tinwhistler's day jobs

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:18 pm

I work in a medical school research lab studying nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. So there. I'm also a mom, whistler, gardener,and ride dressage on the side.

Robin

Bagfed · Post by **Bagfed** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:20 pm

dressage?

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:25 pm

That's horses....the ancient art of dressage, executing increasingly difficult movements as they go up through the levels. I'm at the lowest level, mind you, but it's as addictive as whistling. Must be the personality type. It's very technical and exacting, but when you can get a horse to do it well, it's an awesome feeling. At one with the horse, yadda yadda yadda...

This edit is for MVHplank's benefit, so as not to destroy the thread:

My condolences on your arab, he must have had a good life to reach 29 and still be "imaginitive" (I'll have to remember that one!).
My boy is an Appaloosa who was essentially a lawn ornament until age 11. He's now 14, and I've been riding him about 3 years. He's just awesome, he tries so hard and never does anything wrong, and it takes a LOT for him to even think about spooking. He was ridden in a bike chain bit in his previous life, so needless to say, it's taken him a while to trust contact, but I think we're just about there. Now the real fun begins! Best thing, he requires no shoes, the best feet I've ever seen on a horse, and an Appy no less! I'll have to post a photo sometime...We're doing Training level now, but I think there's definitely potential to move up before he hits 29!

Robin

[ This Message was edited by: spittin_in_the_wind on 2003-01-16 22:28 ]

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:19 pm

On 2003-01-16 21:25, spittin_in_the_wind wrote:
That's horses....the ancient art of dressage, executing increasingly difficult movements as they go up through the levels. I'm at the lowest level, mind you, but it's as addictive as whistling. Must be the personality type. It's very technical and exacting, but when you can get a horse to do it well, it's an awesome feeling. At one with the horse, yadda yadda yadda...

Robin

No, NOT yadda yadda....

I had a very nice mare who was moving into First Level when I had a bad flare-up of arthritis and couldn't open doors, much less tack up. I sold her, but kept the Arab, who was too imaginative to be fun at shows, but who also had a beautiful natural passage--usually when he was so wound up he was ready to head off to the next ZIP code.

Sadly, he died this November at age 29. (Some on this board have previously expressed condolences--thank you!) His elegance was only exceeded by his intelligence.
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My day job? It depends on who needs what in our little multimedia company. Audio narration recorded and edited? HTML files created? A little copy-editing? Some print page layout? Make PDF files? Need some XML? A little VBA programming? (Word macros are VERY useful in automating repetitive tasks.)

The best part of the job lately is that I can take my dog to the office and (with sufficient planning) I can work at home.

My pal at work, the video specialist, is a fiddle player and we sometimes have a wee session, too.

M

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:30 pm

mvhplank,
I replied above...

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:39 pm

This is a cool thread I'd never seen before.

By daylight I'm a government employee (SSA - manage 28 doctors, professional relations coordinator for our 4 state region), at night I'm the proud father of a 4 year old, obsessive flute & whistle player, maker of poor quality bamboo flutes (although I'm trying to improve), and multi-pet owner (2 dogs, cat, about 50 tanganyikan shell dwelling cichlids - although most are fry - and am married to a first time horse owner).

Robin - it's nice to hear your pasture ornament horse has come around so much. My wife bought a Paint this November that has had 90 days formal training (4 years ago, hasn't been ridden since, and has spent the rest of her time in the pasture being in charge of the other horses. She's a character, but my wife is working with the Parelli method and making steady, if slow in my non-horseperson's humble opinion, progress. I like hearing success stories, especially with green horses.

The best part about my wife's horse, for me at least, is it was the perfect rationale forwhy I should by a Tony Dixon 3 piece polymer flute...after all, my hobby is cheap in comparison to owning a horse!

Leluka · Post by **Leluka** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:42 pm

I am a seminary student working on a Th.M that I will hopefully finish in about a year and a half. To finance this little endevour I started a tutoring business in the area and when that doesn't work I mooch off my wife.

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:43 pm

I'm an RN, working E.R. and ICU, who in one semester will hopefully get his Master's in Family Nurse Practitioner. Then I start working on silver & blackwood whistles....

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:52 pm

Funny, each time this thread comes up, I catch something new. Jim D., I did my internship for my Masters in Forensic Psychology at the Evening & Saturday outpatient psychiatric program at St. Lukes Hosp. in Harlem. I wound up staying there for four years as a volunteer. The state of mental health help is so abysmal that I actually got pressed into service leading my own deep psychotherapy group one evening a week in addition to creative writing groups. It was a wonderful therapeutic milieu community treatment center with a lot of dual diagnosis patients (drugs or alcohol and schizophrenia and bipolar mostly). It was the best team I was ever part of. When the state pulled the funding, the patients had to choose between either private or the community program - they needed both. There was one suicide and a terrific program in existence over 20 years and started by the head of our team ended.

Amazing how people get all worked up and violent about second-hand cruelty to animals (wearing fur, e.g.)(I love animals too)but totally disregard the large numbers of people suffering with chemical imbalances. Maybe it's too scary.

Anyway, now I'm completely retired (maybe not for long)from City government - got some new whistles and a Bowflex is on the way.

I live with my wife and 14-year old daughter, who is now going to Stuyvesant HS in the ground zero area of Manhattan.

Take care all.

Philo

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:23 pm

Well lets see; right now I`m an unemployed draft horse handler. Farming, training and loving them to death. Looking for work and taking care of my horse Molly Morgan and my dog Hank. Have generaly earned my living with my back; heavy equip. operator, engineer on board fishing boats in Alaska, carpentering, 20 years sailing my little sloop all over the place, building sea kayaks, and padleing them, designing production equipment, did a stint as director of operations for a fertilizer company, did hospis care for a while, never have had a plan in life, kind of a reactionary, still an active anti war protester, survivor, just trying to figure out whats next. The old body doesn`t work quite as good as it used to so this next stage will be interesting. Oh ya trying to learn the whistle and flute. No credentials of any kind and 3 good friends I`ve known for 50 years.

Tom

hank123 · Post by **hank123** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:35 am

putting my philosophy major to good use as a substitute teacher, seasonal ocean lifeguard, and prodigal student, getting the ol' teaching credential and making it official (finally). Lifeguarding is best as I can sit in a tower all day and whistle away (not technically allowed by the regs...),watching people hundreds of yards away get up and look around and try to figure out where the music is coming from

Rowena · Post by **Rowena** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 5:00 am

Hi, I'm a full time primary education student - I'm gunna be a teacher when I grow up!
I also belly dance, and have great melons. (I swap my home grown water melons for the use of my neighbour's mower etc.) Maybe if I dressed as suggested earlier in this thread I could borrow it for free?
I have three lovely/ beserk daughters and have recently given up collecting ex - husbands in favour of the whistle.
And this is my first ever post. Anywhere.

edit: but apparently this is my third?!

[ This Message was edited by: Rowena on 2003-01-17 06:03 ]

rbm · Post by **rbm** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 5:06 am

Rowena, welcome to the world of posting!!

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 5:16 am

Night grocery manager at a large supermarket (11p.m. to 7 a.m.) which really keeps me away from my opportunity to play my whistles more than I like.

Blackbeer, I started sea kayaking a year and a half ago - one afternoon out with my brother-in-law was all it took to get me hooked - went out the next day and bought my own boat and gear!

~Larry

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 5:29 am

On 2003-01-17 06:00, Rowena wrote:
And this is my first ever post. Anywhere.

edit: but apparently this is my third?!

[ This Message was edited by: Rowena on 2003-01-17 06:03 ]

Hi Rowena,

You forgot the two you did on the test forum.