What's your occupation?

[The-Violator]

We need more like you.

+1 x11tybillion

[Ghost]

National Sales Manager for a company that offers alternative energy solutions to the Automotive Aftermarket.

wth does that mean?

[Keyser Soze]

Sit around in my rocking chair fartin dust.

Fixed it for ya Tom.

[Zenshu]

Tanker in the US Army temporarily(3 years) working as a Recruiter in the Aurora area.

[Clovis]

I'm surprised we don't have more secret squirrels with all the military here.

[JustinP]

I work in the web hosting business - In charge of a team that manages a couple 600 web servers. Also in charge of making sure they run well, auditing etc, and responding to major issues when escalated.

[Peanut_EOD]

EOD/UXO Tech III

[Wrider]

Thanks to Rybo, I assemble parts for aircraft, including the as-yet-undelivered Boeing 787.

[billygoatpete]

You almost got it..... Knife and gun club. Lol.... And I'm keeping entertained to say the least!

How long have you been at the Division?? I left in '05. We moved back to the D a couple of years ago. It amazes me how many new faces there are down there.

For the thread--Same field as B'eye Jess- Just a different means of getting there.

[gtn]

Mid-level IT manager for an insanely big healthcare company.

My team designs the technical infrastructure including LAN/WAN, telephony, contact centers, UNIX, Linux, Windows, VMware, Citrix, Storage, SAN, ... or as I prefer to say, "All technology except System z and System i."

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

NAVCOM for FAA at DIA.

[= Buckeye Jess =]

How long have you been at the Division?? I left in '05. We moved back to the D a couple of years ago. It amazes me how many new faces there are down there.

For the thread--Same field as B'eye Jess- Just a different means of getting there.

Hmmm... although I've been in the field for what feels to be eons, I've only been there for about 1.5yrs. Yeah, the new faces since even I've started are overwhelming...including the number of faces that have come and gone even since my first day are staggering. Still holding on to a few of the "legends" tho, and it's always a blast to pull a shift with 'em.

[Gramps]

Fixed it for ya Tom.

Thanks bro I knew I could count on you!

[CaneZach]

Thanks for the reply. I understand CO can be great with the weather & also unforgiving. Whwn I got stopped in Feb by DPD on my bike, he said they would not be getting the OK to ride until 10days after the last mag chloride application. I also think CSP is very different in traffic enforcement than Denver and I would probably be in a car too. However some of the escort gigs would be fun? what about the Colorado Grand, looks like a nice route each year....it's cool that you at least gave it a shot, maybe if they got some different bikes in the fleet & changed up the SOP alittle your skills on the bike could be put back to good use. peace CaneZach

I did the motor officer thing for two years. I enjoyed my time on the bike, but I found I wasn't enjoying it as much towards the end. I probably put on less than 2k miles on my personal bike because I just didn't want to ride after I'd logged 800+ miles during the week. I guess the bottom line was that it was still work. Yeah, it was great being able to do something I really enjoyed, but it was still work. The best days were the ones where I'd make a ton of stops early in the morning. I would stop 3 people an hour for the first 4 or 5 hours, then I'd basically treat the rest of the day like a field trip. I'd ride down to Cripple Creek or up to Deckers, just enjoying the ride.

When we'd do escorts, a lot of them can be pretty annoying because they almost always involve bicyclists. We escort a lot of the major bicycle rides, like the Bicycle Tour of Colorado, MS150, Boulder Bolder, etc., so you aren't just riding around. You typicall have a bunch of other officers and you "ping" off each other. We'd leave about five minutes apart, then the entire day was spent riding next to bicyclists until you caught up to the officer ahead of you, then you'd turn around until you met up with the officer behind you.

Every now and then, we'd get a really cool escort assignment. I escorted Pres. Bush twice and that's a blast. It's a hundred miles an hour for as long as it takes to get him to his destination. I've done the Colorado Grand, which was pretty cool too. You see a lot of awesome classic cars and the folks are actually pretty cool.

[JohnEffinK]

I'm surprised we don't have more secret squirrels with all the military here.

Yeah but then the secret would be out if'n someone of that nature outed themselves!


John

[Xtremjeepn]

Financial Advisor.

http://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/cole.p.ford/

[cptschlongenheimer]

... asshats get tickets...

Yeah, I was wearing the asshat that day. I'll admit it

After he gave you the ticket you should have said "So now that i got my ticket wanna see how slow your bike is compared to mine?"

If only...

[Aaron]

another Denver Paramedic? who's gonaa start the horror story thread to really put the fear of bikes in some of these kids
peace billygoatpete

The things I have seen....It's terrifying.

After one crash I worked I couldn't ride my bike for a month. I absolutely refuse to ride my bike in the city any more, it's just too dangerous. So I will ride to work, but that is it as far as the city riding goes. There is no one to blame but myself if I go into a mountain turn hot, hit gravel and lay it down. I can live with that. But having someone pull in front of me because they aren't paying attention? It shouldn't happen.

Yield to left turn intersections should be illegal, they cause over 65% of our accidents, and over 80% of the serious injury accidents/fatals since they are either head on or T-bone accidents. You can wait for the next rotation and the green arrow. San Diego has done this, they've eliminated 95% of the yield to turn intersections. Cars wait for the arrow.

[usmcab35]

Yeah but then the secret would be out if'n someone of that nature outed themselves!


John

agreed, it wouldnt be secret squirrel anymore if everyone told everyone about it..

[billygoatpete]

60Pan,

I kinda figure this crowd has done their own homework and I...or anyone else in a similar field won't dissuade them (nor would I want to). Hell, I couldn't even talk myself out of a bike!!

From what I've read here (read: lurked), most folks seem to have a pretty good idea that everyone else on the road is trying to kill them. That, in both my professional and personal experience, is 1000000% true.