So with it snowing and little heat at the shop , I sat at home at the ready if I should be needed. So I watched the Big Bang Theory, this is going to be interesting, watch and see if Penny doesn't become pregnant by end of this season. With the Big Bang Theory over, I switched over to CNN's Townhall episode, that's as much as they are any more, and went to sleep over the first two candidates showered with the boring thing with Jeb Bush, and found it interesting that no body has asked these candidates anything about farm policy, agriculture policy, or surface transportation policy. What will these people do for farmers? Has any of them ever milked a cow, or worked hard in a field heaving hay bales? Can you see Donald Trump feeding a calf by a bottle? Can you see Rubio driving a truck? These people are so damned urbanized that as far as rural America or farming they have no clue as to what is going on. Who would Donald Trump nominate for secretary of Agriculture, Who would Jeb Bush nominate as transportation Secretary? The Townhall was in South Carolina , why wasn't the issue of retention as a historic symbol our flag of Dixie brought up? Did the whole thing just get buried under the rug? Was this Townhall scripted? I'll believe a Yankee Presidential candidate who drives up in a 75 Ford pickup, in a pair of farm overalls, with a shovel in one hand and a plastic irrigation dam in the other. I'll trust a Presidential candidate that orders or suggests that a fresh milk , milking barn be erected on the grounds of the White House and that elected President, out at 5:00 AM milking that cow, and feeding chickens. Then of course there are the commentators . CNN has some of the most boring old farts on TV, little female eye candy, which is not surprising since FoX News has all the leggy blondes, but do any of these people have a real clue as to what is really going on in America? I remember the SuperBowl ad Dodge produced a few years ago praising farmers, I'd like to add one phraze in that script of Paul Harvey, When God needed someone to lead the nation as President, God made a Farmer.
That's what we need in Washington DC, and in our state leadership, both Governors and those we send to Washington, Can you see Bernie Sanders, feeding hogs at 6:00AM? Or Hilary Clinton, rounding up strays to brand? It's no longer that City meets Country, its time for Country to invade City, mainly DC.
My opinion I could be wrong.
See all on www.livestream.com/rodewolffm at 10:00 AM
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Starfleet Star Log, StarDate: 93722.52 with an internal thermal reaction of 103 My body is too weak to remain awake. So I'm shutting it all off and headed to my quarters until 04:00 solar hours. Thus no radio shows until mid morning.
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So here I am waiting on the U.S. Mail for a check that was due here today from the settlement involving the Montgomery Trust. Guess what? Never came, so I get on the phone and try to get in touch with those involved. I get told they are waiting on documents. I damn sure wish I had those documents, the only ones available is in Utah at cousin Shars, in a box and I'm broke and thus can't go fetch. Both my second cousin and that Metro Creditors Trust, should not have said they had money for me unless they were ready to send it. That way I could have redirected resources and all differently, including paying the shops landlord, cable and all of that. But $3500.00 a month over 5 years is not that bad, cept they're paying just lump sums. I thought I'd go talk with an outfit like JG Wentworth or something, get it all in one lump sum, and be done with it. But its what I just hate big corporations. Big corporations seldom keep their words, much less the big wheels in charge of those corporations, as long as their bills and lives are not interrupted they're happy, while other people suffer. This put me in contention with my partner at the shop Rick, and my creditors. The club suggested going and visiting with an attorney to see if we could motivate this Metro outfit , but I'm waiting on a response, which most likely will not happen until Tuesday, since Monday is another Federal holiday. It's no dang surprise that our nation are in a trade and economic deficit, we have too many reasons for people to take days off, instead of work. Guess the rest of the people don't pilot a tow truck since only us in towing knows what full dedication to our duties is, since we do it 24 hours, 365 days a year. For us lunch and a nap is a hoggie sandwhich in the truck cab with our legs propped on the dash and head against the rear corner by the door. Oh if its cold, we do carry a blanket.
Metro and all says next week, we'll see. Just wish when someone says something, they carry through.
So now back rents on the shop are holding, other bills holding, and hey its a 3 day holiday, so Metro Creditors Trust execs go home have fun and I sit here and stress.
Any mile keep ya'll up to date, more on this on my radiuo show at 20:00 Hours Mountain Time on www.livestream.com/rodewolffm
Later Ya'll
So got tyred of anything on TV including the Demopublican Debate, so started doing some writing, and thought go take a gander at what our so called competition had on XM/Sirius . First Dave Nemo, is only on in the mornings from 11:00AM to 1:00PM, two RoadDog Radio is a repeat of Coast-to-Coast AM, whatever happened to overnight go long haul trucker based radio? Even if you are paying money for a subscription to XM, your not getting anything. What did happen to overnight go long haul trucker radio ? HazzardAyre/RodeWolfRadio is what, along with Dixie Diesel, Maximum Overdrive, Highway Hooker and of course SpeedWrench Radio and yes the Alpha wolf, HazzardAyre Radio itself. None of what I tuned into, on XM on the open road channel, even comes close to what we offer, in the way we offer it, from the seat of the pants view of the American trucker. Ya'll can't be what ya'll ain't and them city slickers at XM ain't truckers. They be just radio hosts or programmers, nothin wrong with that but, they ain't the real diesel fuming crew we is, so there goes, we is the radio ya'll are looking for, to carry you along as you pick up and deliver America. Kinda gettin ugly at the shop, its like seeing syrup pour out of a tree on a sub zero morning of my former partner moving out, and its hurting my wallet, but move out he is, and soon it'll be a pretty much be a solo, operation. Which relates to the main topic here. We'll be closed at the shop for about two to three months as my crew and I convert Hazzard County Choppers over to RodeWolf Truck & Diesel Shop. Which will be the title sponsor to RodeWolf Radio, www.livestream.com/rodewolffm Old fashion old style overnight trucker radio, done today as it was then, online, over the air and soon over XM. Way I see it, if this is the best Road Dog Radio can deliver, we ain't got none reason to fret.
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While this may not be a big thing one way or tother since just about anyone can do it, but seeing your company name , albeit spelled wrong, but seeing your company name in the Dex Phone book, is a measure of credibility . While my associates side company at the shop is not listed, nor a guy wanting to detail cars and light trucks, his name is not listed, but (trumpets please) Hazzard County Choppers is listed. With services such as the yp pages and online searches, how many, has BoB's Auto Detail, or Rowley's Garage can generate up nearly two pages on a Google search, Hazzard County Choppers does. Even my apartment complex mangers own company that she runs alongside her husband, they are not listed, in the phone book, not much if anything, yet, whose shows up on a Google search? Hazzard County Choppers. Hazzard County Choppers IS real, verified, certified and solid. Want to put something between your legs? It is Hazzard County Choppers, 10 Riverside Loop Evanston Wyoming.
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Before ya'll start bitching and thinking I mean any ill will or that I hate, dislike, or anything of the sort of Rick my partner at our shop, don't even go there. I have the utmost respect and love of a road brother and associate of Rick and he is one of the best mechanics I have ever seen , as well as one of the best fabricators I have worked with, but with that said, it's just came to the point that while one may want to continue to put Band Aids on it, or try to smooth things over , his vision for the shop or a shop, and mine are so many light years apart, that even if someone were to bestow or infuse millions of dollars into it, there's just no way the operation as it is can work. While Rick may feel he's been paying for 90% if not 100% of the project , and he is right there. I was SOL, after Nathen and Joey raped me, money wise that trying to catch up on bills, and all plus doing my duty to the club in regards to the clubs radio gig, there has not been the funds in the kitty, for me to contribute much in the money department, but gaining business, making sacrifices to draw in more REAL business has been my number one focus. Up to this stage there has been a financial challenge, however and depending on how damn fast the US postal service is, The infusion of $1,000.00 a month from the pre final settlement of the Montgomery Foundation(Trust) will rectify the back rents, power and gas bills, and phone bills.
As I have stated many times in the past and in so many ways on so many news blogs here, the only way a good partnership works is if both partners have the same vision and passion of a business, no matter what that business is, in this case a redneck hot rod bike/truck, shop with the Dukes-of-Hazzard theme is mine. Rick has another idea, and as such , to remain friends, its time for at least one of us to gracefully bow out, and say " Hey wished it could have worked, but its time to part ways." In this case the lease of the shop is in my name, the responsibility is mine, so as bad as it is, I have to firmly tell Rick adios. Come the first of March, I'll get Mr. Voss paid up, get the electricity and heat gas paid up, and renew the operation, as a Hazzard County named shop, and only two names on the damn door, Hazzard County Choppers and yes Highway Hooker Toewing, more on that in another entry.
One thing I have learned the hard way, partnerships are just not for me, I don't work nor play well with each other, and with this as well as say a musical rock band, when the leads of the band can't any longer make music it's time to call it quits and each shake hands and go do our own thing. Personally I like Rick, business wise it'll never mix well.
Now some think I'm quiting entirely, not so, and to the little fartknockers that think its really funny, putting diesel fuel in my car, was not cool. Which brings me to the other half of this. My reputation and all here in Evanston, Wyoming, is not good. In fact there are people that would just asoon shoot me as look at me. Why who knows, and I can remember the same shit elsewhere, Maybe it is me? But for many I'm just too much of a rebel, too wyld, for many and that rubs people the wrong way. All I know is I have given everything I have to too many people and been too kind to all the ungrateful dope heads, drugged out, skanks, 30 dollar Sharries , many times to where I have had to beg my Bishop, cable company, and others to cover my ass. No more, its Patricks time and time for all things Hazzard County's light to shine.
So Rick my partner, its nothing personal, but we just can't be partners in business.
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The direction is nearly set , just need to gather everything together and get things in order to make a graceful exit. Overnight after looking over many things, seeing where rentals are much less expensive yet offers more in a location that offers more, I came to the conclusion that yes it is time to sideline Hazzard County Choppers , Highway-Hooker/SpeedWrench Toewing here in Evanston, and look to transplanting some ops to the west Utah desert, as well as back to Cassia County Idaho. But I'm looking over things carefully and feeling things out , but there is a need at least for the Wolf-Pack to put a shell in the head of this mistake I made a little over a year ago, moving to Evanston Wyoming. While I'll be there doing my part to pay the bills on the shop, and all, its just not making the kind of money it could, and my presence there isn't going to help it any. While no harm was ever intended there are way too many people here that wear their feelings and opinions on their sleeves. I can't help if someone takes a simple sarcastic piece of speech and makes it evil, I can't prevent a compliment from being taken as that of someone on the prowl for lamb chops. What I can see is the greater Twin Falls and Idaho in general's economy growing faster than cannabis in dense forests, if your in business you need to look at where the flows of money is and where it ain't and as bad as some want to admit it, Evanston Wyoming is NOT where the money is flowing. Like water in sub zero temps, Money is frozen and controlled , and between the club and I there just is not enough incentive in any way, that would keep my interests in Evanston, but I have 3 vehicles that need serviced to make road worthy, plus find a place to dwell, then move and with NAB coming up in April the move most likely will not happen until late May or early June, but hey I gave it my all, but even when your prize race horse becomes lame, you don't keep nursing the horse you shoot it and move on. My partner in the shop thinks Evanston is all sweet and tasty, for him it just maybe, he has many friends here. Me I don't deal with his friends nor their appetites thus I'm not loved. Or even liked.
Good show overnight, I'll be back in later this evening then at our regular time Saturday morning at 04:00 hours.
