Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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2 December 2010
23:1582943#1
Looking at the posting about the ladies sharing a car or walking to work together ( respect ladies ) I thought I would bring this one up.
How often is it we get snow like this? once in a blue moon as the saying goes.
An occupation I trained in and did for a while would have been very handy in this weather, like most things they say ( its like riding a bike ) and yes I would still feel comfy doing it after 30yrs
A Ski instructor.
I specialised in Down Hill and Giant Slalom, After coming home from Germany I sold all of my gear, helmet, ski's,boots and so on but I always get that feeling I shouldn't have. and it's on days like this I could kick myself.
Any one else trained in something useless?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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2 December 2010
23:2282945#2
I trained as a florist in Harrods ending up doing the displays for windows and the other departments as well as arrangements for sale.
I never use my 'skills' now as I prefer pot plants to cut flowers.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
2 December 2010
23:3082947#3
being a qualified zeppelin repair man i will refrain from further comment.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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2 December 2010
23:5282956#4
A mate of mine fertilised Cows!!!
Don't ask,once he had all the stuff nicked from his doorstep,what did they do with it?
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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2 December 2010
23:5882958#5
Crunchy Nut cornflakes
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
- Posts: 325
3 December 2010
00:0082960#6
Ian you should talk to my dad sounds like you have a similar background you probably skiied together in the army. Definately not useless as his daughter he taught me to ski at a young age and schooled me to apply for snow queen every year of my own army career. Very useful indeed I had the time of my life. X
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
- Posts: 323
3 December 2010
00:2882963#7
I am an ACT (Advanced Customer Trained) operator on Xerox Docutech and Docucolor and am also fully conversant in Offset Lithography.
About as much use as a choccy teapot nowadays.
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,037
3 December 2010
09:5182977#8
I'm a trained private investigator - I never really used the qualification.
I also took helicopter flying lessons - maybe one day I'll get the helicopter!
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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3 December 2010
10:4382993#9
I'm trained to service microscopes, used to do the ones at Ian's current place.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
- Posts: 778
3 December 2010
10:5582996#10
Actually thats quite random..i might have been able to ski as well.. alas... dont have skis now adays.. and havent done it in years so probably would be pants at it...
erm.. lets see... trained as a teacher, thats a pretty useless skill i am never going to use!
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,214
3 December 2010
14:4683043#11
I'm a trained and qualfied archaeologist with a highly useful O level in meteorology. That's why I ended up with the Civil Service - say's it all really.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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3 December 2010
14:5083046#12
Somewhere in my filing cabinet is my GPO telex operator's qualification which I earned in 1972. In those days the financial markets communicated mostly by telex. Anyone remember telex? For that matter, who remembers the GPO?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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3 December 2010
16:1083060#13
I trained as a hod carrier for Lego.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 December 2010
17:2883090#14
@ Colin!
Guest 702- Registered: 9 Jul 2010
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3 December 2010
17:4383094#15
Colin, so it's you that built all those Lego sets for the Santanda adverts !!!!!
Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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3 December 2010
18:5083110#16
Love it Colin
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 December 2010
19:0583117#17
i remember the telex very well, so many tricks you could play on it.
after making a bad mistake, type up a document, then dial up the number, cut off, play the document from the tape, dial the number again and cut off.
hey presto you have evidence that you sent the document in the first place.
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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3 December 2010
23:5983163#18
Telex and manual switchboard trained here too, buy a GPO trained operator who I relieved at lunchtime in the firm I was printing at from time to time.
Telex - Load a reel of 2ply paper and a dial by the side of the keyboard, you could type direct once the other side had answered with their ID number, but much quicker to have a secretary type it on the 'Wang' and get a tape cut to feed into the machine after dialling, then...whizz it would type madly to itself till message end.
Used to look forward to messages from far-flung places, one copy (red) went in my file while the black top copy went off to the person it was addressed to.
Switchboard - Had 25 incoming lines and 130 extentions, so could be quite fun joining up incoming calls answered by headset and a cord and plug into the line, then holding that cord whilst pulling out another to 'buzz' the extension and join them up - much more instant control than a digital pabx and you could see who was in convesation at a glance, butt into a call and dial international and also answer peoples directory requests from huge books full of telephone numbers kept there.
Used to get some oddball callers sometimes and some downright rude ones too, many of whom should have known much better (names witheld!).
Happy days
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,610
4 December 2010
01:1883166#19
I am a fully trained 'Decimal Currency Advisor', able to convert to pounds, shillings and pence in my head. It was useful for a few months some years ago.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,709
4 December 2010
01:4783167#20
I qualified as a Hockey Coach and Umpire some 20 years ago
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi