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hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:25 pm
by eric325
hello everyone im a 3rd year apprentice out of local 267 Syracuse ny
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:50 pm
by Fat Bob
Welcome aboard Eric. Glad you found us. Sooooo, what's up with the white flags going up out there?
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:50 pm
by Mike
Welcome to the forum Eric.
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:32 pm
by Otto Nobedder
Welome, Eric!
Fat Bob wrote:Welcome aboard Eric. Glad you found us. Sooooo, what's up with the white flags going up out there?
That's some ingenuity, in fact. I have no idea what the statement is supposed to be, but for someone to scale the most protected/surveilled landmark in the city and swap two flags without getting caught is either brilliant or scary.
Steve S
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:39 pm
by eric325
thanks everyone...I actually have been watching a lot of jodys videos to get some advice on how to pass my 6g stick test it helped a lot and I passed...then I was looking around on the website and saw the forum thought it would be a good idea to join since im a beginner and I think its great that there are a lot of professionals on here to give me plenty of advice...and I have no idea about the white flags
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:57 am
by Superiorwelding
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:16 pm
by eric325
Oh I see...yea I'm from upstate New York I had not a clue about white flags but that is interesting
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:56 pm
by Otto Nobedder
Eric, to reassure, we don't have any political discussion here. This "white flag" thing was just an anomoly that got everyone's attention.
So, again, welcome!
As a third year apprentice, you won't just be asking questions; You'll be able to answer some, as we often get questions about taking the union path versus working non-union. (I believe the term is "rat"
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Steve S
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:18 pm
by eric325
No problem...and yes scab or a rat are the terms haha...I'll be honest I do like union because before I got in I never welded a day in my life and I think if I was to start welding non union I wouldn't be as far as I am today they probably would have had me doing a lot of grinding shearing before I even touched a torch stinger or mig gun...I just believe they give you the tools you need to be successful in your career and I think there are good non union outfits that do really good work
Re: hi from syracuse ny
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:25 pm
by Otto Nobedder
eric325 wrote:No problem...and yes scab or a rat are the terms haha...I'll be honest I do like union because before I got in I never welded a day in my life and I think if I was to start welding non union I wouldn't be as far as I am today they probably would have had me doing a lot of grinding shearing before I even touched a torch stinger or mig gun...I just believe they give you the tools you need to be successful in your career and I think there are good non union outfits that do really good work
That's a great attitude. You'll meet people here who are completely self-taught, or taught in a very informal setting, as well as other union-trained hands.
We have it all, from industrial and aerospace to arts and crafts, and everthing you can imagine in between the two.
Steve S