| Hammerhaid: Can you picture him on a Harley? |
By: MIKE WEST, Managing Editor
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2009 7:13 am
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Hammerhaid knows it’s not fall yet, but in his mind the change is already coming.
Besides, the fact that Harley-Davidson is considering relocating here has already boggled his gourd.
“Dang ... the day’s already getting shorter,” H-man told Betty Lou early Tuesday.
“You need to watch the TV weather. It’s gonna rain this morning and it’s already cloudy,” she told him.
Naturally, Betty Lou was correct, but once Hammerhead gets something in his hard head, it is difficult to repair the damage.
Wednesday morning, he decided he could feel a twinge of autumn in the air.
“Yep, the time will be rolling back any day now and when we get up it will be blacker than midnight,” he predicted.
Betty Lou had to laugh at that.
“Hammerhaid honey, the time doesn’t roll back until the first Sunday in November and we are in the middle of the ‘dog days’ of August,” she said.
“November?” Hammerhaid remarked. “That’s not possible.”
“Afraid so,” she giggled. “Have you forgotten when your favorite President extended Daylight Savings Times by four weeks? It begins the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November.”
“Bill Clinton did that? I don’t believe it,” he answered.
“No silly, George W. did it as part of some energy act,” she said.
“That figgers,” he grunted.
“But I am right about it being cooler this week. I watched the weather this AM instead of Angel,” he continued.
(It takes Betty Lou an endless amount of time to get ready for work in the morning ... just about enough for Hammerhaid to watch the first 30 minutes of Angel.)
Well anyway ...
“I don’t see what you see in a TV show about monsters and vampires anyway,” she commented.
“I’ve seen them all, except the first one, countless times, so I can doze a bit and still know where the episode is headed,” he explained.
“It looks like the news would be better?” Betty Lou suggested.
“Awww, seems like all they have on is the weather and last night’s headlines. I usually catch a minute or two of it,” he said.
“A man’s gotta have his routine. I used to watch Buffy and now I watch Angel, both vampire shows. Why? Cause that’s about all that’s on besides the news or some infomercial.”
Oh, well anyway...
Betty Lou is a bright and early person. Hammerhaid is the opposite. When he awakens, he can’t see, hear, talk or walk for a bit so it takes him a few to get going on his latest favorite topic, which is the possibility of Harley-Davidson moving its motorcycle plant to Murfreesboro.
“It could happen, but it just seems a little too good to be true,” he speculated. “Harley just might be trying to get the folks in Pennsylvania to loosen up a bit by showing some interest in the South.”
But Murfreesboro would be a perfect site for a motorcycle plant on Interstate 24.
“We have a good business climate here. It’s one of the best in the nation, just ask the folks at Nissan,” Hammerhaid said.
“It’s location, location, location. Murfreesboro is within one-day delivery of 75 percent of the major U.S. markets and Rutherford County is the geographic center of the state. We are already set up for and experienced in foreign trade.
“We have a great, expanding workforce too. Some of the places Harley is looking at just doesn’t have that,” he continued. “Besides we have a great track record as well.”
“I know it is hard for some folks to believe, but the quality of living is excellent here, while the cost of living is low. We have diversity and great cultural offerings too and that’s one of the reason Harley is looking here,” he said.
“Tennessee’s right-to-work law is another big advantage compared to sites being considered in Kentucky,” Hammerhaid concluded.
“I reckon we will just have to watch things and see if Harley does leave Pennsylvania. Landing the plant would be great.”
T-t-t-t-that’s r-r-r-r-r-ight. |
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