Members List - an observation

[Kepis]

Was looking through the members list and noticed how many of us work in Hi Tech industrys like Aerospace, IT etc, suppose we all enjoy bushcraft so much because it gets us away from the modern world and back to basics.

Just an observation

 

[Povarian]

Exactly the same reason I've been doing the living history/interpretation for so many years too, although... I still like some hi-tech toys like GPS, swedish fire strike, comfy sleeping bag, good boots, hot tub afterwards etc.

I think there's probably a large degree of getting away from a static desk environment too and going to a place substantially more real and less abstracted.

 

[outdoorcode]

I like the fact I'm not clock watching when I'm staying out, I can be there reading a book by the fire and suddenly notice its 2am, and it doesn't matter... no deadlines, no rushing, no things to do for other people .... Bliss

 

[andyn]

I like the fact I'm not clock watching when I'm staying out, I can be there reading a book by the fire and suddenly notice its 2am, and it doesn't matter... no deadlines, no rushing, no things to do for other people .... Bliss

Sounds about right, nice to get away from all the stress.

 

[ilovemybed]

I reckon it's coz Techie people spend plenty of time sat in front of a PC so have the opportunity to lark about on internet forums all the time....

 

[daved]

I reckon it's coz Techie people spend plenty of time sat in front of a PC so have the opportunity to lark about on internet forums all the time....

It's called research - essential to keep our skils up to date etc.
At least thats what I tell people!

 

[AJB]

I reckon it's coz Techie people spend plenty of time sat in front of a PC so have the opportunity to lark about on internet forums all the time....

I don't have time to do this, I just don't want to do what I should!

 

[mark a.]

ilovemybed has a very good point. And let's face it, no matter how many times we say or read "It's not the gear, it's how you apply your knowledge", we still lust after fancy knives, fancy hammocks, fancy sleeping bags, etc etc. It's the gadget-lover in us all.

Myself included, by the way But, like us all, I still love getting away from it all, away from people and the stresses of work.

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Can't wait til holiday now (Scotland in September)

 

[jdlenton]

I don't have time to do this, I just don't want to do what I should!

Thats about right but with me it makes me look like I'm still doing what I should

 

[AJB]

Thats about right but with me it makes me look like I'm still doing what I should

Yep, it's all about getting the angle of your monitor right

 

[leon-1]

I reckon it's coz Techie people spend plenty of time sat in front of a PC so have the opportunity to lark about on internet forums all the time....

This is true, but it is also true that techie people are normally just sat waiting for someone to break things and between doing things like building and configuring test stations (depending on work), writing reports, doing research and fixing said broken test stations to a deadline they tend to be finding ways of getting around firewalls and the like

Any spare time that I got when I was working as a tech was spent building or fixing computers for friends or out doing bushcraft as an essential means of relaxation.

I love the outdoors, I love working with my hands, I like attention to fine detail and using my grey matter.

I also enjoy learning things and In bushcraft I can do all, but in a more relaxed atmosphere where the only pressure layed upon me is that which I lay upon myself (I don't have a host of managers telling me that we will be losing around £70,000 an hour and who have not an idea of the complexity of finding an intermittent fault).

I think that is the appeal to a lot of the techie types, either that or we just like going out and grubbing around in the undergrowth

 

[Phil562]

This is true, but it is also true that techie people are normally just sat waiting for someone to break things and between doing things like building and configuring test stations (depending on work), writing reports, doing research and fixing said broken test stations to a deadline they tend to be finding ways of getting around firewalls and the like

Any spare time that I got when I was working as a tech was spent building or fixing computers for friends or out doing bushcraft as an essential means of relaxation.

I love the outdoors, I love working with my hands, I like attention to fine detail and using my grey matter.

I also enjoy learning things and In bushcraft I can do all, but in a more relaxed atmosphere where the only pressure layed upon me is that which I lay upon myself (I don't have a host of managers telling me that we will be losing around £70,000 an hour and who have not an idea of the complexity of finding an intermittent fault).

I think that is the appeal to a lot of the techie types, either that or we just like going out and grubbing around in the undergrowth

Maybe the said Managers should get out in the woods and chill out, it works wonders for me

 

[JimH]

Was looking through the members list and noticed how many of us work in Hi Tech industrys like Aerospace, IT etc, suppose we all enjoy bushcraft so much because it gets us away from the modern world and back to

Works for me. Don't read Bambam's post about how he gave it all up to be a treesurgeon, lucky so-and-so.

Jim. Trapped in cyberspace

 

[AJB]

I’m getting depressed now! I’m doing this to avoid what I should be doing, because it’s so dull, and what’s more I commute 140m a day to do it!

 

[Povarian]

what’s more I commute 140m a day to do it!

That sure is a lot of metres.

 

[bambodoggy]

Works for me. Don't read Bambam's post about how he gave it all up to be a treesurgeon, lucky so-and-so.

Jim. Trapped in cyberspace

Tee hee hee.......who's a lucky boy then! Off to play with my chainsaw later, then maybe a nice walk in the woods for the afternoon.....ahhhh Bliss

 

[Bumblebee]

Yep, it's all about getting the angle of your monitor right

When I worked in France we moved to a new office and all work halted for a whole week while my french co-workers arranged the desks so that nobody could see the other persons displays.

And yes, it is bliss to get away from the modern world now and then.

 

[Rhapsody]

Hah, being a student I'm not a techie... yet. But I'm going off to start a degree in maths in October, so I probably will be eventually .

That or a tramp. Either works.

 

[andyn]

Rhapsody, if squeeze a bit of mathmatical or analytical programming into your degree and not only can you be a techie...but a geek at the same time

Good luck with your degree. Where are you studying it?

 

[Rhapsody]

Thanks a lot; I'll be taking it at the University of Bristol... and I think that going in for a maths degree in the first place makes me geeky enough as it is!