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  • R RickRoc

    What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

    Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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    Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, sheet rock, paint, concrete, roofing, trim, tile, wood floors, A/C, window replacement, computer hardware and programmer! I'm a one stop shop! Mike

    Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. "George Carlin

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      I prefer VHDL... :)

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      Ah the Pascal of hardware description languages... Too verbose for my tastes. :-D -- Ian

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      • F Fernando A Gomez F

        I'm a professional beer drinker.

        Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

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        Paul Conrad
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        That too :-D

        "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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        • R RickRoc

          What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

          Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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          Paul Conrad
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          Computer Science instructor...

          "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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          • R RickRoc

            What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

            Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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            Rollerblading of course... sadly to say it does not pay well. :sigh:

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            • R RickRoc

              What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

              Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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              I make sawdust.

              "Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman

              "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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              • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, sheet rock, paint, concrete, roofing, trim, tile, wood floors, A/C, window replacement, computer hardware and programmer! I'm a one stop shop! Mike

                Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. "George Carlin

                Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]

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                Mike Hankey wrote:

                Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, sheet rock, paint, concrete, roofing, trim, tile, wood floors, A/C, window replacement, computer hardware and programmer!

                We've got a guy coming in a few weeks to replace the floor boards in the upstairs rooms. He's going to take out the mess that is there, put down a ply wood subfloor and then glue and secret nail 80mm tallow boards. He'll then leave it for a few weeks to acclimatise to the moisture level in the house and return to sand and polish. Between the laying and sanding I need to replace all the door trims as the new floor will be about 10mm lower than the exsting. The walls are rendered brick and a lot of the render is "drumy". Any advice on how I can get the old door trims off without disturbing too much of the old lime render? I leart the hard way when painting that drummy render should be left alone!

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                • R RickRoc

                  What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

                  Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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                  Steve Echols
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                  I'm the back end for my wife's cookie company. Do a lot of graphic design, marketing, research, packaging and shipping. Not really a profession, more like "do it or else" type work, and hey, who doesn't like bubble wrap? :-).


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                  • F Fernando A Gomez F

                    I'm a professional beer drinker.

                    Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

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                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                    Are there any openings for me? :-D

                    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      Are there any openings for me? :-D

                      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                      Fernando A Gomez F
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                      Why yes, but to be accepted within the guild you need to provide its members (aka me) with a couple of :beer:. :D

                      Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

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                      • F Fernando A Gomez F

                        Why yes, but to be accepted within the guild you need to provide its members (aka me) with a couple of :beer:. :D

                        Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

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                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                        Here ya go :beer: :beer: Hope I'm into the club.

                        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                          Here ya go :beer: :beer: Hope I'm into the club.

                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                          Fernando A Gomez F
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                          Ah, welcome to the guild. Were them Lion or Golden Eagle?

                          Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

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                          • M MidwestLimey

                            Funny you should ask, I'm a ferret plucker by trade, I just develop software for fun :-)


                            I'm largely language agnostic


                            After a while they all bug me :doh:


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                            GuyThiebaut
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                            Amazing I'm a pheasant plucker, or is that a pleasant... :-O

                            You always pass failure on the way to success.
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                            • R RickRoc

                              What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

                              Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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                              Smithers Jones
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                              engineer in natural sciences. i just stumbled upon programming during my studies and since there are no "real" software developers here (none that did study that stuff), i stayed tuned to it, even though i am just a hobbyist.

                              "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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                                Amazing I'm a pheasant plucker, or is that a pleasant... :-O

                                You always pass failure on the way to success.
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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                GuyThiebaut wrote:

                                I'm a pheasant plucker

                                Dad!

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                                • J Jason Lepack LeppyR64

                                  I'm an live audio technician, lighting tech, and hoping to become a rigger.

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                                  Storm blade
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                                  leppyr64 wrote:

                                  lighting tech

                                  Out of interest, what kind of lighting desks do you use?

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                                  • R RickRoc

                                    What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

                                    Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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                                    balta2ar
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                                    It's not profession but rather hobby: I play piano ;)

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                                    • R RickRoc

                                      What do some of you folks out there do as a side profession besides software development? I'm sure there's got to be some unique ones out there.

                                      Give me ambiguity or give something else!

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                                      Sebastian Schneider
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                                      Well, not exactly a profession, because I don't get paid, but I am a volunteer firefighter. I am SCBA certified, but not a team-leader yet (I don't have the time to do the courses). I also am trained in technical rescue (extraction, etc.). I also used to be a call-center-agent (yes, I was one of the bad buys, but I got fired because I refused to lie) and a technician for hand-held computers (PSION workabout MX, Blackroc P60) which are used to print traffic tickets. (You gotta love cops: One officer dropped his handheld. Instead of getting out of the car, he decided that rolling over it was a better idea. After he finished, he still couldn't get to it from his seat, so he rolled over it AGAIN.)

                                      Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                                        GuyThiebaut wrote:

                                        I'm a pheasant plucker

                                        Dad!

                                        Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                                        My blog | My articles

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                                        GuyThiebaut
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                                        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                        Dad!

                                        To be sung after a beer or two Clickety :-\

                                        You always pass failure on the way to success.
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                                          Mike Hankey wrote:

                                          Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, sheet rock, paint, concrete, roofing, trim, tile, wood floors, A/C, window replacement, computer hardware and programmer!

                                          We've got a guy coming in a few weeks to replace the floor boards in the upstairs rooms. He's going to take out the mess that is there, put down a ply wood subfloor and then glue and secret nail 80mm tallow boards. He'll then leave it for a few weeks to acclimatise to the moisture level in the house and return to sand and polish. Between the laying and sanding I need to replace all the door trims as the new floor will be about 10mm lower than the exsting. The walls are rendered brick and a lot of the render is "drumy". Any advice on how I can get the old door trims off without disturbing too much of the old lime render? I leart the hard way when painting that drummy render should be left alone!

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                                          Mike Hankey
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                                          Josh,

                                          Josh Gray wrote:

                                          Any advice on how I can get the old door trims off without disturbing too much of the old lime render? I leart the hard way when painting that drummy render should be left alone!

                                          I've never worked with "Old Lime Render" but I'm assuming its comparable to plaster that we use here. They put lathe strips on the wall and then trowel on an under layer then a finish layer. In these cases you need a razor knife and a small thin pry bar and a light hammer. You'll have to basically cut out the old trim by taking the razor knife and cut the outside and inside of the trim. Score it real good then gently tap/sometimes rather sharply from the WOOD side force the pry bar between the joint and pry away. As you're prying watch the Rendered side to be sure that it is scored/cut deep enough that you are not harming or pulling anything else with it. In cases like this you have to just be gentle but firm! Thats about the best advice I can give you! But if you have any other questions feel free to ask! Good Luck, Mike

                                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. "George Carlin

                                          Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]

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