What do you do?

I drive these for the bus company my Dad owns:
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Mostly school work. Excursions and sports. Occasional adult groups for weddings and cultural events.

Been doing that 6 years now, previously I worked in supermarkets in a somewhat IT related role. I also did all the ticketing and pricing for everything instore.
 
NecroJoe said:
And I'll bet you're uncomfortable. ;) I hate those chairs, but the CEO insisted on them. They are sort of the industry standard for this sort of thing, even though they aren't comfortable. :)

These chairs have been around since the 1950's, and the line was originally designed to be outdoor furniture (which is why the real ones are made of aluminum).
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Yeah, it wasn't great which is why...

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My Herman Miller Aeron chair finally got delivered. So comfy! <3

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(no, not my photo)
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I work in the fabulous world of retail, we all had to go in on our day off today for a "transformation" event. The stores are changing and it culminated in us watching an Obama speech.

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Well at least tonight when you sleep you will "have a dream". :tease:
 
I don't know what to think of that MWF.
 
MWF said:
Seems like NecroJoe and I do pretty much the same thing. I cover the whole spectrum of business requirements but my speciality has always been office furniture. Not at Joe's level perhaps but we've just completed an installation worth roughly $100K and it's looking like there could be add-ons of up to $50K.

Which should more than pay for the Roadtrip this summer. :dance:
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"No dog food for Victor tonight"
 
I drive these:

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And these:

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In the near future these:

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And at some point hopefully these:

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Also I teach/instruct new staff members, consult the management of the company and give some lectures at the taxi driving school.
 
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I have been studying theology for the past 6 years. Next autumn I will finally get my master's degree studies finished. I have specialised in biblical studies, my main research interests being argumentation and rhetorics generally.

At the same time I have done many kinds of temporary jobs. I have been a temporary caretaker/church custodian, built some wooden roof trusses, been a temporary theologian in different places and been an overseer/foreman in a landscaping project.
 
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For some reason I thought you worked in sales of some kind. I also didn't realise those lame transporter jokes I made were somewhat true.

Those are 'regular' S classes for a car services? Any work with Uber?
 
villej said:
I have specialised in biblical studies, my main research interests being argumentation and rhetorics generally.
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What exactly does this entail? Argumentation and rhetoric for what?
 
frankiess said:
What exactly does this entail? Argumentation and rhetoric for what?
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You'd be surprised much much there's in theology that has nothing to do with faith but a lot with argumentation and rhetorics. In fact, anyone studying theology because of his faith in Christ is in for a surprise.
 
Well, when one does scientific analysis for biblical texts, it means that the texts are treated just like any other literary documents. The text is seen as written by somebody to someone(s). Normal literary critical approaches are applied to the text. Rhetorical analysis intends to understant how the text works for its original audience. For example, how it tries to persuade the original reader/hearer, and how the original audience would understand the text. Argumentation analysis is a subsection of rhetorical analysis. Like the name says, it intends to analyze the argumentation structures in the text, by applying modern argumentation theories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_criticism#Rhetorical_criticism

Popular subjects for rhetorical and argumentative analysis are for example Pauline letters. But it can be done to all kinds of text. In my masters thesis I analysed Matthews argumentation in Matt 5: How his potrayal of Jesus structures his argument for banning all oaths. I found the ban intriguing because there is a stark discontinuity and contrast bethween those words and a practice in christian churches and societies.

The plus side also is, that when you learn argumentation and rhetorical theories, you are able to use them in all aspects of your life too, not just on analysing ancient texts. Some well known finnish speaking skills instructors, for example Juhana Torkki, have a PhD in theology and have specialised in rhetorical analysis of the Bible.
 
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I'm a "technical analyst" for a software consulting firm that primarially deals with Epicor ERP software, which is directed towards manufacturers. I've worked with manufacturers that make everything from boats to magnets to big ass fans (literally, the name of the company is Big Ass Fans). I personally manage all of our internal IT - exchange, sharepoint, company hardware, etc. Our VDI infrastructure (Which we use for development) is handled by a contractor (Currently Hyper-V/Xen backbone, he's migrating to 100% VMWare). I also specialize in infrastructure installation, support, and troubleshooting on our software. It's designed with a Microsoft Software Stack, so I work with Server 2003/2008/R2/2012 and SQL Server 2005/2008/2012. I also am our company's helpdesk, as well as being the go-to guy for technical problems for the companies who have a maintenance contract with us. We're a small company (~20 employees + ~30 contractors that work with us a lot) so I wear a lot of different hats.

By far the best part of my job is that I work from home. I set my own hours, and I'm minimally managed. I end up travelling for 6-8 days a month, which is fine with me.

The company is scattered over 3 continents - we only have two offices - a 3-person office in tiny-ass Wytheville, VA for our accounting department, and a larger office in Greensboro, NC where a couple of our developers and the managing parter work. We have employees pretty much all over the continental US, a couple in the Canary Islands, and a few more in New Zealand.

I've only been with the company for ~8 months but I really don't see myself leaving to do anything else in the next 5 years. I's pretty much my dream job.
 
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Bretton Woods said:
For some reason I thought you worked in sales of some kind. I also didn't realise those lame transporter jokes I made were somewhat true.

Those are 'regular' S classes for a car services? Any work with Uber?
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Now what on earth would give you such an idea :blink: ?

Don't know what you mean by "regular" S-classes...S350 CDI LWB is what we have (though the one pictured is an S400 Hybrid, getting the brand new ones in a couple of weeks).

No, nothing to do with Uber even though they are trying to enter Finland (they are already in Stockholm) but I reckon they will have no chance here as we already have a high standard in normal taxis with regulated pricing and then there are companies like ours if you want something a bit more....executive I suppose.
 
By non-regular I was thinking S600, possibly S65 AMG, or even S-Guard.

Why would the Viano be more interesting? I understand the appeal of the bus, but surely that can't be as 'enjoyable' as the cars?
 
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