Thursday, November 27, 2014
Changes in foresight due to economics
There are days I just want to ask why, then I need to adapt.
Like my flavor favorites in smokeless tobacco.
Used to be it was always Skoal, but due to the high price of such and the secret LDS sin tax, I can’t buy Skoal in Utah for less than $9.00 a can, so had to relax and do Grizzly at $5.50 a can. I have become accustomed to Pot pies instead of steak, and the only food pleasures are milk and good coffee. The economists say the economy is on an uptick, bullshit. Prices climb, and while gas may be below what it was last year, Diesel is higher cost. Not getting ones due and it bothers me.
I see ads and TV shows about custom big rig shops and performance diesel shops, might I remind many , that even firms as BullyDog and Chrome Shoppe Mafia, were in their diapers when the powers that be in our club and I came together and built the ORIGINAL, Dixie Diesel Shop. The Dixie Diesel Shop started in Blackfoot Idaho in 1987 as a need to render some badly needed service on my then VW Diesel Rabbit pickup. Few people built them, few people serviced mid level and light duty diesels. So the need was there , the popularity of light duty diesels was on the horizon, so we extended the reach of Cooter’s Kustmz and whalah the Dixie Diesel Shop was born.
Over the next few years long before TV shows made em popular, custom rigs was all the Dixie Diesel Shop did, and still does. But once in awhile it’d be nice for those that are competitors to say or give kudos and credit where it belongs.
But ones tastes change due to economics, what you used to favor you redoux in more affordable products. That’s my story.
Need meds TTYLY
Quote of the Day:
A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
--Samuel Goldwyn
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Thanksgiving in the radio station
Happy Thanksgiving to ya’ll. My Thanksgiving dinner included the auntre of one Turkey pot pie, a quart of milk and a Hostess fruit pie, enjoyed solo in the confines of the radio studio.
Was praying that our Prospect Tim, from Fairfield Idaho would call or come by, but guess he didn’t get out of Texas in time, or something.
Had every intention of going with Time to the Twin Falls area, so that I could enjoy Thanksgiving with Charlie and the rest of the club there, introduce Tim to the rest of our still domestic members, then Monday morning have Tim, drive me to Danny’s to fetch LexiBelle and come back here, load my stuff in a Uhaul trailer and make one graceful exit.
But hey now need to rework the plan.
Which is exchange Wolf-Pup for General JaXson, on Monday, and get moved to Wyoming. That’s the current plan, but here’s where Marine training comes in. The Corps always taught have at least two contingency plans before engaging a battle or project.
The thoughts of what if, can’t do Wyoming, what if I need be here , get one of the places in Tooele, retain the Mountain West Charter of the club here in Woods Cross, and do a commute for a month. Work out something with CenturyLink, for a month then see what hits after first of the year.
The thing is the Knytes want to re-establish a Idaho state Charter. While I myself have no real intention of going there, the candidates for Charter President are Dale Anyia of Boise, and Videl Prunenda of Blackfoot. Of the two my vote is with Videl. Videl joined the club, in 1988 , established himself with me and the club, in service to the membership, and really took me to holiday dinners two or so years in a row. The idea is to keep the offices or club houses close together so as to make it easier for all members to access. That would mean Idaho: Malad or Burley, Wyoming , Evanston, Utah Woods Cross or preytell Ogden. Utah’s state President would be of several but my vote is for Kent Nielsen of Roy Utah. Kent has been a faithful member, but is currently deployed, as such associate Keith, Adams who spent most of the night and last two days with me would be acting State President until Kent gets home.
As for me I’ll remain region XO and be the supervisory liaison between membership at large and the local Charters.
With a planned in 2016 of a XM satellite pickup of the two radio gigs, Highway Hooker the network, and show the only show on radio and HazzardAyre, for Dukes fans and enthusiasts, that $200K into the coffers each month, of which only a quarter of that is needed for operation of the radio/TV werx, the rest can and will go for beefing up promotions for the clubs themselvez. This means influx of membership prospects, and pledges. Which is all they can be after a two year prospect which means prospective member, not yet patched. The patch and blood oath comes after a new member proves him or herself to the club, and yes full club membership has been open to riding/flying/trucking women as well as men, even to the point of holding club officer posts.
Many have asked , why don’t YOU, meaning me, take over as Chief President of the club. First that spot by code of the club is Ben Jones, aka Cooter. Ben and wife Alma are doing a great job, and no plans are made to change that. The flow of DOH will stay in the club.
Outside of that , being a full acting President is a job, much harder than what I have, and I like having supervisory people over me, the responsibility of being the head chief over 49,999 members, and their families is overwhelming. As it is the President and club board gives the orders, I do the ground work, the club reaps the benefits. I like it this way.
Plus my health is diminishing every day, my eye sight is going away one blood vessel at a time due to type2 diabetes, if I fly again at least full time except for experimental helicopters and all will be a miracle. Which is why I bust my ass on the media werx, as outside of building custom bikes, and towing, I can sit on my six doing radio. Even if it need be by brail, and feel. I had to get to the point of real decision, not only by myself but by flight doctors who said the days of me doing Mach 6 or even 400 in a Corsair are over. About the only big wing byrd I can fly with a second seat, is a T-6 or Stearman. Past that I’m in the hangar with a wrench and socket set.
So wonderful Thanksgiving, hope Christmas will be better.
TTYLY
Quote of the Day:
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
--George A. Knight
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Another show on the archives
Another show in the archives, if you missed it, just truck over the cyber highway and exit at www.livestream.com/rodewolffm and click on RWDD2.2 . We enjoyed doing this last night , no breakdowns no flat tires, nothing overheated and a smooth cruize on the cyber highway doing streaming trucking radio, Hazzard County style.
Until L8R haulers,
good numbers to ya’ll
Quote of the Day:
It takes a steady hand to carry a full cup.
--Anonymous
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
History Story Time
Here’s a Historic Story time for a Wolf With A blog.
It was a near a holiday season in late 2009 , I had just relocated from Gooding under pressure to Bliss Idaho. Needing a severely medicinal brew I hoofed it to Outlaws and Angels. It was a Saturday, there stood this gal who had me in her sights and her in mine, but was she approachable? Could I gain anything here? On a mere personal prowl, I went up and got a drink, and while she mixed it I asked, as I could tell she was in college, I asked what she might be studying in school? To my surprise and hardly in the right atmosphere for such an answer, she said, “ I’m studying to be a sex therapist.” Really? I said, she replied and it drew me in further, “ yes a sex and couples therapist” Okay, I drew my drunken state to the wheels in my head grinding, to think , if it worked for others, like Dr. Ruth, or Sue Rodgers, maybe this gal could do it for us. Dixie Diesel was in its 5th chapter of its book of life, and needed some new material. What about a relationship therapist, on the air, phoning in questions of a personal nature for all those truckers?
Thinking it wasn’t going to happen, I asked her name and jot down how to get in touch. She took a napkin after she wiped off my drooling off my lips , and wrote down her contact number, email etc. She said she worked at Anchors in Twin on a regular basis, immediately I could see Anchors as a sponsor, along with Karnation Intimate Apparel so I said show up on Sunday at the studio in Gooding and we’d do a run at the show.
She Did, and it was magical. Her name? Emme Lee, and she was heaven on earth. Considering how things went, she was running single and if I’d have used my brain, would have been a bit more aggressive at a personal connection.
Emme showed , we did the show and scored in number one in overnight Arbitron's along with every light on the phone lit.
The next weekend she came over in these yellow fishnets over darker tights, she sat right in front of me where the prize was in plain view, we talked did a quick kiss and got busy on air.
We took some pics of the action, but her cell phone puked so not retrievable.
After Strickland the prick of the shithead landlords, pulled the plug in Gooding it wasn’t until 2011 that Dixie Diesel and AyreWolf Radio came together as HazzardAyre. But by this time except for a few fill in gigs at Anchors she was on her way to Hawaii and I had moved to Burley. By the time I migrated to Twin Falls to join Charlie’s crew at A1, we’d lost much of the affection for each other and she for HazzardAyre, but it was magical none the less.
What made me melt like cheese on hot toast, was today I got a IM from Twitter saying Emme was following me on Twitter.
Could it be that she saw Dixie Diesel and became twitterpaited?
Who knows. I invited her to Utah, but the thing is at present don’t know how much longer I’ll be here. As Evanston Wyoming is looking brighter. One of the club members alerted me to the fact that Lotty’s closed. Imagine Emme, Tammy, there and the RodeWolvez opened the Reaper Club there where Lotty’s is now?
See got this blip from this seatcover named Rachelle, , but no response means not enough to stop the potential move. In pure economics if I move to Wyoming, build even more HazzardAyre/Dixie Diesel there, I keep $280.00 in my pocket, and can pay bills, leaving me the $80.00 and $100.00 in the kitty.
If I keep things here in Woods Cross, truck 100 miles round trip from Tooele to Woods Cross each day, I only have 80.00 and can’t pay the telecom bill.
That extra $180.00 could buy a cheap office in Wyoming in due time.
Any mile dreaming a bit, but now I can’t get Emme out of my head, a real blast from my past and the history of Dixie-Diesel. I’ll bet Tim knows her.
See ya’ll on Monday.
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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Takes only one title to bring people in and oh my
It took only one handle to bring the crew back together. While HazzardAyre has been the major spotlight of the media werx here in HazzardAyre’s shadow and its parent Dixie Diesel Radio has been there just silent.
Once The phone number and name were connected boom, here comes the crew.
Why not capitalize on that? So it is. HazzardAyre melts together with Dixie Diesel in both name and focus for 2015.
The biggest marketing project in the history of the club starts in February, with casting and auditioning beginning December 10th. Dixie Diesel is looking for 24 gals with one being the focal person to all promotion and marketing visuals. The 23 other gals will be called the Dixie-Diesel Diesel Dazzlers .
However and I’ll know more on Monday, but looks like the HQ is going to go to Evanston Wyoming, and a smaller more workable office in Ogden Utah.
Reason? Don’t over do, under capitalized. In essence get the horse before the cart for once.
This could change however, if expenses can be brought in line I can see leaving the radio werx in Woods Cross, depends on CenturyLink and a few STL jumps.
For me I’m loosing contact with what makes this gig go. So I’m hoping that our new prospect in Fairfield of the Rode(Ayre)Wolvez Tim will fire up his airbeater and fly down here and fetch me, not just to spend the holidays. Done right I can pay the bill on LexiBelle at Danny’s and drive LexiBelle back here.
I’m working to recruit Tim to being our engineer here at HazzardAyre/DixieDiesel Radio.
Now then to the gals who send me their information on being part of the Diesel Dazzlers. Yes we have an ad up on Craigslist for it, but for those that respond if I call, answer your phone or just say oops not interested after all, this is not a time to kick the tires.
Sounds like a mirror of happenings before, but dig this, for what they make in just one day here at HazzardAyre/DixieDiesel would take nearly three months working a traditional job say at McDonalds.
Stay Tuned, but know this 
See ya’ll at 04:00 on the radio.
good numbers to ya’ll
Quote of the Day:
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion.
--G.K. Chesterton
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Us and the club
There’s the difference between me and the club.
Some ask why is it that the club has so much money to do media projects and you are broke?
Simple understand for every dollar the clubs make on HazzardAyre etc, I only get 5cents of that dollar. Only 5 cents, a nickel. A Nickel don’t buy much.
So that’s the answer. But there is a change and it’s a bit unsettling for some core members since we never signed onto club duties to make money, but for the causes that the radio werx and all are dedicated to and for. Those being first preservation of Southern history and Heritage, second the aviation community of Naval and Marine combat squadrons and third the trucking/towing community. Outside of that its more of a gearheads plethora. However and club major elections are rapidly approaching, and a reconstruction of the entire organization that over all is known as the Hazzard County Syndicate aka Grits Connection.
While the President of the Hazzard Knytes is and is a fixed position him being Ben Jones aka Cooter of DOH fame, the rest of the club is a bit more lax. From VEE-PEE to me as the Mountain West XO, there has never been a discussion of money for duties.
But fuel although at reduced prices these days is still not the low dollar that it used to be. Lodging, feed and fees for outside vendors more needs to be ingested funds wise to individual charters and us doing the foot work.
Although minor in scope, the club has said starting in 2016 club officers will get a small wage of $10.00 for charter officers, $100.00 per hour for executive officers.
To round this out, HazzardAyre and Highway Hooker the only show on radio for those who tow has been picked up for 2016 by XM Satellite, on the open road channel.
At $100k per channel one for HazzardAyre for all Dukes fans and supporters, and $100k for Highway Hooker, means we have regained the income that we nearly had in Gooding when old Rich Strickland pulled the plug in 2010.
So if it means me bunking in Utah for another year , so be it.
Yep I’m a Utahrd for another year.
What does that mean for me?
That in my next entry, but blessings come from the strangest places, but pulling the plug and running to Wyoming, right now is a bit premature. But even that could change. Let you know on that on Monday.
TTYLY
Quote of the Day:
Everything that lives, Lives not alone, nor for itself.
--William Blake
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Does POF mean plenty of fish or piece of fish taco?
I get it just about everyday a notice from this so called online dating thing called POF, which is supposed to be of Plenty of Fish. Why call this such a name? Which invites, considering many who sign on there, suggests the name Piece-of-Fish(Taco) .
I sign up for many of these for many reasons, I’d like to see one go up, that is really free,. Sort of Dating on Contingency. Or only if you do hook up then pay us, but here communicate amongst yourselves and find each other. Trust me the wolf-pack is working on it. But considering my age and all finding a Miss right, or a real all for me only SheWolf, would be like finding real treasure. I have been alone way too long, I miss a family(as all wolvez do) a organized inside pack and a stable family Where holidays and all can be a joyful occasion rather than the dreaded time of year.
Which seems to come around with all too much rapidity.
But I always wonder at these sites, how many of them have real people that are for real, or are they just there to steal your money?
Now that I have said that lets move on.
There is a all too frequent forgetfulness of way to many, it seems in the Magic Valley area of the Knytes.
What I can’t understand is why, and how could you forget?
From ground zero even long before ye ole General Lee, from Fairfield to Burley everyone in that valley was touched in one way or another by the Knytes.
CB bash in 1975 Filer Fairgrounds, the Knytes produced that and all. The Gooding County International Raceway, the Knytes invention. The list goes on and would fill all too much space, but the one thing that we can say for sure, when former KDSL(KHCK today) signed on the air, it was the blast from the sky, here was a radio station that was organized and built by a group of farm truck drivers and tow truckers that longed for greatness racing, put up a 100 watt radio station near Hagerman but was only on from midnight to 6:00AM. We flat brought none-Mormon radio into the Magic Valley. We were the only source for DR. Ruth, we were the first for TalkNet, we were the only ones with our own sex and relationship therapist Emme Lee Kaylor, and the list goes on. But beyond that when the Twitchell family had their house burn down on Christmas eve in 1982, who did a overnight hot rod show garage band concert? The Hazzard Knytes(aka:Knytes-of-Anarchy) when John Lowe was dying of cancer and needed a operation who jumped in without red tape? The Knytes. When it was found that the Canyon Springs Inn was running a brothel, and selling teens and kids narcotics who went in and stopped that? The Knytes.
Which brings me to two things, you’d think and I forgive current membership most of them are still deployed, but having just one member or friend show up for Thanksgiving and taking me to eat , and home with them for Christmas would be treasure, and with all that we as a club, and me being the main focus or focal person of the club of 49,999 you’d think Ricky, Charley, Jared or someone would find some of these sweethearts of theirs and send one my way.
JMO
TTYLY
Quote of the Day:
Honk off, bozo.
--Eno, The Duplex
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