What do you do for a living?

I'm the children's ministry assistant at a local church here on Long Island. Mostly data entry and event coordination for children birth to 6 grade. I usually do the 4 year olds to 6 grade, no diaper changing, thanks.

 

I wonder if he'll find anything worthwhile inside the cranial cavity but...

 

Za dishin' out the dissage! Did you have to deal with a mental hospital today or something?

 

Shhhh...

Holy cow, I know some homebuilders but you must have quite a garage!

 

Only Cobwebs and Dust. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I did, the wife got tired of me bring my work home with me so we got rid of the largish garage and the planes stay at work in our largish building that happens to be hurricane proof. (At least that is what they say.)

You should see the doors on this garage.

 

Great sense of humour, both of you

 

Interesting to see there are people from different walks of life on this forum.

Like Kai-Petri, I'm in the drilling business.
However, I don't drill holes in other peoples heads (although I would like to sometimes, just to check if there is anyone home....);
it's about rock drilling.
I started my career as a sailor on a freighter at an age of 16. Usually fully loaded, more than the vessel was certified for, we were more under water than on the surface in the fierce winter storms. After a couple of winters semi-submerged in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, I felt that this was not what I wanted to do the rest of my life.

Next was military service in The Ordnance Corps. Here I got fascinated with explosives, blasting and demolition. We had access to an almost unlimited amount of explosives of all types.
While we were waiting for the russians (this was in 1972/73), we had to find out how these things worked.
In the remote outback in northern Norway nobody cared, and we had a great time.

I wanted to pursue my career in the blasting and demolition business, so I started to work as a miner. First in Norway, then in Sweden and Greenland.
In Greenland I worked for a canadian mining company for 5 years, and here I learned english the hard way. No grammar but a lot of interesting words....

In my late twenties I realized that I needed more education, and went back to Sweden and took a degree in mining after studying for four years.

Then there was a couple of more years on a hydro electric power project, now as a manager for the tunnelling operation.

In the late 80's I started as a sales representative selling rock drilling equipment, and that's still what I'm doing today.
However, looking down the road to retirement, I want a somewhat easier pace.
With 35 years of experience, I'm becoming more and more a technical consultant, training younger people and working with product development and testing. There is still a lot of travelling, and I use to bring with me some books and even models that I build when staying at the hotels.
I have a special build business like suitcase, I look very professional with it but it contains tools and kits that I bring with me.....

Regards
RAM

 

Hey Ram I have a question that you may be able to answer for me. Years ago a plane was hijacked and the people who raided the aircraft used imploding bombs to get into the aircraft while it was parked. Can you tell me how that works and what they are made out of ? At the time they said it was classifed, but that was over 20 years ago.

 

Great backgrounds all, guys. Your varied experiences is one reason why this forum is fascinating.
As for me, my day job is managing editor of a weekly news magazine. Outside of journalism, my friends and I have a company that provides training gear and other equipment for security, military and law enforcement agencies.
Za, you surely have steady hands to be able to drill into other people's heads. I've been told that playing the piano helps such skills. Is this true?

 

I don't drill into people's heads, Kai-Petri does that.

 

Don´t know about the piano but I sure like a nice evening with PS2 and Castle Wolfenstein or "black" and I feel quite relaxed the next day....

If only people knew....

 

As my screen name implies, I work in a machine shop. To be more accurate, I work in and manage an automotive machine shop for a local auto parts store. I have worked in/managed the shop for over 25 years. I repair and machine parts for automotive and light truck engines and build engines for local circle track and drag racers, etc. My interests are astronomy, model building, shooting sports, my family, yada.......

tom

tom

 

OK. I'll expose a little more of moi. I have run my own alarm/security business for the last 8 yrs. Cameras, burg , fire, maintenance alarms. I love it cause I am in a different local every day. No office politics. I can tell jerks where to go and the boss won't be pissed. Also, all my neighbors teenbrats know I got em on cam 24/7...No more Indians stealing the valuable Molson Canadian bottles( .20 cents each now)as I have contacted the gates, and when they come in I am there to greet them with a bat. This is still the old west here boys...Although the damned government has banned guns.

 

Oh yea, could Kai drill a small hole in the wifes head around the NAG area, thereby disabling that function?

 

MMMMM, Molson Canadian

 

One need remember what is truly important:

The Official Berkeley Breathed Website

 

I wonder if Kai was featured in Mel Brooks' "Frankenstein Junior"