Disk brakes - Page 2

Slacker wrote:
>>Hey, Slack, you're a SoCal boy- did you get to see the "Goodbye Goodbye" mini tour? I was sad to
>>see one of the very best concert bands go, but I enjoyed sending them off.
>>
>>Miles
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>
>
> Actually, as much as I like them, I never did see them live. I do think Elfman is a
> musical genius.
>
> --
> Slacker
>
>

Dooood... I hate to rub it in, but a half-dozen or so of the very best shows I have evr seen were
Boingo shows. if they evre do a reunion. GO.

Miles

Technician wrote:
>
> The only playhouse we have is university owned and operated. if your not part of their university
> (staff or student), they don't want you (except for the audience at public plays).

did you ask?
>
>> Build a database for the elementary school reading program.
>
> I have been told they already have one, though a check on their site fails to find one. perhaps
> parents are given a "special" url to get to
> it.http://www.mallett.msad9.k12.me.us/ (try the search, he he. i _hate_ frontpage with a passion).
>

show me a public shcool that won't take volunteers.... please. ( unless you

>> Ask around at the local mom and pop PC shop and see if they need any 'free' help.
> >> Start a PC recycling deal for underprivileged families. Get
>> throwaways, fix them up, and give them out. Start a bike recycling deal of the same sort of
>> families.
>>
>
> i have thought of this, but have been held back by two things.
> 1.) like any other program for underprivileged families in this area (and many others i assume),
> people will cheat the system.

do you know for sure? For all the cheaters there are deserving folks who've gotten bad breaks too.
Try a battered womens's shelter if you need convicing of this.

> 2.) i am very unorganized. in fact, my teachers kept threatening to submit me as an example for
> Websters Dictionary. i am a total synonym for organization.
>

So? So was Einstien. You are so full of excuses and lack of imagination that it's really pathetic.

Do or do not, there is not try.

Penny

Penny S. wrote:
> Technician wrote:
>
>>ok, so the subject was a little vague, i couldn't think of a quick summery so it'll have to do.
>>
>>For future reference (ok, so i'm really obsessive about researching things), i was wondering what
>>options were available for upgrading the GT to disk brakes (like i said, future, job search has
>>not returned anything that makes any money yet).
>
>
>
> He's dreaming again.

When my dog dreams, he makes running motions and whines and drools.

Apparently Travis does the same thing, only with his paws on the keyboard.

Kathleen "All your tennis balls are belong to us!"

"Technician" <travis57@nospam.megalink.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.192b5c1567e085e29899f6@news.megalink.net...
> In article <aofwa.315444$Si4.264866@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>, barry@bsanders.net says...
> > "Technician" <travis57@nospam.megalink.net> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.192b2b5af4a303ad9899f3@news.megalink.net...
> >
> > > (like i said, future, job search has not returned anything that makes any money yet).

> > Where are you, and what kind of jobs are you looking for? What is your background and/or field
> > of expertise?
>
> I'm in Farmington, Maine. I guess my background could be classified as electrical/mechanical
> (scored top on electrical and mechanical on ASVAB) with very good strengths in computers. In these
> fields, i am quite easily taught, so i am only marginally limited by current knowledge.
>
> Mechanically i can usually look at some sort of machine, and with a bit of time, and tools to open
> 'er up for examination, i can have it pretty much figured out in a few hours. I have rebuilt a
> 2-cycle motorcycle using the manual only for specific settings or torque.
>
> Electrically, i am the same way. i have re-wired my room several times to place an outlet where
> needed, or to change an outlet over to a grounded one. I can also do well in the electronics end
> of it. i have built several audio amplifiers, though i have yet to understand them fully, i can
> read a schematic and generate a circuit from it with little difficulty (providing that i have
> reference materials for any semiconductors).
>
> With computers, i may not know all there is to know, but i have a fairly broad area of knowledge.
> i have a very good understanding of the scripting format, thus i can usually read and understand
> most any script language enough to learn from it. Hardware is simple to me, it is nothing to swap
> out a component whenever needed, and software is much the same. there are so many similarities
> that most programs can be learned by simply working with it for a while.
>
> For the longest time, i had no idea what i wanted to do for a living. for a while i though i
> enjoyed computers enough that i would like to be employed using them. I have since decided (while
> building up the GT actually) that i much prefer mechanical work. i enjoy getting down and dirty
> with tools and working with my hands. I just have to find the job that best fits this joy.

Travis, you are an engineer without a degree to prove it. It's time for you to become enterprising.

A story: The kind and generous fellow who taught me electronics theory and Boolean logic (when I was
12) was very much like you in terms of background. As a young man, he started a business repairing
electronic equipment. This turned into a career at Cessna Aircraft teaching avionics. That
experience vaulted him into becoming the director of an artificial intelligence lab at Boeing. He
never received a college degree. During his entire career he always did side jobs, such as voice
work for the local radio station.

Moral of the story: Broadly technical guys like you are golden. People always need something to be
repaired: House repair, car repair, auto repair, bike repair, PC repair, appliance repair, teaching
folks how to use Windows, MS Office, and much, much more. Heck, you could make a living out of just
fixing screwed-up Windows PC's alone. How about setting up wireless networking (Wi-Fi) for the rich
folks in the gated communities? Charge 'em plenty - they'll love wireless networking, and you'll get
return business. (BTW: It's incredibly easy to setup, too.) This is a way for you to "leverage" your
broad understanding of things technical. (I hate the word "leverage"; but it's appropriate.)

Have some basic business cards printed up. Put the word out with flyers at the grocery store, or
anywhere else people congregate (church?) What I think you'll find is that once you have a small
base of satisfied customers, word of mouth will do the advertising for you. In a Walmart world,
personal service is a rare find, and much needed. The elderly are especially needing of someone
they can trust to help them. If you attend church, you may find that to be a good place to
spread the word.

When times are tough, and jobs are scarce or non-existent, being enterprising and versatile is the
only way to stay afloat. Don't wait for existing companies to hire you - they're about to go under
themselves.

> A position has opened up at the local VIP (discount auto parts, aka crappy parts at a low price)
> for a full-time tire changer. not sure exactly what it entails, but i figure it is worth a shot.

It's hard work. My Dad was "the tire man" for a Mercedes dealership when he was in his late 20's. He
loved the job. I'll bet it pays poorly, though.

> a fairly recent (within the past 3 years) interest of mine is turbine jet engines. i would love to
> work in this field, but the only positions available are at airports, and there is so much at
> risk, that it kind of takes away from the job. now, assuming i got the needed training and the FAA
> certification, it would be nice to be a jet engine mechanic for just a few small jet aircraft. but
> i fear i don't have a good enough credit to apply for another student loan (mainly because i have
> to keep deferring my last student loan).

A good friend of mine did exactly this. He went to Spartan Engineering and got his AP certfication.
He rented a space at a local airport, and had his own aircraft repair business for a while. It's
good work; and pays well; but in a down economy, it's not clear how much work there is to do.
Business jets are the first to go when the money gets tight.

Be bold and be enterprising. You'll find helping people to be very rewarding. They'll *pay* you for
those broad mechanical and technical aptitudes of yours.

-Barry

Technician wrote:
> <manic rambling>

Shouldn't you be worrying about a job, instead of Disk brakes?? It's no wonder your
unemployed........

-Spider

In article <3EC28B9F.3090906@nospam.com>, dweeb@nospam.com says...
> Technician wrote:
> > <manic rambling>
>
> Shouldn't you be worrying about a job, instead of Disk brakes?? It's no wonder your
> unemployed........
>
> -Spider
>
>
>

It is apparent you missed all the points i have made that i have applied to nearly every business
locally, check in with them frequently, and still nothing. On top of that, you (like some others)
missed the phrase "future reference".

And thirdly, i do not have manic depressive disorder, i have major depressive disorder, there is a
difference, if you can't see that than keep your post to yourself. like the phrase says, "it is
better to keep quiet and appear a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".

That reminds me, a job opened up at VIP, gotta stop in today to get an application (took my mother
to have eye surgery done in Lewiston this morning so obviously i didn't have time).
--
~Travis

travis57 at megalink dot net http://www.megalink.net/~farmers/

miles todd <mdtodd@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:<3EC24D25.5020100@san.rr.com>...
> Slacker wrote:
> >>Hey, Slack, you're a SoCal boy- did you get to see the "Goodbye Goodbye" mini tour? I was sad to
> >>see one of the very best concert bands go, but I enjoyed sending them off.
> >>
> >>Miles
> >
> >
> >
> > Actually, as much as I like them, I never did see them live. I do think Elfman is a musical
> > genius.
> >
> > --
> > Slacker
> >
> >
>
> Dooood... I hate to rub it in, but a half-dozen or so of the very best shows I have evr seen were
> Boingo shows. if they evre do a reunion. GO.

I saw them once in Gel-A in about 1978 or so. Those days were a little hazy, though I remember
having fun at their show. Only A Lad sure fits our little pal well.

JD

Wish you all the best, mate. Good luck!