Everything that sparkles ain’t gold, more like a pile of manure.

In today’s modern hustle and bustle, we get a ton of spam, and even emails that many of us just brush aside and put in the trash box.

I’m sure the writers and authors are diligent enuff and work hard to deliver a product to us that is , to them, informative, but lack the pizzazz to get you to fully look at the message.

Then there are the local mirages that plague you .

You inquire to two newspapers of an area as to get ads and maybe a column . They say, “ Sure glad to have it” So you write a sample up, one says, “ We wont print things involving a biker club” Although The Hazzard Knytes through our affiliation with SAMCRO MC has bikes and bikers as members there is much more than bikers in the organization. Only 40% of the club is MC , the rest is split between being an incurable Dukes-of-Hazzard fan club, custom truck (big truck ) club and a military restoration organization. But did they allow the picture to be fully painted b4 they smugly kicked me to the curb. And the Weekly News Journal , wonders why no buying of ad space by me or the club, or the clubs local members. Up the street and around the corner is The Voice. They feared us because of the racy content, but didn’t mind pitching us buying ad space, with my pre condition , find me a honey to pose with my truck for the ad.

Nope, no takers , although I’ll bet money that had another female been present here that would not have been as bad as it was.

Then of course there is the coupling of the suggestion, by two under Sheriffs, both Cassia and Minidoka, that if combined myself and Charlie at A1 set up a sub station here we could get on rotation and have near open territory.

The Camels back was broken, when a local Taxi service owner here, said he’d go half on a shop. When I put him to the test, he chickened out.

So I rented a cheaper shop. Problem was, by that time , Rick and Charley gave up on the idea, the shop and where I had to move into, were too expensive together, and the place in Buhl had been rented to somebody else, so could not have turned it around. So I’m stuck, but just until I find quarters etc elsewhere.

The list goes on, but extending trust in anyone anymore to that I have closed the door.

Why American Falls ?

That’s next time here in HazzardAyre.

L8R Ya’ll

Quote of the day:
I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left. - George Burns

Galatians 3:26-28“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

T.O.W.E.D 2011

This is one of those blogs that will not be picked up by a TV station news department or newspaper but should be as it has real impact this time of year.

The short story here is this, back in 1992 President Bush Senior with the help of TRAA or Towing Recovery Association of America created a program directly aimed at those who drink and drive. The aim was simple, give a person a ride and tow their passenger vehicle home free of charge within a 25 mile radius, no questions asked.

Then since we are members of TRAA, we took this on, and the tradition continues.

Once again in 2011 on New Years eve, if someone, anyone goes to a bar has too much to drink, to drive home, if they call us at 208-212-9653 within 15 minutes we will come to the bar they are at, hook up their ride, and tow their ride and take them home free of charge, no questions asked. This is limited to passenger vehicles not big rig trucks.

This does not mean we take them to another party, or celebration, but home to sleep it off. This way their vehicle goes home with them safe and secure, and thy get home, not in jail or worse.

The program is called TOWED or Tow Operators Working to Eliminate Drunk Driving.

Just thought the news media ought to know, so they might pass it along.

L8R Ya'll

Crazy Cooter

Merry Christmas From the Hazzard County AyreWolvez

In the words of a song from John Lennon, So here it is Christmas, What have we done? Much but not enough, and I will say this, 2012 is prone to be a much more aggressive year for us in our unit of this squadron called simply the Hazzard County AyreWolvez.

Relocation is high on the list, and its not just another part of my lust for wandering, it has to do simply with the fact that the utility rates and bills here in Heyburn Idaho are just too high. Rent at $450.00 and now the city bill at $405.00 is $200.00 more than I make all year. Oh it’ll be paid, but its going to be one of the last, telling Susan on January 2nd, that I’m moving. I don’t know if it’ll be back to Utah or east to Pocky, but there is little if anything here in southwestern Idaho holding me here, and family in the eastern side of the state, not to mention Utah, makes the relocation required .

While I’m not selling my tow truck LexiBelle, I am going to park it in a storage unit, fix LiL Lexi, figure out where I’m landing then focus more effort, on AyreWolf Aviation, get back in the air making better money than I can going towing.

In April, 2012, I’ll be turning command of this unit of the AyreWolvez over to Commander , Ron Adams of  Bliss, Idaho and hopefully Nurse GoodBody will help him in the transition.

From me and all of the Hazzard County AyreWolvez, Merry Christmas.

L8R Aviators

  

Quote of the day:
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. - Bob Thaves

Isaiah 9:6“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Christmas Humm bug

In years past, Christmas was a time of wonder for me. With a mom & Dad that truly made the impossible possible and happen. And that just gotta have toy, it was not unthinkable for my Dad to go right to the manufacturer and buy the damn thing , what ever it was, if some local or area retailer just did not have the whatever spagnaferious toy.

80% of the time I played with the boxes, most of which one could fit inside of, than I would the toy that came in it.

It wasn’t until age 6 that I discovered the reality of the so called Santa Clause, and learned it was mom & Dad , that was in fact was the mysterious gift giver. Mom & Dad both worked awfully hard the years they were together. The investment knowledge they had except for this dump called Idaho was impeccable. They could spot of silver in a pile of crap and somehow bring it to luster. Unfortunately I do not possess that knowledge or ability. If I had I would never ever moved from Utah to either Wyoming or Idaho.

Idaho somewhere called the Gem of the Mountains, has lost its luster, in fact , started to rust. Yes a new Yogurt plant opened up in Twin Falls, and a new big bang something just opened in Idaho Falls, but not in Mini Cassia any where. The fact is the energy and such costs are truly outrageous.

I just got my latest utility bill from Heyburn City. Oh the city clerks and all are nice, but $ sense sezz this is not  long term thing. You always notice in the Slime News, that 70% of the ads for places for rent or sale in this area are from both Rupert or Heyburn, more over most of the vacancies are from the Mini Cassia area. I used to see promise here, what I truly see is the need to find the exit door. Even if I wanted too, and I don’t, but even if I wanted to stay up here, I’d have to get a job from somewhere here, to live here, which I cain’t cuzz of SSI. I’d loose, albeit as low as they are, still I’d loose what benefits I do have.

Not for me, I have had numerous members of the club say to me, get your ass out of there. Why the hell are you still there? Hell as screwed up as Tammy was, she bailed, she saw the area as a dead end, and I’m rapidly reaching that point.

Christmas always signals the near end of a year. The saying the past is the past, and does not repeat, don’t live where I do. But thing is, to not continue the repeat, the past year changes need to be made. In my case its move to Utah, reunite with Cuzzin Gordon, build on AyreWolf Aviation and not so much Hazzard County as it is in Idaho, and reverse the swirl of intake suction that is engulfing me.

Bottom line, like many , we too are leaving Mini Cassia going where money can still be made.

As far as Christmas, hum bug.

More on that Christmas Day.

L8R Aviators

Quote of the day:
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. - Fran Lebowitz

Luke 2:16-20“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

But damn Todd I could have stayed asleep, EasyRiders spoiled me for life

So there I was dreaming of high school poking fun at this little Blonde that I have been searching for, from Layton Utah named Peggy Follett or that was her name then, when I remembered, shit my DOD/PSR is supposed to be here for his twice weekly visit, so best get up. So I struggled to the table, mixed up some oatmeal took a dump , showered and greeted a cold but sorta sunny day.

So in the Radio studio here at my Road House, get a call from Todd, asks if he can roll in at 17:00 hours. What the shit? I don’t care, bet he wishes that other folks he sees doing his disabled American Veteran gig, was as flexible in scheduling.

But damn it, I could have slept all day. Was up all night fixing as best as I could Internet related bullshit on my trusty Acer Computer, and needed the shut eye. There are only 4 times in my waking hours when I can completely unwind. When I’m in the air flying, on my bike riding, in my truck going wherever and when I’m horizontal sleeping, even then half awake, for you who wonder about that, its a Marine thing. The rest of my hours I’m as tense as can be, being the perfectionist I am, I demand excellence in my crew and from my crew. Anything less and they get the boot.

So any time I can uncork and unwind, I’m into it. And considering that I have done little of uncorking in the past 20 years, if any. I treasure when I can. Used to be that the hours and days from latter November to mid February used to be time to be going toewing. Guess the great white spirit, kept the idea of cold snow off my door for this year considering I wasn’t ready for it.

With that in mind and to honor others such as EasyRiders Magazine, etc, its with great honor that the Knytes-of-Anarchy is designing what will hail simply as CooTer’s Rode House near American Falls Idaho. Likewise , and there is something beyond the locals , that an old sports shop west of Burley on U.S. 30 has been chosen as the site of the Tragic Valley’s finger of CooTer’s Rode House. If ya’ll want to look into what both are all about, check out the March 2012 issue of In The Wind.

Finally plans are in the wind(no pun intended) to create a celebration of two wheels and the biker lifestyle, west of the Rockies, as good as if not maybe better than Sturgis. In a small pocket called Atomic City Idaho. 4 days of boobs, food, bands, bikes, and trucks. With some ayre mixed in.

As I close today, the fact that in more ways than I can count, the fact that we here in the AyreWolvez are essentially bikers with wings, the only difference is our rides truly fly, the rest is up for interpretation , by the onlooker. The fact that we essentially like the same thing including living life on the edge, which as they say, if your not living life on the age , your taking up too much space.

So in view of that and this applies to our TV ads as well, if I get a email or see something online, it’d better have the eye candy both beauty and machine as EasyRiders has or I just don’t get all wet enough to buy the whatever email or buy the product on TV. This Holiday season, Victoria’s Secret TV ads have excelled. There is an ad that was on line from T-Mobile , but never made it to TV, if it did, I didn’t see it, and considering the amount of TV in the winter I watch, if it was on, I saw it, if I didn’t see it it tweren’t on TV.

The rest of the holiday, in fact TV ad fare left me kinda hungry. I know the economy is bad, I know ad production budgets are tighter than a ticks ass, but if you want to draw attention and get folks to buy, some hot , but tasteful eye candy, pitching product or service does wonders.

Many are waiting for the government to ignite the damp economy. I say bullsbreath. We Confederate southerners don’t wait for the Yankee Union Government to do anything, we git-r-done ourselves. That’s the only way you improve anything. It’s like my Mom told me as a young Wolf-Pup, the only way to get on your feet, is to get off your butt. If ya’ll want to do something, do it. Within the law that is, and if your idea pushes that envelope so be it, push the envelope. Do it anyway.

But for me, if its a TV ad, or email in my inbox unless it has EasyRiders sizzle, I ain’t interested.

Oh and by the way, yes there is something under the wings to doing an EasyRiders mag , for us who fly, that will be called WyldAyre. Watch for that this coming fall.

But when it comes to come on’s EasyRiders has spoiled me.

I smell like cow dung so heading for shower, see you overnight during the midnight hours.

L8R Aviators

 

Quote of the day:
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. - Sir Winston Churchill

Luke 2:11-14“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

When the young bastards go to bed

 

I may just want to much, or have the fantasy that online speed should be like that of say Star Trek, where things instantly pop up and work. Maybe a mere 50 mgz of speed is not enough , and even though I’m paying for 50 mgz of speed from Cable One here , I dang sure ain’t gettin it.

What I may desire and surely will not see in my lifetime is Internet speed of 1000 mps.

I also have noticed that when the young bastards go to bed and folks go off to dream land, is when I get at least something close to the speed, and bandwidth that I’m paying for and desire that can sustain my online media continuity and quality.

Of course it couldst be that its slow Idaho, and bouncing signal off of mountain tops here could be part of the turtle like online velocity, I get. But can’t we get at least half way there here? Just once I’d like to get all of what I’m paying for in a online access network.

Hell, I can remember though, in Pocatello, when I lived just a spit shy of Idaho State University there. I accessed this one wifi connection , that must have had at least 80 mps, cause the damn thing loaded like , right now, never skipped a beat, and had both speed and bandwidth that made my albeit limited then, radio show transmission over online , work.

Thing is; if it can be done there, why not here? Likewise why can’t at least Century Link or Cable-One, roll something out , that does what they advertise?

All I know is this, if you want to do something online, do it overnight cause it works best, When the young bastards go to bed.

L8R Aviators\

 

Quote of the day:
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day. - Lillian Carter

Luke 2:8-11“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Brother Speed ain’t the only MC in Cassia County or Burley area of Idaho

 

There are times that I’d like to walk up to some people, grab em by the shirt and say are you that fracking stupid? Do you not understand that the reason you ain’t seen green from us is you give us no ink? And yet ya’ll know if ya’ll did that the dude with the badge would show up so you byte your lip, take a dip, and think, “ Ah how little they know” .

Yet , try as I might , the idiots do not either read my sent postings to them, or something but, they ought to.

The fact is; Brother Speed MC , is not the only MC in Idaho , more over the Mini Cassia area of Idaho. Long b4 there was Brother Speed here, long b4, there was a TV show and way b4, even there was a The Voice a regurgitation of what was the Southern Idaho Press. That was absorbed by Lee Communications that also owns the Slime News from Twinky Flatts, and an eon b4 there was the Weekly Reader here, in this area, SAMCRO MC was here, in the form of the Hazzard County Knytes. Way b4. And yet we are ignored. By all fairness I will say this. The Hazzard Knytes and elder cuzzin the Knytes-of-Anarchy which has escalated to being the Mountain West Region Charter of SAMCRO . Our clubs are a bit more aggressive than some. Yes we tend to rub some the wrong way at times, and although far from accurate the thought that our club is anti LDS, still we deserve some press ink too.

But all that said if the idiots at The Voice, ever wants to see our advertising dollars , they’ll start giving SAMCRO the same courtesy, of press ink, they give Brother Speed.

Again the question is, and seems to be; is it the job or duty of SAMCRO MC to hold everybody’s hand? If its big bad and happening, is it our job to make that happen? If so, why us?

So to you The Voice, look up from your damn keyboard something is shaking right in front of you, and as its been said, you snooze, you lose.

L8R Ya’ll

Quote of the day:
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. - Robert Frost

Luke 2:8-11“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.