Ok, we know now where we most live, what do we do to support our aigun addiction?? Some here must be doctors or lawyers to explain thier extinsive collections. Doctor or Janitor,, Dont matter! Im just a hands on home builder,IE. I do alot of the work myself. I worked at my Late fathers paint & bodyshop for a few years & learened about working metal, welding,painting,custom fabricating (mostly for my Harley!!)ect. My true calling is home building,room additions,repairs ect. I sat behind a desk as a bodyshop manager for a while,,I HATED it! I LOVE what I do and know Im lucky in that respect! So what do you guys do?? Anyone need a new deck built? (I need $$ for airguns!!)LOL.TIM.
I work for the worlds oldest engine manufacturer...
February 2 2008, 5:35 PM
Deutz which is based out of Germany. I perform failure analysis and provide support for our dealers at the corporate offices and in the field. Most of what I deal with revolves around electronic engine management. Lots of travel so I would love to meet up with a few folks now and then. Texas has been a regular trip lately.
Bill, that pic. you always post looks alot like my favorite Clint Eastwood? Are you really that handsome?? That hat works for you,, but the new Disco hat will make you a CHICK magnet!! Of course I will be "needin that hat for chicks & Such!").Tim. LOL.
Tim you seem to mention "breakfast" frequently in your posts. I 'm really glad it's not dinner, movie, and night cap at your house
While going to school I decided to become a police officer. Most of my friends were on the job after high school either in the city (NY) or neighboring towns so I went along with them for fun and took a couple of police tests. When I got the 2nd highest grade on the County police test (98), the phone wouldn't stop ringing. Different towns were trying to recruit me and they even showed up at my parents' house unannounced. My dad kicked one guy out screaming at him: "my son will never become a cop!" As a civil engineer himslef he wanted to see his son become one too.
Shortly after that I had a big fight with my dad about what time was considered too late to come home at night. I did not agree with "midnight" so I packed my things and moved out of the house at 21yrs of age. I was having a hard time attending school and paying for rent. A Police job seemed like a good idea at the time and it paid pretty well. My town had the highest paid cops in the country so I passed the remaining tests and took the job while cutting back my credits to part-time status at school. 3yrs later after getting my engineering degree I left the job and went to work for Morgan Stanley in NYC in their IT dept. Natural progression at the time was to work for IBM (late 80's) so I did. Then moved on to some new IBM/Sears/CBS venture called "Trintex" which was still in the R&D stages. A year later this company went national and known to most people as PRODIGY, the first major Internet on line provider (ISP) that brought the Internet to people's homes as we know it today. Worked there for a few years in the Network group while the whole time I was operating my own computer hardware business building IBM compatible custom PC's (clones). I saw a vacant store for rent and asked a good friend of mine what he thought about opening up a Deli and next thing I know I was dealing with 30+ vendors and slicing Boars Head meats & cheeses. I eventually left Prodigy which was hurting from AOL's constant advertising but was still operating my computer business part-time. Now I had extended the store hours to 11pm due to large beer & cigarette sales at night and was getting 3hrs of sleep/day, 4 at the most since my partner did not have the desire to work more than 3 hours/day in addition to his full-time job.
This went on for a few years and in the late '90's as Dell and other PC manufacturing companies started selling PC's cheap and prices came down, I closed the doors to my 11yr old computer company and went to work full-time for Dun & Bradstreet in their network engineering dept. At the same time I sold my share of the Deli to my partner at his request because he had lost his full-time job. I was delighted to only have to work 9-5 with occasional weekend on-call duty. A year later my partner (no longer friend) ran the store to the ground and went out of business. He was clueless at operating a business and left 17yr olds in charge and was never around. Anyway now I had all this "free time" in my hands so that's when I picked up my other hobby: car racing. Stayed with D&B for a few years and watched it go from 65,000 employees down to 5,500 in 7yrs while they were selling off bits & pieces of the company and laying off thousands of people. A couple of years ago they outsourced and off-shored most of the IT group (440 people) so I got a job consulting for a large global company.
Moral of the story? I should have opened another Deli and may still do, instead of waiting around for my job to get off-shored to a third world country again. It was very interesting though. I worked for one of the oldest companies in the US, Dun & Bradstreet (1846), and one of the most technological and widely known companies in the world, IBM. I was there at the start of the Internet consumerization with Prodigy too.. But you know something? They all treat you the same and eventually chew you up and spit you out if they "think" they can save a nickel.
And then I found the Dianawerk Collective! There is the story of my life so far.
Harry
Diana 350 Mag .22
Hammerli 850 .22
Various Crosman CO2 & Pump
I own my own buisness doing wildlife damage control.The air guns come in handy for a few jobs,Ha,Ha!If your in western Carolina and have a wildlife conflict,call me....
Harry, I too loved law enforcrment,& had a Badge& gun for a while. S.C. State Constable. Not to brag,,, but I scored 100 on state exam!! (Promise) (I studied HARD!) Firearms I shot 490 out of 500. Back in the day I could shoot my Glock w/ the best!! FATS. (you know) I scored best in my class. Now Im just an old man (48) that LOVES to Build houses,Or maybe build a deck on peoples houses& make them happy! I do still help out sometimes the Sherrifs Dive team. (Im a diver & still love that & spearfishing!)Thanks for your post Harry!Tim.
Just hit 11 years in the U.S. Army last month; 9 more to go!
I was a grunt with the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment/ 82nd Airborne Division for about 4 years. Then shattered my ankle on a night jump and thought to myself ok, enough of this crap; seeing all these old paratroopers with all types of braces and crap. Switched over to the medical field and its not nearly as exciting as the infantry but I am home almost every night and now have time to do all my hobbies: Jetskiing, tennis, mountain biking, and my newest hobby, airguns! I had forgotten how much fun it was shooting air guns.
Maarty: THANK YOU for your service to our country!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ALL owe you!! Marty PLEASE, keep shooting airguns & post here!! Im pretty shure I speak for everyone else here,,THANKS Marty! Tim.
I did 8 years myself, should have stuck it out for the remainder like you are.
I know what you mean with Airborne, joint issues are not uncommon. Personally, I never could see myself jumping out of a plane unless it was the better option at the time LOL. I give you a lot of credit for having the balls to do it.
I didn't study at all. I went out drinking the night before and stayed out till 4am. I was not too serious about it at the time. Then at 7am my buddy came over to pick me up to go take the test. I was so hung over, I couldn't believe I did so well.
They used to call me "Dirty Harry" because I drew my Smith & Wesson 357 revolver and shot from the hip goofing around one time, and hit the siluette right between the eyes at 50ft The Glock was just coming out then and a lot of guys ran to the local gun store to pre-order it. I shot a couple of them but almost every time I did I got a jam. I know later on they came out with a better version.. They didn't switch to 9mm until '92 a couple of years after I left. I prefer Berettas but the Glock is a fine weapon too.
I miss it a lot too but most of my friends are still on the job or getting ready to retire, so I 'm around it all the time..
Diana 350 Mag .22
Hammerli 850 .22
Various Crosman CO2 & Pump
Harry, Thanks for the honest reply! I too also LOVE Ber. 92!! U.S. armed forces seem to like it as well! I also liked my Taurus 92 copys!LOL. Glocks have come around, UGLY at best, but boy they shoot good! Dont shoot powder burners much anymore,99.9% Airguns, Diana 54/460, & Ive decided on getting a 34 Panther! (have to replace my original 34 Clasic). Im not going to tell you my latest home defense gun,,,Ok you twisted my arm! 1858 New Army 44!! Black powder,,,FUN stuff! Ok, newer Pyrodex ect.is better! Of course,, Ill be needin that gun for Cowboys & Indians & Such!! Sorry off subject,WHAT Do You Guys Do?? Once again, one too many Walter Middy,Uhh, I mean Tim.LOL.!
Russ, your comment " I perform failure analysis"n is so interesting, I have good news for ya, Pyramid Aid needs a guy like you! Just kidding! What city of Germany is your company based in? What is your favorite gun? Do you get to travel to your base Company of Germany? If you make it to the Tidewater area of Virginia Beach you are certainly welcome!
I guess I could break it down further by saying that I figure out why stuff breaks LOL. Nice to know I have options at Pyramid should this not work out!
Deutz is actually a town in Germany but we have major facilities in Ulm and Cologne. Travel to Germany is part of the deal on occasion but most of my time is spent bouncing around North and South America. I am hoping to use some contacts over there to help me with my hobby
Right now my current infatuation involves my Diana P5 Magnum. Recently got into pistols after years of nothing but rifles. The P5 still amazes me with it's accuracy! Besides that I really have no favorites, each gun gets it's time in the limelight. I tend to gravitate towards older guns but I must admit that I've got a Gamo CFX that has been a pleasant surprise.
Thanks for the invite. I will look to this thread next time I travel.
Jer. In Va.: Cool job! Think you could "bind" up a new airgun book for us? LOL. Seems like you guys in VA. outnumber us!! Good shootin Jer.! Tim. in S.C.!
I'm an auto painter at a collision center. Been in the business for close to 20 years. Married for almost a year with my first child on the way in August.
Coming up to 30 years service - Germany, Falklands, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia, Gulf 1, and latterly Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now getting a tad old for the rough stuff though ! Retirement is near and I am in the process of planning my re-training as a builder of wooden boats. Having worked for the Government since I left school, I fancy being my own Boss from then on.
After 22 years with the Canadian Forces pulled the plug and moved to the U.S. Enjoying golf and shooting until I get my Green Card and the wife puts me back to work.
I've done it all. Industrial Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology. I now work for Corning with fiber optic fusion splicing. It's a "sit down" job after spending the last twenty five years walking all day on concrete. Here are some of my machines...
Mechanical Engineer by education. I've held various engineering occupations over the years....Airguns help me to keep my sanity lately. A few years ago it was archery. Shooting of some form has always be a hobby, just never figured out how to make a living out of it....
I primarily do neglect and failure analysis with repair, removal and reconstruction options. I graduated UCLA School of Dentistry in 1981 and have attempted to keep dentistry as a part time job. Also do R&D consulting with prototype fabrication. This allows me a full machine shop to work on my guns. Sometimes I fabricate stuff for other peoples airguns (OPA) if it's interesting.
fly fishing( i LOVE to stand in a river at dawn or dusk), flyrod building, bicycling (raced uscf through my 40s), hiking (65 named peaks in the last 5 years including mount whitney), snowshoeing, cross country skiing (winter biathlon in the 1960s), and now, air guning. i just can't sit still and i need a new obsession every five years (and i keep the old ones). in spite of this i am still married.
this is how i pay for it: multi line insurance agent.
1yr USN a&b school+2 years at the Navy ship yard "welder" (32nd Street San Diego)1 yr V-Nam,Honorable Discharged and went to automotive prototype shops.During this time I took advanced welding processes at Wilber Wright Trade School.I ended up at Ford Motor Co. Research and Engineering Center in Dearborn Mi.(Across the street from The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village) 31 years later working out of the Fo.Mo.Co.(PDC) Advanced Design Center helping to build the cars of the future I retired.
I kinda of miss the interesting work but still weld for custom bike shops and street rodders here in SE Mich.
My Motto "I'll Weld anything except a wise crack,the break of day or a broken heart.LOL
Best Regards
BBGun Bob
SE Mich.
(PDC)= Product Development Center
Darth Vader Called !! I joined the Darkside!!
.22 Disco
In response to Hector's post... It does seem with a partnership, that between a few of you, a very nice airgun could be developed. All the ingredients are there for a well-performing, quality rifle: knowledge, skill, craftsmanship, and experience.
I am probably among the youngest here at only 22 years of age, but environments like this are where I thrive. I love being in the midst of a group of seasoned veterans, even if I don't fit in. I grew up being a very curious child, always asking questions and getting into things I probably should have stayed away from (sounds like every kid eh? lol)
My interests include, in no particular order: music/drumming, astro-physicis, psychology, fitness, GUNS (of course), outdoors, and I did weld for 2 years or so. As for what I'm in school for, electrical engineering. I'm not sure what area I want to work in but maybe in one of intrests I mentioned above.
At one time, I was a licensed psychologist and a college instructor. Now because of some severe neurological problems partly due to a couple of brain surgeries, I am disabled. Right after I had to stop practicing psychology, I became an Anglican priest but now I can't do much with that either. Air gunning is the latest in a string of hobbies I have tried to stay busy - and so far it's lasted longer than the others. I am really enjoying shooting, enough of a challenge to keep me interested and therapeutic to help me with my concentration.
