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What's your brew, as in life trade
AndyH:
As an Antipodean Anorak, I finished High School 1967 and spent a couple of weeks as a roustabout for 3 gun shearers on a property which had ~9000 sheep (some Merino). This taught me a shiatload about what hard work was!! ;D
Having not matriculated to uni (upset a teacher or 2 in the final years!) I instead joined an international telecommunications organisation as a senior technical officer. Started off in Sydney NSW where I played around with a few trail bikes and had loads of fun with my mates going out after dark and riding around in State Forests etc. Had a road bike or 2 as well.
Moved to Western Australia in the mid '70s and spent 10 years in a place called Carnarvon, about 900kms north of Perth at the satellite station. When that closed down, transferred to Perth and have been here ever since! Was doing the same work until I was made redundant in '04. During the time I had several bikes, some road, some trail. Joined a small comms company in '06 and finally retired in '09.
A close friend of mine who restores lots of bikes to concourse condition basically sucked me in! ::) So I looked around to see what was available, and found the CB500K1 in cafe style. The plan is to bring it back to some sort of originality.
So here I am, wondering what I've got myself into! :o
Apparently, anoraks are what you Britishers call folk who have a passion for a particular pursuit. I have several pursuits (Amateur Radio, caravan travel, etc.) but I guess this restoration thing is my latest! ;D
gwallis:
I am from the States.
I left home while still in High School ... Step-Father issue. Lived with friends until I graduated and got an apprenticeship as a Refractory Bricklayer in a local steel mill. After eight years the Mill laid me off and I went into residential construction. During the next four years I finished college and took a job at selling cement for the Medusa Cement Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has been over 38 years now and I still sell cement... it has been a great ride!
Rozabikes Tim:
--- Quote from: Jamesh_sussex on June 05, 2017, 02:13:47 PM --- discovered women, blah blah...(in hindsight I wasn't good enough anyway :-) ).
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Such a shame or have I read that wrong? :o
Coppertop1234:
Left school at 15 in 1972 went into Royal Navy as a junior marine engineering mechanic left after 6 months due to bullying - shame it was a good career. Started as a miner underground work as a trainee at 15 and half up to ripper and faceworker at 27, decide to leave as I had a young family and wanted a career which would not kill me. signed on for 2 weeks and got job as a school caretaker progressed to senior caretaker then training instructor then contracts manager in charge of half local council sites. Left to work with South Yorkshire Police as contract,s manager in charge of all police stations cleaning operations progressed to Direct service manager in charge of soft services Then Facilities manager. Retired in 2015 - after working from 15 to 57 starting at the bottom and ending up as high as my career choice would allow me to progress with only 2 weeks not employed. Diverse, but great working life met some excellent people and now happily retired.
Johnwebley:
--- Quote from: Jamesh_sussex on June 05, 2017, 02:13:47 PM ---Had a few forks in the career path along the way.... Wanted to be a professional cricketer, played county cricket until the age of 19 and then got injured, discovered women, blah blah...(in hindsight I wasn't good enough anyway :-) ). Ended up studying Mechanical Engineering at Warwick Uni - was sponsored through Uni by a company called Ricardo plc, who I still work with / for to this day (Ricardo.com). Also started training as an Opera singer whilst at Warwick (long story). Graduated in Engineering and returned to work at Ricardo on Passenger Car / LCV Diesel Engine Development programmes as a combustion, calibration & test engineer. After ~ 15 years my career moved towards business development / marketing. Setup my own agency with a good friend 10 years ago (MAJOR Digital) - doing digital Marketing / Web Development. Love the work, but the bikes keep me sane...have imported sveeral bikes from the US over the years - some kept, some restored, several sold...:-)...
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that must have been great working for Ricardo,
often wondered how the sohc motor would run with a pent roof head,instead of the hemi head
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