I've done a few things like welding,upholsterer,taxi driver,installed garage doors etc, but until 2005 I always played in a band and taught guitar as part of my income. Now I am a Postie.

Peter,

 

My little boy , Damien ( 8yrs )   has just taken up guitar lessons.

That's one thing I wished I learnt when I was young enough to get a grip on it

Paper boy, fruit juice delivery man, milkman assistant, plumber, road plant operator, carpark attendent, rigger/crane op, fitter trades assistant, formwork carpenter, lawn mower pusher (landscape gardener) plant operator/ trainer, electrical trades assistant, mining shit kicker, mining process plant operator, mining drill and blast crew op/shotfirer, mining process plant training advisor, wannabe porn star, allround good guy .....

Turn 109 next year  

Now that I've written it all down, I've done a shit load and didn't realise it. 

Started when I was 13, now 44. Bring on Lotto

Left school and became an apprecice Industrial Electrician. Did extra studies to get my Special Class A grade in Industrial electronics. After 7 years chucked it all in and became a trainee Computer Operator. Been in IT for the past 23 years in all sorts of roles. Operations, Systems Support manager, Service delivery manager, various process roles, Help Desk manager, and currently have a regional support manager role for 3 contact centres. I don't know shit about I.T. , I just look after the guys that do.      

I know what you mean Mungrel, I'm not really an IT person either.
I'm a Martial Arts Instructor who ended up working for IBM. Still teach and train Karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and love every minute of it, but it doesn't quite pay the bills
After doing Uni and working at a servo here in Ballarat for years, and getting bored with my Bachelor of Education, I made the shift to IT as well.
Was an IBM Helpdesk Consultant, then Systems Access, now Team Leader.
It's funny where you end up when you're not paying attention...

Train Driver delivering freight from Mackay to Cairns.

Greg

IT consultant, running own IT consulting company with another partner, employing 5 guys.
Working 80-hour weeks. (doesn't leave much bloody time for riding).


Cheers
Vlad

Shop owner retailer.
Vladt. did the 90+ hours a week for a few years mate.... fuck that.

Truck driver waste industry. Fancy title for a Garbo.

left school in Perth and also did an aprenticeship in bootmaking  at comfortwear which is now defunct. I worked there for 8 years until I snotted some new smart ass aprentice. Moved to Adelaide and started making boots for cars at Bridgestone been there 17 years.

i am a boilermaker/ pressure welder,worked in most industries,eg maintence,shipbuilding,shiprepair,mining,construction,actually to u w.a riders i was over there at ravensthorpe on the nickel mine project for a 1 1/2 years ,quite liked over there no flthy pokies which is good. might go up to the pilbra region soon.

fitter & turner / welder spent 23 years in the timber industry now in the paper industry. good move, much cleaner all tig welding and alloy & stainless steel, food grade conditions rather than oil, grease, stinking wood chips &  mud blah blah....

TOOLMAKER

gmeikle,

ANYTHING is better than GM. If you ask me I honestly belive they are evil. Their strategy is to slowly drive all their suppliers to bankrupcy (true). Anything less is unacceptable to their corporation. No one should be making a profit at their expence. Itis all going to places like Korea, now China, and screw the towns where they shut their plants down. They really are trying to achieve world domination. Holden, Vouxhall, Opel, GMC, Chervolette, Chrysler, Dodge, Oldsmobile, Buick, Issuzu, Cadilac, Pontiac, Saab,  and shares in Suzuki, Subaru and fiat, who own almost half of the other manufacturers. The list goes on and on. 

On top of that, I believe about 25% of all their vehicles are financed through GMAC. So they still own the bloody things even after they have sold them.

I know , I have issues  

Thank your lucky stars you escaped!

I'm a Toolpusher on a MODU working in the Asia Pacific area.

Robbo,

 

I'm in China every 8-10 weeks and will be doing the Motogp in May. 

Any chance of joining us ?

Western saddle maker

left school at 17 and did a printing machinist trade for 4 rys. stayed in the industry for another 4 but hated every minute,... scored a sales job in a top hi-fi audio visual company in perth and stayed for 5 yrs.....been in and around gyms and the fitness industry for my whole life and currently work in it selling gym equipment...everything from supplements to clothing to decking out commercial gyms-) 1st job ive ever had that I enjoy.
Gav

Jeez what a varied lot we are. Myself, I left school and went into a Apprenticeship as a Moulder Coremaker at Mckechnies Iron foundry on Grand Junction road, finished that and got out whilst I was still alive and in one piece then done some spray painting at the old Tubemakers place on Churchill road and was talked into joining the Army at 23.

I spent 29 years in Infantry posted to varied cities but loved Townsville. It was a toss up whether to live in Adelaide or Townsville but family are all here on both sides. My wife and I go back once a year to see friends and kill some brain cells. The years of grunt work have taken their toll on the body and whilst posted to DSTO was offered a job with another division, which in the end was to good to let go, so I am now working for Defence but as a civy. Pulling a wage and a pension as well. I was planning on going into semi retirement but work and money and bloody bills take priority. Although it is still a novelty to wake up during the week with a stinking hang over and decide to take a day off!.

What made me buy a Harley? well I have always ridden bikes since I got my license at 16 My brother won a Harley Softail classic in a raffle here in Adelaide, bastard didn't even have a license. I took it for a ride and it was the most comfortable bike I had ridden in all my years. Then this year my daughters partener bought one, when they brought it around the wife says "shall we buy one love" So I got out and buy one. Absolutely love riding it, so does the wife. One thing I have noticed is that when I am on the bike no bugger comes near you, must be the fact that most people associate Harley's with bikies? I am not complaining though as it keeps me a little more relaxed whilst on the bike. Still a lot of dickheads with no eyes in the heads on the road though.

Now I'm just starting to get things done on the bike. I had it tuned by Scotty the other week and that man is a Rocket Scientist I should know I work with them (pat on the back to Scott for an excellent job). Now it is a case of getting the little things done to it that makes it mine. And the amount of knowledge that is readily available in this forum is a bonus. And some of the comment crack me up.

So there you have it in a nut shell.

Run my own consulting buisness.