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eetdrt88
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Posts: 986
Registered: 2-20-2005
Location: Az/Ca/Baja
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so many jobs,so little time...
recently i have been training to be a professional couch tester which is a tough gig but someones gotta do it,spent many years doing r and d for huge
companies like budweiser,coors,corona,tecate....actually still in that line of work handy with a hammer,and enjoy dismantling in minutes what took others many hours to construct but the big dream i have is to write a book about the best nap spots in the world
and boy do i know a few good ones in baja...napping is serious business and after a few barrels and a few beers at the beach there is nothing better
that i know of than a nice long nap,well there is but not that i can mention on a public message board
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bajaandy
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Posts: 769
Registered: 2-7-2004
Location: North County
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The past seventeen years have found me shaping and forming the gentle little minds of our future. I teach high school woodworking, architecture and
computer aided drafting. Prior to that I apprenticed as a stair maker and became a licensed cabinet and millwork contractor, a trade which I
thoroughly enjoyed right up til the early 90s when the economy went in the dumper. (That's when the teaching credential I had earned in college paid
off!) And before the stair gig, I worked in a number of different cabinet shops in north county. I guess you could say that woodworking sort of runs
in the family. My earliest memories of using tools and building something was with my grandfather in his home shop. One of my brothers became (and is
still) a building contractor. (Emphasis on "sort of". Dad was an optometrist, but I owe my love of Baja to him. His slides of trips down the peninsula
in the early 70's fired my imagination. )
Sure is cool to see what everybody does (or doesn't do!) for a living!
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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Timo1
Senior Nomad
Posts: 743
Registered: 11-2-2007
Location: Homeless
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Mood: Lovin every minute of it
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My full time job is trying to convince Barb that its time to retire and move to
Baja....In the meantime I operate heavy equipment....the BIG stuff...Mostly
excavators and dozers...We move mountains that get in the way to build roads thru them
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Bajagypsy
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Posts: 1416
Registered: 8-31-2006
Location: BahÃa Asuncion BCS
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Mood: Living the dream
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Timo1
My full time job is trying to convince Barb that its time to retire and move to
Baja....In the meantime I operate heavy equipment....the BIG stuff...Mostly
excavators and dozers...We move mountains that get in the way to build roads thru them |
Timo1, I try to convince Todd everyday that it is time to retire and move to Baja, we
need to double up, you tell Todd, and I'll tell Barb!!!
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The Sculpin
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Posts: 401
Registered: 9-3-2002
Location: Back in the Saddle
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Mood: Riding into the Sunset, looking for a sunrise.
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Where to start!
Equestrian (Hunter\Jumpers)
Tennis Player
Surfer and shaper
Rock Star
Husband
Fish Monger
Door-Door Insurance Sales (that one is guaranteed to bruise the ego)
Father
Real Estate Broker
Ran several community non-profit org's.
4X4 mechanic (only in baja)
CPA
Currently a corporate tax executive in a public hotel company
World Traveler (Just returned from Bora Bora - oh man, what clear water!)
Too damn busy to retire!!!!
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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Paula
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Registered: 1-5-2006
Location: Loreto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Sculpin
Where to start!
Equestrian (Hunter\Jumpers)
Tennis Player
Surfer and shaper
Rock Star
Husband
Fish Monger
Door-Door Insurance Sales (that one is guaranteed to bruise the ego)
Father
Real Estate Broker
Ran several community non-profit org's.
4X4 mechanic (only in baja)
CPA
Currently a corporate tax executive in a public hotel company
World Traveler (Just returned from Bora Bora - oh man, what clear water!)
Too damn busy to retire!!!! |
Which rock star are you?
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Timo1
Senior Nomad
Posts: 743
Registered: 11-2-2007
Location: Homeless
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Mood: Lovin every minute of it
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I'm with ya BajaGypsy....We got or work cut out for us
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Barbareno
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Posts: 410
Registered: 11-4-2007
Location: Vernon BC
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In the past I worked as a telephone operator, even have a jack as a fob (that sounds rude).
A flag girl for one year. That was fun. Especially the last day when I walked into a pub in full gear and the stripper was playing the part, hard
hat, vest, steal toed boots. Man did I get razzed.
What else...oh worked as a check out girl in a produce store. That was when I was first introduced to cilantro. Had no idea what it was but it sure
smelt good. So I made up some soup. Tasted like Tim's work boots. Didn't know I wasen't suppose to put in the whole bundle. Its taken 20 years but
now have Tim convinced he likes cilantro. Just a smiggion.
For the last 19 years I have been working at the same job as office admin. Accounts recievable, payables, parts ordering, customer service. A family
operated store that sells high end appliances. So I deal with the big wigs manufactor's. Imagine people that need a $10,000.00 BBQ or a $5000.00
coffee maker, a dryer that not only dry's your clothes but will iron and fold them as well. Okay I am exaggerating on the dryer.
All this on a grade 12 education.
50 seems too young retire, but I am ready. Truely. Get me out of here.
Barb
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palmeto99
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Posts: 292
Registered: 7-15-2008
Location: loreto,BCS and East Coast USA (Spartanburg, SC)
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Mood: Trying to bring the worlds people together one post at a time.
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Great thread... After I graduated from Clemsom I went to work for a very old Senator who went on to serve 18 more years after I left his employ.
I dabbled in land and worked for a company that sent me to Cabo in the 80s and I fell in love with the area. I bought property in the 90s and
spent 12 years consulting to a large title insurance company based in Texas.
I am now retired and still get involved in the odd project but would rather fish and play with my dogs ... I was able to travel to most parts of
Baja with my job and have seen the good,the bad and the ugly..
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palmeto99
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Posts: 292
Registered: 7-15-2008
Location: loreto,BCS and East Coast USA (Spartanburg, SC)
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Thats a good one..
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gibson
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| Quote: | Originally posted by palmeto99
I was able to travel to most parts of Baja with my job and have seen the good,the bad and the ugly |
and you chose Lorghetto ??? hahahahahaha
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palmeto99
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Posts: 292
Registered: 7-15-2008
Location: loreto,BCS and East Coast USA (Spartanburg, SC)
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Mood: Trying to bring the worlds people together one post at a time.
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Before the Bay project B$, It was a great town..
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windgrrl
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Registered: 9-2-2006
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Registered Nurse - Mental Health Services Manager
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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BajaHawk
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Registered: 4-3-2005
Location: Chula Vista, CA
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Animal care - mostly birds
I manage an animal collection for a municipal zoo/aquarium. Mostly care for birds native to SoCal area (raptors, waterfowl, shorebirds). Do some
endangered species breeding and release.
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Sharksbaja
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Posts: 5814
Registered: 9-7-2004
Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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Get's my vote
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Jack Swords
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Posts: 1095
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: Nipomo, CA/La Paz, BCS
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Nice thread. Very interesting to see some of folk's backgrounds. After 5 years in banking, I began teaching math and science in junior high shools
in Santa Maria, CA. Worked for the State of CA writing science curriculum during summers, not relevant anymore under the new politics. Wife taught
ROP. Retired 10 years ago after 30 years in the classroom, sailed boat down to La Paz (Marina de La Paz) where we live for 5-6 months of the year.
Volunteer teaching English, assisting in several groups that work with kids in poorer parts of the city. Will be down again Dec. - April and hope to
meet any Nomads in the area. La Paz is truly our second "home".
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triarts
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Registered: 3-11-2005
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first job cutting lawns, then washing dishes, working retail nursery, 2 years w uncle sam, past 37 years printing t shirts. first trip to baja 1958,
last trip june 2008
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