Good post bg68bg68 said:Me, well I wanted to be a painter ( building trade ) when I left School in the UK, so the youth employment found me a job in a Grocery Shop.
Then I went on to a trainee Chef, spent most of my working life cooking, baking.
Retired in 2011.
Now retired, new into prospecting , love the caravan, love the wife.
davent said:GaryO said:Mechanical Fitter , did my apprenticeship at Garden Island Dockyard working on Naval Support Vessels like tugboats , fuel lighters and crane lighters personal boats , landing barges etc .
I learnt Diesel , pneumatic and hydraulics , tig arc and oxy welding , metal fab ,and using lathes , mills , shapers , surface grinders etc.
My best and most interesting job was doing a total refit of " MV Krait " which was used in the 2nd world war by a highly trained and secret Aus comando unit called Z Special Unit , which is now held at the Maritime Museum in Sydney . I believe it is out off the water though now .. . I will do a future write up about it oneday
I also was able to go aboard many US ships and see things unavailable to the general public , such ships as mighty Mo.. which was the Missouri and her sister ship the New Jersey . They were just mind blowing .
These days ive got out of the trade and im a Maintenance co-ordinatior for a group of licenced clubs.
Look forward to the write up on the Krait.
nuggetino said:Prospecting, hiking, and photography until my savings run low or I find the big nugget. Was a baker for 10 years until we close up shop end of month.
mdv said:In my mind I am retired; in my wife's mind I should be looking for another job.
Previously served 30 years in the Navy where I was overworked and perhaps underpaid. Highlight was being the commanding officer of the warship in my avatar.
Then spent 10 years as a consultant to a global Defence company where I was perhaps underworked and overpaid.
Now spending too much time on the mother-in-law's grazing property replacing and repairing kilometres of very badly neglected fencing, where I am working too hard and not getting paid at all. I must be crazy!
davent said:Lol! Im terrible on the stretch between Adelaide river and emerald springs, looking at cut outs, creeks, any fresh dirt, any bridge, any water dodging agile wallabys, and orgasim birds, ***** hawks, hills valleys, bet im a nightmare to drive behind.
Matturbo said:I run my homebrew shop, with sausage, jerky, cheese, smoked meats, bacon and other strange DIY foods stuff,
wish i knew this a couple of weeks ago, would of called in while i was there, i bought some home made jerky from home cause had no idea if i could get good stuff while i was thereMatturbo said:I run my homebrew shop, with sausage, jerky, cheese, smoked meats, bacon and other strange DIY foods stuff,
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