I've have three jobs in the last decade. Each one with varying degrees of time I can come here. My present job is the least, I don't care for the worker-bee gig. I'd rather tackle projects which are far more interesting and varying in intensity.

I have someone that does my posting for me.


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I had to post this to see what my post count was...

I have someone that pays me to post in his name. He is very intelligent and good looking.

Stop. You're making me blush.

Where am I again?
Who.
What.
Oh, the door is over there.
Thank you again sir, whoever you were.
Tnaks aginn.

44 posts. 15 years. Am I a slacker?

I have 12 other people who post for me...

Wait a minute! He pays you, too?!?!

I post for 12 other people.

Seriously, I have been up since 4:30 AM. It's Easter Sunday. Usually I wake up earlier. If I stay up really late, I wake up at five.

The majority of time on here is when I'm at work. I have one of those jobs that I have to just sit around and wait until SHTF. I also frequent a couple of other boating and auto related forums. But Pelican is my primary target.

I'm not ready to say anything yet.

I've parted a lot of cars out over the years and spend a lot of time on Classifieds.

I used to post a lot on Technical but there are only so many times you can tell folks what color their wheels should be.

I've wasted way too much time on PARF.

The Dinner thread makes up the difference.

Hey Shaun, was great meeting and hangin with you yesterday.!

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I am cantdrv55's CEO......I have nothing but time and money.......:D

Absolutely, Vin, had a great time! And no better explanation for why I hang around here, you get to meet the coolest people. Have friends all over thete world because of this place.

I spend way too much sitting around in airplane hangars in oddball locations around the world, just waiting for someone to ask me a question. We used to just play cards, or read, or b.s. I guess we still do all of that, but now the internet has been added to the mix. Sometimes, other than the rest of my team, it's can be the only connection I have to English speaking people. We need to be there, in our tech support role, but there is often precious little for us to actually do. Kind of like a fireman, I would imagine.

As a Boeing employee, I feel I have to address Bob's comment made on the first page of this thread. He has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. The Boeing company monitors all computer usage, right down to every single key stroke - it would be impossible to get away with what he accuses for long. We are all aware of cases where folks have been suspended or fired for that kind of activity.

I'd bet there are Boeing IT gurus who do it (i.e. the one who "hold the keys to the kingdom" so to speak). When I still did the corporate thang, I'd pound away on Pelican all day long (while multitasking)....many times a slow/no response would indicate that I'd better "start doing some REAL work" before anyone even realized it was necessary :p

Maybe - except it seems all of our IT is contracted out to India.

I guess years ago there was some of this going on out in the factory, on the shop floors, where they had "shared" work stations. If they were left on all day and just anyone was using them, it would be hard to track any misuses to any one person. Today, however, they require users to log off those shared stations when they are done, and the next user must then log on. Everyone has different levels of security and authorization, with their accounts allowing them access only to those applications needed for their specific jobs. So even there, on the formerly anonymous shared work stations, everyone is monitored.

As far as those of us on the engineering side of the house, we have always had our own computers. No one else has access and our use is monitored, so it would be very hard to hide any misuse. I just don't know of anyone who would even think of it. The stakes are way too high.

I guess this kind of strikes a nerve with me because I have heard so many of these kinds of accusations over the years. Many people in this area call Boeing "the Lazy B" (and worse). Yes, there is some truth to that - particularly within the hourly union. They are called the "IAM", or International Association of Machinists - we call them the "I ain't movings", and for good reason. The union, like all good unions, protects them in their laziness and incompetence. It may even protect them if they get caught wasting company time surfing, I don't know. The rest of us, of course, enjoy no such protections. The rest of us actually have to make it on our own merit, on our contributions to the company. That "Lazy B" that some may enjoy is notably absent from our ranks, but the stigma lingers. Especially with those who have never worked there and get their information from a friend, or a friend's cousin, or wherever... :rolleyes:

I get all my information first hand from some "higgins head" on the Internet....seems like I've known him for years, so it must be true :D

I keed, I keed....