EPA). Reviewed all the GWAP and many RCRA plans for region 7 EPA
13) Got bored and took leave of absence, went down to the trading floor on KCBOT and made markets in wheat options. Also did arbitrage with Winnipeg and Chicago wheat.
14) Went back to engineering. Was offered corporate head of environmental compliance at a company in RTP, and took it (big mistake)
15) Hated EPA and the whole gov oversight thing so much that I 1) joined the Libertarian party and 2) simply quit and went to work with Farm Bureau Insurance
16) Farm Bureau and direct sales were lots of fun and I did well. Decided to start my own company in 2000
17) Owned and slaved myself for RTP Insurance and Financial Associates. Company was fairly successful
18) Sold company and decided to spend some time traveling around the world teaching English. Went to Mexico and got trained in TESOL from a division of Cambridge University. After goint thru all that, my wife said we could not go b/c her mom was sick and needed her care
19) Started "Pretty Much Anything"... a remodeling/handyman company. It did ok, but it was difficult to make a going business from it as I was all the time running back to Alabama, where Carole's mom was dying
20) Sold windows and siding for a while
21) Sold insurance as a producer for a major insurance line (awful!)
22) Sold medicare supp policies over the phone (ok job... easy)
23) Started trading full time when I got diagnosed with cancer about a year and a half ago. It -like anything else- is boring, grinding, repetitive and a slog. If you live for the fireworks, you will go broke (I learned that trading in the pits). Low profile, low risk, boring trades, and then some "pow" days, good and bad. It is a paycheck.
Maybe I forgot a few things here and there, but that is most of it, anyway. I guess if I had gotten one thing and stuck to it, I would have "done better" but at this stage in my life, I can't see that it matters much one way or the other.
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Good to hear from you, Eddie.
I am retired from coloring and trying to keep my crayons inside the lines.
@Chdamn posting a response that starts out this way is guaranteed to be funny.
But that Corpsman guy whose name shall not be mentioned except that it starts with "D" would have me hitting the power button hoping against all odds to shutdown my computer before the hard drive gets smoked by the content.
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You must be 300 years old. Or didn't stick with anything very long.
Thats a bunch O stuff!
It's good to hear from you again.
This was true until today.
Now I am the Marketing Manager for Druther homes in Southern Pines.
Very excited!
Can you say this with a picture?
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Me too! 30 years in the Army as a Combat Engineer 12B. Been retired for 10 year the 31 of this month. I now do under water salvage , fish, shoot, dive and hang out with my grandkids .
