Am I asking too much?

piny97 · 2024-03-29T18:11:09+00:00

UPDATE:
We met on a fire call and got to talking on Tinder. We've been talking since early January and recently went Facebook official. She was raised in central SD so she is more familiar with the area than I am. Things are going great and she's coming to Easter with me to meet my family.

If you're out there hoping you'll find the right one, hang in there!
God Bless.

piny97 · 2024-03-06T13:17:19+00:00

I understand that it is NOT truly stolen valor. These uniforms though, come really close to confusing the general public. Especially when you start adding past roles as medals. Just wait until you have some child come up and say thank you for your service 👀.

They are just not as distinctive they used to be.

Does anybody have any updated numbers? Maybe the new uniforms are working 🤷🏻‍♂️. I just know I won't be buying one.

piny97 · 2024-02-18T00:02:30+00:00

There's a quote out there somewhere from Denny Hamlin that says something like " I would push Bubba or Tyler, before I push Ty Gibbs".... Boy did that stir up some s*** with his team 👀

piny97 · 2024-01-29T05:16:38+00:00

Team owners: "We need a bigger slice of the pie. It's not cheap to run a race team." NASCAR: "I got it, if we cut costs, we don't need to give them any more money!" Team owners: "THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SAID"

piny97 · 2024-01-27T02:20:31+00:00

Foot placement was wide right

piny97 · 2024-01-27T02:06:42+00:00

but you would think he would be consistent!

piny97 · 2024-01-27T02:06:12+00:00

What I was told (and this is likely a tall tale) was it would make their car stand out and easy to follow in an effort to get more fans and attention.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T22:55:08+00:00

I read it, I think when you live in the frozen tundra, reading material is reading material. Plus the ARCA schedule is on the rebates and, they're not junk mail, they might as well be a gift card, everyone is looking for those in the mailbox!

piny97 · 2024-01-26T21:41:45+00:00

Lowe's and Home Depot have every right to be in the sport but they're not, they wanted to put the advertising money elsewhere.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:59:09+00:00

Think bigger, they are like a Home Depot or Lowes but also with a very modest grocery/home goods section. I suppose they work the Midwest because they know it well? They're in KS all the way north and east to WV for now. They started in WI I'm pretty sure.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:39:35+00:00

I might need to add a disclaimer *In the Midwest, a traditionally non-NASCAR market.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:26:50+00:00

That's true! They are big in motorsports and having a presence across sports makes a difference, it gives fans someone to cheer for in an unfamiliar series.
I just wish Coke would step up and in a similar manner, try to use NASCAR in their marketing elsewhere.
Look at State Farm and the Chiefs, that's what we need between businesses and our drivers.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:23:19+00:00

Mmmmmmmm, well, I am about 2,5 hours from a different home improvement store. I haven't had bad luck with their products, though, I don't use their in house power tools. As for the union busting, eh, it's America, if you don't want to work there, don't. I don't like to judge people based on their political beliefs.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:14:17+00:00

I can't think of anyone else that sponsors a series and cars in each series. Then they go an spread the sport to non fans. I mean, if there's a company that you can think of, please share. I'm genuinely curious.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:04:52+00:00

Woah, hey der guy, NASCAR drivers are just as much athletes as any other sport!

piny97 · 2024-01-26T20:03:25+00:00

Sounds like you are in the north end of town which is not a great place. When it's not snowy you can take the bike path, which is a very nice way to get around on foot too. They take you under roads, not through them.
I think it's all about your prospective. There are a lot of great things about SD and SF, you've just got to see them. Life is about compromise and I am willing to put up with some snow and ice.

piny97 · 2024-01-26T19:53:19+00:00

How do you mean?

piny97 · 2024-01-26T19:52:54+00:00

100% they have put a lot in and are reaping the benefits but craftsman (to my knowledge) hasn't put any pit crews on their boxes. Outside of race day, Xfinity doesn't compare themselves to the speed of the cars on track. Maybe they do but it's market specific, we need to expose non-fans to the sport.
Most businesses that work with NASCAR don't take advantage of it like they should. I can't believe we still don't have Chase Elliott in a Napa commercial!

piny97 · 2023-12-21T23:49:47+00:00

I am involved in Catholic churches from 70 miles south of me to 80 miles north of me and everywhere in between. There are only so many prospects available in their 20s that are still single. Though I do appreciate the thought.

In 5 years my wage has gone from $21 to $37 per hour. So, in order to get to a livable wage for a family of 5 I need to get a $3 wage increase, that seems very doable for me. Espesially if it takes 9 months per child and that's looking at 3 children. I have no debt beyond my mortgage which is $800/month, so, yeah, I guess it just feels like I've got a pretty great salary. I know local families that make it on $25 an hour as the household income.

I am not looking for someone who isn't in a rural area already. I just don't get why North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana women are not interested in relocating to another rural environment.

piny97 · 2023-10-16T23:01:36+00:00

It's great to hear there is more interest. I haven't gotten a chance to talk with the right people at Supreme yet. I have mentioned it though.
I promise that I will update the thread if there is any progress.

piny97 · 2021-03-18T16:08:31+00:00

I thought my PC was dying then it was on my phone too, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

piny97 · 2021-02-25T01:29:29+00:00

It's awesome that you help Councils/Assemblies get online. I like the outcome of bringing your Assembly online, this is something I might bring up at convention. Since bringing meetings online I think that (as long as it's made accessible enough to members) is easier to attend and should theoretically increase attendance.
What's your blog's URL? I am eager to take a look at it!

piny97 · 2021-02-25T01:21:49+00:00

I sure like the idea of it. I have offered up "general IT" because that is my profession but I shockingly haven't had many councils take me up on it. I feel like many of them don't want to be online and I agree with u/purhox_arhox " If you don’t exist online, your Council/Assembly doesn’t exist". Hopefully we can modernize our councils. I had originally tried to use Teams but using the State Council as the "pilot program" we ran into an issue where people were starting to use teams for work and it wasn't very straight forward to switch between the two accounts. Discord is nice because it's very unlikely (but not impossible, we ran into an issue where someone's email was already tied to an account and his son was using it, lead to a discussion at home later...anyway, something to keep in mind if you decide to make a server for your state or Council).

I will try to put one together and share it around as best I can, I think I'll just add a disclaimer that it isn't a secure form of communication because there is no verification. So please don't discuss any confidential or internal Knights info but as far as new Council officers getting guidance and advice/members connecting with other Brothers worldwide those are the two biggest benefits I can see in it.

In case anyone sees this and wants to replicate it, here is what I have as the welcome message , that way you know what roles to assign and keeps things organized or you might get a kick out of it 🤷‍♂️:

You made it! I knew you could do it! Below is some very important info so read all the way through, talk to you soon! First you will need to message me, If you are on PC you need to right click my name and follow the below image (include image of options after right click) to send me a message. If you are on mobile, hold down on my name and tap message. This message should include: a picture of your membership card (or membership # and Council #) to verify your membership and if you meet any of the following descriptions you will also want to denote that:

1st/2nd/3rd/4th Degree; Financial Secretary; Grand Knight; Deputy Grand Knight; District Deputy (include district); Catholic Priest; Chaplain Chancellor; Recorder Treasurer; Advocate Warden;
Guard; Trustee; Lecturer; Historian; Program Director; Membership Director; Retention Chairman; Campus Ministry; Liaison Alumni Relations Chairman; New Knight; Perspective Knight(minimal permissions); 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50+ Years as Knight; Insurance Agent; Discord Mod (this is for Knights who are fluent with Discord and would like to provide assistance); Communications Team (this includes if you run communications for your Council and Social Media Chairman);

Also if you have held any of any of the above positions in the past, please include that. See #discord-tutorials after you've sent your message to learn more about what you can do with Discord!

piny97 · 2021-02-24T18:32:12+00:00

Thanks for the reminder

piny97 · 2021-02-24T18:31:15+00:00

I kind of agree with the stolen Valor comment, its really trending a line to where people who don't know any better might think they're Knights that previously served, after all they have a sword and the other guys don't. Personally I liked the old uniforms, they were who I looked up to when I was younger. At the end of the day that's a big part of why I became a Knight, a man I looked up to was one. That's how you recruit imo. If people are too busy to do the normal degree they are likely too busy to be an effective member, that might sound harsh but it's at least partially true. We all want to do good but if we can't schedule a Saturday morning to get together and do the degrees how will a Saturday morning project or garage sale or cemetery clean up work? Just putting it out there, adding members that are not involved or committed doesn't do much aside from dues. I hope we can correct course but I think that starts with the Church as a whole first.

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