Sorry about that but I’m burning out

Last evening at 18:00 hours I did something that I have not done since 1984. I left before starting an air shift for HazzardAyre Radio.

While I’m still all energetic about the operation and what it can do, I’m likewise, getting rather burned out on it as well.

One or even the 2 of us in Utah that manage this here in Utah, and 3 in Idaho one at 3 locations just does not cut it.

The expense, time consumption, the sweat and worry over both on air people , the talent searches, and trying to get some awareness of the network on local TV stations, and all the rest has me to a point, of saying, okay I came, the station is where it needs to be, what the hell am I still doing here?

I’m thrilled with Antwanette, and all and know we have a great resource there, she is hot looking, has the personality and attitude , but she too is one person.

When BrandiWine decided to leave, AFTER , I had spent numerous nights here, trying to train and get her on board doing radio OUR way, she decides to bail. Only she knows why.

Was it the toew smooch? I think it was 80% of the reason she split, the conversation between her and her guy decided that some other guy namely the Wolf here, might be too much for her to handle. My question was, why even bother me if your not serious. Trust me fixing my trucks , servicing the rest of the fleet, and getting ready for a winter toew season, is what makes me money, and paying money to my Landlord, rather than taking money to buy gas to trek down here every day, to be here to train people, that flat do not take the gig as serious as we do.

I am counting on Antwanette, as our sister and station assistant manager. But even with that, she is only one person. She can only do so much, as unlike myself and a few others here, she has a husband and a family, outside the club. She has other things to do. Its way to early to bring on someone full time, but at least we have someone now to make sure the candles are lit, the bills paid, and maintain operations while I’m back in Twin Falls.

Yes I have elected, to go home. Lack of hangar space for the warbirds and helicopters, lack of shop/impound yard space at a reasonable price per month. Over regulation on towing in Utah which means investing nearly $20k before we can make even one dollar, the list goes on, but there’s not enough here to get me to sink in my anchor.

I saw an article yesterday on my Yahoo page about Wal-Mart, versus Costco employee pay. Wal-Mart just a smidge over minimum wage at $13.00 an hour, and Costco just a smidge over $20.00 an hour. When I see these numbers I think, are we paying too much for station employees? Think of it this way, at $30.00 an hour with a full benefit package, for on air, even $25.00 an hour for training interns , and although not exactly the tamest job in the genere still few if anyone of the female gender applies, much less comes for an interview. Then I read and saw the thing over this feminazi that cancelled out her speech at the Utah State University in Logan, yet the students there we protesting how the playing field for women is not even or level with similar jobs as men, etc, or the view of women being royalty yet here we sit, struggling to even get a bur under the saddle of any gal, to put her skirt, nylons and heels on, and come to the office/studio for even an interview or begin training.

At this rate, I could have left the radio thing in Ogden at the house, paid all my expenses on time every month, not be behind on both Comcast, nor looking at being homeless, just because a few women thought it too spooky to come to the RoadHouse to do radio.

All said if it was in an office environment they would come. Vickie at TMG said if it was in a public office, she’d send over a few of her people to interview, same noise came from Urban talent. How damn close does the office need to be to their offices? Schute, Woods Cross is just out their back door, very public, and very professional here, yet nobody comes over.

Okay can’t fix the past, but while Antwanette, is now a SAMCRO MC/KOA employee, I myself am burning out.

I’m not loosing my truck, my hot rod, nor my bike, over this, nor my aircraft, not in the current situation. So I’m renting a room in Roy for three months, putting the finishing touches on this, try to get METV 4.2 Utah, to get someone over here before I loose interest in them and just buy ads on METV the network and bypass the local affiliate, all together, and just advertise the AyreWolvez as well as HazzardAyre on METV nationally.

When it comes to Metro-Utah while there are certainly great people here, ones that really want to help us get going, there is a similar amount if not greater of a population that has no regard to growing e-commerce, not jumping on board with a flying/bikers club.

So in closing when it comes to Metro-Utah, I have done what I came for, the radio station is where its going to be , the stream is set up, so now I can leave, go home to Idaho, and do what I do best, toew.

TTYLY

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--Muhammad Ali

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I may have the patience of JOB , but the Knytes do not!!

While I may have the patience of JOB, the Knytes-of-Anarchy does not.

Fact, the club through both the Knytes as well as the AyreWolvez have been sitting on the dime waiting for a dollar to get some publicity on HazzardAyre on METV ch 4.2 or Comcast 104 here.

METV is now running Black Sheep Squadron, the albeit dramatized TV show based on Boyington’s book and bio.

Now TV advertising must be going super strong and I know that ain’t so, since I read the trade publications like TV stations do. So why is it , that its taken, nearly 6 months, to get Ch-4’s ad guru’s not came to see us? Granted we had something in the works once on production, but the price of the eye candy talent from Talent Management Group, was too much for what we were getting.

So then the delay was finding the right talent for the right rate. Finally, we got here.

Through the time frame its been getting shuffled off, to too many account reps.

Getting some ink or video shot to air on generic TV has either ignored us or don’t feel that they can accommodate. Whatever the reason, one would think that especially now that the mid term elections are nearly over, that with those loosing those elections not being in a big rush to pay the ad bill, that generating some serious income for a TV network would be right at the top of their to do list. Yet here we sit.

One called today just a few ago, said they’d call back yet , no return call.

What do we got to do, run ads direct to the network itself to get some local interest?

Same shit we ran into with Comcast Advertising here. The sales guy that was going to get in touch, never returned. Sure the rate on SOA was a bit up there, but certainly we could have worked around that, since SOA is one of the cores of our club. If the one guy who sells ads here wasn’t up to the task you’d think Comcast Advertising would have assigned someone else to service our needs, especially considering that this is the final run for SOA on FX. Added to that our deep Hazzard County connection and with CMT, now running the Dukes again, you’d think they’d get off their rumpus’ and get in touch, certainly coming to the studio here would be an easy deal. Nope.

So while I may have the patience of JOB, the Knytes do not!!

But then , that’s why your happy to know and tune into HazzardAyre, we Git-R-Done.

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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
--John Kenneth Galbraith

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Isn’t it good the Knytes have stuck together?

Conceived in 1981 and made official in 1982 The Hazzard County Knytes(Knights) became the rulers, innovators and wrote the book on just what a specialty vehicle group founded on the idea that everyone, no matter their financial or abilities could build a rat rod, street cruiser , bike truck or as in my case toew truck, and have it be a custom.

Our shows were and are the ones that set a tone that few could and even today can match. We judged the rides in our shows on the basis of creativity, and effort , rather than detract for ultra minor imperfections such as a rock chip at the rocker panels or fenders.

The first Hazzard Nationals took place in Pioneer Park in Hazzard(Hagerman) Idaho in October 1984 as a benefit to a family that had just lost their home due to fire.

Since then the Hazzard Nationals, have moved from one location to another every year so that all charters members and fans could attend.

Of course even then few wanted to learn much less admit that the history being taught in schools in the Mountain West was a myth. The real title to the fiasco was called the War of Northern Aggression, not the Civil War, there was little Civility to it.

Few kids were taught and its that way much today, that Abraham Lincoln was in fact a liar, cheat, and womanizer, not the inspired all truthful leader that scholars have made him out to be.

It’s been the mission of the Hazzard County Knytes to teach these lessons. But since we do few media outlets in our area dared say anything about that, or allow us even paid ad or infomercial time. In 1986, even though we already had a radio network running, in 1986, the Hazzard County Knytes , High Council met in Boise Idaho at the Flying J Motel/Convention Center,(when it was still there) and decided we’d make Confederate aimed, Hazzard County Style radio and TV our number one objective.

Of course came in the honeys for money projects. Which was inspired by two sources, Overdrive Magazine’s DateMaster, and Truckin/Mini Truckin Magazine. With the idea that gals with rides could and can be classy, rather than trashy. Of course, getting that idea across to the modeling\agencies here as well as individual talent candidates is easier said than done.

Likewise when it comes to babes and bikes, the immediate idea is the EasyRiders style. Rather than a sensuous instead of showing too much female body, and not enough bike.

Through it all the Knytes although spread out over all 50 states, and now getting to both Hawaii and Alaska, at 1,000 members each can trace the origin of the creation of this club to a tiny café once called the Polish Palace, now known as the Snake River Grill.

In 2007 it was proposed throughout the club that a slight name alteration be made. While not unanimous was approved. With inspiration from Kurt Sutter and SOA, the Hazzard County Knytes changed to the Knytes-of-Anarchy, which enabled the club to elevate from a rural environment to a slightly urban environment.

Good economic conditions or poor, if its being done right, its being done by and through the Knytes-of-Anarchy, fighting for the individual, United through Independence.

With the disconnect of us to Comcast and its too expensive, not delivering what was promised. The thought is to reverse the whole idea of an HQ in the region of origination . Mainly keep this office here in Utah, as a sub office, but making Twin Falls our home HQ once again. With the help of Digis and SpeedConnect, the super pipeline that Comcast promised but could not give, there is no reason to keep the home HQ in Utah, there is nothing to gain except more funds being drained.

So there is that on the HUD(Heads-up-Display) having Antwanette Marie manage this office, with me only having to call or breeze down every once in awhile.

Sorry Laura, my dear, you and the club tried, but Comcast can’t deliver.

Now then, Antwanette , says I have to grow out a beard, so she can style it. Which is okay, but whiskers on my face makes my face itch.

The bottom line, rather than bring LexiBelle > down here to me in Utah, I’m going to LexiBelle.

TTYLY

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Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Here, but in deep distress

I had a ton and a half of other things to tell you this morning, but still erked by the Comcastic crap I felt that I’d divert to other areas.

So let’s look at nearly a year since we departed Twin Falls for places here in Utah.

Now before ya’ll think I hate all of Utah, don’t. There are pockets of towns and populations here that have some great people in it.

Kamas, Coalville, Echo, Morgan, Tooele, these areas are still rural enough to honor their word .

As the club itself here, it’s a say what you’ll do, and do what you said you’d do. Not tell me one thing , then do something else, or do a bait and switch. Such as Comcast did.

I guess Comcast being the big firm they are has their staffing and customer relations problems, but as I said yesterday, if your going to tell me you’ll send me a paper bill, send me the paper bill. Maybe Comcast needs to re-examine their claim, Built 4 Business. Better yet get out of everything else except consumer cable TV and basic internet.

They just do not have the customer throughput for business, much less a broadcast business.

Been excited and pleased with Antwanette Marie. She’s a real trooper. She has no problem in staying the course. She understands the relationship here, and so do I.

Now for those who think and I heard it at the High Council meeting last night which is why I’m moving at a turtles pace, that I must be in love with Antwanette. Thing is I am sort of, not in the usual meaning of that, but of someone that is a worker, not just a spectator.

Signed the docs, for Digis, so we should be up with that in a month. Granted its right at what we’re paying for Comcast, but it’s a dedicated line, rather than a sharing of everything like we do with Comcast.

HazzardAyre is growing, by leaps and bounds, the nice part is now I can devote money towards getting Danny in Twin Falls paid for

LexiBelle> and down here, then General Jackson from 1st Stop Auto here in Layton.

Which makes one ask, why didn’t we put this all together before the move? Because we got sold a bill of goods, from Comcast, not our sweet Laura, who seems to be quiet and staying that way to avoid the shelling of the war between the club and the court action that is on the horizon with Comcast.

As the High Council, told me last night, that if they do in fact pull the plug next Tuesday, that the club is going to sue for loss of our revenue, at the rate of $500.00 per commercial billing hour. At that it’s $500.00 multiplied by 24, that’s $360,000.00 for a month. Guess they’ll really have a headache.

If I were Comcast, I’d suck it up, leave us online until the first of the month, then only bill us for the month of time online.

The Knytes-of-Anarchy does not take prisoners . Or just take it in the shorts.

More later.

TTYLY

 

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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Ready to file consumer complaint with the FCC concerning Comcast

This wont hurt much if anyone, but the Knytes-of-Anarchy member message, is being put out. I urge all club members to send consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, of the way they treat customers. If they at Comcast can’t do it good now, how are they going to serve a bigger client base, when and if the merge of Comcast and Time Warner Communications happens.

Maybe if the Feds look at this , filed by 50,000 members, our families, business’ and so on totaling right at 400,000 people, they might reconsider their allowing the merger to go through, as well make Comcast Cassie and who ever sit up and fix this over charge mess due to their screw up, of not being on the mark of sending me a paper bill, so we could pay the damn thing rather than wait until near 90 past. Maybe it’s time to make the giant look at the SMB’s and stand up and honor their commitment of Built For Business, rather than just using that as a slogan.

TTYLY

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The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything
--Anonymous

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If it’s my blunder I have to pay for it, shouldn’t Comcast?

If I injure a car or truck in the operation of towing it, I have to pay for the damage. If I’m late in responding to a call I have to do the tow free or severe discount. If something happens to a vehicle stored in my impound yard, paid for or not, I still have to make that damage right with the customer.

But then of course besides here at HazzardAyre, still in my main line of enterprise I take very careful efforts to do the right thing, to obey traffic laws, and treat customers the way I wish to be treated.

So in July we finally gained our office/studio here in Woods Cross Utah. Moved the gig from my house in Ogden, here to Woods Cross Utah, the only paper I got from Comcast was a statement saying because of the move I didn’t owe anything. Okay great. August rolls around, and I called asked for what I owed, they told me, but in duties elsewhere wasn’t able to get the bill paid. So called 8 times to Comcast, and kept getting the response you can view the bill online. Which does not help me in any case since I need the paper bill. Comcast said they’d send it to me. A paper statement. Still no paper bill.

I guess there was a mis communication somewhere, since it seems too many besides our sweet Laura has much of a brain, but HazzardAyre Radio is the sole owned company of the KNYTES-OF-ANARCHY, not me. I only manage the thing, I’m not in charge of anything. For the first 5 months of the account, they sent me a paper bill in Ogden, come the first of the month I went to their Layton Utah office and paid the current charges, and all was good. The thing is the club had the paper bill , they had something to hang their hat on. I’d send the club the paper bill, they’d send me the money to pay it all was good.

Yet , here lately , the company being Comcast, ignored my request for a PAPER bill to be sent to me. Now its 90 days past due, and I don’t have $1,000.00 to pay them, much less $800.00 for current charges. How did it get that way? How many times do I need to call Comcast? I remember tiny SpeedConnect in Twin Falls Idaho.

If there was a billing problem, I’d call, go to the office and pay the bill, they got the idea that the club needed a paper bill. More over if SpeedConnect goofed up, they’d give me extra time or a month of service free.

No I face getting unplugged from Comcast, and that’ll mean , no radio station for 45 days until Digis is installed. The club does not mind paying its bills, as long as it has a bill is there to account for the money being paid. As a none profit organization , the IRS and others occasionally does audits. If there’s money being paid we have to account for that money, or we get hammered.

But this is not the only blunder from Comcast.

Back in May, I signed up Cooter’s A1 Toewing for a landline, for my company. No Internet, no nothing else, but just the landline. I know stupid, I should have just gotten a cell phone, and been good, but Utah PSC mandates a tow firm on rotation have both landline and cell. So I did what I thought was good. The blunder? Again, no paper bill for a two months. So they cut it off, I called, by then Comcast wanted again $800.00 . Hey Comcast, wake up , if your asked for a paper bill, send a damn paper bill. But there’s more. Month of June mid month the blooming thing quit. So on another landline called late at night on a stormy night by the way, and said what happened to my phone? The response from a tech was I can’t help you with any thing being it’s a business account. So I said, okay I wanted a month free of service. The tech said he’d honor that, said he’d make a note of it. But guess what Comcast had no record of it, and eventually disconnected it.

Comcast as a communications company, so called Built-4-Business, or even consumer use isn’t having a great time of it. I don’t know what these people are making an hour, but their call takers and sales people do not have the best of reputations. The guy who got mad who was a ex AOL tech, got a thing on YouTube over his troubles with Comcast. Comcast is buying TWC, if they can’t do any better with a majority of customers like me and my SMB, how are they going to satisfy other customers and the extra customer base of TWC?

I got a message from some gal named Comcast Cassie, trouble is no email return.  Comcast wanted me to re-engage Cooter’s A1 as well as retaining HazzardAyre Radio. What the club does with HazzardAyre Radio and Comcast is the clubs decision. As far as I’m concerned, I’d rather stay with a Cell phone, and soon to be with Digis.

Customer retention and loyalty, is really something Comcast needs to look into. Their track record is not good. Come Tuesday next week, the bill I suppose will be paid to Comcast, as for me I turned it in .

TYYLY

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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress
--Mark Twain

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IF UTAH IS THE HAPPIEST STATE IN THE UNION YOU CAN’T PROVE IT BY ME!!

If Utah as its been reported everywhere on local news outlets is the happiest or the leading happiest states in the Union of Yankees , ya’ll can’t prove it by me.

Oh its fine to move here, and that’s fairly easy, but try to gain a foothold in anything, and if its not you know who approved , you will gain no traction in your action.

What promised to be the water to our media thirst, quickly has became a mirage. Model talent for covers for the albums, website for HazzardAyre and so on nearly none existent.

What talent there is wont cross a certain line. Those that say they’re out there on the edge are not so out there on the edge, they purtty much walk with a strong tether line attached to a solid pipe, or mediocrity and barely surviving.

Never been homeless before, and while its temporary as a good Marine can survive just about anywhere, and I do have the roof of the office and all, and knowing its only a few weeks to the top of the next month, and thus I can move out of the Beecrap state, need to get this gig in Woods Cross ramped up, and a true broadcast female person plugged in so I don’t have to do much except a monthly visit, record some voice tracks then vamoose.

So why can’t the local media tell the truth, and say simply, that Utah is a great state to visit, vacation in, but ya’ll can’t afford to live here on a medium to low income. It’s impossible. Let alone to set up and run a SMB(Small, medium, business) no you have to kick, claw and scratch your way and get help from important sources? Really, only if you nearly are on the cold doorstep.

Sure I wanted to pay the last few months rent on time, but I got promises by two former so called room mates that said they’d chip in, and I believed them, so much for trusting Yankees. Our Heavenly Father says forgive, and that he wont give us challenges to heavy to bare, but My back is really getting strained here.

Everyone from Charlie my partner in Idaho, who said you’ll be sorry, and he was right and if he had a place available, I’d already be in move mode there. Linc down at the yard said, you don’t want to live in Ogden it’s a rat trap. He was right, but I trusted Dave my landlord, a swift talking real estate salesguy, and a few others, but now I’m sleeping in a office chair, sweating, ain’t had a good bath or shower for 3-1/2 weeks, its getting old.

Have to heat the crap hole I live in by holding open the Oven door, at night.

Yea if Utah is the happiest state in the Yankee Union, ya’ll cain’t prove it by me.

TTYLY

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If at first you don't succeed… make sure nobody finds out you tried!
--Unknown

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