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guangzhou
Dec 15, 2009, 5:37 AM
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Rudmin wrote: Met some Norwegians who were oil rig abseilers. They worked 2 weeks on 4 weeks off. You can fit a lot of climbing into 4 fully paid weeks.
That seems like an interesting career that most people never hear off.
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mrmcface
Dec 15, 2009, 6:09 AM
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I hear it is! I would like to look into generating more outdoor tourism in my home area though since it doesn't have much else going for it since the mining is gone! lol
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guangzhou
Dec 15, 2009, 6:17 AM
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Hope you make money there.
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majid_sabet
Dec 15, 2009, 6:22 AM
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philbox wrote: guangzhou wrote: Hw many rental properties do you have? Only two, but they are huge with about 40 tenants.
Have one empty mate cause I am coming over
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jbroom
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guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: What are some other careers that allow plenty of time to climb and are versatile location wise? I have friends who are firemen and some registered nurses too. I'm in nursing school for exactly that reason. 3 days on, 4 days off. When the economy crashes I can work and get paid well. Anywhere in the world. Right now it sucks, as I'm still in school and have no time to actually climb. My hands are soft like a baby's ass, but pretty soon I should be loving it. Honestly, I'm looking forward to the paycheck with a comma. How long is the schooling? Have you heard about the temporary assignments and traveling nurses? Depends on the school, mine is an accelerated program that takes 16 months. Others take up to 3 years. And the travel nursing, that's one of the major reasons I'm doing it. They get paid more for the "inconvenience" of traveling. If you are looking at schools my only suggestion is to get into an accredited BSN program whose accreditation is respected in most countries. Try to avoid ADN programs. The difference is a much deeper understanding of theory, and you can make huge advancements in your career if you so choose. Excellent, thanks. A friend of mine is doing a nursing program in North Carolina. I agree, it will be nice for you to have a career that earns you a good living wage and offers you time to climb too.
In reply to: my girlfriend and i have been doing travel nursing for about two years now. personally i can't imagine a more climber friendly job. we take three month assignments (wherein we work one week on, one week off) and then at the end of the contract we usually take 1-3 months off to road trip and then start all over. we pick where we work based on the climbing and the ideal season if possible (spending/working this winter in vegas). plus you make more than a staff nurse and they put you up in a rent free/furnished apartment so it makes saving cash extremely easy. it's a perfect fit for us anyhow and we are planning to do this for another 2-3 years until we settle down and go back to school. nursing period is a great job for climbers and travel nursing is much better. iregpanda if you or anyone else have any specific questions let me know - school sucks but it'll be over before you know it and more than worth it. cheers!
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guangzhou
Dec 15, 2009, 6:32 AM
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jbroom wrote: guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: What are some other careers that allow plenty of time to climb and are versatile location wise? I have friends who are firemen and some registered nurses too. I'm in nursing school for exactly that reason. 3 days on, 4 days off. When the economy crashes I can work and get paid well. Anywhere in the world. Right now it sucks, as I'm still in school and have no time to actually climb. My hands are soft like a baby's ass, but pretty soon I should be loving it. Honestly, I'm looking forward to the paycheck with a comma. How long is the schooling? Have you heard about the temporary assignments and traveling nurses? Depends on the school, mine is an accelerated program that takes 16 months. Others take up to 3 years. And the travel nursing, that's one of the major reasons I'm doing it. They get paid more for the "inconvenience" of traveling. If you are looking at schools my only suggestion is to get into an accredited BSN program whose accreditation is respected in most countries. Try to avoid ADN programs. The difference is a much deeper understanding of theory, and you can make huge advancements in your career if you so choose. Excellent, thanks. A friend of mine is doing a nursing program in North Carolina. I agree, it will be nice for you to have a career that earns you a good living wage and offers you time to climb too. In reply to: my girlfriend and i have been doing travel nursing for about two years now. personally i can't imagine a more climber friendly job. we take three month assignments (wherein we work one week on, one week off) and then at the end of the contract we usually take 1-3 months off to road trip and then start all over. we pick where we work based on the climbing and the ideal season if possible (spending/working this winter in vegas). plus you make more than a staff nurse and they put you up in a rent free/furnished apartment so it makes saving cash extremely easy. it's a perfect fit for us anyhow and we are planning to do this for another 2-3 years until we settle down and go back to school. nursing period is a great job for climbers and travel nursing is much better. iregpanda if you or anyone else have any specific questions let me know - school sucks but it'll be over before you know it and more than worth it. cheers! Sounds like a nice life style.
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irregularpanda
Dec 15, 2009, 7:00 AM
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guangzhou wrote: jbroom wrote: guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: irregularpanda wrote: guangzhou wrote: What are some other careers that allow plenty of time to climb and are versatile location wise? I have friends who are firemen and some registered nurses too. I'm in nursing school for exactly that reason. 3 days on, 4 days off. When the economy crashes I can work and get paid well. Anywhere in the world. Right now it sucks, as I'm still in school and have no time to actually climb. My hands are soft like a baby's ass, but pretty soon I should be loving it. Honestly, I'm looking forward to the paycheck with a comma. How long is the schooling? Have you heard about the temporary assignments and traveling nurses? Depends on the school, mine is an accelerated program that takes 16 months. Others take up to 3 years. And the travel nursing, that's one of the major reasons I'm doing it. They get paid more for the "inconvenience" of traveling. If you are looking at schools my only suggestion is to get into an accredited BSN program whose accreditation is respected in most countries. Try to avoid ADN programs. The difference is a much deeper understanding of theory, and you can make huge advancements in your career if you so choose. Excellent, thanks. A friend of mine is doing a nursing program in North Carolina. I agree, it will be nice for you to have a career that earns you a good living wage and offers you time to climb too. In reply to: my girlfriend and i have been doing travel nursing for about two years now. personally i can't imagine a more climber friendly job. we take three month assignments (wherein we work one week on, one week off) and then at the end of the contract we usually take 1-3 months off to road trip and then start all over. we pick where we work based on the climbing and the ideal season if possible (spending/working this winter in vegas). plus you make more than a staff nurse and they put you up in a rent free/furnished apartment so it makes saving cash extremely easy. it's a perfect fit for us anyhow and we are planning to do this for another 2-3 years until we settle down and go back to school. nursing period is a great job for climbers and travel nursing is much better. iregpanda if you or anyone else have any specific questions let me know - school sucks but it'll be over before you know it and more than worth it. cheers! Sounds like a nice life style. Kudos to everyone for the quadruple cheestit. But no seriously, I might hit you up about that. I have my last final of the semester tomorrow, then I'm headed to red-rocks and st. george for about 5 weeks. Sweet. I might randomly hit you up from acrost the wide world of the interwebs pretty soon. Looking forward to red rocks, even though I'm out of shape and have baby hands. I need to get on some long climbs. 1 week on, 1 week off. Do you work 12 hour shifts? That would suck for 7 days in a row  .
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guangzhou
Dec 15, 2009, 8:20 AM
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12 hours day, that is hard.
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supersonick
Dec 15, 2009, 2:43 PM
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Telecommuting software engineer
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gmggg
Dec 15, 2009, 3:21 PM
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Prostitute. As long as your wife is Ok with it you can make lots of money in short time.
Put that climbers body to work!
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dynosore
Dec 15, 2009, 3:38 PM
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guangzhou wrote: 12 hours day, that is hard.
Pffft when I was working QC in a chemical plant I once worked 38 days in a row, up to 24 hours per shift. Stacked up a bunch of cash and quit after a couple years.
I'm back in school to be a CPA, do tax planning, mostly from home, whenever I want. That's the plan anyways.
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kachoong
Dec 15, 2009, 3:44 PM
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I heard the revenge business allows for flexability.
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pokerer
Dec 15, 2009, 6:15 PM
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online poker ftw. broadband and a laptop is all you need
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shimanilami
Dec 15, 2009, 7:22 PM
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I can tell you what not to do. Do not become a project manager in biotech. Decent money, social status, etc. but it takes all my time and most of my energy.
I should never have quit robbing banks. That was the best.
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justroberto
Dec 15, 2009, 7:55 PM
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dynosore wrote: guangzhou wrote: 12 hours day, that is hard. Pffft when I was working QC in a chemical plant I once worked 38 days in a row, up to 24 hours per shift.
That sounds like a great formula for top-notch Quality Control.
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boadman
Dec 15, 2009, 8:37 PM
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pokerer wrote: online poker ftw. broadband and a laptop is all you need
I've got a friend who's averaging about 100k/year for the last few years doing this. Two days a week. Not too shabby.
The fireman gig is pretty awesome too, 80 days of work a year.
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irregularpanda
Dec 15, 2009, 9:12 PM
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justroberto wrote: dynosore wrote: guangzhou wrote: 12 hours day, that is hard. Pffft when I was working QC in a chemical plant I once worked 38 days in a row, up to 24 hours per shift. That sounds like a great formula for top-notch Quality Control.
It,s not the best for nursing either. Medication errors, worse outcomes. Simple mistakes are made at the end of long days.
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dynosore
Dec 15, 2009, 9:19 PM
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justroberto wrote: dynosore wrote: guangzhou wrote: 12 hours day, that is hard. Pffft when I was working QC in a chemical plant I once worked 38 days in a row, up to 24 hours per shift. That sounds like a great formula for top-notch Quality Control.
We couldn't find enough qualified people so we did what we had to. This wasn't simple, look at the part and slap a QC tested sticker on it type quality control. We were using very specialized analytical techniques in a Class 1 cleanroom environment. But your point is valid. It's one of the reasons I won't get an H1N1 shot....when a facility has to suddenly churn out many times the normal production, you either get a bunch of NOOBs doing the work, or you work your current people until they're delirious.
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supersonick
Dec 15, 2009, 11:15 PM
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cracklover wrote: supersonick wrote: Telecommuting software engineer This one is working well for me. GO
On the road climbing for 30 months of the last 60, and that's just because i'm a pussy and can't survive road life full time
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Khoi
Dec 15, 2009, 11:40 PM
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justroberto wrote: dynosore wrote: guangzhou wrote: 12 hours day, that is hard. Pffft when I was working QC in a chemical plant I once worked 38 days in a row, up to 24 hours per shift. That sounds like a great formula for top-notch Quality Control.
The Invisible Hand of the Free Market, prosperity be upon it, will take care of everything. 
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guangzhou
Dec 16, 2009, 12:25 AM
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supersonick wrote: Telecommuting software engineer
Tell me more about this please.
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supersonick
Dec 16, 2009, 1:18 AM
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guangzhou wrote: supersonick wrote: Telecommuting software engineer Tell me more about this please.
Well it’s pretty simple really. You find yourself a field and a company that lets you telecommute. The software part is not critical, although it is conducive to telecommuting. Make sure the job lets you flex your time so you can work nights and weekends to make up for hours missed during the weekdays. Most importantly, make sure you avoid all serious romantic relationships. With all this in place, you can then get a little creative and set your life up to spend as much time as you want on the road and squeeze your work time in around your climbing time.
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irregularpanda
Dec 16, 2009, 4:40 AM
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dynosore wrote: It's one of the reasons I won't get an H1N1 shot....when a facility has to suddenly churn out many times the normal production, you either get a bunch of NOOBs doing the work, or you work your current people until they're delirious.
Well, maybe you don't understand how the H1N1 shot is made. It's exactly the same method for making every other influenza shot.
Inject some virus into eggs. Let it grow. Harvest. Done. Inject into people. Prevent a pandemic from killing 1% of the infected population (hopefully). Done.
The only reason it was late this year had to do with pharm companies halting the normal seasonal influenza shot, and starting over from scratch to make the H1N1. remember, H1N1 emerged in the end of last "season's" flu season?
Anyway, I'm probably a little drunk, but my rant is done. My point is that the H1N1 vaccine is basically the exact same method and technology for making every other seasonal influenza shot. The only difference is the hemagluttinin and neuraminidase proteins, and maybe whether your body can mount an appropriate immune response but that is another matter entirely.
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Reading this is depressing...
I'm in law school right now. I hardly climb now. I wonder how much less I will climb once I graduate...
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