This has been very interesting reading.  A few of you have surprised me (perhaps Sharke the most), and it was enlightening to see how many of you work in the computer/technical field.
 
I'm a psychologist.  I do it because I hope, in some way, I can help people.

Used to be here under a different name a few years ago but lost my password and the email that went with it was gone so I have lurked for the past few years. With upgrading to platinum I had to get a new profile so I can post again. In my 20's I worked 3rd shift buffing and refinishing floors (as well as moving the bodies and a host of other things) and getting into trouble at the local hospital. You wouldn't believe what goes on in places like that after hours. Had a lot of fun, made some good friends and earned just enough money to pay the bills. At 30 I had enough of 3rd shift and barely scraping by. After that I went into full time ministry (which really wasn't part of my plan but I enjoy it) and I have been a pastor for the past ten years. I have always been able to make some money off of my music and 3 years ago was able to score a film. That was certainly a highlight for me. I hope to be able to do some more work of that nature in the future. Cool reading about everyone. Good thread.

I am retired now and grow most of our fruit,vegies,herbs,poultry and eggs.
we are solar powered,collect our own water,cut our own firewood for heating and hot water and dispose of all our waste which all take up most of the day.
I left school at 17 to work on the grain harvest for a few years and got into the transport and inventory side and spent the next 30 years off and on designing materials handling distribution and inventory systems,12 hour days living on coffee and egg n becan sandwiches.
I ended up in NJ in 91 ,on contract, amortising company assets using Lotus 123 on an IBM36 mainframe got sucked into the widespread habit of artificially extending your working day,wigged out and did a runner home and built this house out of local stone which became the worlds first off grid recording studio using an 8 channel Hoontek card and with the help of Beagle and others upgraded to an industry standard studio around 95,when I joined the CH.
I used to record allcomers but these days I concentrate on young musicians although they are invariably broke and most of it is pro bono.I could probably get more work but I am a dinosaur and only record live-which means I do a lot of demo work for bands to send to the venue bookers as they need to know if you can cut it onstage as opposed to your cd.
there is an awesome DW kit still setup in the drum room from the weekends recording so this morning I am hoping to nail a drum track with it although I can only drum for about 20 minutes these days so that gives me at least 3 or 4 takes.
its a song about forums so all being well I hope to do guitar,bass and vocals today and maybe get it it up on the songs forum whilst the topic is still relevant.  
cheers
tony
 

here`s the kit:
 
http://s1119.photobucket.com/user/webbshillstudio/media/PB160017.jpg.html?o=0

webbs hill studio
here`s the kit:
 
http://s1119.photobucket.com/user/webbshillstudio/media/PB160017.jpg.html?o=0

Nice!

Found a pic of my old "office" - this was taken during a week of hell - I was sick as a dog and pulling double shifts. Wouldn't have been possible if I weren't working from home.
 

 
Spreadsheets everywhere... 
 

NyQuil and spreadsheets, NyQuil and spreadsheets...goes together like a horse and carriage. 

All jokes aside I once worked as a...... decided that was a dumb thing to reveal on a forum as I was typing

dubdisciple
All jokes aside I once worked as a...... decided that was a dumb thing to reveal on a forum as I was typing

ha-I have only 500 posts in 9 years because I was concerned about incriminating myself and offending others but these days I don`t think anyone really cares if you choose pot over booze or other drugs as long as you are functioning and effective.
the political climate is changing rapidly here and with decriminalisation now only a stroke of the pen away it`s amazing just how many ordinary people as well as " celebrities" are fessing up to the after dinner doobie.
cheers
tony

purveyor of noise.