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Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Swartz on February 20, 2005, 05:46:16 PM: Where do you work and what do you do there?

Me, i work at Key West Forest Products. Its a lumber re-man yeard. I run either a gang rip saw or a resaw, drive a forklift, keep things running. Pretty much learning how to take it over :P

What about you guys? There hasnt been much to read on the site lately so i thought id start a topic!
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: 62bugg on February 20, 2005, 06:05:46 PM: I am th emanufacturing supervisor for Greenlight Power Technologies. We manufacture test equipment and machines for the Fuel Cell Industry, we sell to GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, 3M, Dupont, Ford and a lot of other big companies. We have a crew of 10 techs that produce this stuff in a nice clean and safe building its a good place to worlk and it pays the bills.

Rob C
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Post by: silas on February 20, 2005, 06:08:36 PM: i used to work in the hospitality industry, now i am doing a work experience as an apprentice technician at a shop called autobahn imports. this is part of a program that i am taking at bcit that incorporates schooling and on the job training.

currently trying to spend more time than money on my ride as the $$ is wrapped up in loans, etc. B)
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Post by: rustybus on February 20, 2005, 06:59:20 PM: Aircraft painter no story just a plane painter :mellow:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Hansk on February 20, 2005, 07:36:09 PM: I work at a sheet metal fab. shop. Just sort of a general laborer so it does'nt fund much.
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Post by: Chris on February 20, 2005, 09:17:08 PM: Apprentice electrician...wire shit up. Operate fork-lifts, scissor-lifts, zoom-booms, track-hoes, etc.

I'm a mean man with a broom too.
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Post by: btljuce on February 20, 2005, 11:26:30 PM: i was an automotive machinist ( engine rebuilder ) they recently closed the doors, now i am a downhole tool machinist for the oil patch !!
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: hotvw1 on February 20, 2005, 11:51:42 PM: stay at home dad. Beg the wife for cash and find and sell vw's or parts.
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Custom76Bus on February 21, 2005, 01:46:01 AM: I have a small side business that I do here and there, Web Design and Web Hosting (http://www.norquaydesign.com). I don't do much just a coupla clients but it helps to supplement my vw passion. Making Gordon's European Used Parts (http://www.gordonsvw.com) site has certainly helped get me some good deals at Gordons... worked out great!

Plus five nights a week at white spot, serving up those OOO burgers :P

An additional couple or days are spent floggin sporting goods at Coast Mountain Sports.

But yea, might be going back to univ this fall... :unsure: :wacko: :blink:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Bubba on February 21, 2005, 08:25:16 AM: My job is manager of special projects, but my official title is Radiation Safety Officer.

My employer is a nondestructive testing service provider to the industrial and commercial/construction sectors.

It all sounds pretty stuffy, but between work and raising two teenagers and a 9 year old, I barely get enough time to work on my bug.

So I am thinking of taking a month off... :rockon:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: jason_hamilton on February 21, 2005, 09:05:25 AM: I handle online sales and e-customer service for Vancouver specialty retail store Wilkinson's Autombilia through our web store eAutomobilia.com. I develop and maintain our web presence, search engine optimization, customer database, ebay and online promotions. I also maintain our in-store inventory databases, shipping, receiving and some point of sale customer service. Been there nine years and am starting to think about even greater challenges.
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Post by: Russ on February 21, 2005, 09:36:26 AM: i work for a company that makes site furnishing's for parks cities ect..
my work (http://www.francesandrew.com/)

i run the powdercoating portion of the shop and have for the past 12 years

russ
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Post by: Chris on February 21, 2005, 02:03:57 PM: stuff.
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: steveo_32 on February 21, 2005, 02:30:38 PM: I own five or six house's and rent them out........without stoves....or washers.....or dryers.......and lots of lights...........and I own some property up country...........and run a Harem........
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: HeliMike on February 21, 2005, 03:45:05 PM: This is where I work. (http://superiorairco.com)

I'm a sales rep when I actually do make it to work.
:mullet:

Good times.
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: ryanmacneil8448 on February 21, 2005, 05:33:29 PM: i am a second year apprentice at a gm dealer
i hate it all i do is change oil no challenge there but it pays the bills
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Post by: Needles on February 21, 2005, 07:19:43 PM: not telling... :P
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Post by: Tom H. on February 21, 2005, 07:27:45 PM: American Gigilo
B)
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Post by: Shane on February 21, 2005, 07:37:10 PM: I am the Pimp of Man whores.... I pimp guys like Geoff, Hoosier etc.. Pays well..you just have to listen to thier whining...I have a partner...(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dune-buggy.com%2Fgallery%2Fimages%2Fbbs228%2F228843.JPG&hash=23badf4bb075aa302c7b77818cc67d972711c89f)
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Post by: vw_luvbug on February 21, 2005, 09:29:21 PM: I'm a stay at home single mom of 3. I go into my eldest son's school 3day/wk and assist him in class. He has Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Severe ADHD and Schitzophrenia. Every other weekend I break free from my parental duties and get the heck outta my house. I go to Delta sometimes so my brother can instruct me in the ways of the VW...lol! My plate is full.
~vwluvbug :wub:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: busnerd on February 21, 2005, 09:59:44 PM: Apprentice electrician. Industrial stuff, bottling plants, machine shops that sort of thing. but I still don't have 220v in my garage to run my compressor, what's the deal?
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Mowser on February 21, 2005, 10:27:03 PM: journeyman Electrician, mostly commercial and industrial. Data, sound, and security when the need arises. If I were a shape I'd be a circle.
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: 1969deluxebus on February 22, 2005, 03:22:07 AM: Youth counsellor in a high school in Abbotsford, driver my night job, landlord I live in a house with 8 girls and 5 guys in the back yard 3 in a tent and 2 in a bus(school not vw even though peeps want to) yeah it is crazy but hey what is life with out making it intresting :rockon: , property manger this property and a few other houses that I own, landscaping in the summer for the property
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: kirin on February 22, 2005, 04:30:04 AM: Used to live from paycheck to paycheck to mod my bug(BAH who needs a social life or a girlfriend!?) During that time was shop boy/bitch doing everything and anything on a old car farm out in Langley. Now I'm a trust fund student till I get back and then I have to find a job.
Oh yeah somewhere in between I did a bit of mail-boy office work.
Now in search of a full time summer job that I can extend into part time during the fall...
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Needles on February 22, 2005, 08:27:17 AM: Quote
Used to live from paycheck to paycheck to mod my bug(BAH who needs a social life or a girlfriend!?) During that time was shop boy/bitch doing everything and anything on a old car farm out in Langley. Now I'm a trust fund student till I get back and then I have to find a job.
Oh yeah somewhere in between I did a bit of mail-boy office work.
Now in search of a full time summer job that I can extend into part time during the fall...
:huh: Some of that sounds a bit like Dannyboy's res.... :lol:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: Shane on February 22, 2005, 01:05:48 PM: Quote
I'm a stay at home single mom of 3. I go into my eldest son's school 3day/wk and assist him in class. He has Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Severe ADHD and Schitzophrenia. Every other weekend I break free from my parental duties and get the heck outta my house. I go to Delta sometimes so my brother can instruct me in the ways of the VW...lol! My plate is full.
~vwluvbug :wub:
Welcome to the ASF and Hands down you have the hardest job of anyone on here....
As Matt Street would say... MAD PROPS to you :rockon:
Title: What Do You Do?
Post by: kirin on February 23, 2005, 01:30:05 AM: Yeah well we are kind of from the same mold.
We both have 62's.
But I'm jealous of his ragtop :o
And were both the inherently young guns yet at least I know to keep my lugs tight and my brakes(Well 76BUSTED can account for that).
Now to think about it were not that alike..