What do you do for a job?

[Hitcher]

and The Village People did a song, too

Young man, there's no need to feel down
I say Young man
When you're in a new town...

[Ghost Lemur]

PS - I didn't mention I am a part time bike wrecker!

I thought that was more of a "Hobby"?

[jimbo600]

Do I really have to say? I'm sure everyones figured that one out.

Just make something up. For instance you could be master at arms for the local bike gang.

Everyone's gotta do something to pay the rent. As long as it aint selling 'p' cos that's bollocks that is.

[jrandom]

Do I really have to say? I'm sure everyones figured that one out.

Go on, mate, it'd be nice to know the details. What do you do on a day-to-day basis, exactly? Which division or area are you in? Have you ever pulled any of us over and done your best to hold back a giggle?

[Coldkiwi]

man.. I saw DBA's and thought i might not be the only sound geek on here! I'm an Acoustic engineer (no, I don't do sound work for bands). Consulting advice (you think tradesmen charge lots?) for developers generally on what they should/have to do to avoid acoustic problems in their crappy buildings. So if you live in an apartment and you can hear the neighbours, it'll be because the developer didn't pay attention to what someone like me wrote (or it was done by one of our competitors and they cocked it up... we don't do cockups... honest!)
Happy to tell anyone what they should do if they've got problems with noisy kids upstairs (gag them)/toilets flushing/traffic noise etc etc. in their homes (just don't ask me to come look at it or I'll have to "make you pay")!

[jrandom]

Hmmm. I haven't posted about myself here yet, have I?

I write software for a GPS navigation company, in their in-car product division. Since there's only one company doing that in NZ it shouldn't be too hard a stretch for you guys to figure out who it is.

I like it here because I get to do Proper Engineering and escape the mindless tedium of 'IT' style software development.

[matthewt]

man.. I saw DBA's and thought i might not be the only sound geek on here!

Sorry but you might still be the only sound geek here. DBA (in IT terms) stands for DataBase Administrator. Ie, the clowns that look after/run databases.

If it makes you feel any better one of my friends who is a DBA is also a massive sound geek (more from the studio recording side of things).

[KATWYN]

My names Helen and I work in the Beehive. I do lots of stuff
really, it varies

[Two Smoker]

My names Helen and I work in the Beehive. I do lots of stuff
really, it varies

Shouldn't your gender sign change then LMAO

[Coldkiwi]

Like run the country?

[Shazuki]

I work at Carter Holt Harvey in Mount Maunganui and do all of the shipping documents for export pulp and paper around the world. It sounds like I send Cajun the EDI Export Entry's (Cedo's) for all of the ships. Let me just say PAIN IN THE ASS CAJUN..........the new requirements!
Used to be a waitress/restaurant manager, gardner, coal mine worker in Ausi (sprypaing and sandblasting), kangaroo shooter..............been a bit of a jack of all trades!

[toads]

Hmmm, interesting reading this one, well I'm a part time computer tech, (for home pc's) still have school age kids so can't work fulltime, and hubby ( also a kber) is an a grade mechanic, both of us are do it yourselfer's and always interested in listening to the wisdom of others, particularly when it comes to bikes, like computers there's always something you didn't know!!

[spudchucka]

Go on, mate, it'd be nice to know the details. What do you do on a day-to-day basis, exactly? Which division or area are you in? Have you ever pulled any of us over and done your best to hold back a giggle?

Day to day just fighting the forces of evil.

The only bikers I've ever pulled over were wearing gang patches, except for scooters because they get nicked heaps.

[MikeL]

Day to day just fighting the forces of evil.

Like Firefight's, a noble calling. Your lot would have 100% support, respect and admiration from me if only we could agree on a definition of evil...
I guess FF is lucky in that his foe doesn't come in all shades of grey.

As it is, full marks to you for coming clean (even if there was a notable reluctance earlier!)

[MadDuck]

Hey MadDuck, do you do accounting for landlords?

Hey Gix

Well did my own books and tax returns went I had a rental. Do the odd returns for mates but mostly company stuff.

MD

[marty]

at the moment, nothing. i start at Air NZ engineering next monday though. today i'm going flying, then re-stocking my tool box. i found a stahlwille supplier in hamilton who will do me some great deals on the coolest tools

well. a huge day for me today. first up, went flying, instructor was happy, so i flow solo for the first time. it was all quite emotional really - had to pull myself together to remember how to do a touch and go! then, phone call from auckland - "i'll be down to buy your bike tonight". yup, the aprilia has been sold. i'm havin a little weak moment here, seeing it ride off into the distance was a bit emotional really. so now i'm bikeless, although i do have a one owner, 5000km honda c50 that i bought for $50 last week if i get really desperate.....

and on top of that, in sympathy with, and out of respect for spud, i too have decided to come clean.

i have pulled the pin from the force after 13 and a bit years. i'm actually still employed by the police, but i'm waiting for my perf to come thru at the moment, hence i'm not working. i've decided to go back to aircraft engineering for a bit, but my long term goal is to go flying for a job. doesn't pay all that well, but it's what i want to do, and that my friends, is the most important thing of all.

and i've only written 2 tickets out to motorcyclists. one to a gang dude on a tricked $40000 v-rod at 149km/h, and one for a 197km/h effort on a GSXR1000 on swamp rd after paeroa in 2001.

[Two Smoker]

Since everyone is coming clean....... My old man is in the STU and was in the MOT before the agglomeration..... that's how i know a fair bit about the police and how it works.......

[curious george]

Wow, look at all the people coming out of the closet! Really, who would have thought we would have had som many police here?
Well done, I'm proud of you boys!

BUt seriously, I thought spudchucka was something to do with a fish and chip shop :sly:
You know, chucking spuds in the fryer....No? Oh well....it worked for me.
We still have a few people missing......come out come out wherever you are....

[LB]

A hint could be...http://www.pussers.com/ and The Village People did a song, too

Thanks Pete, now all has been revealed to me. I've never heard the term before (sheltered upbringing)

[rodgerd]

I'm a Oracle dba mainly (95%) but have done the others in my previous IT life (used to do heaps of Novell Netware, general PC stuff and the odd bit of c++).

Ahh, Oracle. Love some things (Intermedia, function based indexes), but hate others (no OFFSET/LIMIT or equiv, just the stupid ROWNUM trick).

Currently spending much of my time bedevilling my client's Oracle DBA with requests to switch on various advanced features so I can use 'em.