what do you do for a living

[Drac]

dcknives

oh, it's not that I get that much sleep all the time, just that I feel lucky when I do get that much.

[jbird]

Well this is a very intersting thread let's keep it going.

Josh

[CitizenKate]

It's so fascinating to see what everyone does!

I'm just a nerd... ...an IT project manager for a very fast growing company (yes, even in these times - but only 25% this year, rather than the usual 50-60% annual growth we've been seeing - *whew* - finally get to take a little breather!). We do things like build networks, build database, file, email, and web servers, set up spam filtering, set up computers for the employees... and of course provide most of the support for all of it.

Kate

[tashabear]

I've been on Title 10 active duty on and off for the past four years; I'm an Army transportation officer. Just now I'm trying to build up the leatherwork commissions and will be applying to teach fiber arts at the local community college.

[Johanna]

Kate- you left off the most important part of your resume! Kate is the other Admin on LW!

I am a housewife and mother in Ohio that does websites for leatherworkers, local history buffs, and pretty much anyone else who has a check that will clear and a little patience. I do other computer work, too, and am the sole tech support for every Grandma in our church that wants to get email, as well as leatherworkers around the world. In my former life, before the kids came along, I was a retail manager for Books-a-Million, Tandy, JoAnn Fabrics, & 7-Eleven . Oh, yeah, and a home-based custom leather business paid the bills for a few years, too.

I liked being an entrepreneur when we had the leather shop. If we wanted something, we hustled some extra work. If we needed a break, we took it. Many of the activities we enjoyed (from bike runs to Pow Wows to reenactment events) were also business opportunities. Our friends often stopped by, and we drank coffee and smoked in the shop with the music turned up loud. Gettting paid to play was the best part about the leather shop! Sometimes I go bang out a belt or something because I'm in the mood, but the shop closed ten years ago. LW keeps me from missing it too much.

Johanna

[jbird]

Well this makes me want to expand on my resume I should start by tell my background some my grandfather came from Germany lived there tell he was 15 moved to new York lived there about ten years he was pencil and water color artist he was offered a job by walt Disney as a artist , but his famliy was moving to Utah so he went, be came a hall of fame electrician for 50 years, my father was in the paper at 8 tears old drawing in the capital building with 18 year olds

Has done oil pantings for years , never got around to geting them sold, my sister is master chef and cake maker, and I have been a Cowboy since I was born when I was 5 monthes old my hair fell out and grew back as full Mohawk no kiding and so I have dreamed of the cowboy life as long as I have lived at sixteen I graduated from highschool yes that's right ahead of the curve belive it or not I have dabbeled in poetry for years and I love football fits me good being a big guy, and know I love leather and designing stuff that about sums it up.

Josh

Edited January 14, 2009 by jbird

[Go2Tex]

First off, I have to say after reading some of the replies, there are some real funny guys out there. I'm still laughing at a couple of 'em. A real perverse, eh... diverse group.

OK, enough about ya'll..... I'm retired from Boeing. But before I left, about 10 before, I started planning my early departure. I sort of fell into the leather thang, rekindled my interest in horses and developed a real interest in saddles. Started messing with building them and realized it could be my ticket to an early retirement from the 9-5 job. Long story short. Everything fell into place........and here I is. Livin' the dream.

[Randyc]

I've been a police officer since 1976. I left full time police work for a 6 year period and taught high school. I've been assigned to criminal investigations for the past 3 years. I've also been a licensed private detective for the past 12 years. Now, I'm trying to build up my holster business. What a long strange trip it's been. Had alot of fun, but didn't plan out my retirement future very well. I will probably have to work until it's dirt nap time.

[TroyWest]

I'm a full time saddlemaker.

[rickybobby]

I went to school for auto body and paint repair. I was in that business for 10 years then worked for a major insurance co. estimating wrecked cars for them. I started doing leather work whem I was a kid, making belts for all the girls on the ranch where we had our horses. I continued doing leather for 30 years, belts, wallets, tooled stuff from tandys then I wanted to do saddles so I bought every book I could find and started making saddles. I have a friend that went to a saddle school and we worked together building saddles. I now live in Arizona and work in a saddle shop doing all the tooling, building some parts of saddles, repairs, holsters. I also do leather work at home and have started doing saddles.

Rick J.