Dave Wolske:  

Thinking I should get off the dime and say something, here goes. After HS I joined the Navy with a friend from Camas Valley. That was in 1960 with discharge in 63. We all found Vietnam heating up so I re-enlisted for the 65-67 tour. I found that I probably would be better off with some college goodies - so it was off to OSU from 68-72. With my BS in-hand I went to Westinghouse for about 9 years. That put me inline for the well known cutbacks and the first big company to find itself overloaded was, you guessed it, W-house. I took two interviews in college and the second was Factory Mutual. I went there and found myself in a condition of mediocre demand and went to work as a Boiler Inspector and was used in many other capacities. Teaching electrical inspection was a main focus and also preparing my own presentations. I went to work for a couple other companies that were in the loss prevention arena and remain doing plant inspections and loss prevention work to this day. I enjoy doing this wo...Expand for more