Almost 100 cars. Perfect weather. Nice people. Is there a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?
Category Archives: life at home
Smokerise Baptist Church Car Show – 2011
- Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:27
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Photo Friday… Talk To Some Kids…
- Friday, 06 May 2011 08:14
- Written by Lane Bailey
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One of the coolest things I get to do is to talk with school kids about business… Oddly, they seem to like it, too. We talk about taxes, business strategy and skills that may be valued in the future.
Junior Achievement is a great operation, which has programs for kids from kindergarten to high school. In fact, today, as this post is being released, I am in a classroom with 8th graders talking about making solid choices for the future.
There are a lot of folks that criticize our schools. They talk about how kids come out of school unprepared for life in the real world. Business and economics are a couple of the areas that many of those complaints seem to be about.
I am NOT the expert. I’m not the final word in any of these subjects. But, I have a different set of skills and experiences than the teachers. I would bet that you have a set of skills and experiences that could compliment what the kids are getting i
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Photo Friday… Almost Time to Get Muddy…
- Friday, 29 April 2011 08:39
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Image by lane.bailey via Flickr
It is coming… Mud4Blood8 will be held on May 28th, 2011 at the Hooters in Kennesaw, GA.
Each year, the GBR4WD club hosts this event, which brings together auto and 4wd enthusiasts from all over the Atlanta area. The reason for the gathering is a blood collection for LifeSouth.
But that isn’t the only thing going on… there is a GIANT car and truck show with everything from big 4x4s to low-riders. There are customs and restos. There are also vendor booths for all types of auto enthusiast needs… and food. Last, but certainly not least, there is a HUGE raffle with food and parts. Did I mention that it’s HUGE? And the only way to get a ticket for the raffle is to make a blood donation attempt.
Come out all day, or just squeeze over for a few minutes to donate a pint, get a juice pouch and some Nutter Butters.
Wayback Wednesday… Property Tax Valuations…
- Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:42
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Image by epSos.de via Flickr
It’s that time again. Last week we got our tax valuation reassessed. For us, it wasn’t a bad thing and honestly, it hasn’t been for the folks I have talked with. Let me qualify that… for the amount of tax we pay, it wasn’t a bad thing.
Two years ago, Gwinnett County re-assessed our home. The jacked us up by about 12%, even though there was NO justification in the comps. They got away with it because it wasn’t worth the fight for us to carry on. We disputed it a couple of levels, but eventually dropped it.
Oddly, this was almost exactly two months after the State of Georgia passed a law requiring the counties to consider foreclosures and short sales in the valuation process. I think it might have been their “last hurrah” before having the valuations that were based in reality.
As mentioned, we got our valuation last week. And it went down… way down. in fact, it dropped by more than twice as much as it went up… we were down over 25%. Good news for the house payment. Bad news for the value of our house. Bad news for Gwinnett county… the budget is not going to be happy with all of these lower valuations.
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Photo Friday… Rope=Bridge
- Friday, 22 April 2011 08:09
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Last weekend was the annual ScoutBlast at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. The Northeast Georgia Council holds the event each year to allow the Scout from different Packs and Troops to get together as well as allow the public to see what sort of cool things they can come up with in camp.
There were:
- rope bridges
- a kayaking pond
- a “Cub Car” track
- rod & reel casting
- a rotating swing
- compressed air rockets
- a trebuchet
- boat building
There were also multiple vendors showing Scouts and leaders, as well as those in the public that might be interested.
The kids were running around and checking out all of the cool things to do, and Scout leaders were looking for ideas for next year’s event.
Events like this are happening all over Gwinnett County most weekends thro0ughout the year. Not specifically Scouting, but events that might be interesting to you or your kids. Model train shows, car shows, equestrian events and more. I try to mention the ones that I am aware of… especially the ones that I get to visit with my family. Take a look around… the worst that could happen is meetng a new friend that shares your hobbies or interests.
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