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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I work in a smelter for the mines I know several people that are working in the mining industry in Qld.,and investing in Coins.One is an Electrician I used to play a lot of Golf with and is earning $2000+ a week and spending a lot of his spare time on his laptop buying coins. I'm semi-retired with a varied(boring)background,5 years on Honeywell Mainframes in the 1970's to running a 24hr Roadhouse for 15 years.Started collecting coins as a schoolkid in the 1960's and have ebbed & flowed with the hobby ever since. |
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Valued Member
Australia
318 Posts |
I managed a Coles supermarket through uni.
I got Bachelor of Communications & Media (Awarded with distinction), Bachelor of Arts (Awarded with distinction), then did my Honours in labour history. I then had a brief foray into higher retail management, being an Area Manager at a competing supermarket. It was the worst, so I went back and did my Masters of Education (Awarded with distinction) - topped the cohort, got a dean's medal and a few other industry achievements, and have just finished my first year as English / History teacher.
I love History, and I love coins.
My Year 11 class call me supernerd.
I exchanged contracts for my house last week, with settlement in December. I can't wait to get back into buying more coins and notes. Saving for a deposit killed me!!
My house was built in the 1890s, it just occurred to me I might find some treasures under the floorboards!
Edited by CoinManTim
09/02/2012 12:02 am
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Valued Member
 Australia
131 Posts |
very nice basil and tim :)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
653 Posts |
I am a lecturer to University Honours degree students.
Prior to that I had worked in the outback in various roles - surveying, the mining industry etc.
With this background I like to think that I can blend the theoretical with the practical in my teaching.
I have always enjoyed history, and have been coin collecting since I was a boy. One memorable occasion was when my dad gave me a "Cartwheel Penny" that he found in the Botanical Gardens in Sydney.
Squire
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Valued Member
Australia
131 Posts |
sounds interesting squire :)
very nice !
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
653 Posts |
Thanks loverr. Yes, I like my job very much. Took me decades to find it though ... I will retrieve the old "Australian Colonial" Cartwheel Penny from out of my collection and post a pic soon  Squire Edited by Squire Wilson
09/02/2012 01:12 am
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Valued Member
Australia
131 Posts |
Sounds good mate ! lookign forward to seeing it !
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Valued Member
Canada
57 Posts |
I'm a plumber/gasfitter. There seems to be a lot of very smart high earning people around here, glad to be in good company
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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There seems to be a lot of very smart high earning people around here, glad to be in good company
 I'm a Mill reliner on about $70,000 an I'm no Rhodes Scholar, Looks like I'm one of the odd ones out. Ya gotta love that  |
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Australia
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Hi trout1105  . I don't think you are "one of the odd ones out". We are all interested in coins and/or banknotes. In this context, how we "earn our crust" is of secondary importance, methinks  . Squire |
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Australia
401 Posts |
I own an air freight forwarding company (20 years old in October) and organise all of the air freight for Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands. Been a bit busy the last four years or so. I play golf one day a week and call it "retiring by stealth". Aiming for two days a week by the end of the year. Past lives were mechanic (7 years) futures broker (7 years) and professional storyteller (7 years) so the freight has broken the cycle.
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09/02/2012 04:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
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Past lives were mechanic (7 years) futures broker (7 years) and professional storyteller (7 years) so the freight has broken the cycle.
I would consider that your past experience fits in perfectly with what you are doing now  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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karloning, do you collect the cocos keeling early currency?
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Valued Member
Australia
401 Posts |
No I dont. Never thought of it actually. I could ask around the island and see what is around. Do you collect?
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Valued Member
Australia
295 Posts |
I'm working my way back down the career path.
Currently I work part time in a not-for-profit org that finds volunteers for other not-for-profits orps. And in my spare time I've been curating an art exhib that opens next weekend.
In my past I have been webcontent officer, public relations officer, and cultural development project officer for local council. In my other lives I have also been a RAAF officer, high school teacher, art critic, freelance journalist, and public servant at all three levels of government, and education officer at an art gallery, amongst other careers ...
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