I'm now on the DSP after getting hurt at work but I'm still interested in what you do for a crust. We know trout is a tunnel rat :mocking: sorry mate, minner :)
I'm NOT a Miner, I'm a Mill Reliner.
A huge differance.
We do the work the "Miners" can't handle:dance2:
My mistake..sorry mate :winkextra:
I work for a woman who instructs me in the art of cooking, cleaning, gardening, and other duties.!! Luckily each morning I find a "to do list" so I don't even have to make any decisions!! If I get caught with a table full of coins, 2x2's and various other stuff I simply state that I am "Studying":idea:
I am a Trade Team Leader in an automotive parts store.
Second biggest store in Australia.
We mainly handle all the country orders for W.A.
Been there now for 34 years.
I'm interested to know what a mill reliner does please
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='5285' dateline='1356744649'I'm interested to know what a mill reliner does please
This is the mob I work for
http://relinesaust.com/
i am retired , 70 years of age next friday 04/01/2013
was a drover out west when i was young , then was a bus driver for 30 years .. did city work sometimes and charter work when i was needed ..
,, kel ,,
I am a coin dealer. Past life was a tax auditor with the ATO and then before that worked for Centrelink.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='5318' dateline='1356755487'Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='5285' dateline='1356744649'I'm interested to know what a mill reliner does please
This is the mob I work for
http://relinesaust.com/
thanks!
QuoteI am a coin dealer. Past life was a tax auditor with the ATO and then before that worked for Centrelink.
I am currently a casual employee at the ATO, my old man has worked there 30 years as well.
I did a stint at Centrelink when Qld flooded a few years back to help process the emergency payments.
Other than a little work there and setting up a bit of an ebay store im a full time university student.
Retired Soldier and ex prison Officer.
I'm a database administrator, on DB2 on z/OS (Mainframe) for a large australian retailer.
Picked all my skills up on the job, and I really enjoy working on the mainframe, its nice to have that much process power at your fingertips :)
Quote from: 'Fr45h3R' pid='5392' dateline='1356836243'I'm a database administrator, on DB2 on z/OS (Mainframe) for a large australian retailer.
Picked all my skills up on the job, and I really enjoy working on the mainframe, its nice to have that much process power at your fingertips :)
I'd love to do something like that but not sure if I'm computer smart enough - we have a huge data base where I work and I've liked using it from day 1 and at work i'm about the only person who i've met who enjoys using it! I'd love to get behind the system and work with it! I'm jealous
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='5394' dateline='1356836419'Quote from: 'Fr45h3R' pid='5392' dateline='1356836243'I'm a database administrator, on DB2 on z/OS (Mainframe) for a large australian retailer.
Picked all my skills up on the job, and I really enjoy working on the mainframe, its nice to have that much process power at your fingertips :)
I'd love to do something like that but not sure if I'm computer smart enough - we have a huge data base where I work and I've liked using it from day 1 and at work i'm about the only person who i've met who enjoys using it! I'd love to get behind the system and work with it! I'm jealous
One thing i've noticed over the last 12 years I have been working in an IT position, is that plain old common sense is about 90% of the job.
If you understand what you're looking at, the computer side of it is easy.
You should go for it!
I went to a user group for DB2 a few months back and one of the talks was about 'big data' and it was very interesting.
Check out some of the videos on here
http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/
Retired after programming computers for 40 years-John
I am a mechanical engineer but I quit that 6 years ago to make a full-time go at being a full time internet entrepreneur thingy. It's been OK and most mornings I go to work in my pyjamas so I cannot complain. Not having a boss (other than PPH of course) makes it a bit scary at times because it all rests on my shoulders. But when things get scary I just go put my pyjamas back on and things feel better again.
I am a licensed Customs Broker but retired 4 1/2 years ago.
I now work at Bunnings.
Quote from: 'interest' pid='5434' dateline='1356869146'I now work at Bunnings.
which one ???
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='5438' dateline='1356902471'Quote from: 'interest' pid='5434' dateline='1356869146'I now work at Bunnings.
which one ???
In Sydney near Liverpool.
Sounds like someone's after a discount :mocking: What ya building Kel..or dare I ask :nx:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='5457' dateline='1356934317'Sounds like someone's after a discount :mocking: What ya building Kel..or dare I ask :nx:
nar , no discount , but i have never met any person in person that i have spoken to on any of the forums , and i often wonder what it would be like , i am a very nervous person who suffers bad from panic attacks , and i get very uptight when it comes to meetings strangers. i have only ever delivered coins in person to 3 people that have bought of me and before i met them i started to shake with fear ..i just thought that by ofchance he may have been at bunnings at morayfield .. ,, kel ,,
I am a trade qualified dairy farmer after being in retail management. But I quit all that to have children and now I look after 4 rugrats who are all at school now so I can focus on building a coin empire. I also help markn in a business we share that's not coin related.
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='5465' dateline='1356945894'Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='5457' dateline='1356934317'Sounds like someone's after a discount :mocking: What ya building Kel..or dare I ask :nx:
nar , no discount , but i have never met any person in person that i have spoken to on any of the forums , and i often wonder what it would be like , i am a very nervous person who suffers bad from panic attacks , and i get very uptight when it comes to meetings strangers. i have only ever delivered coins in person to 3 people that have bought of me and before i met them i started to shake with fear ..i just thought that by ofchance he may have been at bunnings at morayfield .. ,, kel ,,
Hi Kel - I get shy and uncomfortable meeting people in my private life. That is one reason why I never do 'pick-up' with ebay sales. And as well, it gets to be a hassle organising times, venues etc. cheers rob
If ya ever down this way dont' be :scared: and please feel free to drop in as I know how you feel as I feel a bit that way going down the street or just about anywhere, another side effect that they didn't tell me about. But I have met another member and it went really well :)
I also find it very hard to trust people until I get to know them :)
Teacher!
And just for fun, I work in a newsagency on weekends.
I'm a lab technician at the School of Agriculture & Food Science, University of Queensland. Primarily doing chemical analysis of soil, plant and food samples.
:scratch_one-s_head: Jesus Sap, how do you do it mate? I mean I'm flat out just talking on one site but you do all that and mod on a few sites as well..your amazing :good: where as I can't even organise my socks these days :biggrin:
There's some very impressive occupations and I don't know how half of you manage to do what you do but well done and I notice there's a few ex services as well, and to those I'd just like to thank you for your service and also any current serving members :thank_you:
Computer programmer.
QuoteComputer programmer.
What language ? I'd love to get more into object oriented programming, but really enjoy cobol because it is so easy!
C/C++ and Python at the moment. The last job was all Java.
Are you using COBOL for legacy reasons? I got the impression it didn't have widespread use these days (at least beyond systems written decades ago).
Quote from: 'interest' pid='5434' dateline='1356869146'I now work at Bunnings.
My wife practically owns shares it that joint!
It's her home away from home.
Always finding me things to do with the things that she buys:dodgy::dodgy:
I'm a public servant. Been doing it for nearly 40 years.
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='5662' dateline='1357209448'Computer programmer.
Do you work for yourself or do you have a real job? You do any web programming (.NET or php or javascript?).
Quote from: 'Graham' pid='5695' dateline='1357264923'Quote from: 'interest' pid='5434' dateline='1356869146'I now work at Bunnings.
My wife practically owns shares it that joint!
It's her home away from home.
Always finding me things to do with the things that she buys:dodgy::dodgy:
I'm a public servant. Been doing it for nearly 40 years.
Today one of the staff at our local Bunnings tried to charge me rent for the spot I was standing on because I've been spending so much time in the wood screw / nuts and bolts aisle over the last week.
Quote from: 'markn' pid='5700' dateline='1357266251'Quote from: 'Graham' pid='5695' dateline='1357264923'Quote from: 'interest' pid='5434' dateline='1356869146'I now work at Bunnings.
My wife practically owns shares it that joint!
It's her home away from home.
Always finding me things to do with the things that she buys:dodgy::dodgy:
I'm a public servant. Been doing it for nearly 40 years.
Today one of the staff at our local Bunnings tried to charge me rent for the spot I was standing on because I've been spending so much time in the wood screw / nuts and bolts aisle over the last week.
They did not, you just like it there because of the industrial air conditioner (top of 44 deg today -the air con and the solar panels are fighting it out!)
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='5701' dateline='1357266467'They did not, you just like it there because of the industrial air conditioner (top of 44 deg today -the air con and the solar panels are fighting it out!)
They did so. At one point I'd been standing still so long a staff member put witches hats around me so the floor sweeper wouldn't run me over.
:@ WHAT WHAT WHAT..your bunning has air con, bloody hell ya lucky if they put a fan on at the one here and there aint no air con so ya :heat: like a pig and just want to get out. But it could be worse PP he could be stuck at the pub :drinks:
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='5671' dateline='1357211783'C/C++ and Python at the moment. The last job was all Java.
Are you using COBOL for legacy reasons? I got the impression it didn't have widespread use these days (at least beyond systems written decades ago).
Pretty much.
It is still very widely used and probably accounts for a lot of code still running production across the world, and to me it best suits the processing it is used for in our shop.
In any case my opinion is that the quality of applications does not rely on what code its written in, mostly because good coders cost too much!
I recall reading something along the lines of this once :
Obsolete computer hardware sits in a musuem
Obsolete computer software runs production :)
-rob
Quote from: 'markn' pid='5698' dateline='1357266021'Do you work for yourself or do you have a real job? You do any web programming (.NET or php or javascript?).
I have a real job.
I've never done any web stuff for work but I have learnt it. Never done any .NET though.
Quote from: 'Fr45h3R' pid='5714' dateline='1357281580'Pretty much.
It is still very widely used and probably accounts for a lot of code still running production across the world, and to me it best suits the processing it is used for in our shop.
In any case my opinion is that the quality of applications does not rely on what code its written in, mostly because good coders cost too much!
I recall reading something along the lines of this once :
Obsolete computer hardware sits in a musuem
Obsolete computer software runs production :)
-rob
Yeah I thought so. Someone said to me once a lot of bank back-end stuff was in COBOL because that's what it had always been.
I guess it's not quite obsolete if it works.
I am a Nurse and I also own my own Medical/First Aid company that specialising in providing highly qualified medics to the Motorsport Community :)
I'm currently a chemistry laboratory technician at Monash University. I also have a PhD in soil science.
I work in a blast furnace
Quote from: 'Jaseee' pid='5924' dateline='1357598129'I work in a blast furnace
That could be anywhere today.
:heat: Yeah I live in one and it's called Grafton :mocking:
But it's good to see that we come from all over the place and do a wide range of things :good:
QuoteYeah I live in one and it's called Grafton
I live at Walkers Hotel in South Grafton for a while when my Grandparents owned it
The old marina ay stevo :hi: An uncle was partners in the servo for years up until a few year ago. Ya always find someone from here where ever ya go :mocking: I went to the markets in coffs and looking at coins asked the bloke if I could sit on his trailer and look and get the :good: and this lady at the next stall asked if I'd like to sit at her table and look and then after talking to here for 5 mins find out she and her hubby live just around the corner in kelly street and we were saying how funny it is that you find us everywhere :zomby: :laugh2:
I'm a Metallurgical Engineer (often called a rust doctor) and work at a Power Station in Adelaide.
Quote from: 'PNC Collector' pid='6106' dateline='1357880524'I'm a Metallurgical Engineer (often called a rust doctor) and work at a Power Station in Adelaide.
Im going to assume GI?
Quote from: 'interest' pid='5942' dateline='1357612210'Quote from: 'Jaseee' pid='5924' dateline='1357598129'I work in a blast furnace
That could be anywhere today.
You are correct and that blast furnace is right here. Top of 44 deg today.
As for me, I am not employed but just work at home washing, cooking, cleaning, hosing my poor dead lawn and typing in forums on the PC, while trying to keep cool.
and a rehash of this one while I'm going as well :)
hey AJ ... you like going retro with these rehashesss :yahoo:
everything old is new again and nothing wrong with retro :winkextra:
I'm retro :mocking:
anyways, after a couple of career changes am now a chippie
I was a PSTN and ADSL tester for 2 years before it all went abroad. Now I'm in workforce deployment. I basically manage approx 200 field technicians day for South East Victoria.
what's ya crust? Thin, Crispy, Thick ,how ever it comes is cool with me :ok::laughingneqw::laughingneqw: