What do you do for work?

started a trucking business 35 years ago dump trucks and Lowbed equipment moving the dump trucks work mostly San Diego county the equipment moving we go out a bit farther but don't go out of state very often. I just got signed up with cal-fire to haul equipment like dozers to fires.
I also did grading and demo for about 15 years at the same time, trucks fit in with that business well.
We do all our own repairs and have even built and painted the dump boxesRGN898qzRkal1HlT8+n%iw.jpgwHxqLsjKQJGYvbpuihVx%Q.jpg
 
I've been an auto mechanic for 37 years, was with GM most of that time. I've hated almost all 37 years of it, I've worked with some true motherfuckers over the years. We make just enough money to keep coming back. I didn't get into making a lot of money until just a few years ago. Now I'm old and worn out and want to retire.
 
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Mac said:
How freaking cool is that? I had always seen this house growing up and driving past it.

I would have loved to tour it.
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I've painted the exterior of it 2x over the last 15 years. Some painting on the inside. Only took a few pics of the inside and most of those got lost with my old phone.
What you see from the highway is only about 1/4 of the house. It's crazy inside. All decorated in 70s Jetsons style but real technology. The architecture/design is crazy cool.

The owner is a really nice hard working guy. Car guy, so we got along great. He must have over 100 cars and motorcycles at his office in Denver.
He has spent some serious time/money making it more updated and livable. It's his show piece. He doesn't live there but is there daily tinkering on crap or giving people he's met tours.
 

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KLC said:
I've been an auto mechanic for 37 years, was with GM most of that time. I've hated almost all 37 years of it, I've worked with some true motherfuckers over the years. We make just enough money to keep coming back. I didn't get into making a lot of money until just a few years ago. Now I'm old and worn out and want to retire.
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The day I left the automotive profession behind was one of the best ever.
 
Software development since 1999 - business software, mainly startups.
Current position is a mix of product manager and product owner - basically manage the cats in RnD to keep focus so we can hit our targeted release dates and keep the butts I have to kiss, Happy.
 
Medical gas piping and supply infrastructure inspector/verifier. Nfpa99 nitc6040,6030,6035.

Small company but large in the category, out of Temecula, serving most hostpital, outpatient, dental, and vet facilities from el centro up to santa barbara, bakersfield to fort irwin etc.

In a nutshell we are 3rd party inspection/maintenance company providing detailed reports for facilities to be in good standing with regulatory agencies like CMS, Jcaho, Hcia.
We do verification of all supply, mechanical, piping, alarms, valving, end of use(patient connection) of all medical gases, o2, medical air, n20, n2, co2 etc.
Verifications of brazing and materials, purity, gas concentration, joint and seal leaks, operational flow, and pressure sampling. Installation, maintenance, rental equipment for compressor and vacuum supply systems, cryogenic bulk supply system inspections.

Its pretty niche and very secure. Definitely need to find ways to stay chill in this california traffic averaging 45-50k miles a year just me.

Reading through this thread i probably have ran across @L.R.S. at a usc facility!
 
Doughballin14 said:
Reading through this thread i probably have ran across @L.R.S. at a usc facility!
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Late 90's I was rolling through the hospitals across SoCal... their biomed labs, calibrating EKG machines, oscilloscopes, weights, scales, ground fault detectors, etc... had a huge contract with Kaiser and a lot of SoCal hospitals. I've worked in a lot of environments over the years ...a facility where we performed uniformity surveys on >20 ovens at 800-2100F for heat treating, dirty and nasty and was pretty terrible but nowhere close to as nasty as those hospitals, lol...
 
HozayKwarvo said:
Late 90's I was rolling through the hospitals across SoCal... their biomed labs, calibrating EKG machines, oscilloscopes, weights, scales, ground fault detectors, etc... had a huge contract with Kaiser and a lot of SoCal hospitals. I've worked in a lot of environments over the years ...a facility where we performed uniformity surveys on >20 ovens at 800-2100F for heat treating, dirty and nasty and was pretty terrible but nowhere close to as nasty as those hospitals, lol...
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I can agree with you there! I can say that i have a good idea of the facilities i would visit if needed and which ones i would avoid if possible! I see every mechanical room, patient room, icu, emergency rooms, operating rooms, cath labs, endoscopy rooms. Any place there is medical gas piped.

Currently wrapping up a saturday OT job in santa clarita. Off hours duplex vacuum pump control panel upgrade.

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