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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: kirin on September 28, 2006, 08:33:08 PM
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Hey Guys,
Just kind of curious besides the VW banter... What do you guys do for a living?
I'll start.
Second year student at Kwantlen.
Going into psychology or business(This semester will determine)
Earn my lootcakes.
Being a lubetech or a \"big brother\" type out on north van...
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Ticketed Steel fabricater building every type of saw mill equipment imaginable . Salmon Arm about 60 other fabricaters in the shop .
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If you're going to tell us what you do for a living, can you please do it in English?
What the hell does this mean?!?!
Earn my lootcakes.
Being a lubetech or a \"big brother\" type out on north van...
Me? I sell car parts.
:rockon:
ThrasheR
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Hey Guys,
Just kind of curious besides the VW banter... What do you guys do for a living?
I'll start.
Second year student at Kwantlen.
Going into psychology or business(This semester will determine)
So you want to go into business?
You want to become a lying, cheating bastard?
From today's Province newspaper. Read on!
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/edi...9c-0762aa28a059 (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=05fbfdf1-1619-423e-889c-0762aa28a059)
So you think the average corporate chief is a lying cheat. Well you haven't seen anything yet.
If you view the current crop of Wall Street heavy hitters as a pack of shysters, wait until the next generation replaces them. According to a survey released this month, students are increasingly cheating during their courses.
And which class is most likely to be trying to fiddle the system? You guessed it: the business-studies mob.
That raises some questions that aren't discussed as often as they should be. Why is business so rife with dishonesty? Why is it getting worse? And what can be done to prevent the erosion of business ethics?
\"There is little social sanction for cheating when so many people are cheating that it becomes normal and routine,\" said David Callahan, author of The Cheating
Culture. \"When everybody's doing it, you don't feel bad if you do it, too.\"
The survey covered 5,331 students at 32 graduate business schools in the U.S. and Canada. Out of those, an astonishing 56 per cent of business students were willing to own up to cheating. And who knows how many of them lied about that? The real figure may be so high that it would make sewer rats feel ashamed of themselves.
The conclusion is clear. If it is honesty you are looking for, then business school isn't the place to find it.
What kind of tricks are they pulling? According to the study, business students are more likely to work with others on an assignment when they had been told to work alone. They were also more likely to cut and paste material from the Internet or from their textbooks.
It probably isn't the end of the world if a few students copy some of their assignments from the Internet. If, however, they go out into the world with the attitude that breaking the rules doesn't matter, that is more serious.
Certainly, big business gives the impression of being rife with dishonesty -- as numerous corporate and financial scandals have shown.
And it is hard to believe that students who have become used to bending the rules in college are suddenly going to start sticking to them rigidly once they get out.
After all, they aren't stupid. They got away with it in school, so why not carry on?
What does such dishonesty tell us about business?
First, never trust anyone with the words \"master of business administration\" tacked onto their name. They may well be lying about their qualification. And even if they aren't, they may have cheated their way through the exams.
Next, the barriers to cheating are falling. In school, you can copy work from the Web. In the office, there are legal disincentives, but fewer social sanctions about twisting the rules.
Third, business has developed a \"win at all costs\" culture that, at least tacitly, encourages rule-breaking. In the survey, many of the
students said they cheated on their exams because they assumed that was the normal thing to do.
That's probably true once they go to work as well.
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i'm a machinist
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Hey Guys,
Just kind of curious besides the VW banter... What do you guys do for a living?
I'll start.
Second year student at Kwantlen.
Going into psychology or business(This semester will determine)
So you want to go into business?
You want to become a lying, cheating bastard?
From today's Province newspaper. Read on!
Insert Newspaper Blah Blah Blah here
So Cameron what do you do for a living? You sell fridges dont you.
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If you're going to tell us what you do for a living, can you please do it in English?
What the hell does this mean?!?!
Earn my lootcakes.
Being a lubetech or a "big brother" type out on north van...
Me? I sell car parts.
:rockon:
ThrasheR
My apologies Bill,
My head is still mighty murky from this flu I'm still battling
I earn my money/lootcakes by being a lube-tech(I change your oil if you go to a certain shop)
Also one day a week I hang out with a kid with autism on the north shore.
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Hey Guys,
Just kind of curious besides the VW banter... What do you guys do for a living?
I'll start.
Second year student at Kwantlen.
Going into psychology or business(This semester will determine)
So you want to go into business?
You want to become a lying, cheating bastard?
From today's Province newspaper. Read on!
Insert Newspaper Blah Blah Blah here
So Cameron what do you do for a living? You sell fridges dont you.
Looks like there was a nerve hit ;)
I am an Electrical inspector for the state of Washington. Just making sure the wiring is safe :rockon:
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I earn my money/lootcakes by being a lube-tech(I change your oil if you go to a certain shop)
please let us know what shop this is so we can all avoid it like the plague.
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my name is steve
i work at Curtis Tire/ Curtis Custom Wheels
i mount wheels and tires,
everything from a 3\" rim to 30\"s and tires up to 49\"
i don't make much money but it supports my addiction to cars.
i love my job, and i like most of the people there. people need to leave tips more often, especialy vehicles that are a pain in the ass (see below)
and a note to Darren Dilley ( i hate working on your dodge) but it's still a cool truck, better on 28's don't ya think?
yeah thats my job in a nut shell
:) steve
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Actually Matt don't you worry. I know what I'm doing. I only put the brake lathe shavings in the \"Special\" customer oil filters. :lol:
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I earn my money/lootcakes by being a lube-tech(I change your oil if you go to a certain shop)
so your one of those punks that tries to sell me every friggin filter, fluid, and dodad EVERY time i take a car in to get a basic oil change?
\"sir, our records indicate that you havent changed your in-cabin airfilter in 3 and a half weeks, we recommend that you change it at least once a week; would you like me to go ahead and change it for you?\"
gets me angry just thinking about it....... :wacko:
oh yeah, im an apprentice machinist....
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I only put the brake lathe shavings in the \"Special\" customer oil filters.
YOU PICK ON THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED TOO?!?!
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Im a counter monkey for lordco!!
\"Please hold we will be right with you\"
Followed by (if you don't know what it is send them elsewhere)
\"We don't sell those but I think canadian tire does\"
And I work on Wayyyyyyy to many projects at once!
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Dannyboy,
Note how I said lube tech. Not lube jockey, or lube fleecer. The joint I work at we don't try to upsell anything. We do however let you know if we think your vehicle is unsafe(Steel belts poking through the tires, various other maladies, ROAD HAZARD!) only thing we do occasionally try to upsell is Elf Synthetic oil.
And no I don't pick on the mentally handicap. Its a process that I have jokingly threatened with doing when dealing with very problematic PITA customers...
-Kirin
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well you just sucked the fun out of my post.
:(
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Hey 1976bus, blarneyman!
No nerves hit. I just wanted to point out what the local media have to say about business students. Kirin may have his heart set on business school. The last two or three lines says it all.
My official title is \"tool and die maker\", which is just a fancy name for \"glorified machinist\". I spend my days in a machine shop making widgets, and gizmos. And I love it!
I give away refrigerators, but only as a side job. Free!
1976 bus, What do you do for a living? Besides modify cables.
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Salesman (again) and part-time student. Trying to get my Building Inspectors' license so I can land my cushy gov't job and move the hell out of the lower mainland :rockon:
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apprentice automotive technician.
but i think i want camerons job now... B)
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Nondestructive testing technician/welding inspector is the official title, but I seem to be doing a lot more aircraft inspections in the last few years. 5 more years and I am off to my retirement place in Osooyoos, Baby!!!
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Ticketed Electrician. Salmon Arm area
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Well currently im surfing the couch until my doc returns me to work from being the lucky victim of a climbing hook to the back of the leg, but my regular job is a Journeyman Telecommunications Service Technician. My current role is a cable splicer which takes me to great places such as underground maintenance holes in the Surrey Langley area. My regular role is a repairperson which consists of fixing your phone, adsl or various related services.
On top of that I run my own side business that covers things such as computer sales, service and network maintenance to all forms of data cabling, be it security cameras, to fiber optics.
Not a bad gig or two.
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Also one day a week I hang out with a kid with autism on the north shore.
:rockon:
Huge round of Kudos to you Kirin!
My son has Autism...so I can appreciate what it must mean to the child and family to have you drop by for weekly visits.
Big pat on the shoulder for you!
Meisterman
Ps. I'm a Graphic Designer and work in-house for Kona Bicycle Company.
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Kona is in North Van right? I drive by it everyday....
I am the Health and Safety Coordinator of the Vancouver Shipyard - which is a company owned by the Washington Marine Group, which owns pretty much everything....
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I collect cans and bottles
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I collect cans and bottles
and a hell of lot, more than most....damn you!! Just 'cause your shopping cart is bigger than mine... [_[
oh and I work in the Coquitlam School District helping kids.... Special Education Assistant. Been doing it for 17yrs.... as old as Kirin! :unsure:
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I mostly just store things in my shed for my friends.....then chase them around for months asking them to romove it. It's a long boring job that seems to take forever...I do get results tho...I'm persistant!
When i'm not doing that I work as tec guy for an automotive paint manufacturer...glorified painter!
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My official title is \"Bookstore Assistant\", or \"glorified accounting Clerk\". Over educated and with a vast past experiences, I spend my days in an office paying bills. I also work with the logistics side of the business for a store grossing 30M year dealing and negotiating rates with national and international freight companies.
It may sound interesting, but I really like to know how to do what most of you guys do. If I only had another 50 years, knowing what I know......
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I hire Bubba to do Ultra sonic testing on steel caissons in the Fraser River ;) .
I'm the project manager for Fraser River Pile and Dredge for the construction of the 2 Rav Line Bridges across the Fraser in richmond. Technically Im a structural engineer.
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I'm a freelance gynecologist ..................................oh wait, that's more of a hobby. :P
Western Regional Manager of PIAA Corporation.
www.piaa.com
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I work for a company that tries to get egspots International Buisness.....I also store cars on the side for Canadians that can't get em across the border. :D
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50+ hours per week pimping parts for a small VW retail shop. 10-15 hours per week doing freelance web design (pays a lot better).
The rest of the time, I'm a juvenile delinquent.
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what do I do?
as little as possible.
:rockon:
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Drive various night busses around town for coast mountain.....red means go :ph34r:
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I mostly just store things in my shed for my friends.....then chase them around for months asking them to romove it. It's a long boring job that seems to take forever...I do get results tho...I'm persistant!
When i'm not doing that I work as tec guy for an automotive paint manufacturer...glorified painter!
Funny guy...I picked it up on Tuesday and you wanted me to get it on the following Sat.... :angry:
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Aircraft painter :mellow:
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and a hell of lot, more than most....damn you!! Just 'cause your shopping cart is bigger than mine... <_<
oh and I work in the Coquitlam School District helping kids.... Special Education Assistant. Been doing it for 17yrs.... as old as Kirin! :unsure:
Ditto also Special Ed Assistant in surrey!
Gary
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Aircraft maintenance engineer. (fancy way to say licenced airplane mechanic)
I do restorations on antique and classic light planes, sell parts, brokering, appraisals, annual inspections, and run a hay farm that grows alot of busses lateley.
The income though comes from being a slumlord, gotta love that commercial real estate.
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Ticketed steel fabricator by trade but for last two years a stay at home Dad. I have a 2 year old boy and 6 month old twins. (boy & girl) Good work if you can get it. I do cash steel fab jobs out of the garage to pay for project '59 and beer.
Jeremy
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Journeyman tech @ VW dealership.
Wish I was a porn star! :blush: :lol:
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Journeyman tech at a Subaru dealer
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so your one of those punks that tries to sell me every friggin filter, fluid, and dodad EVERY time i take a car in to get a basic oil change?
"sir, our records indicate that you havent changed your in-cabin airfilter in 3 and a half weeks, we recommend that you change it at least once a week; would you like me to go ahead and change it for you?"
gets me angry just thinking about it....... :wacko:
oh yeah, im an apprentice machinist....
haha, that reminds me of a time my dad took his car in for an oil change, the previous day he had his rear end oil changed/serviced...and they were trying to tell him it needed to be done and wouldnt recomend him driving the car till it was done.
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i smash bags and move planes out at YVR for air canada. can't say much for the company but the flight benifits are a perk...off to england and hong kong in october.
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I am a Canadian Government Grain Inspector in the Port of Vancouver. Monitoring the unloading of railcars and the loading of ocean going vessels.
Mostly split peas, canola, wheat, and Barley Malt for Sapporro Beer. :D
Side job is sleeping, and hanging out with my wife and 4 kids
-----> :mullet: :angry: :P :D
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i am the tokin brown guy for a local vw seen .
i also work as an operating room tech.
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Hey Capt Crunch - Do you know Tony DeWilt?
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i smash bags and move planes out at YVR for air canada. can't say much for the company but the flight benifits are a perk...off to england and hong kong in october.
Ah so thats why my suitcase has three wheels missing and is ripped to shreads, :D
Need any info on England like where to go and not be ripped off give me a shout or PM me.
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I start work Monday for the Univercity in Kamloops as a chef, providing food for all those eager beaver students, it,s not what I wanted but the hours are great and that fits in with the family, I just got to remember how to cook :lol: :lol:
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I am a certified B ticket with two pressure tickets Welder
I work for the GVRD mostly welding pipe and other misc stuff in shop.
But when they say in the summer to try and cut down on water use and nobody does guess who has to fix the water leaks?
I also do metal fab and welding on the side in my shop So if any of you need any thing welded or made let me know.
( I do alu. tig work to)
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I am(I guess Was) Mechanical Maintenance Coordinator for Western Canada for Alimentation Couche Tard Inc. (Mac's stores, Witespots, Mikes milk stores and lots of Subway stores) Refrigeration and construction trades tickets, but a bastard slurpee machine motor took my right arm four years ago :huh: , it was still attached but only by flesh. After six surgeries I have some movement and am waiting for clearance from wcb to start back at school... dare I say it...considering business courses. For now I'm In my shop with my two year old little guy and gettin paid for it . On that note I am looking for a right hand drive...cops will bust me if they catch me in a normal standard:-)
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i teach preschool and run an afterschool program at an elementary school in Langley :)
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I was an apprentice for aircraft sheet metal/welding but I decided to go to school, now I'm taking Industrial Design.
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I'm a rockit sientist....
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i used to be a break dancer in hindi movies.
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I collect cans and bottles
actually I collect the cans & bottles, you just get the $$ :lol: :lol:
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i work at a shop that makes park furniture http://www.francesandrew.com/ (http://www.francesandrew.com/)
it is a small shop with me running the powder coating shop.
i just past my 15 year mark there.
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Fireman
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Previously worked in the meat wholesale business (Family owned). Decided to give it up to be an automotive upholsterer. Currently going to school!
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Steiner,
You going to Kwantlen now?
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Currently between jobs, but my last job was a slitter Operator for a company that made packaging tape. Before that I was a press-man at a printing company that made scratch lottery tickets for Loto-Quebec.
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Power engineer at the hospital here in Kamloops
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Yup I am going to Kwantlen full time!
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We should grab lunch sometime and shoot the shiz. I'm a kwantlen student too(Taking 4 courses)
-Kirin
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im a roofer, currently working for 2 companies and trying to get out on my own. if you need a roof done, give me a call and let guns and hoses roofing and repairs do it... because \"we're always on top\"
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what kind of roofing do you do?
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Yup I am going to Kwantlen full time!
Yikes! Another upholstery guy in the group ;) BTW I have a walking foot machine for sale...
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I scrape the gum off the bus seats. :P
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im a roofer, currently working for 2 companies and trying to get out on my own. if you need a roof done, give me a call and let guns and hoses roofing and repairs do it... because "we're always on top"
I did the in Law's roof in Kamloops 2 years ago with a large crew and I say, Let them do it. Professionals do it faster ( a fraction of the time.) When it is finished, you do not hurt for a week.
That is why they make the Big Bucks.
I hear of anyone , I will pm you.
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Thats cute Ki-Ki and steiner could grab lunch then walk each other to their next class hand in hand :wub:
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i / we mostly do asphalt duroid laminates (regular shingles on most roofs), but i've also done a year of cedar shingles and shakes, a few flat roofs and metal roofs. pretty much anything except for clay tile roofs.
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I ran a Vw powered sawmill for 6.5 years until my back got screwed up. Now my G/F and I raise and show St. Bernards, and I do the odd mechanical or chainsawing/falling job. I'm looking at buying a Hiab truck now too.
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Aircraft maintenance engineer and gas turbine engine machanic, I work on the big birds.
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farmer, cattleman,jack of all trades
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Stunt dick for a local production comany
and in my down time custom stereo dude
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I am a carpenter specializing in concrete formwork mostly in the downtown area. I work for the same company as steve32's uncle. He is right those guys have way too many projects on the go. Makes his uncle kinda twitchy.
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I mow muppets.
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Here goes, TV editor at Channel M doing commercials and shows, then nights and weekends working for TSN, Sportsnet, CBC or whoever will pay me doing replays at Lions or Canucks games. Worked at 5 olympics and at a post house doing finishing on special effects for shows and movies. (besides keeping the wife and 3 kids happy)
Brian
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Here is a good vid clip of my work in action..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-Wo...ardsMontage.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-WoodwardsMontage.wmv)
turn the volume up!
here is a inside view..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-wo...ards_inside.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-woodwards_inside.wmv)
Cale
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are you the horn guy?
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I drive a Superior Propane truck all throughout the Yukon (15 years now :o ).....
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Here is a good vid clip of my work in action..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-Wo...ardsMontage.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-WoodwardsMontage.wmv)
turn the volume up!
here is a inside view..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-wo...ards_inside.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-woodwards_inside.wmv)
Cale
so you're the bastard that blew up my squalor.
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I JUST STARTED A NEW CARRER . :D IM A TEST PILOT FOR KENWORTH TRUCKS :blink:
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I'm a dispatcher of oilfield equipment.
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I am an Electrician.
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Here is a good vid clip of my work in action..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-Wo...ardsMontage.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-WoodwardsMontage.wmv)
turn the volume up!
here is a inside view..
http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-wo...ards_inside.wmv (http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot/video/06-woodwards_inside.wmv)
Cale
I use to get pay to blow up shit , lont time ago..
Cool work man.