Actually....  moved to Mobile, AL - found the one that got away and picked up where we left off 16 yrs ago!  She's a helluva woman and ImaLuckeguy - things are great here, cool in the morning at 50F+ degrees - and I'm not missing the cold and wind yet. 

I've been here less than a week not including the time it took to drive so still hooking up the key points of the welding world, LWS'rs, steel sales, etc..   anyone else down here in the Mobile area???

I'll prob end up starting up some welding / fabrication on the side here....  as pipelining seems to be even less frequent here than ND this summer.  There seems to be a fair amount of work available if one chooses to work for less wages than I'm accustomed but believe a fabricating business is more up my alley at this point than working for wages. 

I did turn down a couple weeks worth of work prior to my move - it was just time to go.  Work was picking up compared to last spring though and no one had dropped their rates so it was still good money.  There's been pipelines that friends have told me about but my situation I had there in Minot was tough to beat as far as rates went - tough to work for half pay and full time when you can work full pay and half time.. you know?

I have a fairly substantial knowledge / experience base stored in my head so I'm not greatly concerned as far as work goes - just need to see a demand and jump on it.  If you're ever wanting to get out of the cold and snow this winter (remember last winter???) come on down - sure is nice weather now (not sure about the summer yet for this Northern guy)...   well, later - take care - DL