OT: What do you do for a living?

[knotheads at mailblocks.com (Ben Carter)]

I'm kinda late on this one but here goes...

I'm in the Air Force (a.k.a. Chair Force, Air Farce) as an E-3.  Got a 
wife and three kids here with me in Germany.  Hate Germany because I 
don't have the funds to really enjoy Europe so I am stuck on base most 
of the time where I can pay for things in USD instead of EURO which is 
kicking the dollar's butt making everything off base 25% more expensive 
than it should be.  Was that a runon sentence?  Anyway, I am glad for 
one thing about my career bringing me here.  SCIROCCOS!  I never saw 
one in the States.  I don't know why, maybe 'cause I was so interested 
in muscle cars.  Well, I'm rambling.  I work on C-130 aircraft that are 
old as dirt.  I specialize on the fuel systems.  Fixing leaks, changing 
pumps and valves, crawling through wing tanks to fix components,  
troubleshooting problems that involve fuel delivery to the engines, and 
so on.  Sounds kinda cool if your not actually doing it.  Just imagine 
taking a bath in kerosene when you have to go in tank.  Never been to 
the desert.  Would like to go so I could feel like I'm serving my God 
and my country instead of playing Halo when the planes aren't broke 
(which is most of the time for us).  I think I'm better at Xbox than 
anything.  Not much else to tell about my employment except that on the 
side I do a little professional complaining.

Tsch?s (Bye in German),
Ben C.


--Honda; Because everyone else is doing it--


-----Original Message-----
From: David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:01:34 -0400
Subject: OT:  What do you do for a living?

   In an effort to strike up some conversation, I am curious what 
everyone does
to keep their VW habit going (and hopefully to keep food on the table 
and the
electric paid)?

   It is prolly well known where I work, but I will offer it 
nonetheless...  I
work in the parts dept of a VW dealership in Oklahoma City, OK.  On the
weekends, I tend to work at a VW shop nearby.  That is where my 
disappointment
called a 'pickup' is, among other sundry VW bits...

   Well, what does everyone else do?  I know Kirsten works for a company 
that
supplies metals, heavy and otherwise, Mark (Mardak) is a 
mechanist/mechanic,
Tonnee is a Dad/student (IIRC), and beyond that I don't know a thing... 
 What do
you do?

David



---Chrome don't get you home.---


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