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Old 08-22-2008, 11:50 PM   #101 (permalink)
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I'm a retired public school teacher. All 20 years were in the same small school where I taught math and science, every thing from 7th grade math to physics at one time or another. Before teaching, I was a geophysicist for a major oil exploration company.

I have alway been a car guy. My first car was a 1949 Ford two door sedan, with overdrive. If I could not fix it, I had to walk. My present cars are a 2000 Ford ZX2 S/R and a 1994 Mazda Miata M Edition. I try to drive in such a way that I can optimize my fuel economy (unless I am on an autocross course).

I autocross both cars in stock classes. Therefore, I want each car to remain SCCA stock class eligible. That mean no mods that I can not undo quickly after I arrive at an event.

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Old 08-23-2008, 12:02 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Old 08-29-2008, 08:01 AM   #103 (permalink)
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I am a Computer Engineering student graduating from Georgia Tech in December. I will probably start on my M.S. at UCF next year. I do like to tinker around with automotive stuff, though.
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Old 09-06-2008, 01:17 AM   #104 (permalink)
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Old 09-06-2008, 11:16 AM   #105 (permalink)
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Wow, a lot of folks with very technical backgrounds ! And a surprising amount of Aviation people too !!

I've been an Aircraft Maintenance technician for the last 20 years. All heavy commercial transport stuff (737,767,747, A320 & A340 ). In my younger days in the Army reserve I played at being a Vehicle Technician.

My hobbies lately involve my lathe and milling machine that I've been teaching myself how to use...... mostly for gunsmithing stuff etc.
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Old 09-24-2008, 09:13 PM   #106 (permalink)
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Hi All!

I'm a recently graduated High-School Teacher, specializing in Physics and Mathematics.

Prior to this I spent a few years as developing Application procedures for including Laser technology into the manufacturing process (automating serialization, optimizing parameters, etc.)

I also spent some time on co-op term teaching, working with Mass Spectrometers and hanging out in a Nuclear Power Plant.

I've always been into cars. Slightly modified a 93 Jetta and have been helping my buddies w/ their cars as of late.

I really look forward to spending some time here!
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Old 09-28-2008, 10:33 PM   #107 (permalink)
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I'm a broadcast information technology specialist at a local broadcast company. --short for computer tech.

My love is modding cars, though.
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Old 10-01-2008, 12:00 PM   #108 (permalink)
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I'm officially a graphic designer in a small printshop (4 employees: the boss, his wife (secretary/book-keeping), a pressman and me). This means I do everything from the initial customer contact to pre-press (except setting prices).

Job is ~30 minutes from home, in another town, it's all countryside commuting, no traffic jams. Another good thing is there's 3 different routes I can choose to travel by, all within a 2km and 3-4 minutes gap.

When I did my designer studies (and a bit after that), I worked as a security officer for a little bit more than 3 years. First contract was in a railroad spike factory, I had to monitor a spike furnace during weekends when nobody was working (as well as checking for intrusions, vandalism, etc). They left it running at lower temperatures (1600°F) since it'd take too much time for it to warm up at 5-6000° (IIRC) on Monday mornings if they turned it off. Second contract was in an intermodal yard for a trucking company - they took trailers on and off flatbed train cars. Trucks also came in to pick up and drop trailers. I had to keep the van inventory and monitor the truckers (who picks what, etc), and also check for any intrusions. For this job, there wasn't any building on site, so I had to stay in my car... for 12 hours shifts. Even in Winter. Canadian Winter. Sometimes a trucker who lived nearby left his truck in the yard, and let its engine run 24/24 for the weekend (to prevent starting troubles on Monday morning!). At least he let the on-duty security officer sit in his truck when he did so. The train locomotives in the yard were also never shut off during Winter. Such a waste! In all those months of security, I only had to intervene once for trespassing - told a guy to leave the area, but he was just an inofensive train nuts.

After security, I worked in an IBM plant, where they assembled chips for Xbox360, Wii and PS3.

I love what I do now, but I'd also like to be a teacher (French, 1st language) or stand up comic.
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Old 10-09-2008, 05:39 PM   #109 (permalink)
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I am a Social Worker in Foster care for a private agency in Charlotte. I pretty much am responsible for the well being of the child from placement to either adoption or reunification. I also work part time at a hotel front desk. I am currently considering going back to school and being certitified as a spanish translator to boost my career. Thats pretty much my job in a nutshell.
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Old 10-09-2008, 05:40 PM   #110 (permalink)
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BTW, I live in Rock Hill SC and commute to Charlotte NC daily, about 40 miles roundtrip.

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