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[Mickey75]

Forensic Mental Health Nurse

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

English Lit--Modernist, Post-Modern and Contemporary American Poetry. (The avatar should have been a tip-off.)

Sorry, i don't know a thing about English literature
(but i am reading Anthony Giddens right now, that's for my Contemporary Sociological Theories course, but that's rather a sociologist/politician than a writer i presume)

 

[NapoleonD]

I'm a Pleece Man.

 

[patricknd]

general manager of an overhead crane/hoist service company. i listen to people complain.

 

[L29205]

Computer Network Engineer, Security and Voice specialist.

 

[laziali]

Corporate counsel (mergers & acquisition).

Hey Publicus - snap! I'm an M&A lawyer by day (and more than a few nights), property developer on the side, father and former full-time bike-racer when I was a young fella ...

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

For you M&A lawyers in the US: That is my old field! I was Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs at the Federal Trade Commisison when I got married and moved to GErmany.

I handled everything but actually specialized in antitrust laws. Oh, those mergers, and going to court to stop them and requiring that assets be divested.....

Gosh, that's real trip down memory lane!

Susan

 

[laziali]

For you M&A lawyers in the US: That is my old field! I was Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs at the Federal Trade Commisison when I got married and moved to GErmany.

I handled everything but actually specialized in antitrust laws. Oh, those mergers, and going to court to stop them and requiring that assets be divested.....

Gosh, that's real trip down memory lane!

Susan

He, he, you were working for the "good" guys I used to work on the "dark side" but recently moved into government. LOTS more time to go our biking

 

[craig1985]

For you M&A lawyers in the US: That is my old field! I was Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs at the Federal Trade Commisison when I got married and moved to GErmany.

I handled everything but actually specialized in antitrust laws. Oh, those mergers, and going to court to stop them and requiring that assets be divested.....

Gosh, that's real trip down memory lane!

Susan

I take it that you don't miss it?

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I take it that you don't miss it?

Yes and no. The money was great, the hours were awful. I sure don't miss commuting, but I don't have as much people contact now,

Over all, though, I wouldn't trade my life now for my life then!

Susan

 

[Offtheback]

Semi retired but don't want to stop working

I'm 62 but can't see myself retiring. I have a building company with 25 employees including office manager and supervisors. We do Government Housing maintenance and upgrades and the company virtually runs itself so I only put in around 15 hours per week. The rest of the time I look for commercial and residential properties to buy and have 16 at he moment. The property market in OZ is still a good investment if you choose well.

The rest of the time I like to work on my acreage property which keeps me reasonably fit. I do Hung gar kung fu and do weight training with a personal trainer once a week. I try and get out for a ride on on the bike with a couple of friends, once maybe twice a week, but only for an hour or so. I have atrial fibrillation so much more than than this it kicks in and I get tired from hard effort.

My personal enjoyment is with family and trying to contribute to my local community: rotary and street kid programs. My wife and I also sponsor 4 kids in Uganda who we met this year.

I enjoy reading the forum, although I don't contribute much: you guys are SO informed I don't have much to offer. I was a level 2 coach for a while but that faded away when I stopped masters racing myself, about 12 years ago.

My ambitions are to go and watch all the Belgian classics, drink beer and eat frites and take in the action at the side of the road. My wife loves travel so I guess I'll have to go and look at pyramids and temples as well.

Getting older isn't too bad!

 

[The Cyclist]

Just joined the forum.

I am a certified personal trainer through the NSCA here in the states. I use to train athletes but now my business is training clients in their home.

Former USA Cycling coach in a strength coach capacity.

Use to sponsor a local cycling team in my area.

Now entering my sixties and starting to get back into racing. Use to race in my twenties. Starting over in the Cat 5 according to USA Cycling.

 

[Hammerhed]

I've been a high school English teacher for the past twenty years. For the previous ten or so I was a labor union organizer and business agent where I represented mostly truck drivers and warehousemen by negotiating collective bargaining agreements, handling work disputes, and trying to unionize the non-union workers. When I started teaching high school, I was amazed by how such seemingly different professions required such similar skills: I found that people, regardless of age, class, or educational attainment, just want to be listened to by someone who cares.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Disability pension. Last employed Feb 2004.

 

[RonPrice]

Hello From Australia: Retired Teacher

1. EMPLOYMENT-SOCIAL-ROLE POSITIONS: 1943-2009

1999-2009-Writer/Poet/Publisher/Journalist and Retired Teacher/Lecturer/Tutor/Adult Educator/Facilitator
George Town Tasmania Australia
2002-2005-Program Presenter City Park Radio Launceston
1999-2004-Tutor and/or President George Town School for Seniors Inc
1988-1999 -Lecturer in General Studies and Human Services
West Australian Department of Training
1986-1987 -Acting Lecturer in Management Studies and Co-ordinator of
Further Education Unit at Hedland College in South Hedland WA
1982-1985 -Adult Educator Open College of Tafe Katherine NT
1981 -Maintenance Scheduler Renison Bell Zeehan Tasmania
1980-Unemployed due to Bi-Polar Disability
1979 -Editor External Studies Unit Tasmanian CAE
Youth Worker Resource Centre Association Launceston
Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour Tasmanian CAE
Radio Journalist ABC Launceston
1976-1978 -Lecturer in Social Sciences & Humanities Ballarat CAE Ballarat
1975 - Lecturer in Behavioural Studies Whitehorse Technical College,
Box Hill Victoria
1974 -Senior Tutor in Education Studies Tasmanian CAE Launceston
1972-1973 -High School Teacher South Australian Education Department
1971 Primary School Teacher Whyalla SA Australia
1969-1971 Primary School Teacher Prince Edward County
Board of Education Picton Ontario Canada
1969 Systems Analyst Bad Boy Co Ltd Toronto Ontario
1967-68 -Community Teacher Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development Frobisher Bay NWT Canada
1959-67 -Summer jobs-1 to 4 months each- from grade 10 to end of university
1949-1967 - Attended 2 primary schools, 2 high schools and 2 universities in
Canada-McMaster Uni-1963-1966 Windsor Teachers’ College-1966/7
1944-1963 -Childhood(1944-57) and adolescence(1957-63) in and around
Hamilton Ontario
October 1943 to July 1944-Conception to Birth in Hamilton Ontario

2. SOME SOCIO-BIO-DATA TO 2009

I have been married for 42 years. My wife is a Tasmanian, aged 63. We’ve had one child: age 32 in 2009. I have two step-children: ages: 42 and 39 in 2009. I am 65, am a Canadian who moved to Australia in 1971 and have written 3 books--all available on the internet. I retired from full-time teaching in 1999, part-time teaching in 2003 and voluneeer teaching/work in 2005 after 35 years in classrooms. In addition, I have been a member of the Baha’i Faith for 50 years. Bio-data: 6ft, 230 lbs, eyes-brown/hair-grey, Caucasian. See my website for more details at: http://www.users.on.net/~ronprice/ and go to any search engine and type: Ron Price followed by any one of a number of words: poetry, Bahá'í, literature, history, bipolar disorder, psychology, sociology, inter alia.
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[Alex III]

Hi, my first post on the forum!

My current occupation is a rowing coach, coaching competitive Junior (U-19) women. Their season is essentially 50 weeks a year, not including a short Christmas break, it's pretty full on.

I have also just finished 7 years of studies in Greek Archaeology, with a few more to go. I hope to pursue this is my primary occupation, focussing on 4th century BC Macedonian and Hellenistic art and architecture, as well as the Bronze Age Aegean, ie: the Minoans and Mycenaeans.

Ideally I can juggle the two, I can't imagine living without both.

 

[53 x 11]

Over qualified and under employed.

 

[craig1985]

Over qualified and under employed.

Are you sure you are not me?

 

[Norwegian Cyklist]

I work in video production, mostly post. My title is "Senior Video Editor", but I also produce and direct a few projects per year.

 

[53 x 11]

Over qualified and under employed.

Yes. Not only am I a little older, better looking and more intelligent but I'm faster on a bike.

 

[53 x 11]

Are you sure you are not me?

Yes. Not only am I a little older, better looking and more intelligent but I'm faster on a bike.

 

[richwagmn]

Software developer for way too many years. Sometimes as an employee, mostly as a contractor.

 

[stefrees]

manager of a wine shop in Shrewsbury, UK

 

[Torrrr]

Train driver in Glasgow

 

[Barracuda]

Worked out of school for a bank for 12 years ... and very similarly to DIMSPACE found that the pressures on me and my desire to prove myself caused a stress induced break for 6 months.

A complete career change into Viticulture and ending up assistant manager of a 1000 acre vineyard put things into perspective.

I am now back in the finance industry - mainly due to better hours, but this time on my terms. LIFE's much better when you realise the gift of a child and my two year old daughter has taught me that.

Sometimes a change of scenery is all that it takes.