What do you do for a living and what are your passions?

[paddy.shadow]

You want the whole story? OK, paper boy, cashier,stock boy,machine trades,U.S. ARMY as an 84 foxtrot...Audio/Visual tech......DJ/Cameraman/editor....voice over...talent...remf......lumberyard...self employed general contractor, broadcast DJ on several central coast radio stations....KZOZ.z93..kwbr95 kbear..roll form operator at a steel roofing place,machinist at cloud co. currently at shalmet as a machinist/fabricator/welder/electrician/mechanic/hydraulics/pneumatics......multiskilled craftsperson.
My passions? Well I dig reading novels and Instruction manuals, Fixing things...,Oh yeah I have an unrelenting passion for shitboxes...you know.. stuff that more well to do people don't have the time or patience to repair or deal with, old Ford trucks, houses, Hondas, apparently similar to y'alls interests! :smilie_happy:

 

[paddy.shadow]

Hi all....I am a cdl driver up here in ythe great white north and have been a driver my whole life cabs limo's tow-trucks you name it so I guess it was just natural for me to end up on bikes as well :mrgreen: . My passions in life are riding and my family and wouldnt change much lol. I have raced stock cars at the local track and would still be doing it but the costs are so high now that it just sucked the life out of it :rant: . I have just bought my next ride (83 gl1100 aspencade) and plan on having a great time with my wife seeing some new sights and meeting new people together.....

great choice for a bike....in my humble opinion.

 

[Bubbahyde]

Hi all....I am a cdl driver up here in ythe great white north and have been a driver my whole life cabs limo's tow-trucks you name it so I guess it was just natural for me to end up on bikes as well :mrgreen: . My passions in life are riding and my family and wouldnt change much lol. I have raced stock cars at the local track and would still be doing it but the costs are so high now that it just sucked the life out of it :rant: . I have just bought my next ride (83 gl1100 aspencade) and plan on having a great time with my wife seeing some new sights and meeting new people together.....

Hey there I noticed you are from London. Are you or where you a CMC member? I live in Brantford we're nieghbours and I also ride a 83 GL1100 Aspencade.

Hope to see you around

Tom

LMAO :smilie_happy: I just sent you nearly the same message in a PM this morning :smilie_happy: :heat: :smilie_happy:
Yes I am CMC out of London (028) And goody once the bike is home I will pick yer brains :smilie_happy:

 

[stratocat]

I have been self employed as an HVAC contractor for the past 27 years. Started out doing a lot of handyman type owrk in aprtment buildings. I did everything from drain cleaning to roof repair. Nowdays I design, install and service residential and light commercial hvac systems. Prior to that I worked as a shop forman for Power Climber Inc. They manufactured swing stage equipment. The stuff window washers dangle from on high rise buildings. Before that just worked at dept stores and as a handyman for apartment complex during college.
My passion has always been music. I played guitar, pedal steel guitar and bass in bands and at my church in worship bands. I did some live sound work and worked as a record engineer for Mystic records in Hollywood. I was never able to make any kind of a living at it but It's a habit I just can't quit.
I've been married 33 yrs and have a son(23) and a daughter (19). We enjoy camping and trout fishing as much as we can.

 

[Andyb]

Hey Stratocat, I noticed that you mention Pedal Steel Guitar and Worship Band in the same sentence. Are you a fan of the Sacred Steel style? It is a rather obscure part of the black gospel music style. Take the energy and incredible spirit of a Black Gospel choir and add in pedal steel played in a bluesy/funky/call-and-response style. If you are not already familiar with it, I suggest The Lee Boys and The Campbell Brothers as a great place to start.

 

[stratocat]

Is'nt that what Robert Randolf doe's. I've seen him on TV and at the Crossroads festival Eric Clapton hosts. No I play pretty much straight country/ country rock style. I'll check out the people you mentioned.

Hey Stratocat, I noticed that you mention Pedal Steel Guitar and Worship Band in the same sentence. Are you a fan of the Sacred Steel style? It is a rather obscure part of the black gospel music style. Take the energy and incredible spirit of a Black Gospel choir and add in pedal steel played in a bluesy/funky/call-and-response style. If you are not already familiar with it, I suggest The Lee Boys and The Campbell Brothers as a great place to start.

 

[Andyb]

Is'nt that what Robert Randolf doe's. I've seen him on TV and at the Crossroads festival Eric Clapton hosts. No I play pretty much straight country/ country rock style. I'll check out the people you mentioned.

Hey Stratocat, I noticed that you mention Pedal Steel Guitar and Worship Band in the same sentence. Are you a fan of the Sacred Steel style? It is a rather obscure part of the black gospel music style. Take the energy and incredible spirit of a Black Gospel choir and add in pedal steel played in a bluesy/funky/call-and-response style. If you are not already familiar with it, I suggest The Lee Boys and The Campbell Brothers as a great place to start.

Robert Randolph comes from the Sacred Steel tradition. As I understand it, he is the first person from that community who crossed over into popular music.

 

[plskthompson1]

I don't know if it was the right guy or not, but I just watched a video of Robert Randolph and the Family Band when the performed on Letterman. I didn't know a pedal steel guitar could sound that way. That was cool.

 

[AApple]

This is getting a bit off topic , but I have seen/heard Robert play...the guy is amazing! He has taken the pedal steel to a whole new level...and he is extremely passionate when he plays.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programing... :mrgreen:

 

[stratocat]

This is getting a bit off topic , but I have seen/heard Robert play...the guy is amazing! He has taken the pedal steel to a whole new level...and he is extremely passionate when he plays.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programing... :mrgreen:

Yes Robert Randolf has exposed everyone to new posibilities for the pedal steel. It appears to me watching him he pretty much plays it as just a steel guitar without much use of the pedals or knee levers. Its a very interesting instrument. There are some guys that play straight ahead bebop jazz that are amazing.

 

[slabghost]

As a teenager I heard Roy Clark actually make a steel guitar talk. I love music.

 

[Five]

18 years now with a major shipping company pays the bills. Motorcycles have always been my number one passion, from the time my dad forbade me ever having one to the day he co-signed the loan on my first one (1984 VF1000F) to the multitude I have owned over the ensuing years. I love to tinker and half-ass restore, currently working on my 1989 ZXR-750 (Asian model ZX-7), having just finished my 1987 CBR 600 F "Hurricane". My oldwing was a half thought that I fell in love with, putting just over 9000 miles on her since purchasing in April. My other passion is firearms. I shoot IPSC and three gun competitions occasionally and love anything that goes bang. And there's beer...I really like beer. Funny, my favorite three things in life really don't mix very well :lol:

 

[toytender01]

:hi: well i don't think i have the time, room nor do you all have the intrest to read a full novel so i will abreviate......I was borne on a cold winter night in the middle of the worst strome that hit the west coast in a hunred years .... NOooo that was a book i read....When I graduated from H/S where I worked on farms and ranches in eastern Oregon (now it must be stated that i was borne here in Sacramento Cal.) in the hay fielde potato fields and did some Cowboying. I graduated from Harper high school in Harper Vally Oregon...AND YES I KNEW ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE HARPER VALLY PTA.... So anyway after school i went to work for the Forest Service.... I had a neat job camped, out for 14 days at a time with 4 days off, or no call to fight fire.. Joined the Army when winter set in and went to Ft. Carson Co. for basic then Ft. Sill Ok. then to Germany for 17months, (while there i set pins in the base Bowlling Ally at night in my off duty time) Ft lewis Wash.for a year... then reinlested for 6 yeaes and went to Radar Repair school at Ft. Monmouth NJ.then to advanced Radar School at Ft. Bliss tx.(while there I was NCOIC of the radar section after graduating from school..also worked part tind in a quicky Mart. Then served a year in Korea, back to texasas a michro wave relay section NCOIC, then to the Precidio of San Francisco as radar maintenance Chief untill the end of my enlistment in 76.. then i went to work at McClellaf AFB in Sacramento for 26 years....I worked on overhaulling Ground Conreol Approach Radars (GCA), Tropo Scatter Radio Communications systems, LORAN navigations systems ,managed automated test systems software procurement and development for the F-111 aircraft,then as program Manager for the F-111 Avionice modernization Program ...Retired in 93 While working at McClellan i worked part time at Radio Shack and later at Chief Auto cParts as manager and assistant manager After i retired i tried my hand at Frneral M/C escort Service plumbing with a large company(as Field supervisor) for 3 years then got a licence to do Handyman work and work part time for a small plumbing contractor. My Hobbies ar m/c racing (Enduro,hare scrambles ,motocross,trail riding and first aid at reces for 20 years) At my age i finaly gave up the racing but still ride trails, still have 4 dirt bikes 600 TT Yamaha, 650 KLR kawasaki , 250 TL Honda :heat: :heat: :yahoo: :whistling: Bob tHAT IS MY STORY AND I AM STICKING TOO IT

 

[mcgovern61]

I was borne on a cold winter night in the middle of the worst strome that hit the west coast in a hunred years .... NOooo that was a book i read

:smilie_happy: :hihihi: :smilie_happy: :hihihi: :thanks: (For the laugh!)

 

[OldWrench]

Well I’ve been away from the forum for a while but love this thread. I’m also in love with the 1100 wings, have two and 83 and an 80. Still restoring the 80 it was a real mess.

I’m a truck mechanic and an A&P mechanic. I run a small truck shop for a major company, and work on aircraft to get flight time, love to fly, can’t afford it much anymore. I grew up in a body shop but got away from that other than doing a little on the side occasionally.

I’m also involved mildly with the CMA and enjoy the group. I use my 83 wing for commuting and weekend rides. Want to start taking more longer trips though. My commute is 90 miles round trip and I ride the wing every day it isn’t raining.

My other passion is photography and video, I’m involved with video production for our church and we are very close to profession level of production. We stream two services every Sunday and have two TV slots during the week. It has been a big learning process for me, especially video/sound editing.

Have a wonderful wife, grown kids that we hardly ever see. Two are career military and both deployed right now. Wife loves to ride almost as much as I do, however she wishes to remain just a passenger.

My other passion is woodworking and restoring antique furniture but we don’t have anymore room for furniture so that has been on the back burner for some time now.

 

[toytender01]

:hi: OLdwrench what part of no. Cal are you in??? I am in Citrus Heights or close to Sacramento.... Bob

 

[OldWrench]

Hi neighbor, I live just outside of Yosemite Park, Coulterville to be exact. Work in the Modesto area.

 

[detdrbuzzard]

after graduating from d.c.h.k ( i'm sure some of you graduated from this school too as they are all across the nation, only the name changed ) i started driving a truck locally and going to school, hvac and hp boilers. robotics and the early days of computers, before they had hard drives i was a programer. learned auto and m/c repair at a very young age, my dad was a licensed mechanic. drove big rigs across country for a few years now i am in new car delivery, been doing that for about four years of the 14 i've been at this job. i like older schwinn bicycles and tinkering with my '79 cobra 429 powered, '86 mustang convertable 5.0, and '93 t-bird 5.0. i usually buy a computer kit and build a new computer every two to three years. i stilll play with my camrea's too

 

[dan filipi]

OH, I love the T-Birds!

 

[Omega Man]

Lots of great posts in this thread. :uparrow: :clapping:

"My" passions are few and simple. I love my family first and foremost, we all seem to help each other through the stuff. I'm a big PC gamer, with Star Trek Online and the Half-Life series and it's variants being my favorites. I've led many teams in many leagues, winning a few championships along the way. Love my rock 'n' roll indoors and out, read a fair bit of horror and sci-fi and of course movies and TV series like True Blood and Sons of Anarchy . Then there is my over the top passion...my 1100. I park it where I can see it on smoke breaks. Some days like today I come up with an excuse to get into the trunk just to start it for a minute... I really liked my 1000 from eleven/twelve years ago, but I don't remember obsessing like this. :blush:

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