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Viney · 20-12-06, 04:32 PM

....what you wanted to be before you left school/grew up

Any astronaughts? Train drivers? Firemen etc etc

20-12-06, 04:34 PM

Retained Firefighter.......... Looking to go full time.

20-12-06, 04:45 PM

I wanted to be an engineer in the Navy. Did one year of MechEng at uni but didn't like it. Oh and the fact that i had Asthma kind of let me down too.

Now i'm head of ladies tailoring at Ede and Ravenscroft in the city and loving it. Get free made to measure suits every 6 months too.

20-12-06, 04:57 PM

Wanted to be a Harrier pilot....

ended up...working ON planes for 12yrs..!

Now...running around the countryside after dogs..oh and artist...

don't really know what went wrong....

tigersaw · 20-12-06, 04:59 PM

I grew up in the sixties in a village, but whenever I got taken to a town it seemed they were knocking buildings down using a crane swinging a big ball - and that's what I dreamed of doing when I grew up.

20-12-06, 05:01 PM

yep, working in an office for a firm that sells packaging was always a dream of mine. what schoolboy hasn't dreamt of such a career?

20-12-06, 05:02 PM

Wanted to be a programmer since my ZX81. That's what I do. Without the ZX81.

20-12-06, 05:05 PM

didn't know then, still don't know!

my brother's mate wanted to drive a digger, Fred Flintstone-style, when he grew up. that's what he does now (with a modern machine rather than a reluctant dinosaur

)

Isaac changes his mind from minute to minute.

20-12-06, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DanDare

Retained Firefighter.......... Looking to go full time.

I did retained for 7 years...tried to go full time but being retained held me back..imho.
Wiltshire fire brigade would get 200 people applying for 1 vacancy yet they couldnt fill all retained posts...so it was a case of being stuck between the proverbial rock and hard face.

Good luck in your quest though, its a great job if you can get in

As for my chosen profession...always wanted to be a mountaineer after climbing up quarry's in my youth...

Now a Prototype/Validation Manager for Avon Automotive...not quite Chris Bonnington

20-12-06, 05:18 PM

I wanted to be a serial criminal. I was well on my way to my chosen path of career when the Judge made me join the Army.

I think, looking back, the Judge had a better idea than the one that I had chosen.

A small true fact in the life of BigApe.

20-12-06, 04:32 PM	#1
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Are you... ....what you wanted to be before you left school/grew up Any astronaughts? Train drivers? Firemen etc etc

20-12-06, 04:34 PM	#2
DanDare Guest Posts: n/a	Retained Firefighter.......... Looking to go full time.

20-12-06, 04:45 PM	#3
krazykim Guest Posts: n/a	I wanted to be an engineer in the Navy. Did one year of MechEng at uni but didn't like it. Oh and the fact that i had Asthma kind of let me down too. Now i'm head of ladies tailoring at Ede and Ravenscroft in the city and loving it. Get free made to measure suits every 6 months too.

20-12-06, 04:57 PM	#4
zobo Guest Posts: n/a	Wanted to be a Harrier pilot.... ended up...working ON planes for 12yrs..! Now...running around the countryside after dogs..oh and artist... don't really know what went wrong....

20-12-06, 04:59 PM	#5
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	I grew up in the sixties in a village, but whenever I got taken to a town it seemed they were knocking buildings down using a crane swinging a big ball - and that's what I dreamed of doing when I grew up.

20-12-06, 05:01 PM	#6
keithd Guest Posts: n/a	yep, working in an office for a firm that sells packaging was always a dream of mine. what schoolboy hasn't dreamt of such a career?

20-12-06, 05:02 PM	#7
rpwoodman Guest Posts: n/a	Wanted to be a programmer since my ZX81. That's what I do. Without the ZX81.

20-12-06, 05:05 PM	#8
CoolGirl Guest Posts: n/a	didn't know then, still don't know! my brother's mate wanted to drive a digger, Fred Flintstone-style, when he grew up. that's what he does now (with a modern machine rather than a reluctant dinosaur ) Isaac changes his mind from minute to minute.

20-12-06, 05:18 PM	#10
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	I wanted to be a serial criminal. I was well on my way to my chosen path of career when the Judge made me join the Army. I think, looking back, the Judge had a better idea than the one that I had chosen. A small true fact in the life of BigApe.