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MSD FORUMS - RECREATIONAL DIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
TOPIC: Looking for independent PADI and NAUI instructors for weekend classes
captdarrick

Joined on
1/10/2006

I am currently interviewing instructors for weekend courses of instruction at facilities all over the Chicagoland area, Indianapolis Indiana and the Detroit Michigan area. You will be required to dedicate one weekend per month to training both basic and advanced level divers. If you want more you can! Please contact me by phone not email! Have a resume and verifiable references prepared before you call.


Captain Darrick Lorenzen
captdarrick@midwestscubadiving.com
www.divemaxscuba.com
773-732-8972

hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

I hear Claude Jewell is looking for work.


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

captdarrick

Joined on
1/10/2006

Yeah, I saw your posts along with markv. I know you know about that situation. He will be my first call!


Captain Darrick Lorenzen
captdarrick@midwestscubadiving.com
www.divemaxscuba.com
773-732-8972

MgicTwnger

Joined on
6/1/2006

I don't think you could afford him :)


I am not the one who needs mental help. I just need to vent.

Carmella Soprano

hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

He was one of the first characters I met in the Chicago area, he was gonna take me under his wing and show me the ropes!! I'm still laughing, oh well part of the journey I guess.

( I bet I have more time mid-air jumping into the water, than his total u/w hours )
Ya never know who your talkin to!!! Just one more wannabe muddying up the water for every one else! As a professional diver for most my adult life, I have nothing but contempt for the snake oil salesman out there. Anyway slow day here on St.Thomas, I'm off to have a cocktail!! We're two hours ahead over here, (suns over the yardarm) I'll have one for ya Darrick!!!!


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

RidgeWolf

Joined on
7/18/2006

Hammerhead touched me below the weight belt and MgicTwnger just needs to fart. Get over it boys, He F***** lot's of us. Just as most shops and instructors do. Everyone needs to make a living. Quit sniping and start promoting!
hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

wow twinger, what did we do to this guy????????????


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

MgicTwnger

Joined on
6/1/2006

I have no idea, he does not seem to be a fan of Jewell's either. Maybe we should keep north of his weight belt.

Scuse' me, I've got to fart.


I am not the one who needs mental help. I just need to vent.

Carmella Soprano

hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

A far as me touching you below the weight belt, that was just a reach around ( common courtesy )!!! Tell us your Claude story, might be good therapy for you to snipe a little bit. Anyway welcome to the board!!! We hope your wisdom can lead us to the promised land.


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

SOME ONE LIGHT A MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

PDSLTD

Joined on
6/28/2006

My Story....

He failed to pay me over $4000.00 for services provied.
Filed and then told his customers I had thier items that were in for service, which I had already returned to him, and he auctioned off thier property to settle some of his debt.

Stay away, is all I can say.


To Error on the side of Safety,
is to Live and Dive Again.

hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

someone should invite Caude to the forum

www.scubalessons.org


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

RidgeWolf

Joined on
7/18/2006

I see IID on the ad banner. Maybe they need to invite him in? I sat in on a conversation prior to his sale of the shop where I heard "you could sell ice cubes to Eskimos". He is a worm(more slime) but he is good. He did put rocks in my weight belt!
captdarrick

Joined on
1/10/2006

Ridgewolf, we appreciate your participation in the forums. Your comments are provacative and generate interest, but use of certain expletives, such as the F-word, in your posts is not proper protocol on this site. References to the word or implications can be used, but not the actual expletive. Thank you for your compliance it will be appreciated by other subscribers on the website.


Captain Darrick Lorenzen
captdarrick@midwestscubadiving.com
www.divemaxscuba.com
773-732-8972

markv

Joined on
1/13/2006

A couple of years ago Claude Jewel's house burnt down (hammerhead????). I recieved an email plea from one of his daughters to donate money to help Claude ( supposedly he had lost everything in the fire). Didn't he have homeowners insurance? I believe this message was sent out to his complete client list. Did his house really burn down, or was it another scam? Claude did sell his shop, IID, and it is now owned by John Perhay. I don't think Claude is any longer involved with the shop.
hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

I happen to know for a fact that he was living in an apartment. He never mentioned a fire!!


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

RidgeWolf

Joined on
7/18/2006

CaptD,

U are totally correct. I want to appoligize to you and the group.

Cluade's apartment did burn while he was at DEMA 2 yrs ago.

bpautsch

Joined on
1/5/2006

While we all love controversy, we also need to keep it civil. This topic was titled "Looking for independent PADI and NAUI instructors for weekend classes". Please try to keep to the topic.


Brian Pautsch
brian@midwestscubadiving.com

twow/atwist

Joined on
1/26/2006

Thanks, Brian.  Most of us out here don't know Claude anyway...
hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

You're right got way off topic. So anyway, Darrick ya gonna hire Claude or not!


"" Not throwing my hands up or my dress above my ears don't mean I ain't awstruck.""

captdarrick

Joined on
1/10/2006

I once again am asking that any PADI or NAUI instructors that would like part time employment (2 weekends a month) please contact me. I really need some help as my business is expanding rapidly. I will negotiate a compensation package which is well above what is standard in the Chicago marketplace and will in some cases pay more than double what is commonly paid in areas like Indianapolis and Detroit. I need immediate assistance in the Chicago area. I have courses all over the city and the suburbs. Please, instructors from downstate Champaign, Springfield etc. contact me .Also Northern Indiana and Southern Wisconsin. Instructors from Milwaukee please give me a call. 773-732-8972