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Did he influence your decision in which career path you took??

My dad is deceased his name is Tony and he worked in the textile industry.
I miss him heaps.

I’m an Ambo

Cheers
Ron

this should be interesting.

mines a plumber, always been into hotted up cars tho.

im a carpainter, so i guess the hotted up cars when i was young influenced me

My father started working at a shell servo in brisbane servicing VW's back in the 60's.
Moved on to drive petrol tankers for Amaco and then BP.
He is now driving a concrete truck on the sunshine coast.
When he was younger he was also in the Army with the Artillery.
He always wanted my brother and i to join the Army, I'm the only one that did.

Oh, and he now hates VW's with a passion and for some reason when ever he comes to visit mine always seems to play up.
Buzz must be able to feel the vibe from dad i reckon.

Lee.

Structural and aeronautical and recently civil engineer and always a programmer. Cutting edge finite element method pioneer.

- Owns a magna, rides a push bike, not into cars



Did he influence your decision in which career path you took??

Yes.

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My dad was a science teacher. He made school interesting, very interesting!

He didn'tinfluence my career path. I was a health and building inspector, now I'm a fireman, and bushfire consultant.

When faced with a challenging taskor decision, I wonder what dad would have done. That always seems to clarify things.

Oh, my old man's a dustman, He wears a dustman's hat,
He wears cor-blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat.
He looks a proper nana In his great big hobnail boots,
He's got such a job to pull them up that he calls 'em daisy roots.....

but seriously my father is a sales mgr n has been forever..
influencing my career, not really... as i got into earthmoving with excavators, back-hoes etc for a while, then moved to work on the wharf with bigger machines to play with, as well as study at uni and run our petsitting business with my better half..

My old man was a diesel mechanic / engineer on the ferries and secretary of the union. Very smart bloke but missed out on schooling due to the depression and war - but caught up later.

Definitely influenced me in that i did a trade and not uni. I am now working as an engineer type person but have practicle experience.

He missed the 50's when he should have been cruising round in hot cars. he was driving coastal traders off New Guinea instead - real African Queen stuff.
Real fencing wire and pliers bloke. Have a go at anything.

My late dad was the chief brewer at the Swan and Emu Breweries in Perth. As kids we would have the run of the places when he took us in on Saturdays for him to "check the gravities", whateve that is. What fantastic play places they were. There was only one place that we were never allowed to enter and that was the sterile white tiled room that held the yeast, otherwise we could go anywhere from the boiler rooms to the lofts and roofs. We always put our heads into the huge copper brewing tuns and took huge breaths of the amazing smells.

To walk through the enormous refrigerated rooms that contained millions of gallons of beer was, even to us as young kids, a real buzz.

Then Bondy took over the brewery and according to dad ruined Swan Larger by making it into a chemical cocktail. From then on dad drank Hahn as it is fully brewed.

My old mans a Painter.
He started my VW interest with his beach buggies (sand rails, baja's and manx type).
My first car was his old J&S beach buggy.

Step father is a mine surveyor, he has owned a bay kombi and 2 type 3 wagens

hmmm...

my late dad was born on the 30th june ...so naturally he was a tax accountant....

My mum was a book keeper, and my eldest brother was a tax accountant too. So I worked for tax, first in csa then as a interpreter (wrote rulings) & auditor (wasnt very good at this...i gave people their money/benefit of the doubt...lol). I've since quit nd now work as a book keeper.

My mum influenced me more than dad. They split when I was about 9, so she raised me mroe than him.

But I would have to say, I do have his love of euro cars. He loved his vw & jaguars.

my dad made me realise why i dont want to have children .my mother made him stop racing cars and the grumpy old prick has been the bitter c#nt i have grown up with ever since

Bit hard to follow CPM's spray.......................

Neway, my old mans an Orthapaedic surgeon.
My mother was his long suffering chief theatre and instruments sister.
An extremely clever surgeon who pioneered many orthapaedic procedures but refused any credit or noteriety for them and then bitterly complained when he read about the latest limb saving procedure in some foreign medical journal touted as the latest greatest thing that he had already been doing for years....what a dick. I can clearly remember my mother on about publishing his achievements for years and years and the prick just bitched on at her.
Put up or shutup I say.

I inherited his infinite patience with anything mechanical and his love of fast cars and racing and not much else positive i will bother to admit to.

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dude have you seen the peking to china combo of the mathesons?

You would really laugh...

My dad was a builder, and hated working on cars.

He was a straight to the point sought of guy and never backed away and always stood up for wahatever he thought was right.

I am study now to be a high school maths/physics teacher after 10 years of trying to settle down in a stable career so I didn't follow his footsteps.

My father died from asbestos related cancer from his work but I sure he would have a good laugh at me as a school teacher driving a Kombi.

Sorry, leap of thought...

Peking to Paris, was recently on aunty abc. Ten vetran cars recreate an overland trip to paris, from peking.

The bunch of ppl include mick matheson, editor of aus motorcycle news, his dad, brain surgeon Dr Matheson and others of dubious resolve and ability.

They are chalk and cheese. Available now on dvd.


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My Dad's an accountant/financial controller of an aboriginal community in WA 700kms NE of Kalgoorlie. He's a real nomad and the only white fella there. I see him every couple of years. It takes around 2 days to get to Kal as the road is unsealed so it's a shit fight getting to Sydney.

When I was young he was driving taxis and hated the city and his life, but was fanatical about music (jazz in particular but everything) and it was a real release and escape for him and still is, so i suppose he influenced my career in a big way as I play music for a living full time. Still wanted me to get a proper job though...

I forgot to mention that I've been just as influenced by shaihulud's Dad as my own....:beer

My dad is now retired but after he got out of the British army he joined the Foreign Office with the British Control Commision in Germany and was one of the very few people allowed to use a Volkswagen in the very early years. When he eventually settled back in the UK and got his driving licence there he wouldn't have anything other than a VW. I hated them but he forced one onto me and I've had one ever since. He even gave me the cabriolet for $80 and I love him for it.

Sorry, forgot to say no he didn't influence my career path, as long as I was working he was happy.

My Dad was always a self taught mechanical engineer and believed anything was possible mechanically, except the impossible. Always hands on and a labourer, he was very proud when I decided to get an apprenticeship. I got my love of mechanical things from him, and I always want to do what I want, not what fashion dictates.

well this is hilarious,

my dad started as a fitter and turner and has been doing refrigeration since the dawn of time
i worked at the same company for 3 years but more in the air conditioning side of things but i got sick of a job that is flat strap in the middle of summer and quiet in winter (crawling round in roofs that are 65 degrees celcuis in summer sux) so i left and went back to farm work

im now the manager of the farm and 3 weeks ago dad came and started working for me so im his boss now LOL

Joel

Great post Ron.

My old man was in the army in the peace corp in Malaysia, then once his service was over became a butcher by trade. After giving that up (which he regretted) he got into purchasing management. Unfortunately we lost him 3 years ago to Mesothelioma - he was the greatest influence in my life and I miss him dearly.

He taught me how to play cricket and soccer, and drove me all over NSW allowing me to follow my cricket and soccer ambitions as I grew up. Even when I could drive myself, he'd still come and watch. He loved his family - one of those men that would quietly sit back and observe things with pride on his face.

He had a major love of cars - was heavily into BMC, and told me stories of him shaving the head of his Wolsely.

As there is 11 years between myself and my next eldest sibling, I got caught up in the IT bubble. I've been with the same IT employer for 22 years and am currently specialising in contract and account management. My first car was a Triumph Dolomite (much to my fathers love) but I soon turned to the dark side. I think I picked up my fathers discipline techniques and love of cars and sport.

My old man is a squash and tennis Pro and lives in Canada.

AS a junior he was with the Harry Hopman Aust junior squad along with John Newcombe and a few other notiable names that I can't recall.
He also broke a number of schoolboy track records.. a bit of an athlete.

Applied for the Senior coaching position at the AUST Institute of Sport, but Geoff Hunt got the position.

AFter missing out on this position, was offered an opportunity to move to Canada which he did.
Was at the top of squash and tennis in Canada some 30 yrs ago. He then became national squash coach for the Knucks for the senior Mens,woman's, boys and girls teams and took them to the world titles.

Now only coaches junior girls.. NOt long had hip replacement & both knee reconstructions.

Left before I was one, tought me to play squash and I didn't even know he was my father..go figure

Needless to say didn't have any influence on my career path what so ever.

Last saw him a couple of years ago when he was over.

He's a really nice bloke, well respected by his peers and, he owned a VW in his early days too!

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My old man is/was a rigger and crane driver. Until the 80's he had a different job every few months depending on who was paying the most money. I gather he was well respected and must have been pretty good at his job. Then Port Kembla turned to shite, we spent a few years in NZ building their steel mill at glenbrook and he has been a lot more stable since then, think he has pretty much only driven cranes for brambles since then. Maybe I should say that he works for my stepmother. 64 years old still doing heaps of overtime so she can spend it all on crap. There will be no inheritance for me.

I dont think he has influenced me careerwise. I started out as a fitter because I loved metalwork at school. I became a computer programmer because in 1998 I decided that the Tin Mill at BHP was about to close down (closure was announced this week) and I had become addicted to computers/internet. My Dad probably cant use an ATM.

He has no idea about cars. He's had some shitboxes Sheez. On his last Patrol I had to tell him that his clutch was stuffed when I borrowed it and I could barely get the thing to move. He had no idea. They dont get seen by a mechanic until they stop going

My dad is a tradie and he is so not into VW's. He has a thing for Fords and was horrifed when at the tender age of 16 I said that I wanted to buy a VW. I searched for ages and when I found the bug of my dreams (68 semi auto) I pestered and pestered him until I wore him down and he handed over the $1500 for it. Everytime I had to call him to come and get me cause the bug broke down he just used to shake his head ..... He thought that his prayers were answered when I got rid of it a few years later and I bought a sensible Ford Laser, little did he know that my VW obsession would come back with a vengance 10 years later, only this time I have the money to keep my 3 bugs on the road !!!!!!

Yes. My Dad worked for the Dept. of agriculture for decades, which hasn't influened my carrer path at all. He, like a lot of dads, isn't into VW's (to say the least), very much a Holden man. It was quite amusing watching him have to drive the bug for almost a year while his precious Monaro was being restored..... then having to drive it again when the paint reacted 2 months after getting the Monaro back.

My father owns and runs two small businesses, J.J. Cabinets and Offroad Systems. he has always worked hard for our family, and he has taught me a lot over the years.
influenced my career? not really. he has shown me that despite his success without a good education, in the end he is still breaking his back for 60 hours a week for a return. so he was the inspiration to get out there and do well for myself.

im in the hospitality industry at the moment, but im looking into journalism.