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Frodo 11-14-2013 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GTSpeed (Post 372301)

You're in Virginia Beach, not the UK...shouldn't that be orthopedic surgeon?? :D

appistappis 11-14-2013 10:20 PM

Craps dealer.

gregdacat 11-15-2013 03:01 AM

Safety Supervisor for a Solid Waste hauler.

Taipanic 11-15-2013 10:08 AM

Senior Network Engineer by day, Video DJ & sound/lighting production by night.

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2002 S
1998 Base

Alfieg23 11-15-2013 10:14 AM

Senior Commercial Client Manager for one of the largest National banks.

trimer 11-15-2013 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by heliguy (Post 372029)
I am a pilot for Southern Airways Express based in Destin, Florida.

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Please - No selfies while flying the plane! Is it true that using an iphone up there will screw with the plane?? I always get so pissed when I see some person sitting next to me trying to hide the fact that they arent turing off there phone...you know cause it is more important to say Screw You airline and flight attendant than it is to actually just shut the thing off.

Timco 11-15-2013 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by trimer (Post 372430)
Please - No selfies while flying the plane! Is it true that using an iphone up there will screw with the plane?? I always get so pissed when I see some person sitting next to me trying to hide the fact that they arent turing off there phone...you know cause it is more important to say Screw You airline and flight attendant than it is to actually just shut the thing off.

[guy behind to the left] "Pilot just took selfi, WTF? Looks pissed. Please help"

TeamOxford 11-15-2013 12:26 PM

[lady passenger in back, reaching in purse for smartphone] "I gotta post a pic of this guy on Instagram!"

TO

Jamesp 11-15-2013 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by trimer (Post 372430)
Please - No selfies while flying the plane! Is it true that using an iphone up there will screw with the plane?? I always get so pissed when I see some person sitting next to me trying to hide the fact that they arent turing off there phone...you know cause it is more important to say Screw You airline and flight attendant than it is to actually just shut the thing off.

Nope, you got it wrong. This picture was taken from outside the plane. You know that self important guy who makes the whole plane wait because he's too busy to be on time? Well it appears Heliguy takes off even if that guy misses the door closing and jumps on the nose to stop the airplane. He looks ticked because his view out the windscreen is blocked on climb out.

pothole 11-15-2013 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by trimer (Post 372430)
Please - No selfies while flying the plane! Is it true that using an iphone up there will screw with the plane?? I always get so pissed when I see some person sitting next to me trying to hide the fact that they arent turing off there phone...you know cause it is more important to say Screw You airline and flight attendant than it is to actually just shut the thing off.

If it was the least bit dangerous to use your phone on the plane, they would take them all off passengers before they got on board.

It's a bit like not using your phone at a gas station. It was a case of if in doubt, don't allow it originally. There's since been no evidence of any danger whatsoever, but you'll still get the staff freaking out if they see you using a phone at the pump. It's nonsense, but that's how it rolls!

jotoole 11-15-2013 03:35 PM

Internal Revenue Service.
Hey, somebody has to do it.

AHT 11-15-2013 04:55 PM

Just in the process of getting out of employment and setting up Adelaide Hills Touring, specialist classic sports car rental business in Adelaide, South Australia. Pimping my Boxster, a BMW Z-3 and a Mazda MX-5 so far-more to come I hope.
Adelaidehillstouring - Adelaide Hills Touring Home

993innc 11-15-2013 05:33 PM

I'm a Residential General Contractor, a Fuel piping Contractor, have a mom/pop Propane delivery and services company and hold a small portfolio (down to 9) of long term rentals and a couple (2) of vacation beach rentals.

Karl Nettgen 11-15-2013 05:44 PM

Real estate Broker in Gold Beach Oregon. Can live in poverty one year and make 200K the next....it;s a crazy business!

Black Stallion 11-15-2013 06:00 PM

33-year old college professor. I've been lucky enough to own a Porsche of some kind since I was 19. Three 914's, three 911's, a Boxster, and counting!!!

Timco 11-15-2013 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 993innc (Post 372490)
I'm a Residential General Contractor, a Fuel piping Contractor, have a mom/pop Propane delivery and services company and hold a small portfolio (down to 9) of long term rentals and a couple (2) of vacation beach rentals.

We have a 4-plex, a duplex, and 3 houses. It's fun being a landlord...

Timco 11-15-2013 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jotoole (Post 372475)
Internal Revenue Service.
Hey, somebody has to do it.

Can you pull some strings? Do you take cash?

:cool:

Timco 11-15-2013 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Stallion (Post 372495)
33-year old college professor. I've been lucky enough to own a Porsche of some kind since I was 19. Three 914's, three 911's, a Boxster, and counting!!!

What do you teach? My wife is an Anthropologist / Bio-Archeologist.

993innc 11-16-2013 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 372499)
We have a 4-plex, a duplex, and 3 houses. It's fun being a landlord...

Ah.............fun. Not quite the word I'd use anymore. Lucrative it has been, but fun...................Mmm.............nah.
Been doing it 20 years and am now starting to sell out. I'll keep the beach houses but I'd really like to get out of the long terms. Hope you've done well too

Cloudsurfer 11-16-2013 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by trimer (Post 372430)
Please - No selfies while flying the plane! Is it true that using an iphone up there will screw with the plane?? I always get so pissed when I see some person sitting next to me trying to hide the fact that they arent turing off there phone...you know cause it is more important to say Screw You airline and flight attendant than it is to actually just shut the thing off.

Absolutely not. Way back in the old analog phone days, there was a SLIGHT change of a TINY bit of interference if using an analog phone near some of the oldest navigational radios, but it's not the slightest concern now.

pierre shags 11-16-2013 09:14 AM

I have a fancy poolhall and restaurant. Check out the 'virtual reality' 360 degree shots on the website. And if interested in James Joyce, the page "art in the bistro."

PeacockBilliards.com

BruceH 11-16-2013 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pierre shags (Post 372563)
I have a fancy poolhall and restaurant. Check out the 'virtual reality' 360 degree shots on the website. And if interested in James Joyce, the page "art in the bistro."

PeacockBilliards.com

I wish I had know about this 2 months ago! My wife and I were in Victoria! Oh well, next time! Looks like a great place:cheers:

Stroked & Blown 11-16-2013 10:11 AM

Pool flotation device tester & amateur mixologist.

Muskie 11-16-2013 01:37 PM

Brew-master at a major Canadian Brewery.

cardiffgiant 11-16-2013 03:20 PM

I manage a team that does process and profitability improvement for a regional bank. I also have a couple of income properties.

Johnny Danger 11-16-2013 03:39 PM

Update: I just agreed to a position as director of public relations for 'Family Circle' magazine.

Johnny Danger 11-16-2013 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pierre shags (Post 372563)
I have a fancy poolhall and restaurant. Check out the 'virtual reality' 360 degree shots on the website. And if interested in James Joyce, the page "art in the bistro."

PeacockBilliards.com

Pierre Shags - best name on the forum. :)

pierre shags 11-16-2013 04:12 PM

Pierre Shags = Shags Pierre = Shakespere

"Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money."
This quote comes from "After the Race' in The Dubliners by James Joyce.

Black Stallion 11-16-2013 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 372501)
What do you teach? My wife is an Anthropologist / Bio-Archeologist.

I'm a mathematics professor. Taught for seven years in the high school, and moved on to college. This is just my second year, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it.

Timco 11-16-2013 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Stallion (Post 372621)
I'm a mathematics professor. Taught for seven years in the high school, and moved on to college. This is just my second year, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it.

I'm glad someone understands the lost art of Algebra.

Never made it past the FOIL method. :(

particlewave 11-16-2013 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 372623)
I'm glad someone understands the lost art of Algebra.

Never made it past the FOIL method. :(

Algebra is entertaining ;)

Trigonometry and calculus are just bananas http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/banana.gif http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/...y-emoticon.gifhttp://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/dance.gif

Nine8Six 11-17-2013 01:16 AM

Maths are easy! Few have suicide trying to solve fermat's last theorem :cool:

You got to love it.

Still trying to formulate and solve the odds of those using the sticky 10W40 oils and putting 11" wide wheels on their Boxster. I'm a begginer ;)

evan9eleven 11-17-2013 10:06 AM

Fun thread.

Founder of Norway's second largest craft brewery. So I make people happy for a living.

Pretty sure Haz's paper has written about us a few times. :cheers:

evan9eleven 11-17-2013 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 371994)
How do you afford your Rock N Roll lifestyle?

I own my own company. Most big named buildings downtown are my accounts.

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Holy crap, thats the biggest heat exchanger I have ever seen, assuming thats what it is!

Timco 11-17-2013 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by evan9eleven (Post 372669)
Holy crap, thats the biggest heat exchanger I have ever seen, assuming thats what it is!

1.5 million BTUs of steam, my friend! Looks totally different assembled!

Mark_T 11-17-2013 04:51 PM

Isn't that a single pass multi-section hot water boiler?

Timco 11-17-2013 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark_T (Post 372708)
Isn't that a single pass multi-section hot water boiler?

Yes, but steam. All boilers are sectional. Some big, some small. Same BTU in hot water is a much bigger boiler.

Black Stallion 11-17-2013 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by particlewave (Post 372631)

Haha! Trigonometry and calculus are what make our cars run so well! :)

Atomicblue99 11-17-2013 07:42 PM

I work for the government.
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evan9eleven 11-18-2013 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 372706)
1.5 million BTUs of steam, my friend! Looks totally different assembled!

I'll bet. Our bigger brewery has a 750kW boiler which is probably good for 900kg/hr steam. We run 1 bar or 4 bar pressure depending on the application. Since all our power is hydro, its also a reasonably green way to brew beer! :-)


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