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What is your occupation?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:09 PM
I just wanted to see what everybody does with out reading every bio.

I am a Power Lineman. I love my job because Im always outside and I get to work along RR right of ways alot!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:12 PM
No science?
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Posted by cwclark on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:16 PM
I work in an air separation / water/ steam / electricity generating plant...

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:18 PM
I'm a FedEx dispatcher (on-road manager) for the upper midwest.
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:19 PM
I was in Electronics before retiring in 2000
Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by West Coast S on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:23 PM
I'm employed by the Dept. Of Defense Security Services
SP the way it was in S scale
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Posted by egmurphy on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:24 PM
Retired - but prior to that my career was in refinery and petrochemical plant construction.


Can you edit the poll to add a category for retired?



Regards

Ed
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Posted by Javern on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:25 PM
stripper
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:29 PM
CEO Fundy Northern Railroad

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:36 PM
Hope to someday get into the railroad business. It seems so fun, except for all the rules you have to memorize. Well, better start now! (I'm in grade 10) If I put as much effort into school as I did into trains, I'd have a 97% Average!
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Posted by lupo on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Javern

stripper




specialised in mudwrestling?

the pig pic in your sig tells enough!
ROFLMAO ![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]

L [censored] O
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Posted by dano99a on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:39 PM
I'm a website and multimedia designer/developer.

"Anybody need a web site???" [:D]

http://www.dinteractive.net

DANO
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Posted by dharmon on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:41 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by cwclark

I work in an air separation / water/ steam / electricity generating plant...



So do I .......depending on what I ate for dinner.....


Active duty Navy the rest of the time.
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Posted by revandy on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:12 PM
Retired Firefighter, now a Minister, just fighting a different type of fire!
Rev. Andy Rogues Island Firehouse RR Big fire lotsa water, little fire, little water
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:20 PM
Two-month retired A&P mechanic after 20 years. Numerous jobs before that including building covered hoppers, coal hoppers and flats for Pullman Standard in Butler PA. Yikes, what a job that was[V]
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Posted by bpickering on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:24 PM
IT Geek- have been DBA, web dev, and currently supporting a big software company's Partner-facing website.
Brian Pickering "Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing." - Randy K. Milholland
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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:28 PM
I help people get healthy...

I own a vitamin supplement store.

Chip

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Posted by RedLeader on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:28 PM
I chose construction, because I ork for a construction/design firm. I'm a architect, but my work is primely in the design area.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:36 PM
Retired now, but spent my working career in logistics (all phases).
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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:40 PM
I"ve been a research technician in the field of Biomedical Engineering for the past 15-1/2 years - all with the help of a Bachelors Degree in Music Perfornance.

([?] I can hear you all out there scratching you heads. [?])

Tom

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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:47 PM
Deputy Chief of police in a suburb of Chicago.
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Posted by Javern on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:54 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo

QUOTE: Originally posted by Javern

stripper




specialised in mudwrestling?

the pig pic in your sig tells enough!
ROFLMAO ![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]

ok ok furniture stripper [:I]


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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:54 PM
I'm the shipping coordintor for a automotive prototype company.
I once shipped two trailers by rail that are specially built as portable enviomental squeak and rattle testing units for a major automobile manufacturer in Dearborn Michigan. They were needed in Oakville Ontario in Canada for pre-production testing on vehicles. My company was contracted to haul them over the road from Yucca Arizonia.
Well, they were too heavy to travel over the road due to the frost law in Michigan and Ontario. The only alternative was to send them by rail. I also learned that they were too heavy for the piggy back flats or spline cars. Their hitches are rated to 65,000 lbs but the trailers weighed 100,000 lbs and 78,000 lbs. Nor did the trailers have provisions for lifting. I figured they would have be loaded up with the tractors like circus wagons, so I called Canadian National. CN had BNSF spot two flat cars in AZ and contracted Kelly's Reload Service load them and tie the rigs down. Kelly sent me a video of the loading process. Very cool!
One minor problem was unloading the rigs. There were no ramps with the flat cars so the unloading crew had to improvise. The biggist problem was with management. I had everything in place, ready to go. However for some stupid reason, the manager at my company was waiting for the ok (for the second time I found out) from the customer before he would send the tractors to Yucca. The customer didn't call back for three weeks! When he did he was hot under the collar, wanting to know why the units we not delivered yet. After being loaded on the flat cars, the railroads did an excellent job of expediting them in a little over two days. I wish I could have seen them riding the rails.
I doubt I will ever have the oportunity to ship by rail again. The trailers were replaced with new lighter units.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:57 PM
Theoretically student. However, given the nature of the area (and living in an old house with a large garden) I've also been an (unofficial) mechanic, computer builder/fixer, tree surgeon, electrical engineer, DIY person, etc, etc. Amazing what you can do with gaffa tape, power tools and a bit of ingenuity, and these skills are very good for making new friends!
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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:58 PM
Neurodiagnostic Instruments distribution and sales. Medical devices for diagnosing and managing Epilepsy and other neurological disorders.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:08 PM
I retired at age 53, two years ago, and am hoping for many years of railroad modeling! I used to be an automobile dealership Service Manager, probably not the most popular person anyone wants to see! (Including me, now that I am out of the Auto business!) But at least it allowed me retire young enough to really enjoy my hobbies.
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Posted by AggroJones on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:10 PM
Train loving loser.

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:14 PM
Semi retired from the Canadian Navy where I was an engineer (electronics) - oceanography - intelligence analyst

Happy MRRing
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Posted by bscroggi on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:18 PM
I am a teacher at the local HS and am trying my best to retire.
Bud, no longer waiting for retirement!
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Posted by steveblackledge on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:25 PM
I work for Paccar inc in the UK, i work in the truck parts export buisness, i send stuff to 65 countrys from Kazhakstan to Canada & new Zealand to New York and everywhere in between the north and south poles, very interesting job (honest)

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