Anyone ever wonder what the "regular" posters on this board do for a living?
 

Does anyone ever wonder that the "regular" posters on this board do for a living. I'm not criticizing anyone, but it seems like some people are able to post all day and some people have alot of knowledge of so many places.

Why don't you get us started, Tia? What do you do that allows you to post in the middle of the day?

I'm not a "regular", but I do have a good time reading the posts from time to time. Anyway, I teach Spanish and Italian at a private school in Westchester County, New York. Sometimes I check in during a break or lunchtime.

I'm not sure who the regular posters are anymore. But as one of the old-timers who got to know some of the other old-timers, we are (and I expect the newcomers are as well)in all sorts of industries and have access to the internet both at work and at home and, most of all, love to travel and love to share what we have learned, good and bad. And we're not afraid to ask questions.

I'm not sure that I'm truly a "regular" but I certainly visit the forum often enough and do post when I think can offer input that's of help to someone.<BR><BR>I work as a sales engineer providing training, pre and post sale technical support to our clients and sales staff for a small company in the network management tools business. I'm on the Internet much of the day for business reasons and also have lenghts of time where customers are implementing a procedure while I wait on the phone - a bit of surfing helps break up the time.<BR><BR>As for knowledge of a lot of places? I haven't been fortunate enough to travel extensively until the past couple years but have always been a naturally inquisitive person who seems to absorb and retain lots of information/details about places I do visit. In the past several years I've been lucky enough to travel much more extensively and enjoy sharing what I've seen, experienced or observed (or learned from others). I also relocated to the NYC area by choice three years ago after visiting several times as a tourist and a number of times on business. I absolutely LOVE spending time in Manhattan. Sharing what I know (or my admittedly biased opinions) about the city is something I enjoy and feel fortunate to be able to share.

I am a writer & work at home. <BR>

I've always enjoyed reading Owen's posts. Informative and well written. We're lucky to have this East Coast resource.<BR><BR>I work for myself and therefore can post as often as I choose. Like Owen, I often have extra time while waiting for a client on the phone. <BR><BR>

I'm a stay at home mom in San Diego. I check in frequently, and offer info if I think I can, although I'm not as 'traveled' as many others out here. I also print threads if they interest me for future traveling, when my kids are older.

I am a full-time Mom but I work when kids are in school (they are teenagers now). My only access to computer without dragging a kid off (when s/he is Instant Messaging a friend while talking to the same friend on the phone) is early AM before work. Sometimes I sneak on after work before kids are home because sometimes these posts are comic relief from my job.

Thanks for the compliment Tina - now if I would just learn how to type properly I could do something about my endless stream of typos (oddly enough I'm a good speller but the keyboarding thing continues to elude me with all bu three poorly aimed fingers!).

as a frequent reader and occasional poster on this board I thought this was an interesting question and look forward to reading about everyone..as for me, I work at a small college in the Northeast and have a hectic "feast or famine" schedule in the admissions office..I'm either doing ten things at once or twiddling my thumbs..usually twiddling time leads me to the internet and Fodor's is one of my favorite browses.

I'm a secondary school vice principal. I read this for comic relief or else I'd go bonkers.

Also a regular browser-I'm a receptionist at a printing co. here in the Atlanta area...a stones throw to "spaghetti junction".<BR><BR>My husband and I became empty-nesters 4 years ago, and we began traveling soon after.Hey...it's our time now!

Lolly's right...some of these posts get me laughing out loud so hard! People in the cubicles nearby must think I'm nuts!<BR><BR>Did you guys see the one titled "MUDSLINGING" a while back?<BR><BR>Hilarious! We're a mess.

I am a teacher at a community college in Myrtle Beach SC. I check out this board intermittently when I'm taking a break. My work schedule is somewhat non-traditional, so I probably post at times when others are hard at work.<BR><BR>Also, I have to admit that I like to take small breaks after working on something for 2 or 3 hours. I gave up the nose-to-the-grindstone 5+ hours at a stretch routine, and I am glad I did.<BR><BR>I wish I had been to more places. I love reading some of these posts. I try to restrict my participation to helping out with specific questions about which I have some experience--or to opinions not calling for any particular knowledge on my part.

I post here a lot, sometimes go by my initials nmm. I'm a stay at home spouse w/o kids & get to spend a lot of time traveling. Love to talk about my favorite hobby & give help when I can = )

I'm a theory cosmotology instructor and am home every day by 2:30 p.m.

Well Cindy K I think you need to start paying the people here for your articles or else get off your lazy butt and do your own research. And you wonder why no one likes travel writers....

I am a CMP - I manage Corporate Events and Incentive travel for groups of 100 - 1,000. I also manage corporate travel.

cd, what on earth is "theory cosmotology"? If it's "cosmetology" and you work with hair/beauty, etc., what is the theory? Or are you dealing with theories about the cosmos?<BR><BR>(Now you can probably guess what kind of pain-in-the-wazoo profession I have.)

I'm an occasional poster to this forum since I found it about a year ago. I'm a tax consultant in the NYC area and love to travel. I tend to work on projects for stretches of time. Once a project is completed, I hop on the this forum and others for some interesting?? reading and a break. I also hop on here once and a while for a lunch break laugh or afterwork comic releif.

I'm a psychotherapist. I use the information I get from this site as advice to my patients. I listen for a few sessions, and then tell them all that they are fine, but need a vacation. Then, I tell them where to go, and what to do while there.<BR><BR>Hey, it pays the bills!

I'm in sales for an internet related company. I'm online all day so it's nice to take breaks from cold calls, etc.

I work free-lance at several different jobs from my home. I am also a webmaster as one part of one job, so I am on the Internet quite a bit. Like the other posters here, I work intensely on a project for several hours and then take a break by checking this site (United States and Europe boards). The computer and my time belong to me. And that is also why I can travel when I want to, clients and family permitting.

Hi MM<BR>There's the practical side of cosmotology, the hands on learning, and then there's the theory. Learning the chemistry, bacteriology, cells, anatomy, physiology, diseases of the skin and scalp, etc. This is usually the part of cosmotology that the students do not like.

Partime mom, when I'm not flying three year-olds alone. Dairy farmer, so it means early hours, but by ten I'm free to surf. Then it's pull some more, and by then the lights are coming on and it's time for Wild on E. We don't travel - cows just never take a holiday. But it's cream all the way. And we never run to the market for milk. Last night I saw FSU at Ybor City, spring break. I think the cows' time is numbered, and it's my time to hit the beach and party!

Since this x person knows everything and copies everything on this site, he thinks he is the greatest replier of posts ever. If you don't believe me whatch his posts and he is a New Yorker which tells you a lot but who cares. You all belivev everything he says.

realtor. I have lots of down time so I surf the net when the market is slow!

I'm a wholesale importer from Orange County, CA. I travel a lot, like the advice here, and I also appreciate the humor and the trolls.

I'm retired. Grin... We've got two more years before my wife can do the same, so we travel as best we can in the interim.<BR><BR>I'm a Keys junkie. First found them about ten years ago, and make an annual week's visit every Jan. <BR><BR>Had a little place down near the DE shore, but we sold it when we found we weren't getting down there enough to justify the costs.<BR><BR>In the last couple of years, we've also done CA, MN (got a son up there,) Nantucket and Columbus IN (which I heartily recommend to any architecture buffs out there.) Upcoming before the end of the year is the Outer Banks and the Bryce/Zion area via Las Vegas. <BR><BR>I try to post when I can offer "value-added" information. We're budget travelers, so I might have a dollar-stretching hint on occasion.<BR><BR>I get a lot of info from this board, and I try to put some back in. And I google a lot. And recommend it to everyone.<BR><BR>And last but not least, I leave the laptop at home....

I run my own business from my home with my husband.<BR>We have 4 children and started travelling when our youngest was around 3 and my mother-in-law volunteered to give us a break for a long weekend.<BR>Now we book a trip away at least once a year, just the two of us.<BR>

Im on the faculty of a state university in the San Francisco Bay area. I enjoy the posts here because they are surprisingly witty and have saved me from many a travel mistake! Thanks for all your help!

I am a believer that all people should be able to correctly spell the name their professions.<BR><BR>It's COSM_E_TOLOGY!!

I'm a psychologist. I usually pour over Fodors while planning a trip so the forum changes. I love love love planning trips and I hate hate hate being on my treadmill, so I enjoy spending time on Fodors on both accounts. Look for me on Italy last summer, New York this Christmas, and...Puerto Vallarta where I go every year at the end of October to run continuing education workhops for other therapists- who probably come for the tax-deductible trip as well as my fun workshop and the 32 CEUs.

I am a teacher at a private school in Florida - soon to be an assistant principal (hopefully) when my degree is finished in May. <BR><BR>This place cracks me up and does provide great advice. I feel like I have to stick up for Florida most days because we truly are the freak show state.

I am not a regular poster but I do browse this site. Usually late at night as I work long hours as a Human Resources Generalist for a large bank. I do the hiring and the firing. I find this site and the posts very relaxing after a hard days work. My husband and I got married in Hawaii and this site was very instrumental in the places we choose to stay. I love to travel and really enjoy this site.

If you wan tto know about the regular posters read the thread entitled "Fodorites: Post you Bios" It's had a 100 responses from the regulars telling what they do!

Jen, Florida has nothing to apologize for. I've only been to a few places in Florida and found them all uniquely cool. I LOVE Miami, love the Keys, think that the upper Atlantic coast cities of FL are amongst my favorite places where I would choose to live outside of my native CA, and was supremely fascinated by St Augustine. All of these locales had their unique flavor, yet within driving distance of each other. Very cool.

Don't get me wrong - I love the place. It's just those silly voters and highway drivers.

Spell<BR>You are, of course, right. How embarrassing.