Dumpster 0 #1 July 8, 2005 I LOVE MY JOB!! I'm off to do an retro-fit on a machine - We have removed an 800 horsepower AC motor (Reliance) and are replacing it a 1,000 HP motor. Great Fun!!! Cell Phone Pics to follow. I'm off to get a magnetic base drill to start drilling and tapping some new holes. WOO-HOO!! I Live for this shit! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverton 0 #2 July 8, 2005 QuoteI LOVE MY JOB!! You are sick!!! (Or a profesional skydiver) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Using your droque to gain stability is a bad habit, Especially when you are jumping a sport rig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #3 July 8, 2005 What size hammer will that take?I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WatchYourStep 0 #4 July 8, 2005 That sounds fun even though I don't know a darn thing about magnetic base drills and what not. Although I do know I love tapping holes too. (Insert devil smiley here, i don't know how.) It's Friday and my mind is in the gutter, sorry. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 July 8, 2005 I love my job too. I occasionally get to shoot shit bags and I actually get PAID for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #6 July 8, 2005 I like mine too except when I get a rock stuck in the fucking oven. Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpchikk 0 #7 July 8, 2005 I hate my fucking job and I hate it when people call in sick at the last gd minute when we are already short staffed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #8 July 8, 2005 QuoteI like mine too except when I get a rock stuck in the fucking oven. haha...you are stuck... Rock in a hard place! She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 July 8, 2005 QuoteI hate my fucking job and I hate it when people call in sick at the last gd minute when we are already short staffed. Awww...............sounds like someone needs a bottle of wine, a bubble bath, and a nice massage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #10 July 8, 2005 QuoteQuoteI hate my fucking job and I hate it when people call in sick at the last gd minute when we are already short staffed. Awww...............sounds like someone needs a bottle of wine, a bubble bath, and a nice massage. You really know how to make a man go moist mate Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #11 July 8, 2005 Everyone is a comedian...... Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpchikk 0 #12 July 8, 2005 QuoteAwww...............sounds like someone needs a bottle of wine, a bubble bath, and a nice massage. Yes, that does all sound very nice... if I make it through this work day it will be a miracle... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #13 July 8, 2005 Mag drills are so handy - Like a portable drill press. So far it's taken me an hour to begin establishing new centerlines for the bolt holes - Shit's gotta be dead-nuts-on. The motor is due here this morning. It *only* weighs about 500 punds more than the motor that came off. I hope our forklift is big enough to swing it - mmm - hole tapping - Fun at home or in the shop! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #14 July 8, 2005 I run video teleconference's for the Air Force. It consists of me sitting in front of two computers. One computer will have DZ.com on it, and the other one has some power point presentation on it. I sit and listen for the magic words "Next Slide", and then I push the down arrow button. Sometimes I answer the phone and type a few things into the computer, but most of the time I just sit here. I need a new job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #15 July 8, 2005 Quote I run video teleconference's for the Air Force. It consists of me sitting in front of two computers. One computer will have DZ.com on it, and the other one has some power point presentation on it. I sit and listen for the magic words "Next Slide", and then I push the down arrow button. Sometimes I answer the phone and type a few things into the computer, but most of the time I just sit here. I need a new job. that's like my job. 2 computers, 1 with dz.com open at all times. i just dont have anything else important to put on my other screen so ive got my email open. i do lots and lots of nothing. oh yeah, and i play with photoshop too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #16 July 8, 2005 Every day when I get home, I think to myself "another 8 hours of my life that I will never get back". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #17 July 8, 2005 Mine's like that too... I've got the monitor window open for the equipment I manage in case something breaks... email and dz open in browsers...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #18 July 8, 2005 Quote Every day when I get home, I think to myself "another 8 hours of my life that I will never get back". yeah, the only saving grace is the bigger paycheck that i get in comparison to my old job interacting with people and managing a Smoothie King. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #19 July 8, 2005 I'm now making about half of what I was making when I was active duty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #20 July 8, 2005 That sounds like TOO much fun! I run the maintenance department for a plastics compounding company - As long as all the machines are running well, (which they usually are, or I wouldn't have gotten a fat raise this spring-) it's like Shop class - I get to build things, design stuff with our R&D department, all kinds of neat shit. I'm an electrician/mechanic/welder/pipfitter/fabricator/supervisor/etc.etc - - - Of course, I always keep an eye open for new job opportunities. This work is beginning to take it's toll on my body, I'd like to find something that pays as well or better but not as physically demanding. Just don't know what to persue, though. I've pretty much hit the ceiling here at this place. OK - Time to get back at it, break time is over! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #21 July 8, 2005 Here's a pic of the magetic base drill in place, all the layout work is done and I'm ready to start drilling holes and tapping them to take some 1" diameter bolts. Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skychick312 0 #22 July 8, 2005 I LOVE MY JOB TOO!!! All 3 of them... 1 I can be as bitchy as I want just no cursing (Law Sec/Collector) 2 I get to bury my elbow into ppl (massage therapist) 3 I pack Parachutes and I am danm good at it!!! (actually I really like to) Love it all!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the change you wish to see in the world! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #23 July 8, 2005 Quote Of course, I always keep an eye open for new job opportunities. This work is beginning to take it's toll on my body, I'd like to find something that pays as well or better but not as physically demanding. Just don't know what to persue, though. I've pretty much hit the ceiling here at this place. If you truely love your job (as your subject line so vigorously proclaims), and you are earning a decent salary that allows to you pay the bills and support your extracirricular activities, then leaving would be silly. I know many folks that left a job they liked for another that paid better, and almost all of them ended up regretting it.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #24 July 8, 2005 I can't complain at all - Of course there are days full of B.S. but just about any place has that to some degree. I'm in no rush to change jobs at all. But if I were to come across an opportunity to do something groovy in the same general field, with higher wages, and more attractive conditions and benefits, etc. why wouldn't I look into it? Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #25 July 8, 2005 Well in that case you would be silly to ignore an opportunity :-) Just pointing out that in a lot of cases, being happy with your job is worth a lot of money. If its the same kinda work with just as much job satisfaction, and the money is better, then by all means take that job __ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
