Gums' Editorial Section

Since We Have A New Look,
Here's Some New Thoughts

By GUMS

Since the site has been redesigned, I'd thought I would start my editorial with something different. As you all know, half the stores and shops we visit could care less about you as a customer. You get shitty service (if any at all) and no matter what happens it's always your fault. A lot of the shops and stores act as if they are doing you a favor by letting you in their store. Well I have run across a couple that I think go out of their way to make ya feel welcome. They want your business and will prove it to you. This first place is a Tire shop. It is a small one man operation and has been in business since back in the 50's. Jerry, the owner, has taken care of all my tire needs (no motorcycle tires though) for the last ten or fifteen tears. He handles all of my trailer tires, my wife's car and my truck. I have never in all this time had a problem with his service and attitude toward his customers (we all know what a pain in the ass some customers can be). A while back I had a problem with a line of trailer tires for my fleet and the manufacture all but told me to kiss their ass. Well Jerry took all the money involved (it is quite a sum too) right out of his own pocket and refunded the price of all my tires. You can bet I will be going to his shop as long as he is in business. I am sure he would love a chance to take care of your tire needs also, so give him a chance when ya next need some new shoes put on that ole truck or car. HOOD'S MULTI MILE TIRE SERVICE is at 3179 22nd AVE NO. ST.PETE FLA,33713. His phone number is (727)323-1321 and he is open Monday through Friday from 8:30AM to 5:00PM. However he will stay later if you need him to (how many shops will do this for you now days). So give him a call cause "GUMS" recommends him for a fair deal. By the way, he also sells used tires, wheels and does computer balancing.

Now the next place that treated me like a real person not just some money in their pocket is: JIM & CINDY'S BIKER DEPOT. They are located at 4651 62nd AVE NORTH PINELLAS PARK FLORIDA 33781 and the phone number is (727)522-3588. His hours are 10:00AM to 5:00PM Tuesday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday and Monday. Jim has a full line leather sales and repair shop.Some times Jim isn't there because he has a mobil unit for doing leather work and is at some biker event doing his leather thing. You can just talk to CHERYL and she is more than helpful in answering all your questions. Jim can take care of all your leather repair needs from your hat right down to the soul's on your boots and everything in between. Jim is a sixth generation "cobbler" and shoe repair man so he can do it all. This is straight fact too! I took in a pair of large saddle bags (the nice ole style with all the fringe on them) that had a hole in the back of the right bag the size of a grapefruit. Not only did he fix the hole, but he replaced one of the tie down rings too. This may not seem like much to most people but the best part was "THEY WERE DONE WHEN HE PROMISED THEM" that's right, they were done on time and at a real great price too. I don't let people know I am going to write about them so I don't get any special service or price. What he charges me is what you will pay also. So if ya need any type of leather work done from a zipper in that new $600.00 jacket ya got as a gift to the hole in those 12 year old boots, give Jim a shot at the job. Jim also sells a full line of accessories like leather jackets, boots, tee shirts and lot's of other stuff too. He will be getting all (what little I need) my leather work in the future.

NOW ON TO SOME OF MY BITCHING

I was wondering what the hell is going on in our state (Florida) lately. Seems this local school teacher has been screwing one of her students and she ain't going to serve a single day in the joint. Her name is Debra Lafave. Now on the surface this is no big deal. Hell there were a couple of my teachers I would like to have nailed myself. The problem is the guy she was screwing was only fourteen years old ! She was in her mid twenty's or something like that. Now if a man of this age had been screwing a fourteen year girl, the whole state would want him castrated and thrown in prison for life. This bitches lawyer first said she shouldn't go to prison cause "she is to good looking" and that would be like throwing meat in a lions cage. Give me a break, to good looking to go to the joint!? Hell that means there should be a open season for good looking guy's to screw fourteen year girls too! I mean fair is fair. The kicker is this bitch even did it several times in two different counties and had to stand trial twice and still no jail time. The prosecutors decided to drop all charges because they wanted to "protect the victim". Hell this kid's picture has already been on the internet. You can bet he is a hero at his school, all his buddies envy him I'll bet. I mean this teacher is a hard core "FOX" on a scale of one to ten, she is a twelve and any boy would be proud to have her "notch" on his bed post at that age. The only real problem I have with this is that women and men should be treated the same. Kind of reminds me of Jennifer Porter who ran over four little kids on 3/31/04 in Tampa Florida. She killed two and drug one of the others 151 feet down the street and never even stopped. Her daddy hid and washed her car so she wouldn't have to see all the blood on it. Then two days later with her rich expensive Jew lawyer in tow, she turned herself in to the cops. Here again we have a rich, good looking (way above average in the looks dept) who killed two kids and never served one hour in jail. Damn I wish I was that good looking so that the law doesn't apply to me either.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS PISSIN ME OFF THIS MONTH

Just what the hell is all this CRAP about "illegal" bean pickers in this country? What does the government NOT understand about the word ILLEGAL? There is nothing to debate, nothing that they need to vote on. Throw the illegal bastards, the hell out of this country! I see the "bean pickers" are holding protests all over the country demanding equal rights with the citizens who came here legally or who were born here. This is pure bullshit! The American taxpayers are wasting billions of dollars on these pieces of human waste. Free education, free housing, free food programs, free welfare, free education for their fatherless kids, free health care, a drivers license so they can run around the country easier, free this and free that - this must stop! There are about 2700 illegal Mexicans invading and crossing our borders every day which is a government figure which even they say is way too low. We the American people should DEMAND a stop to this by any means necessary. If we have to shoot every damn man woman and child sneaking across our borders, then so be it! Kill them all and let their god sort them out.

The one protest in California drew 150,000 illegals protesting the new laws the government wants to try to put in place. Hell we could have gotten rid of that 150,000 in one mass arrest. The government could have brought in the tanks and some troops and just run the beanpickers right back to their little shacks south of the border. Don't forget the government used tanks against honest LEGAL American citizens at waco Texas, so why not against a bunch of wet backs who are in this country illegally? There are hundred's of thousands of people here from other countries who came here the legal way. This country was built on the backs of honest people from other countries. To give legal status to the ones who sneak into this country is a slap in the face to every person who came here from another country the legal way. Some will say that the wet backs and bean pickers are only doing the jobs that we American's wont, well this is bull shit too! The farmers could upgrade their equipment and there would be no need for human labor to pick fruit at all. There are machines on the market right now that would do every job that is being done by an illegal worker. The farmers just would rather pay someone a couple bucks a day than spend a hundred grand to upgrade their farms. Then they charge the farm workers big bucks just to live in a shack so they can work the farm. I feel a big part of the problem lies with the scum bag farmers who hire these people. The wetback protesters also staged a walk out at a couple "FREE" schools and work places the other day. The American people should make note of the places where the illegals walked out of and refuse to do business with them. I still don't know why the politician have to talk about or vote on anything. These people are ILLEGAL and it is as simple as that ILLEGAL. Just another point to think about, I have never heard of a neighborhood filled with illegals (Mexicans) that anyone could walk through in safety. They have turned vast areas of our city's and states into their own little slums ... They need to be thrown out!!!!!!

JUST ONE MORE THING

I'm not just picking on the illegal Mexicans, I mean all illegals. The Cubans also. What the hell is this bullshit policy called the "WET FOOT DRY FOOT" policy when speaking about illegal Cubans. Seems if they can sneak ashore and set their feet on dry land, then they can stay in this country. How ever if we catch them while they are still at sea, we can send them back to Cuba. What kind of bullshit is this? Better yet, what asshole wrote this law any way? As I see it using the same logic, if I rob a bank and can get a couple miles away before getting caught, I should be allowed to get away with the job and keep the bucks! Am illegal is still an illegal weather his/her feet are wet or dry so ship their non English speaking ass back to where they come from. By the way, don't forget about the thousands of illegal Asians that are being smuggled into this country in containers on board ships docking in California and New York. This country has a big illegal problem and it needs to be fixed NOW - not next year sometime!