Hey guys/gals, how have yaw been? I see some of the old names are still around, and that's good to see. I don't have the time to post like I did back in the old days but I do check in from time to time. And I don't get to follow the VOLS like I once did but that may change in a few years.
Right now, I'm still in Arizona and I'm sure I'll be here out here in some capacity for a long time. Although I plan on retiring in a few years, hopefully at 55, and then plan on finding a 2nd home somewhere in my beloved Tennessee... Hopefully near or in Decatur and hopefully on the Tennessee river. Of course al lot depends on what happens with the economy and probably our up coming election. <(But I'll save that for the political section)
I'm still married to the same gal some of you guys met back in 99 whem yaw came out here, but we have moved a couple of times since then. I still work in the Aerospace business. (going on 27 years now) and I started a racing engine business a few years. I still dabble in that, but not near as much as years past. When everybody's disposable income dried up that pretty much shut off the "play money" people were throwing around... But it was good while it lasted.
My wife and I never had any kids and we're cool with it. We're both very busy people and we recognized that fact and decided if we didn't have the time to invest in them, then we should not have them. I wish other folks would exercise the same caution and restraint, and be self aware enough if in a similar situation and maybe there would be less child neglect in the world... Ahhh, but that's just my opinion and maybe another thread in the PolitiVol section.
Diane and I do still have our dogs. Jeff and a few others might remember Murphy and Monster, out two labs. Murphy passed away four maybe five years ago but Monster, God bless him, lived to the ripe old age of 14 and passed about a year ago. We had another Lab, Magic during that time and he passed a few months ago. Now we have a German Sheppard, Justice and another Lab puppy, Stormy and they are doing just fine.
Some of you guys will remember my Jeepin' escapades and I was pretty heavy into that for quite a few years. Then I got into Sand Rails and going to the dunes (Glamis)< Goggle it if you have a mind to, and now I'm into drag racing. I'm sure I'll do this for a few years then go onto something else. But that's OK, too. I'd rather be tellin' you young punks what I did back when I was young, rather than pissing and moaning about waiting too long and being too old or too dead to do anything... Well, that's how I see it anyway. As long as I have a few relatives to bury me and leave all my crap to I'll call it good.
Anyway, that about sums it up for me and what I've been doing. What about you guys? Do you still have the tailgate parties before some of the games? Anybody have any kids or more kids? Give me the scooby if ya got some news, or just post a howdy and let me know your doing OK.
Go VOLS!
Clay
