its interesting the wide variety in peoples background yet to still have the common interest in VW. would be interested to know what people's occupation is and brief description of job roles etc (if they aren't obvious)
i am an instrument electrical technician, work for a petrochemical company. i work on process control equipment like temperature,flow, pressure and level control and gas/liquid chromatography as well as electric motors and PLC control etc.
no background in cars.
kroozzn63 ·
I own and run a furniture shop in Caringbah SYD
been in the furniture industry for approx 12 years
mainly lounges bedding and custom made cabinets etc allways been a vw lover, but im not much of a mechanic ,or have mates in the industry which sux big time but i pursue with it anyway
lulu94 ·
IM a personal carer, i work i n an aged care facility and look after all our oldies.
mind you i would much rather be working with animals
Danielle
ByronBug ·
:sandrine
Danielle,
I'm with you...I do respite & work with oldies....
Also a teachers aide in Special Education
Don't know which is worse....kids or old folk!
Judy
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by ByronBug]
twoguns ·
with out this sound like it comes across wrong... *treads carefully and with an honest, sincere smile* judy and danielle, would seem like you are both working on the inside track to hunt down those old and much cherished vw's...😀😀.
i used to be in retail. was showroom/sales manager for upmarket appliance store in dydney. am now just trying to enjoy the quiet life in the country. but with the vw habbit and the ongoing desire to accumulate, the lady is making do a little part time stuff to cover regos and aquisitions...😀
buzzbug ·
I am in the army and have been for 3 1/2 years and spend my days packing parachutes and jumping out of planes.
before this i worked mainly in hospitality on the sunshine coast.
Here is a pic of me in "the office". 😀 lee.
lulu94 ·
Don't know which is worse....kids or old folk!
Judy
lol definatly with you there Judy. Iv done a fair bit of babysitting (one boy with downs syndrome as well) and as much as i love working with people Im ready for another job in a different field. it isnt really the job i do i think its more the people i work for (im sure you know what its like judy)
so what do others do 😀
waltermitty ·
I spend every day on a golf course!
Not playing though stupid game that. Usually a very relaxed job Im a Turf grass manager! Truth is the last 18 months have been relentless as a full course reconstruction has been undertaken at the cost of around $8 Million , we finish in a few weeks and I hope get back to normal. More time for the kids surfing and VWs .
MitcheLL😎
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by waltermitty]
dodge ·
well, i'm still a spring chicken as some would say 😉 but i'm currently at uni studying a double degree in IT and commerce, whilst trying to keep up 3 or 4 jobs. Those being a student tutor at university, working at an indoor go kart track, working for two accountants just to name a few!
Busy busy busy I am but I love being busy... can't wait to finish uni and start hauling in some serious money!! woohoo!!
Have always had an interest in cars and VWs....
BiX ·
Iam a environmental engineer, Working in the private sector and specilize in cleaner production, and water. Also work as a casual at a super market as a supervisor (getting out of that soon).
seagull ·
Mechanical fitter & machinest buy trade finished my time and went on to water treatment +10 years with a USA backed company , with treating waste water & drinking water .Now in sales with an industrial valve & instrumentation company in perth .Neil
pod ·
i`m a fiter machinist currently dabbling in welding and manufacturing of resistance grids which are used in trains etc for braking
i work at IGA cooroy at checkout .......i finished school last year and am saving money for Tafe next year (IT) oh and The bug of course 😀.....unfortunatly being a checkout bloke doesnt really rake in the cash🙁
Adam_C ·
yr 12
last yr did cert in nursing at tafe, getting cert 3 in hospitality operations thru school ........ hoping to be teacher of PE or study sport science
oh and for my VW money i work in the local italian restaurant
what school do you goto pyro, im at picton
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by Adam_C]
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by Adam_C]
physcho ·
By day i am a mild mannered uni student studying science/arts with a diploma of languages in chinese.
By night (well early in the mornings) i am a baker. it's not the most glamourous of jobs but it gives me some bread. 😀
Dannyboy ·
Auto glazier. Have been for 15 years. Work all over Sydney and as jobs go it's pretty good. Pays well , meet heaps of people , always somewhere different and see more of sunny Sydney than most do! Got my residency through my job so i m glad for that!
Danny:thumb😀:thumb
Babybug ·
Part-time I work in Child Care and full-time raising a husband 😀 :kiss
Babybug
Canni. ·
student yr 12...
Have a few jobs to bring in some $$
*working in boring office
* dressing up as a sunflower for gardening company 😀
other job is volunteering at the RSPCA...which is my favorite ..
baybuscamperkid ·
student, Yr 12 as well.
couple of odd jobs on the side;
bike restoration
Tshirt Printing
Card Making
Paper Round
BettyBoop ·
Well i started as a typical Checkout chick workin for ACTION supermarkets... and before you guys star with the corny pick up lines... i would say i've just bout heard them all... from 'Since you're a checkout chick... do u mind if we check you out?' to 'ACTION checkout chick, Packed full of good taste, can we have a sample?'
THey're just a couple i've heard over the years and its TOTALLY PATHETIC!!!!😠GUYS! HA!
now i work in Real Estate handling admin and advertising and after my first week im loving it!
so thats me...
ciao
Kat
Bizarre ·
Construction - Mechanical Services
ie big time air conditioning
Hospitals
Shopping centres
factories
I am the estimator. I sit at a desk and look at plans. Then i stick my finger up my nose and try and guess how much it will cost. Typical job is like $1mil. Biggest we have done is $15 mil. The chilled water pipes were 500mm dia :o (for those that care 😀 ) but just imagine trying to weld just one elbow!
Gives me PLENTY of time to log on and AVD all day 😀
TTFN
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by blue74l]
matt ·
i am going into my 9th year of panel beating spray painting, hope to find something new to do!!
matt
low55 ·
i own a little excurvater or as some people say a dirt digging machine i dig out car parks road house sites or bulk loading of tip trucks
Softop ·
Hmm, after reading some of the above, my job seems pretty mundane!
Interstate Driver.......I take a B-double from near the Vic border to the Qld border then I take it back the next day.
Roger.
splittychick ·
I have just celebrated my 5th yr mark of running my own small business.I make bright fun products such as costers.placemats.keyrings.fridge magnets & fridge frames & sell them at a bunch of markets around Melbourne & wholesale to afew shops.Afew of you may have one of my kombi or beetle fridge frames or if your at a market & see them please come & say "Hi"!!😀😀😀
vwtyp2 ·
IM a personal carer, i work i n an aged care facility and look after all our oldies.
which facility do you work in?
My other half works at one in North Adelaide.
I work in a bicycle shop in Adelaide's N.E. suburbs, have done for over 5 years. After spending about 10 years as a Chef, and wasting 4 years doing an apprenticeship in the railways as an Electrical fitter.
Bizarre ·
Canni. wrote:* dressing up as a sunflower for gardening company 😀
any pics??
Alex Holzl ·
I just pick my nose by the a/c on a small scale.. anyone want a Rolls Royce 😀
Y2K ·
Im a Beauty Therapist. I do facials, manicures, pedicures, tinting, massage and waxing. And for the boys, yes ill do all your waxing as well. So come on girls, make you man fuzz free, send him in to me. :P😀😀😀😀😀
As you can see, nothing to do with cars.
Y2K
empi man ·
House dad/builder/scripture teacher.Day time spent crusing in my Beetle with the kids!
MickH ·
Same here!! House dad but the kid is too young to cruise.. much....Used to be in the mining industry. Have several qualifications that would bore most people😀. Currently studying management for something to do in my "spare time".:jesus Waiting to start my Manx rebuild....................:cussing
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by Mick H]
Dasdubber ·
I am an audiologist.
I perform diagnostic hearing assessments, as well as prescribing and fitting hearing aids. Pretty good job, would want to be after 6 years total in uni study, plus one "professional" year supervised work before becoming fully qualified.
zac_smits ·
officially i'm a gap year student at hatherop castle school in cirecester england.
saving to go back to uni to do 6yrs of aerospace engineering
but this is my first year out so i'll list some of the jobs i've had.
paper round, chef/waiter at a restaurant in geelong, work experience as a medical radiographer at geelong hospital (i still have a security clearance card for some reason), and my real occupation is a ladies man (hahaha)
i'm surprised how many students are here on this forum...it's great
zac
breville ·
Currently serving as Officer/minister/pastor to the Salvo congregation that worships at the Maitland Salvation Army Rutherford
Been a salvos for twelve years serving in Roma, Port Moresby, Lockyer Valley, Townsville and Mt Gravatt
Before Salvo I was a PC Systems Engineer in Canberra
Softop ·
Dasdubber, whats the chance on a discount hearing aid🙂
Roger...50% deaf (I've been driving trucks a looong time) but cant afford the 5k for earplugs!
helbus ·
Cars, cars, cars, cars, cars.......
Panel beater by trade, now manage a Insurance Crash Repair workshop.
Will never stop playing with cars. :thumb
Cozza ·
I am a 17 year mechanic by trade but decided to dabble in Police work, I have been a Detective with the Qld Police Service for the past 7 years, shit job but somebody has t do it.
Cozza
Oasis ·
I'm a piano/keyboard and bass player for many different artists. I play on lots of CDs etc... Not really a job, more something I couldn't live without, and I get paid!!!
Spook ·
I drive trains.
15 years on freight, the last 2 years on passenger.
koolkarmakombi ·
Well, I have done a few things, last ten as a Registered Nurse working inpatient/community psychiatric team.
Before the anyone asks most of this list are completely nuts or suffering varied levels of obsessive compulsions of the veedubber subset......... Its the totally sane ones you have to watch🙂
Hardest job was as a Nurse assistant in the '80s. Before lifting machines. Some of those faaaat 'ol hieffers are REALLY heavy.
For the record, working as a brickies labourer was easier and much better headspace.
kkk
Andy ·
Professional bludger 😀
Well for the next few months anyway :thumb
Richard (aka Andy the kombi)
Dasdubber ·
Softop wrote:Dasdubber, whats the chance on a discount hearing aid🙂
Roger...50% deaf (I've been driving trucks a looong time) but cant afford the 5k for earplugs!
I could try and swindle some sort of discount, about 10% is all my employer allows unfortunately :cry
Email me if you want any info. alanagyik@hotmail.com
KruizinKombi ·
Teacher of 'at-risk' boys :cussing
vw_addict ·
Im a uni student doing a bachelor of arts and next year going to do primary school teaching. i work part time in a resturant.
ratty 63 ·
Just finished my 2nd IT degree at Griffith Uni Gold Coast and trying to motivate myself to go and get a 'real' job.🙁
Currently managing a Pizza delivery business just around the corner from home. Only open after 4pm, so heaps of time to work on the cars/play on the internet/.... 🙂
R
karmannghia60 ·
Worked as a civil engineer for a while. Now I work for a CAD company managing their support & training. Boring really compared to some of you
But one day I will start my own aircooled german car resto company
[Edited on 22-2-2004 by karmannghia60]
Baja Wes ·
after sufferring 4yrs of Uni, I am now in my 5th year out of Mechanical Engineering. I am due to become a chartered professional engineer with the IEAust, if I pull my finger out and write some reports.
Anyway I am maninly a stress analysist (of metals, not people), using some fancy FEA programs to calculate the stress in stuff. Do a lot of machine design, and existing equipment strength checking. Again mainly in the mining / processing industry like Mick_H. Get to work on some big cool stuff like a 1500tonne shiploader in Australia, a 1000tonne stacker reclaimer in Hong Kong, and a 700tonne rotary kiln in aust, large smelting furnaces, plus many more cool things...
The car is a hobby...
Doug Sweetman ·
I'm another Mechanical Engineer, 4th year out, I work as an Equipment Support Engineer (basically a mechanical maintenance engineer). I help keep BP's Kwinana oil refinery going, work on pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, piping all that boring stuff 😀
Unfortunately I dont get to use fancy FEA programs like wes does (closest I ever get is some pipe stressing).
Who do you work for wes ? Sounds like someone like AMEC, Hatch, Worley etc etc, big consultancies.
SteveMk2 ·
Oasis wrote:I'm a piano/keyboard and bass player for many different artists. I play on lots of CDs etc... Not really a job, more something I couldn't live without, and I get paid!!!
Wow, didnt think there would be another on here. I am a drummer. Freelance, as well as committed to a couple of different ensembles. Finished my Jazz degree a couple of years ago, and now gig and teach privately. Like Oasis said, something I couldnt live without. It is so damn cool to do something you love for your bread and butter. Although income is a little (insert "stupidly") sporadic...
Hey Oasis, what stuff do you do? we should get a VW band happening.😀
[Edited on 23-2-2004 by SteveMk2]
no slow 63 ·
I'm a Director of a sheetmetal company. We have a C.N.C Turret punch, a couple of 100 ton N.C brake presses and a smaller one (60 ton), Plasma cutters, notchers, grinders, heaps of welders (Mig and Tig and stud) and lots of other sheetmetal related crap.
All this really comes in handy for my projects
dodge ·
.... we should get a VW band happening.😀
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Brad ·
Well I am a full time Uni Bum doing an IT degree. :P Last year almost done :thumb
Each fortnight all the donations you nice people out there have given to little Johny filters into my Bank account and lets me keep doing what I am doing. Little Johny even pays my HECS fees, medical, dental, super contributions, and a heap of other stuff.
Long live Little Johny 😀
Seems pretty boring compared to some of you others out there :thumb. Oh well at least I am in Australia for the rest of the year :thumb:thumb.
I have nothing to do with the Car industry apart from my hobby and spending a lot of Tax payers money on my projects, too much my lovely wife would say .......
Oh well better get back to the pool, it is a work day you know !!!
EgeWorks ·
Im a full time student doing multimedia and design, I work part time as an IT assistant (pays for my vw habit). I also build/sell custom PCs as a side job/hobby.
I only know about cars/bikes from growing up on a farm and am trying to get out of "bush mechanic" type repairs🙂
Baja Wes ·
no slow 63 wrote:I'm a Director of a sheetmetal company. We have a C.N.C Turret punch, a couple of 100 ton N.C brake presses and a smaller one (60 ton), Plasma cutters, notchers, grinders, heaps of welders (Mig and Tig and stud) and lots of other sheetmetal related crap.
All this really comes in handy for my projects
If only I had access to that gear, oh yeah... :thumb
57kombi ·
Private Investigator.
Self employed and mainly working for lawyers and insurance companies.
And no I dont do matrimonial stuff.
Too hard as the one you are working for ALWAYS tells their partner that they will have them followed.
Wife is a barrister so we are sort of keeping it in the family.
Cheers
Dave
Secoh ·
I spent a decade or so as a mechanic and engine reconditioner (everything from postie bikes to mining trucks and everything in between).
I then did Mech Eng at TAFE, wound up as a Tech Writer for a few years and now run the workshop for a defence company.
XXX-1.8T ·
I finished uni a year ago studying a double degree in IT and Marketing
While at uni a had a couple of jobs:
did fragrance modelling in Myer city where i got paid to talk to chix all day 😉
I also worked at a Wendys ice cream van during big events like big day out etc. Use to hear some funny pick up lines from chix - ' can i get a chocolate headjob thanx, sorry mean hedgehog' my fav line was ' would u like nuts with that darl 😉 '
Run my own computer company helping IT illeterate people use their computers
And did a bit of Fat Pizza extras work 🙂
After finishing Uni found out that the IT sector was crap took me 2 months to find a job but then the company i worked for went bust, luckily i got headhunted and started working for another one.
And after that i got offered to be a State Manager of a Melb based IT company which im loving!
I do a bit of modelling still occasionally and still fix people computers on the side
the things we do to finance the mods on our cars 🙂
Andy42 ·
Well at the moment I just sit at home and do jack Sh#t except work on my toys but I guess the money will run out soon and back to work I will go :cry
5PL1TDCS10N ·
Im a designer/illustrator. Graduated in '96 and started my own business about 3 years now. Love it.
😀
VWCOOL ·
Anthiron wrote:i work at IGA cooroy at checkout .......i finished school last year and am saving money for Tafe next year (IT) oh and The bug of course 😀.....unfortunatly being a checkout bloke doesnt really rake in the cash🙁
yeah, but how about the checkout chicks?! 😉😀:thumb😎:kiss
VWCOOL ·
I'm a writer/journalist
[Edited on 23-2-2004 by VWCOOL]
aggri1 ·
Final year Uni student. Mech Eng/Science (maths/physics).
Just getting into cars really, haven't had time nor money before. I love my nice blue bus, even if she's rather temperamental.
Cheers, Aurel.
rustycamper ·
I am a geologist. Spent some time living in Mt Isa, Broken Hill etc plus 3 years working in New Caledonia which was very nice. Now I am doing research related to gold exploration at Melbourne Uni.
Sky ·
Im a Tafe student atm, Full time in Network Management IT
bugger ·
I'm a primary school teacher in a small country N.S.W school with only three teachers. Currently teaching years 2 and 3.
It's a rewarding job, and I couldn't see my self doing anything else. 🙂
Plus the holidays are great!
bugboymatt ·
I'm and engineer for a Hong Kong based airline. Someone has to fix them when they brake !! Couldn't have them falling from the sky now could we !
Tis great.
Get resonable time off just need room at home to do all the work i have planned in my head for my cars.
nuffy ·
i'm a settlement clerk in the brissie CBD
or also known as conveyancing.
piss easy work.
ash logan ·
I finally finshed yr12 in 2003.
I will begin studying BArts(society, life and learning) by correspondance through Open Learning/Macqurie University on the 1st of march. Only one week to go🙁
Does anyone on here have experience with studying by correspondance? i am a little afraid.
Mad Manx ·
I manage a photo lab- so I spend all day looking at other peoples holiday pic's. Cost price cameras are a nice perk and im in an a/c building all day-although the lab pumps out 60 deg hot air so a/c is really needed.
no slow 63 ·
Baja Wes wrote:
no slow 63 wrote:I'm a Director of a sheetmetal company. We have a C.N.C Turret punch, a couple of 100 ton N.C brake presses and a smaller one (60 ton), Plasma cutters, notchers, grinders, heaps of welders (Mig and Tig and stud) and lots of other sheetmetal related crap.
All this really comes in handy for my projects
If only I had access to that gear, oh yeah... :thumb
Yeah, whenever we are looking at getting new machinery or tooling the first thing I look at is weather it will be useful for making parts of my cars....
HotRodMatt ·
Add another one to IT here.
Also do a spot of photography, illustration and ddesign.
Brad ·
ash logan wrote:Does anyone on here have experience with studying by correspondance? i am a little afraid.
I have done units by correspondance when I was over seas. They were the easiest subjects I ever did.
Do the work and it is much easier than doing it on campus. They give you all the answers and spoon feed you the info :thumb
VWCOOL ·
rustycamper wrote:I am a geologist. Spent some time living in Mt Isa, Broken Hill etc plus 3 years working in New Caledonia which was very nice. Now I am doing research related to gold exploration at Melbourne Uni.
Have they discovered gold at Melbourne uni?!:thumb
57 Panel ·
Aircraft and Non Destructive Testing Technician😀
Oasis ·
dodge wrote:
.... we should get a VW band happening.😀
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Should we rehearse in Canberra, Toowoomba or Sydney??😀
Kai.A. ·
i'm currently un-employed.....
but, i've got a job interview tomorrow, so fingers crossed 😉
kai
Oasis ·
VWCOOL wrote:
rustycamper wrote:I am a geologist. Spent some time living in Mt Isa, Broken Hill etc plus 3 years working in New Caledonia which was very nice. Now I am doing research related to gold exploration at Melbourne Uni.
Have they discovered gold at Melbourne uni?!:thumb
Only in the Alchemy department😀😀😀
daz67 ·
Car Industry....
In the Last 10 years Have worked for
FORD,
BMW,
SAAB,
Peugeot,
Now work in a Multi Franchise, VW, BMW and Volvo Dealership as a Valuer.
Cam ·
Oasis wrote:
dodge wrote:
.... we should get a VW band happening.😀
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Should we rehearse in Canberra, Toowoomba or Sydney??😀
Well, you've got yourself a singer. Add Melbourne to the possible rehearsal spots 😉
I'm currently studying musicianship to sit an AMEB syllabus later in the year. Also studying singing. Putting a band together (we need a guitarist... Anyone?. And looking for work to fund VW's and music hardware:cussing.
Started off playing with cars, ended in hospital, so tried a different occupation, again with cars, again... Landed in hospital. So now I just want to do music full time. Tour, record, all that stuff.
[Edited on 23-2-2004 by Cam]
lulu94 ·
vwtyp2 the nursing home i work at is in aberfoyle park. have done a lil bit of agency as well but i like having set shifts.
am looking for a job near port adelaide now, but really i am willing to do anything not just carer work.
JOE751 ·
Im a chiropractor(priv prac in preston) and lecturer at RMIT in several chiro subjects, I also just finished (and am now coordinating) my GradDipChiro(animal chiro).
yeah, thats what I do
JOE751 ·
oh and just in case my practice number is 9471 3999:thumb
waltermitty ·
.... we should get a VW band happening.
CALL YOURSELVES THE TYPE 1 , SORRY I MEANT THE BEETLES
[Edited on 23-2-2004 by waltermitty]
1303Steve ·
Hi
Worked as a parts guy at various VW dealers around Sydney, then helped run the workshop & showroom at Powertune (a Sydney VW specialist).
For the last 18 years (19 in March) I have been doing roadservice for the NRMA, I get 1 weekend of in 3 and work shift work, so I get lots of time to play with VWs and look after the Club VeeDub website and also do the monthly magazine Zeitschrift and the VW Nationals. The downside is that Im often working when VW events are on over the weekend.
Im a Scout Leader as well.
1302Steve
surfkombi ·
We are a small TV production company that produce Corporate/promotional and training videos. Also now do a lot of CD's and DVD's. Mainly for tourism and manufacturers and exporters as video is a good way of showing what they make (at trade shows etc). We have worked all of the country - so if anyone is interested... anthony@wideeyed.com.au - we sent out free examples!
DubCrazy ·
paintsprayer by day,soccer coach by night and i train youngens(5-15) motorcross at the weekends and try to be a husband and dad in all that... buzy buzy buzy..still find time to do the dubs tho 😀
steff...........
El Duderino ·
nearly finished a PhD in mobile telecomms, starting to look for a lecturing job... leaves more time to work on my cars. 😀
Chris
warb ·
i'm in sales... my mother said i would make a hopeless salesman, cause i'm not an asshole... anyway..
if you need a drummer for this band i'm in!.., have kit, will travel.. :p
Peter Leonard ·
Hardware guru.
Handyman.
Napisan challenge adjudicator (it's amazing how worked up octagenarians can get over the whiteness of collars)
solver of sticky problems... anyone need anyone kneecapped? 😀
$2.63 homebrand baja ·
I have a BVA(majoring in printmaking and fingerpainting)..which lead me to my current bout of stupidity????, ie starting commercial lighting biz.... Ptewwiiiee,,Povvo but one day I hope to make some money (put enough into it so far.lol)............. Currently suplementing creative urges by finishing off a diploma in ceramics............
Why and how did I get into dubs??? caus I bought my first baja back at uni,,, paid it off, stupid woman driving ford, wrote it of,, uninsured,, boyfriend at time told me I couldnt fix it,, I told him i could,,, and did...
1993..yr of the baja!!! 11yrs, 3rd baja,,still a rat!lol. Keep bashing them into things..before I finish them off lol...
slow n low ·
Hi all,
I am a 4th year architecture student. Just finished my first degree and onto the second. Then it takes a couple of years to become accredited.
Cheers Damian
Kai.A. ·
frenzix wrote:
Kai.A. wrote:i'm currently un-employed.....
but, i've got a job interview tomorrow, so fingers crossed 😉
kai
Good luck mate!
I'm an IT Recruitment Consultant in Sydney (if you are in IT and looking for work , let me know) 😉
~frenzix
thanks.
unfortunately my ability with computers doesn't stretch much further than surfin this here internet.....
kai
ronster ·
I work as a software programmer for an insurance company (guess which one? 😀)
I've been doing that for the last 2 and a bit years...
graham ·
I work at an Aboitoir. (meat works) doing various jobs. Sticking would have to be the best the warm sensation of the blood running down your arm is great. Before that drove interstate mainly brisbane to Adelaide and Melbourne for myself. Happily married with 2 boys and another on the way not sure of the sex yet. I cant remember how I got into vw's but have a 62 and a half, 70 Baja (project) and a 71 deluxe bus another project. My wife told me to make some room and get rid of some stuff so I built a bigger garage and put a double car port in now have room for 2 more cars. What will it be !!!!!
Graham
no slow 63 ·
JOE751 wrote:Im a chiropractor(priv prac in preston) and lecturer at RMIT in several chiro subjects, I also just finished (and am now coordinating) my GradDipChiro(animal chiro).
yeah, thats what I do
Hey Joe, I go to a chiropractor in Preston...Where abouts are you?
sgetty ·
howdy all
im a trade qualified horticulturalst, working currently for the old man he owns a nursery. lucky he doesnt mind me having vw in the potting shed, haha
tonyg ·
semi retired private investigator and repo agent...started in 72.. after time in RAN and time on prawn trawlers up north. had enuf of that..
its a tuff way to make a crust
did all sorts of things over the years
tonyg
ronster ·
frenzix wrote:NRMA? are you contracting?
Yep, H-E-L-P 😉
I'm a permenant there, we have stacks of IT contractors tho...
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Should we rehearse in Canberra, Toowoomba or Sydney??😀
Errr... the Nationals? What have we got? Drums, Piano and.....
Jazz degree obtained at Canberra School of Music.
Jay_1965vw ·
I'm a fashion designer. Design kids clothes for Target, Big W, Kmart, Myer etc...
And my vee dub designs tee shirts in my spare time 🙂
[Edited on 24-2-2004 by Jay_1965vw]
Anthiron ·
well VWCOOL i have a girlfreind so i dont really need to look at the checkout chicks 😉
Hbbear ·
By day: a mild mannered photocopier and wide format printer technician (fancy speak: Customer Engineer)
By night: bar "person", promotions guru, jack of all trades (again Fancy speak: Hospitality)
LittleMissHerbina ·
Reception at a Panasonic dealer - small Communications company - selling PABX systems.
Love the job, love the people😉
Starbug ·
By day: Student of the pharmacological sciences
By night: lab technician in Histology at queensland medical laboratories. skins, gall bladders, bowels and kidneys are the specialty! Gives a whole new meaning to the saying "tub of guts". And yes... the job is pretty gross but is outweighed by the fact that its extremely interesting!
dodge ·
SteveMk2 wrote:
Oasis wrote:
dodge wrote:
.... we should get a VW band happening.😀
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Should we rehearse in Canberra, Toowoomba or Sydney??😀
Errr... the Nationals? What have we got? Drums, Piano and.....
Jazz degree obtained at Canberra School of Music.
...Bass too... I play bass 😀
Claudia ·
Current Job: Personal Bilingual Assistant to the Managing Director (Mining Industry, but I am in the office only!)
Job I used to do: Graphic Design
Job I would like to do: Something creative like painting or something social with people. Unfortunately I have not found my dream job yet....I think dream jobs do not exist undless you find a way to convert your hobby into a job that brings money.
:bounce Claudia, Sydney
Kai.A. ·
my job interview went really well today😀
i'll be getting a call tomorrow arvo to let me know, but he vrtually said i've got the job😎
kai
bus356 ·
journalist, so keap the speling and gramer in here good oright! 😀
56astro ·
Great to hear it.
Keep us posted.
😉
SteveMk2 ·
dodge wrote:
SteveMk2 wrote:
Oasis wrote:
dodge wrote:
.... we should get a VW band happening.😀
HEELLLLL YES!! I'm currently in a jazz band but I love almost every type of music. We so should start something up!!
Where did u do your jazz degree SteveMk2?
Should we rehearse in Canberra, Toowoomba or Sydney??😀
Errr... the Nationals? What have we got? Drums, Piano and.....
Jazz degree obtained at Canberra School of Music.
...Bass too... I play bass 😀
Cool... Bass, keys and drums. And a singer... le's get to playin some...
Cal67 ·
I am a qualified Marine Electrician that spends my days designing electrical systems for Australia's largest boatbuilder. In my spare time I am the President of the Gold Coast Dub Club Inc.
Greig
rustycamper ·
VWCOOL wrote:
rustycamper wrote:I am a geologist. Spent some time living in Mt Isa, Broken Hill etc plus 3 years working in New Caledonia which was very nice. Now I am doing research related to gold exploration at Melbourne Uni.
Have they discovered gold at Melbourne uni?!:thumb
Not quite, looking in western Victora. To tell you the truth, on my trips out that way I would be much happier finding a dusty old samba in a shed somehere than a nugget of gold 😀
baybuscamperkid ·
dodge wrote:...Bass too... I play bass 😀
hey! that makes 2 bass players! have been playing the Double Bass for 6yrs, aiming to complete my Gr6 exam this year. will leave the band to you tho Dodge, i have too many other Commitments at the moment (year 12):P
Oasis ·
Kai.A. wrote:my job interview went really well today😀
i'll be getting a call tomorrow arvo to let me know, but he vrtually said i've got the job😎
kai
Good on you Kai. Hope you get it...
Kai.A. ·
thanks mate 😎
i was lookin over your website..... very impressive.
i may pop along to one of your gigs with my old man sometime:thumb
kai
dodge ·
baybuscamperkid wrote:
dodge wrote:...Bass too... I play bass 😀
hey! that makes 2 bass players! have been playing the Double Bass for 6yrs, aiming to complete my Gr6 exam this year. will leave the band to you tho Dodge, i have too many other Commitments at the moment (year 12):P
double bass?!?!?! I play double bass TOO!!! OMG!!! been playing for 5 and a bit yrs, prob doing 5th grade this year. AWESOME MAN!!! :bounce
Oasis ·
I reckon every band needs 3 bass players 😎😎😎, a couple of tubas :P:P, recorder :o,
piano Accordion😠, , Banjo:puke, and bassoon
:alien.
You know the definition of perfect pitch?...... Throwing a banjo into the toilet without hitting the sides...😀😀😀:
Herbie ·
I am a Model Maker, Usually for film and Television but often make stuff in the real world too,
I have made Props and Miniatures on most of the Major Films to come out of Australia, I think 26 films so far.
I also DJ in Surfers Paradise to keep the plate spinning,
And I used to be a Potter, making pottery all day but never making any money.
Cheers Tony
SteveMk2 ·
Oasis wrote:I reckon every band needs 3 bass players 😎😎😎, a couple of tubas :P:P, recorder :o,
piano Accordion😠, , Banjo:puke, and bassoon
:alien.
You know the definition of perfect pitch?...... Throwing a banjo into the toilet without hitting the sides...😀😀😀:
Or.... What do you call 300 Banjos at the bottom of Sydney Harbour?
A good start.
Talking of Tubas, have you heard Deeds not words by Max Roach? Subbed a tuba for double... Its way cool.
Wag67 ·
A good old fashioned bus/coach driver. get cruisy job of taking groups to places like dream world,australia zoo and byron bay for a weekend of fun in the sun and being payed for it. Mind you have to do school runs with over 50 screaming kids and late nights taking druken uni students home. but hey it pays the bills
Cool!! Congrats.:beer
I'm not allowed to play on those, my wife reckons I'm too big and too rough with other kids!
Kai.A. ·
thanks guys :thumb
i'll hopefully be able to test them before any kids go near them 😀
kai
Midlife crisis ·
Does the band need a flautist. Daughter is a Grade 6 AMEB. She did 1 year World Music and 1 year Jazz at the Conservatorium while at high school.
How do you get 2 piccolos players to play in tune together?
Shoot one!
😀
david ·
dodge ·
Midlife crisis wrote:Does the band need a flautist. Daughter is a Grade 6 AMEB. She did 1 year World Music and 1 year Jazz at the Conservatorium while at high school.
How do you get 2 piccolos players to play in tune together?
Shoot one!
😀
Well I usually have a rather big aversity to flutes (coz I used to play it) but some jazz flute can sound pretty cool, and if shes done it at uni! not bad, not bad....
Its up for other "band members" to debate 😉
Cam ·
I reckon we could do this band digitally, what do you reckon?
Good on you Kai you bloody legend. here comes the turbo...
as for the digital band, we could be called the MP3s. Flute should be just fine. Wont be able to hear it over the bagpipes, banjo and 3 bass players. Whoever counts us in better have BROADBAND or we'll have serious delay problems. I know a drummer who's way ahead of his time. Someone asked me at a gig the other day how often we play together. I said "about every second bar".
[Edited on 25-2-2004 by Oasis]
Kai.A. ·
cheers.:thumb
he he he.... i've probably got 10 years wages spent already.....in my mind....
kai
Oasis ·
Kai.A. wrote:cheers.:thumb
he he he.... i've probably got 10 years wages spent already.....in my mind....
kai
It'll take 10 years to build now that you're working (what a curse). Should match up perfectly...
Kai.A. ·
hhmmm....good point....
funny how things work out innit.
kai
KOM123 ·
That's great news Kai :thumb
ducky ·
Ok by qualification and for most of my working life I was a high school Drama and English Teacher but I took long service leave about three years ago and haven't been back..... I have done a few things in between, own my own car detailing business, relaxed, was promo manager of a night club, relaxed writer for a magazine, relaxed and now I am Managing a Great Outdoors Camping Store and I love it and I still manage to relax ( something I never really did when I was teaching)
SteveMk2 ·
What have a singer and a drunk returning home late at night got in common?
Neither can find the Key, or find where to come in.
How do you stop a guitarist from playing?
Put sheet music in front of them.
How can you tell if the stage is level?
Drool comes out both sides of the drummers mouth!
Haha...
[Edited on 27-2-2004 by SteveMk2]
[Edited on 27-2-2004 by SteveMk2]
rustybus ·
i am an appliance repairer here in ballarat, repair such things as fridges, freezers, washing machines, dryers stoves etc. if you want them done, i am your man. I had some work done by surfkombi, what a job done well, he live 1.5 hours away and came done to do the work no worries, Highly recommended.
:beer:beer:beer:beer:beer:beer:beer
Oasis ·
SteveMk2 wrote:What have a singer and a drunk returning home late at night got in common?
Neither can find the Key, or find where to come in.
How do you stop a guitarist from playing?
Put sheet music in front of them.
How can you tell if the stage is level?
Drool comes out both sides of the drummers mouth!
Haha...
[Edited on 27-2-2004 by SteveMk2]
[Edited on 27-2-2004 by SteveMk2]
You know the latest crime in NY?
Drive by trombone solos.
Do you know the difference between a 'cello and a double bass?
A double bass burns for longer.
Do you know the difference between a Clarinet and a lawn mower?
Vibrato.
Do you know the difference between a seamstress and a clarinet player?
A seamstress tucks up frills...
What do you call two fretless bass players playing in unison?
A semitone.
So many drummers, so little time.
What do you throw a drowning guitarist?
His amplifier.
[Edited on 28-2-2004 by Oasis]
Cam ·
What did the singer say to the guitarist?
"Have you heard the one about the bass player and the drummer?"
Kai.A. ·
just finished my first day in the new job. it went really well, i didn't turn up late or burn/break/smash/lose anything, and on a whole it was pretty good fun too 😀
kai😎
dodge ·
Oasis wrote:Do you know the difference between a 'cello and a double bass?
A double bass burns for longer.
BLASPHEMY!!!! :vader
:P
wacked1 ·
Kai.A. good luck at the new job.
Peter Leonard ·
what... you burned NOTHING!?!
:alien
dubcab ·
Well , I've been a painter for almost 20 years and for some strange reason I'm still not sick of it yet. But I do quite a variety of tasks not normally done by regular house painters. One week I might be stripping back the 50 year old lead paint from an old queenslander, then I might be resurfacing an old bathtub, or sanding and polishing floorboards. Rope and harness work up on high roofs are always fun. Respraying trailer and truck bodies put me in good stead to perfect my automotive spraying skills. 2 packs&metallics no worries ,ready to try some candy's and pearls. 2-day respray jobs in dusty backyard sheds a specialty. Also dabble in freelance gynacology(HA HA) But if I had a choice I'd learn how to make an awesome coffee on a decent espresso machine (7 year apprenticeship in Italy) and I'd restore Volkswagens for the rest of my life!!!!:jesus
wadd ·
i work under ground at mt isa 15 years as a miner ,handheld then in to electric hydrolic mining units. the last 5 years as a mucker , some one who digs up the broken ore and puts it into a crusher .good job no flys no sun
kOMBI KARMA ·
Im a chef, cooked in pubs for first 13 years and now for the past 6 years I run a aged care facility kitchen (nursing home) and have studyied nutrition . I Cook for 30 residents, breakfast , lunch and tea and 12 "meals on wheels "clients and 25 day care clients, this is very repetitive, sloppy, unattractive cuisine but its stress free, good money, good hours, (home at the latest 6pm) and secure. However it is time to have a total career change and Im now studying conservation and lands management. With work, study, girl guides leading, 3 kids and 3 vws i dont get time for much else.
Ree
Music - My son is a lead guitarist, plays mainly punk and has a little vw sticker on his guitar 😀
Jeza ·
Well I started out studing a variation of an engineering degree (called "Technology"), and finished a BSc in Geology.
Then spent 2 years working in an outdoor store (hiking and climbing gear shop 😀 ) before wandering around the globe for a couple of years, had to supplement this by working in a bike shop in London. The bike shop was fun, but London not my scene.
Came back home (NZ) and studied electronics and a technical institute (much more practical than the Uni's I'd been to) and now I assemble equipment/ sort parts orders/ arrange shipping and put out the trash 😀 for a small Satellite Comms firm.
Keeps me outta trouble and leaves most of my weekends free.
Jeremy
StenGuns ·
Mate.. What do you know about the Type 2 double barn doors that the RAAF bought in the 60's? They were apparently used for spotting, recovery and gear loads.. If poss, woould you know if there is an archive that might have this info.. Would love to get a picture series if available
Unity-28 ·
Customer Service at a large Furniture COmpany.....Oh the Joy!😀
N!
little_dub73 ·
i'm a student a QUT, just started a health science degree...am a mature age student now (i don't think 26 is so old, but i just had a introductry chemistry class this morning and the 18yr olds really shit me. sorry, not to be age-ist or anything...got lots of friends who are younger and i used to be younger once too..but put them all together in a confined space...argh...and the fashion...oh my god...i grew up in the 80s....can't handle it....)
anyway.
back to study this year after a long break...started a BA in 96...have worked mainly in disability care and aged care...travelled a bit and now decided i can't be a shit-kicker anymore so i better get a degree...
scarily enough i am actually excited about going back to study
but i am looking for some part time work, in brisbane....anyone know of anything going???
wacked1 ·
In the same boat as little_dub73 started a bachelor of medical science a while back at the University of New South Wales I’m a mature age student at the ripe old age of 31. I major in anatomy so I get to cut up dead humans a lot of the time and in the little spare time I have, I do a little dissection /preparation for the school of medicine as well, 2 kids 10 and 9 they think it’s cool, I gotta say I think the fashion isn’t all that bad.
Cheers
wacked1
nbturbo ·
My wife Christine and I own a small Antique/Coffee shop in the Steel City-Whyalla.She is a Registered Nurse and does a couple of nightshifts a week and I do the furniture restoration and make new stuff for the shop or to special order.I also make leadlight panels and do repairs for customers as well as for our furniture.I am a qualified mechanic having worked at Ford and VW workshops and had some years as a fitter at a coal mine working on 200ton haulers and electric rope Shovels.Repairing furniture is much cleaner and less stressful.Our shop---
~air fooled~ ·
spare parts interpreter for a car dealership.
currently doing mazda only, but have also done holden, ford, isuzu, nissan and mercedes.......get a company car and net access all day long and some killer comissions, but having to work every second saturday shits me and know it all inbred retail customers who reckon that parts are 'all the same'. they then continue to argue that point and bitch and moan when you get them the wrong part even though they refused to supply you with the info you needed that they had!!!!.......grrrrrrrr, if i only i had permission to clear up the gene pool......
Cruzin in a Golf ·
I am a uni student...just work my butt of doing Engineering stuff in second year of my degree....and i am doing some graphic artist work on the side as well.
Lokita ·
I just finished a Bachelor of Arts majoring in theatre.
I work Monday to Friday as a receptionist for a music company in Sydney & occasionally work on the door of one of our major venues.
I film & edit gigs etc. for the sake of it (more voluntary but I finally got offered paid work today- yay!)
I also manage a band inbetween all the rest of the stuff.
Think that's it. For now. Oh, 'cept a bit of temp work occasionally.
🙂
Craig Torrens ·
drug dealer
handycam ·
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just a dirty old butcher but it pays 4 the toys
ph billet ·
TOOL MAKER / MACHINIST .:bounce:bounce:bounce
Che Castro ·
slow n low wrote:Hi all,
I am a 4th year architecture student. Just finished my first degree and onto the second. Then it takes a couple of years to become accredited.
Cheers Damian
Heh , i just graduated from the first 3 years of architecture last year.
Working full time at a small architecture practice. lovin it 🙂
Good to hear u got the job Kai.A
kroozzn63 ·
That sounds like fun take out all frustrations of life at work and get paid cool:P
Baja Wes ·
Craig Torrens wrote:drug dealer
So that's how you pay for those pobjoy motors... :P
Need a QLD distributor? 😎
killakornkobb ·
Im a Student studying a diploma of website development at TAFE, and i work at "the warehouse - where everyone gets a bargain".. it ismy 3rd yr there and i want to get out!!!
i also repair mobile phones on the side.. screens, mic's speakers reception issues etc.. (nokias)
---Damien
Craig Torrens ·
Baja Wes wrote:
So that's how you pay for those pobjoy motors... :P
Need a QLD distributor? 😎
Are you qualified for the job ?😉
zjm ·
mum and dad couldn't afford to by me a train set so I became network control officer on the railways (signaller)
I hope to one day get the fat controllers job.
before that 15 years as a spare parts interpreter closest I got to vw was 18 months at a porsche dealer (mainly wankers drive porsches)
Flying VW ·
I was a Mechanic for 5 years, then I was Driving Trucks Interstate for nearly 2 years, after that I brought a Truck and I've had 2 different Trucks since. 🙂
ogtool ·
Web Developer/Database Engineer (everything from your good ol' static HTML website, to complete database integrated "weblications".) Work in a number of languages, prefer PHP. Also highly involved with setting up community wireless networks in my 'spare time' and current president of the Australian Wireless Association Inc. Do the occasional bit of post production on DVD's when Lokita uses the puppy dog face on me too. : P
PS. to those respite carers, if the term "HADS" or "CRS" makes you cringe, let me know, one of the big projects we're currently finalising at work is a replacement for both of these applications. Unlike the above two software programs this works, is customisable, flexbile, basically everything which HADS and CRS isn't, this is. U2U me if you want more info.
Baja Wes ·
Craig Torrens wrote:Are you qualified for the job ?😉
I know a few potential customers, they're everywhere at VW shows, driving those kombi thingys 😀
But I don't use myself. So I think that's the best way for the distributor to be. You don't want to wake up one morning with a hangover, wearing someone elses pants, and wondering where the latest shipment of goods has gone to...
Marineboy ·
Well What a range of jobs people have in here.. I am shure all those Machinests, Tool Makers and metal stress technitions must see there Bugs or buggys as a bit of a case study...
And well for me I am a Television News Cameraman at one of the big 3 Commertial stations here in Sydney (The Lucky one)...
I get the run round the city all day filming things they want for the news that night, Harrass shitbags outside courts, and fall asleep interviewing Poli's...
It is a heap of fun and I never know what I am doing one day to the next..
I also specialise in Underwater Camerawork, I use these skills quite reguarly on a state wide holliday show hosted buy Mike Whitney... This gets me traveling round NSW a bit which I love..
Work has also sent me to The olympics, the Fiji Coup, Pakistan, Afganistan for the war, Israil, Palistine, and through Dubai... the whole of UAE would be a Beach buggy's dream..
Ha..
All in all I have fun and that is what counts..
ogtool ·
Work has also sent me to The olympics, the Fiji Coup, Pakistan, Afganistan for the war, Israil, Palistine, and through Dubai... the whole of UAE would be a Beach buggy's dream..
Stopped over Dubai (didn't get out of the airport but) on the way to Ghana the other week. Looks like an amazing place to check out. Heading back to Ghana in a few months (need some cameramen over there for what we're doing as well!!) really keen to make it a real stop over in Dubai. What'd you get sent over for?
Marineboy ·
I was sent over for the War in Afganistan and when Israil Blew the crap out of Arafats house...
Dubai was REAL NICE...
Afganistan was quite pretty and Quaint in its own way...
Pakistan was a Shit Hole...
Israil Has the sexyist girls... All the Hot 17-23yo girls work in places like the airport dressed in tight army fatigues and packing big F^*KOFF automatic Rifles...
U DO ANYTHING THEY SAY... Oh Yeah..
Vehical of choice for the Dubai Royal Familys boys, Beach buggys and Quad Bikes, Hummers and Jeeps
Shrek ·
Recruitment for the petroleum mining industry, if it wasn't for me none of you guys would have any fuel in your beasts!!
Sounds boring, but it keeps me here (pom on sponsored work visa for four years) - and it's given me the money to Dubb!!
😉
amazer ·
KruizinKombi wrote:Teacher of 'at-risk' boys :cussing
At risk from you, their parents or themselves?
amazer ·
frenzix wrote:I'm an IT Recruitment Consultant in Sydney (if you are in IT and looking for work , let me know) 😉
~frenzix
Letting you know.
Come november I am looking. Final year of BCompSci
Secure Dist Sys, & Business Inf Sys majors. Averaging 92% this session. (finally pulled finger out and having a go)
Fitter and machinist by trade for 14 years. with welding and crane driving tickets. Left that to go uni. Had casual jobs sheet metal working till business refocussed and I got layed off, VW mechanicing till shop closed and I was layed off, newpaper delivery (only 1 day before I said %$#@ this shit), Go Hire yard hand (lasted 7 weeks before washing bosses car with windows down and said %$#@ this shit). Now I assist yrs 1 & 2 with reading for an hour each day (gave up taking them for sport) Probably wouldnt mind teaching computers at school or TAFE but dont want to do another 12 - 18 months Dip Ed.