^^oh hello, I know you from muzic forums

Is this the biggest/most active general music forum? This is the first one that comes up when you google "music forum" and the other few I looked into didn't seem to be as active as this.

I love the size of this forum for the fact that you get to know the users on more of a personal level, but it's not so small that there isn't something interesting going on most times when you decide to log on.

Still though, I'm a bit surprised there isn't anything bigger on the www for something as general as music.

Their is lots of gear forums that are much bigger. Websites like Strattalk, TDPRI, MYLESPAUL, TheGearPage and so on. They talk much less about music though and focus more on the creation of it.

Ah k thanks. Yeah, I meant more on discussing music.

Obviously meant to post this in the other forums thread as well.

Spot on, with the Carp at least ;) This one looks like it's 12+ kg, we have a couple of those, they could go to a tatoo/piercing convention, theyhave so many hooks and scars from all the fishermen that have been trying to catch them over the years. The toughest sob I saw swims around with a fishing line that starts with a hook in his lip and ends about 20cm after it has left his ass.
A couple of photos:
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my sister with some of the fish ponds iin the background and the biggest fish we've had ;)
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This is what our family fish farm looks like from the road

This how it looks from above. A part of it anyway, there's a lot more water. I'm posting the last pic as a link as it's simply huge.

I'm a panel beater by trade
But at the moment I'm at uni studying accounting, working part time at Coles in the fresh produce section, stacking fruit, veg etc

I work in sales for a steel processing company, and I hate it. Sales I mean, not steel processing. I used to work for the production side of the company and liked it much better. Trying to figure out how to get back there.

in the general atmosphere of this board in a few threads, i also work part-time as a pimp

Years ago I used to work with a guy here, he was born in the UK but of Thai origin. He told me his aim was to one day move to Thailand to work as a pimp and own a high class establishment (he was deadly serious about it) I lost contact with him, but maybe one day, if I track him down I'll see if he ever got his dream underway.

Thailand is probably the biggest sexual services provider in the world

i read somewhere 1 in 20 women are hookers

it isn't that hard for him to make headway, but there's lot of competition

i went for a sex trip there, but it was foiled by a bad stomach and generally unclean food and water

He mentioned some of these facts as well.

Aren't hygiene standards poor in Malaysia as well? I only thought of Singapore as being good in that part of the world.

comparably better here than Indonesia, Indochina or the Phillipines

tap water here is bad, though, you do need to boil it

Singapore is way better than any other country here just because of its size and higher revenue (it's a trade point)

Brunei as well (oil)

I work in sales also. I actually enjoy it though. Pays the bills and i can enjoy my hobbies. I would probably enjoy the production side also, less stress.

Fixed. Hee hee!

Exactly, less stress and more problem solving. That's my kinda gig.

It takes a special kind of person, imo, to enjoy sales. Props to you my friend.

I've been a movie theater projectionist for three and a half years.

I've been manager/projectionist of a small three screen art house for a year and a half.

This takes up most of my time but it's nice because I get to watch movies basically all day as well as run them.

^that is absolutely perfect.....exactly the impression i get from you here! :)

at this point and time in my life i am a truck driver.....what they call a line haul driver....basically i pick up an empty 53 foot trailer in Reno drive it to Woodland CA (about 20 miles north of Sacramento) drop it and pick up a loaded trailer to bring back for the kid who does the route.....the product is for Ross stores....i started this job last night!....its a pretty good gig....i basically work from 7pm to about 230am and it pays well enough with full company paid medical (which i need :( ) and i fell i basically get paid to listen to music for 8 hours....which obviously is a bonus for me :)

edit: i'm pretty sure i am the only truck driver in the world with a Current 93 tattoo and who wears a DEVO energy dome while driving :)

Digital or Reel to Reel?

Ill keep an eye out for you on the road.

Yes that's true! I've worked with sales people and it is super intense, especially because so much pressure is on them to reach exceedingly high target. I think it takes a certain type of person to handle it. I know I couldn't. IBS is triggered by stress.

Both.

We have a digital house and two 35mm theaters. Reel to Reel really is an old term now. I don't know anybody that actually uses a reel to reel projectors anymore. We use platter systems which makes it a lot more convenient. Basically, with reel to reel systems you would have to have two of them. One would be running reel 1 and the other would be holding reel 2. When reel 1 would be almost don't you would cue up reel two and "switch" over. Then you take reel 1 off and replace with reel 3.

Platter systems allow you to splice together all the reels into one giant 35mm film. This way you can just run the entire movie through at once without having to switch at all. It isn't a piece of cake but it certainly beats out having to switch 5 times a showing.

The digital house works like an ipod playlist. I upload trailers and movies from a hard drive and arrange them in a playlist. Then I click play. Easy. It's also sadly going to be the end of my job when all theaters are running digital projectors. Maybe I'll go into repair after that. Things always break.

You probably already said this somewhere, but what kind of movies do you show, generally?

tee hee. Oh you!

got any rare banzai trees?

I'm essentially a freelance writer who picks up some occasional dough from visual art. I'm going to be supplementing this with other work, but that's the gist of what I do.

Our booking department is a little retarded. We show limited release films and foreign films a lot but once in a while they'll give us a film that just doesn't belong in a "art house". For example we had Puss N Boots for a couple of weeks. I wrote a lot of emails disclaiming my dislike of that. It basically made us look like a bunch of morons and they got the hint a bit. I think that they book us to try to make as much money as possible which is understandable but then they shouldn't call out theater an "art house". It's very frustrating, especially because of how much of a film geek I am. It's been better recently though. For example our line up this week is "A Separation", "The Deep Blue Sea", and "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen". Hopefully we'll get "Bully" sometime soon. It's supposed to be amazing.

Wow, stomping through my neck of the woods. I lived in Dixon and Davis the last couple years.

I might need to look into this line of work. How does one break into this kind of work? What kind of licenses/experience needed? etc...

Also, if I do ever see a Devo-hat wearing truck driver, I'll know it's you...

I'm the only accountant!?!?

Luckily yes.

everybody knows it's a dead boring job and you only get rich by fiddling with people's and companies' tax returns

You're so well informed!

I am a line cook at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Our boss has been on Iron Chef, received 2 James Beard Nominations, and we are currently listed as one of the 40 best restaurants in the country.

Michelin - isn't that a tire place?

yep.

Are you in Europe? Or do they operate globally? Basically, aren't you in the United States? If so, whereabouts?

Nope, we're in the US. Currently only San Francisco, Chicago, and New York have Michelin guides published, so there are plenty of other restaurants around the country that are equally impressive but don't get the same recognition for some reason. Still, it's definitely an accomplishment for our restaurant to be counted among the top 40 restaurants in the nation, as well as being awarded a place in the guide. My restaurant appears in the Chicago edition.

I used to be a waiter at The Whitehouse in Anaheim Ca. Its certainly a very prestigious honor to be so highly regarded in the Michelin. The Zagat gets alot of hype, but it can't hold a candle to The Michelin. Man I loved Chi-town last time I was there, its such a historical place and the food is out of this world.

When did everybody switch to Trailer Park Boys avatars?

yes you need a Class A CDL....which basically is a series of written test and a driving test through the DMV....you basically have two choices...pay to go to a truck driving school which is around $1500....or sign on with a larger company ie England, Werner, Scnieder who will pay for your training and license in trade for a contract of work

personally i signed on with England and worked for them for a little over a year basically i went to their school in Salt lake after i failed miserably at bike frame construction (just could not get the hang of welding)....basically it went like this....3 weeks instruction in Salt Lake, three months over the road training....and then i land a spot on their dedicated fleet out of Reno for Wal-Mart....after my year was up i started dropping resumes with the local beer people and landed this job for Ross....like i said it has its ups and downs but pays well with great benefits....and again i basically drive for 6-7 hours and listen to music....still i'm on a waiting list for a couple of the beer distributors here in reno

Sounds like something I could be comfortable doing. I would just need to put in the work and get started. I'll definitely be mulling it over. Thanks for the information.

Trailer park who????