mrraley Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Well ladies and gents, Let me start this out by saying I apologize for being gone for so long. It's been a rough patch for the past year and a half. BUT... in that time frame... I had lost my job, gone through a knock down drag out divorce :909:, moved (twice), and now just struggling to get by on a day to day biases. For a while it was real hard to find a job in the field I specialize in unless I wanted to go back overseas to work. After the last time I was there though and was in an IED explosion, I have decided I don't want to do that. So the search continues. I did manage to land a job in the private security world locally, it's not the best paying gig, but at least I'm employed. I managed to secure a good portion of my belongings before and firearms before everything else was lost. And now I think I'm in a house that I hope to be staying in for a while. It may be small, but I call it home. Along with that, I have a girlfriend that takes good care of me too. I'm still practicing working on firearms here locally and working on getting my name out there to be recognized in that field, but it's hard to land a job when half the gun shops don't have a repair shop on site anymore. Either way, I'm back and looking at helping in anyway that I can as rude and crude as I can be. :blahblah: :laughing4: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Don't I know you from somewhere? You look really familiar.... You're lucky I never learned to not talk to strangers. Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Good to hear your back on your feet, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!! Welcome back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Good to hear your back on your feet, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!! Welcome back Or leaves you looking like Tom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Yikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back Pat, we're mighty glad to see you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back Pat! Glad to see you here and getting back on your feet. <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back brother Pat,glad things are looking up.It can only get better. :happydrunks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome back . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKSHEEP Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Glad you're back! <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Damn I'm glad to see you back here brother. It's about damn time you surfaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 HELL YEAH!!! Damn glad to see you back, Pat!!! :ecs: Gawd Dammit, Rob, quit falling down... :bat: I think... I think... I think... alot. I think your name is already out there, to those that know. I think we need to get your name out there to everyone else... ...And start a 308AR/AR15 Armorer's course. YOU are the credentials, brother. YOU are the Armorer's School. Grad Certs read: Pat Raley's AR Armorer's Course. You know that will work, but it take's time to mainstream your name. Those in the know already know you, so run a few courses, in places that make geographic sense. Start small, with 3 a year, 4 a year, just in your spare time - literally. No $hit, it won't take long to make it bigger than that. You'll never have to travel overseas, just CONUS. Hell, you can even avoid places you dislike, and only hit the places you like - people will travel. Pat: "What am I supposed to do with my life?..." Jim Morrison: "You should build an AR Armorer's Course, Pat..." Pat: "How am I gonna get the students to come?..." Jim Morrison: "If you book them, they will come..." You need to market YOU, brother. Nobody in this industry can do what YOU can do, or has the history that YOU do, man. That's no BS. I'll even lay down money that if you book something close to Idaho, we can get a weird naked Indian to the course... <lmao> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I'm still practicing working on firearms... That was funny, coming from you... <lmao> Good to hear your back on your feet, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!! Or leaves you looking like Tom... THAT was fucked up... you can go eat a bowl of dicks, and snack on a bag of smashed a$sholes... :fawkdance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 You give me a bottle of Ranch and that's a meal. TomAss has a point (he has a spot too)... Mr Raley can fill an armorer course in a hot nuclear flash. I know out here they're charging upwards of $400 to $500 a head, just to sit down. 10-15 guys to a 2-day class could pull $4k-$7500 in a weekend. The California trick is to get P.O.S.T. certified. Calif LE will only take POST certified courses because the state reimburses their training costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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