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General Categories => Non Gun Stuff => Topic started by: gsd on August 09, 2011, 05:22:09 PM
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Just curious, I know that we all love the guns.
So how do you support our nasty little habit?
I for one work as a maintenance tech at my apartment complex while going to school full time. I'm also a Project Development Manager for a non profit, (that doesn't count, i volunteer).
Your turn, if you wish.
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Stealing from my daughter's piggybank and digging through my wife's purse.
When that doesn't pan out I work for a small software company doing support, installation, sales, QC....pretty much everything but coding it.
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Elementary teacher
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I am a 5 time ASE certified Master Auto Technician, and I have been fixing cars in Lincoln since 1967.
Graduated from Milford, NE tech college in 1974 with an associates degree in Automotive technology
For many years I worked a family suspension and alignment business with my Dad.
Then I spent 10 years in the general repair field, specializing in drive-ability problems and electrical diagnosis in the then new computerized engine controls area.
For 20 of those years I specialized in rebuilding automatic transmissions and transaxles.
Now I am back in the general repair business and still do transmission rebuilding.
And in my spare time I play with guns and computers
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I am a lead check airman for a "Fractional" jet company. "Fractionals" are similar to time-shares in condos. You buy part of a jet (one sixteenth, one eighth, one fourth, one half, etc.), pay a monthly management fee for the privilege of owning the jet, and then pay an hourly rate for the time you are flown in the plane. Or, if you don't have the extra $3.5 million to buy half of a small jet, you could just lay down $100K and that would get you 25 hours in the same plane.
My job is to give checkrides to the check airman who give checkrides to the line pilots. Thus my user name and my usual signature "Fly".
Fly
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Computer geek working for the Man. ::) At this point I've been working in the real world for about 25 years.
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i work in television.
in my spare time i support the ATF through purchasing their cool stamps. :)
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Fix them CT and MRI thingys.
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Work full time now and for the rest of my days to support what "The Regime" and Congress have enacted into law..... And Lorimor is not being completely honest. He works on MRIs and CTs part time, and is a full time student at Thunder Ranch. :P
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I am an estimator/ project manager for a commercial electrical contractor in the Omaha area. Been working with electrical in one way or another for about 14 years. And I make leather holsters and mag pouches in the little bit of spare time I have.
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Every night at 11:30 I arrive at a factory and push a couple buttons. Then put
round round reels and in square cylinders. For 15yrs before I turned wrenches, but then decided I wanted a paycheck and some benefits.
(edited: someday I will learn to be fully awake before trying to communicate words and such)
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I am a Sr. Customer Service Rep for a scientific instrument manufacturer.
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I am a Wildlife Biologist and currently specialize in wildlife hazards at airports. I try to keep the skies safe for all who fly, which I guess includes On the Fly. But my greatest pleasure is protecting those that protect us.
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Commodity Relocation Specialist (Truck Driver)
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Ram....my sister-in-law's brother does the same down in Oklahoma i.e. Tinker AFB, etc. Ultimate man job in my opinion...especially the supressed 10-22.
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For the last 35 years, I have been in the Automotive Parts Business.
2 years at a Warehouse Distributor, then to a family owned New Car Dealership. Like Dan W, seen alot of changes over the years. Some good, some not so good.
In my spare time, I try to suck some braincells out of the local gunshop owner.
If that doesn't work, I try to con him to take me to the range. ;D :P
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Bullit,
I looked his name up in our directory and his name doesn't ring a bell right off, but if I saw him I would probably know him. I know several of the folks in Oklahoma. As I always say it is a small world especially in my agency. And yes the supressed toys are fun, my .223 should be back from Remington next week.
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sounds like i'm a youngster lol. 35 years here, 25 yrs there, at least we agree on guns:)
I kid, i kid. Being a college student at 28 is culture shock for me, the way some of these 17-18 yr olds act is rediculous.
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Been in the motorcycle business all my life. I am 66 and my family`s shop has been in business for 64 years. We sold machines for 50 years and now I just do service & repairs and shoot at my own range just out my backdoor. Fun life
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I just got my bachelor in business administration (marketing). Until I find a job, I work in an obscure line of defense in the war on terror: security guard.
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Full time Dad (5 kids and now a foreign exchange student for the next 8-10 months) and Part time wood floor contractor ....... though lately, "part" has changed to "most" ...... been busier than a one legged man at an arse kickin' contest...... and I have several hundred rounds of practice ammo to load this week for the kiddoes to tune up for deer season...... and now more car repairs..... it never ends, or even slows down.
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Full time Dad (5 kids and now a foreign exchange student for the next 8-10 months) and Part time wood floor contractor ....... though lately, "part" has changed to "most" ...... been busier than a one legged man at an arse kickin' contest...... and I have several hundred rounds of practice ammo to load this week for the kiddoes to tune up for deer season...... and now more car repairs..... it never ends, or even slows down.
Just curious JimP...where is your exchange student from? Wondering if they are dumfounded by your firearms.
Fly
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Italy, Pisa area.......and has expressed interest in joining the HS Trap Team.
Never shot a gun in her life, but is "willing to learn"......
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Assistant restaurant manager, job sucks and the hours are terrible, but thats okay the pay is worse ;D
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Italy, Pisa area.......and has expressed interest in joining the HS Trap Team.
Never shot a gun in her life, but is "willing to learn"......
Well then she has the right attitude about it then, and definitely ended up with the right hosts...
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Radio.....on air & program director for a network of stations in NE, KS & SD.
Barely enough $ to support this habit though :o ......married off two daughters in the last 13 months & counting the days my shooting-partner-friend-son gets back home from Afghanistan!
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I am a pastor and men's ministry leader here in the Heartland! There are a number of "Pistol Packin' Pastors" around and I am one of them! ;D
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For many years I did carpentry work, remodeling, finish work, cabinetry. I have my own cabinet shop at my home.
Then the homebuilding business went to $#*t and I was forced to look for a real job.
I worked for a while as a security person, and now am an operations tech for a large corn plant. My particular job involves making artificial sweetners out of corn sugar/dextrose.
No, I do not miss the woodworking trade, but I sometimes miss being my own boss.
The hardest thing about shutting down a small business was getting the State off my back. Workforce Development, Contractor Licensing, Sales Tax etc. I would think I had told them all I was done, then I would get another notice from Lincoln and have to call, or send some notorized form in.
What a PITA..
Greg58
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I'm a major incident analyst, which means I help get things back on track for my company when things stop working. My team is located almost entirely in the UK and India, so I rarely ever hear an American accent during my working days. It's not glamorous work, but it pays the bills pretty handily so I keep doing it until I can find something that I don't hate quite as much but still pays as well. :)
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I am a librarian. Been doing that for since 04.
Rod
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I am a storekeeper/purchasing agent/water operator for a small city in central Nebraska. Basically I answer the phone all day, and make sure that the crews have the supplies and tools they need for the jobs they do.
I am also the father of an awesome 2 year old boy, and have been married to a great shooter/wife for 11 years already.
For fun, its cowboy action shooting, reloading, and lots of leatherwork. I have a small side business building leather holsters. Most of what I do is cowboy action related, but have been branching out into the modern world a little bit recently. What I really enjoy doing is recreating vintage 1800s holsters, and using the same techniques that our ancestors used. (<---strange, but true)
Rt
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I'm the sole IT Systems Administrator at a local company. If it's related to technology it likely falls under my domain. As you can imagine, some days are quite hectic. Others are easy and laid back. Really depends on what the heck people managed to break! Haha.
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I'm currently an unemployed Network\Systems Administrator, so if you know of someone that is looking for an excellent IT guy in the Omaha area, I'm it. Just pm me.
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I work for a printing co. in Lincoln. I'm one of a couple guys that do it all (print, bind, and warehousing).
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I'm a retired Air Force First Sergeant. After that I worked in security for 12 years, the latter 6 as an armed officer/trainer/manager. Followed that with 4 years as an Over-The-Road driver of semi tractor trailer on the national board for two major companies. Drove in all of the 48 contiguous states. Been fully retired since Feb 2008.
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Thanx for your Service Greybeard.
Side note: you riding tomorrow? I'll be the sorry sucker in the cage. :(
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Thanx for your Service Greybeard.
Side note: you riding tomorrow? I'll be the sorry sucker in the cage. :(
Second that.
and also, not riding tommorrow, financials would not allow it. Spirit rides with all who arrive to pay thier respects to the young PO1 that gave his life in service of his country.
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I perform field service for a distributor of this equipment.
http://www.shimadzu.com/products/medical/index.html (http://www.shimadzu.com/products/medical/index.html)
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Correction: Her mother lives in Trieste now, and that's where she went to school last year.
We'll be going shooting Sunday..... this should be great!
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Have been turning wrenches since 91-before that I fired cannons for the Army
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I fired cannons for the Army
Me, too ..... once upon atime...... I miss it so....
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Can I get a cannon report?
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Can I get a cannon report?
M110a2 8" SP, introduced in 1963, phased out shortly after the Gulf War (I)...... with zone 9 powder charge (88 lbs!) the report was ...... impressive. The most accurate piece in the US inventory, capable of Delta Hotels on 8' (eight foot!) diameter pylons at 25,000+ meters .......
I also crewed M109a3/a4's ..... faster to emplace, and armored (sorta) ..... more manuever friendly than the M110a2, with a 6,400 mil field of fire ...... but could not hold a candle to the 8" in the Gunnery dept. ..... kind of like a minor caliber trade musket compared to a .58 civil war sniper rifle......
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BOOOOOOMMMMMMM Sir!
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Buddy of mine is artillery, i always rib him about being a trained monkey:) (Pull string, go boom, get banana)
Course, he's Army and I Was Air Force lol
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This is UK artillery using the M110a2 back in '91 .......
UK M110 Artilery in action Gulf War 1991 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfcVG8mu_s#)
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I spent a number of years chasing wooly-boogers for the USAF (Security Police), and sort of bounced around for a while (close to 20 years) after that. Now I am back in federal service, working for the agency that everyone loves to hate (even some of the folks here), TSA. The pay is fair, the hours suck, and the benefits are great. Now, if they would just let me have more time off for hobbies….
Ron
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Moved here from Germany 10 Years ago, worked in High End Audio / Video.
Now i am back in the IT World, Running a small Datacenter and take care of Customers IT Stuff.
I am getting pretty tired of it.
On the side i run a Web Hosting business, so if someone needs web hosting, 25% off for NFOA Members.
Oh, and before i forget, my Gun Website http://gunsunited.com (http://gunsunited.com)
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In my Day Job I Ruin Bright Young Minds at the University.
They enter the Institution as Freshmen, full of Wonder and Hope and Eager for Learning. Well, we pound that stuff out of them in a hurry. If you've ever attended college, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
[I also hold science classes for a 4th grade class each year. All I gotta do is clear my throat and hands shoot up like ripe beanstalks all over the place.]
However, by the time I get them as Grad Students, they won't even look up when I pose a question to the class. Guess my colleagues and I are doing something right.
In atonement, for the Greater Improvement of Society, I teach Nebraska Handgun Safety and Training Course classes [NO--it ain't Concealed Carry of Weapons (CCW), it's Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP)]. Plus a buncha NRA classes, NE Hunter Education, and other fun stuff. And you can bet that those folks stay awake in class. And They Ask the Really Good Questions.
sfg
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Destroyer of minds, eh.
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Kinda Looks Like It........
But not on purpose. It's the system [that I deeply love and willingly serve]. But still, the university academic system could benefit mightily from some serious ground-up reform.
Back in the Sixties and Seventies it looked like the kids were going to take the universities apart and then put them back together again, but get it right this time.
However, about all we got out of it was teacher evaluations and not much more.
I've only got another year or two to go before hanging it up. Already way overdue.
And don't be fooled by my avatar. That picture was taken at MCRD, San Diego in February, 1953.
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Hmmm. Maybe we're less alike than I thought. I'm still ready to take the system apart.
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Just curious, I know that we all love the guns.
So how do you support our nasty little habit?
I for one work as a maintenance tech at my apartment complex while going to school full time. I'm also a Project Development Manager for a non profit, (that doesn't count, i volunteer).
Your turn, if you wish.
I'm an attorney working in the executive branch of state government.
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I am a librarian. Been doing that for since 04.
Rod
Nice! I used to run the research library at the Mises Institute (http://mises.org (http://mises.org)). Started in '04 and left in '07 to go to law school.
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I have my own trucking business pulling containers areound the midwest-NE, IA, KS, MO, SD, and Chicago occasionally. I also custom feed around 3000 hogs/yr and have a few acres to play on. After big brother shut down the horse packers a few yrs ago and the market tanked, I started selling off the horse business. Still have a few left, but might keep them since they are wifey's and my favorites.
Somewhere in there I try to find a little time for some USPSA and 3 gun matches. I do all the reloading over the winter so I don't have to be inside during the summer. My wife is unemployed and can't seem to find a decent job withing driving distance, so that has put a big pinch on shooting finances. :(
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Full time business student and pre-mortuary science. 8)
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Behavior Modification Specialist - doing a thankless job over three decades for
taxpayers and local custodians of public office that treat us like a necessary evil.
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Work for American Amusements. Programmer (device drivers, api's, networking code, database stuff, mostly C/asm). Also a DBA and linux systems administrator here.
The primary product that we produce / have produced that ya'll might be familiar with would be Bankshot (the skill game in bars and such).
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Former house framer/finisher/ roofer/mason/plumber/electrician/excavator/landscaper/fast food cook/cashier/insulator/painter/snow remover/assembler/machinist and now a mentor for LPS highly gifted students in math and drivers ed instructor (both part time). Sounds like a lot of jobs, but that didn't even cover all of them. Still, I was an electrician for four years in the navy, in construction with the same company for 12 years, and a machinist for 18 years before being laid off (company closed their Lincoln facility). The other jobs were pretty much filling in the gaps. I wanted to become a professional leather worker, but it's hard to find people willing to pay enough (to make it profitable) for good quality hand-tooled leather goods.
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Well I'm 5 month short of 25 years with Hobart sales and service,I was a technician for 11 years,service manager for 10 years and almost finished with 4 years in sales,we also have the Frisco brand seasoning store in our Hobart office and have a custom blending company in the south half of our building.So if you need stuff to process or seasoning to make your wild game tasty we probably have it. go to our website at Friscospices.com and you can order on-line or stop at 10905 Harrison street,just a mile east of Cabela's and you will find better stuff. ;)
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Thirty Six years in power generation. Gas turbines, steam turbines, diesel gen sets, wind turbines and all of the neat stuff that keeps them going. Operations, maintenance and regulatory compliance included. Looking forward to retiring in a few years so I can ride my bikes and shoot even more.
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probably one of the younger guys here.
Been an industrial electrician since graduating from milford in '07
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probably one of the younger guys here.
Been an industrial electrician since graduating from milford in '07
Welcome, been in the electrical field myself for many years.
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Recently left my job at the country's largest privately held bank and started an outsourced sales company. We provide a virtual sales force for technology and financial services companies.
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Recently left my job at the country's largest privately held bank and started an outsourced sales company. We provide a virtual sales force for technology and financial services companies.
Interesting...we will have to sit down and you can tell me about it.
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Interesting...we will have to sit down and you can tell me about it.
Give me a call some time.
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Material Handler at Lincoln Industries. And then still taking classes, going for my bachelors in business.
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I work for a firm that designs and programs railroad crossings (the electronics\instrumentation that makes them work) and the new Positive Train Control (PTC) system that the government has now stated every track must be compatible with by 2015.
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Nice! I used to run the research library at the Mises Institute (http://mises.org (http://mises.org)). Started in '04 and left in '07 to go to law school.
Sweet. Met any of the more well-known individuals of the Austrian school?
I myself am a graduating senior (December) of Mechanical Engineering. No job lined up... so if anyone knows of any work, let me know.
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Sweet. Met any of the more well-known individuals of the Austrian school?
Sure. I worked for/with Lew Rockwell, Jeff Tucker, and Mark Thornton pretty much every day, and at various conferences and during their scholarly visits to LvMI I met (and in some cases became friends with) Bob Murphy, Hans Hoppe, Walter Block, Roger Garrison, Ralph Raico, Joe Salerno, Tom Woods, Stephan Kinsella, Ron Paul, Tom DiLorenzo, David Gordon, Guido Hulsmann, Peter Klein, Jeff Herbener, Roderick Long, Bill Anderson, Bob Higgs, George Reisman, and others.
Who did you have in mind?
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I make beer for a living.
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Sure. I worked for/with Lew Rockwell, Jeff Tucker, and Mark Thornton pretty much every day, and at various conferences and during their scholarly visits to LvMI I met (and in some cases became friends with) Bob Murphy, Hans Hoppe, Walter Block, Roger Garrison, Ralph Raico, Joe Salerno, Tom Woods, Stephan Kinsella, Ron Paul, Tom DiLorenzo, David Gordon, Guido Hulsmann, Peter Klein, Jeff Herbener, Roderick Long, Bill Anderson, Bob Higgs, George Reisman, and others.
Who did you have in mind?
That's awesome. I'm familiar with a lot of those names as I catch lectures they post on YouTube occasionally.
I suppose more specifically Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Bob Murphy, and Ron Paul are names I'm more familiar with. I look up to these people and greatly appreciate the work that they do to educate others on economics.
It's good to see someone of your background working in law.
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I'll play. I work in the IT department of a manufacturing company here in Lincoln. Also go to Southeast Community College as a full time student. And lastly, when I am not slaving away to pay my bills, I am a Father of three wonderful boys and the luckiest Husband on the planet.
Those are my 3 jobs. ;D
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Neeco, i too am at SCC, finishing up my marketing/business administration degree this quarter. I'm the gimp in a wrist cast and ankle boot at the moment:)
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Neeco, i too am at SCC, finishing up my marketing/business administration degree this quarter. I'm the gimp in a wrist cast and ankle boot at the moment:)
:ouch:! Furthering education is a fantastic thing! I am typically there nights, as my work requires me to be there during the day, for some reason.
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I thought I responded to this before...I guess it's an age thing ???
I am a pastor in Ashland, and the director of the Heartland Men of Faith which offices in Omaha. I want men to come alive to who God wants them to be...not bored nice guys siting in the pews!I am one of the many pastors with CHPs and don't understand why the government won't let me exercise 2A inside my work place. How can I protect my "flock" if the need were to arise. I do believe Jesus endorsed the carrying of a personal protection device...do you know where? ;)
Also an old Marine, OTR trucker, Motorcoach operator, scuba diver, and have done many things on the "Man's Bucket List" I hope to pick up my new addition tonight from Rod Moeller...an XDM 4.5 Bi-tone 40 :D ;D ;)
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Thought I did too.
Full time student going for a bachelors in CJ. GI bill and investments make it so I don't have to work, but I still do occasionally for an electrician and a rancher down by Beatrice (family). I'm also a landlord, an EMT, and the army reserves keeps me around as a training adviser. Teach a few classes a year to civilians, but that is much more a hobby than a moneymaker (link in sig line)
Wanting to eventually end up in a rural assignment with the State Patrol or as a deputy on a rural sheriff's department. Don't care for the city, can't wait to get out.
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Wallace, you and i should get together one of these days...i foresee much coffee and many stories from the both of us.
Maybe we should do an NFOA-wide meet and greet...