"Guru, Guru, Guru!"

[mro]

Merchant Marine officeers make BIG bucks.
Why are you going to school?


mro

[81xsproject]

who me, or him? If me, same reason, probably less $. Although, geology bachelors rated second for pay only to petrolium engineers.

[DiverRay]

Yeah, ask Maximan about rocks! He has a geology degree, and lives in OK. Me, I've got dual A.S. degrees, and work with computers and nerds. I don't make that much, but I DO have the best job in the company. As a reliability engineer, I get paid to break the parts, and they send me to exotic places to do it!!

[HobbyMan]

I really don't care about the money. Actually, that is the last thing I thought about when applying. Simply put, that's just what I want to do. If I didn't go there, I would have gone to an engineering or some other maritime school. I can learn everything at the USMMA that I need rather than going to multiple schools spending more than 4 years of my life. At one point I had considered just joining the Marines and going to school later. This turned out to be a BIG plus.

[jimboreeno]

Follow your heart and the money will come!

Best of luck. As meticulous as you appear to be you will do great things in engineering.

hmmm.... engineering.....maritime.......XSive behavior....


Presenting the Maritime Meathead Idiot-GURUmobile!

[cloerts]

Awesome!

I want one of those! Any possiblity that things for sale?

[prometheus578]

"Once again, Jimboreeno confuses the concept of carb floats."

Nice, but does it come in any other color?
The seat padding doesn't look too comfortable, maybe more SeaFoam?

[dale_1]

thats right guru status

Oops forgot to say congrats hobbyman..... the end of the month is approaching... It'll be good to see everyone again.

Let's see....... 8 months to make guru.... for you.... I have been a member since the yahoo swap..... 2002 ......... 5 yrs 125 and some change on posts...... hmm I should reach guru status in about 35 more years...... I can dig it!

Course since I am now retired.... (Tod not retarded) the time spent hanging out with all the XSives may be more often......

[GNEPIG]

Congatulations Andrew and welcome to the club. I'm not sure just what good it does being a Guru, as I'm still waiting for the free beer and maiden virgins, but it was fun getting here.
Maybe an MMI course should be in your future, as I'm sure you would make a fine motorcycle mechanic. (Just be warned, being a motorcycle mech is not a good way to get rich, just ask Promepheus.)

[trbig]

(Tod not retarded)

Well, that's kind of thrown in there haphazardly, but I want to thank you for trying to affirm what no one else in here seems to believe! Thanks Mark! lol.

Tod

[Czekus21]

Thanks jimboreeno. That pic gives new meening to Carb Floats, Floating a valve, Floating down the road and the old saying, Ya, she really floats,

[HobbyMan]

Thanks everyone. Its good to be part of the club.

[prometheus578]

(Just be warned, being a motorcycle mech is not a good way to get rich, just ask Promepheus.)

True words there, Gnepig. (would have been truer had you spelled my name correctly.)
Yes, the poor, down-trodden and spit-upon mechanic works not for pay, but for the pure enjoyment of turning a wrench and the happy encounters he gets to have with customers who know exactly what's wrong with their machines, how to fix them, and what they feel that they should be charged.
Is this not true also, Friend Gnepig?
Another truism is: The easiest way to make a million dollars in the motorcycle industry is to initially invest two million.(do the math)
T'was only a month ago that we decided to drop the Kawasaki Line.
Yes, this is a dynamic and ever changing industry.
I don't want to upset MRO by mentioning this, but.. two weeks ago we announced that we're dropping the Vespa line.
Ok... Ok...we've also dropped Triumph, Victory and KTM.

"Geez, Prometheus(spelt correctly), whatever will you be wrenching on now?"
Uhmm... looks like nothing. ('cept my garage full of 1100's)
How's the weather down there, Friend Gnepig? (Does that job offer from a year ago still stand?)
Oh, weep not for ol' Prometheus, my nappy-headed friends and loyal readers. Your humble narrator has been visited by the spector of the owner from the Yamaha shop down the street (a job and free parts?), as well as the owners of the Honda joint and several shops up north(I refuse to drive that far!) Suzuki stopped in last week (they are eyeing a buy-out), wanting to know if the staff would stay on. I had the distinct pleasure of informing him that due to his shady business practices, not only would I walk... I would run!(I have no problem biting, nor insulting, the hand that might feed me)
All is not lost, though, as late yesterday, reenforcements arrived from an unexpected quarter! An investor from the Emerald City(not the Wizard of Oz, TRBIG. I meant from Seattle) has been in negotiations with our owner. I must go into work today, take another inventory, and prepare a list is new equipment that the shop will need.
It will be expensive... top o' the line... I shall require the best...
I demand a new coffee pot!

A word of warning: In the event that "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, gang aft agley' and the shop closes it's doors... out come the saddlebags and sleeping bag. The "Queen of the Night" will breath fire once again and I'll be off terrorizing the countryside. (No, T.C.... that's the name of the bike, don't even try it...)
Those of you with your home addresses listed in your profile may want to remove them now!

[prometheus578]

Hobbyman...
The only club you'll be aquainted with... Is the one in my hand that I'm currently swinging over my head!
Uhmm.. by the by... what's your home address?
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHH

[midnight1980]

Originally posted by jimboreeno
Follow your heart and the money will come!

Best of luck. As meticulous as you appear to be you will do great things in engineering.

hmmm.... engineering.....maritime.......XSive behavior....


Presenting the Maritime Meathead Idiot-GURUmobile!

i think a twin xs 1100
engine would look more better on this type of boat