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cOoTeR

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  1. I am not the expense the job I do is the expense. My job is also very important and needed. I pay an equal amount of taxes as anyone else with the same income + deductions so for you to try to say that your more of a tax payer than me is ridiculous. If you don't want the job I do to be done your crazy.

    Edit: Also every day I go to work I risk my life for an income of around $37,000. Would you do that? Calling me an expense is rude and insulting.

  2. I am not anti-union. I've stated this on many occasions. What I am against is 2 groups of folks negotiating with my money' date=' when I have no vote. I think the unions should be bargaining collectively with me.

    Also, you know something's awry when the [i']job to have is the county/city street sweeper position.

    Are you a state employee? What money are you talking about? The tax money we all pay the state? Saying that's your money is like buying a Happy Meal at McDonald's and after you pay saying all the money in the register is yours and McDonald's needs to consult you before spending it.

  3. Lol it was more of a joke saying it was only worth scrap metal because that's all I'd pay for it. But you just need to call a local scrap yard find out what they are paying for scrap metal. Normally its a price per pound so it would be the scrap price times the weight of the bike.

  4. I honestly believe that what SB5 boils down to is the republican politicians feel threatened because the unions often support the democratic candidates. They are trying to cut a leg off the democratic platform. The problem with a bi-partisan government is they fight with each other and the people in the middle are the pawns that deal with the wrath.

  5. Who checks the unions? Besides that' date=' do you think you're the only person with a boss that couldn't find his ass if his hand was shoved up his colon?[/quote']

    The employees check the unions. No I don't but most bosses have some idea of what's going on. Having a politician decide the ins and outs of my job is like having me tell Ray Charles how to play the piano.

  6. Although I choose to wear a helmet I love my right not to. I'm sorry but I don't believe I should be limited by the government of this nation I love when it comes to personal choices that don't directly affect others rights. I believe a bar/restaurant owners should have the choice of if patrons can smoke or not. Don't like it go elsewhere. I believe if I'm driving my car I should have the right to wear my seat belt or not. Why should I be able to get shit faced drunk but not stoned? A government should never out power its constituents.

  7. I work in a factory that makes seats for Honda and we aren't union. They give us raises every once in a while, shut down pay, and everything that unions get, but like I said, we are NOT union. If we have a problem with the company we are encouraged to bring it up so we can make our work environment better for everyone. Unions are pointless now a days if you work for an outstanding company that knows what the hell they are doing.

    Edit: As for government workers why shouldn't they be able to to this too? I agree with Casper.. if you do your job right despite what you're doing you should be rewarded for it but if you don't do anything and expect to be paid the same as the hard working employee it's wrong. This kind of reminds me of school projects where you're assigned to a group of four people and you end up doing all the work but they get the same grade as you, it's not fair and should be changed. Hopefully I'm getting this subject enough otherwise I'll just look like an ass.

    I can only speak from my point of view as a tax paying state employee. I signed up to do a dangerous job. But when I took the job 5yrs ago I was told I would be payed a certain amount and receive certain benefits for doing my job. My union not only makes sure I receive what I was promised when I signed up but also that my job situation is as safe as possible. When you do a job that has no real product or out put you cannot judge merit pay. It becomes a game based on politics and cronieism. The friends of supervisors will receive preferential treatment while others that don't run in the clique are left behind. The unions are in place because state employees do jobs that politicians don't understand yet the politicians make the decisions that affect the said employees. It's like having a boss that has no clue how your job works changing the way you do it. The union checks the politicians when they try to do stuff that's outta line.

  8. I was talking to a friend at work that's new to riding that's been down once before at low speed (last year his first year riding). He had some minor road rash from a slow lay down. He said he was glad his year being required to wear a helmet was up he's tired of wearing one. I asked why and the answer was "I don't know it isn't cool". I then told him I prefer to wear full gear my lay down last year has me sold on it. He said well I went down an it wasn't that bad. I reminded him that he was slowing down and stopping for a red light when HE wiped out. I pointed out that he may not have time to slow down before crashing. He kinda shrugged it off. Then I asked him to run full speed and dive head first in the grass. He said no. I asked why he was willing to risk sliding on concrete 10 times faster but won't do it on grass. He stated you have a point.

  9. You can't get one to "get over" a passed pet. The pain will pass then you will be ready to give another animal a good life. I would like to believe the other pets I've had would want me to pay it forward to another pet. You know give another pet love equal to the love my other pets have given to me.

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  10. It's probably a good thing that things worked out the way that they did. My buddy backed out on Friday afternoon and we didn't go. It sucks! I don't get excited for much but I was really looking forward to the trip. Hope you had a good time!

    myself and a buddy are looking at going down July 9,10 and 11th. We will probably leave the late evening of the 8th after I leave work. That is if I can barrow my dads truck otherwise were riding down with my fiance in the chase car hauling gear the morning of the 9th. If your interested my trailer has 1 more open spot pending we get a truck. We plan on staying at the Two Wheel Inn in Robbinsville, NC for $75 a night which includes a garage that fits 2 bikes. Let me know if you wanna join.

  11. New to riding and you wanna break him in on 555?

    The blind corners and elevation changes are one thing...but the shitastic corner gravel in the top half is probably worse.

    I hope for his sake that you've prepared him for what he's gonna run into.

    Well he has rode it with me before south to north but he's the type of guy that can forget the respect that a road like 555 needs. When we went lasta year he was timid and a little fearful so he didn't push the limits. But he's at the stage where he is getting used to it and a little too comfortable. If we were in a group I know he won't want to push his limits so I'd be comfortable jumping straight in the good parts of 555. But if its him and I I think he would try to dive in to fast if we went to the good parts off the rip.

  12. ill admit i dont always wear gear but it's usually when im rideing with a group of freinds that have many 2up small cruisers(900cc or smaller) that rarley go over 50mph and i would venture to say thet of this group i am the best rider of the bunch and i alway ride in the back plus i dont take any unnessesary risk when gear is off...does this make me a squid for the day when i do this? But the other 80% of the time i wear gear Jacket, gloves, lid

    Do you have to stop to turn?

    It's ok to occasionally squid it up. Hell I even made what I call my squid suit. But I rarely wear it. I had it out once last year, felt naked. Its a suit jacket I bought at good will cut the sleeves off and threw patches on. Lol.

  13. If I do a wheelie' date=' it's because I'm about to crash. If I do a stoppie, it's because I'm about to crash. If my knee is sliding on the pavement, it's because I'm in the middle of a crash.[/quote']

    Lol. Yesterday at work I was talking to some guys about my first track day. Some ride some don't, but anyways. I was talking about when I wrecked at my first track day. As I was describing the weird feeling another butts in late and state's "you were on a track? That's cool! Did you get your knee down?" I replied uh yeah I fucking crashed I pretty much got my whole body down. I just thought it was funny you said the part about your knee being down.

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  14. i think loud ass harleys are hated more than sport bikes by the general population....i always hear people bitch about harleys pop pop popping past their house in groups of 10 million

    Yeah but they only have to deal with that on the weekends. Sport bikes on the other hand ride all week. :D

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