John T

I'm in trouble already:) Nigel Congrats in joining the PWNA and I'm honored to serve with you on this committee. Nothing like surrounding myself with a few brains and you rank very high in that Dep't. Many of us are going to learn alot between you and the rest of the PWNA enviro committee. I'm learning already by just what you posted--Thanks!

Mike we talked about this in the past and these are the type questions I would love to see answered. At our Vegas Parking Garage Event since where going to have these EPA Guys in the conference room your question would be a good one but of course does it ever really snow in Vegas?? Maybe we need to bring this show to Atlantic City next year and see where these EPA types stand on the East Coast because once again your question comes to mind. I wonder since there's safety concerns about snowfall and Black Ice here if that factors in to what's allowed and what's not? Good question.

Here's a picture of my two mushbags chocolate labs. I take them with me everywhere these days. There my pals:) Lets see your lovable hug-able pets.

Should be interesting to see what there next logo is going to look like. This is their 20th anniversary logo. Amazing how resilient the PWNA is. Lasting 20 yrs in anything these days is an accomplishment for sure.

A True legend in our Industry in David Olson who passed away Dec 22 2011. A little over a year ago. He was married to his HS Sweetheart for almost 50 yrs and David passed away around 69yrs young. He was a legend and is missed. The pictures with all the people was at the biggest Roundtable I ever attended which was the NC Roundtable hosted by Celeste and Roger and with Beth/Rod helping them to set it all up. The circle picture is at that time one past PWNA Treasurer talking to a future PWNA Treasurer(Me wearing my white PWNA Hat) and we talked and talked and talked almost the whole time at this RT. It was memorable and I'll never forget it. This other Picture is of the Babe Ruth family honoring David right after he passed. Never forget the ones who helped you. David helped me tremendously. He is missed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. in Florida:star: and what else....ummmmm oh yea HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY as well:) see ya in Albany

Lol.. You got to have people think your crazy with 10,000,000 of us all around each other where I'm at:onthego: [

TGS is now every night getting 2100-2500 viewers a night.. Let's get this bulletin board in the 4000's+. There's many great contractors and distributors that come here and are a part of The Grime Scene - Pressure Wash Welcome to The Grime Scene We all clean Grime.. Let's raise the bar here:)

Looking forward to hearing about it for sure in Albany.

The largest Roundtable in this Industry that I attended was Celeste's & Rogers North Carolina RT around 2006-2007. There were aprox 110 people there. ACR had a few that were hovering around the 100 member mark. I've been to a few of Everett Abrams Jersey RT's that use to be the largest with around 50-60 people there each time. Maybe even more. The smallest one I've been to was my own in 2005. We had about 27 people. How about some of you guys?

Take this poll of what topics you would like to hear about at a future Roundtable the most. You only have 1 choice so it shows what today would be the 1 most important thing you want to see. Tell us also if possible why thats the most important topic for you to see today. Also if there's something not listed in the choices add it here. Thanks

Anyone else have something here that would be there main interest if they can only pick one thing?

No it's not a good thing John. What topics can we bring up to see what others can bring to the table?

I'd like to see just about all the above and most of the above I have seen on multiple occasions. So today the most important topic I would like to see discuss is "Parking Garage Cleaning" which is why I'm helping right now with the Vegas Event. I haven't seen that topic discussed at a Roundtable yet. Ok next up:)

The most influential person to me in this Industry Is Robert Hinderliter. I bought his tapes around 1998 after I was 2 yrs in the Powerwashing business to see what else I could learn. Those tapes for that time were pretty good. I studied them and then sold them to another contractor. Then around 1998-2000 I use to be on Roberts Delco Bulletin board that for years was by far the most popular one on the net. Around 1999 I called Delco to order there Big Guy Surface machine and to my surprise Robert Hinderliter answered the phone. I was shocked that a person as successful as him would actually go out of way to take a call. I was almost speechless because back then to actually talk to someone who made successful Video's was like calling Hollywood and getting a star on the phone. I joined the organization that he founded "The PWNA" around 2000 and have been a member every year since. i also joined the other org. that he also founded "The *****" around 2007 & stayed a member there until 2011. As yrs went by I became more and more interested to see what made Robert tick and also what made him so successful. Robert is a Genius and has been the most influential person to me in this Industry for all these years now. How about you? What Industry type person has been the most influential to you?

My two favorite Powerwashing bulletin boards for years were the ones I started from the very beginning with TGS-TheGrimescene ***-Pressurewashinginstitute. Since I'm banned for like from a power monger on ***(No not Ron but the guilty person will probably pop in here with some crude remark). Today my favorite bulletin boards are TGS, PWRA-Pressurewashingresource & PWC- Powerwashcommunity These 3 are pretty informative bulletin boards that keeps the level of professionalism pretty high which is what I like. What's your favorite industry bulletin boards and why?

These Positions were offered to me last week along with Nigel Griffith from Griffith Services being offered the South East PWNA Enviromental Chair Slot. In my case I was in the middle of a post here on TGS last week when I received a phone call from the PWNA to see if I was willing to accept these dual roles. It came to a complete surprise to me. I wanted to run for a PWNA Board slot at their last yrs Convention with numerous emails for support. A critical step was not done by me which was to notify the PWNA themselves to get a nomination from within. Maybe next yr with that..maybe. These nomination caught me by surprise. I understand the heat that can come from taking either one of these type positions. So what do you do?? On one breath I'm always honored when someone nominates me for most anything. On the other Breath because I've been there before...is it worth it? I have turned down positions in the past from kind hearted people who offered them or supported me to stay on longer past the term limits. Never easy to take a volunteer position especially a controversial one. So it's time to get back on the inside and try to help make things better if possible for the Contractors, the Distributors and the PWNA organization. I fully expect to get some heat for taking these positions... But it goes with the territory. To the PWNA.. I am Honored.

Maybe.. I bet you the bankruptcy rate is higher amongst full timers who think Powerwashing is easy money. Everyone in this Industry should be treated with respect unless there known as lowballing hacks.

What Beth said, and Matt,Tom and Mike. The one thing I can add was that yes I was able to charge on average higher for residential then most because I did have my other career to fall back on and face it.. You have to think your the best at what you do. I felt when I was a 1 man show I gave my customers the best quality for a higher price. Today I still have many of those Customers but I no longer do the work. I went thru at least 20 guys to get the ones I have today. My guys I consider the best and I pay them accordingly. The The PWNA - The Power Washers of North America and the Pressure Washing Resource for which I Belong to both do not consider anyone less for being considered a part-timer of full timer. They treat them Equally which is why I support them both.

I am very close to my parents and family. They always come first. My Mom who still smokes her pack a day cigs and is just a ball of energy(I hope she just keeps going) has always been there for me and my sisters. She is the most family oriented person next to my wife. Everything to the both of them is family first all the time(reason why my wife walked away from a good job so she can be home since our first child was born). On the other hand the one who I can butt heads with but where super close and he can light my fires to challenge me on anything to get me going... Is my Father. My Dad who didn't really care for me playing sports in HS because it wasn't his thing(we use to argue over this) has been challenging me all my life to do better. To give a darn. To work not only harder but also smarter. To not forget your family and always take care of them first. He is the most influential person in my life and he is still going strong @ 76 consulting for his company he sold. He's actually building by himself a guest cottage in Florida so we can visit my parents while they snowbird. He did the same thing at his last place in Florida where he took a shed and turned it into a tiny Victorian house for 2 to sleep in. Him and my uncle built that one. Who would you say is the most influential and positive impacting person in your life?

Yes David Olson was at the very top of my list as one of the most influential person in this Industry who had a tremendous positive impact on myself and many others for sure. I miss his mind. There is the most impacting person on my life but he would not fall into this "Industry category". I'll start another thread on that one. So who else has an industry type person that had the most positive impact on them and their business?

Isn't that the truth. It's like you charged a price & then the job turned out to take alot less time to complete. Those go down in my book as a great job that I want to do again and again. Chaching Chaching.

Hey Ron here's the flyer for you to post on ***. As promised if you look at the flyer we are giving out a 3 day Training workshop certificate for all who attend. Since I can't post this on *** I'm just following your request all the way thru. Where not endorsing here but if you think this is helpful for the right reasons...Then knock yourself out:cool: Also here is the post so you can copy and paste it to *** as well: Here's the final flyer. Sorry if it looks small. I had a hard time resizing it. The paypal link is https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QCTRDM9DXXT6C Once you pay that will forward you the room block. The block is small so hurry and sign up!!! We don't want to have this room block fill up to ones who may really not want to go and want to take advantage of this suite room block that wasn't to easy for us to get. Where trying like heck to get it made a little larger for the ones who sign up to stay as ​Suites for our Attendees!!!!! Thanks for staying patient with us because of the last minute to put this together for you garage guys and the rest of the Powerwashing Industry who want to learn about dealing with hard core Concrete cleaning and Filtration:cool: Also don't forget to book your flights soon since this is a vacation week for many.

Thanks Ron.. Who's got a more Love/hate relationship then us:) Always moving things forward.. All's good bro

Here's a couple of pics of me and Kath when we tied the knot in April/93 and a yr later on a cruise around June/94. I remember that cruise date because when we got home I turned my TV on to catch the highlights of my favorite sport and Team the NY Rangers finally won the Stanley Cup. I was in shock and happy as a kid in the candy store. I got a bag of popcorn,Jumped on the couch and popped the TV on and preceded to watch probably the most bazaar thing I ever saw on TV or anywhere(Before Youtube that is). I thought I was watching a reenactment of the Blues Brother movie with all these cop cars following behind a White Ford Bronco. How can you ever forget that one. So let see your sweetie pies:)