occupations of riders in general?

[coloradontexas]

Lieutenant of correctional officers for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Largest facility in the state.

[traveler]

4 yrs rough necking in the gulf . loved it. got married . 25 yrs welding with and what ever put in my hands . 4 yrs machine shop exp. currently working for honda supplier , setup operator 60 ton blanking press.

[spazz]

14 years of construction from carpenter to operating egineer apprentice. 7 of those years were spent as a certified welder. Spent 5 years as a maintenance mechanic for the Postal Service. And the last 3 as the Supervisor Maintenance Operations over a 27 man crew for the Postal Service.

[bigdaddy]

I am a district pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oklahoma. I serve as pastor of three churches. In prior lives I was an investigator for the Texas Attorney General, a Baptist pastor, and a Legalman in the U.S. Navy. Enjoying life with my wife...ain't that what it's all about?

[finky]

28years driving long distance transport express & heavy haulage also did some road train work up north that involves towing up to 3 x 40' trailers behind a prime mover.
Now I run a large logistics company here in Melbourne.

[rallyjunkie]

Originally Posted by bankerfrank

Dentist . 31 years private practice . Still in the saddle. Practiced gynecology Friday and Saturday nights on college.

Now thats funny.... :)

[slots]

Was a professional gambler/bookie (licensed and legal) for three decades. I and 3 partners owned/managed several casinos in Nevada, Mississippi, Colorado and Arizona. Sold all our businesses when California legalized gaming....retired but I still am an active (very) stock market/commodities speculator....

Never had a boss for 30+ years.......lived on big doses of adrenaline
every day...still do.

Not a bad life for a 70+ self employed person.... Good profession if you truly have the skill and stress tolerance.

Every day is an adventure into really possible poverty or wealth...

Best regards to all of you....

Slots

[steammarc]

Power Engineer with an Ethanol production company in Ontario Canada.

[ken]

Retired diplomat. After 3 years in the Army with service in Vietnam and two years with the Titusville, Fla. Police Department, I joined the State Department in 1971 and served for 32 years with tours in Sweden, Cambodia, Germany (twice - Hamburg & Frankfurt), Tunisia, Washington, DC, Niger, Burundi, China, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Morocco.

I want you to know I appreciate you mechanical types. I seem to have been born with two left hands.

[burly]

Programmer/Analyst at the University of Saskatchewan, weekend musician, scuba instructor at a community college.

[sas]

Retired in '05 after 40 years as the Packaging Development supervisor/Graphics Designer for a corrugated box company. Prior to that I ran a Multilith 150 printing press printing brochures and price lists for an aluminum window manufacturer for four years. I've been ridining since 1955. Joined GWRRA in 1989 and my wife and I are Lifetime members. This past October I stepped down as GWRRA Mississippi District Director after three years. Had total knee replacement on right leg last November 18. Looking forward to continuing riding the Nomad, the 'Wing and playing more golf! Not that golfing is going to kill me, but I'd like to meet as many of you other Nomad riders as possible before I'm gone.

[mnbk]

Retired LTC with 27 years combined (Navy and Army), Retired Sgt. with Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (Minneapolis, MN) and now working for the U. S. Marshall's Office. Wife still has to work so she thinks I should too.

[redjay]

Machine builder/fitter for 42 years, 13 years in the U.K and the rest in Ontario.

[bigdog]

Been in the Audio-Visual industry since 1975, still doing it although it has morphed some down thru the years. Started as a bench tech at Michigan State Univ, repairing A-V equipment, running sound for any number of things on campus, including most sporting events. Moved to Texas in '82 continuing as a bench tech and as jobs came and went started working more in the Audio-Video installation world. The company I'm cuurently with installs sound, video, lighting, curtains and stage rigging.

[canuckrider]

31 years in the retail auto industry; 15 years working in dealerships selling cars & trucks and managing the fianance & insurance office, 15 years selling documents and computer systems specifically for car dealers and the past year as an Account Manager for a company that provides Customer Retention programs and Marketing Campaigns for car dealers.