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  1. Bran

    Bran Well-Known Member

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    Actually, as you'll see from my history I've done a bit of this. By the time this bit gets done, there have already been major changes, if not the most major i.e. changing names, living as the opposite sex including dressing, continuing to work etc. These are far more obvious changes. The genitalia are the last bits to change, and being cosmetic plastic surgery after all - I think there are more life-changing operations than this :)
     
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    Kangaroo Well-Known Member

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    My life sucks, I need a changer badly. Where is your clinic ? Do I get covered by Medicare ?
     
  3. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I am a lawyer and mortgage broker at the moment.

    In the past I worked as a waiter, gardener and English teacher, all in Japan, and I was once a Buddhist monk in Thailand for a short period. I also worked as an intelligence officer in the AFP and an interpreter too.
     
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    What language were you interpreting?
     
  5. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Japanese usually.
     
  6. Davothegreat

    Davothegreat Well-Known Member

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    I'm an IT infrastructure architect. Only ever really worked in IT, well except for a few weeks packing eggs between school and the waste of time that was uni. Kinda scary these days, the industry is changing a whole lot and not necessarily for the better. There's no way I'd ever encourage my son to follow in my footsteps, even though I've done quite ok out of it.
     
  7. D.T.

    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    Dominos deliverer
    Casino dealer
    Bank teller
    IT support
    property manager

    Customer service all the way through really
     
  8. Glorion

    Glorion Well-Known Member

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    I did that for about 6 months.

    $10/hour, in charge of cleaning the entire shop on close, it sucked for me. Cousin was same age, but in different location (Coffs harbour) and got $16 an hour ! We were 18-19 I think.

    Since then I've done brickes labouring (one of the hardest jobs I reckon), Kmart dock/fill and disability support. Currently finishing psych up at uni. Hoping to go clinical.
     
  9. D.T.

    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    I cant remember how long I did it for, but I liked it. We got an hourly wage, plus a couple of bob per delivery on top and I used to do quite a few. Cops used to pick me up for speeding and see I was in uniform and signal for me to carry on.
     
  10. hobo

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    @Terry_w Did you mean you performed interpreting for the AFP? Or if not, then what sort of stuff did you deal with in your role as Intelligence Officer with the AFP?

    And seeing as I'm nosy, and also speak some Japanese - What level interpreter did you achieve?
     
  11. Joshwaaaa

    Joshwaaaa Well-Known Member

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    I'm a qualified toolmaker, doing that apprenticeship was one of the worst decisions of my life, trade is completely dead in Australia.

    Currently CNC machinist/ run a steel supply business. All manufacturing so pretty exciting time to be in business.
     
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    Lab Tech 3 years
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    Studying Accounting online nearly finished the first year
     
  13. Patamea

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    PM me if you're serious
     
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  14. D.T.

    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    That's quite a change :D
    What do you actually do?
     
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    I love tracking storms and have been writing a program that analyses radar imagery to look for rain fronts approaching our place, then displays relevant parameters (speed, distance, back bearing, TTG and ETA).

    For example, the following is a wide area scan image from right now, overlaid with calculated vectors for rain detected in various locations with blue being non-intercepting and red being intercepting to our location:
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    The resultant best estimate, along with solar power generation and energy consumption information, is then shown on a 19" LCD connected to a laptop I have set up and running 24/7 in the family room. eg. [​IMG]

    My family call me 'rain man' when I'm obsessing over an approaching rain system (like today!). :D
     
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  16. D.T.

    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    Homepage can we put you in charge of scheduling the cricket?
     
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    Sure. I recommend no cricket today ;)
     
  18. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I did adhoc interpreting when needed - speaking to visiting police, criminals and telephone intercepts. Also some translating or looking at documents for intell purposes. I had Naati qualifications in interpreting, but not in translation. Mainly I looked into herion importers, MDMA importers and money laundering.
     
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    How did it go when you first meet the accused,and you go to shake their hand and they had no fingers left..
     
  20. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    It would be rare to find a yakuza member in Australia, and even rarer to see one with half of one finger removed. I have see a few, but only in Japan.