Little known? AMF and Brunswick are the two biggest down here that's all I've ever seen.

I was once asked that question, and I answered with, "just a warehouseman".  The person asking said, "If you were 'just' a warehouseman, they'd have a monkey or a machine doing your job.  You perform a critical function at your job."

i'm an Autocadd technician... or a draftsman if you want to be a duck about it

i do architectural drafting mainly, but get to dabble in a bit of everything. have been wanting to move towards structural here lately tho

we mainly do government jobs, with some higher education projects as well. we have all disciplines in house. from surveying to civil, mechanical, electrical, structural engineering, plumbing and architecture. we do it all.

My career is looking more and more boring.

Steezin- I loved CAD and AutoCAD in high school. Almost went to college for it actually.

And Adidas- since you are affiliated with bowling and there operating systems it reminded me: I'm such a bad bowler that I am banned from an alley in Louisville, KY. This particular alley has a speed sensor for how fast the ball is going down the lane. Me being a "tough guy" but having small hands with big knuckles, the ball got stuck on my thumb until WAY too late. The manager saw me chuck a ball that barely missed the overhead monitor (and a neon sign along the wall) and landed about 3/4 of the way down. Sounded like a cannonball hitting the deck........

Quote from: aussiegs on November 21, 2011, 02:01:21 PM
Little known? AMF and Brunswick are the two biggest down here that's all I've ever seen.

(sarcasm - a joke)


Big: like lots of things, speed kills. Little known to testosterone filled guys is you don't want to roll the ball super fast. Too fast: the pins fly high and over the others. Too slow, they fall and slide into the gutter and get stuck there. Ideal speed is the pins fly horizontal and bounce of the side boards back in and knock down more pins. Called pin action. The ball speed can vary depending on humidity and the amount of oil on the lane. Wood pins can soak up moisture which changes their hardness and weight. Angle to the head pin is also crucial. 10 to 15 degree angle is about ideal. That's another reason not to roll super fast: too fast and the ball can't grip the lane to hook at the last instant - starting about 20 feet in front of the head pin where the oil runs out.

Big Rich, how do you live in Louisville, KY?

Please don't take this wrong but I was up there for the Ibex and found Louisville completely boring

Is the bowling alley the one by the airport and the convention center?

I dont- we were visiting my sister in law and going to the Derby. The bowling alley was in the center of town.......they have a name for the area but I can't remember it. Big parties there around the Derby weekend - they close off a couple blocks at night. But I'm north of Pittsburgh, PA.

And Adidas - hindsight my friend, hindsight.........I just never saw the speed rating before and wanted to see how quick I could actually roll it.

Sorry folks- carry on with the occupational chatter!

Process Engineer in an architectural glass fabrication plant. Some of our projects:  http://www.viracon.com/?option=com_viracon&view=projects

I deal with the Tempering process, mostly.

Big: I was just giving general bowling wisdom. Nothing directed at you. In fact, I have no idea how much testosterone you're pumped up with. Just imparting some bowling knowledge. Its the geezer in me - makes me want to share information for no reason at all. 

Speed rating: either a Brunswick or Qubica scoring system. (trivia) Qubica has merged with AMF to be Qubica-AMF.

if i didnt read what you did, adidas, id say you were involved wiht some type of software co. ( judging by recent event. ) anyhoo. bowling ive always enjoyed. i dont have the physical strength to slam the ball down the lane. borrowed a friends ball it was semi clear wiht a skull inside it. in blacklight, you see a skull going down the lane. not much else. (and mostly amf logos on the pins. hte only thing they DIDNT mess up. they tried harley davidson. we see where that went. were still seeing it now. , anyhoo gotta run, and finish that tribute video for friend at shop. did the graphics in GMOD. have to layer the pictures in now. then perhaps re-import it into gmod for a walkaround and overdub

"What do you do for a living" the good ol' faithful party question used to gauge social rank, mentally guess income level, etc.

I don't usually answer this question, though a fellow at work and I have decided one good answer is, "I work as a laborer in a furniture factory." Another good one we came up with was, "I work as a process working in a tent peg factory and my job is to put the small sections of striaght metal into a machine which puts the bend in them creating a tent peg" - but it was too long winded. Furniture factory laborer was concise and unusual enough to be believable.

But see, Job Title isn't "what you DO". What you DO is an action.

And what I DO is: participate in the creation of things that represent the height of the ingeniousness of human beings.

Other answers I have used...

As little as possible
Enough to pay the bills
Whatever I want at the time

And I think, the question is better asked, "What field do you work in?"

Then there can be no social rank cause any and all teachers, professors, PhD lecturers, etc., would all say "I work in education". All food process workers could be "in the food business". Salesmen could be in "the auto industry" for a car salesmen. In this way, enough is revealed and enough is hidden.

I participate in the creation of things that represent the height of human ingenuity.

Michael

Ok, now I'm curious........

Diesel fitter?

Some sort of construction worker.

Mister AFAIK is a emt I believe. Sorry for outing ya mister.
Cool.
Buddha.

PS: Sorry - my bad I seem to ahve confused Mister with Michael the other aussie who is an emt.

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