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Confidence and Success => Business/Work => Topic started by: bonanza50 on January 31, 2008, 08:16:17 AM

Title: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: bonanza50 on January 31, 2008, 08:16:17 AM
Wachovia Corp. Finacial Services, market data specialist.

Flying, shooting, hunting, fathering and beach bumming.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PigPen on January 31, 2008, 08:33:18 AM
Service Advisor for an Acura dealer

Flying in and chasing hot air balloons, playing guitar, singing. Coaching the kids Tee-Ball team, hunting, fishing and shooting......think that's about it
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: bonanza50 on January 31, 2008, 08:37:48 AM
Dunder head!

I forgot. I'm learning to play the guitar. I spend a great deal of time practicing.

B.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: BaldRob on January 31, 2008, 08:41:16 AM
Midwest VP for a contract technical support staffing company...

Photography, drinking, girls, beaches, girls, volleyball, girls...
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Mikekoz13 on January 31, 2008, 09:12:58 AM
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Baseball Coach (2 teams), Basketball Coach, Golf, Wife & Kids, Camping, Groupie for my older son's Band
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PigPen on January 31, 2008, 09:21:41 AM
Rob, you forgot girls
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PigPen on January 31, 2008, 09:22:05 AM
Dunder head!

I forgot. I'm learning to play the guitar. I spend a great deal of time practicing.

B.

I don't practice nearly enough
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: BaldRob on January 31, 2008, 09:25:12 AM
Rob, you forgot girls


Ah crap... thanks Pen!

Girls!!
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PigPen on January 31, 2008, 09:39:45 AM
Rob, you forgot girls


Ah crap... thanks Pen!

Girls!!

No prob, I'm here for ya
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Marz on January 31, 2008, 09:45:12 AM
IT Director for a manufacturer and I have my own little web-dev business.

Rebuilding my 73 CB450, Snowboarding, playing guitar / bass / and I am learning banjo, Home improvement.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: schro on January 31, 2008, 09:45:46 AM
Vocation: CPA / Commerical Real Estate Consultant
Avocation: Golf, Running, Soccer Coach, Cooking, Beer/Wine Sampler, Expert BBQer.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PBurke on January 31, 2008, 10:09:14 AM
work: in the oilfeild.
play: in sportsman's paradise, fishing a litle hunting, coahing my kids in whatever sport they choose this week. art, collecting tattoos, drinking, drinking, eatig, cooking, drinking, and did i mention drinking? >:D
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: GASlick on January 31, 2008, 10:26:55 AM
X-Ray tech by trade, currently an entrepreneur with my wife. 

Playing piano and organ, swimming, floating in the pool.....gosh I just realized I don't really do alot.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: andrew on January 31, 2008, 11:01:50 AM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Marz on January 31, 2008, 11:10:59 AM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: bonanza50 on January 31, 2008, 11:55:58 AM
Great response to this post.

Seems like we have similar interests. I used to be a very enthusiastic motorcyclist unit I got F.U.B.A.R in 2006.

B.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PigPen on January 31, 2008, 01:08:43 PM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

What's the last thing a drummer usually says before leaving a band?




Hey guys.....I wrote some songs
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Tyler on January 31, 2008, 01:20:45 PM
Vocation - Project Manager/Biz Dev for a software startup around TV Advertising and running my various websites.
Avocation - My family, travel, learning online biz, hangin' with friends, golf, and beer

Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: andrew on January 31, 2008, 02:32:40 PM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

What's the last thing a drummer usually says before leaving a band?




Hey guys.....I wrote some songs

Ouch ... those hurt.   ;D    Come on Sly drummers - come to my rescue here ....   We have a bunch of sly drummers in here, and I think it's time to unite.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: herronm on February 01, 2008, 07:33:06 AM
Work:  Manage an internal IT Help Desk, Data Center, Mainframe, Disaster Recovery and ITIL implementation for a large Defense Contractor.

Play:  Keeping up with my 10 year old son, married, drummer for 40 years (I love drummer jokes), sing solo and in the Church choir, music (listening, playing)

Max
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Marz on February 01, 2008, 10:09:43 AM
Another drummer!?!?

ok...

here goes...

Two drummers walk into a bar...
which is funny because you would have figured the second one would have seen the first guy do it.

What do you call a drummer who's lost his girlfriend?
Homeless.

Two cowboys were waiting in their fort for the Indians to attack. They listened to the distant pounding war drums.
One cowboy muttered to the other, "I don't like the sound of them drums."
Just then, a distant voice came over the hill, "It's not our usual drummer!"


Ok, I will play nice...

How many bass players does it take to change a light bulb?
Never mind. The piano player can do it with his left hand.

What's the difference between a bass guitarist and God?
God doesn't think he's a bass guitarist.

A scientific expedition disembarks from its plane at the final outpost of civilization in the deepest Amazon rain forest. They immediately notice the ceaseless thrumming of native drums. As they venture further into the bush, the drums never stop, day or night, for weeks.

The lead scientist asks one of the natives about this, and the native's only reply is "Drums good. Drums never stop. Very BAD if drums stop."

The drumming continues, night and day, until one night, six weeks into the trip, when the jungle is suddenly silent. Immediately the natives run screaming from their huts, covering their ears. The scientists grab one boy and demand "What is it? The drums have stopped!"

The terror-stricken youth replies "Yes! Drums stop! VERY BAD!"

The scientists ask "Why? Why? What will happen?"

Wild-eyed, the boy responds,




" . . . BASS SOLO!!!" -
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Zeekev on February 01, 2008, 10:11:08 AM
Work: Senior Access to Information and Privacy Analyst with Federal Gov"t (Canada)
Play: Family, golf, motorcycling, hockey, basketball , home improvement, relaxing and of course beer
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Adam on February 01, 2008, 10:07:01 PM
work: Operations Coordinator for Hilton Reservations Worldwide

Leisure: traveling, drinking, girls, camping, fishing, playing guitar, movies, music, relaxing at home, spending time with my son, football
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Derek on February 02, 2008, 12:06:17 AM
Work: I work full time as an IT/Network Systems Support Specialist for a local IT services firm, and I'm a part time student exploring the world of mathematics, network security, and programming in my "free" time.

Play: Walking and hiking, travel, shopping for tech toys, reading, TV (especially British and Canadian fare), movies, music, relaxing at home, and spending time with my partner and our extended family.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Jdogs Better Half on February 02, 2008, 01:13:33 AM
wow lots of IT Sly dudes in here.

Work....currently on leave as I am a full time mumma, but normally Customer Relations TL for VoIP company, but I'm hoping not to return to that job and start my own business! wooot wooot

Fun......hanging out with my family, music, photography, beach, yoga, pilates, meditation, reading and sewing!
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Thunderbroom on February 07, 2008, 09:20:48 PM
Work
- Teacher at a two-year college (Industrial Maintenance)
- Technical consultant/trainer (Clients include ExxonMobil, Citgo and Weyerhaueser)
- Thisclose to starting a doctoral program in Community College Leadership

Play
- Bassist for a modern country cover band
- Beer drinker extraordinaire
- Follower of politics
- Moderator for an online bass player's forum (which Marz posts on)
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: nomad on February 07, 2008, 09:52:00 PM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

I thought that was how you got a Michigan grad off your porch???
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Sooner Steve on February 08, 2008, 07:46:58 AM
Work:  Managing attorney for a three person law firm.

Play:  High school sports referee - basketball and football; little league coach - basketball and baseball; gardening/landscaping; full time dad and husband.

Right now I am in the midst of builidng a new home - so that would probably fit somewhere between the work and play.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Stu on February 08, 2008, 10:20:16 AM
Right now I am in the midst of builidng a new home - so that would probably fit somewhere between the work and play.

No, that would be called a living H#%L.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: PianoMan on February 18, 2008, 08:37:44 AM
Work:  IT Recruiter for national consulting firm

Fun:  Piano, Travel, Golf, Beer (maybe this should go first  ;D)
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Mikekoz13 on February 18, 2008, 10:10:07 AM
Hey pianoman..... I missed your first post apparently..... Welcome to town!
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Jdogs Better Half on February 29, 2008, 08:47:52 PM
wow lots of IT Sly dudes in here.

Work....currently on leave as I am a full time mumma, but normally Customer Relations TL for VoIP company, but I'm hoping not to return to that job and start my own business! wooot wooot

Fun......hanging out with my family, music, photography, beach, yoga, pilates, meditation, reading and sewing!



I am now officially a stay at home mumma! I just got made redundant yesterday and got a nice pay out, I'm stoked - could not have worked out better!! :)
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Timmay on February 29, 2008, 11:10:07 PM
Work...Full time Manager of a floorcovering store.  I also work on an oncall basis for a Funeral Home...yes I pick up dead bodies and roll them up in carpet.  LOL

Play.....Well I work most of the time, but when I get free time I like wood working, piddling around, workingin the yard, painting, hanging with my kids at the park, fishing, antique collecting, and chatting with my buddies.  Now the Xrated stuff, when I sit here alone late at night..............oppss..forgot what chat I was in LOL

Timmayy
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Robmeister on March 01, 2008, 12:41:50 AM
CFP in training, Financial / Investment / Retirement Consultant

Drumming, Camping, Skiing, Fishing, Traveling, Reading, hangin out with my fam.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: dieseldan04 on April 05, 2008, 01:57:54 AM
Auto Sales Consultant

Guitar hero, bodybuilder, mountain biker, astronomer, historian
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: tomgallagher on April 05, 2008, 10:28:01 AM
Retired Casino Security

Glider pilot, book reader, international backgammon player, chess player.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: jusbnme on April 05, 2008, 10:53:43 AM
Not too sure just yet.  Hmmmm  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\


Nothing much.  I'm boring as can be.  Seriously. 

Man, there's a lot of "computer people" around here.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: TheSlyBear on April 05, 2008, 11:06:12 AM
Man, there's a lot of "computer people" around here.
Add another:

Work: Software architect and author

Play: photography, videography, motorcycling, endless (it seems) home improvement, and cooking big food.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: NAVRN on April 05, 2008, 04:10:45 PM
Work: Oncology RN-Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA & Sentara Obici Infusion Center; MBA student Liberty University

Play: Running, swimming, weightlifting, kite flying (big kites), book reading lazy on the beach!!
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Tyler on April 08, 2008, 11:11:44 PM
Retired Casino Security

Glider pilot, book reader, international backgammon player, chess player.

Which Casino(s)?
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: hammerdrill376 on June 28, 2008, 04:59:41 PM
Pest Control Sales and Service.

Reading, fishing.......and keeping my daughters boyfriends full of fear and intimidation
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: marty22 on June 29, 2008, 02:23:26 PM
Job: accounting and website design. Hobbies: Golf, NY Yankees ,watching football and gambling.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Robmeister on June 29, 2008, 03:23:52 PM

keeping my daughters boyfriends full of fear and intimidation


I love it !!

I'll be doing the same in about 5 or 6 years with my little punkin.

(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi176.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw166%2Frobmeisterbrau%2FAlmostBald11407_2.jpg&hash=02af4657fdf4b8bc7529778947d9cc9ed0cf82ba)
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: buuckkweet on June 29, 2008, 03:58:23 PM
Yard Manager, RP Lumber, Streator store.

Computers, gaming (console & PC), weight lifting, biking, music, home improvement, cooking, grilling, shortwave radio, beer & CC!
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Sly Red on June 29, 2008, 04:06:22 PM
Another IT person here.  I'm a consultant in Software Quality Assurance.  In other words, I'm the guy who gets blamed for not finding all the bugs in software. (Sorry programmers, but there are more bugs than we can find  ^-^)

In my personal time I garden in the summertime and watch way too much TV.  Food Network, HGTV, BBC America.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: FR8TRAIN on June 29, 2008, 04:15:42 PM
Wine Educator/Salesman in Napa Valley. Retired Software Development Manager.

In my personal time I love to hike the mountains around my home, go to MLB games, play my guitar and BS with you guys. ;D
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: iPelon on August 07, 2008, 09:20:43 PM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

What's the last thing a drummer usually says before leaving a band?




Hey guys.....I wrote some songs

Ouch ... those hurt.   ;D    Come on Sly drummers - come to my rescue here ....   We have a bunch of sly drummers in here, and I think it's time to unite.




Andrew,

Don't worry, without a drummer the rest of those f%#@kers would be LOST!  Who carries the beat bitches?????


 You see... simple.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: andrew on August 08, 2008, 08:39:37 AM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

What's the last thing a drummer usually says before leaving a band?




Hey guys.....I wrote some songs

Ouch ... those hurt.   ;D    Come on Sly drummers - come to my rescue here ....   We have a bunch of sly drummers in here, and I think it's time to unite.




Andrew,

Don't worry, without a drummer the rest of those f%#@kers would be LOST!  Who carries the beat bitches?????


 You see... simple.


Thanks iPelon...  I enjoy good drummer jokes along with everyone else...   

My job is to make 'em dance.  It's the back-beat and groove that gets 'em up dancing.  I've even tested that theory - laying back and watching the people, then doing a funky groove and watching the people start bobbing their heads and dancing with more enthusiasm.  !B@
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: time2shine on August 08, 2008, 04:01:53 PM
Work:  own a small, but growing, software engineering consulting co.

Play:   fishing (surf-casting), crabbing, beaching, playing the drums (32 years) in various jam bands, home improvement projects, refinishing antiques for my wife, and researching new technology.

Hey Andrew,

How do you get a drummer off your porch?



wait fot it......



wait for it.....




Pay for the pizza!

 :*)) :*))


*Sorry man, drummer jokes are so plentiful I could not resist.

What's the last thing a drummer usually says before leaving a band?




Hey guys.....I wrote some songs

Ouch ... those hurt.   ;D    Come on Sly drummers - come to my rescue here ....   We have a bunch of sly drummers in here, and I think it's time to unite.




Andrew,

Don't worry, without a drummer the rest of those f%#@kers would be LOST!  Who carries the beat bitches?????


 You see... simple.


Thanks iPelon...  I enjoy good drummer jokes along with everyone else...   

My job is to make 'em dance.  It's the back-beat and groove that gets 'em up dancing.  I've even tested that theory - laying back and watching the people, then doing a funky groove and watching the people start bobbing their heads and dancing with more enthusiasm.  !B@

With all the drummer jokes, might as well give the frontmen some beef...

How many lead singers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?


One.  He holds it straight up, and the world revolves around him.  ;D
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Alexander215 on September 22, 2008, 04:33:15 PM
Another IT dude by trade, recent business graduate second dealing with sales/management/marketing and HR [currently looking for a good job nudge nudge]
Weight lifting, gaming, camping and raising hell  >:D
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: cargoguy on December 21, 2008, 12:08:52 AM
I am an aircraft parts inspector in training, was recently a structures technician for 17 years. I also am a ramp-handler (cargo handler).

When I am not working 13-15 hours a day, I like to hike, bike, ski, skate and swim with my family.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: bubbadave3 on December 21, 2008, 01:06:56 AM
Work...Full time Manager of a floorcovering store.  I also work on an oncall basis for a Funeral Home...yes I pick up dead bodies and roll them up in carpet.  LOL

Play.....Well I work most of the time, but when I get free time I like wood working, piddling around, workingin the yard, painting, hanging with my kids at the park, fishing, antique collecting, and chatting with my buddies.  Now the Xrated stuff, when I sit here alone late at night..............oppss..forgot what chat I was in LOL

Timmayy

I had tons of friends who were morticians back in the Boston area.  In fact, I used to play the pipe organ in the chapel at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.  The bad part about that was when I'd hit a wrong note.  The organ console was right next to the columbarium.  I was sure that I just caused some poor organist to roll around in their niche.  I almost went to school to become a mortician.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: bubbadave3 on December 21, 2008, 01:17:37 AM
I'm a graduate student at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, OR.  I'm going for my MA in Pastoral Counseling.  I am planning on working with guys who lived through clergy sexual abuse.  I have a family, and various interests.  I grew up playing pipe organ, and have a church console (digital/electric) in my living room.  I also enjoy making homebrew.  I used to have several fish aquariums, 55-75 gallons, and am seriously thinking about starting with a small community tank again.  I'm more of a Mac guy than a PC guy, but am forced to use a PC for grad school.  I only have 1 piercing these days, which is my septum (bull nose).  I'm 100% Middle Eastern, and love cooking my own food. Instead of an inner child, I have an inner Bostonian <VBEG>.  Any other questions, please send me a message and ask.  I don't bite unless asked to <GGGGRRRRR>
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Papa Don on December 21, 2008, 08:04:06 AM
Man!! you guys are smart and busy.  I have been retired for about a year and a half.  Previously worked as the assistant director in the Financial department of the local county government.  Sort of miss it.  Since retirement I have been doing home repair ( a lot) due to Hurricane Ike.  Also I love to work in my yard.  Recently bought a motorcycle.  Having to learn to ride again as it has been twenty years since I drove one.  Hope to take a trip on it this spring. I walk about 2 to 3 miles a day.  Since prostrate surgery, running is out of the question.  Any jarring or strain causes problems.  Getting better though.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: oldkookskater on January 19, 2009, 05:19:23 PM
I'm a credit analyst/ underwriter for an SBA loan program.  I like the work.

Skateboarding and spending time with family (wife & 3 kids) and friends.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Brkeatr on January 19, 2009, 05:51:20 PM
Retired in November of 2007 after 30 + years working for local government and also a few years as a Police Officer.

Like to camp. fish, hunt, travel and spend time with my grandchildren.   :@`
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: SlyHigh on January 22, 2009, 07:13:14 AM
Work:  Engineer for a rocket manufacturer (so I'm a rocket scientist).  I also have an online camera lens rental business.

Play:  Music, I play piano, keyboard, and bass guitar.  Mostly I play in church.  My next instrument to learn is the cello.  Home improvement, I love remodeling, but it wears on you doing the major projects.  My current project is a bathroom.  Gutted it to the studs last week.

I want to get into more outdoor stuff like hunting and fishing and such, but haven't had the time nor have a found someone willing to show me the ropes.
Title: Re: Your vocation & avocation.
Post by: Timmay on January 22, 2009, 07:51:59 AM
wow talk about dragging this one out of the celler...I havent seen this thread active in a lng time...