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Bret
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Bret 12/28/2014 11:13am
12/28/2014 11:13am
Technical Writer, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
jeffro503
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St Helens, OR, USA
jeffro503 12/28/2014 11:16am
12/28/2014 11:16am
I run a little Remodel / Drywall business here in the NW. And like any small business it can fluctuate up and down a lot. Even though I go through some rough times when the economy slows down.....it's nice not having to punch someone else's time clock.

I had a choice when I got out of high school........Remodeler or brain surgeon.......I thought " Pfft!.....I'm definitely going into the more lucrative , high paying remodel work....I think it will pay more ". I may of made the wrong choice. Smile
Joko
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Haddam, CT, USA
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Joko 12/28/2014 11:16am
12/28/2014 11:16am
I'm a manufacturing engineer for Pratt & Whitney aircraft for the past 25 years. Been a great career, we repair all the engine parts for service re-use. Get involved in with work instructions, repair part design, metallurgy, high end welding processes, machining, plasma coating for dimensional restoration, inspection processes/not, relations with union laborers, airline customers, various salary support groups...all started getting interested in mx, taking bikes apart & maintaining and hop-ups.
VicDaMoan03
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Los Lunas, NM, USA
VicDaMoan03 12/28/2014 11:22am
12/28/2014 11:22am
Contracts manager for a defense contractor. Got my bachelors in business/accounting. Never used the accounting aspect through. It's a good job but can be boring. It's strictly office work and it find myself wishing I did something out of the office, in the field.

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Cygnus
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Hanover, CO, USA
Cygnus 12/28/2014 11:24am
12/28/2014 11:24am
I Own a private motocross club. I also grow medical marijuana but since the new legal recreational laws it's really a shitty business. Trying to find something new to do with my time. The track business sucks to.
nytsmaC
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Frig Off, CA
nytsmaC 12/28/2014 11:27am
12/28/2014 11:27am
Trucking business. One truck, one contracted customer (big courier company), one part-time employee. I do a scheduled overnight run, I'm home every day but it's a 13-14 hour a day job. After the truck maintenance and minimal office work it's a 70+ hr per week gig. I have a big shop so I try to do as much of my own wrenching as I can, but that can get overwhelming too. I do like my free time.

My part timer relieves me of two shifts every 2nd week otherwise I'd have no life at all. It's not glamorous but I can't make this kind of money doing anything else. I'm ready to look for a 2nd relief driver to shorten my other weeks though. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
mxdude105
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mxdude105 12/28/2014 11:29am
12/28/2014 11:29am
Nursing grad student (MSN/RN).

Worked in finance for a big investment firm shortly after getting my undergrad degree...chained to a desk 55 hrs a week, absolutely miserable. Dunno how people do it, but the money's great if you're willing to deal with the BS.
steed 2.0
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Brabant, NL
steed 2.0 12/28/2014 11:31am
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DNietsche 12/28/2014 11:34am
12/28/2014 11:34am
Emergency Manager for a state emergency management agency. I love my job, but I work three stories underground so that messes with my head sometimes.
mx317
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mx317 12/28/2014 11:51am
12/28/2014 11:51am
I started as a motorcycle mechanic, became service manager, then owned my own Husky shop for a while. I went back to school and started teaching which evolved into becoming a principal which I have been for the last 7 years.
Bultaco
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Bultaco 12/28/2014 11:53am
12/28/2014 11:53am Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 11:53am
FAA Air Traffic Operations. 27 years. 8 years of it talking to airplanes, 11 years as a Navigation/Comm tech, 1 year at headquarters in software interfaces, 7 years in operations control at Boston Center and now management.

Before that. numerous of jobs in the motorcycle and ski business. Flying with Fish and Wildlife in Alaska, building airplanes at Cessna Wallace in Wichita. etc etc.

Bachelors in CS from Kansas State.

And I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. 8~ )
look out below
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look out below 12/28/2014 11:54am
12/28/2014 11:54am
I do nothing but sit on my ass and watch hockey and collect welfare, food stamps and child support. All while pecking away at VitalMX.com.












Sike, I am a welder for a railroad.
scooter5002
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Nanton Alberta, CA
scooter5002 12/28/2014 11:56am
12/28/2014 11:56am
Fluid Relocation Technician, specializing in the Movement of Bitumen and Hydrogen Oygen materials. A fancy way of saying I haul oil and water, but I had to dress it up some. In some pretty heavy company here. Wink
malachi177
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malachi177 12/28/2014 11:57am
12/28/2014 11:57am
Journeyman Cabinet Maker for 25 years. Currently re-fit Cruise ships....mainly Holland America and Royal Princess.
MR. X
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MR. X 12/28/2014 11:58am
12/28/2014 11:58am
Tool and Die maker
Old Mate
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Old Mate 12/28/2014 12:00pm
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25yrs of mx coaching, now have my own training facility.
mxpaul802
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Cape Coral, FL, USA
mxpaul802 12/28/2014 12:02pm
12/28/2014 12:02pm
Locomotive Engineer since 1999

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Motoxdoc
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Motoxdoc 12/28/2014 12:05pm
12/28/2014 12:05pm
Bret wrote:
Technical Writer, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
Hey, do you know my buddy "Flyin Flynn"?
Jarid332
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Somewhere north of Toronto, CA
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Jarid332 12/28/2014 12:06pm
12/28/2014 12:06pm
Bear trainer
Xracerdone
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Denver, CO, USA
Xracerdone 12/28/2014 12:06pm
12/28/2014 12:06pm
Pre-Construction manager for a large contractor. Bullshitted my way in at a young age / got lucky & learned as I went.
Suns_PSD
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Suns_PSD 12/28/2014 12:09pm
12/28/2014 12:09pm
Cool professions by many.
I have a useless BS from UT in Biology, that was 7 years down the drain!
I sell Kenworth trucks and I enjoy the business and the customers greatly.
Motoxdoc
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Motoxdoc 12/28/2014 12:09pm
12/28/2014 12:09pm
Old Mate wrote:
25yrs of mx coaching, now have my own training facility.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/12/28/75259/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
25yrs of mx coaching, now have my own training facility.
That dirt looks too good to be true....did you photo shop fluffy goodness and texture into that pic?
Markopolo400
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Markopolo400 12/28/2014 12:10pm
12/28/2014 12:10pm
Manufacturing Engineer for a Powersports OEM in MN. Leaving that in a couple weeks to be in Product Engineering at 3M. Working on toys all day was fun, but honestly the sense of normality around having toys whenever I wanted kinda took the fun out of them.

Mech Eng by degree.
Tumblin
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Tumblin 12/28/2014 12:14pm
12/28/2014 12:14pm
I sell my meat. Always promoting its "features and benefits" I'll often provide a sample or hook 'em up with a demo. Im currently working 3 states... It can be draining.
downard254
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downard254 12/28/2014 12:18pm
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Business degree, now run the family business 3 generations later. Construction, primarily water and wastewater plant as well as utilities installation. I'm small now and it's a 7 day a week job, but I love building things. Also have several trucks, crane certification, sandblasting and painting, metal fabrication, any and all concrete work, excavation. You name it, I'll do it. Starting another business this month for mining and equipment sales.

Edit: Oh, and my sisters came up with our company moto years ago, "Your shit's our bread and butter"
ATKpilot99
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ATKpilot99 12/28/2014 12:20pm
12/28/2014 12:20pm
CNC Machinist
brimx153
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brimx153 12/28/2014 12:20pm
12/28/2014 12:20pm
artist , mainly do portraits .but get to do motor bike one every now and then to , have done them for, Everts , RV2,JS7, RC ,Tyla Rattray, tommy Searle , jamie dobb, crockstar, and a good few more Smile
Old Mate
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Old Mate 12/28/2014 12:21pm
12/28/2014 12:21pm
Old Mate wrote:
25yrs of mx coaching, now have my own training facility.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/12/28/75259/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
25yrs of mx coaching, now have my own training facility.
Motoxdoc wrote:
That dirt looks too good to be true....did you photo shop fluffy goodness and texture into that pic?
Me photoshop,lol. I'm an mx coach, I can barely turn a computor on let alone do stuff like that.. This is how it is.
Bret
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Bret 12/28/2014 12:21pm
12/28/2014 12:21pm
Bret wrote:
Technical Writer, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
Motoxdoc wrote:
Hey, do you know my buddy "Flyin Flynn"?
The nickname doesn't sound familiar.

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