cool jobs - Page 3

rockrabbit · 16-02-2005, 16:46

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Originally Posted by shiny gem

lol i went to college with a guy who was really big!!! he came into college one day wearing a dress!!! kinda surprised the rest of us!! hes into heavy metal and used to wear black nailvarnish and eyeliner...but id never have put him in a dress!!!

prob just some new goth fashion lol one of the lads in the adelphi dressed up in a red dress and the wig etc at halloween i did have the pic but think now its up in there on show lol

shiny gem · 20-02-2005, 00:22

i think the best job ever would be one where you get paid to do something fun... like review films!!! or be a taste tester for a brewery!!!

chav1 · 20-02-2005, 01:39

i wanna be a boob inspector

i got the hat that says i am one but currently looking for employment

entwisi · 20-02-2005, 06:39

Spent nearly three years selling HiFi's and Video cameras. Most of teh time was spent playing with the kit listening o music.

Then I worked the Pub/restaurant game. That was good except for the crap hours and pay. You meet loads of people and have a laugh.

Now I play with computers all day. Mainly big Unix servers and Java development on WebSphere. Good pay, excellent working environment just 120 miles a day round trip commute.

park381 · 20-02-2005, 08:38

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Originally Posted by entwisi

Now I play with computers all day. Mainly big Unix servers and Java development on WebSphere. Good pay, excellent working environment just 120 miles a day round trip commute.

Wow, thats sum miles in a week, train or car?

entwisi · 20-02-2005, 09:01

Car(Big comfy old Saab) on LPG. +overtime + general running about at weekends means ~700 miles a week.

park381 · 20-02-2005, 09:15

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Originally Posted by entwisi

Car(Big comfy old Saab) on LPG. +overtime + general running about at weekends means ~700 miles a week.

Interesting, what sort of MPG do you get using LPG

entwisi · 20-02-2005, 10:22

On Petrol it did ~32/33 on LPG it gives 24/25. I pay 33p/litre for LPG near where I work. You can get it for 29p/litre at soem Morrisons. I've been on Gas over 5 years now and I'm on my second car.

Ian

park381 · 20-02-2005, 10:53

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Originally Posted by entwisi

On Petrol it did ~32/33 on LPG it gives 24/25. I pay 33p/litre for LPG near where I work. You can get it for 29p/litre at soem Morrisons. I've been on Gas over 5 years now and I'm on my second car.

Ian

So the big saving is on the cost of LPG, is there a difference in performance.

Derek

entwisi · 20-02-2005, 11:30

Not that you would notice in everyday driving. If you stuck it on a Dyno you may find it down ~5%. This is of course on a basic system like mine(mixer not direct injection). The latest kit is superb. A friend who had his car done gets the same mpg and says it feels more powerful on gas. Having said that his kit cost a lot more than mine. However even that kit will pay for itself in just over 12 months at the sort of mileage I do.

Remember they are dual fuel. I can switch to petrol and back at a flick of a switch even whilst driving.

Ian

shiny gem · 20-02-2005, 11:59

cool..... but can i drag my thread back to the original q??? a really bad job i think would be the guy who has to collect semen samples from animals,

park381 · 20-02-2005, 17:17

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Originally Posted by shiny gem

cool..... but can i drag my thread back to the original q??? a really bad job i think would be the guy who has to collect semen samples from animals,

Sorry bout that shiny gem

Where did you find that job then

shiny gem · 20-02-2005, 17:24

lol its ok i dont mind you all going off topic i mean this is a free thought place... the job was on e tv programme ages ago!!! i was retching watching it!!! i mean ewwww who would want to??!!!

park381 · 20-02-2005, 17:26

Cool job, think mine's cool..............retired from the stress & strain December 2003, had enough of the increasing workload..............so no more "alarm clock" wake ups, do as I please when I want.

So I have a little side line, that pays for my holidays, an keeps the grey matter going, but I do the work when I want..........just cool

slinky · 20-02-2005, 17:32

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Originally Posted by rockrabbit

lol i want a job in an office only joking it would drive me mad i want to carry on carving stone but in a proper set up indoors and do more fancy carving which challenges me

i worked for ann summers with tinks, not too bad but not too good either, prefer testing the procucts myself

, but hey went right down to working in care and still doing it now.