Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Klunk on March 28, 2018, 10:34:12 pm
Title: My Job!
Post by: Klunk on March 28, 2018, 10:34:12 pm
this is a video done in our head office. it describes what the firm i work for do. i operate the tunnel.....ps over here this video could not be made due to health and safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y)
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on March 28, 2018, 10:57:55 pm
We should all be as easy going as Canadians,...eeh?
;)
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: RST on March 28, 2018, 11:20:21 pm
Is there supposed to be a video to watch on here? Whats a "WT Operator"?
Rich
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: Klunk on March 28, 2018, 11:21:40 pm
the links gone small! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y)
***Fixed now*** TT
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: RST on March 29, 2018, 12:11:49 am
OK I get it now. I'm a Naval Architect and Oil and Gas but you may have heard the news past few years, especially up in Scoltandshire -things ain't so good. So I'm happy enough in a Mech Eng position now.
...funny enough we had an ITT at work for a marine flow test channel -akin to what you guys do with a wind tunnel. Pained me to turn it down but the client didn't specify enough in the ITT and the timescale was ridiculously short. Also -the public tender system is just absolutely ridiculous, it would take 2 man-days just to populate the admin basics on a website -which doesn't even work well. There is no flexibility or leeway in the process -we can't present an effective proposal when all aspects of the contract are locked-in, we can't even change X named subcontractor for CNC machining if Y subcontractor comes in cheaper afterwards.
Am convinced the Vogons run the system now. It's all different from when I worked in R&D almost 20 years ago anyway!!
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: Capt Podge on March 29, 2018, 12:18:31 am
However, in my time in the RN, I was a Wireless Telegraphist (WT/Radio Operator) Receiving morse code and typing, instead of writing, the letters and figures really is an art in itself.
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: imsinking on March 29, 2018, 10:12:03 am
I thought it was 'WET TROUSER's %% My weird outlook on life . . . . O0 Bill
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: dougal99 on March 29, 2018, 12:29:04 pm
this is a video done in our head office. it describes what the firm i work for do. i operate the tunnel.....ps over here this video could not be made due to health and safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkr01Fju9Y)
Yeah that canned laughter is really dangerous. 8)
Title: Re: my job....wt operator
Post by: Klunk on March 29, 2018, 03:11:50 pm
well what do expect from over the pond.
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on March 29, 2018, 03:39:34 pm
Good Toipc Klunk!
What does everyone else do (did) for a living?
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on March 29, 2018, 03:44:10 pm
This is me .... sort off!
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: raflaunches on March 29, 2018, 04:04:02 pm
An oldie for me but some might not have seen this for my job! If you can't fix it-hit it with a bigger hammer -keep hitting it -you're not trying hard enough with the hammer!
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: tugmad on March 29, 2018, 06:24:53 pm
I was a Marine Engineer from when I left school joined as a cadet until I retired 50 years later as Chief Engineer.
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Post by: bfgstew on March 29, 2018, 06:45:44 pm
Just landed a new job at the New York Bagel Co as a PPM engineer. Very exciting time as expanding and huge investment in people and equipment. Happy bunny as 8 months out of work is no joke.
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: Mark T on March 29, 2018, 07:45:40 pm
Nice one Stewart congrats on the new job :-))
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: Mark T on March 29, 2018, 07:54:34 pm
This is me - No points for guessing what I do. 12 cars on an 11+ transporter loaded today.......very tricky but satisfying %%
We don't do 12 cars very often as the probability of damage is very high - hence the photos - I'm good a Jenga too!
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: bfgstew on March 29, 2018, 08:19:59 pm
It is easy to drive bye those transporters and not realise how difficult it can be to load up without damaging one vehicle, not only that, making sure they all fit before loading. I remember watching a tv prog showing off the new fangled transporters as above.........tough job......👍
Cheers for that Mark.......👍
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: meechingman on March 29, 2018, 09:38:49 pm
Lucky me, I get to teach and play on things like these. :-))
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: raflaunches on March 29, 2018, 10:44:29 pm
Lucky me, I get to teach and play on things like these. :-))
Have you ever played at Thursford, or know Mr Wolfe who used to play there regularly? It’s a fantastic thing to play. Love the sound. :-))
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: grendel on March 29, 2018, 11:36:29 pm
CAD draughtsman in the electricity supply sector (not for a DNO)
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Post by: RMH on March 29, 2018, 11:42:36 pm
After doing 22 years in the RAF as an aircraft techie I moved into IT. Now only a few years from retirement and fed up with work I do as little as I can get away with
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: derekwarner on March 30, 2018, 01:27:51 am
I have been fortunate to have had a number of signifying pages in my life……
After 20 years in marine maintenance, this one for the Government led me to other paths :-X and pages
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on March 30, 2018, 06:15:36 am
Going to come out of retirement and join the Army. :-)) :-)) :-))
Specifically, 20 Surveilance and Target Acquisition Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, who get paid to fly Radio controlled model planes. O0 O0 O0
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: meechingman on March 30, 2018, 08:58:15 am
Have you ever played at Thursford, or know Mr Wolfe who used to play there regularly? It’s a fantastic thing to play. Love the sound. :-))
Never played there, but I'd like to! I do know Robert Wolfe, shared a stage with him many years ago when he was a 'new' face on the organ scene.
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: david48 on March 30, 2018, 01:57:25 pm
Heavy Plant fitter ,working on cranes Motor Scrapers Bulldozers .Open cast coal mines ,Motorways ,Quarries ,Made redundant ,went on to Repair Autoclaves ,in Hospitals, Vets ,Dentists ,Started up on my own Hotel handyman ,moved to Scotland worked at other Hobby as a assistant gamekeeper For the last six years before retirement . NO regrets all good as thy say if I had my time again I would be happy to do it again. David
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: raflaunches on March 30, 2018, 02:11:06 pm
Never played there, but I'd like to! I do know Robert Wolfe, shared a stage with him many years ago when he was a 'new' face on the organ scene.
He was the first person I heard play a Wurlitzer at Thursford and I've enjoyed the music produced by them since then. I wish you luck if you get the chance to play at Thursford- it feels magical at Christmas with the Wurlitzer playing. :-))
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: ballastanksian on March 30, 2018, 04:52:04 pm
I am a modelmaker specialising in models for the wargames, military and collectables market, designing masters for production.
Pinnacles of my career so far include designing masters of Nuffield tractors in 1:32nd scale for Scaledown models, FAMO SDKFZ9 18 ton half track and Fiat Pavesi P100 artillery tractors in 1:76th scale.
Another pinnacle would have been designing the British 7.2 inch Howitzer and 6inch Mk19 family, but another designer did them without telling our mutual client <*<
I's all about the wheels :}
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Post by: Plastic - RIP on March 30, 2018, 06:01:29 pm
I'm a Chartered Engineer - I used to be a nuclear physicist but was a rocket scientist before that. Seriously.
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: BrianB6 on March 30, 2018, 10:52:48 pm
My claim to 'fame' By the time I retired I had been in every Police cell in Victoria and did my time in Pentridge Prison. :police:
One of my jobs was to eliminate hanging points in cells so prisoners could not harm themselves and I designed the prison Hospital. :embarrassed:
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on April 03, 2018, 05:20:48 am
I am a modelmaker specialising in models for the wargames, military and collectables market, designing masters for production.
Pinnacles of my career so far include designing masters of Nuffield tractors in 1:32nd scale for Scaledown models, FAMO SDKFZ9 18 ton half track and Fiat Pavesi P100 artillery tractors in 1:76th scale.
Another pinnacle would have been designing the British 7.2 inch Howitzer and 6inch Mk19 family, but another designer did them without telling our mutual client <*<
I's all about the wheels :}
The 3.7 inch Heavy Anti Aircraft gun is long overdue for attention???
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: BrianB6 on April 03, 2018, 07:59:36 am
I had one just after the war. I think it was one of these. I can remember it was almost 1 pound in a model / toy shop near Holland Park tube station. It fired paper caps. Astra Pharos toys - 1939 3.7 Anti-Aircraft Gun
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: SteamboatPhil on April 03, 2018, 06:05:40 pm
50 years in the entertainment industry, first 5 as an actor, then saw sense and have spent the rest of the time as a lighting designer, first in the west end, then 30 odd years touring the world with various shows. Now doing the odd show and a little bit of teaching leading up to retirement. :-))
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: ballastanksian on April 03, 2018, 08:36:46 pm
The 3.7 inch Heavy Anti Aircraft gun is long overdue for attention???
I designed one in 1:76th scale for SHQ miniatures some years back and it is a pretty good kit (even though I say so myself %) .) There may be one in 1:35th scale but I cannot recall who did it Accurate Armour?
Crikey Phil, that is one involved job! what with the electrics, control and positioning etc. I take it your job includes some Back screen work as well as lights?
Title: Re: My Job!
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on April 05, 2018, 10:36:16 am
I had one just after the war. I think it was one of these. I can remember it was almost 1 pound in a model / toy shop near Holland Park tube station. It fired paper caps. Astra Pharos toys - 1939 3.7 Anti-Aircraft Gun