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Man, I used to be crazy about attending many of these rallies.  Used to head to MN for upwards of a decade before I realized I'd grown out of it (that's an understatement .. IYKYK .. lol).   Attended a few IRIP in Branson, until the IIRA/IOA fiasco.  Then IIRA Reunions ( 3 in Durango , 1 in TX ).  Few in the Hill Country that occurred in Apr by a local rider. Then all the other Indian related events that tied back to my first choice of Motorcycle Brand over the last 15 years. Throw in all the Big Rallys where we hung together (Sturgis, Daytona, BBBQ, ROT, LSR, etc). Only one I never got to visit on my bucket list was The Rendezvous' in Durango every year. ....  point being you meet a LOT of people, get tight  with a LOT of people.  Many of those, attend multiple events throughout the year so you never know whom you're going run into.   But ..... but .. I hate to admit it, I'd got a lil worn out on much of it and switched gears a notch about 6 years ago. Six years ag

Guess I've been in sales too long.  Value.   To me EVERYTHING is about Value.  I don't always agree with the way things go down.  I've got the ability to look at things from the outside, since I don't always have skin in the game.  Here's an example. I've been in situations working for manufacturers that are publicly held companies. As we've seen with automakers, sometimes they are willing to drop their shorts.   How many of us have heard that if you go buy a car at the end of the month, you get a deal?   Sometimes ... often ...it's true.  If you buy at the end of a model year, you get a better  deal?  Sometimes, it's True.  Depends on how the dealer is doing.  How long that specific car has been sitting in the lot.  What most don't realize is many dealers get additional money by the the quantity of units sold.  Most dealerships are paying interest on the cars sitting at their dealership.  Sometimes, they can sell at a 'loss' but when the

 

 I over think shit all the time....  one of the things that's made me whom I am.  Now, that's not always a good thing, but in the overall picture I view it as  a positive.  When I do something, I'm always wondering what's 'next' before I even accomplish the first thing.  After doing some things... almost anything .. I wonder if I could have done it better.  What would I do if I did it all over again.  And, most of the time I'm willing to share that info off.  Hell, I'm probably too much of an open book with this blog the last decade. Well, a group I'm with just finished an awesome event for the Association I ride with ( Shindig ) .  My plan is to do an after actions report of some sort; unofficial but for my own use.  The last two years has been an interesting one based around this event.  Why?  Human Behaviour. Why do some folks feel the need volunteer for the events?  I get that 'somebody' has to.  I volunteer for shit all the time. But WHY

 

 Hahaha... I crack myself up. Sort of.  My entire adult life, if someone was an ass wipe and wanted to throw down, I obliged them.  Well, I can remember two times I thought otherwise.  First was when I was 17 and a guy pulled out a knife outside the bowling alley. Whatever we were arguing over didn't seem important anymore.   I was like .. 'huh' .. and walked away.  Second time was when I was 25 and a car full of fux went road rage on us so we pulled over since we had a car full.  Problem was they were looking for trouble and all had baseball bats.  I was like "huh"  .. thought better of it all and drove away.    Friday after dinner mama and I are driving south leaving downtown Greenville, doing the speed limit on Stonewall St in the left lane.  I was almost passing a camaro whom was in the right lane with barely a car length of distance between the two of when some fuk' in a jap car flew through the two of us almost hitting my bumper as well as the camaro.  H

 For a computer guy ... I'm late to the game.   I never felt comfortable with it all. I understand the concept... the process...and yet... makes me scratch my head a notch on how it's actually currency and goes up and down more than gold and silver.   Crypto  I became aware of bitcoin in the early days... the golden days.   Realized guys were setting up servers to mine and crunch all the numbers.  Heard the stories of drive crashes and lost bitcoins.   Heard the stories of folks hacked.  I just never felt comfortable with it all ... but damned.. imagine getting in as a early adapter?  Yeah .. you'd be rich. Of course there were a few times it nose dived.... some probably lost their ass.  But those that stuck with it... yeah...   they're in Jamaica drinking fruity concoctions with lil umbrellas to stir them with.  Well, not the slimey fuck that stole billions... but.. that's another story?  Well, about 3 or so years ago I did a personal loan for someone, zero interes

 Well.... all done.  Modifications completed. Back home in Tejas. Finally. In December I committed to purchase this baby.  Crazy part is ... wasn't my original plan.  I saw the new '24 Elite and it caught my eye.  I thought .. F' It.. I'm all in this time around. Called my 'one and only dealer'  BUT... theirs was already spoken for.  Eric (my CVMA Brother that works there) said he'd put me on the 'list' and I said yes... but... didn't think anything would come of it.   In the meantime, I noticed they had three new '22 Challenger Limiteds on the floor; Blue, Gray and Maroon.  The Maroon one had a backrest for the passenger and luggage rack already on it and was discounted several thousand (all 3 were).   More I looked at it, the more it got in my brain.  Mama didn't want a Pursuit (she hates the whole tour pack thing), so ... I'm scheming.  I've wanted a Challenger for a few years but kept talking myself out of one. Decided to take

Cleaning out the office yesterday and ....  pull out a box of cameras that I've accumulated over the last two decades.  Couple of movie cameras (8mm and digital).  That 8mm went back over 20 years.  The Canon camcorder back to around '08 or so.  Pulled out the SD card to check later, and tossed them.  Then handheld digital cameras....   holy crap  .... half a dozen.  Pulled the SD cards and chucked the cameras.  That was actually tough to do.   They were bad ass in the day .. but now ..... gone.  Still have a couple of 35MM Digital Nikons.  But all those others?  Quick check on eBay told me it wasn't worth the hassle.  I'm sure few decades down the road they'll be worth $$..  .. or  .. not?   Either way ... gone. As I type this I'm pushing the data off those SDs to this laptop for review.  Now ... what to do with all these 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16GB SDs? ;)

Well .... not mine.  Fourth ceremony I've performed. Headed out to Cleburne TX yesterday for Wade and Alex's wedding.  They asked me a few months ago while we were all at Happy Lane Winery in Greenville.   Cool backstory to how they met and finally fourteen years later married.  Beautiful couple and hoping for their continued happiness.   Starting to polish up the process on my part...   it's awesome being part of someone's life in this way.