Carver Occupations

[Hugh]

19 years employed as a chemist with a chemistry degree from UCSC. Working for the City government for the past 15 years. I picked scientist over the government category.

--Hugh

[Aisling]

student, but also a part time waitress/bartender w some acting on the side ;)

[Kirk]

Environment, Health and Safety specialist - AKA Safety guy, OSHA man, and to some: "here he comes, stop working"

Ha, you GO OSHA man!!

Worked for Utah Occupational Safety and Health (State employee) for past 5 years: 4 in enforcement and past year in Consultation (the employer actually REQUESTS our services - FREE, no citation, no penalty - they kinda like us). Industrial Hygienist by trade/training (don't clean teeth:smashfrea)

Noah, you get your CSP yet?

Thinkin' about it - going for CIH first though.

[cail]

creating and updating electrical distribution line maps.

i did that for a summer at my local power company... do you use SmallWorld?

[EnisiWaya]

I have been a state of the art energy conservation and robotics engineer.

I have taught electronics, history, math, science, cabinet making violinmaking and boat building at a technical college.

I am a fifth generation violin maker and also build and restore acoustic Guitars.

Factory authorized Ovation Guitar warrantee repairman also. Since Bill Kaman, who I grew up with, retired from Kaman Music there is no one who has been working on Ovation Guitars longer than I have ........since before public sales started.

The thing I am most proud of I my 42 years, yep since 1965 of professional snow sports teaching and coaching. Certified ski instructor in the 60's and teaching snowboard since 1985 and certified snow board instructor as soon as AASI became a reality.

NOW I AM JUST AN OLD NAVY GUY LIVING ON DISABILITY FROM MY NAVY BACK INJURY IN 1973.

I try to work in the violin shop when I can and hope to build some classical guitars and at least one more cello. Oh forgot to mention 14 years of cello lessons at Hartt College of music as a concert cellist. I used to play as a "ringer" on concert nights for small symphonies all over CT.

I also still have two Antique speedboats left that are part way through "restoration". I've restored over 30 antique wooden boats and five antique fiberglass boats.

have built five new wooden boats so i guess i am a boat builder also.

Had to stop teaching snow board this winter since some mornings it takes hours to get moving:( and hope next year I can get at least a few good back days where by 11:00 AM or so I can be mobile and upright enough to get some runs on my carving board.

[Thumper]

Air Force pilot. F/RF-4s, KC-135s and now the light grey thing in my avatar.19 years 354 days. Also run a small IT business. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

[colintkemp]

Attorney - biotech and IP litigation.

[D.T.]

19 years 354 days.

does that mean you're done in 15 days?

[newcarver]

Work part time as a GIS consultant. Do VB programming, SDE database design, and data entry. Rest of the time stay at home dad (also work at home and telecommute while daughter is in daycare). Other paying hobby is auto racing. IMCA dirt modified. Spend more than I make most of the time. Anybody on the western slope want to help work on a racecar? I am a 1 man band. I am the mechanic, crew cheif, driver, pit crew, etc. I could always use some help.

[Thumper]

does that mean you're done in 15 days?

That means I could retire in 11 days. There's a semi-stoploss going for Predator pilots right now, so we'll see.

[D.T.]

That means I could retire in 11 days.

oops, next time I'll have to remember to take my shoes off if I have to count over 10.

Congratulations!

[DiveBomber]

Work part time as a GIS consultant. Do VB programming, SDE database design, and data entry. Rest of the time stay at home dad (also work at home and telecommute while daughter is in daycare). Other paying hobby is auto racing. IMCA dirt modified. Spend more than I make most of the time. Anybody on the western slope want to help work on a racecar? I am a 1 man band. I am the mechanic, crew cheif, driver, pit crew, etc. I could always use some help.

Ill take on the part of driver!, could use the drift practice, as im contemplating building a car for the PPIHC.(in which I might need a co driver)

[skatha]

does that mean you're done in 15 days?

Nope, the USAF maintains a fairly loose leash on it's peeps...you can get called back within 2 years of retirement, should the need arise...

As a doc, I still expect the call....

[Derf]

i did that for a summer at my local power company... do you use SmallWorld?

As a matter of fact, I do! We are presently in transition from other software (Geomax for older systems, AutoCAD on newer systems) to Smallworld. We have to do all the printing layouts for the maps.

[Thumper]

Nope, the USAF maintains a fairly loose leash on it's peeps...you can get called back within 2 years of retirement, should the need arise...

As a doc, I still expect the call....

Business is booming recently -literally. Are you a flight doc?

[patmoore]

I'm not an engineer so that puts me in the minority. :)

Ex-Airborne Weather Observer (USAF), ex-College Professor in Geography, ex-TV Weatherman, Ex-Insurance Salesman, Ex-Corporate Recruiter.

Now:

• Web Lackey for www.suburbansport.com, www.stores.ebay.com/all-things-sport, and www.mtlski.com
  
• Editor for www.topiaroad.com
  
• NASTAR Coordinator and Pacesetter for Okemo in the winters.
  
• Oh, yeah - I'm "semi-retired"
  

[Thumper]

Ex-Airborne Weather Observer (USAF), ex-College Professor in Geography, ex-TV Weatherman, Ex-Insurance Salesman, Ex-Corporate Recruiter.

Was that Hurricaine Hunting in the WC-130?

[skatha]

Business is booming recently -literally. Are you a flight doc?

Oh no, the AF only lets you train for areas that they have a need for. I never got into the flight medicine training because the slots were always filled. In the Army, you could sign up for whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted. I did some training at Fort Sill and all the medics were also airborne and jump certified. So while I was expected to see 600 patients a month, they got to go jump at least one day a month.

[Thumper]

Oh no, the AF only lets you train for areas that they have a need for. I never got into the flight medicine training because the slots were always filled. In the Army, you could sign up for whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted. I did some training at Fort Sill and all the medics were also airborne and jump certified. So while I was expected to see 600 patients a month, they got to go jump at least one day a month.

The Air Force definitely has some odd notions on how to "take care of its people." And then it wonders why people punch out at the first opportunity. If they'd just treat people right in the first place, they'd ultimately save money and have a more quality, experienced force in some critical career fields (like doctors).

[Steve Prokopiw]

The Air Force definitely has some odd notions on how to "take care of its people." And then it wonders why people punch out at the first opportunity. If they'd just treat people right in the first place, they'd ultimately save money and have a more quality, experienced force in some critical career fields (like doctors).

every company I have ever worked for,especially the one I worked for this winter.

[patmoore]

Was that Hurricaine Hunting in the WC-130?

Nope.

As an Airborne Weather Observer I jumped from Hueys at night in advance of airborne assaults by the 82nd or 101st. I would wear a vest filled with 10 gram helium bottles and just before dawn would send up balloons lit with a water activated battery. I'd track the balloons, calculate wind, and lay out a large visible T and set out smoke grenades for the C-130s to drop the troops. Twice I got to jump from a C-141. It was a strange sensation exiting near the roaring jet engines. All in all, I only made 43 military jumps compared with 2000+ sport jumps. Oh yeah, when listing former occupations I forgot to mention I taught sky diving.

[martyagt4]

Nope.

As an Airborne Weather Observer I jumped from Hueys at night in advance of airborne assaults by the 82nd or 101st. I would wear a vest filled with 10 gram helium bottles and just before dawn would send up balloons lit with a water activated battery. I'd track the balloons, calculate wind, and lay out a large visible T and set out smoke grenades for the C-130s to drop the troops. Twice I got to jump from a C-141. It was a strange sensation exiting near the roaring jet engines. All in all, I only made 43 military jumps compared with 2000+ sport jumps. Oh yeah, when listing former occupations I forgot to mention I taught sky diving.

And they said I had the coolest job.

[Thumper]

Nope.

As an Airborne Weather Observer I jumped from Hueys at night in advance of airborne assaults by the 82nd or 101st. I would wear a vest filled with 10 gram helium bottles and just before dawn would send up balloons lit with a water activated battery. I'd track the balloons, calculate wind, and lay out a large visible T and set out smoke grenades for the C-130s to drop the troops. Twice I got to jump from a C-141. It was a strange sensation exiting near the roaring jet engines. All in all, I only made 43 military jumps compared with 2000+ sport jumps. Oh yeah, when listing former occupations I forgot to mention I taught sky diving.

Oh THAT kind of Airborne. Boy was I off base, that's a whole different animal. Mucho respect.

[patmoore]

Oh THAT kind of Airborne. Boy was I off base, that's a whole different animal. Mucho respect.

Jumping from airplanes occupied a lot of my time from 1962 until I hung it up in 1976. Here's a still from a movie I was in called "The Endless Fall".

And just goofing off on the wingstrut of a Cessna 172 at 7500' over Palakta, FL in 1965

[skatha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah....

I have to echo my USAF brethren here....

Why jump outta a perfectly good plane?