How do you earn your crust.

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

As title suggests,what do you all do for a living.This is what i make and i love it!
Here's our website
http://www.colebrand.com/defseh1.htm

**rolfw** · 27-12-2005

Nothing as exciting as that I'm afraid Oily, just sling up the odd dish and aerial here and there.

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

What ever puts food on the table

You travel about Rolfw?oppp north by any chance

**rolfw** · 27-12-2005

No, only for social reasons,

business wise only about a 25 mile radius.

**Analoguesat** · 27-12-2005

I run a rather dilapidated computer network at one of the local high schools 300 computers running RM Connect 2.4 on win 98 clients. The workstations are 5, 6, & 7 years old, and are getting rather unreliable.

We are past the point of no return for repairing break downs, and I just try to hold everything together in some sort of shape until we are refurbished next summer......

**BGonaSTICK** · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

Nothing as exciting as that I'm afraid Oily, just sling up the odd dish and aerial here and there.

Sounds like you could do with one of those cool-looking covert access poles for the van Rolf...

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

Or one of these carbon fibre ladders that we do

http://www.colebrand.com/webpole07.jpg

edd173 · 27-12-2005

I work in Telecomms, on Siemens phone systems. Used to install satellite dishes (and a few months of hell on NTL) but i realised its nicer to be working inside all winter. Miss the summers up on chimneys though!!!!

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

Its not all exciting stuff Rolfw,we've been making identification paint for the elections in Iraq,its for the yanks so they don't shoot each other or anyone else for that matter.Its pretty boring mixing+the chemicals are playing havoc with my hands,MEK,Toloune to name but a few

**rolfw** · 27-12-2005

I've yet to meet anyone who's job is wholly exciting, but I enjoy mine in the main, it was my hobby before my job.

Must have one of those poles though, as STICK says, would look cool on the van and I could advertise "Covert access our speciality"

@ eddie173, know what you mean about work in the winter, probably the biggest downside, but the views can be breathtaking.

steve yates · 27-12-2005

Watch assistant at MRCC Swansea(2 x12 hr days 2 x12hr nites,4 days off),on days off deputy station officer for the local cliff rescue team................ yes the 4th emergency service HM COASTGUARD..

edd173 · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

@ eddie173, know what you mean about work in the winter, probably the biggest downside, but the views can be breathtaking.

Depends on which area you cover i suppose! Most of the areas i worked in would take more than a covering of frost to be considered breathtaking!! Likewise it was a hobby for me and i jumped on Sky when they did the digital push in `99. And spent the next 2 years cleaning up after subbies who couldnt install a greasy stick up.....

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by steve yates

Watch assistant at MRCC Swansea(2 x12 hr days 2 x12hr nites,4 days off),on days off deputy station officer for the local cliff rescue team................ yes the 4th emergency service HM COASTGUARD..

Now thats what i call an exciting job.

Respect

***yazooo*** · 27-12-2005

I'm doing a PhD in Laser Physics...little geeky, and unfortunaltely I have no carbon fibre ladders...I do have a huge laser?!

**salvador** · 27-12-2005

I'm a software engineer and although I work mainly in Oracle Financials these days, I used to work developing realtime software which was a lot more exciting..... but a lot less £s :-(

Salvador

**Channel Hopper** · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by Oily

Or one of these carbon fibre ladders that we do
http://www.colebrand.com/webpole07.jpg

If you supplied something like the Williams X-Jet I would be interested.

I do something similar to Rolf, though I try not to climb above a gutter, certainly avoid aerial work unless its part of the main job, even then I would prefer to get someone else in.

Been working in the commercial sector for a number of years now, which has led onto some interesting work for the satellite providers.

**rolfw** · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by Channel Hopper

I try not to climb above a gutter.

What, you liked it so you stayed there?

**Channel Hopper** · 27-12-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

What, you liked it so you stayed there?

Hey, Ive got beer in the fridge....

***Oily*** · 27-12-2005

Williams X Jet?
Far to technical for us.But we do sell these:

http://www.colebrand.com/tuav01.jpg

***AlexBellisBrown*** · 29-12-2005

I´m an apprentice plasterer with salvador construcction. But im having christmas and new year off, start again on 7th. Way better than school though!

**Schnuffi** · 29-12-2005

Me I am a silk screen printer its smelly noisy but it puts
food on the table and its only 400 meters from home.

http://www.albea.de/index_en.html

***Oily*** · 29-12-2005

Originally Posted by Schnuffi

Me I am a silk screen printer its smelly noisy but it puts
food on the table and its only 400 meters from home.

http://www.albea.de/index_en.html

Make any parts for Alfa Romeo 156's?

**Analoguesat** · 29-12-2005

Originally Posted by Oily

Williams X Jet?
Far to technical for us.But we do sell these:
http://www.colebrand.com/tuav01.jpg

How much for the bloke in the black ear muffs?? (I could do with someone to dig the garden over).

***Oily*** · 29-12-2005

I'll dig your garden over if you'll fit my sat dish&receiver

**Llew** · 30-12-2005

Originally Posted by Schnuffi

Me I am a silk screen printer its smelly noisy but it puts
food on the table and its only 400 meters from home.

http://www.albea.de/index_en.html

Don't you just love those snappy little descriptions on that website?

'Target oriented working in progress'

'Diversity in perfection'

Is it that hard to use plain English?

Llew

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