The Conservative Cave
The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: franksolich on November 04, 2010, 06:46:44 PM
-
What best describes your occupation?
-
I guess real estate even though I don't buy and sell it.
I do title abstracting for the purposes of drilling oil and gas wells. I research the land, the minerals, and the people who've owned it since they started keeping records of it.
-
I had to choose "other". What I do is a learned craft, but there can be quite a bit of mathematics and redesign involved.
-
I guess real estate even though I don't buy and sell it.
I do title abstracting for the purposes of drilling oil and gas wells. I research the land, the minerals, and the people who've owned it since they started keeping records of it.
That sounds more like "paperwork". :-)
-
What! no "Retired" option??
doc
-
I went other.
Comp/IT isn't close enough. I do B2B copier sales, mostly government & medical in CT.
-
That sounds more like "paperwork". :-)
There is some paper involved, just not me doing it!! :-) I actually go to the courthouses and look up all the old records. It is quite interesting to read those old deeds and wills. Sad too. They are selling their land, mules, and slaves. They always put a price down by the slave too. It will be like $6 for a kid, $15 for a teen/young adult, and about $6 for an older person. The mules always cost more too. Of course here in MS, many of our courthouses were burned down in the Civil War so the records only go back to the 1860's. Sometimes you can find some 1850 stuff.
-
What best describes your occupation?
Manual/craftwork, even though it's skilled craft for a utility. And lots and lots and lots of paperwork, with some computer work involved.
-
What! no "Retired" option??
doc
Fixed it for you (and me)
Frank........... :tongue: :-)
-
Retired. Worked at GM Tech Center for 30 years.
I spent the last 20 years of my working life as an end user working with computers. I worked at GM at the Design staff procuring materials for Alpha and Beta builds for prototype vehicles. Worked closely with both salary engineering and hourly skilled trades, ie: metal and wood model makers.
Started out some 30 odd years ago looking for a job as programmer.
-
I picked "other" because I seem to be a Jill of all trades these days!
Looks like we have a lot of techies though no?
-
I picked "other" because I seem to be a Jill of all trades these days!
Chalk another one up for "paperwork". :tongue:
-
I guess real estate even though I don't buy and sell it.
I do title abstracting for the purposes of drilling oil and gas wells. I research the land, the minerals, and the people who've owned it since they started keeping records of it.
I know some of the things you're ran across doing title research. My wife worked for the county road commission. She had to do title research in order to get the land for road projects. Had to locate the true owner of the land. Some of the deed restrictions that were imposed on buyers 80/90 years ago would get a person thrown in jail today.
-
Manual/craftwork, even though it's skilled craft for a utility. And lots and lots and lots of paperwork, with some computer work involved.
I suppose I should have put that down too than, but I voted engineering, mechanical shrugs.
I perform electrical testing, maintenance, and modification primarily to medium and high voltage switch gear, transformers, and associated equipment. Formerly, I was a control room operator in a utility power plant.
-
Chalk another one up for "paperwork". :tongue:
:rofl:
What's funny is that we JUST overhauled our entire workflow process AND computer system at work. Everyone's responsibilities changed and the whole system is new. It's going to be much better once we have about 90 days under our belts. But right now? Giant pain in the ***.
I'm :rotf: at the ones who think they are going to be able to get away with doing it the "old way" because they are in for a rude awakening when we pull that old plug.
My job responsibilities increased but the pay didn't. :thatsright:
-
I know some of the things you're ran across doing title research. My wife worked for the county road commission. She had to do title research in order to get the land for road projects. Had to locate the true owner of the land. Some of the deed restrictions that were imposed on buyers 80/90 years ago would get a person thrown in jail today.
Yes, she probably did do a lot of similar work. It is interesting to see how things used to work compared to today. You are so right about those deed restrictions.
-
What's funny is that we JUST overhauled our entire workflow process AND computer system at work. Everyone's responsibilities changed and the whole system is new. It's going to be much better once we have about 90 days under our belts. But right now? Giant pain in the ***.
I'm :rotf: at the ones who think they are going to be able to get away with doing it the "old way" because they are in for a rude awakening when we pull that old plug.
Awhile back I was involved with the field training of workers in preparation for a switch from approximately 40 proprietary work systems to a combination of SAP and Maximo. Five years later, and several legacy systems are still in place to facilitate work. I think the original plan was for the plug to be pulled on all legacy systems six months after the official change over :lmao:
-
I am in Benefits Administration. I picked paperwork, if you saw my office, you would know. But, it could have been bureaucracy, or health I suppose.
If I had thought things through in my youth, I would have been a meteorologist. Not a TV one though.
-
I am in Benefits Administration. I picked paperwork, if you saw my office, you would know. But, it could have been bureaucracy, or health I suppose.
If I had thought things through in my youth, I would have been a meteorologist. Not a TV one though.
I should've stuck to my childhood dream---a vet. Oh well! I do like what I do, and it pays really well, but I am supposed to be happy when the gas prices are high. It is good for my business, but I just can't be happy about it.
-
Pissing off liberals whenever and wherever possible. :-)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/11111%20Temporary/Uncle%20Sam/UncleSamIwantyou_phixr2_phixr2.jpg)
-
other. Realtor for 13.5 years.
-
Went with medical/healthcare.
I'm still a student, but starting in January, I'm changing my bachelors to Medical Technology. Lots of biology and chemistry and I'll be learning to work in a hospital lab. Maybe grad school in biochem, microbiology or something similar one of these days.
Currently I'm doing surgical technology at the local community college, but I don't think I'm going to be continuing after this semester.
-
Went with medical/healthcare.
I'm still a student, but starting in January, I'm changing my bachelors to Medical Technology. Lots of biology and chemistry and I'll be learning to work in a hospital lab. Maybe grad school in biochem, microbiology or something similar one of these days.
Currently I'm doing surgical technology at the local community college, but I don't think I'm going to be continuing after this semester.
That ain't no community college! Why the change?
-
That ain't no community college! Why the change?
I'm going back to UNT full time for my bachelors.
Surgtech was at NCTC. I'm not learning anything. I'm too paranoid when I'm in the OR that I'm going to **** up and hurt the patient that I'm not doing well. The book knowledge is easy. The technical part is killing me. I have my final semester checkoff in a month and I'm not sure I'm going to pass.
-
I'm going back to UNT full time for my bachelors.
Surgtech was at NCTC. I'm not learning anything. I'm too paranoid when I'm in the OR that I'm going to **** up and hurt the patient that I'm not doing well. The book knowledge is easy. The technical part is killing me. I have my final semester checkoff in a month and I'm not sure I'm going to pass.
Never mind, I thought you were still at UNT. And, I think you will pass just fine. Don't underestimate yourself.
-
Went with medical/healthcare.
I'm still a student, but starting in January, I'm changing my bachelors to Medical Technology. Lots of biology and chemistry and I'll be learning to work in a hospital lab. Maybe grad school in biochem, microbiology or something similar one of these days.
Currently I'm doing surgical technology at the local community college, but I don't think I'm going to be continuing after this semester.
Health Care is an excellent field to be going into right now. Good choice.
-
Health Care is an excellent field to be going into right now. Good choice.
Around here, 90% of the jobs are health care related.
-
I suppose I should have put that down too than, but I voted engineering, mechanical shrugs.
I perform electrical testing, maintenance, and modification primarily to medium and high voltage switch gear, transformers, and associated equipment. Formerly, I was a control room operator in a utility power plant.
So you and I can certainly trade some horror/war stories in that regard.
-
Awhile back I was involved with the field training of workers in preparation for a switch from approximately 40 proprietary work systems to a combination of SAP and Maximo. Five years later, and several legacy systems are still in place to facilitate work. I think the original plan was for the plug to be pulled on all legacy systems six months after the official change over :lmao:
And if you think Maximo sucks, try NAMS. I miss Maximo.
-
Currently, sales, but soon to be medical.
-
Payable/receivable specialist for a small company. Forecasting, budgeting, and all that fun geeky stuff. ON a day like today it's not unusual for me to have papers on my desk, my floor, and the wall behind me--lol. Once the check run and wires go the next day, my desk looks 'magically' cleaner and it starts all over again the next week to the inevitable Friday build up. :-)
So numbers and paperwork==perfect choice. :)
-
Occupational therapist primarily in geriatrics and psych. Sport horse rehab, and run a few cows.
-
I selected "OTHER".
My full-time job is for a timeshare company in the corporate offices.
My part-time job is in retail for the Christmas season.
-
Pyrotechnician (fireworks guy) at Disneyland.
I couldn't find a category for explosive so I picked arts, music and stage.
-
Where's the 'all of the above' button?
We own a car parts store- he handles parts stuff, I do everything else; paperwork, books, computers, maint & repair...
I do horsey rescue and rehab, too.
-
Technically and formally I'm a computer geek.
I had to retire from IT service before I took down a fire axe and cleared some dead wood.....
Now I'm a casual day trader working for no one but myself.
-
I am a hvac tech so I have dirty calloused hands. I also make bamboo fly rods in my spare time. I am not educated, I went to the school of hard knocks. It taught me to rely on no one so I can fix most anything except a broken heart.
-
There is some paper involved, just not me doing it!! :-) I actually go to the courthouses and look up all the old records. It is quite interesting to read those old deeds and wills. Sad too. They are selling their land, mules, and slaves. They always put a price down by the slave too. It will be like $6 for a kid, $15 for a teen/young adult, and about $6 for an older person. The mules always cost more too. Of course here in MS, many of our courthouses were burned down in the Civil War so the records only go back to the 1860's. Sometimes you can find some 1850 stuff.
That ain't the only state where they burned down the courthouses. They destroyed records so the carpetbaggers and others could steal land/property. There was no construction in reconstruction....just more destruction.
-
.....I can fix most anything except a broken heart.
That's almost poetic, sir.
Question.
Last winter, a primitive on Skins's island had a problem with his furnace.
Some other primitives told him how to take care of it by himself; they didn't think he needed to call anybody.
This was in New England, and the place was covered with snow.
The primitive couldn't get into his basement (outside entrance); too snow-clogged.
So the primitive decided to call an HVAC repairman, with the assumption that the repairman would at the same time shovel his sidewalk and the entrance to the basement, to get to the furnace, so he wouldn't have to do it.
At that, the campfire over this issue went out, died.
I'm curious, and you're an HVAC professional.
There's no way we'll ever know, but what do you suppose happened when the HVAC guy showed up?
This primitive by the way acknowledged he was able-bodied, not ancient or crippled, frankly admitting he just didn't want to shovel the snow himself (one had to do the sidewalk, too, to get to the entrance to the basement).
-
That's almost poetic, sir.
Question.
Last winter, a primitive on Skins's island had a problem with his furnace.
Some other primitives told him how to take care of it by himself; they didn't think he needed to call anybody.
This was in New England, and the place was covered with snow.
The primitive couldn't get into his basement (outside entrance); too snow-clogged.
So the primitive decided to call an HVAC repairman, with the assumption that the repairman would at the same time shovel his sidewalk and the entrance to the basement, to get to the furnace, so he wouldn't have to do it.
At that, the campfire over this issue went out, died.
I'm curious, and you're an HVAC professional.
There's no way we'll ever know, but what do you suppose happened when the HVAC guy showed up?
This primitive by the way acknowledged he was able-bodied, not ancient or crippled, frankly admitting he just didn't want to shovel the snow himself (one had to do the sidewalk, too, to get to the entrance to the basement).
In this part of the world there's two things that would happen.
1) The DUTard would pay standard qualified tradesman rate (at least $50 an hour for HVAC service) for the service tech to clear access to the job.
2) The DUTard would be told to clear access to the job at their own expense before work would proceed.
-
I am in Benefits Administration. I picked paperwork, if you saw my office, you would know. But, it could have been bureaucracy, or health I suppose.
If I had thought things through in my youth, I would have been a meteorologist. Not a TV one though.
My passion is music, though I don't do it for a living any more. I can't not play my instruments. I'm retired military, but I ain't fully retired. I'm in the medical device manufacturing business, but it ain't health or medical.
So I picked "paperwork" because I handle a lot of it. I write procedures, investigations, and talk to my people about these things to better educate them.
I'm touching wood as I write this, but FDA hasn't been in this building in over 22 years. People who have worked here over the years wouldn't know FDA if they walked in wearing a badge. My background with these guys and respect for what they can do is something I try to get across.
Changing a culture is a slow process. :banghead:
Maybe that should be another option - "changing a culture" - because that's fundamentally what I'm trying to do. :greet:
-
My passion is music, though I don't do it for a living any more. I can't not play my instruments. I'm retired military, but I ain't fully retired. I'm in the medical device manufacturing business, but it ain't health or medical.
So I picked "paperwork" because I handle a lot of it. I write procedures, investigations, and talk to my people about these things to better educate them.
I'm touching wood as I write this, but FDA hasn't been in this building in over 22 years. People who have worked here over the years wouldn't know FDA if they walked in wearing a badge. My background with these guys and respect for what they can do is something I try to get across.
Changing a culture is a slow process. :banghead:
Maybe that should be another option - "changing a culture" - because that's fundamentally what I'm trying to do. :greet:
Ohhh, come now, Eupher........ we ALL know that you're just an old blowhard at heart !! :tongue:
-
Technical writer, formerly for publishing industry and then telecommunications, now for a large corporation working through a contract to overhaul all of AMC's (Army Materiel Command) logistics software from their current legacy systems (a.k.a mainframe computers) to an SAP system.
Shorter version: I've spent the last 25 years either writing about the computer industry or writing computer manuals, installation procedures, etc. Exciting, I know! :-)
Even shorter: I translate geek-speak into English!
-
I spend my day holding down a chair. Getting pretty good at it, too.
-
Ohhh, come now, Eupher........ we ALL know that you're just an old blowhard at heart !! :tongue:
And don't yew fergit it, Baba Louie! :lmao:
-
Because I work for NYS, I said "bureauracy."
-
What best describes your occupation?
Sport Fisher.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/JLO101/Goofies/MNfishing.gif)
-
So you and I can certainly trade some horror/war stories in that regard.
I absolute love this trade! It certainly takes a healthy respect of the danger and a lot of technical knowledge, but we really do get to work with some cool gear and witness wild amounts of energy... hopefully from a safe distance! Be safe with that outage work you're on! :cheersmate:
-
I absolute love this trade! It certainly takes a healthy respect of the danger and a lot of technical knowledge, but we really do get to work with some cool gear and witness wild amounts of energy... hopefully from a safe distance! Be safe with that outage work you're on! :cheersmate:
Odin testing on 480-volt MCC's starting tonight.
-
Pre-sales systems consultant. I work in software sales and do things like demo software, talk through technical requirements, and answer RFPs. Basically, I handle all the technical discussions to the point of sale. Interesting work and it pays well. In the past I've been a teacher, software trainer, and network admin.
-
There is some paper involved, just not me doing it!! :-) I actually go to the courthouses and look up all the old records. It is quite interesting to read those old deeds and wills. Sad too. They are selling their land, mules, and slaves. They always put a price down by the slave too. It will be like $6 for a kid, $15 for a teen/young adult, and about $6 for an older person. The mules always cost more too. Of course here in MS, many of our courthouses were burned down in the Civil War so the records only go back to the 1860's. Sometimes you can find some 1850 stuff.
Good work Soleil.
From records here in the North we find that when a home owner died and an inventory was made on their goods that everything they owned ,home and personal property was way short of the value of the slaves.
I am speaking of what we consider low middle class folks that owned land, a home and worked at menial jobs. The Man may have brought in in living wage as a fisherman, the wife may have been a streamstress--Some may have owned taverns, some been blacksmiths.
It was a huge expense to buy a slave, but without them and their help, little could be done. Slaves were for most members of the family---on Sundays they sat in the upper decks of the Church in Pews paid for by their owners.
Slaves in this area were an investment, they had to be fed, clothed and medical care given to them.----Some where in the early 1700's it became a crime to harm a slave and the Whipping Post was in the center of town for those who did so.
Some slaves were taught to read and wright, they soon handled the family finances and some were sent to schools to learn more.----Still they were slaves.
It comes down to the middle class here that die off and an inventory is made of personal goods.
Beds made of straw, a few blankets made of rags. In the kitchen, a couple of cast iron pots, perhaps a ladle a few dishes made of wood to eat from. So How did these people survive ???
They had the slaves to churn the milk from the cow into butter, the slaves watched and cared for the chickens and hogs while their mistress was scavenging for nuts and Berry's to feed them all.
Mean while the fisherman or blacksmith had labor to keep him in business. Sure they could have hired help but even if it was more expensive to own a slave, they were bonded with survival.
Yankees looked at slavery much different then the South. To the Yankee slaves were people, humans not beasts of the field.
When a Yankee died, his home and possessions were few, but his slaves were worth a fortune to those that needed their skills, their ability to to make life easier for the new owners.
Look back Soliel, what happend to the slaves when they were set on the street with freedom but no way to use it.
No place to go, no food, clothing, no roof over their head. They had the skills and more but no one wanted to pay them hard cold cash for it. More then a few men went west and became cowboys, ---little known fact is the American cowboys were by a majority freed slaves.
Darn but I love history
-
Good work Soleil.
From records here in the North we find that when a home owner died and an inventory was made on their goods that everything they owned ,home and personal property was way short of the value of the slaves.
I am speaking of what we consider low middle class folks that owned land, a home and worked at menial jobs. The Man may have brought in in living wage as a fisherman, the wife may have been a streamstress--Some may have owned taverns, some been blacksmiths.
It was a huge expense to buy a slave, but without them and their help, little could be done. Slaves were for most members of the family---on Sundays they sat in the upper decks of the Church in Pews paid for by their owners.
Slaves in this area were an investment, they had to be fed, clothed and medical care given to them.----Some where in the early 1700's it became a crime to harm a slave and the Whipping Post was in the center of town for those who did so.
Some slaves were taught to read and wright, they soon handled the family finances and some were sent to schools to learn more.----Still they were slaves.
It comes down to the middle class here that die off and an inventory is made of personal goods.
Beds made of straw, a few blankets made of rags. In the kitchen, a couple of cast iron pots, perhaps a ladle a few dishes made of wood to eat from. So How did these people survive ???
They had the slaves to churn the milk from the cow into butter, the slaves watched and cared for the chickens and hogs while their mistress was scavenging for nuts and Berry's to feed them all.
Mean while the fisherman or blacksmith had labor to keep him in business. Sure they could have hired help but even if it was more expensive to own a slave, they were bonded with survival.
Yankees looked at slavery much different then the South. To the Yankee slaves were people, humans not beasts of the field.
When a Yankee died, his home and possessions were few, but his slaves were worth a fortune to those that needed their skills, their ability to to make life easier for the new owners.
Look back Soliel, what happend to the slaves when they were set on the street with freedom but no way to use it.
No place to go, no food, clothing, no roof over their head. They had the skills and more but no one wanted to pay them hard cold cash for it. More then a few men went west and became cowboys, ---little known fact is the American cowboys were by a majority freed slaves.
Darn but I love history
That just goes to show you how much you know about Southern History. In the South, many of the slaves stayed with their owners after the War of Northern Aggression. Why?? Because they were treated like members of the family.
Quit spouting off Yankee talking points, Vesta!! :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
-
I have our old family records from back then. Letters, wills, etc. Slaves were legally designated as property, but rarely treated as such. Wills show that they were included in one's inheritance as a legal way to keep them together in the family. I doubt that my anscestors were the only ones that did this.
Side note: one relative was a teacher & author, considered an expert on slavery/black history. One of his pupils was Henry Gates. :p
And while some freed men became cowboys, the majority of cowboys weren't black; they were vaqueros.
'Nother side note: another one was known as 'The oldest living cowboy'.
"There aren't too many young me who want to do this kind of work anymore. They want a good house, electricity and things like that. They think cowboyin' is a big hat and a rope and a party on Saturday night. There's not many left like me. I'll stay out here as long as I'm able to work. I don't know, though, I may try another ranch one of these days, a place where they have a little more cow work. That's all I'm fit for is roping cattle."
On December 27, 1989,after working for the JA for 73 years, Thomas Everett Blasingame climbed off his horse Ruidosa, stretched out on the grass, folded his arms across his chest and died. He was buried in the ranch cemetery with cowboys who had worked the ranch since the 1870's.
-
Any other RNs here? What's your specialty? I've worked Psych, Med-Surg, Intermediate Care, and Long Term Care, but I've been in Dementia for the last ten years. A lot of nurses hate it but I wouldn't give it up for the world.
-
Other. Semi retired small business owner and independent contractor.
-
engineering, mechanical
Yuppers, thats me.
-
I don't like the way Frank broke down the categories! :banghead: :-) :-)
I answered numbers/papework, but could have picked medical/healthcare.
-
Any other RNs here? What's your specialty? I've worked Psych, Med-Surg, Intermediate Care, and Long Term Care, but I've been in Dementia for the last ten years. A lot of nurses hate it but I wouldn't give it up for the world.
I have a lot of admiration for those of you who work with dementia patients Dandi. I imagine it is one of the hardest jobs out there, and your patients are lucky to have someone who wants to be there.
-
Pre-sales systems consultant. I work in software sales and do things like demo software, talk through technical requirements, and answer RFPs. Basically, I handle all the technical discussions to the point of sale. Interesting work and it pays well. In the past I've been a teacher, software trainer, and network admin.
You don't happen to work for CDW, do you???
Just wondering.... :-)
-
I have a lot of admiration for those of you who work with dementia patients Dandi. I imagine it is one of the hardest jobs out there, and your patients are lucky to have someone who wants to be there.
Thank you, chi. The patients and their families really become like family to us, and we all support each other.
-
You don't happen to work for CDW, do you???
Just wondering.... :-)
No- I work(ed) for a small archiving company named Mimosa Systems that was purchased by Iron Mountain a few months ago.
-
Thank you, chi. The patients and their families really become like family to us, and we all support each other.
[/quote
Sure, but the thanks goes to you :cheersmate: