Daily life on your job

[JITW]

Most Adventure Jobs have allot of downtime - that's why so many guys in the "Adventure" line of work are alcoholics

But even downtime is interesting when you are in some 3rd world country surrounded by like minded Adventurers

But it beats punching the clock in some lame gig Stateside any day


~JITW

[rickshaw92]

Most Adventure Jobs have allot of downtime - that's why so many guys in the "Adventure" line of work are alcoholics

And it had nothin to do with cheap beer and even cheaper hooch in the 3rd world?

But even downtime is interesting when you are in some 3rd world country surrounded by like minded Adventurers

[Woodsman]

I take drunks round the west end of London in a rickshaw. It can be interesting.

I'm here to tell you Rickshaw 92, your job is not boring - inches between the busses, lories, cars, bicycles and pedestrians requires the same focus that a shooter does when he's getting shot at, since loss of that focus in your case can also be lethal.

Except that you see a LOT more action than the typical adventure job. Kudos!

[flipflop]

Are you after a date with him or what?

Cheers

[rickshaw92]

requires the same focus that a shooter does

Cat whiskers dude, its all bout havin a good set of cat whiskers!

[Woodsman]

Generally;

-Get up whenever I want.
-Run a few miles, hit weights, typical physical training.
-Have a hot bath and tea with my wife in the jacuzzi and talk about the day/planning mostly.
-Make a good breakfast and shoot the shit on the 'net for a while (like this).
-Get to work, which could mean any of the following and then some:

Walking through the woods observing ecological and biological processes and planning how to manipulate them to serve primarily man (the owner of the lands I am walking), but not always and never solely. Sometimes I investigate trespass involving the theft or destruction of trees, search for property corners, visit courthouses to investigate legal documents, paint trees, ride around on motorcycles or drive around in trucks with the GPS on mapping trails or a host of other things; the fieldwork is awesome, except for the freeing precipitation and the biting and stinging arthropods.

Office work mostly involves either writing documents, drafting contracts, marketing, I.T. work, data entry of information collected in the field, building spreadsheets, making maps, researching specific work related issues, and setting up meetings with people in the middle of anywhere and nowhere.

Sometimes its fun, sometimes its tedious. I wouldn't really call it boring except for the necessary data entry stuff - that IS boring.

If I'm home from the field, I shower the spiders out of my hair, bark from out of the crevices and wash the scratches up good.

It varies every single day, just the way I like it.

If anyone ever wants to spend a day with me in the field, just pm me. Most people have no idea what it is I do, and anyone with an adventurous spirit would have fun and learn a bunch of things you can't get off the 'net.

[Woodsman]

Are you after a date with him or what?

Cheers

No I want a date with you, you sexy cunt.

[JITW]

Generally;

-Get up whenever I want.
-Run a few miles, hit weights, typical physical training.
-Have a hot bath and tea with my wife in the jacuzzi and talk about the day/planning mostly.
-Make a good breakfast and shoot the shit on the 'net for a while (like this).
-Get to work, which could mean any of the following and then some:

Walking through the woods observing ecological and biological processes and planning how to manipulate them to serve primarily man (the owner of the lands I am walking), but not always and never solely. Sometimes I investigate trespass involving the theft or destruction of trees, search for property corners, visit courthouses to investigate legal documents, paint trees, ride around on motorcycles or drive around in trucks with the GPS on mapping trails or a host of other things; the fieldwork is awesome, except for the freeing precipitation and the biting and stinging arthropods.

Office work mostly involves either writing documents, drafting contracts, marketing, I.T. work, data entry of information collected in the field, building spreadsheets, making maps, researching specific work related issues, and setting up meetings with people in the middle of anywhere and nowhere.

Sometimes its fun, sometimes its tedious. I wouldn't really call it boring except for the necessary data entry stuff - that IS boring.

If I'm home from the field, I shower the spiders out of my hair, bark from out of the crevices and wash the scratches up good.

It varies every single day, just the way I like it.

If anyone ever wants to spend a day with me in the field, just pm me. Most people have no idea what it is I do, and anyone with an adventurous spirit would have fun and learn a bunch of things you can't get off the 'net.

Zzzzzzzzzz....

Boring


~JITW

[flipflop]

Are you after a date with him or what?

Cheers

No I want a date with you, you sexy cunt.

Traffic in my arse canal goes one way only, duckie

Cheers

[Athena]

I don't know if Woodsman's work is actually boring. I have a cousin who's a forester, and he has gone out alone for an ordinary day's work and run into smugglers, illegal growers, insane people living naked in the weeds, killer plants and animals and even quick sand in places so remote that his body would never be found. Epic stuff is routine for these guys, the way he tells it.

[WillyBlues]

I do “competitive intelligence” for a large media/advertising firm. Someone hears about a new technology or anything of interest for that matter and I have to run reports and collect everything I can on the subject, digest it and then make recommendations. I’m thrown something new every day which is fun, but a lot of the topics (why are African Americans in Albuquerque using more tampon coupons than Hispanics in Peoria) are lame.

The interesting thing is that you don’t have to be very bright to do this and I have made shit up at times just for the hell of it.

[Caliban]

.... I have made shit up at times just for the hell of it.

I used to do that for the city crime intelligence bulletins and briefings. People still got arrested

I liked to call it calculated authoritative speculation

[Fenrisco]

I just finished a 22-hour workday. Self-employment is the pits when your boss is an asshole. At least I get to sleep in Friday morning (it;s now 8am). Bit weird cracking open a beer at dawn, reminds me of living in Aberdeen.

[rickshaw92]

Bit weird cracking open a beer at dawn

You get used to it.

[nowonmai]

Should have been a graffiti artist:

A graffiti artist who decorated the walls of Facebook's headquarters seven years ago is set for a $200m (£126m) windfall when the social network makes its initial public offering (IPO). David Choe reportedly thought the social network was 'ridiculous and pointless', but nonetheless accepted a few thousand pounds of shares as payment.