Introduction: ***** URGENT REQUEST ***** Hey... any brothers in here know any firefighters that ride who live in Hershey Pa? I need to establish some contacts and possibly arrange lodging while I am Hershey for my little brothers cancer treatment and bone marrow transplant. Will need assistance during the month of January '09. Message me direct here on BON or email me at haligan7@gmail.com Thanks!
NC State Gymnastics Championships... Here we come!!! Wilmington, NC Dec 12-14.
11-08-08 WOW! Numerous inconsistencies with judging kept us hanging on the edge of seats or pacing... BUT, Devin pulls out her NINTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW! She scored a 9.650 on Bars (1st and new personal best), 8.600 on Beam (2nd), and a 9.175 on both the Floor (2nd) and the Vault (1st). She took 1st Place in the All Around (9th time) with a 36.600. The TEAM placed 3rd overall.
10-25-08 Devin tored it up again today! She swept the gymnastics meet better then a new Kirby! 9.700 on Vault (a new personal best!); 9.300 on Bars; 9.300 on Beam and a 9.150 on Floor for a total of 37.450. First place in all events and al around! This is the third (of four)first place sweep this meet season!!! 2016 Olympics bound!!! The TEAM placed 2nd overall!!!
10-18-08 Rollin', rollin', rollin'.... 9.65 vault (tied personal best), 9.4 bars, 9.175 beam and 9.6 floor (new personal best). 37.835 all around ( new personal best)... clean SWEEP again, first place in all events and all around. Team placed fourth.
10-11-08 OOOPS! She did it again!!! Devin had a good day today, not her best... but very good. 9.275 vault, 1st place; 9.425 floor, 1st place; 8.850 beam, 3rd place (she fell off, would have had a 9.450 without the fall); 9.175 bars, 1st place; 1st place all around and the Team took 2nd place.
My daughter Devin is smokin' the competition in gymnastics!!! On 9-27-08 she scored a 9.65 (1st) in vault, 8.75 (1st) in floor, 9.5 (1st) in beam, 9.45 (1st) bars and a 37.35 (1st all around) overall. The team took first place too! Woooohoooooooo!
Dalton's ROTC Unit (Dalton is a Cadet Lt. Colonel and the Unit Commander) had a very good day too!
Color Guard placed First, he carried a rifle. AS1 Flight (first semester students) Drill placed First. Element Armed placed First. Element Un-Armed placed First (Dalton was the element leader). Individual Armed male placed Second. AS1 Element Male placed Third. Unit Regulation Overall placed Second. Dalton placed Second in the Un-Armed Knock-out Competition.
I am so very PROUD of both of my children!
I AM LOOKING FOR A SET OF VANCE & HINE LONG SHOTS TO FIT A 1992 FATBOY, 80 CUBIC INCH ENGINE. SEND ME A MSG IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO.
Awesome song by Diamond Rio... It was considered politically incorrect and therefore did not get its due on the radio!!! I say the should play it more then most of the shit they play now!
This GI expresses my thoughts quite well...
8-11-08: I just got a letter from my son Dalton. He is doing great in Army Boot Camp... can see a huge change in him just in his letters. Left a boy, coming home a man. He put a quote in his letter I thought all of you need to hear... He has probably heard it up there in Boot Camp, maybe not... He was trying (is doing) to help good ol' Dad handle some of life's adversity. It goes like this... "THE GLASS IS NEVER HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY, THERE IS ALWAYS AIR WHERE THERE IS NO LIQUID SO IT IS ALWAYS FULL!"
WOW! This will really touch your heart! Click on the link below to see a very moving tribute song and slide presentation to our troops. There are two versions: One for our WWII and Korean War Vets and one for our Vietnam Vets. Read the story behind it all while you are there too.
The following video is a Memorial Tribute to Navy Seal Mike Monsoor. WATCH IT. PAY ATTENTION TO THE COMMENTARY.
UPDATE 10-31-08... I received this info from BON Member "Hatchet Man" Thanks Bro'!
Navy names latest destroyer for SEAL who died in Iraq
Journal Staff and Wire Report Published: October 30, 2008 SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. Navy will name its latest Zumwalt-class destroyer for a SEAL who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, Navy Secretary Donald Winter said yesterday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, 25, was killed during a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 when he smothered an insurgent grenade to save three fellow SEALs. Born in Long Beach, Calif., Monsoor enlisted in the Navy in 2001. He completed SEAL training on a second try after an injury thwarted his first attempt. He was awarded a Silver Star for bravery for an incident during the same deployment in which he was killed.
Watch this and if you have the BALLS to do what our fighting men and women are doing everyday, go see a recruiter!
If you appreciate your local communities real heroes, watch these videos:
June 18th is the first anniversary of the tragic Sofa Super Store Fire in Charleston, SC. 9 men sacrificed their lives that day for their community and left families behind. The following two video's combined are the story of just one of those men. They ALL had a story behind their lives...
Charleston, SC June 18, 2007 9 Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty
Salisbury, NC March 7, 2008 2 Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty
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You are a part of the true biker community. You probably understand the meaning of brotherhood and look after those you ride with as family. Ride Hard - Die Free is not just a fancy patch you bought at a bike rally. You probably ride your bike to Bike Week no matter how far it is. Bikers like you are hard to come by. Keep the shiny side up.
Turn ons:
Wild Turkey Whiskey, Great looking and confident women riding their own bikes, loud pipes, long rides, peace love and happiness...
Turn offs:
Bad breath, poor hygiene, gay men, wannabe's, weekend warriors and yuppies; riding in shorts; riding in flip-flops, loafers or crocs...
Ideal:
I have figured it out... the hell with the book, when you realize it, it hits you like a freight train. Besides, now I don't have time to write that book.
Activities: Rides of course... anytime, long or short, and in most case, doesn't much matter what the weather is either, just dress for it! I like to play / watch Ice Hockey. Spend time with friends and family...
Interests: My kids, my job, hockey, Nascar (Lowes Motor Speedway is in my backyard), Harleys, rides, rallies,
Favorite Music:
Classic or Southern Rock, 80's big hair rock works too, some country. And take that damned hip-hop and gangster rap and shove it up someones ass!
Favorite TV Shows: CSI (3), The Unit, Sons of Anarchy, NCIS, Shark, Cops, Adam 12, Emergency, I love Lucy, ABC National News, Fox News, Dancing with the Stars (Yes, I like Ballroom Dancing)
Favorite Movies: Chuck and Larry, Wild Hogs, It's a Wonderful life (Best Movie Ever), John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart Movies, Westerns, War Movies,
Favorite Quotes: "THE GLASS IS NEVER HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY, THERE IS ALWAYS AIR WHERE THERE IS NO LIQUID SO IT IS ALWAYS FULL!"
DEFINITION OF A VETERAN A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." Author Unknown
"Some laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they are the same."
I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. -- Vince Lombardi
"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDE-WAYS, THOROUGHLY USED UP, TOTALLY WORN OUT, AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING: WOW....WHAT A FUCKING RIDE !!!"
About Me: UPDATE: On October 9th, 2007 Jarrad Tracy, a good friend and fellow firefighter was diagnosed with cancer. We held a Chicken Dinner and a Poker Run for Jarrad and received wonderful support from the community, from firefighters and from bikers. Jarrad has received an answered prayer... yesterday (4/28/08) I received an email from Jarrad saying his doctors have declared him cancer free!!! He thanked many of us for our support of him and his family and I want to extend that thank you to all of you who contributed in whatever way you could! Jarrad should be back riding fire trucks and serving his community with passion in just a couple weeks. Thank you all... Thank you GOD!
Originally from PA so I am a damned yankee... Bullheaded, stubborn, good lover and will fight if the reason is right. I don't smoke, well, I'll have the occasional cigar. I drink socially, I like ice cold beer and I like Wild Turkey. I love good looking women, ones with confidence, especially on bikes. But I like women who have respect for themselves too. You wanna shag your titties at a rally, that's cool. But there are limits to what you should be showing... Men too! I did 10.5 years in the USAF, 84-94. Should have stayed in but my boy was 2 and I had a remote tour coming so I got out. Now he is 17, a Major in the USAF JROTC and has enlisted in the Army, North Carolina National Guard. He will be a Structural Engineer on the Blackhawk Helicopter. He left for Boot Camp at Fort Knox on 6-20-08. I have an 12 year old Daughter who is my ROCK. She holds me steady. She knows when Daddy hurts and she is always there. She held my hand every day for a month after 9/11. And she knows every time a firefighter is killed in the line of duty that I feel like I lost a brother. She is always there. She is a gymnast (level 4 competitor) and is always on the podium at the end of an event. I like ice hockey... I still play it at 46. It is almost as stress relieving as riding and you still don't have to worry about being charged with assualt for fighting. I am a career firefighter / instructor. It's in the family... nearly 130 years of it between my grandfather, my uncle, my dad, my late brother and myself. I love my job, I get to make a difference everday!
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