Page 2 of 6 FirstFirst 1234 ... LastLast
Results 16 to 30 of 80

Thread: What do you do

  1. #16
    Join Date
    3rd October 2006 - 21:21
    Bike
    Breaking rocks
    Location
    in the hot sun
    Posts
    4,386
    Blog Entries
    1
    Gusset inspector
    Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!

  2. #17
    Join Date
    17th April 2011 - 14:39
    Bike
    Honda VF750f.
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    4,330
    Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.
    For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.

  3. #18
    Join Date
    10th December 2009 - 22:42
    Bike
    less than I used to have
    Location
    Canterbury
    Posts
    3,168
    ...apart from a stint when I was 17 and had just finished my carpentry apprenticeship in 1975, of driving around in Nth Queensland with a mad aussie carting sloppy old wild bulls and buffalo back to a boning room in Brisbane and then a few years on rigs in the Nth Sea in the early 80's, and doing a bit of time in the cellars of British pubs,I have been self employed in my trade. Next march I have made it painfully aware to everyone that as I refuse to pay any sort of rort tax to some money hungry govt deptment to prove that I am a carpenter of some experience, I will be sliding out of the trade...its becoming too wearisome dealing with all the wankers and related bullshit in the building game anyway...not sure what happens after that...

  4. #19
    Join Date
    7th September 2009 - 09:47
    Bike
    Yo momma
    Location
    Podunk USA
    Posts
    4,561
    Quote Originally Posted by unstuck View Post
    Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.
    I went from commercial beverage dispensing manufacturing and installation to yacht mast fabbing to casino dealer to ship board casino host to owner'operator commercial waterblasting company to metal fab in an experimental aircraft company.

  5. #20
    Join Date
    29th October 2005 - 16:12
    Bike
    Had a 2007 Suzuki C50T Boulevard
    Location
    Orewa
    Posts
    5,852
    Quote Originally Posted by Madness View Post
    I travel the Norf Island selling tools to resellers for a U.S based manufacturer. Been doing this for 8 months now after selling tobacco for 5 years.

    What brand? I was with Sulco for a few years.

    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    I went from commercial beverage dispensing manufacturing and installation to yacht mast fabbing to casino dealer to ship board casino host to owner'operator commercial waterblasting company to metal fab in an experimental aircraft company.
    How many test pilots do you go through..?

    Me? Been there, done that... Now I play at running my own business, but you'll never guess what it is...
    You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
    Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!

  6. #21
    Join Date
    3rd January 2005 - 11:00
    Bike
    All of them
    Location
    Brisvegas
    Posts
    12,472
    General Sifter.

  7. #22
    Join Date
    18th February 2008 - 17:34
    Bike
    Zooks 85 GS1100G and 84 GSX1100E
    Location
    North Shore, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,082
    Quote Originally Posted by CAMSec View Post
    ...apart from a stint when I was 17 and had just finished my carpentry apprenticeship in 1975, of driving around in Nth Queensland with a mad aussie carting sloppy old wild bulls and buffalo back to a boning room in Brisbane and then a few years on rigs in the Nth Sea in the early 80's, and doing a bit of time in the cellars of British pubs,I have been self employed in my trade. Next march I have made it painfully aware to everyone that as I refuse to pay any sort of rort tax to some money hungry govt deptment to prove that I am a carpenter of some experience, I will be sliding out of the trade...its becoming too wearisome dealing with all the wankers and related bullshit in the building game anyway...not sure what happens after that...
    I understand your reluctance but the actual level of knowledge and experience required to qualify as a LBP is very low. The application process/forms however, requires a ridiculous amount of paper hoop jumping and puts people off.

    However you don't have to be a LBP to work as a carpenter. You can work with or under someone who has an license. A lot of chippies are opting to go that way.
    Political correctness: a doctrine which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd from the clean end.

  8. #23
    Join Date
    4th October 2008 - 16:35
    Bike
    R1250GS
    Location
    Wellington
    Posts
    10,300
    i am a detailer,or prenail frame and truss draughtsman,surprisingly we dont need to be qualified or licensed in any way,but its a fairly exacting job

  9. #24
    Join Date
    9th May 2008 - 21:23
    Bike
    A
    Location
    B
    Posts
    2,547
    Fuel tanker driver for the NZ owned outfit. Mind you, after 12 yrs of this, due for a change in the next year or so. Tried the indoor thing, done logistics for a multinational, but a couple of years of that was long enough.
    The shiftwork is both good and bad, if it's fine when my days off are during the week it's cool to head out on the bike when few riders are out and about.
    On days like today, truckin' back over the Rimutaka Hill towards Welly, dozens of bikers heading north don't even understand the concept of staying on their own side of the flippin' road. Must be weekend warriors? Hey, if I can keep 20 metres of bigrig between the lines....rant over.

  10. #25
    Join Date
    15th January 2009 - 10:26
    Bike
    .
    Location
    .
    Posts
    3,822

  11. #26
    Join Date
    10th December 2009 - 22:42
    Bike
    less than I used to have
    Location
    Canterbury
    Posts
    3,168
    Quote Originally Posted by flyingcrocodile46 View Post
    I understand your reluctance but the actual level of knowledge and experience required to qualify as a LBP is very low. The application process/forms however, requires a ridiculous amount of paper hoop jumping and puts people off.

    However you don't have to be a LBP to work as a carpenter. You can work with or under someone who has an license. A lot of chippies are opting to go that way.
    ...I'm not that unhappy about hanging up my tools...the fact that anyone and I mean anyone can be a LBP is one of the reasons I dont want to be involved...I take great pride in my work and in my trade and hate the way it is going. I have made sure the bloke who has worked for me for twenty plus years is registered and ready to go out on his own...the other side of the coin is ...I now have chippies knees, back, elbows and wrists and my next significant birthday is the 60th one...fuck work...

  12. #27
    Join Date
    11th February 2009 - 21:05
    Bike
    2011 Ducati 848
    Location
    Auckland
    Posts
    200
    Quote Originally Posted by unstuck View Post
    Anybody traded their job in for something completely different. I was a beekeeper for 17yrs before I left to become a bulldozer operator,something that I have always wanted to do since I was a wee kid.I also wanted to be a forest ranger, so jumped at the chance to work for DOC maintaining huts and tracks in the back country of southland, absolutely loved the job but after cave creek and all the restructuring that came as a result, it turned into a major paperwork nightmare so I went back to machinery.
    I've thought about becoming a beekeeper

  13. #28
    Join Date
    13th December 2008 - 18:22
    Bike
    Your mom
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    3,901
    Crack whore.

  14. #29
    Join Date
    1st November 2005 - 08:18
    Bike
    F-117.
    Location
    Banana Republic of NZ
    Posts
    7,048
    Piano player in a brothel.
    TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”

  15. #30
    Join Date
    6th February 2008 - 10:35
    Bike
    '03 FXD
    Location
    Dark Side of the Moon.
    Posts
    1,818
    Permanent Record Retention an Distribution Specialist .
    Never too old to Rock n Roll.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    I've got miserly tourettes and I don't give a fuck.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •