What do you do out of the water to pay for diving!

[defied]

I'm hooked on phonics.

D(B)

[jimlbw]

I paint homes or commercial buildings. When i'm not painting i play in a rock band. :smt038 And whenever i get a call for under water work i do that too, fishing vessels, sailboats etc.

[Tangfish]

My retirement plan looks something like this:

1. Own about 40 rentals.
2. Collect rent and do maintenance from the 1st to the 15th of the month
3. Dive and fish from the 16th on
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3.

That sounds like a great plan once the housing market bottoms out.

Although I'd rather have enough money to simply invest in 30-year bonds earning 5% and let the money work 365/24/7 and just live off that interest income...

I'm waiting for the camera housing market to bottom out, but it just keeps going up!

Clipping coupons from tax-free muni bonds is nice, but with states like CA and other municipalities across the country going broke, I'm a little freaked out by what would happen if there were a collapse. Well, we can always count on a govt. bailout - just print more moolah!

This is a cool thread, I like finding out what everyone does in their dry time.

I work in the news business and do some real estate stuff.

[Geek]

I argue with computer systems all day then I fix them and make them play nice

[bob]

If it run's on fuel i can fix it.i also work on a rock crusher -so know lot's about (hydrolics)?spelling not sure .also 3 phase for gen set's. i run a 117,000lb hitachi track hoe. lot's of boat's and parts.

[Sockmonkey]

Of late I've spent my professional days taking expensive stuff and putting it deep in the ocean... and then taking it out again... and then repeating the process. Sometimes the stuff breaks and I fix it.

I used to be a unix nerd. Now I'm a sysadmin of ocean related technology. I've got a data center that covers 70% of the earth.

-Eric

[BASSMAN]

I'm an aircraft maitenance inspector for a local airline.
Between the mortgage and other bills , It's amazing that I have any money at all, to pay for Scuba Diving.
Some how I manage to dive at least once a week, as long as my health is good.

[Zen Diver]

Some how I manage to dive at least once a week, as long as my health is good.

Hmmm..... I wonder what day of the week that would be........

[pensacoladiver]

My retirement plan looks something like this:

1. Own about 40 rentals.
2. Collect rent and do maintenance from the 1st to the 15th of the month
3. Dive and fish from the 16th on
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3.

That sounds like a great plan once the housing market bottoms out.

Although I'd rather have enough money to simply invest in 30-year bonds earning 5% and let the money work 365/24/7 and just live off that interest income...

I took my chances in the stock market a few years back and am still reeling.... bought Sirius Radio stock around $6.00 or so... its worth about .10 now, but I'm still holding onto it. Waiting for the BIG comeback. haha.

I like the rentals because:

1. People will ALWAYS need a place to live and
2. I have DIRECT control over my investment, although currently, I am 3,000 miles away from them, so "direct" is not entirely true.

[H20doctor]

I am a dealer of chemicals, I sell them , and the do magic in water.. I work for evil rich people who yell at me and make me clean there pools.. Some times when I have to go , I go in there Bushes on there 10 million dollars Houses.. I am the Pool Boy for the rich and Famous.. If you aint Making 6 fig or more a year.. You can't afford me.. I've worked for Bill gates, paul allen, and many many more ..

[Nwbrewer]

I am a dealer of chemicals, I sell them , and the do magic in water.. I work for evil rich people who yell at me and make me clean there pools.. Some times when I have to go , I go in there Bushes on there 10 million dollars Houses.. I am the Pool Boy for the rich and Famous.. If you aint Making 6 fig or more a year.. You can't afford me.. I've worked for Bill gates, paul allen, and many many more ..

As long as you're not "going" IN the pool....

[lamont]

Of late I've spent my professional days taking expensive stuff and putting it deep in the ocean... and then taking it out again... and then repeating the process. Sometimes the stuff breaks and I fix it.

I used to be a unix nerd. Now I'm a sysadmin of ocean related technology. I've got a data center that covers 70% of the earth.

-Eric

a. how well does that job pay?

b. how do i get that job?

[Scuba Jon]

I work for a little aerospace company in Everett that has had a very hard time getting it's latest and greatest airplane off the ground. But hay, those planes make for pretty good yard art over there by the paint hangers.

My schedule:
Work
Work
Work
Work
Dive
Dive
Dive
somewhere in the middle of that I spend time with my wife.

Randy

[dwashbur]

My schedule:
Work
Work
Work
Work
Dive
Dive
Dive
somewhere in the middle of that I spend time with my wife.

Randy

The best solution to that is to do what I do: dive with your wife!!!!!!

[Grateful Diver]

Contrary to popular belief I am NOT retired (although I sometimes wish I was). I'm a manual laborer at a municipal poop factory ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Sounder]

Contrary to popular belief I am NOT retired (although I sometimes wish I was). I'm a manual laborer at a municipal poop factory ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

"manual laborer" LOVE IT!!!

[BASSMAN]

It's a crappy job, but someone has to do it?

[Sounder]

It's a crappy job, but someone has to do it?

Yeah, and Bob's there to write about it!!

[Marc]

I am a security consultant that works on microsoft products for a very large network storage company..... Microsoft... Security... Yeah, I will always have a job.

[dieseldude]

Of late I've spent my professional days taking expensive stuff and putting it deep in the ocean... and then taking it out again... and then repeating the process. Sometimes the stuff breaks and I fix it.

I used to be a unix nerd. Now I'm a sysadmin of ocean related technology. I've got a data center that covers 70% of the earth.

-Eric

Do you need an assistant kind sir? I have my own tools & you can take credit for anything good that I do. I clean gear too! :hello2:

[beldust]

I work for a local water department. Mainly I'm the utility locator, but I also repair water main breaks, service lines, hydrants, large and small meters, install new water main and hydrants,blah, blah. Basically I help insure that a house gets good clean water and that the fire dept has water to fight fires. On call 24/7/365. Water main breaks in the tweens are cold. Makes the sound feel warm. On the side I'm fluent in spanish so if anyone wants to take me as an interpreter from mexico south let me know.