What do you do for work?

[KLC]

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.

 

[endobear]

How freaking cool is that? I had always seen this house growing up and driving past it.

I would have loved to tour it.

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.

 

[Crusty]

I turn dreams into reality
Pools, hardscape, landscape. Pretty much anything outdoors
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You in SOCAL? What's your area...beautiful work.

 

[dbart]

You have any openings @dbart ?

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Dale

 

[Kraut_n_Rice]

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.

The day I left the automotive profession behind was one of the best ever.

 

[Chummin]

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.

 

[ChEFF]

I'm currently unemployed but looking for the right job.

Move to TX. I've got the perfect job for you! Peace

 

[ChEFF]

keep the butts I have to kiss, Happy.

Mine is puckering now! Peace

 

[RIDERED]

Move to TX. I've got the perfect job for you! Peace

Mowing your lawn?

 

[ROBERT L]

Mowing your lawn?

Probably not. He needs someone to prep all his toys.

 

[HozayKwarvo]

Mowing your lawn?

in the gardening department, mostly planting twolips

 

[Snappy]

Answered in post #61

Was in the wholesale biz for years in SD.. Tri-Electric.. Remember Mike Mills? Ge supply and I worked for Western Light Source..
Small word

 

[Doughballin14]

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!

 

[HozayKwarvo]

Reading through this thread i probably have ran across @L.R.S. at a usc facility!

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...

 

[wapawekka]

I oversee the jail and outfitting of police vehicles for a Southern California police agency.

 

[Doughballin14]

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...

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.

 

[HydroPower]

I am a Hydo Plant mechanic in charge of mechanical maintenance for 6 hydroelectric generators ranging from 750kw all the way up to 86mw

 

[nzulmer]

I am a superintendent for a commercial general contractor based out of Colorado with several districts across the US. I have been with the company's SoCal district for almost 9yrs and have been apart of project management teams managing projects ranging between $80m to $1.5B for customers such as LAWA (LAX), DGS (State of California), UC system (UCR, UCSD, UCI, USC and UCLA) and SDSU. We also work with NAVFAC, Caltech, LAUSD, Kaiser, City of Hope and Rady's out here in SoCal. Currently am working on a Life Sciences building for SDSU. We also self-perform concrete formwork, placement and finishing for structural concrete and flat work. Largest concrete placement I helped support to date was a 2000 CY mat slab.

Prior to that I was a laborer then groundman with Local 47 installing underground high voltage infrastructure for an SCE contractor.

 

[Jtmoney714]

I lift people up when they are down. My job also has its ups and downs.

 

[rivermobster]

I am a Hydo Plant mechanic in charge of mechanical maintenance for 6 hydroelectric generators ranging from 750kw all the way up to 86mwView attachment 124856

Is that at the east entrance to Yosemite??