What job do you commute to?

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  • chrissharp48
    chrissharp48 Posts: 22
    downfader wrote:
    snooks wrote:
    chrissharp48 wrote:
    undertaker...

    Chris..

    Can you get panniers for coffins now then? Or do you tow then behind on a trailer?? :wink:

    If its a bad driver he just ties a rope around their feet and drags it in.





    Oh wait, do they have to be dead first? :lol:

    Bad drivers! Thats 3 extra funerals per day
    Back on the perkins fixed for winter 42x16..
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    snooks wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:

    For example, can you tell me how long it takes before a wind turbine overcomes the carbon footprint of making it?

    Or is it more "I don't think its wise to splice pig genes into maize" advice?

    isn't is something like 3, 6 or 9 months...sorry I forget :) I have a feeling it's 3 months

    I think it depends if you ask the manufacturers, reduces geometrically with size (so the B&Q ones probably take about 250,000 years) and the figures are only valid for average wind speeds measured on Cairn Gorm.
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Always Tyred wrote:
    What the hell is your avatar anyway? Is it your laundry basket from a very very short distance?

    PG Tips Monkey in a little house, photo'd through the window :lol:
  • philbill1973
    philbill1973 Posts: 83
    I'm a depot maintenance electrician for a train company.

    Sometimes I'll say I'm a taxman, as my company (First) don't have a very good reputation and that occupation has an easier time than mine !!!!!!!
    FCN 11, Hmmm
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    philbill1973 wrote:
    I'm a depot maintenance electrician for a train company.

    Fancy doing a little work on the side? Put some more cycle racks in the carriages
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • philbill1973
    philbill1973 Posts: 83
    I wish !!

    They wouldn't even answer my questions about the CTW scheme I badgered them into, they went with some cowboy outfit. If I had taken the full £1000 I would have to pay back.......... £961.

    Needless to say no-one took it up. Now next year they'll just say no-one is interested, blah blah.

    So extra bike racks would never happen, it would take out seats for them to charge exorbitant fares for, and this comes from someone that had a slanging match with a colleague at bath spa 'cos I couldn't get my bike on the funking train !

    Sorry, but they ARE useless.


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    FCN 11, Hmmm
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    IT Security - if anyone works for a company that filters internet browsing, restricts mail and all that stuff - that's me.

    I am Big Brother. (and you'd be scared just how easy it is to show every site you've been to when you browse at work)

    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Well no one :twisted:
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    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I am Big Brother. (and you'd be scared just how easy it is to show every site you've been to when you browse at work)

    OK is it just as easy to hide my addiction to cycle forums??

    What about if I have a laptop and take that into work?....will they know I on here now?...except they can see this post!.. Dagnabit!!!


    Cunning IT types :evil:
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    biondino wrote:
    I'm a film and TV agent representing directors, writers, novelists and estates.

    So, what have you got for me if I want to write the theme toon and sing the theme toon?
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    There's a reason I don't mention composers or singers in that list!
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    I'm a film and TV agent representing directors, writers, novelists and estates.

    So, what have you got for me if I want to write the theme toon and sing the theme toon?

    They're looking for a follow up to this:

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YevYBsShxNs
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • KitsuneAndy
    KitsuneAndy Posts: 164
    I'm a systems analyst for a financial company.
    Eastern Bike Monkeys

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  • sem69
    sem69 Posts: 106
    I'm an art director at a book publisher, and the best thing about my job lately was meeting Bradley Wiggins, cos I was working on his book In Pursuit of Glory, out in all good bookshops soon!! :wink:
  • originalcom
    originalcom Posts: 1
    After 20 years in IT I've spent the last 4 years as a Bus Driver in Blackpool. Less stressfull despite the idiots, bad drivers, drunks etc.

    Clarkson would hate me - cyclist, bus driver, motorcaravan owner ...... :D
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,050
    Unit recyclability spotter/ warehouse operative/ technician/ order picker/ delivery and collection driver for a company that tries to recycle white goods from donated and WEEE sources...
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    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    NO, I have a still pretty much functional washing machine in my hallway - do you do residences, and if so, do you do SW London?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,050
    Unfortunately not biondino, but I would be very surprised if there was not a similar project to us that does cover your area.

    About 10% of our stock comes from household donations that we collect, with the rest coming from a high street electrical store (since summer 2007, old units have to be taken away by stores that delivery new ones, despite the impression that some tv ads may give you)... I have fun for a few hours late afternoon, spotting about 10% of the potential units to recycle from these old units!

    We typically cover an area roughly triangular in shape from Blackfield to Hamble to just north of Winchester, although we supply some goods for British Heart Foundation in Bournemouth and Worthing.

    Primarily, we supply units for a charity called SCRATCH, who try to help individuals and families that have fallen through the benefits net. The excess units are then either sold at our own shops or used to supply stock to other organisations.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    biondino wrote:
    NO, I have a still pretty much functional washing machine in my hallway - do you do residences, and if so, do you do SW London?

    It might be worth having a look at this site and they can direct you to somebody in your area.

    http://www.frn.org.uk/
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • That Petrol Emotion
    That Petrol Emotion Posts: 17
    Technical Writer - All day writing user manuals and online help that no-one appears to read.

    My theme tune is Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. :D
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Software engineer, doing J2EE e-commerce type work. I've been a web developer, IT support/security guy and joint-run a tech startup in the recent past and I'm currently trying to find the time to try and break into the indie games production scene. Got a new house to do up first though. I keeps meself busy :roll:

    If anyone asks why I'm in IT I say it's because it's the only thing I was ever any good at, but really I do it for the chicks and fast cars. They'll start any day now, right?
    cjcp wrote:
    Yes. Rainbow Dreamer c.1986 I think. My father was on it and he's flying the kite. The year before, he was on the Velsheda, in the Fastnet, the same year Drum went over. Very hairy. It was blowing a nine and the main got stuck, so they turned back.

    I have no idea what any of that means :lol:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I am Big Brother. (and you'd be scared just how easy it is to show every site you've been to when you browse at work):

    Aren't the best days the ones where the boss takes you aside and talks about a "special project" :twisted:
    Today is a good day to ride
  • jjojjas
    jjojjas Posts: 346
    I manage and teach various health care professional education in the NHS.
    it looks a bit steep to me.....
  • DancesWithSheep
    DancesWithSheep Posts: 51
    Currently going through a period as an industry jonah - wherever I move to, the brown stuff hits the whirly thing.

    I write software for a living having just moved into the travel industry after six years in the mortgage industry.

    When the computer said "No", that was me :oops:
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  • n5gooner
    n5gooner Posts: 21
    I'm an IT contractor, so I move every 6 to 12 months between gigs, normally in London, I specialize in storage and backups, design and support. So I guess I'm the keeper of the information.......currently working for a large Magazine house in Soho.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I'm an Asset Manager for the Commercial Real Estate funds of an Investment Management company, which specialises in hedge funds, securitisation, secured credit and previously subprime debt.

    What all this means is that I'm likely to be unemployed soon! :roll:
    FCN 7/1
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    DancesWithSheep wrote:
    Currently going through a period as an industry jonah - wherever I move to, the brown stuff hits the whirly thing.

    :lol:

    <coffee everywhere>
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Consultant specialising in international development and post conflict reconstruction. Travelling to Basra this evening :(
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Gussio wrote:
    Consultant specialising in international development and post conflict reconstruction. Travelling to Basra this evening :(

    :shock:

    Careful, fella.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Gussio wrote:
    Travelling to Basra this evening :(

    Now THAT is a proper long distance commute ;)

    Be careful out there!
    Today is a good day to ride
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    cjcp wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    Consultant specialising in international development and post conflict reconstruction. Travelling to Basra this evening :(

    :shock:

    Careful, fella.

    Thanks mate - I won't be going by bike :lol:
  • Pangur Ban
    Pangur Ban Posts: 14
    snooks wrote:
    I'm a yachting photographer

    But I only commute into the office by bike. Cycling round the world with lots of cameras and waterproof clothing really isn't an option :D

    My dream job! Thought you'd be at the Voiles de St Tropez this week - I was racing there last year and in between hairy racing moments against Wallys and Js managed to get some good shots (nowhere near your standard of course).

    I've been a subscriber to YM and YW for years so am very familiar with your work and it's nice to have an opportunity to say how much I've enjoyed your work, whilst a) wishing I had your job and b) wishing I had your technical ability and c) wishing I had your artistic ability.

    As I don't, I'm an IT contractor in the City....

    PB

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