What do you do for a living?

[firehawk]

We all know what Mark does, but we know little or nothing about everyone else.

I build commercial bakery equipment. The company's name is Thomas L. Green, they've been in business since 1893. We were bought out by Reading Bakery Systems out of Reading, PA in 2001. I left then since the plan was to shut down Green's, but they decided to keep them open here in Indianapolis. I went to work at Mike sells Potato Chip Co. until I came back to Green's in November of '07. RBS specialized in pretzel equpiment, and wanted to get into the cracker/cookie end of the snack food market.

Keebler, Kellogg's, Krogers, and PepsiCo are a few of our customers. We also sell alot of equipment to Central and South America, and the Far East. There is alot that goes into making a cracker, or cookie. Here is a picture of a line that went to Keebler in Cinncinati back in the '90's. It makes Club Crackers. It will run about 9000# of dough thru it every hour. This isn't a view of all the equipment, and dosen't even show the 300' oven.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/kbharbison/TLG.jpg

[Mudderoy]

I find automation very interesting. It's like a computer program but physical.

Good idea for a thread!

[firehawk]

I enjoy working with my hands. It is an interesting job, while most pieces of equipment are somewhat the same, no two lines are. It involves alot of hand built/fitted parts. VERY close tolarance's, most of the rolls have to be within .0005" total runout.

[xjjeepthing]

Been selling autoparts for 22 years. Most of those for NAPA, now work for the local Ford dealership.

[firehawk]

So what decade/year would a D5AZ-XXXXXXXXX part be from? :headbag:

[Mudderoy]

I work as a performance engineer. They give me a server, processors, and memory and it's up to me to make it run as fast as possible. Or as fast as possible using the least amount of power possible. It's a new job I started in November.

So I set up one, or more, servers and run benchmarks on them. One benchmark can take up to 3 days to run. Others about 80 minutes.

So the majority of my time is spent waiting for the test to complete. While waiting I study up on industry standards, and review other benchmarks, also looking into the latest and greatest BIOS optimizations. :rotfl2:

[xjjeepthing]

:smiley-finger007: 1975 Galaxie Ford service part If you really want to know

[firehawk]

Sounds like a very intensive job. At least from my somewhat ignorant prespective. I play with a computer some, and surf the net. Other than that I really know zilch.

[firehawk]

See you know more than me...DUH!:thumbsup: I only know Ford's numbering system since I worked for a dealer in the late '70's. By that I mean the D5 part.

How does that tell you it's for a Galaxie?

[xjjeepthing]

Third digit is the car line, and that very depending on the year of production. There is a chart I have for all of it. I remember the new stuff, but have to look at the old stuff

[Mudderoy]

So what decade/year would a D5AZ-XXXXXXXXX part be from? :headbag:

The INTERNET tells me it could be a this part...

1975 Ford LTD Horn or Light Bracket D5AZ-13B065-A

[Mudderoy]

Sounds like a very intensive job. At least from my somewhat ignorant prespective. I play with a computer some, and surf the net. Other than that I really know zilch.

I did 16 years at one company and put everything in from systems to networks. That's where I learned most of my computer stuff. This performance tuning is very interesting but it's nothing like the demand of keep 4000+ people running. That was a 24x7 job, the one I have now MAY require some time on the weekend occasionally.

[firehawk]

I remember Etter Ford had some OLD parts upstairs. Some a friend ended up taking to the Hoosier Swap Meet. We found 2 brand new '49 Ford hoods up there still in the wrappers. Also they had a new flathead block up there too. It was like a trip down memory lane at that place.

[muddeprived]

I survive for a living. It's a difficult job but I manage it well.

[Melissa]

Ya all want to know what I do for a living? tuff, I'm gonna tell you anyways, I get to play rancher, do pretty much what I want when I want, and I get to see alot of cow porn. :D

[AJsArmor]

I build XJ goodies, rockrails, bumpers and some other brands such as Xterra rockrails but the heart of things is definitely focused on XJ's.

I do local work too, some of which is really interesting. Bumpers for quads, golfcart custom suspensions, next weekend I get to tackle front and rear bumpers for an old 60's quad cab Ford (1 of 800 built).

[Mudderoy]

Ya all want to know what I do for a living? tuff, I'm gonna tell you anyways, I get to play rancher, do pretty much what I want when I want, and I get to see alot of cow porn. :D

Well stay back and for god's sake don't get any on ya! :smiley-laughing021:

[kryptonitexj]

Well... My day Job is to monitor the Air Quality for the Great State of Texas. I'm also a Student at University of Houston studying Industrial Chemistry. I attend Class in th evenings :yack:. I have a beautiful wife:D and a 7 year old daughter named Angel:cheerleader:. The little free time I have is dedicated to my 1991 Jeep Xj. i love playing with it. It is like an adult sized LEGO!!!!

[cheyennek5]

im just a lowly Communications Technician ....i install peoples cable tv, internet, etc for Comcast Cable

[Mudderoy]

im just a lowly Communications Technician ....i install peoples cable tv, internet, etc for Comcast Cable

There are not lowly jobs only lowly workers. ;)

I think there is about 2 million people that wouldn't mine having your job right now.

[DETOURS]

im just a lowly Communications Technician ....i install peoples cable tv, internet, etc for Comcast Cable

I always got along with my old cable tech friends from CC, but truely hated CC corperate mentality...........every month I made my check out to COMCOCK........and they cashed everyone. :smiley-laughing021:

(True story!)

[BlueXJ]

Well I am retired. I spent 30+ years as a X-Ray tech and the last 15 or so as a CAT scan tech. Ask me about medicine and I may know the answer. Ask me about computers and I will throw my hands up. Spent my spare time over those 30 years aquiring degrees and certifications but most was before most modern computers were around.

[muddeprived]

I always got along with my old cable tech friends from CC, but truely hated CC corperate mentality...........every month I made my check out to COMCOCK........and they cashed everyone. :smiley-laughing021:

(True story!)

:smiley-laughing021::smiley-laughing021:

[TeXJ]

Currently:
I work in shipping/receiving at a Computer Install Co. We install, image, etch computers/servers for schools/cities/etc...

Im studying to get my Network + cert, so that i can become a network engineer...one day. :D

[chayes]

I build XJ goodies, rockrails, bumpers and some other brands such as Xterra rockrails but the heart of things is definitely focused on XJ's.

I do local work too, some of which is really interesting. Bumpers for quads, golfcart custom suspensions, next weekend I get to tackle front and rear bumpers for an old 60's quad cab Ford (1 of 800 built).

Do we get club discounts if we order with you? I am in need of some protection for my XJ. And I run the warehouse for Best Western Hotels, and also do a second job of working at Circle K..

[Mudderoy]

Do we get club discounts if we order with you? I am in need of some protection for my XJ. And I run the warehouse for Best Western Hotels, and also do a second job of working at Circle K..

The board has only been up a short time and there hasn't been any discussion with the vendors about discounts.

[BlueXJ]

Good luck with the vendor discounts. They have helped me some in the past on other boards.

[muddeprived]

Here my serious post about what I do for a living:

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I work in a cold...cold....cold place, all night long. I endure nipple erection and johnsonville shrinkage for hours on end. It's a tough job but I do it well and they pay me well.

Got BEEF? I sure do.

[Howler_GT]

My profession? I am an industrial machinist at L&M Fabrication & Machine.

Machines I run: 125ton CNC Punch/ Sharp CNC Knee Mill/ 14' Vertical Boring Mill/ Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Boring Machine/ 12' Sigma Lathe/ Bridgeport milling machines.
SO, in any given day I can go from drilling 100 .050" holes to boring out an 8ton casting to 144.782" in diameter. And can displace as much metal as a Cherokee (stock)

Been working OT for the better part of 3 yrs now, with no end in sight.
Our shop is AISC Certified (Americam Institute of Steel Construction) which means we can get alot of State and Federal contracts.
The most notable was the underpinning (sub-structure) of the new WTC. Currently we have a huge job for JerseyDOT for highway sign structures.

We have a $13mil backlog and are currently redesigning our shop layout (3 buildings) to accomodate the $1.9mil in new machinery. Most of which I get to "play" with.

I also manufacture XJ goodies in my spare time.

[Mudderoy]

My profession? I am an industrial machinist at L&M Fabrication & Machine.

Machines I run: 125ton CNC Punch/ Sharp CNC Knee Mill/ 14' Vertical Boring Mill/ Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Boring Machine/ 12' Sigma Lathe/ Bridgeport milling machines.
SO, in any given day I can go from drilling 100 .050" holes to boring out an 8ton casting to 144.782" in diameter. And can displace as much metal as a Cherokee (stock)

Been working OT for the better part of 3 yrs now, with no end in sight.
Our shop is AISC Certified (Americam Institute of Steel Construction) which means we can get alot of State and Federal contracts.
The most notable was the underpinning (sub-structure) of the new WTC. Currently we have a huge job for JerseyDOT for highway sign structures.

We have a $13mil backlog and are currently redesigning our shop layout (3 buildings) to accomodate the $1.9mil in new machinery. Most of which I get to "play" with.

I also manufacture XJ goodies in my spare time.

My Dad was a machinist at Dresser for 30 years.