Greetings Lawrence,
Wish I could get more students who were more serious about getting certified as welding inspectors.
It seems there is a sense of entitlement by many individuals these days that all it takes is to sit the AWS course (or mine) and they should automatically become [certified] welding inspectors.
Would enjoy having you in one of my Modules - too bad about the distance.
Miss some of the Forum banter, but not the poor responses.
From time to time I do read through some of the posts here, but not like previous years.
Also respect and enjoy reading many of the responses from individuals like Mankenberg or JonXXXXX.
I have had disagreements with some of these people - but it was always on a professional level.
Finally figured out what/who SSBN is about after reading this link from a friend of mine who works for Northrup/Grummen:
http://www.ussnewmexico.net/ROLLOUTandMOVE.wmvShould have guessed from his "run silent - run deep" tag.
Did not know you could 1 on 1 message - greetings to pipewelder as well.
Posts are easier for me as 95% of the time I am in the Forum I do not sign in, I just like to read the posts or response (I like to watch...)
(I'm sure that comment will be ammo for someone.)
BTW - this is the closest thing to advertising I have ever done for my Modules.
All my clients are found strictly word of mouth from engineers, architects, building officials, project managers, etc. who I have worked with on other projects.
I posted recently primarily to thank some of my past (and current) students for their posts.
Many of my former students are now good friends and we keep in touch on a regular basis.
My students are not required to do marketing on my behalf, they do so it simply because we are buddys.
I also throw work their way when I can, and vice-versa.
Even the AWS Certification Dept. has posted in the past that enrollment was down a few years ago.
Ford, GM and other large corporations have slow times as well...
Anywhootie, good to hear from you and I will keep in touch.
Best Regards,
DGXL