Thanks SS for your insight. You bring a "way to look" at things around here that is different and needed. Many years ago I owned and used a chipping hammer-and all the other stuff a person would need to own and operate a piece of steel. Don't have it anymore and am glad of that. But you keep us grounded when our "What if's" get out of whack with the real world.
Post all the pictures you can-I look forward to your posts and insight. WCP
It'll be a couple days on the pictures -- I have another post that's awaiting pictures as well :)
Appreciate the thanks, WCP -- I don't post here near as much as in the past, and to be honest, I know my posts have become much more 'blunt' with regards to my opinion.
The reality of that situation is that over the last few years, I've become less blinded by this industry as a whole and am really starting to see many of the inside-issues that I feel are beyond important - whether they're my opinion based on experience, or flat-out fact. And it is becoming increasingly clear that there are many out there who are operating or are responsible for equipment operation, and they have NO FRIGGIN BUSINESS being responsible for lives on the iron. On top of that, the insurance companies who cover these people with every loophole known to man to protect themselves, while taking the money for a policy they KNOW they will never pay on, are just as guilty. I have spent over 20 years (closer to 25) working, learning, observing, and even participating in this industry.
I've seen some * in my times that would drive a drunk man sober and clean up the worst junkie with fear... Yet the ones who were responsible for those things never saw it as an issue, and continued on until people got hurt. It has not changed, and regardless of how many real-world facts and realities I see and document, I doubt it ever will.
Have a good one, my friend!