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Your occupation?
20 February 2009, 19:56
Rodney H.{500Jeffery}Your occupation?
Instrument fitter, currently on long term medical leave- lots of time for handloading.
Had some unusual jobs in the past, but always seem to fall back on our beloved oil industery. Rodney.
20 February 2009, 23:07
MCA manOccupation? Retired US Navy pilot, Retired Raytheon Systems Engineer, fully retired for four years, now a city councilman. I'd rather be a full time shooter, hunter, reloader, but some other project always seems to get in the way!
Latest project? .450-400 Nitro Express 3"
LLS
21 February 2009, 01:46
bartschequote:
Originally posted by slimtim:
If you can't pee outside you are not free.
MattW
That's why women hate us!: The world is our
urinal.
Oh My
roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
21 February 2009, 01:53
bartschequote:
Originally posted by TWL:
33 years with the Los Angeles Police Department.
You certainly picked a great place to retire.Got stuck there 9/11 to 9/14 one year.
roger
Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
21 February 2009, 02:00
EdmondAlmost all said
there21 February 2009, 10:47
grizz00720 yrs abouts as Pwr. Plant Maint., Part-time Runway Maint. ongoing,Part-Time Heavy. Duty Mechanic on going. Seasonal Duck & Goose Hunter and Grizz hunter and an occasional moose or caribou. Seasonal Grayling fisherman-tropy size of course. Reloading is just to fill in my off-times and "tinkering" with my rifles/pistols.....making them shoot better
Guess I am good for something, have to hurry and tell the wife.
21 February 2009, 17:07
cobrajetquote:
Originally posted by Heat:
After some years as an Intel Analyst for Uncle Sam I went into the IT industry. Been a consultant now for almost 20 years.
Ken....
I spent a year up in Alaska with the AF and dated a gal that worked for E-Systems out of Greenville, Texas. She was an intel analyst for them. Some pretty neat stuff that goes on up there, or at least did, not sure if they still have the RC-135 up there anymore or not. Lots has changed since the mid-80's.
21 February 2009, 19:59
MoorepowerEdmond, but other than that , what do you do?
21 February 2009, 23:57
Kenati4th year medical student. Been reloading for 16 years.
22 February 2009, 02:02
Lost OkiSafety Professional in the Plastics Industry.
Been reloading since 71, other fun includes fishing (kayak), cooking anything that moves (working on cook book on CD), hunting, shooting rifle, pistol, muzzloader, bow, reloading, gardening, spoiling the grand kids, giving liberals a hard time.
22 February 2009, 02:58
landkillerGeneral Contractor. I have been reloading for 30 years, I really enjoy it.
22 February 2009, 06:16
nosualcSoftware Engineer for the past 22 or so years. I've been reloading a little over a year now.
-nosualc
Beware the fury of an aroused democracy. -Ike
22 February 2009, 19:20
buckeyeshooterTerritory Manager for Ohio and Kentucky for the 4th largest paint manufacturer in the USA. Reloading now for 30+ years.
22 February 2009, 20:54
RHKI make my living as a Project Manager for a civil / heavy construction company.
I have been reloading (rifle) for less than a year but I reloaded shotgun shells for over 15 years...
"Everybody told me you can't far on $37.00 and and a jap guitar" ~ S.E.
"Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montana." ~ M.H.
Wild Bob
22 February 2009, 21:23
kcstottMachinist Tool & Die maker, Part time Gunsmith.
Now working as a Industrial crane field service tech
www.KLStottlemyer.comDeport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK
22 February 2009, 22:30
rjemathematician and pilot
22 February 2009, 22:37
DoublessLicensing Engineer for new nuclear power plant construction... Four tens, lots of time on weekends for casting and "rolling my own".
23 February 2009, 19:46
JanWon't hurt you anymore
, retired dentist.
Now outdoorwriter on ballistics and optics. Reloading, also for my fellow hunters.
Nice day,
Jan M.
24 February 2009, 06:06
NEJackProcess Engineer, (Chemical) in a gelatin plant.
Long, long way from retirement. First kid was born two weeks ago!
24 February 2009, 06:35
akalininNuclear Pharmacist - cyclotron trained too!
Hospital Clinical Pharmacist
Currently studying for a physics degree.
Reloading ~ 5 years.
24 February 2009, 06:43
JTEXElectical Contractor. Started as an apprentice in 1981, was stupid enough to go into business in 1994.
Benn handloading since about 1979. Shotgun, pistol and rifle.
24 February 2009, 18:52
sgt. macFive years active Army, Five in the Nat.Guard. Been working as a mechanic ever since I found out what wrench was.
sometimes people just have to learn the hard way
24 February 2009, 23:34
loud-n-boomerEngineering Geologist & Geophysicist; I try and warn people about building stupid things in stupid places while countering the B-A-N-A-N-A s who say "Build Absolutely Nothing Absolutely Nowhere Anytime".
I started reloading about 37 years ago with a Lee Loader.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx
25 February 2009, 06:31
jkingrphHospital pharmacist, 41 years. Ten years of that as USAF Pharmacy Officer, after 1 year as a weapons director. 7 years as Reserve officer. Would be retired now it I had not put the son through law school.
63 years old, been shooting since age 6, reloading since age 17.
JJK
25 February 2009, 07:13
gohip20003 years army as diesel, heavy and light vehicle mechanic.
a couple years as a water meter, and electrical meter installer for various cities.
about a year now assembling DNA and blood testing machines
Going to be going to school full time this fall with the new reformed GI bill for Engineering, mechanical I think.
Then I'd like to learn machining and gunsmithing.
Been reloading about 3 years now, I'm 27 and got many more years to go even though they are starting to speed up some.
25 February 2009, 07:34
MikeBurkeBegan my career as pipe welder/fitter. Started my own fabrication business which I recently sold. I will still run the company for at least three years. Been reloading for over 20 years.
25 February 2009, 08:02
john post25 years in plastics. the last 10 as an electrician and last two as a supervisor. with three kids going to college i can't retire till 90. I've been reloading for two years and work a part time job just for the reloading supplies and guns
25 February 2009, 08:17
tsturmquote:
Originally posted by meptampa:
Sorry if this is off topic, but as I am new to the site and to reloading I was wondering if you would mind sharing what your occupation is? Since I finished reading Lyman's 47th, and am now getting through The ABC's of Reloading by Chevalier, I find most of my free time consumed by reading about reloading, pricing and comparing equipment, reading articles and forums about reloading, etc. I also work in an industry that requires a lot of hours, and was wondering what serious reloaders do for a living, if you dont mind sharing..
Mechanic (35yrs) for a Construction Company in the Oil/Gas Industry. Been Reloading for 15 yrs!!
25 February 2009, 21:57
Ackley Improved UserMD, Professor at School of Medicine, Univ. of California
26 February 2009, 01:05
Jim Z.I'm a state Forester and State Fire Aviation Officer & have been for the last 31 years. Retired Navy Reserve Senior Chief Petty Officer. I love the outdoors, the woods, hunting and fishing.
*we band of 45-70ers*
Whiskey for my men & beer for my horses!
Malon Labe!
26 February 2009, 22:55
T.A. BennetheunCardiovascular Invasive specialist, Just starting to reload. Hunt and fish as time allows.
Got'er done
27 February 2009, 06:42
LongwalkerAgrologist by training, animal nutitionist, turkey farmer, small businessman, and semi retired. Work part time sales/customer service for an engineering firm specializing in agri-food processing plant design. Occasional wilderness ecotourism guide and trapper. Aspire to be a hunting & fishing bum.
27 February 2009, 08:17
muzzadairy farmer for thirty years till I woke up one morning and said " actually - I hate milking cows" ; ran a conservation trust doing mammalian pest management on a local piece of public land , then decided I needed a job that paid so now I help maintain the water infrastucture or about half of our local province. Keeps me on the streets and pays me to do it - and lets face it , we all want water to come out the faucet and the toilet to flush . Someones gotta do it ....
been reloading for prolly 30 years now
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Old enough to know better
27 February 2009, 08:53
458LottfanDirector of Maintenance for a Semi private Power/Water Utility company. I maintain both fixed and rotor wing aircraft. I also crew our Bell 212 during construction and maintenance work on the power lines.
I earned my place as a United States Marine in 1986 and with only a few minor interruptions have been employed in aviation maintenance every since. I started reloading shot shells for our 4H shooting club when I was 11 or 12.
27 February 2009, 19:17
rick243This is the most interesting thread I've read in a while. The variety of occupations and professions is mind boggling. Some would think that 95% on here would be "Bubbas" (like me)
.
I worked 18 years as a mechanic/welder in the KY coal mines. Got black lung and thought I would try to find something a little safer, so I got a job in a steel mill
. Been there 14 years now and my current title is Reliability Team Leader. (Fancy word for Mechanic). Have one foot on a banana peel and the other in the unemployment line as I type this.
Been handloading since 1973.
27 February 2009, 20:02
45ottoI am a crack Whoooore.
Airline mechanic until the amfa boys wrecked that deal.
Railraod mechanic until 3rd shift tuesday/ friday days off got old
Cement truck mechanic until the bottom fell out.
Now working on electric and gas utility trucks.
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Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
27 February 2009, 21:46
GhubertLaw via, biochemistry, sound engineering, event management and bookselling.
A bit of circuitous route, not to be recommended to a young person just leaving school.
Since taking up shooting I’ve become a commie, limey, liberal scumbag kool-aid drinker
, or so I’m told
I have been reloading for all of three weeks!
Regards,
GH
27 February 2009, 22:04
erregeFull time university employee in an Engineering Faculty since 1984. Since then, I escalated job positions from being an aidee at the Electronics Lab to being the manager of it for fifteen years, then changed to my current position on the ISO´s Certification Dept.
Jeez, that´s almost all my life. I´m thinking seriously in retiring soon...
Oh, damn shooting vicious!
27 February 2009, 22:05
Doctor DRetired USAF Master Sergeant. Twenty years, twelve days in aircraft maintenance. Started as an avionics technician.
Currently have twelve years in the USPS as an electronics technician.
Been handloading thirty eight years now.
My dad told me once that if you're gonna kill a rattler with a chainsaw, use the top of the bar.
27 February 2009, 22:46
TJAYRetired LEO, 28 years. Been reloading since 1964. Still have that first rifle,243, and shot a 3/4 inch 5 shout group with it 2 days ago.
