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"I like simple pleasures, like butter in my a$$...lollipops in my mouth. That's just me. That's just something that I enjoy."
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i am a female who rides a valk, i am 5 foot tall and i run a overhead crane hauling up to 90,000 lb coils of steel and stamping them into blanks for various companies. my husband taught me how to ride and bought me a valk for christmas nine weeks ago. it is the best gift other than my first bike that i still have a hard time giving up. kari b
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« Reply #42 on: December 26, 2009, 06:48:20 PM » |
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HEY VARMINT, DO YOU CONTRACT OUT? WE JUST HAD THE FAMILY ALL UP. . . AND THE LAZYBOYS AND COUCH COULD ALL USE YOUR SERVICES.
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« Reply #43 on: December 26, 2009, 06:49:54 PM » |
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I am a West Virginia Motor Carrier Enforcement Officer. We enforce all local, state and federal laws regarding trucks and commercial motor vehicles. I am also a law enforcement firearms instructor and teach civilian concealed carry classes once a month. I also work weekends in a gun shop. .JPG) Besides working and riding my Valk I am enjoying my 2006 Nissan 350Z Grand Touring. Not quite as pricey as a Lotus but it is a blast to drive ( gonna get me in trouble, I am afraid.). .jpg) |
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #44 on: December 26, 2009, 07:05:42 PM » |
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Teamster for Uncle Sam ...Heavy Hauler ...If it's too heavy to get moving and too heavy to get stopped I'll have it on a trailer. I'm one of the guys bsnicely in the above post lives for  My boss is pushing for us to start hauling for the nuclear side of our company I'm not at all looking forward to that I'll be in a class room more than out on the open road   |
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« Reply #46 on: December 26, 2009, 07:22:38 PM » |
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« Reply #47 on: December 26, 2009, 07:46:47 PM » |
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« Reply #48 on: December 26, 2009, 08:20:01 PM » |
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I am 3rd generation in a 60 year old construction company. We are a small 25 man outfit. We have sand plant, string of trucks, paving crew for street paving and commercial work, and do utility work. We have to be diversified being we don't travel across state lines and don't travel over 100 miles from home.
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Some do.
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I Did!
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« Reply #49 on: December 26, 2009, 08:40:15 PM » |
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« Reply #50 on: December 26, 2009, 08:51:20 PM » |
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Joe, you and I are going to have to work over that bsnicely motor carrier enforcement guy! LOL  Actually, almost all of the ones I have dealt with have been very good. As in all walks of live, there are a few nut cases out there. bsnicely sounds like one of the best. MP |
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« Reply #51 on: December 26, 2009, 09:46:59 PM » |
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I am a small-town, solo attorney...working too many hours...but not minding the hours so much since I have a great boss!  Practicing attorney for 15 years, prior to that I was in procurement as a contractor for NASA for 8 years. Doubt I'll ever get to retire...so I just need to figure out some way to make my suits bug-proof....  Dave |
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« Reply #52 on: December 26, 2009, 11:48:15 PM » |
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« Reply #53 on: December 26, 2009, 11:49:47 PM » |
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I’ve owned my own food processing company for ten years, installed industrial and residential security systems for five years, then fiber optics and network cabling for another five years, onto building electrical control panels for commercial paint booths for yet again five years, now I’m in electrical maintenance at a diaper factory I’m thinking for four more years, that’ll make it five!!
And as of now, I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up!!
Life has made me a jack of all trades, master of none.
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« Reply #54 on: December 27, 2009, 01:10:31 AM » |
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Great response from all of you,what a varied bunch we are. Although I have work for Lotus in total for about 7 years,I did leave them in 2006 to start my own business.At the time I was riding an old 1000cc Yamaha Virago and wanted to have a touring trailer to pull.In the UK there are only a couple of trailers available on the market,all of which I didn't like.So I set to work and designed a basic trailer,taught myself how to fibreglass,built a mold and hey presto,built my first trailer.I invested every bit of cash I had plus some more to make it work,but it just didnt happen.It seems as though in the UK,towing a trailer with a bike just isnt the thing to do.It didn't help that the UK laws for towing a trailer with a bike are very limited,length and width wise.Most of the enquiries I had came from the USA,Canada and Australia.In mid 2007 I was asked to go back to Lotus and decided to pull the plug on the trailer business. Here's the first one I built,,   One I built for a UK Winger   This is my original one after I painted it to match the Valk.     |
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« Reply #55 on: December 27, 2009, 02:26:36 AM » |
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« Reply #56 on: December 27, 2009, 03:31:49 AM » |
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Author. Adventurer. Electrician. What pays for all these shenigans is that I do systems integration (fancy word for "make stuff work") for the publishing side of AH Belo Corp (principally, The Dallas Morning News) When I'm not buried up to my ears in work for "them", I work on the Old Vic, play with tools, and now, I'm starting to work on opening my own business. |
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« Reply #57 on: December 27, 2009, 05:11:58 AM » |
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« Reply #58 on: December 27, 2009, 05:47:31 AM » |
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I work in a chemical plant on the Mississippi river for the last 30 years. Some people say I don't work, just show up to get a pay check. What ever the case pay not bad, 12 hr shift so so. But its a job.
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« Reply #59 on: December 27, 2009, 05:52:07 AM » |
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Joe, you and I are going to have to work over that bsnicely motor carrier enforcement guy! LOL Actually, almost all of the ones I have dealt with have been very good. As in all walks of live, there are a few nut cases out there. bsnicely sounds like one of the best. MP Yes sir Brian is a good one I've rode with him several times and even went into West Virginia to pick-up a over-size load. Brian came out and picked me up in a big parking lot and we had lunch together. First time in my life I rode in a cop car and went to lunch not jail  |
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« Reply #60 on: December 27, 2009, 09:11:33 AM » |
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was a hairdresser for 32 years...taught cosmetology at the local jr. college for about 7.5 years...retired for 1.5 years...now I'm maid...cook...gardener...lawn specialist...party organizer...mimi....and full time friends with hotglue which is the best job in the world...fb
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« Reply #64 on: December 27, 2009, 10:45:31 AM » |
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Retired in 2007 after 30 years in tool and die shop of Reynolds Metals/Ball Corp can end plant. Made "pop tops" for aluminum drink cans. Mostly beer and soft drink but whatever the customer wanted we did, diet drinks, power drinks, liquid detergent, etc. Before that I worked in machine shops, drove truck, surveyor for highway dept, building engineer for National Geographic in Wash, DC (maintenance man)...........Of all the above I like retirement best !!! More time to ride ....see ya in KY !!
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« Reply #66 on: December 27, 2009, 12:22:04 PM » |
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« Reply #67 on: December 27, 2009, 12:35:10 PM » |
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State Highway Department - Maintenance. Thirty-five (+) years. Intend to stretch this gig out three more years. If the Guvanator (Awnuld Boobengrabber) extends the current 15% cut beyond June . . . I'll call it a day.
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Would rather be working for a charity that I volunteer for but will never get my wife to move to North Carolina. Don't blame her, I would have to travel a lot for that job.
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I am like Fudgie. I am a Firefighter 2/Emt-Basic. I also work at Iowa Speedway as a Firefighter/EMT, usually in the grandstands on a Medcart. Also do construction, because the track is part time, and the other Fire/EMS is volenteer. I also am a Fire Service Instructor 1, so I can also do some teaching when needed for a few topics.
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I worked for 25 yrs for a Budweiser Distributor as a Market Mgr. I had to retire for health reasons...heart transplant in 2003. I stayed idle for about 7 months then opened up a gas & welding supply store with a business partner. The business was very good till last year when the economy went sour. Now we are just trying to keep the doors open, and I just found out today my wife will be laid off were she works at the end of this week. Hopefully 2010 will be a better year....LOL
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« Reply #74 on: December 29, 2009, 12:34:31 PM » |
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"Integral Fuel Cell Sealer" is my job title. I clean and final close (put on the doors) fuel cells on Boeing 777 commercial jet liners, in Everett, Wa.
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Region Manager with "Mento AS" www.mento.no dep. Kristiansund since 1996 We are serving the Oil & Gas industry in Norway. Filtration: •Norway´s largest ware house in filter products •Over 300 different filter brands in stock Valves: •Butterfly Valves, Ball Valves, Gate Valves, Rotary Process Valves, Plug Valves, Globe Valves, Check Valves, API 6A Valves Hoses and Flowline: •All kind of low pressure and high pressure hoses, drilling hoses, quick couplings, adapters and fittings. Oilfield Supply: Washpipe System, Mud Pump Piston Rod System / Valve covers / Liner Retention Systems, Drilling Compounds and Lubricants, Centrifugal Pumps etc.... Our new location in Stavanger  Choke & Kill Manifold  |
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"Integral Fuel Cell Sealer" is my job title. I clean and final close (put on the doors) fuel cells on Boeing 777 commercial jet liners, in Everett, Wa.
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« Reply #78 on: December 29, 2009, 05:30:30 PM » |
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