Topic: What do you do for a living?

[Rick]

This is the view from  our main head end on top of Mt. Baker during winter

No kidding?  I was in Victoria just last week.  Are you on Vancouver Island?

[milly]

I'm a service advisor at a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealership. The pay is lousy but the hours are great. 

I want Ricks job when he retires. So Rick, when are you hiring your replacement? 

[RainMan]

This is the view from  our main head end on top of Mt. Baker during winter

No kidding?  I was in Victoria just last week.  Are you on Vancouver Island?

Actually I am at the other end of the province . Cranbrook is is about an hour and 40 minute drive to the Crowsnest Pass in Alberta ,and about a three and a half hour drive to SPokane Washington . Vancouver is about a 10 plus hour drive due west from here .
If your are ever heading to the south east part of BC ,make sure you stop by

So what brought you to the island Rick ,work or relatives?

[Rick]

So what brought you to the island Rick ,work or relatives?

The Rhapsody of the Seas.   We took a week-long cruise to Alaska for our 30th anniversary.  Victoria was the last port of call before returning to Seattle.  With the way things go these days we figured it was a fool's errand to put everything until for our 50th.  Victoria is a nice town, and the climate is ideal given how far north it is.  It's at a higher lattitude than SirLDragon (Larry Benham) back in North Dakota but it's not afflicted with the 9 month winters he suffers.

Milly -- Nancy tells me there is a line forming for my job.  For the life of me, I can't figure out why...

[rhino33]

I am a member of the IBEW international brotherhood of electricians and hold a red seal interprovincial journeyman ticket.
mostly employed at all the petrochemical refineries, sunoco, esso,bp,shell and others
currently working on the largest solar farm built in canada

[firebird79_00]

i work part time (seeing as im 16) at White spot as A Night Prep Cook

[turbota400]

I am currently a Carpenter of sorts (in the Carpenter's union but not much of a woodworker).  I built scaffolding in the refineries and power plants but I'm hoping to get a job as a mechanic at a mine (thanks to Scotti for pointing me in the right direction).  If not I'm going to do like ronnie soon and start my millwright apprenticeship.

[francis79]

also a red seal carpenter and member of UBC . worked industrial in alberta and ontario for many years until my little fellow was born [ now 4 ]  . now i am self employed building homes and doing renos in cape breton . we always have high unemployment here [20 %] that makes business tough but its a great place to live.

[jphillips3333]

I can't tell you what I do - sometimes I wonder myself.

[y88rick]

can anyone guess what i am by now?













yeah  i knew you'd know it by now Im a retired custom and restoration guy who is now an auto glass guy

[jphillips3333]

Friday at 9:00am?  You're either taking the day off like me, work 2nd/3rd shift or you're unemployed?

[logikfive]

Aircraft mechanic

[justin815]

I'm a graveyard shift waiter at Denny's. i get to deal with all the drunks when the bars close.

[firebird79_00]

also a red seal carpenter and member of UBC . worked industrial in alberta and ontario for many years until my little fellow was born [ now 4 ]  . now i am self employed building homes and doing renos in cape breton . we always have high unemployment here [20 %] that makes business tough but its a great place to live.

where do you live?

[Rarebird]

Hmmm... I use to work in textile as a "des'il'fit'er"  A hosery mill where I pulled pantyhose over my head for petite women, If they came off my head with resistance then I would say "des'ill'fit'er"....

  I am a industrial mechanic and electrician for Getrag Gears USA. Manufactures of differential units for Chrysler and GM. Its been a roller coaster ride since the beginning of the year , I have survived 3 rounds of layoffs and unless the places closes its doors permanately I was assured my job would be safe but no promise on how steady it would be. However since the cutbacks I have also had to fill as station assembly staff.

  The worst job i ever had was working on mining equipment. Building it in the facility was a blast but servicing it out in the feild was terrible...especially in the dead of winter nights when its -10° with a wind speed of 25mph... A mudhole I stepped in on my way from my truck to the equipment had froze back over by the time i got the information on what the machine was doing and I had to go back to my truck for my multimeter and a screwdriver.

 Rick (Rainman) , I sympathize with and for you in your job... your in temps I never knew possible. YOU THE MAN!!!