Senior Mechanical Designer for Cheatham & Associates. Originally from Banner Elk, NC, now living in Wilmington NC. App State supporter and Yosef Club member.
@tkpipedreams It’s funny. I’ve see it 3 times. First at Linville GC with Claude Lemieux after 1996 Stanley Cup, in Independence Mall in 02 and on Wrightsville Beach in 06.
@tkpipedreams You know what blow's my mind? Coastal Carolina isn't on this list. They always want to be Myrtle Beach, yet they are not within 2 miles of a mini golf course in the mini golf course capital of the world 😂
My first ever show was 14 years ago tomorrow at Parthenon Cafe in Boone, NC. It doesn't seem that long ago but I guess time flies when you're having fun!
Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.”
“Well, AI is coming for the coders.”
“It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.”
“In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need 500,000 electricians in the next couple of years—not hyperbole.”
“The BlueForge Alliance, who oversees our maritime industrial base—that’s 15,000 individual companies who are collectively charged with building and delivering nuclear-powered subs to the Navy … calls and says, we’re having a hell of a time finding tradespeople. Can you help?”
“I said, I don’t know, man … how many do you need? He says, 140,000.”
“These are our submarines. Things go hypersonic, a little sideways with China, Taiwan, our aircraft carriers are no longer the point of the spear. They’re vulnerable.”
“Our submarines matter, and these guys have a pinch point because they can’t find welders and electricians to get them built.”
“The automotive industry needs 80,000 collision repair and technicians.”
“Energy, I don’t even know what the number is, I hear 300,000, I hear 500,000.”
“There is a clear and present freakout going on right now. I’ve heard from six governors in the last six months. I’ve heard from the heads of major companies.”
@GonzoApp It was amazing. I’ll never get the sound out of my head of how loud the ball came off the foot of Sam Martin to pin Montana deep in the game in Boone. I swear that is the kick that got him drafted. I’ve never heard an entire stadium gasp at how beautiful a punt was before
@jeff_gluck All the drivers during All-Star weekend last year were screaming "Give N. Wilkesboro a points race and make it a 1:00 start so the track is slick". NASCAR listens and makes it a night race 😐
I am so sad.
Shawn Clark was a dear friend and brother.
We shared a million laughs and many tears.
He was the best kind of man: caring, hardworking, and infinitely loyal. He invited me to App coaches fellowship meetings around the campfire in Boone. He displayed a copy of Never Settle prominently in his office, alongside his family photographs.
We were likeminded in myriad ways.
Prayers to his family and all he touched.
Rest in peace, my brother.