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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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I'm a sales manager in car parts store...

Love my job :-p
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Medical Device Sales Rep. I sell ventilators to hospitals.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:00 PM
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I guess no one thinks much of my job lol.
Crane Operator sounds cool brutha. No worries Pilot, all that matters is that YOU like your job!!!!!
the 4G63 is a sweet motor btw... always has been


Originally Posted by Tjohnson4845
Medical Device Sales Rep. I sell ventilators to hospitals.
That's cool, I once heard that You guys can do QUITE well for yourselves if you get a good product.

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Oilco Exec retired. Hard/Smart work & the right breaks in life.
Sounds great, Glyn. I think I've got the Har/Smart work thing down... just waiting on the "Right Breaks" lol!
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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Manufacturing Engineer. I build the floor structure for the Boeing 737. (Ex: The Blue and Red Southwest Airlines you see flying to and from major cities here in the U.S.)
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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Manufacturing Engineer. I build the floor structure for the Boeing 737. (Ex: The Blue and Red Southwest Airlines you see flying to and from major cities here in the U.S.)
So you stand in front of an Autoclave all day?
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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So you stand in front of an Autoclave all day?

Unfortunately, I dont . I send out datasets of the floor structure to get programmed on cnc machines and then make sure the structure gets put together correctly from the time it comes off the cnc machines to the time it gets assembled into the fuselage of the aircraft.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by buklae620
Unfortunately, I dont . I send out datasets of the floor structure to get programmed on cnc machines and then make sure the structure gets put together correctly from the time it comes off the cnc machines to the time it gets assembled into the fuselage of the aircraft.
This must have been particularly painful for you to watch. At the end, they have a close-up on the wrinkle!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1615692.html
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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This must have been particularly painful for you to watch. At the end, they have a close-up on the wrinkle!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1615692.html

AHHHH....thats fine. Just a little bondo, sand, and paint and the wrinkle wont be there any more.

Kidding!! I hope ANA puts that plane out of service.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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There are a fair amount of engineers here! I guess we're just "smart" enough to choose nice cars.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by buklae620
AHHHH....thats fine. Just a little bondo, sand, and paint and the wrinkle wont be there any more.

Kidding!! I hope ANA puts that plane out of service.
I wonder if Spirit put in a bid on it.

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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 04:31 PM
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It's repairable...just going to be down for many months. Check out this mexican pilot who snap rolled a Hawker 800 LOL

http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...3-4-times.html
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Night: street pharmacist for all the engineers & cpa's who just need a break from reality. =X

*note* I do not endorse the use of "Street pharmaceutical drugs" and am 100% joking................


Unless your an interested buyer. JOKE!
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 08:02 PM
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Police Detective....and part time military (35L30).
**psst** check out tehc300's post!!!
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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**psst** check out tehc300's post!!!
SNITCH! lololol
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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i thought about doing a thread just like this i was curious as to how people afford nice cars and all these nice mods,
Leasing and high limit VISA cards?
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 12:10 AM
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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 01:04 AM
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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by MoneyMike23
Dumb question, I know..... But is that what you wanted to be since you were young... or did you just kinda fall into it?
Never thought about it as a child.
The money and work conditions are very good.

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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 09:48 AM
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SNITCH! lololol
Noted.....
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