Clean up going to take longer than expected

Sometimes the idea and the destination gets more complicated. Its usually greed , but I’m sure there’s more to it than that. Here’s the thing, on some record somewhere the Knytes-of-Anarchy, namely and me being district commander thereof, is carved out as the owning body of the Reaper Club, here in Twin Falls. Which we are, and oh yes we are finding new places for that to still unfold. But I keep getting phone calls from vendors looking at our bar when we flat

lost the bid for the original location down on Park Avenue. So here the low down, The Knytes-of-Anarchy owns the name Reaper Club, we are not moving into the old Hot Rocks , and we are still looking for a location. But it would seem that’s not the only thing. There is the Sheep’s Pen Bar/Café we are building at the Gooding County Airport, Gooding Idaho, where our only Idaho base camp for the AyreWolvez will be. A full on repair, restoration, avionics facility at roughly $100,000.00 just for that facility, and about $25k less on the Sheep’s Pen. The Sheep’s Pen will honor the BlackSheep as well as Idaho’s native Greg (Pappy) Boyington> who formed the infamous squadron of which my Dad was privileged to serve in and its more modern version where I served in the UCSMC VMA214 .

Of course there is the situation that bends around the old location of the radio werx, remember there’s a 1,000 foot tower sitting at Sailor Creek that lays between Magic Springs and Bell Rapids. Which remains the skeleton to a backbone that we still plan not to loose.

I caught some bittersweet comments overnight and into morning. For as many including those web trolls over in MHI, that feel it was a black day in Idaho when we resurfaced here both the club, and just me looking for more fruitful fields to plant the seed and bring some new highlights to Dixie Toewing, now going to be Dixie Wolf Towing which brings together us from Hazzard County Choppers and all, together with the aviation firm, of my Dad’s that I’m keeping alive that has in truth kept me alive, for the last 25 years. If you think it’s the pension I get from the UCSMC, or Social Insecurity, I have news for you. It’s been and is AyreWolf Aviation keeping me fed, and housed. That all said I’ll say this, its not the state of Idaho completely that I dislike, its just some of the people that get under my skin and are like a child's diaper, full of shit and always on my ass.

When it comes to western Idaho, much COULD be done here, in harmony with the natural resources that are here. It can be done. Its being done, and mostly by the Knytes. With every 10 people giving us the boot out of Idaho, there is 6 trying to keep us here. Since they know if we go the last true fighters for the Spud State goes with us, and Idaho will be even worse off than Detroit.

If one takes a drive down Twin Falls’ downtown area you’d think that the town had dried up.

While some stores are opening down there, there is a bunch that ain’t. Then there are simple things. The radio werx is still poised for Utah that has not changed, but my helicopter and two hours puts me there, There is no dang reason for say 8 months I can’t stay put here, and grind this out. The business partners that I have made friendships that can’t be replaced.

One of the things a Marine never does is not quit. If it can be done we’ git-r-done So in closing since I have been at this one entry for 3 hours now, between phone calls, We are not opening in the old Hot Rocks location, but have eyes in both Buhl and Kimberly for the Reaper Club.  HazzardAyre's parent and HazzardAyre itself is moving to Ogden Utah, I am not for at least 6 months.

It’s time for us to get busy.

Will report back after 21:00 Hours,

TTYL

 

Quote of the Day:
When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion.
--Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 18th-century French author, wit and philosopher

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7 days and counting

I just finished watching a good movie and realized, that today, marx 7 days until the 5th of February, when I will get my stipend from Charlie, and then its adios move my ass outta here time. It means finding a suitable stable for Lexi and wolf-Pup, but it also means I see the exit sign and I love what it looks like.

Now before anyone says anything, its nothing personal involving Charlie and I. I think Charlie is the most understanding and compassionate guy I have ever met. If Charlie had been involved from day 1 me here in this half of Idaho, things that have delayed progress mainly mine, might be a helluva lot different. True moving from Burley to Twin Falls, my life pretty much stopped. I gave up shop, and free cable, plus started piling on weight. Shy of that, most of my existence is equal, and that’s just the point. There are certain things you do in some places that are more receptive to your efforts. Example; wanna be a rock singer, you go to LA, want to sing country, you go to Nashville. Want to launch a TV show, you go to NYC, Hollywierd, or Chicago. If you want to drive a race car you go to Indianapolis or Daytona, or South Carolina. Utah is an exception, since Utah has just about everything tucked inside its mountain ranges, and Hollywierd does visit Utah often, this month they are there because of Sundance, Film Festival, something we tried to light a fire about here in Idaho, but got burned in the process.

In 1971 my Mom & Dad, retired from duty at Hill Air Force Base doing joint services command duty. We moved from busy, progressive and just plain populated Utah to isolated, behind the rest of the world, closed minded Yankee filled, Idaho. Even though Idaho does have two towns and a silver mine named in honor of the confederacy and south but that’s where that stops. Ever since I have tried in every possible way, risked life and my liberty to turn around this state. In some way I was successful since the Knytes of Anarchy and all that goes with that was founded here. But we are talking when Idaho had a slight and I do mean slight and slim, growth spurt. People didn’t want to throw you in jail just because you came up with a good idea. Today quite the opposite. Just mention your thinking of doing something besides planting spuds, or milking cows and shit your ass is fried.

After last year, I was in gear to move in December, circumstances occurred that dictated I, ROS, for a month, in 7 days, no more ROS’n, its time for movin.

More in the day , but the clock is ticking.

L8R Ya’ll

 

Quote of the Day:
Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and need.
--François Marie Arouet Voltaire

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Depths of perception are sometimes not easy to see

Here it is and as you swig down the swag before you grind to your domicile for the evening I thought I’d let out some of the howls I have been holding in all day.

Many do not see the forests for trees or what’s in front, just what is biting their butts .

Last year when we started sniffing around for an engineer, we were hoping that we’d find someone who might be working elsewhere but might have some extra time on their hands. We were not big yet and we knew a certified BROADCAST engineer with IT (Information Technology) skills would be the ticket. We got one kid who came over rectified my computer but hasn’t been back since. He was last I heard working for the salvation Army ringing bells at those buckets during Christmas. After numerous phone calls, and all I gave up. Then we got Eli, who I’m holding onto, thing is I still need someone HERE on SITE. It’s like telling me how to do something online or the phone, but old gear hook ups even with what I know, without someone being here is frustrating. Maybe we can find one of my old friends at KSOP in SLC that’ll wire things together, let Eli be our supervisory engineer, but find someone at $50k a year to be the onsite.

What always happens is I always get people who show up here at the Lair, we talk, they might show up again and don’t return, if they do not long enough to see the bigger picture. With 5 radio stations and three TV stations being purchased by the club in 2014, its not just good old HazzardAyre KDXB FM, it’s a much bigger deal. The supporting website for just HazzardAyre is one thing, but it’s the show me what you can do project for the webmaster, to measure skills and abilities. Then we can feel as a 50,000 member consortium, turning loose for the rest of the broadcast, and print sites to name a few. Plus the sites of those in support of the media werx, they’re going to need sites. Plus banner ads etc. So doing a few or one free bee is worth the effort. It’s like me, I’d rather go out and pull the daughter or son, of a car dealer here in my town, knowing that when that car dealer needs a customers or car towed he’s going to remember who did the free tow for his kid. Same thing, do a favor gain a customer. Or if a farmer needs a package from Utah immediately but is low on cash, I have no problem running a chopper to SLC to fetch or retrieve that package free, since that farmer is going to be paying me several thousand dollars come May or so for fertilizing his fields. This is how you gain or not customers. Smug or ignore your future customers they go elsewhere. Make em happy they become loyal, and do spend money.

Yes the Government caught us short last September/October, and it has taken until now for it just to start to flow again and its still not completed, but I’m not bitching, That BLM USDA Forest Service Contract is worth right at $20,million a year. You plan, sometimes you get the whole bird sometimes you just get the tail , but eventually you do get the whole bird and the stuffing. Remember the Wolf always has his day, and we usually succeed. We’ve got people on staff and working for us here at AyreWolf Aviation that have been here 45 years, back to when Dad owned this thing as Eagle Starr Flying Service. It’s because these people have seen what happens, when you stick with us even if its seems sometimes unorthodox.

Any way that’s my last for now, see you on overnight.

TTYL

 

Quote of the Day:
The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.
--Ingrid Bengis

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The life of going Towing oh sorry as we spell it Toewing

It’s just now that its finally slowing down here after a disastrous freezing drizzle storm blanketed most of Idaho. The morning drives and commutes were hectic enough. All three of our operations were busy, A1 working south, Dixie Toewing working as far north a Picabo (pee-ca-boo) Idaho, and Highway Hooker Toewing working from Arco east to Rigby and all of U.S. 20/25 into Blackfoot.

8 tractor trailer turnovers, 5 slide into big rigs, and multiple slideoffs. Its been a toewers dream, if you want to call it that. Now if the auto clubs, trucking companies and insurance companies pay on time we’re going to be tasting some well deserved deserts.

Got a phone call, from DirecTV, on satellite TV. Apparently you don’t need credit if your signing up as a business you don’t need credit or a credit card to sign up for DirecTV. Only those in a consumer residence situation. Really? Since when.

Here’s my observation, the location, that we were looking at for the Reaper Club is now being renovated by another buyer. Thing is on record the Knytes and mainly me are owners/operators of that facility, more over owns the liquor license to the place. Hope they have brains to do some phone calling and changing things. But their screw ups, are either going to cost us where we end up owning the damn place or end up suing, then owning. Because of that and a few other slight ugly things that reared its head, there’s going to be a skeleton crew left in Buhl, to do whatever clean up needs to be done here as well as ride herd on the studio and transmission gear in Buhl. At least until those towers and all get sold, As well as the licenses that go with them. Meaning just over $410,000.00 in the cash stash of the Knytes, but at least my sweet tail will be in Utah, but we did figure to assemble a small team here for 6 months or so.

But I thought ain’t it funny DirecTV. Is this somebody sending a gift or that someone says here’s a reason to stay. I think that for every 5 or so people that want the Knytes to hit the trail, including the club itself, there are 2 out of that 5 that want us to ROS. They know the money we bring into the community, as well as the publicity we bring here. That being what it is, For those reading this that think me staying put and the club staying put , here’s the few things that would change this, First a great looking babe that moves in , lives here takes care of the washing, and cleaning, and pleasing this old high octane canine. Second a full sized shop, with all new tools and equipment for no rent for at least 2 years, third cable/satellite, and internet that has upload speed of 40 mbps, and download of 100 mbps, and a full office studio. Other condiments that would make this work here and give me something to go to the rest of you as members to stay here in Tweaker Flatts, is : availability of on air personalities that are not scared of the loss of their something although that was lost a long time ago by most of them,  If those things were offered I might be inclined to get infront of the club and slow down our departure, but thing is they’d have to do it within 7 days since next Wednesday, My bags are packed, car loaded, truck hooked up and we is outta here.

Any way made enough this morning to eat so grabbing some grub , keep it between the ditches.

TTYL

Quote of the Day:
It takes a steady hand to carry a full cup.
--Anonymous

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Knyte Skool 101 part three

I caught the slight misgivings of one of our website construction crew about registering the site with the Knytes’ name as the main site. Thing is all too many none members do not understand is the Knytes have been together long before there was a TV show based on our club as well as two others.

For me to get in front of 50,000 members of the Knytes and say something like someone is skiddish about the clubs sacred name, the club would come back and say , are you fucking kidding, we are the Knytes-of-Anarchy and there is no reason to change us. Period. With a thought of giving the one skiddish the boot. However that said I understand about a bunch of things, but my loyalty to the club is and will be number 1 until I die.

Now then the reason for the site, and leading reason for the radio gig, and all is to educate those who do not know that the Knytes’ are much more than a MC. More over educate those who do not know that there is a real difference, between the TV show SOA, and us the KOA, By educating the none member and unknowing we can show who we are, why we are, and why those with real grit should belong to the club.

Just because some guy made a TV show, whose story line has really drifted away from what an MC really is, does not mean the Knytes are going to change names . We have came all too far to do that.

Now to another subject , that of elections. The Governors race for Idaho is coming up on us. One candidate has contacted me, and while Its all well and good, first the guy stands a small chance of winning. In the state of Idaho, its not what you know but who you blow. Or at least line pockets of. Second, by the time the elections rolls around, I’m going to be well away from Idaho. At least Southwestern Idaho. Now in my last entry I said I’d tell you what of Idaho’s sub-charter. Don’t know about Kevin, but killing all of Idaho’s sub charter would be suicide for the club. First Idaho was where we were founded. That said, while the SouthWestern half of the sub charter will be history, I still am in line with keeping us alive in Eastern Idaho, mainly Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Southeastern Idaho namely Grace, Soda Springs Montpelier, as well as the Treasure Valley namely Boise, Nampa area. Likewise Sun Valley and Shoshone. But I don’t see us elsewhere and Shoshone is a big maybe. There are many reasons keeping us in Idaho, but not the greater Twin Falls area, including Burley or Rupert.

The politician that wrote me was chiming in on the reason he’s running for office, is he thinks my story is too common, moving away because of low wages. It’s not low wages we are leaving because of. It’s the fact that area media, including newspapers, TV stations and so on have gave us the big finger. It’s because of a very weak communication infrastructure, its because of a stubborn as a mule pig headed bigoted, racist attitude that is why we are leaving. I and 750 members of the club say we’re tired of fighting, for what we get in return. It’s like I told that politician, when someone , ANYONE comes to me with about $2,000.00 so we can regain the bandwidth for the radio station, build a talent agency for the eye candy department, and all of that I might be inclined to ROS. Since that is not going to happen, its pack up the pack and the trucks and go where those things are already in place.

So for the people that want to see us do something name etc wise of the club, not going to happen.

TTYL

Quote of the Day:
You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
--Liz Smith

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State of the Pack

It’s again that time for the review of the past year, and the goals for this year and the path to get there.

For the Knytes it’s a job for Kevin Pollock our newly elected President. He will be on elsewhere on the blog. For the AyreWolvez that also supervises the Knytes its my job.

Okay then, A year ago we had just about gotten out of one of many scrapes with eye candy. You’d think and it does play a hand in the relocation that hiring eye candy for breathtaking artful pics with aircraft and bikes wouldn’t be that difficult. But this is the 21st Century. Years ago the posting of an ad for such, was no big deal, today, its best not to do that. Here in Twin falls unless your well oiled money wise or of the established system, don’t even try. Of course there is the smooch on the toe that got a bunch of em pissed , but hey it’s a bit meant to be comedy, its called grown the hell up.

By March after a go round with CenturyLink again promising us what they could not deliver, we signed up with SpeedConnect. Which overall as far as service complaints, help with billing and all is better than most here. But technology wise, they just can’t deliver to us what we need to make this function. We muddled through 2013, first thinking the Reaper Club was a go, started to interview bar help. But when it came to putting ink on the paper to get something going the old heifer in Burley who owned the structure said no. Guess renting it to the doomfuss that ran the place in the ground was better. But too it left us with more than egg on our face.

Then came the shop, rent price goes from $350.00 a month to $750.00 a month, but we still paid the power bill. Still looking for a refund there. Again egg on face. July saw hundreds of thousands of acres burning up near Sun Valley and that immediate area, where BLM and Forest service choppers were not fighting the blaze , AyreWolf Aviation was. Taking crop dusting choppers refitting to spray retardant and deploying. We thought we had money so we signed up with great old Cable-One, but then Obama and Bohner started feuding and all government money froze. So by the time our money started flowing, Cable-One had turned us off, Internet wise and a day after SOA’s run clipped the TV. Thing is I never heard one person, at Cable-One in their business department call up and say, look you had a mess with the government money you got behind due to no fault on your own, lets work out a payment schedule, to resolve the matter. No they wanted it all upfront now. Which both as a company and the AyreWolvez we just couldn’t do. We had our payments on supplies and aircraft to pay first. We’re still paying that off which is why I’m short money wise.

The liftoff of the tarmac for us now is simple, move to Utah where through both Comcast, and our facilities there will be reduced, which means more in the cash stash. More over with HazzardAyre on air full time means much money flowing in from ad revenue and subscription revenue. As for AyreWolf Aviation, the reduction of hangar space rentals from just over $2,500.00 a month, to just at $600.00 a month, plus the reduced logistics challenges will increase our(MY) revenue.

Having human resources through 14 that I can count on one hand for our need for lady eye candy for the magazine, the video’s and TV show, with no more CraigsList people, but real gals with real brains that are trained , more over to where we pay the agency, sign the paperwork, and the gal shows up, boom its done, and out the door. This has been one of those things that has cost us over the last year. Gal gets on CraigsList, calls and emails, says she's interested, I take time out of my day to meet with her. Every hour I’m not towing or flying is $75.00 wasted. Except being on air on HazzardAyre, but even then we are billing $50.00 an hour there. Sometimes more but on average $50.00 an hour. If I’m not on air, in the air or on the road, I starve, and delays are created.

With a one call that’s all source for the talent from Urban Talent, and others its done and done. No more CraigsList searches.

Then it’s the same for on air personalities. Both genders. I have yet seen one gal, walk in the home bilt studio, slide in the rocking chair and go on air. Even with a bit of instruction. Sure years ago, our Robin in 1993 did it in 2 weeks working in a broom closet sized studio, but you need to know, Robin’s elevator really got off the ground. The right chemistry was there we melded. Have never found anyone like her since.

While Utah doesn’t have any radio schools persay,all 4 of Utah’s higher education institutions have communications and media degree programs, not to mention many college radio stations. Take them bring em in as interns, weed out the good from the bad in 6 months or less we’ll have on air honey. Add to that the plan of creating a radio/tv broadcast basics program/school, should make a difference.

In closing, for this year the entire organization moves to Utah in new HQ, reduce output, increase income and work with great people like Laura at Comcast and build a media empire.

What’s left for Idaho? That in my next entry.

TTYL

 

Quote of the Day:
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
--Napoleon Hill

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No matter how sweet that pussy looks its still sour

Uncle Jessie Duke many times down at Hazzard pond fishing would say to me as a young wolf pup, that the field across the road is only greener until you have to mow it. By the same thing,

I decided to rework that in saying , that no matter how sweet and innocent that pussy at the bar or on TV looks, it still is and smells sour. I bring this up from words I had this morning at the daily coffee grind meeting of the Knytes High Council. There seems to be this great thinking that just because we’re moving this to Utah, that I think that the very move is going to open a Pandora's box full of undiscovered treasures. Which I say is poppycock. First I have lived from one end of Utah to the other. I know what’s there, and what ain’t. I understand and know there will be challenges, but considering where the radio werx is in our construction of HazzardAyre and all, and knowing there are 4 available licenses in Tooele as well as up near Randolph, Utah, that we have the best shot of becoming what we have always wanted to be, and then some.

Now if I could get the kind of broadband bandwidth and velocity from Cable-One, here in Twin Falls as I can from Comcast in Utah for a lesser price I’d jump on it faster than Boss Hogg slurping down ice tea. Or if I could get the lady eye candy for our TV and film projects that we can from the what 15 or so agencies in Utah , here in the Tragic Valley , I’d be down with that faster than Enos Straight swallering a glass of cold buttermilk. Fact is we can’t. The time is now, its either jump on this and build our super Hazzard network, or we dump it, lay down and sleep with the porch dogs.

True Utah’s pussy smells too, but at least , Utah took a douche to its pussy and thus not as rotten as the city of Twin Falls.

Okay, was thinking some more. And this truly needs to be said, and I hate to take anything away from the Dukes, but do you realize that over the weekend another TV show that we hold sacred here also had its 29th year birthday? This TV show came in with some serious thunder. The TV show I’m talking about has just if not a slightly larger fan base than the Dukes, and although only watchable through Hulu, still has people working to bringing it back to life. We are talking of course of the TV show Airwolf. Again the machine is the star, and no where else can you see an aircraft originally designed for air freight, and air ambulance, become so dang famous or treasured. The show was originally going to be called Air Shark, thus the paint scheme, but an audio engineer discovered when the turbines we ignited that the Bell 222A sounded like a wolf cry, and thus Airwolf.

It’s been researched and some say a mach speed helicopter is impossible , especially with weapons, and electronics, I say no way. Maybe in the mid 80’s but I think, and still working on the prototype, the Lady could be built. Not only built, but FAA certified and flown. I’ll bet the Lady would give those Homeland Security people the shits, don’t ya’ll think?

Sylvester Levay, just released a great long version of the music, done by synthesizer a method rather innovative and yet taboo at the time. But consider the fan base keeps growing , even though the only outlet to view it is Hulu. Too bad the Dukes ain’t on Hulu. Then us without cable and/or satellite could watch. Speaking of which and I’ll put this in to get you to thinking,

Imagine if Obama , with his barking of economic equality, opened the door on community TV? In that some air space no longer to be used by cell phone company’s and public safety was opened to where a small local broadcaster could put up an analog station to where everybody could watch. Patrick Gotsche over at RFDTV and Rural TV has the right idea. More over the guys out at the river. But what if they had both a digital channel, and mirrored it to a none digital channel, to where we without that unavailable converter could at least watch something good, like the Dukes and or Airwolf? As it is the well to do with money to spend on cable gets to watch good TV even his State of the Union address, while us in a state of flux of transition, holding it together with duct tape, money wise get two maybe channels. Talk about a economic gap.

Could it be fixed? Sure, how? I’ll let you stew on that . See you in the PM.

 

Quote of the Day:
We're lucky poodles migrate south.
--Al

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