Steamfitter / Welder = 31+ years.
Nuke Operator = 5+ years.
A good example has twice the value of good advice,...
deputy sheriff
Chemical Engineer in the oilfield industry.
Mainly I put food on the table by buying it. I also take a lot of customers out to business lunches and dinners in which case I pay someone else to put it on the table. In addition, if the food is hot I put it on the table carefully.
Last edited by Blayglock; 05-03-2011 at 04:26 PM.
Power Engineer/Firearms Instructor/Semi Pro Shooter
I run the steam boilers at a local feed plant as well as a couple other machines in the facility. Basically Homer Simpson's job, I sit and watch dials and gauges all day, waiting for alarms to go off and then clearing them. On a bad day I have to hump it up and down 7.5 stories of stairs multiple times, and occasionally climb 250ft legs multiple times. But thankfully not too often (although more would probably help the waistline).
As for the Firearms Instructor/Semi Pro Shooter, I teach a weekly class at my local range (of which I'm the President currently), arrange other instructors to come up, teach private lessons to LEO/Mil and civilians, plus I get my gear, ammo, guns and most travel paid for to attend IPSC matches up here and around the planet. Funny part is, I'm good here, but outside of Canada I'm kinda average.
I'm tempted to jump in full scale with the teaching, but even with our recent election, I'm wary of sudden political changes that would destroy my job. Plus the benefits at the feed plant are top notch.
...and to think today you just have fangs
Rob Engh
BC, Canada
Street cop for the past 24 years.