[TheForge] BS curriculum

[Andy Vida]

xlch58@swbell.net wrote:
> 
> I must have confused threads here.   I thought this was the guy being
> asked to teach a blacksmithing course looking for a curriculum. 

	That's what I thought.  I'm pretty sure that is what was
	being asked.

> Well, whoever it was that is looking for
> materials to teach a course, email me and I will send you the manual in
> word format so that you can edit it for your class. 

	Could you send me a copy?  I'd be interested in seeing it.

>  Regarding the rude
> apprentice hopeful,  get the scout blacksmithing manual, then go join
> the scouts ,  they will teach you not only how to bang metal, but also
> how to ask for help, without pissing off the people that are in a
> position to help you.

	I've never understood this approach.  That's like being stranded
	in a life raft for three weeks, about to die of exposure when a
	ship come by and you say something like "your breath stinks and
	you're ugly" rather than "thank God you've come".

	People are strange critters.