I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends and colleagues, but it is difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my lawyer yesterday, and on advice I wish to say the following :

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress , non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and / or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all .

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great ( not to imply that South Africa is necessarily greater than any other country ) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee .

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms :

This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her / him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher .

Best Regards ( without prejudice )

Name withheld ( Privacy Act ).

LOL

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

Ron

Oh and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL

It's good to be back.

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I know I haven't been around much lately, but that can not be helped. I had to close my business, and have been on a strict budget, for the last several months. Discussing cigars leads me to purchase cigars, and that has not been a part of my budget. Now before anyone gets any ideas. DO NOT SEND ME ANY CIGARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![ram27bat] [ram27bat] [ram27bat]

I have enough cigars, to smoke for the next 10 years, without wishing I had a better selection. I am training for a new career, and have very little time to be here anyway. I am preparing for my CDL skills test, and have been driving a lot. Since the company who has recruited me, drives primarily on back country mountain roads, it is a bit different from driving on interstates, or on flat ground. Hauling 80K lbs on 14% grades, with switchbacks, takes some getting used to. But the pay and benefits are significantly better. 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮

Anyway, getting back to the post.

I agree with most of the comments, about all the PC BS, but since this is not on the political forum, I will not be getting into a discussion, on that.

The Main thing I am here for, is to wish everyone here, a Merry Christmas, (A.K.A. Jesus Birthday), and a Happy New Year.🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮

Also to warn you guys, that I am not gone, and Will be back.

Have a great holiday season.

Later

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)🍺

LOL!

Now I don't need to schedule a trip to Arkansas to eat BBQ.

You still dating that old friend?

Yes,

We are still seeing each other, and I don't have the problem of dating an employee now. =d>

It was sad closing the BBQ business, but I still have the equipment, and may go back to it some time in the future.

Ya'll have a great week

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

It's a lot of work for little reward, isn't it Dave? Having dabbled in BBQ, a little, myself (not even close to what you did, but for personal use) I know what it takes. I understand the expenses, and I know in order to be lucrative, you need to buy everything in bulk and charge a lot more than a cheeseburger for a good pulled pork sammich.

Just wish I had the chance to try your grub before ya closed!=p~

Backroads.........14% grades........switchbacks............That's exactly why I stopped servicing rigs in Colorado.Oh and the 6ft snowdrifts across the lease roads.I do North Dakota,Montana and eastern Wyoming these days.Good luck and stay in touch.

And MACS..........Dave's pulled pork sammich was incredible.

Ron

You ever make it out this way, you will get a chance. I will make sure of it. 🇨🇮 🇨🇮 🇨🇮

Yeah Ron,

I hear Ya, on the grades and switchbacks, but the alternative, was not making the money I need to make, to improve my lifestyle. The driving I will be doing, will be making me "Crazy Pay", as my instructor tells me. [gonzo] There are a lot of trucking companies, recruiting novice drivers, at a very low pay scale, now days. They complete their training in a couple of weeks, and are then gone from home, for three weeks at a time, and only make $30K a year. Driving for this company, I will be home every night, and will be making closer to $50K a year. I am told that with the influx of all the new drivers being trained, OTR wages will be forced down, within the next 10 years. But Specialty driving wages will continue to go up. It takes a special talent, to service the gas well industry, here in the Ozarks, and being able to drive tankers through the mountains, will make me much more employable, than driving a 10 speed automatic, on the interstate system. Right now, I am not driving for gas companies, but the poultry industry. I am driving 630 miles a night, with most of it being on 2 lane mountain roads. My trainer says, that the skills test will be so easy, with the driving I have been doing, that the only part I need to worry about is the Pre Trip inspection, which I can do in my sleep.🇨🇮

Have a great Holiday season folks,

I gotta drive tonight, so I guess my holiday is over.[gonzo]

Later

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)