So..what do you do for a living ?

[hog]

Electrician I am, cold and sometimes wet at this time of the year.

 

[Dreadhead]

Leathersmith. often hunched and covered in dye

Hoping to delve back into countryside management when my health agrees with me though

 

[Man of Tanith]

Careworker for elderly adults with learning disabilities physical disabilities mental health issues and dementia.
I've done much much worse jobs in my past

 

[Shewie]

14 years IT network engineer for a large retail company

 

[hog]

Man of Tanith, an honourable task, someone has to look after our elderly, imfirm and disabled, kudos Mate.

 

[Teepee]

Self employed Decorator and Carpenter. Mainly domestic work.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Self employed Decorator and Carpenter. Mainly domestic work.

Lies i tell you . When did you last pick up a brush

To busy galavanting and making kit

 

[Kepis]

I work in the woods and by the lakes, i used to work in commercial aerospace engineering though

 

[adestu]

Auto electrician,converting emergency services vehicles.

sent from the back of beyond

 

[Niels]

I go to school and do homework

 

[realearner]

Now I'm working in a waste to power plant, trade is contol and instrumentation, however we have to be jack of all and I love it.

 

[Hog On Ice]

used to be a product tester for GE - now retired and living on my pension

 

[Harvestman]

I work in a call centre for Marie Curie Cancer Care, helping to provide care and support for terminally ill people and their families.

Link to our new advertisment here. Some people find it moving, some people find it upsetting. Fair warning.

 

[kodiakjoe]

Countryside Management lecturer and greenwood worker

 

[Bumbler]

I am temporarily disabled, and will start retraining into something when i am recovered. Just have not decided where to go yet.

This is what I used to do

 

[John Fenna]

I write for outdoor magazines and websites, mainly reviewing gear though I also have a "Bushcraft and Survival" column in one magazines as well as doing some leather and craftwork, freelanceing as an Open Canoe Coach and Bushcraft Instructor and doing relief support work for Mencap.
I hope to add Iron Age interpretation (showing Iron Age life to school groups) in the near future...
In the past I have been a general Outdoor Skills Instructor (climbing, canoeing, navigation, mountain walking etc etc), Expedition Leader, Clothing designer for Craghoppers and Snowdon Clothing, author of books on DIY clothing and equipment as well as books on walking and cycling in West Wales, sewing machinist, building labourer, YHA Asst. Warden, model maker and painter, TV extra and for a nightmare 12 months a computer programmer and operator for a commercial bank!
Never have done bar work though...
I do not understand the idea of getting bored or doing work that I do not enjoy

 

[hog]

I work in a call centre for Marie Curie Cancer Care, helping to provide care and support for terminally ill people and their families.

Link to our new advertisment here. Some people find it moving, some people find it upsetting. Fair warning.

Good for you Sir and I applaud you for this.

 

[wicca]

Retired (1999) on services pension...

 

[Lister]

Used to be an FLT driver till i got laid off, currently a full-time carer for my partner and waiting for the job-market to cough up a job that will pay enough for 2 people to live on....also a cub leader...some might say that's a full-time job....2 hours a week my eye!

 

[plastic-ninja]

I have my own Artisan bakery in Kendal in Cumbria.
When I'm not baking I'm teaching in local schools about bread and baking.
I run courses at the bakery and in my spare time I'm writing a book and
organising fundraising for our street arts festival , Mintfest , in the summer.
Nice thread Hog , interesting to know what people do in their full time.
Cheers , Simon