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Title: Who is your daddy and what does he do?
Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:05:53: (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KpDbz276o4A/UZK7fFqHzOI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kR7rMDIXYMU/s1600/kindergarten-cop.jpg)

Or what do you do for a living?

I work construction where I don't ever need a keyboard. I don't even know why I'm on this site tbh.
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Post by: jwaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:06:14: Is he rich? is he rich like me?
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Post by: MKULTRA on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:07:45: Oversees a bunch of people who sell freight. Basically talks on the phone to Indians all day.
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:08:56: Quote from: jwaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:06:14
Is he rich? is he rich like me?

How the hell you post that quick?

God damn wizards.
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Post by: badcop on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:09:48: i work for my father estimating mechanical projects. its as boring as it sounds.
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Post by: acantha on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:11:54: i design, manage, and build continuous integration automation for mobile banking applications
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Post by: jwaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:12:07: topic reminded of this
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Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:14:06: (http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-001.gif)

Your parents all have cool jobs.
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:21:17: Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:14:06
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Your parents all have cool jobs.

You all have parents (http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-001.gif)

Well I have parents also.
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:22:51: I miss working with my dad :(
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Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:24:41: I wish I had parents. My father was an old-time small-town doctor.
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Post by: hashbaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:25:55: My pops is a freelance computer programmer. He works mainly in Business Basic (don't laugh! it's a real thing for real work).

I rewatched Kidnergarten Cop recently. It actually holds up really well. Great flick.
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Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:27:01: Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:24:41
I wish I had parents. My father was an old-time small-town doctor.

??? you must have parents ??? I mean, less you can prove to us you've spontaneously existed..

Even Jesus had a mom who allegedly had a relationship with harmmerrmmhmrrr
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:31:37: Quote from: hashbaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:25:55
My pops is a freelance computer programmer. He works mainly in Business Basic (don't laugh! it's a real thing for real work).

I rewatched Kidnergarten Cop recently. It actually holds up really well. Great flick.

Fav Ahnold movie.
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Post by: lcs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:31:57: my father is a human butcher
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Post by: sth on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:33:50: my dad does event work. he manages biggish events in seattle now. he's been ON (yes on, not in) the space needle a few times now i think.

i do tech support and work at a bike shop part time.
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Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:36:15: Quote from: lcs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:31:57
my father is a human butcher

that's funny if it's what I think you meant. Otherwise... (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/cfed93e2.gif)(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/485c3a61.gif)
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Post by: pasph on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:36:48: Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:27:01
Even Jesus had a mom who allegedly had a relationship with harmmerrmmhmrrr

harmmerrmmhmrrr?
Can you explain to me this kind of joke?
I can't understand it
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11: I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.
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Post by: lcs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:39:29: Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:36:15
Quote from: lcs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:31:57
my father is a human butcher

that's funny if it's what I think you meant. Otherwise...
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what do you think I meant tp? XD
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Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:39:43: Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11
I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.

LOLOLOLOL... (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/70bff581.gif)
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Post by: Topre on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:40:55: So whose parents don't work? My dad just sits at home, makes food, hang out with friends, and travel. No working necessary.
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:41:54: Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11
I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.

Having done both, sometimes its better to just be able to take a hammer to something and beat it to pieces.
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Post by: Grim Fandango on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:44:22: My dad is a sculptor,

I am a mathematician (and forced to be an economist of sorts).

We could not be more different, but we get along great. We also accept that we do not really understand each other.

I get to use my keyboards all day errrrday.
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:44:53: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:41:54
Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11
I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.

Having done both, sometimes its better to just be able to take a hammer to something and beat it to pieces.

Possible in both scenarios. They just have different outcomes.
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Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:56:01: My father stays at home slowly losing his mind... ok, maybe not so slowly.

And on fohat's note... there are parents and then there are the people that birthed you. Sometimes they're different people, sometimes you only get to know one sort.
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Post by: wiredPANDA on Wed, 28 August 2013, 13:02:06: Work in the wonderful world of IT, where I get to wear many different hats. Part-time SysAdmin, part-time DBA, part-time Tech all rolled up into the title of Engineer. Does have it's perks, though, I mean, I've successfully converted my entire team onto using mechanical boards.
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Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 13:30:31: Quote from: alaricljs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:56:01
And on fohat's note...

I did not think that my comment would be misunderstood.

My father passed away rather abruptly at 71 when he should have had at least another decade of full and useful life.

My mother fulfilled her life and died in her sleep as she was starting to decline.

Both of their lives, and deaths, were relatively peaceful and dignified.
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Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 28 August 2013, 13:34:32: Lot's of things are up to personal interpretation. For instance I would feel that you still have parents. Your experiences with them inform your present whether they themselves are still around or not. I on the other hand had a couple people I lived with who provided things to me and attempted to force me to be a certain way.
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Post by: daerid on Wed, 28 August 2013, 13:36:44: Software Developer for Stack Exchange, working out of my basement.

My dad's a retired electrical engineer.
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Post by: vivalarevolución on Wed, 28 August 2013, 13:39:22: Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11
I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.

As a former manual laborer turned office worker, I had this desire once. The best situation would be a balance, but that is a hard thing to find.
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Post by: iri on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:04:00: Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:05:53
I work construction
buenos dias!
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:08:25: Quote from: iri on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:04:00
Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:05:53
I work construction
buenos dias!

You've been talking real slick lately.
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Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:10:49: I'm disappointed that this hasn't gone dirty yet.
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Post by: jwaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:31:54: Dad was a librarian pre-retirement
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Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 28 August 2013, 14:32:02: Quote
My original background is A/V processing/engineering which I did for like 10 years. I was involved in codec and filter development (open source projects as well) and actual processing of video material, but after these things became boring (Content became better -> Less processing/filtering needed -> Less challenging -> Less fun... Also modern compression methods are "as good as it gets" -> Current development is more about streaming and mobile devices -> Never was a fan of quality trade-offs which are required here) I decided to do something different.

Nowadays I earn my money by building high speed trains (well, parts of the base construction) which is completely different from what I did before but more challenging and fun. A/V is down to consumption for the most part (Home cinema and enjoying good music).

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I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.
...
No engine blocks, not that kind of mechanic, more the engineer and metalworker kind of. I build big welded aluminum constructions (lower part of car bodys for high speed trains) which are made of dozens and dozens of pieces. Each piece has to be fitted to measure (grinding) and gets mounted in fixtures for welding (4 small parts welded to one bigger piece + 5 other bigger pieces result in a even bigger piece + some other even bigger pieces resulting in one huge piece, etc...), this involves a lot of crawling and climbing (these fixtures can get huge, train size at the end of the process) and also lots of clamping / pressing / winching / etc. as all the welding causes a lot tension (because of the induced heat and the resulting shrinkage... you would be surprised what kind of bending/deformation heat can cause) so you have to mount stuff over-size or with "negative tension" (forcing stuff in the opposite direction of the shrinkage / resulting tension), sometimes it takes several tons of force to ensure everything ends up straight in the end (tolerances for several meter long pieces are like +/- 4mm, less for the smaller parts as tolerances add up when smaller pieces are put together to a bigger one). Well, the workflow is kinda hard to explain to a "outsider" and I wish I could film it with a go-pro mounted on my helmet (would make a awesome docu), but filming is strongly prohibited (espionage).

My dad was a industrial mechanic as well, he got me into that...
But nowadays he is responsible for work-safety etc. in the industrial shed where I work.
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Post by: Malphas on Wed, 28 August 2013, 15:32:17: My dad owns and operates a SME. I work in (oil) well intervention, and lease residential properties on the side.
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Post by: MTManiac on Wed, 28 August 2013, 15:36:03: retired before the phone company bubble bust
bought and paid for a nice little house with a decent garden including lots of fruit trees/bushes/vineyard
now he makes stained glass art and his own wine
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Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 28 August 2013, 15:52:53: Dad's a nonfiction writer and (semi-retired)MIT professor.
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Post by: eth0s on Wed, 28 August 2013, 16:54:33: What if somebody has two moms? I guess they can't be in this club.
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Post by: Game Theory on Wed, 28 August 2013, 17:53:51: Dad's a retired just before the bust autoworker.
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 18:21:32: Quote from: eth0s on Wed, 28 August 2013, 16:54:33
What if somebody has two moms? I guess they can't be in this club.

there is always one.

WHO IS YOUR MOTHER AND WHAT DOES SHE DO?
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Post by: hashbaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 19:02:17: Demik. What about children raised by a grandparent.
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Post by: sth on Wed, 28 August 2013, 19:03:44: Quote from: hashbaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 19:02:17
Demik. What about children raised by a grandparent.

Or any other number of possible legal guardian relationships?!
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Post by: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 19:04:21: Quote from: hashbaz on Wed, 28 August 2013, 19:02:17
Demik. What about children raised by a grandparent.

well mother and father are in the title so still work!

NICE TRY HASH!!

i hate you sth :(
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Post by: tipo33 on Thu, 29 August 2013, 18:11:08: My father is an anasthesiologist. I also managed to fall into the medical field, though not on purpose.
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Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 29 August 2013, 18:13:05: My dad's an executive for a large record company. He likes what he does, so I can't complain.
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Post by: sethk_ on Sat, 15 August 2015, 18:50:58: My dad works for companies for only 2-3 years then moves on. He mostly fixes **** ups and helps manage people. This usually happens in IT departments
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Post by: swill on Sat, 15 August 2015, 18:54:59: My pops is a heavy equipment operator. Mainly running a grader or loader, but he can operate pretty much anything with wheels or a track.
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Post by: jerue on Sat, 15 August 2015, 19:07:39: My dad works in specialty food sales. Semi-interesting. I spent my summers in college working with him.

I however get to live demik's dream. Honestly I'm not really sure what I do (I know what my occupation is, IT, but what do I do?), but I'm unofficially the "lead" of being not sure what my job is.

Quote from: demik on Wed, 28 August 2013, 12:37:11
I want an office job. While I enjoy manual labor I just want one steady place to go to everyday where I learn to hate my fellow worker's faces.
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Post by: vivalarevolución on Sat, 15 August 2015, 19:24:44: My daddy is ******* ***** and he works as a safety engineer for an oil company. However, he may have just fully retired. I'm not sure. Depends upon if the company sold off the units that he routinely inspects.

Outside of work, he enjoys playing Angry Birds, watching television, renovating the house, and traveling.

Does anyone want to discuss their daddy problems?
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Post by: 27 on Sun, 16 August 2015, 14:14:40: Quote from: vivalarevolución on Sat, 15 August 2015, 19:24:44

Does anyone want to discuss their daddy problems?

Looking for a girl now I see.
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Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 16 August 2015, 14:27:23: Quote from: XX7 on Sun, 16 August 2015, 14:14:40
Quote from: vivalarevolución on Sat, 15 August 2015, 19:24:44

Does anyone want to discuss their daddy problems?

Looking for a girl now I see.

On the internet ... Where ?(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/059.gif)
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Post by: 27 on Mon, 17 August 2015, 12:17:43: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 16 August 2015, 14:27:23
Quote from: XX7 on Sun, 16 August 2015, 14:14:40
Quote from: vivalarevolución on Sat, 15 August 2015, 19:24:44

Does anyone want to discuss their daddy problems?

Looking for a girl now I see.

On the internet ... Where ?
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Shhh you'll scare all 5 of them away