Electrical Contractor, Real Estate Investor and avid Bluegrasss Fan.
Have owned a Ford of one kind or another since 1979.


Austin

 

Wow... I missed a good thread yesterday. Born in PA, moved to SW FL with my folks at 11. Went Active Duty Army at 17 (turned 18 in Basic Training -- HAPPY F'ing BIRTHDAY, PUKE!! LMAO...), got sent overseas to Italy for almost 3 1/2 years working at microwave/troposcatter/satellite communication sites. Got out, said I was done with the military, then got a job with Nokia in Melbourne, FL in 1993. Got married shortly thereafter and had my daughter (12 1/2 going on 30). Found out that I missed the military thing, so I went into the Air National Guard -- Combat Communications. Thought I'd hate it, but fell in love with it and have been doing that part time since 1995. Got transferred a couple times, ended up in the DFW area (and another Guard unit) in 2000. Got laid off Dec 2006 and been doing the full-time Guard thing since. Bought my truck with part of my severance package and loving it!! Still looking for something permanent, but being a Guard Bum is paying the bills for the time being... In fact, I've been busier than ever now -- working 10+ hour days (6-7 days a week lately). That's why I haven't been on here as much. Hopefully I'll get back on a regular sched soon...

Joe

EDIT: BTW, it was fun reading about what you all do. I have a bit in common with some of you, I guess.

Hey indebt -- Maybe this will help explain the AT&T thing for you :

 

I am a warehouse manager for a commercial printing company.

 

If I told you I would have to terminate you, however I'm "Outstanding in my field" (avitar) according to my boss . MLC2

 

Thanks for all of the replies, I enjoyed learning more about all of you. I believe there are at least 4 aniverseries this month, so Congrats on that!!!! To all of Past/present military, cant say it enough, hats off!!! You Cops out there as well!!! Very Good To meet ALL of you!!!

 

Wow i have been gone for a while. Firefighter for 18 years, shade tree diesel fiddler for 20 now network engineering and WLAN design.

 

Union Ironworker/ Retired

 

I missed this one yesterday too..

Youth Pastor / Student Minister since 1994
(Web Developer / Software Engineer to pay the bills)

 

RN, work for Department of Veterans Affairs. Best job in the world, I hear the real life stories from the men who made this Country. The men who fought the Great War are the Greatest Generation. Also pray for our Nation and it's Warriors and Leaders.

Married 16 years, two boys 6 and 11 (we live at one type of ball field or the other 6 days a week, Thanks Dad I appreciate you more the older I get)

Big Thanks to All of you, I love the site.

 

Environmental consultant serving the oil & gas industry. Ditto to the kudos to American military, the best young (and older) men and women we have.

 

I'd rather work for Kramerica.

 

I work for a solar company building 2 axis sun trackers, troughs, heliostats, etc.

 

Damage Controlman in the U.S. Coast Guard for the last 12.5 years and a machinist before that.

Hats-Off for all the Vets in the post. Thanks for your sacrafice for my freedom to drive my diesel in piece.

 

Ford employee at Oakville Assembly Complex, been there 25 years, married almost 12 years and we have a 9 year old daughter. I also do renovation work on the side.

 

I'm a nobody here, but-

I do drafting for a very small (5 employees) engineering firm here in North Central WV. We do process engineering, and work mostly with coal mines and the mineral processing industry. Mostly local stuff but we just recently did a job for a quarry in California, and have some ongoing business with a couple prep plants in Alabama and other spots down south.

I've actually only been here 7 months. Nice place to work, but I'm not making jack, and it seems like I spend more time sitting around being bored than I do actually working (it was pretty hopping the first 6 months, but lately no projects have come down the pike).

One of these days I'll actually figure out what I wanna do for a living (I like drafting but I've realized it's not something I'll ever make any money doing...yes I went to college & graduated, long story, I have too diverse of interests)

I am looking at getting a powerstroke, just trying to figure out if I can afford it on my current budget or not :shrug: