Your office view

[FJRider]

Currently there is a thread that tells of job "DIS"satisfaction. How many out there ...like their job. And like the view from their office.
Post said view of your office, give us a look at what you see each day.
This is a view I see on a regular basis... but the view often changes. Sometimes the view is better...

[Boob Johnson]

Depends what you call a "good view".

I call a good view spunky euro chicks, but then again, im just one guy :whistle:

ps: I run a backpacker lodge :2thumbsup

[Grizzo]

No great view, just computer screens, large format printer/plotter and annoying co-workers. I do love my job though.

[McDuck]

I am ona big kiwifruit orchard and i love it. I get to do different things most days, play with quads and tractors and genrally have fun :)

[Number One]

I look out over a cemetary and the motorway on one side...it's actually quite entertaining - you'd be surprised how many muppets there are out there who decide that backing down the Terrace Tunnel motorway on ramp to get back to the The Terrace Road offramp is a good idea...seen this three times now :crazy: no accidents yet...lucky buggers!

On the other side I look out over the beehive - that's a crap view but as on the top floor can see all the way to Petone foreshore - very nice view on a good day...ferries and weather rolling in.

Then directly in front of me I have the Boulcott hotel. This is a crack up - people either don't realise that we can see them in the nudie OR they like it :blip: Seen some sexy type action on atleast 4 occasions now...not in a while though I think the reception must warn them now :rolleyes:

[3umph]

I use to have a really good site over the road.... but she moved.... :confused:

[Pussy]

I have a pretty good view out of my office window.... it's a constantly changing one, too. See my profile pic

[EJK]

I look out over a cemetary and the motorway on one side...it's actually quite entertaining - you'd be surprised how many muppets there are out there who decide that backing down the Terrace Tunnel motorway on ramp to get back to the The Terrace Road offramp is a good idea...seen this three times now :crazy: no accidents yet...lucky buggers!

On the other side I look out over the beehive - that's a crap view but as on the top floor can see all the way to Petone foreshore - very nice view on a good day...ferries and weather rolling in.

Then directly in front of me I have the Boulcott hotel. This is a crack up - people either don't realise that we can see them in the nudie OR they like it :blip: Seen some sexy type action on atleast 4 occasions now...not in a while though I think the reception must warn them now :rolleyes:

Ha! but is it really true? The "action"? :laugh:

[McJim]

I get to play with numbers, spreadsheets and SQL all day....I think I'm in heaven......

[Number One]

Ha! but is it really true? The "action"? :laugh:
YUP sure did happen! Many many witnesses...the building just about fell over on that side :rofl:

[smoky]

I have two offices; one looks out over Manakua City toward the motorway, the other looks out to the Harbour from Wellington City, but the best views are from the plane flying down there and back all the time

[Badjelly]

I call a good view spunky euro chicks, but then again, im just one guy :whistle:

ps: I run a backpacker lodge :2thumbsup


<meh>Pics!</meh>

[portokiwi]

I work in Glendowie so I have the view of Rangitoto island and the boats going past.... Just watched the QE2 go past.:2thumbsup

[MotoGirl]

I work in the 5th floor of a building overlooking Tauranga's main street. I get commercial buildings in one direction and the railway bridge and inner harbour in the other. I had to walk 200m to snap this one but you'll get the drift.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1584&pictureid=18611

[Boob Johnson]

<meh>Pics!</meh>
You did mean pics of the lodge didn't you? :innocent:

[Nasty]

You did mean pics of the lodge didn't you? :innocent:

Not many euro chicks there babe!!

[Boob Johnson]

Not many euro chicks there babe!!
Not that day :shifty:

[3L4NS1R]

Two Careers... Two Views...

1: Looking over Grey Lynn to the Harbour/West Auckland from the lunchroom verandah.

2: Looking over the Rangipo Desert to Mt Ruapehu and Tongariro from my gun pit.

[FJRider]

Ha! but is it really true? The "action"? :laugh:

Number One wont lie to us...

[FJRider]

I work in Glendowie so I have the view of Rangitoto island and the boats going past.... Just watched the QE2 go past.:2thumbsup

I think you'll find its the Queen Mary 2 .... can see it from here. :innocent:

[Finn]

I think you'll find its the Queen Mary 2 .... can see it from here. :innocent:

From my office

Photo 1: Queen Mary 2
Photo 2: Queen Mary 2 (Excuse exposure - taken with 400mm about a k away.
Photo 3: The parking lot
Photo 4: Call security

[portokiwi]

:Oops: Yes you are right. :Oops: She was huge

I think you'll find its the Queen Mary 2 .... can see it from here. :innocent:

[R6_kid]

From my office
Photo 3: The parking lot

You wouldnt have witnessed a Black and Silver GSXR1000K3 wheelying up the onramp there over the last two months by any chance?

[Finn]

You wouldnt have witnessed a Black and Silver GSXR1000K3 wheelying up the onramp there over the last two months by any chance?

Yip. PM me the time you're going up there today and I'll take a pic

[klingon]

I have various views from my various offices. Here's one of my favourites - when I'm working from home. (Please excuse lack of photography skills and the fact that most of the fish got spooked by the flash and went into hiding.)

[Finn]

(Please excuse lack of photography skills and the fact that most of the fish got spooked by the flash and went into hiding.)

You work naked?

[klingon]

You work naked?

LOL! When you work from home you can dress however you like! :gob:
But no, I was talking about the other flash.

[Stirts]

I like the view from my office too......

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=150&pictureid=18725

[kasper]

Yep i love my work (i even get to see the nice young men, in their clean white coats)
And if i was to show you pics of the view form my office i would need a night vision lens, and a video camera.

I drive trucks so my office has windows on all 4 sides, fully adjustable chair, hell i9t even has a bed in there. (and its great for a cubical war.)

--kasper

[FJRider]

LOL! When you work from home you can dress however you like! :gob:
But no, I was talking about the other flash.

You just ruined his daydream...:yes:

[Big Dave]

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc3/office.jpg">

[peasea]

My view at sunset, no shit. It's why I like working into the evening.

[peasea]

I work in the 5th floor of a building overlooking Tauranga's main street. I get commercial buildings in one direction and the railway bridge and inner harbour in the other. I had to walk 200m to snap this one but you'll get the drift.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=1584&pictureid=18611


Is that this bridge????

[peasea]

Two Careers... Two Views...


2: Looking over the Rangipo Desert to Mt Ruapehu and Tongariro from my gun pit.

Shouldn't they be in some sort of gun safe? They might go rusty in a pit, out in the weather and all.

[MotoGirl]

Is that this bridge????

It looks pretty darn similar, don't it?

[peasea]

It looks pretty darn similar, don't it?

It do, and there aren't THAT many bridges in Tnga. What do you do there? Trainspotting?

[Pedrostt500]

My view varies offten, depending what site I am on, some of the places I get to play in are alot of fun, but there is also the crap jobs. Take the good with the bad.

[Badger8]

Ooh, will have to take the camera tomorrow :sunny:
I work industrial, will see if i can snap something impressive :yes:

[peasea]

Ooh, will have to take the camera tomorrow :sunny:
I work industrial, will see if i can snap something impressive :yes:

Don't stick the camera down your trousers then.

[Badger8]

Don't stick the camera down your trousers then.

Ruin my fun then... :weep:

[Pussy]

On a sundry flight between Mokau and NP

[FJRider]

Don't stick the camera down your trousers then.

Not a good idea... I asked for places of WORK... irrigation only is hardly work... I should know

[Timber020]

My office view varies

[EatOrBeEaten]

Not my current office, but just to give you an idea. It's a damn sight more intimidating when every single one of those chairs is occupied by a sullen 15 year old...

http://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v121/74/13/662445126/n662445126_223875_7870.jpg

Still, I love it. Wouldn't chance my job for anything (apart from pilot, astronaut, gentlewoman of leisure...)

[gatch]

This was my office for a month, on-site at the Mangahou power station no 1 pipeline..

Yes posing I know rah rah rah, picture taken from my phone propped up on a rock, on a timer..

[marty]

one from one of mine....

[Finn]

My office view varies

You'll be pleased to know that under a revamp of the resource management act (thanks to National) you'll be able to cut down those damn trees to better enjoy that wonderful view from your office.

I've already oiled up my chainsaw ready for some native carnage. But don't worry about all the nesting birdies, they be humanely euthanised first.

[Winter]

Different every day but this is pretty typical.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=120512&d=1235421890

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=120514&d=1235422333

[Badger8]

Found some cool snaps on the network at work. Doesnt happen all the time, but damn impressive when it does :yes:

[Finn]

Found some cool snaps on the network at work. Doesnt happen all the time, but damn impressive when it does :yes:

Cool but what the hell is it?

[Badger8]

Cool but what the hell is it?

Yeah, a little hard to understand if you dont know i guess :doh: That is a rolling mill, we make reinforcing steel and wire rod.
Billets (~1.4T of steel) come in from the left hand end out of the furnace at up to 1200 °C and get squashed between the rolls, gets smaller and smaller, then squash on the deformations etc for re-bar.
That is what happens when the steel doesnt go where you want it to, that big glowing line is the nose of the billet stubbing, and the rest just keeps on coming, so it curls and and goes everywhere. At that point in the mill it is moving slow, and there's nothing much you can do about it. Just let it all come through, and pick up a gas axe.
The second one is where it has ripped the delivery tackle clean off and picked it up in the air (the dark chunk on the glowing thing :p). That piece of tackle needs a crane to put in place, and is held down by 4x M30 capscrews that sheared clean off, so you get an idea of the raw power involved.
When that happens further down the mill where the bar is moving faster (like 30 m/s) you dont wanna be standing around...

[keithbuckby]

Yeah, a little hard to understand if you dont know i guess :doh: That is a rolling mill, we make reinforcing steel and wire rod.
Billets (~1.4T of steel) come in from the left hand end out of the furnace at up to 1200 °C and get squashed between the rolls, gets smaller and smaller, then squash on the deformations etc for re-bar.
That is what happens when the steel doesnt go where you want it to, that big glowing line is the nose of the billet stubbing, and the rest just keeps on coming, so it curls and and goes everywhere. At that point in the mill it is moving slow, and there's nothing much you can do about it. Just let it all come through, and pick up a gas axe.
The second one is where it has ripped the delivery tackle clean off and picked it up in the air (the dark chunk on the glowing thing :p). That piece of tackle needs a crane to put in place, and is held down by 4x M30 capscrews that sheared clean off, so you get an idea of the raw power involved.
When that happens further down the mill where the bar is moving faster (like 30 m/s) you dont wanna be standing around...


would make a cool garden sculpture! trade me here we come lol

[Badger8]

would make a cool garden sculpture! trade me here we come lol

Heheh, laugh it up, it has been done before! :first:

[Beemer]

I work from home and don't have a bad view at all. When working on the desktop in the study, the view is of our front paddock and the neighbour's trees across the road.

When working on the laptop in the lounge, the view is a little more dramatic, and the view from the side deck isn't too shabby either.

And just to show we have great sunsets too - and a bird's eye view of the balloon festival too!

[keithbuckby]

hubby asleep in the chair while you are working!!! lol

[Big Dave]

That's an epic fail poster Badger!

[klingon]

Oooooh as much as I 'm jealous of Beemer's workplace for the views... you really can't beat the Badger's for excitement! :blink: Looks like someone trod on a tube of molten toothpaste...

[Badger8]

Have got some epic video footage of a couple too... may youtube them and post up if i get the inspiration :shifty:

[gatch]

Do it, engineering fails all almost always spectacular, like a shaft pulling out of a lathe chuck, missing your beautiful face by a 5/8 of fuck all and smoking a hole in a wall behind you..

[elevenhundred]

My new job doesn't have much of a view but it is nice and close to the bike shops :)

[LBD]

The wall on the other side of the hall:(:weep::mad::(

[klingon]

My new job doesn't have much of a view but it is nice and close to the bike shops :)

This can be a problem. I know a guy who used to work in an office block over the road from a bike shop and he used to spend all day watching bikes come and go. Eventually had to turn his desk around to face away from the window so he could get some work done! :drool:

The good thing is, when my bike got broken I took it to that bike shop for repairs. Every day they would wheel it out of the workshop and leave it sitting on the road outside, rain or shine. My friend kept an eye on it and let me know what was happening.

[Burtha]

Past real job was in puters so office took up most view (first pic) with just enough window to see bit of the domain. Now being fulltime housewife, view is fantastic, even better now in Nelson. LOVE my job - get paid well too!

[FJRider]

I changed office's today. Actually, spent a couple of days in this office, its a place called Corridale. The farmers among us will know the name as the breed of Corridale sheep were bred here. Now a Dairy farm, and irrigation is in demand. Hence the need for these beastys. I help assemble them. Just a big mecanno set...

For those that are geographically embarrased as to the location, it is about 30 km's inland from Oamaru. The KB encounter went past here on the return part of the day ride from Moraki.

[pete376403]

How are those irrigators powered? What keeps everything in line?

[Beemer]

hubby asleep in the chair while you are working!!! lol

Well spotted!

Shame I couldn't get the camera out in time to capture the view out the study window on Tuesday. Heard a roar and looked out to see what on earth was coming up the road but it was actually a Hercules flying REALLY low - it loomed up over the pine trees across the road and appeared to be aiming right for our house! Managed to get two shots as it went away out to the south, but the sight of its props and nose just clearing the trees about 100m from the window was incredible.

Last time they did low-level manoeuvres in our area they came back every 15 minutes or so and I got heaps of photos, but this appeared to be a one-off.

[FJRider]

How are those irrigators powered? What keeps everything in line?

Electric or diesel powered hydraulic,To hydraulic wheels, each span has a cable actioned brake to the hydraulic wheels that come on when the spans get out of line. Simple... but things can... DO go wrong...

[Timber020]

You'll be pleased to know that under a revamp of the resource management act (thanks to National) you'll be able to cut down those damn trees to better enjoy that wonderful view from your office.

I've already oiled up my chainsaw ready for some native carnage. But don't worry about all the nesting birdies, they be humanely euthanised first.

I hate to break it to you but chainsaws are self oiling, so I guess the trees are in less danger than you are.

[Finn]

I hate to break it to you but chainsaws are self oiling, so I guess the trees are in less danger than you are.

My one isn't, you have to prime it first. It's a oldie but a goody.