job? work?

[Rashagoth]

I was just wondering what kind of job do the fine thralls and Lts and Lords and ladys have out in the real world?

[Mike C]

Right now I work as a Security Guard/Administrative assistant at night for a contractor with the DOD in Southern Maryland. I actually don't do much... surf the net... homework for computer classes... read horror stories for a few hours. I'm here just in case something goes wrong with an experimental aircraft (called the V-22) during the hours when there aren't too many people on base. Not exactly the most challanging job in the world, but it could be worse.

[IanL]

Hi all. I'm currently doing admin. at a firm of independant financial advisors in London. I'm moving to Eastbourne around Christmas time, though, and hope to get back into advising for myself when I'm there.

[Niarlathotep]

I am doing my a-levels and worrying about getting offer from university at the moment.
Would like to become an author my self though.

[Scarlet oHorror]

i'm a med student
1st year post grad....cool huh?....
and i spend most of my free time working on my homepage which is going under a major overhaul.... http://www.geocities.com/planetpersia

boring really....

[Rashagoth]

MIKE C- where Aberdine?

[Canker]

I'm a QA Technician at a company that makes Flexible Membrane Switches. Those would be like the control panels on a microwave or medical surgery equipment. Great job, big office and ok pay.

[Moth]

Me... Well I'm a Computer programmer working in Canada at the moment... thats about as yawning as you can get really http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/redface.gif)

BUT I DO NOT GO TRAIN SPOTTING!! HA!
AND I DO NOT WEAR ANORAKS!! OK http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/redface.gif)

Later ppl

[Demogorgan]

I am currently a Supervisor for Sprint PCS, but am always willing and ready to on and up in the world.

[Quail]

I work in a rubber factory, but I am also doing a course to get into Health and Safety work.

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[Potempkin]

I do computer modeling and animation, and illustration for a US publishing company. Working from home and having your boss be halfway across the world is sooo cool.

[ShadoeWolfe]

Job...well - my dream profession is full-time webmaster of a popular site - wait, I've got that! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

What actually pays the bills is an 8 to 5 restoration job. I restore antiques and other oddities as well as other wood projects - basically, whatever the customer wants. Then I come home and plop down in front of this ol' computer and play.

I've also done computer consulting work and tutoring on the side for fun. That's me in a nutshell. Any questions?

[Mike C]

I work at the Patuxent Naval Air Station... way down in Southern Maryland.

[SpOOkshow]

Im an Engraver, in a frim in Derby.

Its an unusual job, but you have to be awfully 'focused'.


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[Goth Girl]

Moth, I bet you do wear anoraks! You certainly will have to if you visit York in December - brrrr! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/wink.gif

I have quite a bizarre job - I'm the production manager for a publishing company that makes personals columns for newspapers all over England. "Ugly bloke seeks slim attractive female..." that sort of stuff. Don't know how I ended up in this job, as I studied Microbiology and Marketing at university! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/redface.gif

Potempkin, your job sounds cool, but I don't think much of your taste in Pringles (I like the ones in the green tube!)

[Potempkin]

GG,

Oops! Those were the ones I meant -- the Sour Cream and Onion ones. I've corrected this important blunder in my profile now.

Funny that Scarlet oHorror mentioned Pringles in her First time thread. I wonder if there's any correlation between an affection for Lumley and addictive potato snacks...
As I gaze across the panorama of stacked empty tubes I am reminded of mile high aeries, and manta shaped flyers. Come to think about it, the Pringle vessel itself represents the Vampire world as on the one side we have the English forces of good and on the other the dastardly fun-sucking French.

[Kenickie]

Goth Girl YES!! Green Pringles are obviously the superior crisp!

Me, I'm a student, doing Sociology at Nottingham University.

[Lichloathe]

I'm currently in the final stages of my military service and planning to do grad studies in Electrical Engineering.

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[Vormulac]

Okay, for all those eager to know, I'm presently a college student working toward a a minor criminal justice degree, whenceforth I plan to take the police officer exam, and become one of the Boys in Blue in good ole New Orleans. As for my actual and present job... I have to ask.. what's a job? ~blinks~

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[Pybob]

Just registered, cool place though...

What do I do? I'm a self-employed ICT colsultant & trainer, oh and I write short stories - but don't we all (fancy a laugh at naff writing go here (http://www.geocities.com/pybobsweb)...

[IanL]

Hi, PYBOB - welcome!!

Just checked out your site, looks pretty cool. Might send a story myself some time.

[Krynus]

What happened??? I was typing away here and my screen reloaded and erased everything I typed. Oh well, I'm not doing all THAT again. Here's what I do in a nutshell - I work for a publishing company in southern Florida. We put out a catalog full of other catalogs for various companies. I'm assistant to the programmer here. I also help out in other depts, such as data entry taking orders etc etc. Seems I'm the only person here who has the balls to change the fluorescent lights haha (people here get scared when they hear pops and see sparks fly). It's not too bad, though I think I'd like to run my own pc support center, making house calls to people's homes, either that or get the writing thing going. Maybe it would be easier to rob a few banks and retire, eh?

[Scarlet oHorror]

did i mention Pringles??
oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thats coz they were the only chips u could eat in the states that had different flavours....lol i tell ya i was pretty sick of Frito Lay plain ready salted crisps....:)))
but here.....INvaders with a HUGE bag of Walkers barbecue crisps.....and a bottle of coke....oh this page is about work right?..oh i already told y'all that....and right now i'm dying from working so much...i need a break from studying..being a student is cool i got 5 weeks off for christmas....yippeeeeee
later
Scarlet

[kortag]

I pick water lillies. Thats it. I used to cook for about 13 years but I needed a change and now I work for a Aquatic Nursery in Florida. Its fun. A lot of time to think and freak normal people out with my lunatic ravings!

[Rashagoth]

Wow i never thought that i would get this many respones! Cool! We work for you BL! I am in the US Army!

[Brane Phried]

If anyone is interested, I'm a programmer working for a small Time & Attendance company in Grand Rapids, MI. Always been an avid MUDder & am currently working on a custom MU* codebase in JAVA.

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Brane Phried: 95% human 5% pork.

[Rixy]

I'm a motorcycle instructor and a part time freelance motorcycle journalist.

The high point of this is that i get to throw around lots of new bikes.
The down side is that I ache in cold weather.

I actually love what I do and I'm bloody lucky to do it.

Cheers

Rixy

[Gregory]

This is my first post...
My job is a University Food Service Manager. I've been in food service all my life: cooking, serving, catering, and managing. They say it's one of the all time most stressful jobs so YES, I'm not running on all my cylinders. It's great to be part of the Lumley community.

Oh, I like the "Green Can" Pringles the most. heheheheh

[Rikus]

Wow, two firsts in a row, I'm a BlackJack Dealer from Minnesota. I guess that's not really working but I try.

[Moomintroll]

i am a 'production assistant' for a publishing company. i do mag layouts, ads, and whatever else i can teach myself. we do trade mags (builder/architect, m.d. news, and a few others), and pump out a LOT of issues a month (around 200) for the different regions in the us and canada. gets pretty dull topic-wise, but it's better than making pizza...

[Allen W]

I work at an uplink facility for several cable tv channels. It's really a boring job, as I'm not really interested in any of the programming that we air http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/frown.gif But it beats having a "real" job. Plus I'm on the night shift with the rest of the Wamphyri!

Actually we're rather fond of the salt and vinegar Pringles - in the blue stack.

[Dragutin]

I am a coordinator for a program that does inspections for insulation and Carbon Monoxide testing for income challenged residents. We then hire contractors to insulate the house to specified standards.
I also have a side job where I work on Carbon Monoxide Detection Devices for Heating Contractors...

CO the Silent Killer
new name

[Patrick]

I am working for an independent freight company in Manchester as the Credit Manager. Boring, Boring job.

The only part I enjoy is meeting the customers who I am suing. It's great, they really hate me. I have some great arguments. I do try to be good at wordgames but I think I need Faethor Ferenzy to give me some tips.

[perky]

I was in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years (stationed in Nebraska- the HellLands)working in computer communications systems, but now that I'm free I work on the computer systems at the hospital here in Flagstaff, AZ.

[DreadScythe]

I try my hardest to consider college work but it is way too easy for one such as I. Well i do that and i work weekends at a video store and bore myself to death with all the movies, and when on break from school I dive right in to the manual labor, a rousabout for an oil company. But I am studing to be a physics engineer and hopefully work for NASA or something like that!!!!

[This message has been edited by DreadScythe (edited December 18, 1999).]

[Titus]

I'm sure I've mentioned this somewhere before but.....

I work for a mobile communications company associated with a colour.

Not back, if u like taking abuse from arseholes who don't pay thier bills then use very strong expleatives when they find out the phone has been cut off.

It pays the bills (Just).

[Karen Lee Hall]

Hello, I am a tanning specialist (as my brother calls it) I manage a solarium, but it is part of a body piercing shop. A very interesting job great tans and excellent piercing.

[Szgany]

A tanning specialist huh?, I really need one, hehe. I'm a Broadcast specialist, sounds nice but im actually a dj at a local station in town. I also run a small printing business out of my home, nothing big, brochures, menu's, etc.. I have a net radio station on shoutcast. And im a full time dad of a 4 month old : )
Used to be a video game junkie, after a long stint with Everquest my daughter was born, she had other plans for me : )

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[RathaBurning]

This posting is a bit late but, I am new here
Jobs... humm lets see, presently I am a CNA
(nursing tech). Previously I have, waitressed, managed a houskeeping dept. for a motel, veternarians assistant, roofed houses, operated machines in various plants, and a few other obscure things.
through all this i still have to wonder... what do i want to be when i grow up ??

[Vampires_Toy]

In realality I'm a horror writer. Also I'm an educator. My writting style is colse to Mr Lumley himself. Not quite as famous yet

[Mike C]

Vampires_toy I live in California, MD... I thought I was the only one in Southern Maryland that read books. Are you a local or military? http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[Emaleth]

I am the Administrative Assistant/Office Manager/Jack of all Trades at Snow Glow, Inc. up here in the Iron Range area of Northern Minnesota. We design and manufacture specialized neon lighting systems for snowmobiles, ATV, motorcycles, boats, etc.

I also volunteer with the Humane Society and the local Alzheimers Association in my area. And yes, I DO have a parka..you kidding?? In -35 degree weather with wind chill's that will freeze your...well, you know...off??

[Fenris]

What work? I don't belive in work http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/wink.gif Nah,.. atm I don't have anywork sadly *sob* so if anyone is intreasted in hiring me I'm all free.. yey! Heh.. I have worked as some diffrent things not much fun, been studying computers & electronics, and probly going back to school again this fall.. Hmm.. that's it boring lil me..

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Fenris Wamphyri Wannabe vV~~Vv

[The Faceless One]

What is my job? Hmmmm.....
Well, I've got quite a few. Take your pick.

First and foremost would be world traveler. I know that sounds a bit cliche, but that is what I do. I've been to just about every little corner of the world and back again. Sometimes for fun, sometimes for work. The fact that I like to roam around (and I also like to keep my butt in front of my hearth in my home in the mountains for long periods, too) is probably due to the fact that I hardly ever travelled when I was a youth. My family was low middle class, yet I received the best education, and that took up most of the excess money we had. We went all over the east coast when I was a little kid, visiting relatives, site seeing, etc. The frequency of these trips sharply declined as I got older. So, since then, I have had this burning urge to see the world, and so I got into Archaeology and Anthropology in college. Now, I travel all over the world, and I mostly do work for Museums, magazines, the discovery channel (off and on, for those of you in the states), and of course (very rich) private collectors. Some of the interesting baubles I pick up on my extremely frequent excursions I often auction on someplace like ebay. I also collect alot of things from my trips, so my basement has been transformed into my own personal museum of wonders, with artifacts running the gamut of human history. I wouldn't even dare to guess how much it is worth. It could be priceless to some people. Others might just consider it junk with sentimental value. Considering most of these pieces are one of a kind, I would vouch for priceless. That hardly matters though, I am not going to sell them. The crowning piece of my collection is a mummy that I acquired in egypt. He wasn't a pharaoh or a high priest, just a simple architect. I picked him up a few years ago in egypt, when I was doing an excavation for a museum in Turkey (it really bit the big one. I am never working for turks again). I was getting into an arguement with the Egyptian Bureau of Foreign Affairs, because I was raising objections about the Egyptians building some kind of resort or something in near an ancient quarry. The authorities planned on digging up the graves of dozens of men to do this. I objected on moral grounds. "And why should you be raising such objections," they sniffed,"Don't you rob the dead and lay their bodies on slabs for the public to oogle at?"

That really got my dander up, and when I found out one of the officials in charge of the operation was going to try and sell the mummies for profit, I managed to get the majority of them to private collectors (who paid for them by making donations to selected charities), and public institutions (like museums). So I got the last laugh.

But, I decided to take one of the mummies with me. He didn't have much, just the typical things they bury with a middle class individual, nothing big and fancy. But now, he has a nice air tight glass case to keep him safe, and since he was originally interred near an outcropping of rock from a canyon, I thought he might like to stay at my home in the mountains. Better than being sold to someone who couldn't take care of his body and coffin.


Right now I am currently at my own home, and I am just figuring out how to properly write a computer program with Visual Basic. I never really used computers that much, except when using them to help map out dig sites. I guess I better learn how to use them now, or I'll really be in the dark ages. :E


The Faceless One

[Mike C]

The Faceless One- that sounds really cool. Need an assistant?

[SHAITAN]

The Faceless One: I would be happy to join Mike C in applying for a job....sounds very exciting...Acually I have always been interested in archeaology and antiques. I just never pursued a career in it.

[Emaleth]

*Jumping up and down after shoving the other three out of the way* Me!! Me!! I'll be an assistant!!! I can dig! I have my own shovel too! And...I can cook! :-P at the others.

P.S. I just realized that I shoved not only one..but TWO Lieutenants out of my way...Oie...*hangs her head just knowing she's in for it now*

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[The Faceless One]

*chuckle*
If you want to come with me, I suggest you get immunized and make sure you have excellent insurance. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Still, I don't travel as much as I used to. I still do it every few months or so, but lately I have (as I have said) been learning to write computer programs.

And I also would like to teach at college or University. I applied to a few colleges already, and some of them rejected me saying I was "Too young". Having a teacher who was only a little older than the students wouldn't promote respect for said teacher in the class room. What a load.

*audible snort* I hate bureaucrats

[Emaleth]

Hmm..Insurance..yes I have..but I really do not want to go through those shot series like I went through in the early 70's before going to the Phillipines. Can I just take a can of Raid?

Oh well, I suppose I'll stick with the job I have. Well, it isn't such a bad one. :)

[Emaleth]

Heh heh..this is a tad off the beaten path, but I remembered a story that happened in my childhood. Picture being in the year 1968, ok..well some of you can't do that. Anyhoo, we were asked by our teacher to do a report one weekend on what we wanted to be when we grew up.

I asked the only person I could think of at the time what great job would make me alot of money, and would ensure me a lifetime position...my Dad.

Getting that answer I proceeded to write down what I was going to be, and proud of myself I went to bed, then followed that with having a great weekend like any child does.

Come Monday am, I stood in front of the class like all the others reading my report.. 'What I want to be when I grow up is..' to make a rambling story short..it was a Mortician. Moral of the story? Before you decide on money or longevity alone..find out what the heck you are wanting to be before you say it in class.

I actually did think about that too for a while.

[Emaleth]

Lord Shaithis:
I'VE HAD MY SHOTS, and my shovel is better than Emaleth's, and I can use it better.

*Oh really now...heh heh'...realizing again that she is only a lowly thrall..she quickly zips up her reply she was going to make...smiles sweetly...'Ok, if you say so..'

By the way, Mike C, we need to band together and squash this insolent Emaleth, this impudence can not be tolerated.

"Eaps...."

*Hides within the Stack..after sending a couple of voluptuous female thralls to distract them for a while..in hopes that they will soon forget her insolence*

[Emaleth]

*Chuckles evily while coming out of her hiding place within the stack because she just realized that she is now a Lieutenant*

Now, where were we?

(Oh, I'm having way too much fun here, but it does make a nice break from Legislative Bill Tracking! :-|)

[Fenris]

Hey, I want to tag along too!!! I can like uuh.. carry stuff and such!! *plans to kill the others at first given chanse then asscend to wamphyri given a few hundred years* and I can cook, yepp yepp.. and I'll uh.. take my shoots *grin*

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Fenris Wamphyri Wannabe vV~~Vv

[The Faceless One]

*laughs*
Well, it certainly be interesting if you gave those clods a call.

And I have no idea where they get this nonsense of "age=respect", but they obviously don't know what is best for their students. And this even came from the College I attended!

Heh, I must admit though, some of the old buzzards that run the Ivy League establishments are older than some of the skeletons I have unearthed. And they aren't respected a mite.

That's primarily because they annoy the bloody hell out of everyone.

[Goth Girl]

Never forget that the Lady Wratha too was once "just a lowly thrall"...!

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Goth Girl ~ your favourite nightmare!

[Emaleth]

*Nods her head to Lord Shaithis for her gift of male thralls*

Ahhh..a nice 'distraction'..indeed. What? You are inviting me into your stack? Is this of your own free will? *Smiles*

And as for dreams/nightmares..ahh..they are easy to handle...to manipulate, and I am more resilient than you may think my dear. Challenges..ahh..I live for them...

[Dark]

G'day all, I am a soldier currently deployed in East Timor with a bit of time to kill. It's so good to see so many people supporting the worlds best author, I'll keep in touch.

[Mike C]

The Faceless One- Hey I don't need shots 'cause I don't bite... (roll on the drums BA-DA-BUM).

Man, I love watching those archaeology shows on T.V. Seeing all those cool places, finding cool things... no shirt & tie, being out doors. Where is my high school cousellor... we need to have a talk!

[Emaleth]

Mike C. : Ahh, but I DO Bite...

[Emaleth]

My own free will? *Smiles* My Dear Lord Shaithis..do I trust you? That is yet to be seen...but, do you not agree that an alliance would be much more....productive and alluring than the brief..although very sweet end to a leech?

My curiosity has me very intrigued..Ahh..challenges..I do enter of my own free will..and as for the gifts..alas..after being very..*smiles*..compliant..they are now for the provisoning...

[Wallaby]

I work as a tech analyst on a helpdesk way up at the top of Scotland and it's blinking cold jus'now - not the most exciting job in the world but i get to play around on computers all day :o)

Faceless one's job sounds one of the best so far.....

[Emaleth]

Totally out of character..lol But I do have a weakness for Scotsmen in Kilts..

*flutters eyelashes demurely and points to the area where the photos may be added and viewed hopefully with me being pleasantly surprised by a photo of a kilt* :->


Heh heh Rephrase that..it should read totally IN my character...with accents to to accompany those great looking kilts. Hey, I'm entitled :)

Bad Ema...Bad...*smiles* I will be good now...



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[SHAITAN]

Oh, Lord Shaithis, my son....how soon we forget what are fathers taught us. But I do admire the ambition and tenacity you show...But remember this, You may be a direct descendent of me, but by no means do you have the tenacity that I do...for I am the Unborn...I will always be the father of all Wamphry......*bows out respectfully to other Lords and Ladys*

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Seek and ye shall find the answer..........

[Emaleth]

A truce? Ahh...it would be more beneficial to have you as an ally My Lord Shaithis, than as an enemy...yes...that would be acceptable.

Now we need to make our plans..*grinning* But we also need to keep in good graces with the true Wamphyri for that would also be to our advantage, do you not agree with that as well?

[Wallaby]

Sorry Emaleth but im not a true Scotsman ;o)

Was originally born in Australia and don't actually wear a Kilt ... Well apart from Saturday nights ;o)

Still i might see about putting a picture up in the pics section!!

[Emaleth]

Drats :-

[AndyB]

I'm a Production Technician with a company that manufactures Hard disc drives.

[Emaleth]

Heh heh Andy, got any free samples? :-|

And Yes, Lord Shaithis..the time will come later for that, but for now we must beguile and intrigue all in order to get what we want and will have.. *puts on her most innocent face* *Smiles*

[SimonK]

I go to high school - does working at toy r us over the summer count?

[Emaleth]

Yes SimonK, that job will count, remember, you get skills not only in school, but in the little jobs as well.