How does Technicians , kills their free time ...  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2010, 08:56:24 pm
content: Despite the bad ppl , that Technicians , are usually fat and with few hairs on their headsI will not break the myth totally ... I am a bit fat ( 110K ) 1.85m , with all my hairs , and love to ride my motorcycle , plus playing with my hobby as digital photography .( Hard core Olympus fun of an specific old range of models C-2100UZ & E-100RS )I own three C-2100UZ plus one E-100RS , and all the extras accessories and lens,you name it, I have it , plus I had become expert at repairing them.My primary C-2100UZ came as new , the rest , got them damaged from ebay , and fixed them.About action ..I like to have some " action " in my life, and my on-off motorcycle, gives me that spark of excitement,photography its the part, that relaxes me ..The above are parts of my every day life , and despite my age of 40+months, 41 at the 10 of May.I can say that I hold my self, in a good shape .Now its your turn to open up , and tells us , your private secrets.. of how you kill your own time.Regards from Greece.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 15, 2010, 06:48:25 pm
content: well although trained as an electronics technician I work as a quality inspector for a non electronics related company although my skills come in handy now and then like yesterday I redesigned the customers product. usually in my free time i play "electronics engineer"

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2010, 08:31:36 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on April 15, 2010, 06:48:25 pmYes, the question are " what do you do on your free time , what relaxes you ? ..I am fighting hard here the language barrier , but even those small grammar mistakes ,never stopped me , from keep trying to communicate.Well Simon , in Greece we say, that in order to succeed ,you need to have it ( the passion ), on your blood ..My father was freelancer cars electrician , the No1 in my town, he was the " perfect " doctor ,never ever made an mistake in his diagnosis , and he was trained me, up to one point,because he died at the age of 45 from hart attack, and I was just 16 at that time.At my 16 , I was in school , getting classes so to become an electrician too , so to continue the successful family business .After the loss of my father , I lost my way too, and started to work with electronics,I love it , more than anything.By bringing back to life , damaged devices ( called as not repairable ) by other local technicians,makes me feel , like a small GodNo matter the time that I will spent , no matter the cost .. I will get it fixed , even If I have to invent the solution , by using similar parts , and if its an mechanical damage, I am creating the parts.So I do understand , at list the source of your passion

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 15, 2010, 10:16:47 pm
content: Quote from: Kiriakos-GR on April 15, 2010, 08:31:36 pmNo language problem Kiriakos, thats still my answer. my only method of total relaxation is watching a film but then I often feel that it's not good enough so I take my portable DVD player into the shed with something I'm working on and work on it while i watch a film. Or I watch a film onmy portable DVD player in my room while working at my computer on something (as I still need both screens or I'd watch on the second screen)

author: MTron
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2010, 03:12:20 am
content: In my case, being an "electronics" guy is my relaxation. I take things apart, fix them, build stuff....all in my free time...what little of it i have...i also like building larger stuff, i just got a MIG Welder and i have been fabricating some bigger projects....I'm working on a generator right now....As for what i do in my non "free time" - I'm a full time university student by day.....and by night....for some money on the side i am a computer field repair tech...but its only occasional work, nothing regular (don't really have time for anything regular)