Have you ever heard the expression: Copying what someone else does is the best form of flattery.? It’s just one of those things that regularly aggravates you when you see someone else trying to confuse the public about which magazine they may actually be reading. It is like, okay, so years ago, prior to this magazine’s existence, most publications set their color pages to coordinate with the layout in that black and white pages would coincide with black and white on a larger layout - perhaps page 6 would be color and page 52 would be color, then page 7 would be black and white and page 53 would be black and white. That saved them money rather than what WWDR did when it began in 2003 - wherein we had FULL COLOR ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MAGAZINE FROM ITS INCEPTION. Lo and behold, shortly thereafter, others followed suit. Then you have those headers of ours in our classified section - we began the red color for the categories first. Lo and behold, shortly thereafter, others followed suit. Oh, and then it was the time to print the publications. Some printed for readers to receive it on the 15th of the month, so lo and behold, one publication switched to that time frame. Then came the BIG question, “What do we want to cover in publications?” Well, you remember from the outset, WWDR covered, AND STILL DOES, ALL FACETS OF THE DRILLING INDUSTRY. So others tried again to copy what WWDR was doing. So, I just want to shout out a GREAT BIG, THANK-YOU for letting us know just how great we are doing obviously, because those publications are still copying everything we do; right down to the word RESOURCE! THANKS AGAIN! Remember ~ You can’t copy success. You have to make it for yourself! There is only one Home of Solid Gold Service ~ with a Smile!™ = WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. 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Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones, 850-547-0102 ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com 6 FEBRUARY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Safety Monitoring of Dams, Levees, and Embankments Page 7 Avoiding Fall Hazards on Geothermal Sites Page 26 Featured Articles for February - Safety and Protection Improved Underground Lighting Page 34 Ron Peterson Page 29
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