Our kids got into it in gradeschool but lost interest in their teens. My wife and I joined along the way, got to 3rd degree and became instructors. We retired from that about seven years ago, but still help with the annual tournament. Our instructor is a 9th degree Grand Master. Hopefully your daughter sticks with it. Besides martial arts it tends to provide a lot of other values.
Since the last thread (Nuclear Mechanical Systems Inspector), I've moved on to now being in Nuclear Production Control. It's an incredibly fast paced and demanding job that cuts into my beer drinking plans far too much. Entering my fifth year in this position and 15th with the company. Cheers!
Must be an interesting, thrilling career. Fewer time for beer is the only cons I can think of. No kidding but looking back ten years ago when I joined BA, our main social lubricant as @Todd often calls it, I wasn’t in the best shape and part of my life and telling you all this site alone improved it all would be a bit much but sort of.
That's fantastic. 3rd degree is no joke. The biggest thing with our daughter (11 years old) is the instructor. He is so great. We signed her up as part of a community center thing, and it turns out he is a 5 time national champ and coached the Olympic team in Colorado Springs. He just gets it when it comes to motivated kids.
I’m a data slinger for a local financial institution. Been in IT for over 30 years now in one way or another. Cheers!
Retired 3 years ago after 41 years at the same company. They make various ice cream machines and other ice cream related equipment. Think Sonic, Dairy Queen, 5 Guys, Arby's, and many others. The majority of my years were spent on the test line where we tested every machine for correct operation. So yes, I made ice cream, shakes, and slushes every day. Here's a photo of the last machine I tested.
I managed to get through Landscape Architecture program at Utah State but spent 20 years working for Colorado State Parks (trails, greenways, bikeways, OHV routes). That was a great career and Denver was a great place to live then. After that I managed to get happily married and take care of my mother who lived to be 100. My best wishes to those of you working, and don't forget to invest and save some money for beer when you're, uhhh, older.
Neat thread. I was a paper boy. You youngsters have no idea. I made burgers, fried chicken & fish @ Burger Chef. Think Burger King but better. Got fired for being drunk after hours, I was 15, the whole crew was drunk and fired. I made sundaes and shakes @ **** Robin. Not a good student, got on the high school work program, learned to run machine tools. Then I did a Tool & Die apprenticeship for a couple of years then switched to moldmaking. That's the nice way to dodge drafts. Then I got into CNC programming then switched to mold design. The last few years of my working life I bounced around, getting hired for a project knowing I'd be out when it was finished. I became a dinosaur as the "youngsters" called us. At about sixty I got tired of driving an hour each way and started unloading trucks at local warehouse club. Started at 4:00am and was home by 1 in the afternoon I've been retired 7 years do some nonsense volunteer stuff and fish in the summer. Wife has 6 months to go.....
Master Electrician owner of a small shop in Western Mass. Solid mix of work , some historic renovation support but primarily building controls and industrial work. 45 yrs this September, looking at 2 more Cheers
