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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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I have a little Architectural Practice. I design and draw working plans for custom houses. I still draw the old fashion way. I still enjoy going to my office almost every day.
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Construction superintendent with no work. Good thing I have a house rebuild going on and a 60 vette to work on and the 79 and the 2 boat projects.
Ah hell, who has time to work....
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I sell Lubriucants and Spealcialty Items for an oil company. When I'm not working my tail off, I'm working on my 68 BB Red Red Convert and my 66 BB 425 HP Triple-Black Convert...there you have it, I'm an oil peddler!!
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Worked 40 years for a fortune 500 company which included an overseas assignment in Italy from mid 2002 to midyear 2006 at which time I retired. At the beginning of the 40 years I started as a machine loader and retired a Manufacturing Manager. Had fun driving a Ferrari in Italy
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CHURCH ORGANIST....


YEP... not kidding LOL.

For a while, I did the sales thing as well, (thats how I afforded the Z28 and L76 Coupe...) now trying to figure out how to keep them.

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This thread has gone beyond my imagination. Such a great group of folks and fans of the corvette.

Thanks for sharing your stories, hobbies and life's work with all of us!

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I am an Architect and RE Developer in the western US.
I mostly design and develop light industrial and office buildings
primarily in So Calif, LV, Phoenix and Houston TX.
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I operate a Treatment Foster Care program for children who are mentally ill. We have always been in the kid business. For the last 36 years anyway.

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Originally Posted by Dougs63
Aerodynamicist

Then you maybe able to answer a question for me. I have heard that a suppository is pointed on one it so that it would be aerodynamically stable. Any truth to that? I understand it was a question and answer from pharmacy school.
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Originally Posted by Olustee bus
Then you maybe able to answer a question for me. I have heard that a suppository is pointed on one it so that it would be aerodynamically stable. Any truth to that? I understand it was a question and answer from pharmacy school.
which begs the question,...does the aerodynamic aspect of said item pertain to insertion or expulsion?? hmmm...

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which begs the question,...does the aerodynamic aspect of said item pertain to insertion or expulsion?? hmmm...


actually has to do with both...... easy in and difficult out!

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Originally Posted by richbopp
actually has to do with both...... easy in and difficult out!

Actually, I thought it was pointed at the end so that when wind passes it, it would not "flutter' violently. That could be very bad.
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Geeze, I'm just a firefighter. I think I'm hangin' with the wrong crowd.
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