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Qualified Nurse since 1981. Last 'proper' job before retirement was a Senior Clinical Specialist Orthopaedic Nurse specialising in complex joint replacement surgery. Nursing has always paid the bills but was never my real passion. I have led a double life......as a Car Dealer. I have worked at New and Used car dealerships, I have been a self employed used car trader and have been a co-owner of a Franchised Land Rover dealership employing over 50 staff. Cars and motorbikes have always been my real passion in life and although I would call myself an extremely competent nurse, I would say I am s**t hot at buying and selling anything on 2 or 4 wheels.
That sounds an interesting job you've got, what kind of products do you design and manufacture?
Quote from: Nurse Julie on June 03, 2017, 09:50:29 PMQualified Nurse since 1981. Last 'proper' job before retirement was a Senior Clinical Specialist Orthopaedic Nurse specialising in complex joint replacement surgery. Nursing has always paid the bills but was never my real passion. I have led a double life......as a Car Dealer. I have worked at New and Used car dealerships, I have been a self employed used car trader and have been a co-owner of a Franchised Land Rover dealership employing over 50 staff. Cars and motorbikes have always been my real passion in life and although I would call myself an extremely competent nurse, I would say I am s**t hot at buying and selling anything on 2 or 4 wheels.Julie, I was curious as to whether you have seen the movie 'Flywheel', it is pretty good, and being this is a little bit of your passion, you might like it. I recommend it!Charlie
If you can see them out of the window, isn't it too late?
My first bike at 17 was an old BSA Bantam which my dad taught me to maintain. Very necessary. I started off working as a Trainee Design Engineer for GKN. They used to put all their trainees through the apprentice workshop course, so they taught me really useful metalwork skills which I've used all my life.A big career change saw me morph into an Air Traffic Controller. I managed to survive that until I retired earlier this year. It's one of the only jobs where you actually get paid to look out of the window!