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03-02-2012, 06:49 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Bolivia, NC
Posts: 1,401
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Started as an automotive mechanic while going to school for aircraft maintenance. I now work as a lic A & P aircraft mechanic for a major airline. I will have 27 years on April Fools Day. I currently work at the terminal on thru flights. I am the guy who makes sure your aircraft is safe for the flight along with the captian & first officer. I also have been responsible for taking an aircraft out of service when we determine it is not safe for flight. As we all do safety check before each flight. I have in the past worked sheetmetal, engine, flight control , landing gear & interior overhaul. My total time working on aircraft for 3 major airlines 1 regional airline & 1 manufacturer is 33 years. Retirement cant come to soon, however I still have 10-14 more years.
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Dan Sees, , 2013 Winnebago Journey 42e, 2014 Featherlite Car Hauler 3110 17.5', 2008 Mazda MX5,
2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser,2018 mercedes Benz GLA 250
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03-02-2012, 06:53 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Home on the hill in Georgia
Posts: 2,742
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Started as an electrician, moved to Electronics Technician, moved into management as an Electrical leadman. From there was promoted to shift foreman in the maintenance department and later to Maintenance supervisor.
After retirement was called back to work to fill a position as Maintenance Engineer for a year or so.
Most of this was with Uniroyal ( 8 years ), Georgia Kaolin ( 2 Years ) and Grumman Aerospace ( 24 years ). Grumman later changes to Northrop/Grumman then Vought Aircraft and is now Triumph Aerostructures.
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Jerry Potter, Taz
1999 Coachman Catalina Sport
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03-02-2012, 07:09 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 346
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spent most of my life as a Crainial-Proctologist, There's good money to be made getting folks heads out of their butts.
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03-02-2012, 07:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,193
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20+ years as international technical coordinator - used to leave home on Sunday and return in 8-10 weeks. 20+ years as manufacturing manager of medium sized medical equipment manufacturer (3000 factory employees). Venture capitalist for tiny companies now.
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03-02-2012, 07:16 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,864
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Real estate.
Don
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03-02-2012, 07:21 AM
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RV Mutant #14
Winnebago Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Freightliner Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 17,217
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USMC 23+ years in Signal Intelligence (four of those GenSer Comms, Radio Telegraph Operator)
Ten years in the civilian community with 3 different low pay jobs.
Information Security Specialist, NASA, JSC for 12 years. (About 6 months of that was as a secretary - only way I could get my foot in the door.)
Retarded(retired) now.
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Wayne MSGT USMC (Ret) & Earlene (CinCHouse) RVM14 (ARS: KE5QG)
Lexi - Goldendoodle
2015 Winnebago Tour 42QD - 2020 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve
It is what it is, and then it is what you make of it.
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03-02-2012, 07:37 AM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner Ford Super Duty Owner Carolina Campers
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,266
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Started off my working life as a cook and bookkeeper in a Louisiana-style french restaurant in eastern NC, worked there 10 years to fund my passion, playing drums in a rock and roll band.
Once I figured out that PLAYING in the band was not as lucrative as RENTING MY STUFF to bands, I went into sound reinforcement and multitrack recording. Doing live sound at night, and recording projects during the day. This lead me, inevitably, into the computer field.
Got into computer networking, systems engineering, security, and programming, where I've been for the last 20 years, and am to this day.
Somewhere along the way, I met and married my DW, whose passion is the horse industry. We live on a working horse facility that we designed and built in central NC, and are hoping to retire and go FT in the RV, eventually.
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2002 National Dolphin LX 6356
Workhorse W-22 chassis
Don't believe everything you think.
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03-02-2012, 07:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 5,337
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25 years commercial software development in insurance industry.
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Tom
2016 Newmar Bay Star Sport 3004
2021 Jeep Gladiator Sport Willys
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03-02-2012, 07:52 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 434
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I was one of the last guys drafted. Once in, fell in love with the ideals. U.S. Army-24 years, E-1 to E-6, W-1 to CW4, Major, retired. Moved to Houston, started a medical company (personnel, sterile disposables and equipment) in 1993, still going strong. I should be able to retire in the next 50, maybe 70 years...nah, I have daughters.
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Bud
US Army Major, Retired
'08 Monaco Diplomat SFT,
'11 Z-71 4X4 toad
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03-02-2012, 07:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,029
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28 years in IT and currently a contract instructor still going strong.
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03-02-2012, 07:58 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Posts: 650
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lets see... industrial machinery rebuilder (big lathes, mills, plate bending rolls), airport line crew, aviation mechanic and inspector, test director for a NASA wind tunnel.
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1999 Winnebago Minnie 29', Ford V10, Close to stock.
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03-02-2012, 08:07 AM
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Senior Member
Forest River Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: ...East Texas
Posts: 5,325
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I've worked in farming, large electric motor rebuilding, bread baking (huge factory style), and as both armed and unarmed security guard. Then was church pastor & chaplain in AF Reserve for a few years, followed by 27 years active duty Air Force. My job for past six yrs has been keeping the MH going, but DW thought I didn't have enough to do so now I have a stick house to keep up too...
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Paul (KE5LXU) ...was fulltimin', now parttimin'
2022 Coachmen Leprechaun 319MB
towing 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
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03-02-2012, 08:27 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 71
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A few years in heavy industry (aluminum and steel). A few more as a photographer, then a pilot. Finally, 25 in IT.
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03-02-2012, 08:31 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Southwest
Posts: 1,549
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I'm a retired USAF colonel, having spent 26 years on duty that took me to many fascinating places around the globe.
I've had the incredible opportunity to work with some wonderful, dedicated champions of liberty during my career, as well as on many fascinating programs. I served as a missile launch officer on the Minuteman ICBM system at Whiteman AFB, Missouri (now home of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber) and operated the Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station (BMEWS) in Alaska.
I served as a contracting officer and program manager on programs like the Manned Maneuvering Unit worn by astronauts to "fly" around outside the Shuttle, and as the Director of Contracting for the Alaskan Air Command. I was Chairman of the Joint Acquisition Coordinating Board at the US European Command Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, and served as the Deputy Director for Security Assistance at the US Pacific Command Headquarters in Hawaii.
My last assignment before retiring was as the Commander of the Defense Contract Management Area Operations office in Hartford, Connecticut, where I was responsible for $12 billion in Department of Defense contracts in locations throughout New England.
The last project on which I worked was the F-22 Raptor advanced fighter, where I performed an audit of the program for the Secretary of the Air Force. A fascinating and capable fighter, the Raptor is now on front line duty with the USAF.
I'm also retired from a hospital in Alaska, having served as materiel manager, helping keep patients healthy.
That pretty well covers 30+ years...full time job now is finding places to go in our new Discovery 36J. If I knew how much fun retirement would be, I'd have retired right after I graduated from college.
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Joe and Debbie, Emma the Aussie Cattle Dog who adopted us
2012 Discovery 36J, Blue Ox and Air Force One, 2010 GMC Acadia Toad
USAF (Ret) WDØM https://wd0m.com
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