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yukionna · 03-31-2005, 07:04 PM

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i think i have the shortest job title here fer sure! maybe i should change it to "line mechanic or overhead maintinence specialist", oh well, i'm still just a lineman!

My job title is PM.

flamingo-kid1 · 03-31-2005, 07:40 PM

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My job title is PM.

Prime Minister ???

silver 67 · 03-31-2005, 08:15 PM

and miss an entire thread. Just sat here and read from the beginning. WOW!!! As for those of you who protect us, educate us, heal us, feed us, provide utlities for us, and develop new ways to make our lives better, my hat is off to you all.

As for myself, I am semi-retired. After years of being a secretary at a high school, a trash company, for an attorney (in fact three attorneys), clerk for a U.S. Magistrate, travel agent, and department manager at Kmart.... I now act as companion and logistical escort (i.e. chauffer) for my aunt and my mother-in-law. Between dr. appts., drugstore, grocery store, and miscellaneous runs, I also clean our church building and do volunteer work.

David is currently a Building Mechanic, taking care of 23 of our church buildings in Eastern Kansas. He has a complete knowledge of plumbing, electrical, heating, and airconditioning; but yet I have a furnace with a irritating hum and a faucet that squeaks when I turn it off. He'd rather be working on the AS.

Just 3 years, 11 months and 1 day to retirement......

Davydd · 03-31-2005, 08:41 PM

Still working...just an architect.

startrekker2001 · 03-31-2005, 09:17 PM

Well, let's see, I spent 20 years in the USAF as a weather man. Observer, forecaster and then computer programmer. I retired from that in 1980 before it became a career and went to work for GE Aerospace as a computer programmer. Worked on classified projects for 17yrs. GE Aerospace was bought by Martin Marietta and then Lockheed and Martin merged so I retired from Lockheed Martin as Staff Senior Software Engineer at age 55. Moved to Florida and did some contract work as a software contractor for a couple of years. My forte is IBM Mainframe Assembler Language. Can you say "Dinosaur"? I knew you could. Contracts dried up in 2001 and even though I thought I was between jobs, I was actually fully retired.

I spend a lot of time working on our '78 31' Excella, fixin' and polishin' and travelin'. We go north in the summer to get out of the heat, humidity and hurricanes. We're Flamingos... the Florida version of snow birds.

It just doesn't get any better than this!!!

yukionna · 04-01-2005, 05:21 AM

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...My forte is IBM Mainframe Assembler Language. Can you say "Dinosaur"?...

Hey, I was an IBM mainframe assembler language programmer too! I enjoy talking with college grads about this topic because they always look at me as if I'm some relic from times past. I guess the schools don't teach it any longer and the college grads view it as ancient history. Too funny...guess I'm showing my age now!

ALANSD · 04-01-2005, 06:17 AM

Many of my most successful friends and relatives have no college degree. A couple I know well are multi millionaires...and had no college at all.
I have two degrees and they've been good for me...but by no means make me any better equipped to handle the "world".

"everyone that is 50 has been 16, but no one that is 16 has ever been 50"

sovereignrwe · 04-01-2005, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by yukionna

Hey, I was an IBM mainframe assembler language programmer too! I enjoy talking with college grads about this topic because they always look at me as if I'm some relic from times past. I guess the schools don't teach it any longer and the college grads view it as ancient history. Too funny...guess I'm showing my age now!

Assembler is a tough language!

kposey · 04-01-2005, 08:11 AM

I am an administrative assistant in a private college prep school for boys. I coordinate registration, parent's weekend, graduation events, assist in the recruiting of new faculty and take care of whatever walks in the door.

I also have a partnership in a pet sitting business called Pampered Pets. We take care of other folks pets when they are on vacation. We have cared for birds, fish, pigs, cows, as well as your normal cats and dogs. Sadly this cuts into my time in the Airstream, but I can be easily satisified with "driveway" camping trips too!

startrekker2001 · 04-01-2005, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by yukionna

Hey, I was an IBM mainframe assembler language programmer too! I enjoy talking with college grads about this topic because they always look at me as if I'm some relic from times past. I guess the schools don't teach it any longer and the college grads view it as ancient history. Too funny...guess I'm showing my age now!

Hi yukionna,
I think we met at the Region 1 rally last year. Are you going to this years rally in Three Rivers?

It's a shame that assembler isn't on the curriculum. What Latin is to the Romance languages, Assembler is to computer languages. No matter what higher level language used, they all break down to assembler. It taught me one thing... No matter how complicated or impossible something seems, it can be broken down into small doable tasks.

RoverOwner · 04-01-2005, 10:51 AM

I'm a pharmacist in Central New York state. I also own 3 pharmacies with my father. That means I get to be VP of advertising, VP of human resources, VP of accounting, manager of the physical plant, HIPAA compliance officer, chief scheduler, head recruiter, VP of inventory control, IT guy, government affairs specialist, customer service representative,logistics, supervising pharmacist, and the guy who makes sure the windows are washed and the garbage gets dumped. Actually, I delegate much of that, but when it hits the fan I am the one with whom the buck stops. Good thing I love what I do!

John

Hippo · 04-01-2005, 02:14 PM

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After reading all the 129 posts this morning, most Airstreamer are highly educated in some professional field. I feel so dumb with no College Degree. At work I am purchasing agent, inventory control, janitor, laundry person, advertising person, shelf stocking boy, maintenance person, painter, window washer, answer the phone, carry out person, mail boy, dishwasher, book keeper, retail sales person, yard man, garbage man, computer problems I don't do. Most of my customers are 4 legged and come with their human owner. I have tried hard to get fired, but my wife insists I need to keep working. It is easier for her to keep tabs on me when I can't get away from work. And we are doing it for the Kids. I want them to finish College so I can be out of here and give them the business. I hope this summer we can hook up the trailer and get going.

I forgot to throw in my wife works another job for our medicial insurance. For our business she does the payroll for our 2 sons who work at the store and pays the business taxes, bakes dog cookies for our dog bakery.

brohloff · 04-01-2005, 10:31 PM

Retired Engineer, 37 yrs 3M. Chemist by training. New Product Development. Mostly Adhesives for Electronics - Read "A Glue Guy".
Wife, retired School Teacher, now spending a ton of time with our two new granddaughters.
Just bought a new truck (3500 CTD) and looking for something to drag around.
Sure don't know how we ever had time to work!!!
bob r...

Pick · 04-02-2005, 07:04 AM

I work as a Telecommunications Specialist for a major utility in N. Central Florida. I specialize in Motorola Smartzone/Smartnet two way radio systems and DataTac mobile data systems for the utility, county and city public safety and government.

Moved to Florida over a year ago to escape the harsh winters and lack of summer in Ohio. Raised peppers commercially for a hot sauce company, owned and operated a farm market with 15 acre vegetable farm, as well as being Telecommunications Manager for the county we resided in.

Not a millionaire YET.

yukionna · 04-02-2005, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by startrekker2001

Hi yukionna,
I think we met at the Region 1 rally last year. Are you going to this years rally in Three Rivers?

It's a shame that assembler isn't on the curriculum. What Latin is to the Romance languages, Assembler is to computer languages. No matter what higher level language used, they all break down to assembler. It taught me one thing... No matter how complicated or impossible something seems, it can be broken down into small doable tasks.

Yes, we did meet at Region 1 last year -- I still have the image of your meticulously buffed trailer imprinted in my brain!

I will be at Three Rivers -- I'm in charge of planning the NEU's presentation of the 2006 Region One rally, which the NEU is hosting in 2006. It should be fun for all.

It's coincidental that you brought up the Latin analogy as I also studied Latin for four years. (I guess I'm showing my age, yet AGAIN!) I was so disappointed in school when I learned no one speaks Latin any longer and it is primarily studied for research and linguistic purposes. I guess I can thank Latin for helping me attain a higher score on the vocabulary section of the SAT.

I was also a FORTRAN and C-programmer. You are right about how all code boils down into Assembler -- I sometimes would figure out how many lines of assembler code it would take to execute a single line of FORTRAN or C code (yes, you can call me a geek and I won't take offense).

startrekker2001 · 04-02-2005, 08:07 AM

yukionna,

See you there.

Vic and Josie

sovereignrwe · 04-02-2005, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by brohloff

Retired Engineer, 37 yrs 3M. Chemist by training. New Product Development. Mostly Adhesives for Electronics - Read "A Glue Guy".
Wife, retired School Teacher, now spending a ton of time with our two new granddaughters.
Just bought a new truck (3500 CTD) and looking for something to drag around.
Sure don't know how we ever had time to work!!!
bob r...

Welcome to the forum! I work for 3M and we bought our trailer from a retired 3M'er. Congrats on the grand-children. When we get you a trailer, we'll have to get you signed up in the WBCCI group. They are a great bunch of folks, and have a lot to offer. Looking forward to meeting you.

MarkR · 04-02-2005, 11:04 AM

self employed architect, my wife is focused on the kidz at present but usually works in a "design" related industry.

(sitting in my torn-up & gutted flying cloud is more fun)

seamusthegray · 04-02-2005, 07:23 PM

I spent most of my working years as an insurance fraud invesigator. My wife worked as a public school teacher. We both retired this past February and are now hitting the road in our AS.

53flyingcloud · 04-03-2005, 05:46 AM

Spend my earlier years as an Engineer working for the Dept of Navy in Combat Systems. Traveled extensively doing pre-arrival, in yard and post departure work on the 3 C's. My office, then, was located next to the oldest dry dock in the US. (Dry Dock # 1)
During the late 60's, worked on Space Shuttle prototype at NASA's Langley Research Center's rocket tunnel in Newport News, Va. It was here I first saw such things as fiber optic, Laser beam, Teflon, etc. The very last project I was involved with here is still flying outwards to the farthest region of known space. (The program itself was shutdown just several years ago)
Retired from LMC in 1995 after spending many years on different AF Space Program project from Apollo mission to the Moon, etc. Been involved in every single Space Shuttle launch upto the last tragic flight two years ago.
Currently, I'm working for a small Virginian company call PEC. (still within the AF Space Program)
At one time, in a former life, I earned degree in MS and, was licensed as a Funeral Director/Embalmer in the state of New Hampshire. Found this subject to be a rather unusual conversation opener at parties...lol
Since Sept, 2004, I have been working at a brand new Airstream Dealership in Southern New Hampshire. Sharing the experiences of Airstream ownership , as a mentor of sorts, has been very rewarding.
I've enjoyed sharing my knowledge with the other people at the dealership, thus in some small way, this has been my way of helping it grow into one excellent facility for all of our customers Airstream needs.
Not much time for travels or working on my 64GT project but...I'm planning on catching up with a lot of lost time traveling..

ciao
53FC