What do we do?

Angus · #1 09-20-2005, 08:49 AM

So I know that many of you are musicians, and I know what your favorite movies are, but I have often wondered what sort of people take up Mead as a hobby. My question is therefore: what do you do?

I am an Electrical Engineer (now unfortunately sucked into management).

Angus

abejita · #2 09-20-2005, 09:24 AM

Former private school teacher, future public school teacher (Spanish bilingual and/or ESL).

Dmntd · #3 09-20-2005, 09:40 AM

I presume your asking, "How do we support ourselves?"

I make a living as a Motion Picture Studio - Grip, I.A.T.S.E. local union #80. I've been in the employ of 20th Century Fox, for the nearly 12 years.

Anthony

Mynx · #4 09-20-2005, 10:52 AM

Office Manager/Receptionist at a roofing company...

Going back to school in the fall of 2006 for Interior Design.

Pewter_of_Deodar · #5 09-20-2005, 11:34 AM

Avionics Systems Engineer...

Put together and test systems that help pilots to fly business jets and small regional jets...

Dan McFeeley · #6 09-20-2005, 11:42 AM

Mental Health Specialist at a local hospital, third shift. I do emergency room psychiatric intake/crisis intervention, work on the hospital unit when not occupied in the ER.

WRATHWILDE · #7 09-20-2005, 01:34 PM

I'm a Perfect Bind Operator, Manage a crew of 6 to 10 people, I set up, run & repair a massive binding machine for the worlds largest printer / bindery company. Our line can manage 40,000 books on a good 8 hour shift. You've probably held one of the books I've made. We've done a number of text books, including aviation engineering and mechanics. Comic books - Dilbert, Calvin & Hobbes, Farside, etc. Time Life books, Sunset, children's books, Black & Decker How To books, Classic Car, Antique, Gardening. Basically everything except your standard paperback novels, our line only does large format books. The hard cover line next to mine did The Daily Show's "Democracy Inaction".

Wrathwilde

#8 09-20-2005, 01:45 PM

I'm a full time furniture maker and a full time college student. Hopefully soon, I'll be hanging up my tools to teach English.

Oskaar · #9 09-20-2005, 02:20 PM

Director of IT/IT Strategic Planning Consultant with experience in Institutional Asset Management, Healthcare, Government Services, DoD, Aerospace and Higher Education.

Board member on three non-profit corporations, one of which is community outreach/arts/cultural center, two of which are fraternal organizations. Executive Board member on the community outreach non-profit.

Chairman of the International Mead Association's Home Mead Maker Committee responsible for the Home Mead Makers Competition at the February 2006 International Meadfest in Boulder, Colorado. This one's going to be great folks so get your best hooch together and enter. You'll have a mixed panel of certifed judges and professional meadmakers. The feedback on entries will be invaluable, and it's a chance to be part of the "Super Bowl" of mead!

Cheers,

Oskaar

JoeM · #10 09-20-2005, 08:47 PM

I'm graduating medical school in 8 months and will be specializing in surgical pathology.

storm1969 · #11 09-20-2005, 09:38 PM

Senior Network Engineer at a local consulting firm for the past 9 years.

Volunteer junkie. Vice-volunteer coordinator for the Baltimore Sci-Fi Society. Volunteer for various wineries and functions in the Maryland area.

-Brian

davarm · #12 09-20-2005, 11:05 PM

I'm an engineer with NASA at Kennedy Space Center.

WRATHWILDE · #13 09-21-2005, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davarm

I'm an engineer with NASA at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, lost in space because engineers forgot to make a conversion from English units to metric.

That was you, wasn't it?

Wrathwilde

Oskaar · #14 09-21-2005, 01:00 AM

Wasn't that because they were following procedures from a manual that was bound out of order by the world's largest bindry operator?

WRATHWILDE · #15 09-21-2005, 01:18 AM

Nah,

As a loyal bindery employee I am bound to offer the standard excuse... it's the pressroom's fault.

Wrathwilde

Oskaar · #16 09-21-2005, 01:21 AM

Those damned pressroom guys, they're a bunch of slackers.

Mu · #17 09-21-2005, 01:23 AM

I'm a student, working as a Gardner to make money. Studying, Philosophy, History and Politics. I will probably end up teaching.

Mu.

Sander · #18 09-21-2005, 01:26 AM

I'm a stay-at-home dad.
Actually I'm a mathematician, but I gave that up when I got married a year ago.

Brewbear · #19 09-21-2005, 01:27 AM

I make window screens for submarines

Ted

davarm · #20 09-21-2005, 05:37 AM

Quote:

NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, lost in space because engineers forgot to make a conversion from English units to metric.

That was you, wasn't it?

No, my calcs were good on that one. They didn't listen that day.

I'm on the secondary launch team. If the boosters don't fire, I head out to the Pad with a Bic lighter and take care of business.