occupations

[t-tony]

No wonder you're mutton mate. Eh? Like you said Paul a tough job but it's got to be done.

Tony.

 

[t-tony]

I remember AC/DC at Donington in '84 being exceptionally loud, mind you we were right next to the speakers. Thumping headache and deaf for a few days afterwards, but well worth it .

We were similar after seeing Slade at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln, tiny venue for that amount of sound. But bloody brilliant!!

Tony.

 

[pgunter]

I remember AC/DC at Donington in '84 being exceptionally loud, mind you we were right next to the speakers. Thumping headache and deaf for a few days afterwards, but well worth it .

Had a great debate with Big Mick, sound engineer of Metallica over a beer In Manchester on a training weekend. He’s been their sound engineer for years and everybody was scared of him. He’s big. But in this instance, not big enough. We got into a heated argument about what should be permissible at concerts. I ended up the following day putting the other side of the ‘coin‘ to a room of very experienced sound engineers. Was a very interesting debate and a few more beers followed in the evening after that day too. Funny thing is that there is now talk of people in the music business taking cases for hearing damage against the very bands they were working for. If I turned it down I would have been sacked being the phrase widely used at present. Only time will tell if it’s going to succeed through the courts.

 

[Mark Gutteridge]

I thought we were all hairdressers?

We all have the cars for it!

 

[Eddie Zedder]

Had a great debate with Big Mick, sound engineer of Metallica over a beer In Manchester on a training weekend. He’s been their sound engineer for years and everybody was scared of him. He’s big. But in this instance, not big enough. We got into a heated argument about what should be permissible at concerts. I ended up the following day putting the other side of the ‘coin‘ to a room of very experienced sound engineers. Was a very interesting debate and a few more beers followed in the evening after that day too. Funny thing is that there is now talk of people in the music business taking cases for hearing damage against the very bands they were working for. If I turned it down I would have been sacked being the phrase widely used at present. Only time will tell if it’s going to succeed through the courts.

In this day and age I'm not surprised at all by that Paul. I bet there will be plenty of blood sucking lawyers willing to take that on.

 

[Nodzed]

Operational manager and the Fun Police in the waste industry for the past 30 years. Plant operator in Quarrying before that.

 

[Redline]

Had a great debate with Big Mick, sound engineer of Metallica over a beer In Manchester on a training weekend. He’s been their sound engineer for years and everybody was scared of him. He’s big. But in this instance, not big enough. We got into a heated argument about what should be permissible at concerts. I ended up the following day putting the other side of the ‘coin‘ to a room of very experienced sound engineers. Was a very interesting debate and a few more beers followed in the evening after that day too. Funny thing is that there is now talk of people in the music business taking cases for hearing damage against the very bands they were working for. If I turned it down I would have been sacked being the phrase widely used at present. Only time will tell if it’s going to succeed through the courts.

There’s an awful lot more technology to help those exposed to the big noise situations. Don‘t how much it helps though.
At Uni I did some audio stuff for bands and discos. Hard work lugging some of those bins about. 32kW of sound to play with though.

 

[Geoff Crispin]

Left school at 15 to work in the city of London in shipping agents and the P&O, then a small shiping chartering company that also ran tugs and barges on the Thames and in Rochester and Maidstone doing clerical work. Then 10 years at the Daily Mirror in the dept that controled newspapers, book shops and comercial printers in the West Indies, south Americia, and 3 countries in west Africia still doing clericial shipping work, and in time buying a wide range of things for the printing world to operate ending up a assistant manager, then 2 years working with one of my brothers doing private chauffeur car hire with a couple of Humber cars ie a Hawk and an Imperial, then shipping again at Air Products Ltd HQ studying twice a week in the evening at Brooklands tec. college for a purchasing qualy, then expediting and moving to the buying dept to become a procurement specialist buying engineering plant operating spares, sub contracts and call off orders but after 10 years made redundant so went to joing my elder brother in a small building partnership or 23 years buying materials doing VAT returns and PAYE and manual work. Retired 11 years ago and did the odd building job, decorating and gardening but gave it all up this year to spend more time in my garden and greenhouse and enjoying my second Z after having a Triumph TR4 for 6 years which became very hard to get in and out of which is a bit easier in the Zs

 

[Nodzed]

I thought we were all hairdressers?

Gay Barbers according to my son ............................. Funny then how he asked to borrow the Zed for a dirty weekend away with his wife in a few months @notzed

 

[Nodzed]

There’s an awful lot more technology to help those exposed to the big noise situations. Don‘t how much it helps though.
At Uni I did some audio stuff for bands and discos. Hard work lugging some of those bins about. 32kW of sound to play with though.

There's absolutely no excuse for getting hearing damage in this day and age with the PPE equipment & technology available to us for hearing protection.......but back in the day? Different story.

 

[Rha]

After reading all your very interesting work experiences I'll shorten mine to a list or it might bore the arse off you all.
1, Farm hand at 15.
2, Trainee mech motorcycle/ scooter.
3, Cloth cutter in woman's coat factory. !!!!!!!!
4, Building labourer.
5, Royal Armoured Corps, 2nd Royal Tank Regt. Tank driver, radio op, gunner, commander, staff car driver, army driving instructor all Corps vehicles inc HGV up to class 1, PSV. 9.5yrs.
5a; London Country bus driver, one of last to qualify on Chiswick double decker skip pan.
6, Civvy driving instructor all groups.
7, Turned down MI6 interview for driving job as it meant commute to London every day.
8, Owner driver HGV with CPC, 17yrs.
9, Prison service 20yrs.
10, This job is the one I had to work for from 1963-2013 to get and currently best so far. ????? Wouldn't change it for the world.
11, Then life took on a whole new meaning, I bought a Z and found you ugly lot. Lol
RHA,Roy.

 

[gookah]

and found you ugly lot.

That's also why you were so welcomed............

 

[Rha]

That's also why you were so welcomed............

Thanks Pete, felt quite at home sat next to you. Lol

 

[IainP]

Dental Technician
First dentures and metalwork, then
Crowns, bridges, veneers, implants, precision attachments.
NHS full time and part time sold car parts for Suzuki’s back in mid 80’s to mid 90’s. Rebuilt engines, bit of head work. Set up my own lab part time, whilst still working for the nhs, until about 6 years ago, got fed up with 20 hour days.
Still NHS, now a lot of 3D scanning and CAD. “Super accurate” Is it F***! I can beat its accuracy easily, all by hand. Its only advantage is it can do all ceramic materials, and it’s cheaper than a skilled technician.

 

[Rogerg]

Always been in and around Motor Racing. Bought up on the short Ovals, (proper racing) Been at Mclaren now for 15 years making the parts you see being smashed up lol!

 

[Mandyminor]

Started out as a Technical Apprentice at Ford and went on to design Engine Assembly Lines. Then moved to Nissan at Sunderland then Cranfield working in Trial production. Moved to Johnson Controls who make Automotive interiors and was the Supplier Improvement manager for Europe. Did a short spell in Food and Pharmaceutical after the motor industry collapsed in 2008. Now work at Lotus in Norfolk working in Supplier Quality . 43 years working of which 38 have been in Motor Manufacture. Not the average CV for a woman

 

[Chris Hunter]

25 years firstly as design engineer in the aerospace industry. Rocket launch vehicle propulsion and pressurisation systems with De Havilland Aircraft & Hawker Siddeley Aviation, (now both part of British Aerospace) then as Flight Trials engineer. UK, Australia, South America, French Guyana (Devils Island.) retired since 1997.

 

[gookah]

professional hitman... but keep it quiet please

 

[Redline]

25 years firstly as design engineer in the aerospace industry. Rocket launch vehicle propulsion and pressurisation systems with De Havilland Aircraft & Hawker Siddeley Aviation, (now both part of British Aerospace) then as Flight Trials engineer. UK, Australia, South America, French Guyana (Devils Island.) retired since 1997.

Cars must be a walk in the park for you. Definitely not rocket science

 

[Chris Hunter]

Started out as a Technical Apprentice at Ford and went on to design Engine Assembly Lines. Then moved to Nissan at Sunderland then Cranfield working in Trial production. Moved to Johnson Controls who make Automotive interiors and was the Supplier Improvement manager for Europe. Did a short spell in Food and Pharmaceutical after the motor industry collapsed in 2008. Now work at Lotus in Norfolk working in Supplier Quality . 43 years working of which 38 have been in Motor Manufacture. Not the average CV for a woman

Nice one Mandy along with my Z. I have my 1973 Elan which I have had for 30years and love dearly, my son drives a much modified Exige. Visited Hethel a couple of years ago most impressed.
Chris