B4 I get off on my rant here, I need to make this clear, its not yet ready to throw in the towel on HCC, but with the need to finally pull the plug on the shop on Riverside Loop, it looks like HCC at least here in Evanston is going back on the shelf. I by no means want to say anything bad on or about Rick and I, nor that again and let me repeat its not the end, as there is still hope, that Rick and I can come to an arrangement and agreement of another shop, that at least Highway Hooker Toewing can run out of. But partnerships are hard things to keep running well. I've seen some good ones, The original Hazzard Garage in Hagerman Idaho, ran well, because there was a common theme and vision between Jimmy Mac, myself, Lester and Karl Kuhn. We all were and are Dukes fanatics, we all believed in the foundation of the Dukes, and is why the Hazzard Knytes was founded. Yet Rick, has one vision for a shop, I have another, and why pros in repair like our friend Nate, outside of his Dad doesn't take on partners. This way he keeps them friends and yes even customers. Even Lexibelle knew this was not the time to bring her here, which is why she was fussy in the process of that. Now I have to scramble to find a place for three rigs, get em moved and stored. Unless my new business associate Dom in California, gets me financed the only thing I'm doing is going towing. Building custom bikes and all is just not possible here now. There's a couple of things on the board, that Rick knows, but its not clear yet if I'm going to be welcome there, and another that can happen only if I get financed by Dom. Otherwise its start the migration process back to Twin Falls Idaho or immediate area. So with that, I'm headed to bed to get to the shop to get things in order to relocate. I was praying that I wouldn't have to, but the one ride that would at least hold off the relocation, isn't anywhere near done, But I have my plans and need to define them.
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On the home front this early morning, seems as though AllWest is again dropping channels, due to rising cable network costs, they say its because of a recent survey that said people don't want to pay higher cable TV prices, real reason, AllWest can't afford it. I think AllWest is going broke , or at least hurting and no improvement here in Evanston, is forthcoming so good bye more channels. Seems as though we pay more, get less. So I'm looking into Dish. But its also why there wasn't a HazzardAyre show over cyber last night because upload speed would not run fast enough. Amazing ? Not really, but AllWest knows for Internet here its them or the highway. Until somebody else steps in with faster speeds and bandwidth.
Shop rent crisis temporarily averted, but for how long nobody knows. Have another shop sited if I can get my partner to go with it. RTP said today in a text , what I'm going to do? Of course I love being at the shop, and as long as its just RTP and I at the shop all is well, however anybody else shows up and I'm made to feel like a fifth wheel there at the shop. In other words insignificant . That's one reason I gracefully exit when I feel my presence is not welcome. There are other reasons, like a pic recently made, without inclusion of Highway Hooker Toewing or Hazzard County Choppers, which should come first as its my name on the lease, and my name on the shops insurance policy, but hey at least LexiBelle has a warm place to sleep.
More in the morning.
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There's that only get part of the situation, but fail to look further. It's like myself , Sure there's bookoo bucks in the Montgomery Foundation, trouble is I can't get at it. That money is in escrow right now pending the disbursements from a law suit between Metro Securities and The Montgomery Foundation, as well as a lawsuit going on between the Montgomery Foundation and Pilot/Flying J. When Flying J went under, it took the majority of the Montgomery Foundations none liquid funds. The theft of funds from Metro Securities out of Washington state, got put on hold through a long , long , law suit. The proceeds from that wont get to me until mid year 2016. Sure I have an interest payment coming here shortly, and I've been watching for it, but the fantastic Evansgone postal service, lost it somewhere. Must be on that Saint Benard dog, crossing the snow. Few people know where and even take time to absorb all of this, however it can be backed up, one call to big Ricky in Twin Falls and all that can be vouched for. This is also why, my dillweed cousin set me up through SSI for my PTSD. It was enough to keep me living at least. Between that and what little I get from THE UCSMC , most months gets me by. Sure taking on this shop, was a stupid idea, and even stupider was going to fetch LexiBelle before we had things secure here in Evanston. I said that then, but no body listened. Sure I'm thrilled, but now I have to find other quarters. Sure I have some things in the wind to attempt to save all of this, I have a finger out to a guy in California for a loan, hope Dominic, but with my crappy ass'd credit and all while I'm praying, that's like betting on finding water in a Arizona desert. Out of the $1,900.00 I get each month, expenses go out , power, cable/internet, radio station expenses, truck and car insurance, Child support, and then if I'm able , shop rent or at least half of it. Here lately, over the last 3 months, I just haven't had enough to cough up for the shop rent part. I'm trying to fight the Child Support, since it was all paid once, but some buttmaggot in Boise forgot to document it. Finding the Montgomery Foundation paperwork is a program. I have cousins who took over most of that on the legal side, its really complicated. But Does anyone give a squat? No. Does anyone try to help? No, at least not here. But I can say this, last night, just as I was pulling out of the shop, got a tow call. MP 19 Fort Bridger. Couldn't run, why? LexiBelle is still done. Besides the thing of my partner going half of the rent, how about a little help not money just knowledge and all bringing LexiBelle out of the cobbwebbs so I can make money? Hey there's an idea. No everyone just thinks I can pull rabbits out of hats, but I'm getting to think, forget about the rabbits, and get a new hat. Do I think Dominic can help, I'm praying he can, I'm hanging my ass out here to help some, people in the shop, as well as myself, that would just as soon, me leave, trust me I'm thinking about it. I can't help it if I get a near diabetic coma, due mainly to stress over a shop. That hospital bill, sure had some coverage from Medicaid, however the co pays skunked me for December and the fact that my Marine money was delayed due to a paperwork fumble. Hey its the DoD. Then of course there's the radio gig. While few don't get that, and by virtue its geared to today's confederacy and all, still the show and all could be sold, at least ad time thereon. But does anyone else around here want to take on a job, that pays $20.00 for every $100.00 ad sale? No. At $75.00 if just even 20 local business's bought a months ads on the online radio station, there's the shop rent and a little left over.
Any way that's life here. Its stress where I don't need it, but there's solutions, just need to get through the next few weeks.
Just hope Dominic can help.
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No matter where you look at least most places the photos that accompany a screen name is about as fake as a promise from Boss Hogg. Look on your Facebook friends list 70% of the pictures that depict the way that person looks is phony. Of course there's those that post a photo makes damn sure you can't upstage that photo, even though yours might be to say see ya'll ain't all that. The one thing you can depend on like snow and single digit tempratures in Wyoming in December, no matter the posting no matter the log entry , no matter the promo, when the Knytes and/or the AyreWolvez or HazzardAyre Radio posts anything, what your seeing is the real thing, no photo shopping, no copying somebody else's content, no lie its the real deal no matter what others can't believe, it is what you see, and read is what it is and what you get. But then sometimes you can't convince some people of anything. No matter how much they beller , they will call you a liar, but wont have the courage, to get off their ass, on their feet in the vehicle of choice and come look for themselves. I can count many examples but there are two that I can count as the most outstanding. One involves the hippocrit bunch in MHI. For months none could say they were wrong about me having a tow truck and all that went with it, while no beauty queen, still it wasn't until one finally got off their ass came to GF, and looked then they had to admit, Yes There was LexiBelle. Pride bit em in the ass. Of course the second was RTP's sort of Father in Law. He still says no radio station here at the Wolf's Den yet even though here's a pic . Yet he'll say naw, but there I am about as raw and real as it gets.
However do you think that the old fart will get off his lounge chair and come to the Wolf's Den to look for him self? Nope but He can say nope don't exist. It's kind of like a territory turf war going on in Green River. Where one good old boy who tows by the seat of his brow, yet has a little Lord Fontleroy, spoiled brat from Ogden Utah entering in trying to muscle in to absorb and take over Shawn's turf. I offered my ad time and all for $1,000.00 to get this problem in front of people and in front of law makers. Did he or any of his other associates jump? Nope. But being both a toewer as well as a media smith. Like I told Shawn, if you don't step up now, you only have yourselves to blame when KDY Stauffer takes over your clients. It's like mid year 2014, the cry went out on the issue, of getting people to move over for us toewers working on the side of the road. Allstate Insurance company fielded an ad that ran up on YouTube. I said lets do our own ad. So I got together with KSL TV in Salt Lake City, got the ad schedule all put together, but do you think I could get 10 of the big and medium sized towing services in Utah to cough up $100.00 a piece? Nope. Who paid for it all? Yep Cooter's A1 /Highway Hooker Toewing.
Here at our company, in our organization and especially on the online airwaves, there is nothing phony , nothing fake. What you see and read is what it is, and what we are. From the Knytes, to the Wolf-Pack, to HazzardAyre, there is no pics, no bullshit, we are real, but today in society, politics, and especially the cyber highway , you can't be honest.
Snowed 6 inches outside overnight, we're supposed to get at least 8 inches more. The commute is going to be a bitch, so I'm in bed.
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I just hate the holidays, despite the fact that this time of year just reminds oh how damn lonely and all alone I am, its the damn shopping. But last evening before I went to the shop, went with some club members to shop for kids. Of course we just had to go to the Layton Hills Mall, then to Wal-Mart. I was soo pooped for the long snowy ride down, that I didn't feel like hoofing it around, so got one of those motorized fat peoples carts, and off we went. Of course the comedy came, when I of course got high centered on a rack display of Leggs Pantyhose. There I was cussing and fussing to get that old farts mini golf cart undone, finally the club came over and after picking up the half hundred little eggs rolling all over a few thought it kinda ironic that of all the things I'd get hung up on, it was a rack of pantyhose. Imagine that. So got back, called Rick, and went down to the shop. I wanted to stay even longer, except I can't stand being around Steph' dad and brother so called inlaw, any longer than I needed to. Ron's not that bad, after all and to be honest he did fetch food for me last year about this time when LiL Wolf was knocked out. But Ron is the kind of person, that the hair on the back of your neck raises and you feel the need to just smack him up the side of the head just for normal procedure. Then there was a time that I was telling Steph's two kids, about Tinkerbell, and Ron came unglued and thought I was talking something sinister. Tinkerbell, sinister? Is he real? Anyone who can extract something demonic out of Tinkerbell and family, really has some insecurities. So I came home, and now as soon as the water heats its bath, and Bed. See ya'll in the mid AM on the radio.
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Just got off the phone having to turn down another call. A pretty good toew call, considering its hauling a vehicle from Evanston to Salt Lake City. Just that one call would have put the money in the cash stash and made the landlord happy. My partner at the shop was just this past week was saying that we should change names and regroup, and so on the towing side of the enterprise we have evolving here, yet 70% of all business being generated, and 80% of any return business we get is through and because of Highway Hooker Toewing. Yet LexiBelle sits , needing attention that I can't do myself anymore. More over most of anything that the shop is, is based on Highway Hooker Toewing. The LiL Wolf, still needs a main rear seal, and a pinion seal, LexiBelle needs the seats reinstalled and fueled , plus a cosmetic makeover, then its j-hooks and chains and tag lights. All this for right at just under $800.00 but it don't get done. And yet its me that sweats under the glare of ye old Landlord. Sure I expected a check in my mail box for some of the interest payment on the court settlement between Montgomery Foundation and Pilot/Flying J, but it ain't come. Called the attorney's on that today, they say its being processed, should be there in a week. So am working with a capital investment loan company to get us $10k, plus a bit more plus finance a rollback, something we really need, but the overall thing is simple, if its Highway Hooker Toewing that's generating business, wouldn't it be smarter to invest some time into LexiBelle, rather than a bunch of side projects? All I know is this there's 6 months until my lease on this apartment I live in here is up, if this can't be turned around to putting money in my pocket, its time to re-evaluate Evanston as a whole, and look at going to Twin Falls.
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