What pays your bills?

[dixie_boysles]

Well, When this thread was started, I was unemployed....However since the end of August, I am a Draftsman. I work at a local machine shop which refurbishes & builds mining equipment. First job i've had that I can really say I am 100% happy with.

welcome to my world I have a mechanical drafting degree, but work in Architectural drafting which is my first love

 

[Bubba]

Well, When this thread was started, I was unemployed....However since the end of August, I am a Draftsman. I work at a local machine shop which refurbishes & builds mining equipment. First job i've had that I can really say I am 100% happy with.

welcome to my world I have a mechanical drafting degree, but work in Architectural drafting which is my first love

I have been into drafting since Highschool(took 3 courses of it there), and went to tech school for it as well, however I never did much on the architectural side.....had plans to in tech school but got a job before I could go through that course. However oddly enough, my first job was doing architectural stuff, I got a job working for Clayton Homes in their engineering department. I liked that job, but wasn't really satisfied and got a job closer to home as a truss designer, which is where i worked for 4+yrs(kinda got stuck there...still really wasn't happy), until I got laid off last New Years Eve. I was unemployed for 8months until I got found this job and luckily got hired on. I like both sides of things, but I think I enjoy the mechanical side of things more, so like I said....this is the first job I can say I couldn't be much happier with. I do alot of 2-D "shop drawings", but I also get to work with AutoDesk Inventor alot designing the machinery in 3-D....which I really enjoy.

 

[89Suburban]

A lot of you's guys jobs and stories here are really amazing and a pleasure to read, thank you, and god bless our service men here and abroad.


I started cutting neighborhood lawns when I was 12, then a concrete accessory supply house bought some land behind my house and built a manufacturing and warehouse facility. I started sweeping floors there part time after school at 15, worked my way up the ladder doing every job in the place over the years and became the truck dispatcher for a fleet of 8 trucks covering 7 states 2 years ago. I have 22 years here and counting.

 

[Popeye]

89Suburban,

How do you have the platform on the back of your boat mounted? I have a ProTeam 190TX and thought about putting something like that on the back of mine too. On the other side though as I have my kicker motor on the Port side.

 

[89Suburban]

It's mounted at 4 points with galvanized, self tapping, 1/4" thick, 1" long, 3/8" hex-head screws from Home Depot.

It holds up to me, 6'1", 335 LB climbing in and out all summer on top of my two fast growing teen-age daughters and thier friends when I drag them around all summer on the tube.

I bought that platform 4 years ago for 280 bucks from a local marina here. It's been on 3 different boats so far and every time I sell a boat, it comes off and stays with me for the next one. I spend a lot of time on the water all year long, even in the winter time. It's peace of mind to have that there in case of an emergency....

When I can find the time and remmeber to do it, I'll take some close up pics for you to show it more clearly how it is mounted.

P.S> That moon phase sig thing is kick a$$.

 

[Popeye]

Cool,

I would tell you how to get that banner for yourself but am too technically challenged and don't remember how I did it in the first place. If you edit the state 2 letter code and replace Zion with your city name you should be pretty close to having it figured out. I put a space after the https so it wouldn't put another banner on here.

https ://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/sunandmoon/language/www/US/IL/Zion.gif

 

[Deadmeat]

I was a Stripper for 20 years. Now, I just repair furniture 30 hours a week and work at Lowe's forty.

Chippendales?

 

[gunny146]

I'm the fuzz (15 yrs) and US Marine (18 yrs)

 

[MOBowhunter]

I am a Sales Rep for a wholesale distributor of Hunting, Fishing, Marine, and Camping products. Marine products are a new line for us but should come in handy as I redo the boat that I just inherited. That and advice from guys on this site will be very useful.

 

[fender66]

I am a Sales Rep for a wholesale distributor of Hunting, Fishing, Marine, and Camping products. Marine products are a new line for us but should come in handy as I redo the boat that I just inherited. That and advice from guys on this site will be very useful.

Hey MOBowhunter.... Welcome to TinBoats...that sounds like an awesome job and with great "outdoor" fringe benefits. Glad you live around 30 minutes from me. Wanna get a beer? :mrgreen:

 

[MOBowhunter]

You have hit upon one of my other favorite hobbies, drinking beer. Maybe we can get together for one or ten sometime after the holidays.

 

[SkagBass]

The company I work for makes MLS Software for the Real Estate industry. I am a GIS Specialist (Geographical Information Systems) - I take GIS data provided by county agencies and display it on a mapping application as part of the MLS Software.

I also create custom fishing maps for every lake i fish, but that doesn't pay any ones bills.

 

[Troutman3000]

The company I work for makes MLS Software for the Real Estate industry. I am a GIS Specialist (Geographical Information Systems) - I take GIS data provided by county agencies and display it on a mapping application as part of the MLS Software.

I also create custom fishing maps for every lake i fish, but that doesn't pay any ones bills.

I do GIS as well. How are you using it for fishing applications?

 

[Mpd165]

I'm a patrol Sergeant for a local police department and the wife is going to nursing school full time.

 

[thad.]

I was in sales for most of my life and then got into the mortgage business. I was managing a brokerage in 2004 when I decided 'enough is enough'. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in an office for 50-60 hours a week any more.

Now I own a pressure washing, roof cleaning, and window cleaning business.

 

[fender66]

I was in sales for most of my life and then got into the mortgage business. I was managing a brokerage in 2004 when I decided 'enough is enough'. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in an office for 50-60 hours a week any more.

Now I own a pressure washing, roof cleaning, and window cleaning business.

I have a roof and windows. What an amazing coincidence! :LOL2:

 

[thad.]

I was in sales for most of my life and then got into the mortgage business. I was managing a brokerage in 2004 when I decided 'enough is enough'. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in an office for 50-60 hours a week any more.

Now I own a pressure washing, roof cleaning, and window cleaning business.

I have a roof and windows. What an amazing coincidence! :LOL2:

Now if you only had some sort of siding....
:LOL2: :LOL2:

 

[fender66]

I was in sales for most of my life and then got into the mortgage business. I was managing a brokerage in 2004 when I decided 'enough is enough'. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in an office for 50-60 hours a week any more.

Now I own a pressure washing, roof cleaning, and window cleaning business.

I have a roof and windows. What an amazing coincidence! :LOL2:

Now if you only had some sort of siding....
:LOL2: :LOL2:

I DO, I DO! Now this is just too weird. What are the odds. :lol: :lol:

 

[nathanielrthomas]

Navy Corpsman, 5 years now

 

[lbursell]

And - One Hundred Posts for this Thread !

One of the best and (to me, at least) most interesting threads on the site. Have loved finding out what the other guys here do to pay the bills. What a broad spectrum it is. To you new members, keep the thread going.