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Old 04-27-2008, 05:25 AM
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Post pics of you on the job or descriptions of what you do!

I'm an OH-58D Scout helicopter crew chief/mechanic/technician. I work on everything from weapon subsystems, electronics, avonics, to rotors and engine and drive train componets.

Me in my bird flying


Hellfire missle


My acft nose art


Me on the right with my buddies


waving at some kids in Iraq
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Been a Nissan technician for the past 8 years!
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Art Director at a ____ty little company in Newport Beach

I should get me an army man.. so good looking in uniform!
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Originally Posted by Metro273
Been a Nissan technician for the past 8 years!
Nice I was looking to become a certified mechanic as a back up in case being an aviation mechanic doesn't work out. Do you guys get certified only on one brand of vehicle or is it a general certification?
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Im an EM3 electrician third class in the USCG. Im stationed on the USCGC Midgett WHEC-726 a 378ft cutter. Usually do drug busts, illegal immigration, and fisheries boardings on the high seas usually the South pacific or the Bearing Sea. But these are a few pics of me giving my family a tour when they visited me last year. I have more but are on my work computer so i cant get them. Just me and my lil bro having some fun taking a tour of the boat.



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Originally Posted by 06siHubby
Do you guys get certified only on one brand of vehicle or is it a general certification?
ASEs are general certifications for all mechanics. Each auto manufacturer sends it's techs to school to learn the product...me, Nissan...
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I work in retail. Assistant managers make enough to do mods. yay
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i work at a resaurant. usually i do stuff like asist the manager, ring up customers, answer phones, run food, take deliveries, help with different foods.

then i have another job running errands where my life seems to be live action grand theft auto, i'll provide some examples:

"christian, i need you to go pick somebody up and take him to rockville, his name is bones, he'll be waiting for you by the public pool in the neighborhood across from my house."

then there was the time i had to transport a dead body to another store (it was an entire lamb for greek easter)

then i had to go pick up some coke... and diet coke...and pink lemonade from another store because we ran out.

i know it isn't exactly like grand theft auto, but it makes an otherwise regular job seem alot more exciting and dangerous when i look at it this way.
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I am a babysitter.
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Originally Posted by ERIK-TC
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I'm a professional Financial Aid recipient.
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^ yeah x2
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I work at a dog kennel.
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Originally Posted by XerotC
I'm a professional Financial Aid recipient.
x2 that and im a jeweler on the side
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Drax i want your job, dead lamb transportation FTW.
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im an EMT/PARAMEDIC

soon to be fire fighther.

dnt get paid enuff lol
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i got in a bad car accident where someone hit me doing 45mph while i was stopped at a a stop sign. i had a 98 328i bmw which they totaled (still miss it)... so i got a brand new 08 tc with trd goodies fully paid off


2 years of pain, one operation and over a year of physical therapy later i can assure you that what money i got from the accident surely was not worth it.
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