The Harley plant in York, PA may be history soon according to our paper, officials are looking at 4 possible new areas in different states they may possibly be moving to. That means over 2,000 more workers will be in the unemployment line. I don’t think I want to debate unions, but in this case I think the unions around here are greedy and not really looking out for it’s members. Yes, workers should have rights and feel like they have a leg to stand on when they go up against management, but you can’t feed your family if you push too hard and run these companies away.
The union did it to Caterpillar in York back in 1996 and now we have the same thing happening to the York Harley plant.That plant is one of the most coveted places to work around here and these union officials and members as far as I’m concerned are fricking idiots. Do I have friends that work there? Yes I do! Do I think they are greedy and idiots? Yes I do! Will I tell them that to their face? Only if they ask me what I think about the situation! Will York be a ghost town soon? Many businesses have already shut down and a lot of events that helped our economy no longer take place.
Ed Rendell is even getting rid of PA government employees, he has no fricking budget and can’t even pay them, some have been working without pay for quite a while. Who knows maybe the whole PA state will fold under this Governor. Maybe along with trying to sale the turnpike he’ll negotiate to sell the whole state. That was an attempt at humor by the way. Our country has so much compared to others and we take way too much for granted, especially the Harley union workers right now as far as I’m concerned.
I hope they still have York Bike Week this year, but if they move it may all stop, even bike night in downtown York. This event in September draws bikers from all over and really gives our local economy a boost, the Harley Plant is the big sponsor of this event. We have noticed over the past couple years that it seems to be dwindling, even the parade through town seems to be getting shorter. There was talk about fining people with loud pipes a couple years ago, but I haven’t heard anything lately about that plan.
We have always enjoyed York Bike Night in past years, but it’s no longer the same. Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend, take care and be safe.
Didn’t get much done online or at home yesterday. We took a ride up to Willow Street Harley Davidson toward Lancaster. They were having open house and a sale in the warehouse 50% off. Since the sale consisted of old parts and items that they couldn’t get rid of I’m sure they are still sitting there today. Although some people took advantage of the 15% off in the main building, we didn’t find anything we needed.
They had demo rides and a very loud rock band which wouldn’t have been bad if they could sing. I guess they think loud is better and maybe if we had been 5 miles away they would have sounded better. They had free food and drinks so since it was customer appreciation and we have bought from them before I didn’t feel guilty for eating and not buying anything. It wasn’t fancy eating fare just hotdogs and BBQ pork sandwiches.
I didn’t have my camera with me so I wasn’t able to take pictures of something which totally appalled me. As we sat out at the picnic tables with different types of bikers milling around in the sweltering heat I noticed several different groups hanging out and each group was flying their colors. These were grown men and apparently the in thing is cut off sleeved vest jackets that had their group name or insignia on the back, Sons Of Satan, Tribe, and others.
Even though I was amazed that grown men and women still belong to this type of thing I guess it’s no different than any other type of groups. That’s not what appalled me though, the appalling part for me were their women. Each group of course had their own color so the others would know not to mess with them and the women wore these vest type jackets also, but on the back there was a large patch and here’s the kicker these patches all had “Property Of” and then their mans name, like BadDog, SnakeVenom and other weird names.
What mature woman in her right mind would want to be viewed as a piece of meat that was the property of some weirdo? That was mean because I don’t know if these people are weird or not, at any rate we decided we had enough fun and finished up our day riding through the Buck where the Amish live, but since it was Saturday I didn’t see any buggies just some working in the fields and you know they’re Amish because they have no electricity or cars or powered machinery.
That’s it for today, I found that silly duck in my yard this morning and it took me a while to shoo it away, sure was glad Sadie wasn’t out. I hate feeling responsible for someones pet and sooner or later that duck is gonna screw up and fly over and Sadie will have lunch. I don’t know if they have duck leashes or not, but she told me she found a website that sells duck apparel, okay other than Mother Goose who would dress up their fowl?
We went to Gettysburg bike week and it was hot and boring. It cost 15 dollars a person just to get in and walk around and look at a bunch of stupid stuff we didn’t need. Of course they had bands and different events going on, but it was all boring and I told Bill I didn’t want to go next year, I don’t think he was very impressed either. He doesn’t get to ride very much with his Son anymore since they had the 2 little girls so that part was at least worth it, but now that they are expecting a 3rd I’m sure those rides will be even less.
I didn’t see much to aim my camera at so I took a couple shots of the two of them and a couple of 3 wheeler trikes so I will post them below. Now Bill is having second thoughts about the trike and told me last night he might go back to a two wheeler. I probably wont ride as much because I was starting to get worried before about him dropping it. So if he gets another I hope It’s a Softtail. Of course that will push me out there to learn more myself, but since Eric’s sickness and passing over I haven’t been so eager.
My DIL called today and had me very upset, no she didn’t do anything except to tell me they wouldn’t be leaving from down there till the 10th of August past his birthday and mine. I hate being so emotional, but I couldn’t help it I cried several times and felt so helpless. My Son has only been gone since December and I haven’t gotten through my grief yet even though I thought I was handling it very well. I have my good days and bad and try to push the bad ones out, okay enough of that. Pictures below……
Everyone has varied interests and a majority of the visitors here are younger women with children so when I visit their blogs I read about their children and their day to day live’s which I really enjoy. It’s nice to read about their problem solving and the activities that interest them. Others are older like myself and have already raised their families and blog about their grandchildren and their fears of aging and how they handle the problems they now face.
I enjoy reading about other people’s lives and I appreciate all the bloggers that so willingly share their emotions and life with the rest of us. We all blog for various reasons and for me it’s because it’s a great release to put my feelings down. I never really kept a journal or diary on a regular basis, but I had a calendar book that I would make small entries in and I love going back and rereading them and I do the same with this blog, it sometimes helps me.
I like sharing my life even if no one reads it, but me. It’s there for my family and friends if they want to know what’s going on with me and my state of mind at any given time. The activities in our life usually revolve around the weekends and we love to ride down to the river and watch the water and boats, it’s very relaxing. Children and families are all over the place fishing and having picnics, simply enjoying life and the surroundings, it’s a great way to unwind and appreciate nature and life.
As you know our lifestyle involves motorcycles and weekends are our time. We spend a lot of it going to swap meets and activities that involve motorcycle events. We’re always looking for something for the bike. It’s hard to find accessories for the trike and we wanted a bumper for it and one guy that builds the Champion trikes wanted 800 dollars for one because he fabricates them as needed, we decided we didn’t need one that bad.
Bill’s son is a welder and he decided he would make one for him so he took the dimensions needed and made us a small one which looks great and will look even better when we get it chromed. It didn’t need to be fancy and we are quite pleased with the way it turned out. I think we found a place around here that will chrome it so we don’t have to send it off and wait 6 weeks. Gettysburg bike week is coming up and I’d like to get feathers painted on the two back bumpers or small dream catchers.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing a part of my life.
