As I mentioned in my original T3 post, I was going to take advantage of Nighthawk Custom's offer of 6 magazines for $100. Well, I called in my order last Friday for the magazines and a few additional items. The UPS delivery person dropped off the package yesterday afternoon, so let me show you what I received.
Here's what I got:
6 blued Nighthawk Custom 7-round officer's magazine (in the picture, 4 magazines are out of the packaging and 2 are still in the packaging)
Nighthawk Custom Spring Kit which consists of 2 standard recoil springs (in this case 18lbs), an extra power spring (20lbs) for +P ammo, a hammer spring, and a firing pin spring
I ordered the grease and lube to keep the T3 running as smooth as possible. The extra springs are for peace of mind and to keep downtime to a minimum.
The package arrived just in time too. I'm scheduled to take an Advanced Handgun course on Sunday and I'll be all set to break in the T3. I can't wait.
Well, I started the new job this week and so far so good. My department is putting me through orientation/training to get me familiar on the products we sell, the processing we do to make the product happen, and the pre-sale activities we perform for customers who call before purchasing.
Next week, I'll be getting all the metrics of the business. You have no idea how happy I am to be at a place where they use metrics to run the business. I can't wait to dig into the KPIs, to understand what levers to pull to drive more business, etc. It's a far cry from my previous employer where no one was interested in driving more business, optimizing the website, etc. to make more money.
I'm still taking public transportation with my new job; however, I'm no longer taking the Big Blue Bus #10. As such, I here-by retire "The Chronicles of Bus #10"...and will be replacing it with the "Red Line Chronicles".
I've already got a few stories for the Red Line Chronicles, so stay tuned!
Here's the story...my wife and I take a quickie road trip to Vegas. We start off in the morning and she's at the wheel. During the drive to Vegas, I remind my wife several times to watch her speed as I had seen a lot more people being pulled over. I have a feeling that with the state of CA and the city of Los Angeles being in massive debt, the police and CHP will be more strict in enforcing traffic laws as a way to bring revenue into the coffers.
I fall asleep in the passenger's seat right after we hit Barstow...and the next thing to happen is that the car starts shaking as my wife is slowing the car down. At this point, I thought we had made it to Primm, but as my eyes begin to focus, I see some red lights in the side view mirror. Yup, we had just been pulled over and that shaking I felt was my wife pulling the car over to the side of the road.
The CHP officer approaches and asks for our license and registration. He explains that he clocked us going 101 MPH, especially as we passed a gray Mercedes Benz. It also didn't help that we were nearly to Primm and had been going downhill. He takes my wife's license and registration and returns with a citation. He didn't cut us any slack as he actually listed our speed at 101 MPH (in a 70 MPH zone).
This totally sucks because it was this time last year that I got pulled over in Nevada (while returning from a Vegas trip). I too was doing 100 MPH, but the officer only cited me for 75 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. He cut me a break as he saw that I had never been pulled over in 18+ years of driving. I ended up paying a $95 fine for the ticket...but the good news is that it didn't go on my record as speeding. The State of Nevada has a unique law whereby a 'light' speeding ticket (5 MPH or less over the maximum speed), they'll consider it a parking misdemeanor with no points going on my record.
Unfortunately, we don't have the same in CA and we're going to have to appear in Court in the City of Barstow. Citation 22348B is going in excess of 100 MPH and has harsh ramifications in terms of the potential fine and the impact to our insurance rates. As of right now, I'm going to see if we can get a lawyer to represent us and get us out of this. I don't expect that we'll get the ticket dismissed, but I do hope that we can get the charge/citation reduced to something less harmful - such as exceeding the maximum speed limit (not both exceeding the speed limit AND driving over 100 MPH).
If anyone has any advice to offer or can suggest a good attorney, please post it in the comments. We'd be more than grateful for the help!
PS - For those too young to remember, before Sammy Hagar was a part of Van Halen, Sammy had a successful solo career. One of his hits was "I Can't Drive 55" (hence the post title) and here's his video:
PPS - California Highway Patrol SUCKS!!! That's our sentiment and the sentiment of my local police department officer friend.
Well, it's official. My background check finally came in and I received the written offer yesterday. I signed it, sent it back, and will be back to work next week.
I'm going to give start-up life one more try. I'm 0 for 3 so far with start-ups, so hopefully the 4th time is the charm. I wouldn't mind a 25% start-up success rate....a lot of VC's would kill for that.
Here's hoping the new job is a million times better than my old job. I just know that it won't be worse!
Knock on wood but only after a week of leaving my job, I may have procured my next gig.
I went through a series of phone interviews with several different companies, then landed in-person interviews with a company not too far away from me. I interviewed with 6 people over the course of 2 days and got the call from the HR rep yesterday. She gave me a verbal offer that is dependent on my passing their background check (which will take about a week's time).
I shouldn't have any problems with the background check, so I'm anxiously awaiting the official offer!
