What do we all do for a living

[DaveP]

I'm an offset pressman, don't write us off so quick,lol. It's been nice since the digital switch for plate making, instead of film. Our local vo-tech is still churning out 25 kids a year running 1/c ABDicks.

Offset will be around forever. One of my accounts was a state prison print shop where the manager was an ex-newspaper guy who ran several small town newspapers. He educated me on just about every printing process there was. They had a room full of machines like the one I posted the picture of above, but he had another room full of ABDicks for prisoners to run specialty jobs like business cards and glossy foldout information cards. Those eventually went to digital color machines and one press was retained just in case it was needed.

High res digital is impressive and becomes so more each year, but you still can't beat a seasoned pressman tweaking a photo with loving care from an analog camera plate on a well maintained press using a good paper grade.

It's more about time and money these days. That, and the decision makers are younger digital freaks who grew up with Microsoft and Apple products, not Heidelberg and ABDicks.

 

[DaveP]

ah very nice. Did you ever fool around with nuveras? Our techs hate them with a passion.

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I was also the Nuvera guy on our team. I had most of the 120s and 144ppm Nuveras. I had a 288 at one time, but it went away and changed to a Docutech. I loved them except when they were placed in 1 million page plus accounts. They were happier at 500k a month. Now, my cohorts tell me that the new Nuvera has been redesigned and is comfortable running in high volume Docutech environments. It's all about evolution of a new product and how the techs relate to change. We all learned to prefer what we were comfortable with working on. New stuff meant headaches until we learned its personality.

 

[Myk]

Goldsmith.

 

[AvalonMyst]

I'm a Retired Army Soldier and now work for Dominion VA/NC power as a bilingual customer service rep in a call center. Just couldn't stay retired.

 

[Gadd]

Retired Police Officer.

 

[budsalinger]

In a parallel universe I am a theoretical physicist, a teacher, and professional musician.

But alas, in this universe I am a small business owner and single father who doesn't get to spend enough time with his son.

 

[iamtumus]

In a parallel universe I am a theoretical physicist, a teacher, and professional musician.

But alas, in this universe I am a small business owner and single father who doesn't get to spend enough time with his son.

I'm sure you do the best you can

i'm a cook at a rehab

 

[dlsw]

Public school teacher.

 

[Darthvong]

I sell Ford Automobiles and Pre-owned Vehicles.

 

[DaveP]

I sell Ford Automobiles and Pre-owned Vehicles.

I'd love to see a topic where you answer questions about what goes on behind the scenes when we try to strike a deal on an automobile. Does the sales manager really yell when you take him the deal or are you guys just hotly discussing yesterday's ball game while we watch through the glass window?

 

[Bael2212]

I love it when the tech department, especially the desktop help desk at the place I work takes a lot of grief people automatically think that it was the help desk's fault when something breaks. yet when a machine gets a really bad virus and I look at the event logs and their browser history, you would be amazed the things I find. we had a guy return a laptop that we loaned out to him for business use with Diablo 3, Steam, and World of Warcraft installed on it. It makes me not want to help these people out with their problems but instead tell them they aren't allowed to use the companies computers any more. But unfortunately we have a separate department for information security and he gets to regulate the policies on that not me.

 

[Black Strat]

Nuclear operations trainer and musician.

 

[DaveP]

Nuclear operations trainer and musician.

For some reason, that description brought to mind pyrotechnics in your stage performance.

 

[Black Strat]

Nuclear operations trainer and musician.

For some reason, that description brought to mind pyrotechnics in your stage performance.

We did do a Pyro shot at the end of On The Run when the Spitfire crashed in our video. Great look of shock at the sudden light and heat.

I have vids of that but haven't posted them due to low quality.

 

[zzooti]

In a past life (seems like it anyway) I was a Navy jet engine mechanic; now I work at Lowe's, being paid to let customers be douchebags to me. Hey, try this sometime-go to Lowe's, buy anything, use it once, return it for a full refund, then send your buddy in to buy it for a hefty discount. Happens all the time.

 

[Dawnaj]

LOL, I was gonna say that! "designer of wristbands"

 

[sl74]

Trained carpenter, two years ago I gave up on the job market here in Denmark and decided to start college at the tender age of 35 Studying to be a mechanical engineer.
In my spare time, I tinker with cars and play music.