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Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
What a wonderful snapshot of a thin slice of America!!!!
Had to comment on this one:
<< <i>What a dug up old thread.
In order:
1. Musician in multiple bands while in high school and shortly thereafter 2. Made, and I do mean MADE bowling balls for Columbia 300 3. US Navy for 6 years... then retired... ok, I quit! Machinist Mate, USS Enterprise, 1 plant 4. Senior Reactor Operator at a Nuclear plant in Texas >>
I was SRO in the 80s - I left the utility game in the early 90s and have been consulting since. I've done work for both Comanche and STP. May have met you.
It is kinda wacky that we have me, a former SRO, a current SRO, and another retired commercial nuclear power individual on this one forum!
Journeyman job shop machinist for 27 years. Repaired everything from farmer browns push lawn mower to the c bores on D-11 track frames. My 3d back injury was the one that took me out. Now, disabled and on ss.
Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I work as an electrician in the Chicago area. On most days I actually enjoy my job. I don't know how some of you do those office type jobs. Just sitting behind a desk all day staring blankly at a computer screen. I'd blow my brains out.
Journeyman toolmaker. In Detroit I built fixtures and gages, move to Los Angeles and learned CNC mills @ Panavision then moved to Rocketdyne SSME ( space shuttle main engine ) in Canoga Park. Currently do instrumentation on prototype turbine engines for Honeywell in Phoenix. Have also earned a living playing guitar in various blues/classic rock bands.
Retired Maint. Super Tech. Over 35 yrs. exp. in the heavy open-die forging, heat treating, and, machining industry; parts up to 50 tons. Maintained ISO 9001 calibration standards, cert. large furnaces to Mil-Spec, $10 Mil+ installations, lot's of .gov work. Loved it, same employer the entire time.
I am an MBA Financial Manager. I am currently a site financial manager for a company in the Oil & Gas Industry. I set up at shows (since 1990) as schedule permits and have a website (ebay store). My goal is to be involved in setting up at shows full time upon retirement. My accounting skills give me a synergy for my coin business in inventory analysis, pricing, spreadsheet analysis, and business management. As a strategist I have a diversified inventory of coins and currency and monitor daily market activity via a one page dashboard I have developed. A typical show setup might consist of one case of my best certified coins (inexpensive coins can be stacked 6 high), then three others mostly US and World Currency with some USM products or perhaps an attractive display of world gold.
Technology allows me to monitor my site full time. My I phone allows me to bid on auctions and manage ebay store activity.
After reading through some of this topic, no wonder there are so many high end coins posted. There are a LOT of members here that are way up there on their professional field/chain. Lots of lead, Ph.D., senior, etc positions.
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I currently teach MIS at Wake Forest University. I'll be headed to a tenure-track at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in the fall. I'm looking forward to learning the coin shops around Appleton.
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Have a degree in civil/structural engineering. Was an AutoCad draftsman through school, designed highways & water systems for a while after that. Got hair-brained idea to go to med school & I've been an orthopedic surgeon since. Apart from government meddling, it's the best job in the world. Joint replacements & fixing broken bones are my favorites.
Hunt down obscure desirable material in the wilds, authenticate it, grade it, evaluate its frequency, write and research the heck out of it, find additional quality or qualities, write about or publish it, place in cool collection or museum and repeat.
Retired coin dealer / cost and financial analyst / accountant in that order of my working life.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
A junior at the University of Central Florida, studying biomedical sciences with a pre-med focus, besides being a student, I am also a Resident Assistant in one of the Residence Halls here.
<< <i>Have a degree in civil/structural engineering... >>
The difference between civil engineers and mechanical engineers; mechanical engineers design bombs and civil engineers design targets. >>
I'm a senior electro/mechanical designer starting a new job next Monday. Literally designing bombs. Well, the company designs and manufactures ammunition, ordnance, fuze systems and the automation equipment and tooling required to manufacture these products.
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My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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Had to comment on this one:
<< <i>What a dug up old thread.
In order:
1. Musician in multiple bands while in high school and shortly thereafter
2. Made, and I do mean MADE bowling balls for Columbia 300
3. US Navy for 6 years... then retired... ok, I quit! Machinist Mate, USS Enterprise, 1 plant
4. Senior Reactor Operator at a Nuclear plant in Texas >>
I was SRO in the 80s - I left the utility game in the early 90s and have been consulting since. I've done work for both Comanche and STP. May have met you.
It is kinda wacky that we have me, a former SRO, a current SRO, and another retired commercial nuclear power individual on this one forum!
Gotta love statistics.
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<< <i>MD. One that collects coins. Guess that makes me a "coin doctor" >>
Now that is funny!
I am a portfolio manager and quasi-CFO for families at a major investment firm.
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Currently do instrumentation on prototype turbine engines for Honeywell in Phoenix.
Have also earned a living playing guitar in various blues/classic rock bands.
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CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Over 35 yrs. exp. in the heavy open-die forging, heat treating, and, machining industry; parts up to 50 tons.
Maintained ISO 9001 calibration standards, cert. large furnaces to Mil-Spec, $10 Mil+ installations, lot's of .gov work.
Loved it, same employer the entire time.
Technology allows me to monitor my site full time. My I phone allows me to bid on auctions and manage ebay store activity.
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
Occasionally I have spectacular views.
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<< <i>A recent office pic.
Occasionally I have spectacular views.
Fuji >>
Wow Comrade, that's one sweet office.
30 years with a Semiconductor company and 2 years in green (solar) energy.
9 years in Uncle's Army 75th Ranger Battalion.
Reference the previous post, when the view is not interesting, I just parachute out of the plane.
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<< <i>Liar.
Sorry, was typing too fast. Lawyer.
This one made me chuckle!
I am a sleasman...oops, salesman.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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<< <i>Have a degree in civil/structural engineering... >>
The difference between civil engineers and mechanical engineers; mechanical engineers design bombs and civil engineers design targets.
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<< <i>Have a degree in civil/structural engineering... >>
The difference between civil engineers and mechanical engineers; mechanical engineers design bombs and civil engineers design targets. >>
I'm a senior electro/mechanical designer starting a new job next Monday. Literally designing bombs. Well, the company designs and manufactures ammunition, ordnance, fuze systems and the automation equipment and tooling required to manufacture these products.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.