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Hey guys, my name is Andrew. I bought a 2011 WRX sedan last October and now that it's getting a little warmer I'm trying to mix and mingle a little bit with the various automotive clubs. A little about myself - I'm 22 years old and I work for Chase at the McCoy Center at Polaris (quite a few nice cars up there too). I moved up here a couple years ago from Atlanta in pursuit of a computer science degree from THE Ohio State University. I grew up here when I was younger and I've always wanted to graduate a Buckeye. In my free time I'm pretty much a nerd, the usual Xbox 360 games, etc. I love watching college football in the fall, and the happiest moment of my life thus far was watching the Steelers lose the Super Bowl. http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3883/2011wrx.jpg This is my car. Performance wise it's bone stock, but I'm ordering an AccessPort, Perrin catback and Perrin CAI. Window tint is 20% in the back, 35% on the front sides. 5000k HIDs, and I've just had the STi spoiler put on the car as well. I absolutely love this car and am a very proud owner. http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2007/img0806r.jpg <- very large hi-res picture (in the dark) of the car with the wing on. Some of you might have seen me Wednesday night at the meet that started at Sonic at Polaris, otherwise I'm looking forward to meeting you all! Cheers, Andrew

Holly shit.... A bunch of us where out for OGs birthday tonight..... all i can say is WOW..... lots of booze and more booze........ then a couple of us bounce over to the GOLD... and see Yoda at the joint... ok...More booze..... and shots...and more shots...LOL lots of good "conversion" at the GOLD.... then more booze... Woow... how im i even typing this thread,,,,, SHIT back to the gold... God bless Yoda.... Putty... Chaz....we would some good times.... I wish to remember these times forever.... If I had some pictures I would post them....but they could get some cats in trouble... Shit .... I got the fucking hick-ups... and Im eat some taco bell naked on my kitchen floor,,,,, DAMN... straight odka is a hell of a drug....

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I LIKE THAT! Wish it worked out that way. I, like most LEO, am VERRY conservitive. I've been i this job for 11 years and active military before that. I grew up in the family business where I was fourth generation well driller. A roughneck on a drill crew is a bitch job, did it from the time I was 12. I think I partly joined the Airborne to get out of the mud and have a safer job. That and ODNR and EPA were killing the drilling industry in America through regulation. Somedays, well alot of days, I wish I stayed in active Army. A combanation of a back injury that took my jump status and the Clinton era military made me not re-up. The Lordstown GM Plant wasnt hiring former Special Ops Snipers so I joined the Sheriff's Office. From minute 1 I hated the union. The thought of some doughnut scarfing slob, who cant rundown a suspect, can't shoot to save his life or anyone elses, getter better pay and better tratmant then someone with my background rubbed me the wrong way. But I stuck it out, did 7 years in a tactical Unit, Patrol, about every job there. Not one of the things that make me keep going in a real shitty job is knowing that I get a decent retirement, good medical coverage, and even if the guys in charge are a bunch of good old boys with years in their political party can screw with me, but cant fire me with out cause. The FOP as a union kinda sucks. We can't strike if treated poorly, can't walk out, can't go to the media over mistreatment or unsafe working conditions... Eh, screw it. A long time ago, on a bad day, beat up, tired, no sleep, little food and water, I had a melt down. Dropped my ruck and rifle, fell to my ass and said "F*ck this. Civilians don't gotta deal with this sh*t!" Had a Staff Sergeant attention at that point, expecting a boot to the head, he did me one better.. he said " I hear ya. We out here dealing with this crap all the time, we don't get sickdays, hours suck, pay sucks, we stand around in our best uniforms in the rain for hours and get f*cked with when we don't look good. Any civilian in their right mind would EVER do what we do, every day. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED SERVICE! Now get on your F*CKING FEED AND DRIVE ON." 20 years ago I got up and drove on, still doing it. I vote coservitive and understand where the state is comming from. But this bill is giving local government a great tool to f*ck with their people. These governments are sometimes less ethical and more stupid than alot of people think. When was the last time you saw adminisrative jobs laid off before cops & firemen? I agree with the idea behind the bill, but not how it's written. I have to say thumbs down on this one, and I'm more right wing than Atilla the Hun.

I wouldn't say that. my scores were so good that the Air Force offered me everything I could want but I went in the Army so I could have a real job and not have to worry about my golf swing.

Wow. Yea I hated taking my pictures below too Flying low level in SoCal mojave desert area. Getting ready to take off on my Fini flight First Viper ride

Yep, x1,000. Of all the folks that thank me (and humbly I have gotten a lot of thanks) I tell them all that the best way to thank a vet is to do something good with your freedom. Exercise your rights that we live and die for. Sure some folks out there exercise them in ways that sometimes fly in the face of those of us that fought for them, but if we take that away from them then we take it away from everyone, and those that gave the ultimate sacrafice have done so in vain. Like a lot of Marines, I talk my fair share of junk, and all in fun. I am fortunate to have not had to serve in combat, and found my time to be bookended by the two Gulf Wars. I have lost friends there, and have a step brother (also a Marine) who is battling mental issues following his two trips to Iraq. I thank my Lord each day for those that went before me, and hope that the ones that followed found that what little piece of our fraternity of brothers and sisters in arms I maintained to be in worthy condition to carry on. Though it sounds contradictory, I am humbly proud to have served in the same fraterinty of some of the finest men and women I have ever met, be it while on the same watch, or places like here with folks who now simply have Vet on their resume.

Thanks for serving guys, majority of my family and friends server in all branches of military.

But Civil War photos are so neat! You know I'm just messin' with you!

Thanks for serving guys!

We believe in a metal discovered by a Frenchman.

We believe in $40 t-shirts and assless chaps. We believe in homoerotic imagery, and women who look like old men- but with saggy tits. We believe in beer guts. We believe in buying image over substance. We believe in Judge Wapner. Got to see Judge Wapner. On at 3:00pm- got to see Wapner!

its a cheap upgrade use a taurus alternator trim the bracket a little and you get a 140 amp alternator for under 50 bucks if you junkyard it right..... talk to andy stimmel he had a couple of these ready to go

This comment would make sense if the system had stayed the same. Not sure that's true. In reality, or at least perception, is that government jobs once provided pay and benefits less than the private sector in exchange for almost airtight job security. There might have been grumbling about this security in bad times (say the 70's) but there was general recognition that a person could make more money in the private sector. Now, average pay of government workers is at or above average pay of the taxpayers. Benefits of government workers is WAY above average. This is the general sense from various published media. I can't quote exact figures and I'm sure there'll be tons of studies/research to support either side. So, people are pissed. Most of the private folks have no pension or defined benefit plans. They've watched their 401(k) take a massive hit (though now recovering). On top of that, states have to balance budgets that have also shrunk. Staffing in the public sector must be rational and pay should be market based. If, for example, pay and benefits for teaching is cut below a market level, no one will enter or stay in that profession. They'll paint houses instead. If the state or school districts can't attract worthwhile candidates for the pay offered, it'll have to go up. But we're nowhere near that point. The biggest risk in all of this is the municipal bond market - believe it or not. Serious people are talking about allowing states to go bankrupt. If that happens, stuff like this bill will become instantly irrelevant since, in bankruptcy, union contracts and pension obligations effectively go up in smoke. The states, and possibly the US government would no longer be able to access financial markets and that's very, very bad. Over the years, the pendulum has swung too far one way. It's gaining a lot of momentum going the other way now. It'd be nice if it settled in the middle soon, but I don't think it's gonna work out that way.

in response to the statement that i will be dead before i get to my gun in my tank bag. i dont ever plan on needing to shoot while i am actually riding, never taught that in the academy lol, so havein the gun in my bag which sits with me where ever i go off the bike always seemed to make sense. im possitive that i could draw and fire from the bag,as quickly as trying to get a tight fitting leather coat either up out of the way or reach into a very small interior pocket.plus i dont think i could fire a weapon with my alpinestar gloves on. like i said i have thought of carrying on person mainly then i wouldnt have to worry about removing tank bag at ever stop. as someone else mentioned i have wondered about shoulder carry i have a galco jackass holser for the kimber but that would rule out removing my jacket which in the summer is the first thing i want to do when i am sweatin my ass off.honestly my biggest reason to carry is for protection in some of the not that classy hotels and motels i crash at when out riding far from home . there are some scary places in eastern and souther wv lol yes lots of banjo music lol thanks for the replys i love the input.

its bad...whenn yout ankles are numb and u get ot of your truck nakeed with a john deer hhat on with a head of lettuce in your arms and a raw carrot in a midgets ass with a Tinman outfit on from the wizard of OZ......................

K I just fucked up that rx7. Don't worry, it was a noble death.

We've been subjected to the constant drone of anti-union rhetoric for many years. At first the target was mainly blue collar workers, but it was only a matter of time until they turned their attention toward those who protect and educate us. How sad that working class Americans subscribe to the premise that the beating down of fellow workers will somehow elevate their status. Enjoy the illusion...they'll be along for you soon.

The problem isn't really the pay that the unions have created. When times are good and the private sector is getting raises bigger than COLA and bonuses public employee's look like idiots. When times are bad like they are now they look like geniuses. You need to put it in perspective over time. Not just the last three or four years. The problem isn't that we need 'merit' raises for those that do good. Merit pay for teachers in states out west that do it have not accomplished a darn thing. We need a simple system where people that do good get to keep their job. And those that don't get to be fired. And that is the problem that unions have created. Blanket union protection for workers that do not do well is the issue that needs to be fixed, and probably the only issue that needs to be fixed. This bill is overkill. The motorcycle swung too far left under control of the unions. Now this bill is going to swing it too far right. Sooner or later we are going to swing so far one way or the other that we are going to end up in the ditch. Does it really matter which side of the road we crash on? We are still screwed. No offense folks, but pretty much everyone in this thread needs to moderate, and be a little less black and white about the issue. You all sound like Dems and Repubs in the House. It's one way or the other...no compromise or middle ground. The answer that works is in the middle. Not in the extreme of the way it is now...or in the extreme that this bill will create. But that will never happen. Politicians make a career off the extremes. They keep their base wound up with the fear of what the other side is going to do...so you support them and vote for them.

Not impressed unless you ripped it out with your bare hands.

there are advantages to making your own lojack, over the real thing. first is cost. second is you dont have to involve any cops if you dont want. wanna go steal your bike back? go for it. wanna bust some heads? do it. cops arent gonna let you do that. they hate fun. wanna burn their house down? now you can.