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| Browny90 Member Since: 20 Jul 2015 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 183   
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I work as a Development engineer for a company testing Air-to-Air Refuelling systems, I work in Environmental, so the tests I carry out are usually things like vibration, Extreme hot and cold, Humidity, Icing, Explosion proofness, Hydraulic fatigue etc..
Previous to this I tested Thrust Reversers, and worked for Rolls-Royce on the Development team for the Boeing Dreamliner engine (Trent 1000) doing mainly Vibration. before that,, A development enginee for JCB Excavators and lastly.. I worked for Scania Trucks from aged 16 for nearly 10 years as an apprentice then technician and then breakdown technician During all of this (well since 17) I've been in the Army Reserves (The TA) in REME as a vehicle mechanic, so lots of defender experience, travelled lots.. Canada, Belieze, Germany, Cyprus, Iraq (Bloody Snatch LR  ) Quatar, Saudi Arabia etc..
I'm still In the Reserves and still love it.. If you're young and fit enough I would recommend it.. I also met my lovely wife there (she Is also REME, but a weapon specialist, so not to be messed with!! ) Also I am part of the REME educational team for the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car currently being built in Bristol to break the land speed record next year hopefully by going over 1000mph!! I think that's It..  My 1986 90 is currently on a full rebuild, with new chassis, Paint etc.. Very much a hybrid, TD5 Chassis, tub & bulkhead with a 200TDI and LT77 GB Painted in Stornoway Grey  2 years off the road, but getting close to completion now |
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25th Aug 2015 7:07am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804  
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Not dismissing the pilots, welders, Tonka drivers, sales men and women, astronauts, stunt men, porn stars and all the others out there who have so far posted their jobs on what I think is a great thread, but my favourite reply based on how unusual and surprising the job is, has to be 'Bonsai Artist'. Brilliant. 
What I am now hoping to hear is that Ronin has also done a similar level of Japanese tuition and is, in fact, a real life Samurai and that his beard, specs and wooly hat are merely a disguise to a man of lethal, martial ability... :thumbsup: Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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25th Aug 2015 7:19am |
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| AndyTunn Member Since: 10 Jan 2015 Location: Auckland Posts: 313 
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There's a saying that goes:
Those who can, do. And those who can't, teach. And there's an extension to the saying that goes: Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. And those who can neither do nor teach, manage. And there's an extension to the extension of the saying that goes: Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can neither do nor teach, manage. And those poor sods who can't do anything useful, consult! God knows what that makes me then as I manage a team of consultants! I am the professional services manager for a software company that produces a payroll and HR management solution for large, complex organisations, such as hospitals, government departments and the like. We're only a small company, but we've got a good track record - about 50% of the public health workforce in New Zealand is paid via our software. The job on a day-to-day basis, like so many management jobs, is a combination of 3 things: making sure we have enough work ahead of us to keep us busy; making sure we have enough staff to do the work; and making sure that the work we're doing meets the customers' needs. Sounds boring (and it is sometimes) but it keeps me off the streets, puts food on the table and clothes on our backs - and leaves me with enough time and money to "invest" in a Defender! |
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25th Aug 2015 7:51am |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744 
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I hate this forum. I now have an overwhelming desire to buy a bonsai tree! Amazing skill
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25th Aug 2015 8:34am |
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| Mr Fox Member Since: 10 Sep 2011 Location: green & pleasant land Posts: 1037 
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Barney12, that is one mod I've beat you to!
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25th Aug 2015 8:38am |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744
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Is it fitted to a custom dash pod?
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25th Aug 2015 8:44am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804
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No, he's referring to the tree of mould sprouting out of the floor  , something many of us Defender owners have  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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25th Aug 2015 9:18am |
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| JMG Member Since: 16 Apr 2014 Location: Surrey Posts: 222 
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I have a fish and chip shop on the beach front at Mawgan Porth, between Newquay and Padstow. Always good to see Landies in the car park, we get quite a few. Not a very highbrow job like most of you chaps, but a lot of fun......come by and say hi.
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25th Aug 2015 10:46am |
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| uncas Member Since: 22 Nov 2012 Location: Wentworth near Rotherham Posts: 340
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When asked to give a brief view of who you are and what your qualifications are I've stood up in meetings and described myself as a rough rsed plant fitter who got fed up of being either scruffy, cold or wet and sometimes all three together. which has always cut the ice in some sticky places.
I started out as an apprentice fitter on NCK Cranes proper ones with ropes and bloody big levers not poxy pilot operated systems I was taught to drive whilst at NCK we had Austin Gypsies as service vehicles , then after getting made redundant I worked on heavy earthmoving equipment for Blackwood Hodge both in the workshops and out in the field, Whilst out running one night and ending up hanging over a wall coughing my lungs up that's when I decide that I had had enough and asked to go into the service office I've been a service supervisor for a few other companies which include Marubeni Komatsu and Atlas Hydraulic Loaders, It was whilst at Atlas that I was pushed towards health and safety not a job that I would have applied for but with two daughters to put through college and uni you have to earn a crust don't you? We had a manufacturing facility in Hamilton and three depots in England with around 20 mobile service engineers. I've worked for Corus as a contractor auditing internal jobs, A leading plant hire company in charge of their Statutory Inspections program, a tower crane company as the Works and Stores supervisor, Until recently I hadn't worked for 15 months due to having a dicky ticker but a friend who has his own company rang me one night and asked me to help sort his Health and safety system out. I normally only work two days a week which suits me fine. I'm presently doing his stock check but will tackle anything. I've been made redundant five times, I'm now self employed I earn far less than I did over 30 years ago but who cares I'm still alive. I have a 5 day weekend and can go off in my motor home whenever I want. Uncas |
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25th Aug 2015 12:31pm |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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I'm a barrister. Did law at uni, worked for a high street solicitor in rural Shropshire for a year to make some money to go to "that London" to go to Bar School (try me on jokes, I'd love to hear an original one) and then I worked for HM Courts Service at the Royal Courts of Justice for a year, slightly less glamorously at Croydon Magistrates' Court for two after that and then I was in self-employed criminal practice for 4 years, mostly prosecuting but I did do some defence and a bit of Government "top-hush" stuff which was interesting.
I'm now at a financial firm but leaving imminently to set up a company with my father-in-law. Fingers crossed. Ideally, I'd win the Euromillions and spend my time in a Georgian country estate making a massive model railway, shooting, greenlaning and possibly breeding pigs or something to sell produce in a farm shop... In the real world I suspect I'll end up going back to the Bar or court service because although the pay was rubbish (I'm still owed about £12,000 in unpaid fees, including the £150 for a day I spent in Canterbury defending some chap for burglary which cost me over £60 in train fare so that day I paid for the privilege of going to work!) it was interesting. |
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25th Aug 2015 3:41pm |
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| uncas Member Since: 22 Nov 2012 Location: Wentworth near Rotherham Posts: 340
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Bluebottle my oldest daughter worked for a firm in Leeds that did criminal law she had to get involved in the defence of a suspected rapist he got of only to do it again. She bailed out after that she now works at the university in Hong Kong she specialises in business law
Good luck with your new venture. Uncas |
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25th Aug 2015 4:12pm |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744
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Another job (and location) that trumps many of the threads on this topic
If I owned a chip shop though I would be SOOOO fat, well even fatter than I am now!) |
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25th Aug 2015 4:36pm |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2101 
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Right ... that looks like it may be a new DC4x4 meeing place ...... Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126  |
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25th Aug 2015 6:14pm |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2101
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Nelly the Elephant ...?? Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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25th Aug 2015 6:16pm |
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