Jeremy Herndon

Bryce’s son Jared just bought a Honda motorcycle – a 900RR. It’s bright red, black and white graphics. Just sitting still it looks like it’s going 100 mph! It’s registered for 170 mph and he says it will do every bit of it! Better him than me! He just got done changing the exhaust over because it wasn’t loud enough. There again, he was questioned by “the authorities” but he produced a legal sticker and they told him to “cool it” and let him go. That’s a joke! But still, what a nice bike!

My friend Bryce has a new 4-wheeler. Actually, to me it’s a four-wheel drive Cadillac! It looks like a golf cart, and it’s all enclosed with a fiberglass top, windshield and doors. It has a full bench seat and a heater that you actually have to shut off even when it is cold out because you get so warm! It has four big all-terrain tires on it and you can go anywhere in the snow, but the other day, when I went over, to my surprise he had bought a conversion kit and turned it into a bulldozer! It actually has four independent tracks on it in the shape of a “V” and it really looks funny when you stare at it because the tracks turn independently on the front and you can go anywhere – and I mean anywhere!

The first one I ever saw belonged to the bait dealer in town where I live. He wanted something that would go anywhere anytime he wanted without worrying about getting stuck. The kit was an extra $3,000 but he said it was worth every penny. Now there are two of them in town! It’s camouflage green, so when you park it in the woods in the summer you can barely see it. He keeps asking me to come over and go for a ride, he says I can drive it, but I just haven’t had time. I hope to do it soon!

I’ve been practicing my pool techniques lately because I’m getting ready to enter a couple of amateur tournaments coming up next week. There’s a lot of shots I’m a little bit rusty at, and some that I’m real good at. But I haven’t played for a couple of months, and I need to sharpen my skills. Because if I do good enough, they have several tournaments out of state next month that pay money. As I won a tournament last year I would like to win it again this year!

I just bought a new stick and a new set of balls. What a difference they make! I’m not sure if it’s the stick, or the balls, but I seem to be shooting a lot better! All I can do is practice, practice, practice and hope for the best!

My friend has an ’89 Camaro. He basically restored it – all he really needed was to pull a few dents, paint it, and replace the chrome that was worn out. But he went a little overboard – it had a small block 350 in it and an automatic transmission – when he was done (with the new paint and chrome) he added a big block 454 with a 5 speed standard. The car is gloss black, and it is hard to see at night. You ought to see it go!

For some reason, he can’t seem to keep rear tires on the car, it doesn’t matter which size. He has a problem leaving the remnants of the tire in the road where ever he leaves from! Last week he told me the State Police were getting tired of getting complaints about the noise that this car made. I said “which noise, from the tires, or from the exhaust?” He laughed and said “both!” He said that now he has to go down back roads and play with it when he wants to, and we all know what I mean by “play with” – screech screech vroom vroom! He gave me a ride in it, he’s a real good driver, but I don’t want to ride in it again!

I’ve been watching the television show series Ax men on the History channel lately. I ask my wife to tape it for me and then I watch the tape later on during the week when I have time. Sometimes I forget to ask her to tape it for me, and then I get angry at her for not remembering to tape it! I forget that she is juggling a lot of things and expect her to remember every single detail of what I want. So then I get mad at myself for getting mad at her! Oh well, she is a forgiving woman! Fortunately I’ve found that the show is on several times every week so if I forget to ask her to tape it I can usually watch it again later on anyway. So it’s all good.