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Given that most of us aren't 'professional' orgers...(.it doesn't pay!:roll:)
what do you 'do'?
I don't want to hear ' I am just a .....':eek:
what are you really?
USUALLY......
I am a lecturer in 'Humanities' and an Examinations Invigilator and scribe.
I LOVE my job, but am taking time out to look after my elderly folks and my husband's mum.
I miss my work, but am paid in laughs...handfuls of them!
Kariax
I'm a learning disabilities nurse and i love my job, stressfull at times but you get 1000 laughs a day :)
northener
15-Oct-07, 21:27
I'd love to tell you Karia, but I'd end up with a mob from the village carrying blazing torches outside my laboratory.
me i work in the wonderful world of woolworths great place to work
Usually Admin but left work to stay at home to bring up my wee one.
rockchick
15-Oct-07, 21:54
I'm an environmental geologist specializing in radioactively contaminated land.
Yes I love my job, even when I glow in the dark!
neepnipper
15-Oct-07, 21:58
I work in Pets at Home plus look after all my animals at home!
I earn my daily bread as a pipe strangler+welder an in my 'spare'time I support back up(not much good for anything else) my wonderful wife who is a special needs foster carer for teenagers.
Man thats a blast!!!
I am a social care worker,but at the moment I am a stay at home Mum x
I am a Marketing Manger for a very big Architectural and Engineering company called Atkins.
I deal with stuff like Advertising, PR, Client Hospitality, Events, Trade Shows, looking after websites...blah blah blah..the list goes on and on!
I generally enjoy my job but its not what I want I really want to do. Dream job would be working in as a gardener for a big country house or castle.
I am retired as of the 29th June, spent 34 years as Electrical Contractor
and spent my last three working years as a gardener and wished I had made that my career.
I still work like mad at home on a Sunday and about 7 oclock in the evening
remember that I dont have to get up the next morning for work.
Me I'm a stay at home mum before that I was a stay at home wife, hubby always said my job was looking after him.
:eek:I am a student in my HND year. Love it although I do feel old as most of my class are nearer my own kids ages. I was in nursing then admin before college and would love to sell houses...does that make me sad?
Margaret M.
15-Oct-07, 23:23
I started my banking career in Scotland and worked in banking here for many years -- eventually as a merger training specialist and software designer/trainer. There was a fair bit of travel involved and after about the sixth merger, I called it quits. Except for the travel, I enjoyed it immensely. I now handle the accounting side of my husband's business and since I work at home, I have lots of flexibility. I spend more time volunteering than I do working. I run a thrift shop for the needy and organize/conduct Leadership Workshops for high school students.
I volunteer for Alzheimer Scotland and also Key Housing. I am doing a part time college course. I help look out for my disabled brother and help my sister with my disabled brother-in-law if she needs it.
:eek:I am a student in my HND year. Love it although I do feel old as most of my class are nearer my own kids ages. I was in nursing then admin before college and would love to sell houses...does that make me sad?
I used to sell houses - thats not sad! and we're not all horrible.
Unemployed atm, but retired in four weeks so no longer looking very hard!
Worked in a bank until sales took over from service............I ain't a salesperson.
I'm an environmental geologist specializing in radioactively contaminated land.
Yes I love my job, even when I glow in the dark!
Is that land that has been contaminated by man-made radioactivity, or the disposal of technologically enahnced natural radioactivity.............or just land which has enhanced levels of natural radioactivity (which would not really be contaminated).??
I used to sell houses - thats not sad! and we're not all horrible.
Thanks Vic....always feel kind of embarassed saying what I would like to do...
Currently, I'm a fulltime dad looking after our baby while mum is away. I am a radiochemist in my spare time and I am looking fwd to going back for a rest. I find my job is ok but it isn't challenging me enough and it wasn't what I thought it was. I've been trying for other posts more fitting my qualifications (hopefully nearer family)but with no success as yet, still searching the career section in the newscientist...
the second coming
16-Oct-07, 04:09
I engineer/consult on making electricity from a variery of technologies, specialising in operations and maintenance and electrical-mechanical systems. Sounds dull, but I love it.
I am a full time manager. I am very envolved manager, being a care giver, cook, cleaner, driver, activity planner, launderer, child minder, financial planner, personal shopper, book keeper, waitress, travel agent, etc, etc, etc. Many describe this as being "just a mother". And then after all that I go out to earn a living!;)
Tugmistress
16-Oct-07, 07:09
I'm a stevedore (tugmaster driver, ropehandler and general shore duties).
rockchick
16-Oct-07, 08:00
Is that land that has been contaminated by man-made radioactivity, or the disposal of technologically enahnced natural radioactivity.............or just land which has enhanced levels of natural radioactivity (which would not really be contaminated).??
All of the above...it depends on what the client wants.
At the moment I work in Yonder big retail building on the North road heading towards Reiss. Better not say its name or this thread will be hi-jacked!! :)
But I am gettin released for good behaviour and will be taking up my new job in November, wanted to be a racing driver but there are no vacancies, applied to be an astronaut but they have enough monkeys :0 so I guess i am stuck in Wick, its not all bad.
I am a full time manager. I am very envolved manager, being a care giver, cook, cleaner, driver, activity planner, launderer, child minder, financial planner, personal shopper, book keeper, waitress, travel agent, etc, etc, etc. Many describe this as being "just a mother". And then after all that I go out to earn a living!;)
Well said!.
My wife has the same job as you, and I as a male of the species fully appreciate the hard job that you both do.(browning points for me ,looks like steak for tea :) )
I'm a stevedore (tugmaster driver, ropehandler and general shore duties).
And you handle Bow ropes beautifully Tuggs [lol]
Hibeechick
16-Oct-07, 09:52
A friend once described me as a flower fairy lol. So I tend to use that description now :)
I used to work for the R.S.P.C.A., then geriatric nursing, property developer, and now........well i just sit looking out my window wondering what to do next !:lol: jan x
I started off as a laboratory technician then became a full time mum went back to work as a restaurant manager & im now back to a full time mum again.
lassieinfife
16-Oct-07, 11:57
I am a lowly NHS cook with low work esteem and low pay :(...... not many jobs going round here and with 3 years to retirement ...:confused
northener
16-Oct-07, 13:29
Had loads of different jobs over the years, tend to get bored quickly and move onto something that's different and looks interesting.
Door to door sales, brickie, woolen weaver, motorcycle courier in London, chapati and tortilla maker, financial sales (hated it), door staff + managing amusement arcades (challenging!), foundryman, wildlife guide and powerboat crew - and I was a Greasy Percher for a while!
Used to advertise for Greasy Perchers quite a lot in Yorkshire.
Now I run my own Evil Empire from home.
and I was a Greasy Percher for a while
Go on then..I'll bite!;)
What's a Greasy Percher?
Karia
Go on then..I'll bite!;)
What's a Greasy Percher?
Karia
I was wondering the same !!!!
I was wondering the same !!!!
I have Googled it Anne..but to no avail!
I suspect it is a seafaring term but we will have to wait for northener to put us right:roll:!
Karia
northener
16-Oct-07, 14:20
Ahaaa.... got yer.
In the woollen weaving sheds:
The cloth, when it has been woven, is referred to as a 'piece' once it comes off the loom.
The piece is then thrown and unravelled over a high bar for inspection to make sure there are no faults in the cloth.
The woollen yarn still has a high content of lanolin oil off the sheep, it literally feels greasy to the touch.
So the piece is described as 'greasy' and is put over the 'perch' to be inspected - therefore the 'Greasy Percher' is the inspector!
Once it is OK'd it is sent off to the Scouring department to have all the greasy oils washed out. Then on to Finishing for any small repairs (broken weft etc)and final inspection on the Finishers Perch.
Looks great on a CV!
Thank you for enlightening us as to the true nature of this much underrated occupation northener!:D
karia
I work on a rusty old oil rig in the north sea as the full time CCWS/bebo & ebay technician oops i mean Instrument supervisor!!
Thank you for enlightening us as to the true nature of this much underrated occupation northener!:D
karia
well I never how interesting they say we learn something new every day certainly got me
The Pepsi Challenge
16-Oct-07, 15:03
Bogus journalist and low-budget musician.
Bogus journalist
There are other kinds?:lol:
karia
Started of as a Moulder, then a Plant op then a lorry driver ,crane driver, van driver ,lorry driver, handy man then early retirement and damned happy now .
Still job about a bit when it suits me.:cool: :Razz
northener
16-Oct-07, 16:54
There are other kinds?:lol:
karia
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
Humbert Wolfe. 1886-1940.
QED?
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
Humbert Wolfe. 1886-1940.
QED?
Bravo!:lol::lol:
Thanks northener!
armanisgirl
16-Oct-07, 17:34
I'm a full time mum, for now, not that the kids seem to need me so much now! Thinking of going back to work, but not sure as what yet. I want something interesting and stimulating, and haven't got 'an ideal' job in mind, so scour the papers frequently. Being in a new area, I'm still finding my feet, so plenty time I guess. I think I'd like to be my own boss, and am considering following this idea at some point in the future.
I like seeing the responses where people have said how much they love their jobs. Most people say they don't like their job and only have it so it pays the bills, which is so sad. I've had a few I've hated, just for the sake of paying bills, and looking back, it seems such a waste of life and time. Having said that, I guess it does shape who we are, and help us decide what we don't want to do! Anyone watching Pete Burn's PA? Deffo one job I wouldn't have - I would get so annoyed with him, and tell him go do it himself!! [lol]
I'm a FIT Assistant. Love my job!
(Finance and IT!)
Mik used to be a driver and is looking for work and I(hev) am taking a little time off to be a mum and housewife after moving here. Used to be a doctors receptionist and vampire. Must admit am going quietly crazy but have plenty to keep me busy(or is it spending so much time with Mik?),
I work as an Information Advisor. This involves train and bus enquiries,ticket sales and megabus .
Also if any of you travel on the underground in London and use an Oyster card then you could quite possible end up talking to me:cool:
i work in a frabic shop.enjoy meeting everybody that comes in to buy material
psyberyeti
16-Oct-07, 21:12
I'm a radiochemist, have been all my working life. I always wanted to be a gardener and was planning for agricultural college (Worcester, I think), and suddenly changed my mind to be a 'Nuke Boffin from Atomc Power Station' as the newspapers liked to refer to us.:lol: I don't think Harwell ever put power into the grid, but that never stopped the newspapers making up headlines.
I have had a fantastic, fun, exciting career and would recommend radiochemistry to anyone.
I'm now working in nuclear decommissioning, mostly office based - but I do get to walk the beaches and go out in a survey boat occasionally as part of the job (and I get paid for it, more would be nice though:lol:). I wonder what my half life is?
As rockchick says above, radiochemistry is also about geological natural radiochemistry, not just man made stuff.
rockchick
16-Oct-07, 22:32
I'm a radiochemist, have been all my working life. I always wanted to be a gardener and was planning for agricultural college (Worcester, I think), and suddenly changed my mind to be a 'Nuke Boffin from Atomc Power Station' as the newspapers liked to refer to us.:lol: I don't think Harwell ever put power into the grid, but that never stopped the newspapers making up headlines.
I have had a fantastic, fun, exciting career and would recommend radiochemistry to anyone.
I'm now working in nuclear decommissioning, mostly office based - but I do get to walk the beaches and go out in a survey boat occasionally as part of the job (and I get paid for it, more would be nice though:lol:). I wonder what my half life is?
As rockchick says above, radiochemistry is also about geological natural radiochemistry, not just man made stuff.
It's true...
Many of our clients are more worried about radon than about manmade radioisotopes.
Ahh psyberyeti was it you that was throwing up while i looked green and miserable on the crabs and lobster run??
lady penelope
17-Oct-07, 18:48
I'm a checkout 'girl'[lol] for TESCO!
I'm also a mum and a domestic engineer and a pet owner and another half.
That's what I 'do'.
psyberyeti
17-Oct-07, 19:25
Ahh psyberyeti was it you that was throwing up while i looked green and miserable on the crabs and lobster run??
Nope, not me. I've managed to avoid throwing up on the few times I've been out. I use sea sickness pills, wristbands, and the boat only goes out in calm weather - except for the time the waves were crashing over the wheelhouse:eek:. So, I've been fairly safe to stand next to so far.:cool:
Dropped out after school, worked as a gamekeeper for a few years, went to Dounreay, then somehow ended up here in Pennsylvania as a Quality Manager in an aerospace company!!!
Sheesh!!!
I think we've been through this thread before but anyway, I now resolve disputes over public access to land but am quite proud to have been listed in the departed list at the High school as unemployed at present ghillieing, but then followed:
long distance tractor driving,
working on a pig farm,
shepherding,
Forestry work,
delivering coal,
Newmarket race course attendant (bowler hat job),
grape picking,
tourist guide Spain,
crofter,
holiday house letting,
Christmas tree and turkey producer and salesman, (yes, you could buy them together in a special deal)
Land valuer
But the thing I sometimes reflect on is that my ancestors were evicted by the Sutherland family in the 19th. century and then in the seventies I ended up with the job of carrying out the valuation for the Inland Revenue of the remains of their estates in the county which led on to a massive tax bill and forced the sale of much of what they had left. Talk about the wheel turning in a full circle!
[/quote]But the thing I sometimes reflect on is that my ancestors were evicted by the Sutherland family in the 19th. century and then in the seventies I ended up with the job of carrying out the valuation for the Inland Revenue of the remains of their estates in the county which led on to a massive tax bill and forced the sale of much of what they had left. Talk about the wheel turning in a full circle![/quote]
That must have been a very interesting time for you!
How did you end up feeling about it?
karia
i'm waiting to go off to grays school of art hoping to do my degree in fashion / textile/ something of that nature, cant wait :D
Lolabelle
19-Oct-07, 14:00
As little as possible............ [lol]
Alice in Blunderland
19-Oct-07, 14:15
I work in the pharmacy CGH :D
I work in the pharmacy CGH :D
Alice, I was sure that you were going to tell us that you were the project manager for a pink house constructon. How goes it?
ive just been promoted to Team Manager for the US Embassys call centre.. thats only a side line though, im Mum to a (nearly) 8 year old and a 1 year old...and thats the best "job" you can get!!
To be honest Karia having a job as a valuer when you are daily reducing everything into hard currency and then argueing with lawyers and factors about your opinion is not something you want to do for too long as it begins to play a part in your day to day decision making so you can't even buy a sandwich without strict comparasions!
But there were some memorable moments. I used to enjoy meeting the late Harold Georgeson in his Bridge Street Office in Wick which was like something out of the 19th. century with its gas mantles still remaining and huge heaps of ribbon bound deeds and jappaned metal deed boxes inscibed with the names of clients and estates occupying every inch of the floor and his desk.
Behind the desk and the papers were a pair of very bright eyes looking over the top of gold rimmed spectacles and a small neatly pin striped suited gentleman who was a sharp as a bag of weasels. He had been in the Royal Flying Corps in the first world war and had some great stories but to come back to the point about valuation I always remember trying to justify the figure I put on a house in Lybster with the recent sale of a similar property in Thurso and he demolished my comparasion with the memorable remark " But Mr. Sutherland living in Lybster would take the sting out of death"
I'm afraid that without causing offence to the good people of Lybster I am reminded of that comment now every time I drive through the place.
Anyway, the next job was more congenial buyng and managing nature reserves.
Fantastic Stuff Errogie,
I can so see Mr Weasel peering over his glasses with his hands folded in front!
'Living in Lybster would take the sting out of death!':eek:
Beautifully described!
Made my night...thanks for sharing.:)
Karia
Welcomefamily
19-Oct-07, 23:51
Im just about to change jobs, just had provisional registration from GTC for teaching in Schools, following a seven year break, just waiting for last reference on lecturing hours so I can add Biology and Bio Chemistry to my other subjects.
Prior to that 7 years in management, 5 years lecturing, 4 years post grad study, 3 years working in Family Therapy and Community Psychology and OU PG student. 4 years lecturing in Health and Biological Sciences as well as OU student. 3 years working in Child Psychiatry as Register Mental Nurse, 3 Years qualifing in Mental Health. 60 Days as Hospital Sports officer to allow me to play Rugby for them.
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