"What does your daddy do..."

[Tim.243]

Those were the times, the young people today are surprised when they see what we could do with manual machines and a file.

Actually working, among other things, on a Dräger project right now.
Dräger has several huge orders for the German military's rearmament, we are one of the companies they have chosen to get help from.

I watch the very very clever cnc people but replied to one chap when he said is there any other content people would like to see so I said yes
7 hole pcd pattern on a Bridge Port and show the going past to work the back-lash Not seen his video of it yet.
They gave me an Arno uni mill a big shaper and the Bridge Port and I would have all 3 going at once @16 which was good fun but it didn't go down well at training collage when I put a ripper cutter in full depth with their mill grumbling away lol One of my 3 bosses had to come down and sort it out as was not happy as they shut my mill off

 

[Mike L]

Commercial diver, now a diving supervisor.

 

[Jamouk]

I work for the HMRC although not sure how that works as I have to pay them a fortune every month

 

[Mike L]

I work for the HMRC although not sure how that works as I have to pay them a fortune every month

Boooooooooo

 

[HonestJohn]

I work for the HMRC although not sure how that works as I have to pay them a fortune every month

Ban!!!

 

[TringSaint]

I sell banking technology to global commercial, investment and private banks.
Less exciting than it may sound, but I get to travel to some nice places - Cape Town next week and Copenhagen a couple of weeks later.

 

[biffo]

i do colouring in.

Degree in geography??

 

[Mickeydredd]

Retired accountant, Head of MI, and self-employed Business Analyst working for financial institutions. Spend my time now mainly stalking, fishing and doing jobs around the farm I live on and my O/H's farm.

 

[enfieldspares]

My late father was a worsted spinner. In the same way that you might say that Mr Webley or Mr Greener was a gunmaker.

 

[artschool]

Degree in geography??

architect

 

[MarinePMI]

I sell banking technology to global commercial, investment and private banks.
Less exciting than it may sound, but I get to travel to some nice places - Cape Town next week and Copenhagen a couple of weeks later.

Enjoy the travel while you can. It gets old. Quick.

20+ years ago friends used to joke with me when I 'd get back home, because they calculated my rent for my apartment with how many days I traveled, and figured out I'd be financially better off getting a hotel room when I was home.

Rome, London, Paris, Bahrain, Seoul, Tokyo, Germany...it all got old after awhile. Just another hotel room, in just another location after awhile. It was fun, but it wears you down after awhile, especially the major time/day changes. Even with Business or First class, it got old. I lasted about 4-5 years of that, but don't miss it one bit now.

The worst ones were flying 8-10 hrs to have one 1 hour meeting; ugh. Those sucked big green donkey balls.

It was profitable, and I had good customer relationships, but man, it got old.

 

[Jamouk]

Ban!!!

I don't actually work for the thieving scumbags just feels like I do

 

[kevtherev]

A nice lady at a wedding once said to me
‘And what do you do young man’?

Oh I dig holes then fill them back in again

 

[kevtherev]

As @VSS correctly states above it’s very important to enjoy what you do and surround yourself with good people.

 

[Mike1979]

Sodium has been around since the 70's, there main issues were, if I remember correctly, heat, they generated lots of it, and storage, as they are about 25% less storage kg for kg.
However, they don’t appear to explode or go into thermal overload, and they would also be very good in applications needing cold usage, think coldstores and Norway in the winter as they are a lot less affected by the temperature.

The problem with "sodium" is the reference to a few technologies such as sodium sulphur and sodium ion. Most battery technologies were discovered many many years before commercial viability (same is true for lithium ion). Ultimately the proof of the pudding is the real world use of a product. Lead acid - around since 1854, Lithium Ion - camcorder launched the first mainstream use in the 1990s. I do however agree that if the claims are true then sodium ion will be one to watch.

 

[Rake Aboot]

I work for the HMRC although not sure how that works as I have to pay them a fortune every month

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,,,,!!!!!!!


Ban.

 

[Hardy]

Mechanical handling in my early years
Them mostly procurement and design and development. Now well retired and tell my grand kids I am now an artist. (As I draw my pension every month.)

 

[ShotKam 0]

Started off making "stuff" in my teens 50 years later still at it.
Built from the workshop floor up.
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Don't see many Rangers restored to that condition -excellent !

 

[Dave_45]

I was recently offered “mobiles” or secondments to America and Malaysia

I’m beyond done with travelling so said no before they even finished offering me the chance.


Im teetering on the brink of doing deer full time.

Life is very short.

 

[kevtherev]

I was recently offered “mobiles” or secondments to America and Malaysia

I’m beyond done with travelling so said no before they even finished offering me the chance.


Im teetering on the brink of doing deer full time.

Life is very short.

It is indeed too short
Go after everything you can while you can.