Plano, TX
I never used SVHS. I started with 3/4 inch tape, then Betacam, then digital SX Betacam, then Sony XDCam (blu-ray disc) Soon cameras won't have any local storage. Video will be uploaded to a server.
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Quoted from Thanos75:I am an industrial firefighter/rescue at a oil refinery just outside of New Orleans.
Which refinery? I worked at norco for 13 yrs (Brock) until we lost the contract there in 2015...i now work out of our home office in geismar.
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Quoted from Pintucky:When I get real bored, I go next door to my neighbor to discuss politics. He is US Senator Rand Paul. You may have heard of him.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul just got attacked by his neighbor. Hopefully it was a different neighbor.
Quoted from TheLaw:Ahhh finally, a proper size ENG camera; A man after my own heart.
Man the quality is great these days but sometimes I'd gladly go back to SVHS to get rid of codecs
That is quite the coincidence! Mike did you know Rene (the attacker)?
Quoted from RTS:U.S. Senator Rand Paul just got attacked by his neighbor. Hopefully it was a different neighbor.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/us/politics/rand-paul-attack-neighbor.html?referer=android-app://com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I saw that. A doctor from his neighborhood... what goes through people's minds?
Quoted from Jumping-Box:I never used SVHS. I started with 3/4 inch tape, then Betacam, then digital SX Betacam, then Sony XDCam (blu-ray disc) Soon cameras won't have any local storage. Video will be uploaded to a server.
I will be very surprised if that becomes true across the board. Maybe consumer level stuff. Pro level will always need an option of storing locally because sometimes you shoot in remote locations, and content owners will not want their stuff uploaded to the cloud just waiting to be hacked.
I do nothing now, but for those unhappy with their career, perhaps run a business in the pinball hobby?
How much fun would that be?
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:content owners will not want their stuff uploaded to the cloud just waiting to be hacked.
Went to film school, trained as a cinematographer and that's my primary role, but can direct, edit, produce, whatever. For a living with it, spent a decade as a corporate video specialist working in house on commercials, industrial videos, client testimonials, marketing campaigns, etc. Decent money, but you're putting a square peg into a round hole i.e. a creative person into a corporate environment. I hated it most of the time unless I was very production heavy, lots of time wasting at a desk waiting for the next project. Got laid off, and the stars aligned and I was able to turn pinball into my full-time job.
So, now, and for the past year and half I work as the tech for Abari Game Bar in Charlotte and keep up our 20 pins and over 35 arcades, as well as restore project machines we get in from various places. I also do home repairs and repairs for people at my house on machines and still take the occasional video production gig when the project and pay is right. I love it, happiest I've ever been in my professional career and working on games that get the play ours do is a new challenge every day and makes you that much better of a technician.
Quoted from The_Director:Went to film school, trained as a cinematographer and that's my primary role, but can direct, edit, produce, whatever. For a living with it, spent a decade as a corporate video specialist working in house on commercials, industrial videos, client testimonials, marketing campaigns, etc. Decent money, but you're putting a square peg into a round hole i.e. a creative person into a corporate environment. I hated it most of the time unless I was very production heavy, lots of time wasting at a desk waiting for the next project. Got laid off, and the stars aligned and I was able to turn pinball into my full-time job.
So, now, and for the past year and half I work as the tech for Abari Game Bar in Charlotte and keep up our 20 pins and over 35 arcades, as well as restore project machines we get in from various places. I also do home repairs and repairs for people at my house on machines and still take the occasional video production gig when the project and pay is right. I love it, happiest I've ever been in my professional career and working on games that get the play ours do is a new challenge every day and makes you that much better of a technician.
SWEET MID CAREER CHANGE!!! Now produce us some cool pinball videos while you are at it! 
Quoted from The_Director:Went to film school, trained as a cinematographer and that's my primary role, but can direct, edit, produce, whatever. For a living with it, spent a decade as a corporate video specialist working in house on commercials, industrial videos, client testimonials, marketing campaigns, etc. Decent money, but you're putting a square peg into a round hole i.e. a creative person into a corporate environment. I hated it most of the time unless I was very production heavy, lots of time wasting at a desk waiting for the next project. Got laid off, and the stars aligned and I was able to turn pinball into my full-time job.
So, now, and for the past year and half I work as the tech for Abari Game Bar in Charlotte and keep up our 20 pins and over 35 arcades, as well as restore project machines we get in from various places. I also do home repairs and repairs for people at my house on machines and still take the occasional video production gig when the project and pay is right. I love it, happiest I've ever been in my professional career and working on games that get the play ours do is a new challenge every day and makes you that much better of a technician.
That is awesome. I sold Zach my Earthshaker last year. Super nice guy.
I teach high school. I started because it gave me an opportunity to coach baseball. I enjoy it most days but I love the time off. I work 185 days a year which has allowed me a ton of time to work on pinball machines. I started pinball as a hobby and put every single penny I make from repairing games back into other games. I would love to repair games full time but the area I am in won't allow that. I am not interested in leaving this area at the moment so I can't complain about my current situation.
Well, I got laid off last Wed from my position in logistics/transportation when the automotive wire harness company i worked for decided to save some money and shipped our jobs to Mexico. So now I plan on taking advantage of the severance pay and taking a couple months off before I start looking for something new.
Gonna try clearing my first pf and spend some time with my wife.
Out of college, with a degree in marketing and business, I worked for an investment bank. Which meant in actuality... a bank teller I soon found out. I was fired after maybe 3 months because the back ground check revealed I was arrested with buddies and charged with a misdemeanor for car stereo theft in high school.
I worked for 3 1/2 yrs in transportation brokerage. Called truck companies to see if they had a truck in or near......and negotiated a price for them to haul freight back near their origin city. Gave directions and baby sat truck drivers until delivery. Before cell phones do they called from pay phones.
Decided after 6 months on this job I needed to own a business and work for myself. Decided to go back to school and have been a dentist with my own practice for 15+ yrs. Stressful and a grind but I can’t imagine doing anything else. Take about 10 weeks off a year and work 4 days a week. And I just bought this as an equipment expense for marketing purposes so there’s that.
Quoted from Grateful_Pin:Out of college, with a degree in marketing and business, I worked for an investment bank. Which meant in actuality... a bank teller I soon found out. I was fired after maybe 3 months because the back ground check revealed I was arrested with buddies and charged with a misdemeanor for car stereo theft in high school.
I worked for 3 1/2 yrs in transportation brokerage. Called truck companies to see if they had a truck in or near......and negotiated a price for them to haul freight back near their origin city. Gave directions and baby sat truck drivers until delivery. Before cell phones do they called from pay phones.
Decided after 6 months on this job I needed to own a business and work for myself. Decided to go back to school and have been a dentist with my own practice for 15+ yrs. Stressful and a grind but I can’t imagine doing anything else. Take about 10 weeks off a year and work 4 days a week. And I just bought this as an equipment expense for marketing purposes so there’s that.
This is a great story - think about what might have been if the bank thing had worked out(?!!!)
But forgive me - if you only work 4 days a week and take -10- weeks off a year, is it really reasonable to call your job a "grind"?
Completely agree. But just a quick word I used. I’m laying in bed awake again due to a herniated disc pain that I’m sure has something to do with straining my back daily so there’s that. And I’m doing dentistry on people everyday...I’m really good at it and my patients,bless there heart do, amazing well for me most of the time. Bad word to use. I’m completely blessed but it’s not easy all the time.
Quoted from Grateful_Pin:Completely agree. But just a quick word I used. I’m laying in bed awake again due to a herniated disc pain that I’m sure has something to do with straining my back daily so there’s that. And I’m doing dentistry on people everyday...I’m really good at it and my patients,bless there heart do, amazing well for me most of the time. Bad word to use. I’m completely blessed but it’s not easy all the time.
Regardless,
The fire truck is awesome!!
Quoted from The_Director:Went to film school, trained as a cinematographer and that's my primary role, but can direct, edit, produce, whatever. For a living with it, spent a decade as a corporate video specialist working in house on commercials, industrial videos, client testimonials, marketing campaigns, etc. Decent money, but you're putting a square peg into a round hole i.e. a creative person into a corporate environment. I hated it most of the time unless I was very production heavy, lots of time wasting at a desk waiting for the next project. Got laid off, and the stars aligned and I was able to turn pinball into my full-time job.
So, now, and for the past year and half I work as the tech for Abari Game Bar in Charlotte and keep up our 20 pins and over 35 arcades, as well as restore project machines we get in from various places. I also do home repairs and repairs for people at my house on machines and still take the occasional video production gig when the project and pay is right. I love it, happiest I've ever been in my professional career and working on games that get the play ours do is a new challenge every day and makes you that much better of a technician.
I was in your bar a few weeks ago. Really nice place. My family enjoyed it too.
Melbourne
I'm a professional Firefighter in my local residence and learn newbies the tricks of the trade by teaching courses both from the books and by practice.
I work for an advertising agency. My work primarily consists of digital marketing like SEO (Search Engine Optimization), PPC (Pay Per Click), Display and Pre-Roll advertising, and social media marketing. In addition to working at the agency, I take on freelance work for smaller clients who may not be able to afford the pricing of a large agency.
I went to school for environmental science, kinda liked it, but after I graduated, my heart really wasn't in the right state of mind for the type of jobs out there for it, so I got a teacher's certification and became a teacher. I disliked that even more. So, I dug my heels deep, and miraculously got a job as a Geologist for an engineering firm.
I'm not actually sure how I got the job, as I'm neither an engineer, nor did I go to school for geology. Most of my day consists of going to worksites, taking coring samples, mapping stratum layers, and running lab tests on soil samples to ensure that the ground that is being built on can support the weight of buildings and other structures. If it can't, I have to figure out how to make it work.
That's all fine and cool, but 99.99% of the time, I feel like I'm just doing this:
me-being-a-geologist.gif
I had a stroke and three brain surgeries less than two years ago.
This changed everything. I am lucky to have lived at all.
So Now what?
Used to work at grainger industrial supply. 20 plus years. Many hats. Facilty managers loved me, still do.
Now I am going to use it all for something else. Helping others. That is my plan.
Pinball will always be in the lobby, no matter what I do.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Time to be in the weed business.
Well you do have the pins for it?
Didn't someone once say on that thread of what they found inside once they bought a pin? But I think the cops are on to that one. 
Quoted from Grayman_EM:Well you do have the pins for it?
Didn't someone once say on that thread of what they found inside once they bought a pin? But I think the cops are on to that one.
Yup, I've found some.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:I was an electrician for 40+ years. I don't do shit anymore.
I'm surprised the Wal-Mart recruiters haven't picked you up as a greeter yet. I hear you are in your prime years for that
Quoted from davijc02:I'm surprised the Wal-Mart recruiters haven't picked you up as a greeter yet. I hear you are in your prime years for that
Perhaps you missed the part where I said I don't do shit anymore.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:Perhaps you missed the part where I said I don't do shit anymore.
Not even those fancy pinball footie sock thingys?
Quoted from Drewscruis:Not even those fancy pinball footie sock thingys?
I used to enjoy making them. When the enjoyment stopped, so did I.
I taught English in Japan for about 10 years, and then got lured into an energy storage start-up and flew off to NZ (where i met a bunch of fun Kiwi pinballers!) and 4 years later i've just started working at another one, this time in Portland, doing Products and Programs management for a small, but fiesty, grid-scale energy storage provider. Happy to be helping add stability and resiliency to the energy grid, making it possible for utilities to bring more renewable generation online and accelerate the retirement of fossil fuel based generators.
Speaking of renewable energy, has anyone made a solar powered pinball machine yet? 
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:I used to enjoy making them. When the enjoyment stopped, so did I.
Oh no, you've been replaced by polyurethane!
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2962
Quoted from toyotaboy:Oh no, you've been replaced by polyurethane!
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2962
Not hardly
I use these, but they stick to my tile floor. It makes nudging harder. I’m not sure what is the best solution.
Quoted from Nevus:Not hardly
I use these, but they stick to my tile floor. It makes nudging harder. I’m not sure what is the best solution.
At least on carpet these work great and still allow nudging.
I'm an account manager for a major cheese company. I work with some of the funniest people and I have a view of the green mountains from my desk.
Quoted from fisherdaman:I'm an account manager for a major cheese company. I work with some of the funniest people and I have a view of the green mountains from my desk.
Sounds pretty cheesy to me.......
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