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askthecoffeeguy

I've just about done everything in the hospitality industry including big hotels, small pubs, managed bars and restaurants, worked as a sommelier in some of the countries leading restaurants, trouble shooted for hospitality groups, worked as group buyer and operational controller for a hospitality chain, owned my own cafes for 12 years, wrote a monthly wine column for 2 years, co-founder of the Australian Hospitality Review Panel - which set the standards for national competency based training, not to mention co-hosting this forum and writing for crema magazine back in the day! Now im enjoying parenthood, working casually both barista and bar while I get my retail cold filter coffee product off the ground, and looking around for other opportunities as the same time ;D Pat

GeekKopi

Thanks for sharing Pat. Might be seeking some advice from you sometime soon. Ron

Cuir_Beluga

Not much I am afraid. I have 2 boys, the oldest is 16 and the youngest two. I decided to get back to work once my oldest was off to high school as I had been a stay at home mum with him since he was around 3-4 years old. I had been in my document systems handling job for around 9 months when, totally unexpectedly, I found out number 2 was on his way so that has found me back at home once again. I told you there wasn't much to it :laugh:.

GeekKopi

Cuir Beluga wrote:

Not much I am afraid. I have 2 boys, the oldest is 16 and the youngest two. I decided to get back to work once my oldest was off to high school as I had been a stay at home mum with him since he was around 3-4 years old. I had been in my document systems handling job for around 9 months when, totally unexpectedly, I found out number 2 was on his way so that has found me back at home once again. I told you there wasn't much to it :laugh:.

That's a full time gig Sue. And now add to your resume that you're the home barista you should be on penalty rates. [emoji3] I'm looking forward to being a stay at home dad for a while. I haven't had a break in the workforce since I was 14 and looking forward to spending quality time with my little girl when she comes. Ill be making many babycinos [emoji6]

Cuir_Beluga

I sure should be ^-^. Staying at home with kids is fun but tiring too, there is never any "me" time. Oh well, all in a good cause. Matt will make Ben Babycinos but he prefers to scoop the foam from my glass :-|.

askthecoffeeguy

Cuir Beluga wrote:

Not much I am afraid. I have 2 boys, the oldest is 16 and the youngest two. I decided to get back to work once my oldest was off to high school as I had been a stay at home mum with him since he was around 3-4 years old. I had been in my document systems handling job for around 9 months when, totally unexpectedly, I found out number 2 was on his way so that has found me back at home once again. I told you there wasn't much to it :laugh:.

if raising kids isnt as demanding or more so that a full time job then i dont know what is! I do know that my (already considerably high) coffee consumption doubled when child number two came along! pat

askthecoffeeguy

GeekKopi wrote:

I'm looking forward to being a stay at home dad for a while. I haven't had a break in the workforce since I was 14 and looking forward to spending quality time with my little girl when she comes. Ill be making many babycinos [emoji6]

ditto Ive been working full time for the last 30 years and im actually quite enjoying having a bit of time out for a change ???

Cuir_Beluga

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

if raising kids isnt as demanding or more so that a full time job then i dont know what is! I do know that my (already considerably high) coffee consumption doubled when child number two came along! pat

They don't half take it out of you and I am not 22 years old anymore either 8).

Brett_H

I'm a muso/teacher and all the things that go along with that line of work.

Dry_bean

I'm retired! which tells you absolutely nothing :🙂 however prior to retiring I worked in the Geology section of a large Aust mining company. 🙂

Dry_bean

Brett H wrote:

I'm a muso/teacher and all the things that go along with that line of work.

Wish I'd had the opportunity to study music Brett. When I was very young my parents took me along to do a musical aptitude test, sadly I didn't do very well, my parents spent the next week or so telling everyone who would listen what a musical dill I was, then they would roll around on the floor laughing, most humiliating for a kid of tender years. So, my musical career stopped before it even started. 🙂

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

I'm a muso/teacher and all the things that go along with that line of work.

Brett. What type of music are you into? Hopefully you respond with Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Motley Crue or KISS. Then we can start discussing LP collections.

Dry_bean

GeekKopi wrote:

Brett. What type of music are you into? Hopefully you respond with Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Motley Crue or KISS. Then we can start discussing LP collections.

Do you still have a working turntable Ron? I have quite a collection of LP's, the only Pink Floyd I have is DSM. Still believe well pressed LP's are superior to CD's.

GeekKopi

Dry bean. wrote:

Do you still have a working turntable Ron? I have quite a collection of LP's, the only Pink Floyd I have is DSM. Still believe well pressed LP's are superior to CD's.

I agree regarding well pressed LPs. My fav PF album is wish you were here. shine on your crazy diamond on it is bloody fantastic. I've got a new turntable bought 4 years back. It's a Project Xpression III classic. I run it through a vacuum tube preamp and then my active amp with no processing straight through to 2x Mission speakers. The aim is to hear the record as it was pressed. Here is a vid I recorded with an original Hendrix pressing from BBC Radio One from back in the day. http://youtu.be/DLOPEK7TzJU

Brett_H

My job is nothing as exciting as your LP collections guys. If I had a dollar DB for the number of potentially good or great musicians who were broken before they started 🙁 I'm an acoustic musician. I'm a choral director by day and an opera singer by night. I adjudicate, worksop, coach and teach and I reckon I've the best job in the world. I was poorly trained initially but then subsequent studies with great mentors has fixed that. I'm lucky enough to have had a dozen of my students sing professionally with the national company and many more with the state company. You need to get on to the audio file thread guys. I've got a set of speakers that would suffice audio-file standards but no turntable or valve amps.... as yet. Kids.....

Koffee_Kosmo

I am " NOT " a millionaire :angel: Self employed for 9 tenths of my working life Currently into franchising I am still waiting for BrettH to visit me to see & hear my Audio System :tearhair:

Brett_H

LOL... It will happen. I'm currently in the middle of a music festival, rehearsing an opera and have just finished some adjudicating. I too work a lot of hours for someone who is not a millionaire 😉

Dry_bean

GeekKopi wrote:

I agree regarding well pressed LPs. My fav PF album is wish you were here. shine on your crazy diamond on it is bloody fantastic. I've got a new turntable bought 4 years back. It's a Project Xpression III classic. I run it through a vacuum tube preamp and then my active amp with no processing straight through to 2x Mission speakers. The aim is to hear the record as it was pressed. Here is a vid I recorded with an original Hendrix pressing from BBC Radio One from back in the day. http://youtu.be/DLOPEK7TzJU

I have a Rotel RP3000 TT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncJ1erZUpw with an SME tone arm and Shure V15 III cartridge, Cambridge Audio solid state amp, and a pair of VAF speakers http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/vaf-research/dc-x-generation-iv/prd_331500_1594crx.aspx Good setup, though I don't get the full benefit, my hearing is not what it used to be. I was/am a big Jethro Tull fan, favorite album was Thick As A Brick.

Brett_H

I have a Cambridge Audio solid state amp in the studio paired with Polk Audio RT12s. Very clean amp considering it's not D-class???? (I think).

Koffee_Kosmo

My system will set you back a small mortgage Sorry can't give more detail KK