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Pictures of where you work or what you do???
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 04:47 PM UTC
As a relief driver I drive the route and truck of those drivers who have a night off... some times I drive an all singing and dancing big rig, sometimes I drives the companies dogs...

This was not an 'all singing, all dancing' night...


Still, the view from my 'office' makes up for it


I love working in the evening... hook the farm tank to my truck, switch on the pump and sit back.... and they call this work :-) :-) :-) .

As for working with moron colleages,


I don't actualy work with the cows, but as far as passing the time goes, they beat humans most of the time..

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 05:00 PM UTC

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It's a dirty job but some one has to do it :-)




:-) :-) :-) :-) Oh yeah, I'm crying my eyes out for you!

Steve
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 - 05:03 PM UTC

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Still, the view from my 'office' makes up for it

Henk



Beautiful country Henk.....

The cows....we have plenty of.
Mojo
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:18 AM UTC

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lets see if this works. it's where i work and what i work on.
Jerry


anyway the pics in my gallery it's the big ole yellow green plane



Nice 1: 1 scale Jerry.. nicely weathered.. How long did it take to put it together... :-)

Dave
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:50 AM UTC


Thats my office.. I spend a good portion of my day travelling to customers for repairs and service work on all makes and models of forklifts.. To our fellow Ontario members, based out of Barrie and our servive area covers north to Huntsville and south to Schomberg.. East to Brechin and west to a little town called Palgrave...Our head office is in Mississuaga, with satellite offices throughout the greater GTA and around Ontario..Four of us on the road 5 days a week.. We knock up some miles... Or should I say Kilometers... LOL

Dave

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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 01:31 AM UTC
Dave, is the number of your van 666? I once had a car with license number * *** CJD, which in England is synonymous with 'mad cow disease'... ..Had some funny looks when I renewed my tax.. :-) :-)

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 05:44 AM UTC
Well I build these, gas fired, steam powered radio controlled 16mm gauge garden locomotives. This was the first one I built, the company I work for, Roundhouse Engineering, has several engines in its catalogue. The latest, the Vale of Riedol, has a 4 channel R/C set and a working steam whistle plus sprung suspension. It is the one I build mostly now.
The first pic is the first test run, so no body, and the weight being towed is 20lbs. The VofR will tow 60lbs and more. The final 2 pics are missing a few items such as cylinder covers and bonnet over the relief valve.



I'm planning to build a workshop and produce coffee, side and occaisional tables, as the pay is not the greatest in my day job. I used to work building furnaiture and tables don't require any complicated cutting or fixing.
Mal
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 05:54 AM UTC

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Nice 1: 1 scale Jerry.. nicely weathered.. How long did it take to put it together... :-)

Dave


It took 2 1/2 years to do each plane from tear down to roll out. It did weather quite nicely didn't it. FYI it started out life as a 30 year old 707. The airframe was zero timed, (made like the day it rolled out of the factory), then modified and the finished product is an Air Force E8-C JOINT STARS. We're doing the up-keep maintenance on them now.
Jerry
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 10:41 AM UTC

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Dave, is the number of your van 666? I once had a car with license number * *** CJD, which in England is synonymous with 'mad cow disease'... ..Had some funny looks when I renewed my tax.. :-) :-)

Cheers
Henk




Henk, you win the prize my friend...

Ive had just about every comment on that number.. From one fella who said he wouldnt even take a licence plate if it had two sixes in it.. To a guy, while sitting beide me at a stop light yelled, Ill be praying for you brother.. :-) :-) :-) Just makes the day a bit more interesting.. .

Dave
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 09:15 AM UTC
The view from my desk.......

More photos in my gallery----- Wonderful Work!
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 09:36 AM UTC
http://www.mgohier.com/eng/frameset.html

if you guys want to look around and check out were i work part time go ahead, go to our company then our team, second pic, the guy sitting on hte truck is my dad. He got the job for me last summer. i drive hte trucks around. cary the 4 season and landscape dump bodies around. drille and grind pieces. fun job, better than flipping burgers

Frank
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 10:28 AM UTC
Dave,

The picture & the others in your gallery imply that you are alone down there - that is what I need just a desk where I can be by myself with an assistant cat to keep me company.
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 12:17 PM UTC
Yep..... alone...... just me and the cat for the night....... LOL :-) :-)
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 01:13 PM UTC
i work at DOSH (similar to US OSHA).. currently attached to Major Hazard Division..

here's the photo of me inside t he 'cube'


here's the view of my office at dusk from my apartment


and this isone of the thing that i do..conducting safety audit in offshore


rbeebe99
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 01:15 PM UTC
Zaidi, first nice view , second is that a model I see sitting on the edge of you cubicle, if so I think OSHA regs specifically state that no plastic models should be within 20 feet of you work area to prevent worktime daydreaming :-)
regards,
Robert
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 01:29 PM UTC

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Zaidi, first nice view , second is that a model I see sitting on the edge of you cubicle, if so I think OSHA regs specifically state that no plastic models should be within 20 feet of you work area to prevent worktime daydreaming :-)
regards,
Robert



Robert. thanks for the comments. The view on my apartment was no lenger available as i've moved to a new house some 10 km away...
according to Malaysian version of OSHA (the act) if model is less then 20 feet away some risk assesment such as HAZOP should be done to identify the risk and eliminate any of them..but again, as regulators we're exempted .. hahaha

that's my M115 before it's taken to my house for my incoming campaign.. now it's replaced with 1/48 A4U Corsair...unfortunately some stupid fella broken it when try to pull some networking cable underneath the table... this show that that fella didnt do any risk assessment.....

fanai
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 01:02 AM UTC
I am luck enough to be paid to sit at my work bench at home at the present -Just offered a Redundancy after 18.5 year in the Federal govt and am looking at getting some p/t and doing my sculpting- modelling as a business- already paint Wargame figs for Money and I love sculpting so why not combine the 2 plus add in my experience doing model train layout and backdrops and murals and If I get my name around I might keep doing it
Ian
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 01:25 AM UTC
Transferring 4 metric tons of molten iron from the melting furnace, on the left, into the holding furnace, on the right...
We are currently pouring about 150 tons of iron a day making everything from staduim seating to bearing housings for diesel turbo chargers...



I am the Quality Assurance Manager here:

http://www.atlasfdry.com/

Shaun
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 07:55 AM UTC
No photo's Im afraid but I was your typical London Bobby till I retired through a heart attack ,reached the rank of Inspector.Now I work in a super market O.I.C of the wines and spirits I spend my days talking to customers on the merits of various wines,whiskeys, and beers I asked my boss If i could have a free trial of each, his answer isnt printable here.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 02:40 AM UTC
One day I'll get around to working out how to upload photographs, until then, I'm in the second (tiny) picture in this link (with my back to the camera of course)

http://www.bibracte.fr/fr/Decouvrez_/Archeologie/Programme_de_recherche.php?rub=02&srub=04&ssrub=01

The place where we were working was close to the centre of one of the SAS behind the lines operations (think it was Houndsworth) where they mortared a synthetic fuel plant in the nearest town (Autun) and generally did SAS things. And the Germans carried out the usual reprisals.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 04:19 AM UTC

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Transferring 4 metric tons of molten iron from the melting furnace, on the left, into the holding furnace, on the right...
We are currently pouring about 150 tons of iron a day making everything from staduim seating to bearing housings for diesel turbo chargers...

I am the Quality Assurance Manager here:

Shaun



Where is this plant? In Indy?

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My main job (right now) is with Ball State University's Library, Bracken. I am a Student Assistant in cataloging mainly doing data entry.

This is the interior of the library...I work in the basement!


While I officially work for Bracken, I have been sent to the Architechure Library's slide collection where I do yet more data entry, but also am being trained on how to file their 119,000 slides! This is not as easy as it sounds!

While this is not me, this is one of the 11 cabinets that hold the slides:


I also work for Ball State's Recreation Services. During the summer right now, I am a Facility Monitor. My job includes supervising patrons at the Ball U's gyms, clerical work, and as a first responder in medical emergencies (we are required to hold CPR, First Aid, and AED certification while employed with Rec Services.

During the Academic Year (August-May), I am part of Rec Services Event Staff...ie Security for our main events, specifically Football, Basketball, most indoor sports, and some concerts. Again we are also first responders to medical and criminal emergencies (in this case with our stellar campus police backing us up). A lot of drunk guys (and girls) at the games, makes for an interesting job.

Here is a file photo of the Arena where Basketball and Volleyball events are hosted.



Jeff
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 04:09 PM UTC
I haven't mastered the picture upload thing either, but I am the second shift patrol supervisor for my local police department. In my eighteenth year..less than eight to go...then I hope to do something that makes everyone happy to see me. Maybe I'll deliver flowers or something like that...
95bravo
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 05:06 PM UTC

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...then I hope to do something that makes everyone happy to see me. Maybe I'll deliver flowers or something like that...



Boy do I remember those days....don't miss the domestics one bit. And hey, they're in the peak of season right now!...well in July and August...really

Be safe Darryl.


When's the next full moon?
Steve
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 01:02 AM UTC
Here's my office building from a 1930's era post card when it was a post office.

And here's my work are of my cubicle.

My job titile is Service Coordinator, but the duties are most understandable if you think social worker in a department of mental retardation.
Marty
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 01:24 AM UTC
Hey Al, I like all the photos in your cubicle. I see you have your car on your PC's desktop and your figs on the wall. Very nice!