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Originally Posted By: Anonymous
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All,


Take a guess who noticed http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=240 the penultimate inspector's snooze forum.



Joe This-place-looks-like-a-train-wreck Burkeson
Square-One Inspection Service, LLC
Assurance begins here!


I copied that for Joe who posted it in a completely unrelated topic where I was afraid it'd get lost in the mix.
I spent my morning reading each of Joe's 128 posts( some more cryptic than others) and came to the conclusion that, based on his body of work, all he does is stand on the sideline and offer constructive criticisms of other people's efforts. I feel very secure in the knowledge that I have someone like Joe to look out after my best interests.
With all of his qualifications, Joe's found it necessary to ask for help just once when he was looking for info on radon certification. With all of his qualifications Joe has never offered any technical advice to anyone.
I suspect that Joe probably signs on to TIJ as a guest and covertly uses the knowledge that he gains from his clandestine visits to keep to himself and gloat in his ultimate superiority.
Go to TIJ today, Joe, and copy what I posted in the discussion about NACHI. You're one of the people that I'd like to not be affiliated with, and a compelling reason that I have yet to join NACHI.
There are other people here who I find abrasive, but those people are also a vast wealth of knowledge and are willing to share their insight and experience. Joe, you're just plain antagonistic. The only other frequent poster that even holds a candle to your candor, posts under three (at least) different pseudonyms. At least you have the brass to publicly proclaim your bitterness.
OK, I'm done for now, Chad Fabry

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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Chad:


At least we get to read BOTH your comments and Joe's comments on this board.

Other boards are not open to opposing view points. Jerry Peck got dis-invited from TIJ and I got banned from InspectioNazinews.

Although you haven't found enough http://www.nachi.org/benefits.htm at NACHI to prompt you to join, I see you have availed yourself of the benefit of our open, unmoderated, message board.

Our message board doors are open to all. I'm glad you're here.

Nick

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Originally Posted By: Guest
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Thanks Nick,


I appreciate being welcome and the opportunity to speak my mind. As I stated in TIJ, I’d like to join NACHI, and each day I come here and read nearly every post. Lots of smart people here and I am grateful for the chance to learn.


I wish that the forum here was less political and less confrontational. I know that I was something less than civil in my last post and probably will wish that I hadn’t posted it, but to continually ignore the barbs and jabs from someone who must have a stone in their shoe, is not beneficial to all.


TIJ maybe isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I’ve found it to be of great benefit. The same with Inspection News. The same with NACHI. All serve a purpose and that purpose, ostensibly, is to better the profession.


Work toward the goal of professionalism, expertise, and competency.


OK, I’m done now, Chad Fabry

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Originally Posted By: jburkeson
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Hi Chad,


Funny how things sometimes become crystal clear, just last night I was watching National Geographic Channel's, Secrets of the Viking Warriors. Being half Icelandic I now know where my battle instincts come from, sorry that I have offended you it is just my Viking heritage shining through, in war we take no prisoners and have no word for surrender. Still it is hardly an excuse not to join NACHI, I am but a single free voice among many, don't like what I say you are free not to read my posts.

As far as your claim that I am a non-contributor, I ask how would you know? In philanthropy, I never let my right hand know what my left hand is doing. Have you ever asked me for anything that I refused?

I find nothing ignoble in acquiring knowledge in any way possible including surfing other boards, if you really think that this is a problem maybe it would be best for TIJ to become a "Members-Only" forum then you would be safe from any outside distractions, as I am not a member there.

Chad, I have read most of your posts too and I have been where you are. I know how hard it is to land your first inspection and get your business off the ground. I sense that TIJ is a sanctuary for you and you view my posts as a threat to that comfort, just realize that everything comes at a price. By using me as an excuse not to join NACHI you have cut yourself off from some of the best marketing tools and smartest minds available for the start-up inspector, your choice. Well, food for thought, gotta run have two inspections today, one which came through my association with NACHI.

Joe Home-Inspection-is-a-long-pants-profession Burkeson

--
Joseph Burkeson, RPI (Hooperette)

?Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.?
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Quote:
Joe Home-Inspection-is-a-long-pants-profession Burkeson


Absolutely on that, and not a blue jeans job either, lest we become less "professional".
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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Joe B.


I'm glad to hear you got another inspection job from NACHI. News like that is music to my ears.

Chad:

Joe B. actually may have achieved what you seek (professionalism and peace between associations). Joe B. first let us know of a scandal in Florida that almost succeeded. Because of Joe, we put one of our attorneys and an Anti-Trust expert on an airplane to Florida with instructions to file suit against everyone even remotely involved. That move alone killed the evil plot. I personally believe, but don't know for sure, that the show of strength was one of the reasons ASHI agreed to a no-disparage clause in the recent ASHI/NACHI agreement. This lead to a sort of cold war, which ain't peace, but pretty close to it. One could argue that Joe deserves credit for this.

Anyway, we now have 21,000 posts where you can find plenty of threads dealing with the actual technical aspects of performing home inspections if that is what you seek/prefer. Members who only post about electricity and plumbing are no better or worse than those who only post about inspection politics/legislation. It's a big tent and everyone contributes in their own way. You do too.

Nick

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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Nick,


I wondered why the ridiculous license we have to carry here in Charlotte county didn't go state wide. Now I know!!

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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Licensing is sort of a home inspection tax that is evenly applied to all inspectors regardless of association. The burden is suffered by all licensees regardless of association. ASHI members often die by their own sword thinking licensing will create some sort of monopoly (which it sometimes does in the very short term). However, success comes from strong marketing (more and more internet-based direct to home buyers) and that is one benefit NACHI provides its members, and a benefit government licensing will never provide.


Licensing creates a new list from which to choose from... not the NACHI list, not the ASHI list,...but the list of licensed inspectors. Given that level playing field, marketing strength then separates the winners from the losers.

Nick

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Originally Posted By: Guest
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Hi Joe,


I'm not Icelandic; the word surrender is in my vocabulary and if it's prudent I'll use it. Perhaps if Vikings had the use of the word or the concept they'd be more of a political force in the world today. If the Japanese didn't use it there'd be no Japan and we couldn't get a quality TV set.
I'm a beginner in the HI profession, but I'm not new to business.
I don't have an urgent need to go out and get work other than to show my wife it was a good idea. So please don't presume to know where I am. The fact is I'm secure in the fact that I still have other sources of income and I enjoy working. Actually, working is what I do best.
Anyway, TIJ is a sanctuary for me. You're correct about that. I go there whenever I have a question and feel completely safe to ask it, and I know that I'll get excellent advice from the best in the business. It'll be pure HI advice with no political agenda. The essence of the profession.
At any rate, I'm over my little hissy fit from this morning.
OK, I'm done now, Chad

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Originally Posted By: rking
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Chad,


Normally I am more docile than my cat, but I feel a need to let you in on something here.
You like to believe that a lot of this BB is 'political', well from reading your posts I can tell that you are extremely politically minded.
You seem to want to argue and degrade others. Joe B. uses sarcasm a lot, and most of us recognize that. A lot of us on here can get very sarcastic with each other at times. But it is all in fun, and we all enjoy a sense of camaderie, with a few exceptions. Such as yourself.
Now don't get me wrong, I appreciate everyones opinions, including yours
but......
There is more learning to be had on this board than anywhere else I've found. On here you can learn about inspecting, you can learn about life, you can learn about war and peace. Happy hunting!

--
Muskoka Home Inspections
"Wisdom is the Anticipation of the Consequences"
Steering Committee Member At Large

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Originally Posted By: jburkeson
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Fellow Inspectors,


Why can't we all just get along? The only way we will make it is if we stop the violins now.

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Joe kumbaya-Rodney-King Burkeson

--
Joseph Burkeson, RPI (Hooperette)

?Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.?
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Originally Posted By: rking
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Joe-taking-all-the-fun-out-of-it-Burkeson,


I agree and such was the manner of my post. I just can't stand holier than thou kind of people ![icon_evil.gif](upload://1gvq2wV2azLs27xp71nuhZOKiSI.gif)

--
Muskoka Home Inspections
"Wisdom is the Anticipation of the Consequences"
Steering Committee Member At Large

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Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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C’mon guy’s - Give war a chance - that’s all I’m saying.

–
Inspection Nirvana!


We're NACHI. Get over it.
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Originally Posted By: Guest
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Hello Bob…Robert, (tell me what your preference is)


Thanks very much for setting me straight.
I love sarcastic humor and it's been killing me to continually refrain from using it to illustrate my points; because it's so easily misinterpreted with out the aid of body language. Perhaps the word "penultimate" was poked at Mike O'Handley's two year effort to produce a quality forum, in good humor. If it was, I apologize for my unseemly behavior.
I said earlier that I'd probably wish I hadn't made my first post. I'm getting pretty close to that point now.
If I were more eloquent and possessed a better command of the written word, I'd have made my remarks in a more dignified fashion. Sadly, I can only work within my scope because I don't know what I don't know.
Sometimes grace is lost while hiding behind a keyboard.
I have to respect Joe's qualifications, education, writing skills and achievements. He's bright and sometimes even funny. Even bright and funny people make berating comments about others. Must be when they do it's because they had a bad day or the cat used their white carpet for a litter box. I shouldn't just assume they did it to be mean.
So, all that being said, let me apologize again for engaging in fruitless discourse.

Keys click, lives are mated
By time, by space, by death belated
Bitter words, souls berated
Carnal needs, to be sated

OK, I'm done for now, Chad

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Originally Posted By: rking
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Chad,


My brothers on the fire department call me Bob because when they called me that the first time I said "No! It's Rob. Don't call me Bob!".
BIG mistake, now if they call me anything but Bob, I don't listen!
So either way, doesn't matter to me.
And I, like you, sometimes wish that words typed were a little different but.....
I have been on this board since last July and although I have only met Nick (at our Barrie meeting) and a few of the guys from Ontario, I feel as if I know quite a few people personally from our ranting and raving on this board.
Because it is an un-moderated board, we all must moderate ourselves and sometimes some of us go overboard but then are quickly put in place by others. And that is the bonus part. we all learn something, even if it is not Home Inspection related per se!

Cheers and Happy New Year ![icon_smile.gif](upload://b6iczyK1ETUUqRUc4PAkX83GF2O.gif)

--
Muskoka Home Inspections
"Wisdom is the Anticipation of the Consequences"
Steering Committee Member At Large

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Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Robert:


I agree. I also "feel as if I know quite a few people from our ranting and raving on this board." I consider all of you my friends.

Nick