Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa February 2023

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The Letter from the Editor for the February issue is always the most difficult to write. Not for lack of ideas, lack of thoughts, lack of topics, but hard to try to write anything down about the motorcycle world when we are in the dismal stages of this season that now never seems to end. All of that and more rattling around in my head makes for the time in front of the keyboard more difficult. Some of the 9,000 things that I want to share get clouded with the lack of direct focus to make a few hundred hopefully make sense with the seasonal frustration.

This year is even worse it seems, due to the fact that since we moved last fall, we don’t have all of our stuff in one place. We are patiently waiting for our garage and TRMI office/gun shop to be built, but weather got the best of us. You know the stupid cold and snow that makes winter suck. Well, it makes construction projects suck too. Due to the delays, all of my beloved motorcycle stuff is in a storage unit that is not here at home. So, it is not as easy to just go and check on my stuff on a daily basis like I always have in the past.

To try to get the typing going, I even looked back at the last dozen years or so of February Letters from the Editor to see if there was an angle that I could pursue, elaborate on, gain some insight and ideas from, or to glean some further information to begin to type. The only thing that did was set in stone the fact that February always seems to be a bitch of a month for me mentally. So with my past of being an Oscar the Grouch on roids in the month of February, I offer a heartfelt apology to all that have crossed my path in the past in this month of frustration in my world, if I have been less than cordial. It is nothing personal, just me dealing with PMS.

Another part of this time of year that is of interest though is that the Iowa Lawmakers are knee deep in the new session. There are state and federal level things that are happening, or need to happen to keep our rights intact so that we can keep enjoying our two and three wheeled lifestyle. Attacks on our rights are at an all-time high. As we are minorities

O n t h e C o v e r On the Cover

This month’s cover brings us a great view of long legs, fishnets, and some killer ink! Natanic’s Pin-ups calendar girls Theresa and Mariah posed for this photo a while back, and after being lost in Natanic’s files for a while, it finally resurfaced for a great cover shot!

on the roadways due to our chosen means to commute and recreate, we have to make sure that we have a voice, that we can exercise that voice, and that we are included in the consideration when decisions are made on autonomous vehicles, fuel mandates, cessation of the production of internal combustion engine, helmet issues, the ability to wear our own attire as we choose, and not be targeted for any of the above reasons. The best things we can do to protect our rights in general, our motorcycle rights, and our way of life are to be members and be active in our Motorcycle Rights Organizations both at the State and Federal levels. There is a lobby day right at the Capital in Des Moines this month, which would be a great opportunity to chat with lawmakers to tell them your opinions on things that matter to bikers. Tell them your thoughts on fuel mandates, banning internal combustion engines, motorcycle profiling, and helmet law issues. Make the people chosen by the people, work for the people. Federally, I am a fan of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation and hope that you can consider joining if you have not already. This national level organization looks at the same issues as the state level and then some. Check out your state and federal organizations and help be a part of enjoying a freedom loving, motorcycle riding, stand up for your rights movement that is needed right now.

Get out to some of the events this winter and don’t forget stop by at the TRMI booth at the upcoming bike shows and swap meets. Say hello to us and the crew that are there and grab the latest magazine or a back issue. Say hey, chat about some things, and enjoy the biker lifestyle. I promise I will try not to be winter grumpy and look forward to chatting with some of our own kind.

Be safe, have fun, live like it is your only life.

Vernon

P.S. Happy B Day to wifey on the 22nd!

Quote of the Month: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

The holidays are long gone, but the winter weather is not. What better way to kill a few hours than to head to a swap meet! Check the listings, because I know there are at least a couple of them that are within decent driving distance of us. You might even run into friends that are cautiously poking their heads out of their houses after weeks of staying holed up trying to survive Old Man Winter. And if you get really lucky, you might find just the item you’ve been looking for that will make your bike more comfy, more unique, or more visible. I’ve always subscribed to the “Loud pipes save lives” idea, but the older I’ve gotten the more I see the value in being visible, too. I’ve even taken to wearing – drum roll – BRIGHT COLORS when I’m on the bike. Of course, this being Iowa, half the time they’re hidden under heavy layers, but still. Maybe the hood of my neon-pink jacket flipping around in the wind will catch the eye of some texter and keep them from running over us. I guess visibility has finally trumped the cool factor in my mind.

It’s funny how we go through “visibility” stages in our lives. The little guy gets that pair of cowboy boots just like his daddy’s pair and the usually quiet boy can’t WAIT to strut around Wal-Mart, showing them off even to the stranger in the cereal aisle. Or maybe the little girl gets a dress just like Princess Elsa’s dress in the movie “Frozen” and she HAS to wear it to pre-school every day for a solid week. Those boots gave the little boy courage to talk to grownups and the princess gown gave the little girl the certainty that she was special. Then, somewhere after kids go to school, being too unique or too visible becomes a liability. A reason to be picked on. And in desperation, they stuff their cowboy boots under the bed and bury the princess dress in the back of the closet; they just want to blend in and survive till they can escape. No more “specialness” for them, thank you.

The book of Genesis, chapter 16, tells us of a girl named Hagar who was in such a position. At the beginning of the account, she was an invisible nobody, just a servant girl to a wealthy couple named Abram and Sarai. Sarai had been unable to have children, so she cooked up the idea of having Hagar serve as a surrogate mother for them. Abram agreed, Hagar became pregnant, and “Boom Biscuit!” Hagar was no longer invisible. The fact that she was carrying a long-awaited baby for Abram and Sarai probably gave her special status. “No more hauling heavy water buckets for Hagar – think of the baby!” “Save that last cake of figs for Hagar – she’s eating for two, you know!” OK, I’m making up the dialogue, but you know exactly what I mean. All eyes were on Hagar. No more invisible servant girl. She was very aware of being special. That attitude must have grated on Sarai because the next thing we hear is that Sarai has had it with Hagar and becomes so harsh in her treatment that Hagar runs away, willing to trade her high-profile status for some peaceful invisibility. She was apparently heading back to her home country of Egypt, because it’s on that road where the story picks up in verse 7. “The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.” That part is intriguing, because the word “found” indicates that God was “looking” for Hagar. It means that he was aware of her and was watching for her. And indeed, in the course of their conversation, Hagar becomes aware of this truth, and it changes her relationship with God. Verse 13 says,

“Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said “You are the God who sees me.” Boom Biscuit! She is visible again, but this time, not as someone to be used up without a choice in the matter. God has watched for her and come to her in her time of distress and need. The words he speaks to her bring courage to her heart. Hagar is able to go back to her situation as a changed woman because now she knows that being visible to God is what really matters.

I wish I could tell you that Hagar’s story had a Hallmark ending, but it didn’t. But I think that’s the whole point. No one actually lives a Hallmark story. Many of us struggle with circumstance that threaten to define us or with people who take advantage of us. We stand uncertainly in the doorway of life in our torn princess gowns and our mismatched cowboy boots, wondering where we fit or if anyone even sees us.

Thank God - he sees us! He is the one whose story was written with a part just for us. Our lives may be in shambles like Hagar’s life was but we, too, can make the choice to embrace this God and the love he has shown us through his son, Jesus Christ. I love the way these verses say it: “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2: 4-7

God sees us. He has a good plan for us and even though we will only experience a tiny part of that good plan during this life, the “ages to come’ will surely be something else.

Blessings – Karla

Mark and Karla Cornick are with the Christian Motorcyclists Association. Find out more about CMA and God’s plan for you at www.cmausa.org

The Biker Friendly Business Directory is a list of establishments throughout Iowa that sponsor the magazine. You can pick up your copy here every month. Let them know that you saw them in TRMI. If your business would like to advertise in Thunder Roads Iowa Biker Friendly Business Listing and become a part of the network, please email vernon@thunderroadsiowa.com

Biker Accessories

Crispy’s Biker Apparel Cedar Rapids, Iowa Find Us On Facebook

Dirty Biker Design 122 S. John Wayne Drive Winterset, Iowa 50273 www.DirtyBikerDesign.com 515-444-9050

Dealers

Baxter Cycle 311 4th Street Marne, Iowa 51552 712-781-2351 www.baxtercycle.com

Big Barn Harley-Davidson 81 NW 49th Place Des Moines, Iowa 50313 515-265-4444 www.bigbarnhd.net

Carroll Cycle Center 1327 Plaza Dr Carroll, Iowa 712-792-1610 www.carrollcycle.com

Edwards Motorsports and RV’s 1010 34th Avenue

Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501 712-366-8400 fullthrottleia.com or edwardsrvs.com

Heartland Harley-Davidson 117 S Roosevelt Ave Burlington, IA 52601 319-754-1100 www.heartlandhd.com

Indian Motorcycle of Mason City Mason City Powersports 12499 265th Street Mason City 641-423-3181 Masoncitypowersportsinc.com

Metro Harley-Davidson 2415 Westdale Drive SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 319-362-9496 www.metro-motorsports.com

Route 65 Harley-Davidson 1300 S Jefferson Way Indianola, Iowa 50125 515.962.2160 www.route65hd.net

Storm Lake Honda 3040 Expansion Blvd Storm Lake, Iowa 50588 StormLakeHonda.com 712-732-2460

Entertainment

Book Em Dano’s 33 S Main Street Denison, Iowa 51442 712-263-9818 Mon-Sat 4-2 Dancers Nightly 5-1:30

Okoboji Classic Cars Museum and Restoration Shop 810 Jeppeson Road West Okoboji, Iowa 51351 712-332-8029

Food and Drink (Popular Poker & Fun Run Locations)

American Legion Post 111 1101 W 4th Street S Newton 641-792-3353

Open to the Public 7 Days a Week Newtonamericanlegion111.org

Bea’s Place 108 N Main St Baxter 641-227-2080 Check Us Out on Facebook Food, Live Music, Bike Nights

Bloodline Irish Pub 214 Public Square Greenfield, Iowa 50849 Bloodline Irish Pub on Facebook

Catfish Charlie’s On the Mississippi River 1630 E. 16th Street Dubuque, IA 52001 (563)582-8600 www.CatfishCharliesDubuque.com

Chili Dawg’s Foods of Fire 1940 Blair Ridge Road Blair, NE 68008 www.chilidawgs.com Retail/Online Spice and Seasoning Store Desperados 105 E 5th Street Atlantic 712-243-7087

Home of Cold Beer, Good Times, Pizza & Wings Firehouse Bar 1211 5th Street Downtown Sioux City, IA 712-224-1020

Open Daily at 12:00

Flaming Office 201 W High Street Toledo 641-484-2255

Outdoor Patio, Happy Hour 5-7 Flaming Office on Facebook & Google

Goozman’s Westside Bar & Grill 1019 7th St Harlan, Iowa 712-755-2259 Goozman’s Westside on Facebook

Haverhill Social Club 202 1st Street  Haverhill, Iowa 50120 641-475-3321

Tues-Sat 10-2, Sun 12-12

Iowa Legendary Rye 707 N Main Street Carroll, Iowa 51401 Iowalegendaryrye.com

Jake’s Station 107 West HWY 59 Hancock, Iowa 51536 712-741-BEER

Like Our Page Jakes Station on Facebook

J.R. Willie’s Gateway to the Beautiful Hill Country Colesburg, IA 563-856-5095

Open Daily Mon-Sun 11AM Home of the Willie Whopper

Just 1 More 515-570-4206 641-757-0159 309 Railway Jamaica, Iowa 50128

Mi Casa Family Restaurant 512 Market Street Harlan, Iowa 51537 712-755-2258

Enjoy Drinks at the Full Bar!

Midway Tavern 206 1st Street Soldier, Iowa 712-884-2230 www.midwaytavernsoldier.com

Montgomery Street Pub 207 East Montgomery Street Creston, Iowa 50801 641-782-2165

www.thunderroadsiowa.com

Papa Joe’s 117 South 6th Street

Missouri Valley, Iowa 51555 712-642-9015

Pearl Street Social Club 110 Pearl Street SW Shellsburg, Iowa 52332 319-436-7100

Find Us On Facebook!

Riverside Tavern 450 E Main St Lehigh, Iowa 50557 515-359-9998 Email:riversidetap@gmail.com

Sandbar 103 North Noyes Street Mondamin, Iowa 51557 712-646-2300

Facebook Sandbar Mondamin

Sidetracked 206 West Union Street Creston, Iowa 50801 641-782-8534

Stumpy’s Bar & Grill 423 Main Street Duncombe, Iowa 50532 515-543-4222

Stumpy’s Bar & Grill on Facebook

Sugar’s Diner & Lounge 2725 E Kanesville Blvd Council Bluffs, Iowa 712-322-3600

Check us out on Facebook

The Exchange 171 S Elm Street Avoca, Iowa 51521 712-343-2609

Lang’s Pizza, Cold Beer, Sports

The Full Nelson

205 West 2nd Street Halbur, Iowa 51444 712-658-2425 The Full Nelson on Facebook

The Yankee Clipper 312 SW Maple St Ankeny, Ia 50023 515-964-9484 yankeeclipperbar.com

VFW Post 9662 Bar and Grill 1309 NE 66th Ave Des Moines 515 - 289 - 9914 and Facebook

Vic’s Main Tap 304 Broadway Audubon, Iowa 50025 712-563-2122

Opens M-F 2-Close, Sat 9-Close, Sun 2-Close

Wilson’s Tap and Recreation 1008 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036/ 515-433-1395

Guns and Ammo

JLM Shooters Supply 6931 Douglas Avenue Urbandale, Iowa 50322 jlmshooterssupply@gmail.com 515-331-1577

Insurance & Financial

O’Malley Wealth Mgmt. 5623 NW 86th Street Suite 400 Johnston, Iowa 50131 515-490-0930

State Farm Clark Ahrenholtz, Agent 2114 12th Street Harlan, Iowa 712-755-5724 Clark.ahrenholtz.jb69@statefarm.com

Legal

Hupy and Abraham sc, pc Lawyers for Bikers 800.800.5678 Hupy.com

Inserra | Kelley | Sewell Injury Attorneys 6790 Grover St, Ste 200 Omaha, NE 68106 www.inserra.com (402) 391-4000

TheBikerLawyers.com The Biker Lawyers, P.C. Riding & Defending Your Rights for Over 30 Years 877-209-9452

Photo and Art

Shops & Fabricators

BS & Bikes

300 E 17th St S Suite 700 Newton, IA 50208 641-521-8448

Find us on Facebook

Butterfield’s M.C. Parts 8025 Blondo Street Omaha, NE 68134 402-391-3768

Chuck’s Cycle Service and Repair S&S and Drag Specialties Dealer 307 E 5th StreetWashington, Iowa52353 319-461-5278

Cycle Clinic 2209 ML King Pkwy Des Moines, Iowa 50314 cycleclinicdm.com 515-288-6954

F & J Racing 701 N 3rd Ave Marshalltown, Iowa 50158 641-752-8651 www.fandjracing.com

Mean Machine Cycles

Elkhart, Iowa 50072 Custom & Full-Service HD Repair Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat by appt only 515-367-7336

Motorcycle Medic

Hobbies & Collectibles

Treasure Island Diecast/Facebook Hot Wheels, M2, Matchbox, Jada Ertl, Lightning, Harley, Maisto Buy-Sell-Trade 641-521-8036 rayaustinhd@gmail.com www.treasureislanddiecast.com

Ullrich Photography

PO Box 1842 Clinton, Iowa 52733 563-243-8715 www.natanic.com

www.thunderroadsiowa.com

3176 Highway 30 Woodbine, Iowa 51579 712-647-2818

Open Tues-Sat Noon-6PM

Nelson Machine & Forge General Machining, Ornamental Iron, Weld/Fab 70 Washington Street Marne, Iowa 51552 712-781-2220

401 High Street

Avoca, Iowa 51521 712-307-6111

1311 E 7th Street Atlantic, Iowa 50022 712-250-8493 steffenscycle@gmail.com

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Following the inked theme from this month’s cover, our calendar page this month features Natanic’s Pin-ups calendar girl Tetra and her extensive back piece! We wa nted something that really focused attention on some great ink this month, and with her entire bac k being in black and white we decided to run the photo in the black and white too, and add so me minor lighting changes to really make her backside pop. We need to keep with the motorcycle the me too, so Mat Heldt’s Shovel provided a great prop for Tetra to cuddle with! Natanic’s biker babe calendars feature a variety of both inked and non-ink models each year, and are currently Buy 1 Get 1 Free at www.Natanic.com

not so USELESS RAMBLINGS not so USELESS RAMBLINGS 8 Levels of Control

In 1909, Saul David Alinsky was born in Chicago to Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Russia. When he was 6, his parents divorced and he moved with his father to California. In 1926, Alinsky was admitted to the University of Chicago. During his first two years of university, his mediocrity only allowed for grades no higher than a C and he failed his American History course. The rest of his life was spent as an activist and a social organizer.

During his life, Alinsky wrote a few books. Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals. One day I might actually read this one and have something to say about it. Reveille for Radicals; this one is touted as “the original handbook for social change.”

I’d like to delve into Alinsky’s 8 Levels of Control for Creating a Social State, but first I want you to keep the following facts in your thoughts as you read; Barack Obama wrote about Alinsky in his books and Hillary Clinton did her college thesis on Alinsky’s writings. You’ll see the connection, of that I’m certain.

1.Healthcare: Control healthcare and you control the people.

This is the most important of the 8 levels of control. If you believe that the government cares about you or your family, your health, or about making healthcare “affordable” you are being duped into surrendering your liberty. If government has complete control over healthcare, they have complete control over you!

If you choose to disagree with government or go against an arbitrary mandate, or maybe you voted for someone they don’t like, or you choose not to participate in the new government approved “proper pronouns list”, maybe you’ll be a little more compliant when they cancel grandma’s hip replacement surgery or limit your child’s asthma medication or maybe they’ll just deny your insulin prescription. The majority of people will do most anything to maintain their health or the health of those they hold dear.

2.Poverty: Increase poverty levels as high as possible. Poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

According to the HHS, a family of four with an annual income of $27,750 or less meets the poverty level guidelines. The poverty level for a single person is $13,950 or below. According to current data, in 2021 there were approximately 39 million people living at or below the poverty line in the United States. With inflation near 7.5%, I’d suspect that number will continue to climb.

3.Debt: Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

The national debt was $31.12 trillion in October 2022. It is so high that it is greater than the annual economic output of the entire country. We owe other countries more money than the entire country can produce in one year.

4.Gun Control: Remove the ability to defend themselves from the government. That way you are able to create a police state.

This has been an ongoing battle for those that mean to control you. Illinois just passed legislation that bans the sales and transfers of AR-15 style firearms and any magazine over 12 rounds. All existing firearms MUST be registered. The gun grabbers have been fighting since the very beginning of this nation. England sent their armies and demanded that the colonists give up their arms; we beat them like a drum! And they have hated our guns ever since.

5.Welfare: Take control of every aspect of their lives (food, water, electrical power, housing and neighborhood demographics, and income). Everything you have, everything you can have, is controlled, regulated, and rationed by the government. There is a government agency for everything and you have to get permission to do anything.

6.Education: Take control of what people read and listen to. Take control of what children learn in school.

I covered this topic, in part, a few months back when I wrote about propaganda. There are hundreds of news media outlets and they are all ultimately owned by 6 major entities. They control the narrative. The current form of the Department of Education (DOE) was established in October 1979 under Jimmy Carter. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, the United States had the best educated young people in the world, or pretty close to it. In recent years, thanks to the liberal indoctrination machine known as the DOE, we focus more on equity, sexuality, gender, and social justice while our math, reading, and science education slips into the abyss. Statistics now show that in global education rankings, the U.S. ties with Italy in the 28th slot.

7.Religion: Remove the belief in the God from the government and schools.

The liberal Warren Court (SCOTUS, 1953-1969) first removed prayer in schools in 1962, and then the bible in 1963, thereby minimizing Christianity’s influence on morality and culture. In early American education, the bible was to be “the principle text in our schools,” according to Founder Fisher Ames. The reasoning behind this was that since virtue and liberty are inseparable, freedom cannot be sustained in the absence of righteousness in the people. Today, we have programs in our schools for 13 and 14 year olds that have descriptions like: “Oral sex, anal sex, sexual fantasy, masturbation, touching each other’s genitals which some might enjoy a soapy massage to incorporate it in, and vaginal intercourse all equal to saying, ‘I like you’.”

8.Class Warfare: Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take tax from the wealthy with the support of the poor.

The rally cry of the liberal masses has been “Tax the Rich”, or one that I don’t quite understand, “Eat the Rich.” A popular talking point is that, “the rich need to pay their fair share.” Well, what exactly IS their fair share?

The U.S. total tax revenue for 2023 is estimated to be $4.71 trillion. The bulk of federal tax revenue comes from income taxes, payroll taxes, and corporate taxes. Recent data from The Tax Foundation shows that the top 50% of earners made 88% of all income yet paid 97% of all individual income taxes. The bottom 50% of earners paid just 2.9% of the total federal income tax. The top 1% of earners took in just 21% of all income yet paid 40% of all federal income

taxes, that’s up from 33.2% in 2001. The top 0.1% paid a greater share of the income tax burden than the bottom 75% of taxpayers combined.

Let’s also remember that the Biden administration wanting to increase the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% and impose a minimum of 15% tax on the book income. What the majority of people seem to miss is that corporations don’t pay taxes, the consumer does. When corporations have an increase in the cost of doing business, that increased cost is passed on to the consumer by way of a price increase of the final goods or services. Sure, the corporation writes the tax check, but it’s paid for by the money collected from you, the consumer.

It’s easy to see how Saul Alinsky’s 8 Levels of Control are being implemented in our daily lives, if you just take the time to open your eyes and look around. Since no culture lasts forever, it remains to be seen whether the Founders’ original vision can be reinvigorated and maintained for future generations.

“It is difficult to free people from the chains they revere.”Voltaire

David McCoy

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Home Team Cookout

3150 24th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 712-796-4336

Open Sunday – Thursday 11 AM - 9 PM Friday and Saturday 11 AM - 10 PM

While running some errands on a Sunday afternoon we had worked up an appetite and the online menu at Home Team Cookout looked like just what we needed. We pulled into the parking lot and discovered that the restaurant had taken over space formerly run by a chain restaurant, and we were eager to get inside and see exactly what they had to offer.

We all ordered drinks and asked for cheese curds as an appetizer. In short order our waitress brought us tall glasses of soda, followed by a piping hot basket of golden, delicious fried cheese. The cheese curds at Home Team Cookout were amazing. They were lightly breaded, and contained the perfect amount of stringy cheese in each little ball of cheese heaven. As we snacked on our appetizer, the kitchen was swiftly preparing our meals.

First up was Stacey’s chicken fried chicken. A large, hand breaded chicken breast… golden on the outside and juicy on the inside. Partnered up with mashed potatoes

and corn, and smothered with creamy country gravy was a meal big enough for two. But if you had read previous WRTE articles when Stacey was along, then you already know that she managed to once again be the skinniest at the table, and consume the most food. At least she said she was full this time! Brad ordered his “go – to”, the patty melt. The juicy burger topped with cheese, grilled onions, and thousand island dressing nestled between two toasted slices of marble rye did not disappoint. Paired with his sandwich was a generous helping of crispy, salty French fries that were the perfect complement to his melt. Vernon ordered a hand breaded tenderloin and tater tots. The tenderloin was a large serving of hand pounded; hand breaded, crispy goodness that far exceeded the meat to bun ratio. Crisp, fresh toppings accompanied the bun, and the tots were perfectly golden and crisp on the outside, with fluffy potato goodness on the inside. I wanted to try something a little different, so I ordered the mac n’ cheese burger. A large portion of tots accompanied my burger, which was a juicy, well-seasoned patty topped with two slices of bacon and a scoop of house made macaroni and cheese piled high on a fresh bun. This burger was delicious, but definitely make sure you have your napkins ready, as it leans to the messy side for sure.

Home team cookout also serves up breakfast all day, has a great selection of bone in or boneless wings, fresh salads, and makes some delicious looking pizzas to boot. Don’t forget to check out their full bar and specialty drinks if you are in the mood for cocktail hour. They also have daily specials, so be sure to take a look at those as well. Open 7 days a week, for your eating pleasure. When you stop, make sure to tell them Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa sent you!

If you have a WRTE location for us to visit, please let me know at Melanie@ thunderroadsiowa.com

A woman starts dating a doctor. Before too long, she becomes pregnant and they don’t know what to do. About nine months later, just about the time she is going to give birth, a priest goes into the hospital for a prostate gland infection. The doctor says to the woman, “I know what we’ll do. After I’ve operated on the priest, I’ll give the baby to him and tell him it was a miracle.” “Do you think it will work?” she asks. “It’s worth a try.” he says. So, the doctor delivers the baby and then operates on the priest. After the operation he goes in to the priest and says, “Father, you’re not going to believe this.” “What?” asks the priest, “what happened?”. “You gave birth to a child!”. “But that’s impossible!” says the priest. “I just did the operation,” insists the doctor, “it’s a miracle! Here’s your baby.” About fifteen years go by, and the priest realizes he must tell his son the truth. One day, he sits the boy down and says, “Son, I have something to tell you. I’m not your father.” The son says, “What do you mean, you’re not my father?” The priest replies, “I am your mother, the archbishop is your father.”

A pianist was hired to play background music for a movie. When it was completed, he asked when and where he could see the picture. The producer sheepishly confessed that it was actually a porn film and it was due out in a month. A month later, the musician went to a porn theatre to see the adult movie. With his collar up and dark glasses on, he took a seat in the back row of the adult cinema, next to a couple who also seemed to be in disguise. The movie was even raunchier than he had feared, featuring group sex, S/M, bondage and even a dog. After a while watching the adult movie, the embarrassed pianist turned to the couple and said, “I’m only here to listen to the music.” “Yeah?” replied the man. “We’re only here to see our dog.”

The travelin’ Texan picked up a sweet young thang in a bar and after several rounds, ordered the biggest steaks they had. Later, they retired to his room, naturally the largest in the hotel. As they undressed, he said, “I’m from Fort Worth, Texas, and we have the biggest of everything.” The girl only nodded and smiled. As they began to make love, he exclaimed, “Golleeeee, lil’ L ady! What part of Texas y’all from?”

A blonde heard that milk baths would make her more beautiful, so she left a note for her milkman to leave 15 gallons of milk. When the milkman read the note, he felt there must be a mistake. He thought she probably meant 1.5 gallons, so he knocked on the door to clarify the point. The blonde came to the door and the milkman said, “I found your Note to leave 15 gallons of milk. Did you mean 1.5 gallons?” The blonde said, “I want 15 gallons of milk. I’m going to fill my bathtub up with milk and take a milk bath”. The milkman asked, “Do you want it pasteurized?” The blonde said, “No, just up to my boobs.”

A Jewish man walks into a bar and sits down. He has a few drinks, then he sees a Chinese man and punches him in the face. “Ouch!” the Chinese man says. “What was that for?” “That was for Pearl Harbor,” the Jewish man says. “But I’m Chinese!” “Chinese, Japanese, what’s the difference?” And the Jewish man sits back down. Then, the Chinese man

walks up to the Jewish man and punches him in the face. “Ouch!” the Jewish man says. “What was that for?” “That was for the Titanic,” the Chinese man says. “But that was an iceberg!” “Ice berg, Goldberg, what’s the difference?”

A guy bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for her birthday. After hearing about this extravagant gift, a friend of his said, “I thought she wanted one of those sporty, four-wheel drive vehicles.” “She did,” he replied. “But where am I going to find an imitation Jeep?”

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There’s a big conference of beer producers. At the end of the day, all of the presidents of all the beer companies decide to have a drink in a bar. The president of ‘Budweiser’ orders a Bud, the president of ‘Miller’ orders a Miller Lite, Adolph Coors orders a Coors, and the list goes on. Then the waitress asks Arthur Guinness what he wants to drink, and much to everybody’s amazement, Mr. Guinness orders a Coke! “Why don’t you order a Guinness?” his colleagues ask. “Naah. If you guys won’t drink beer, then neither will I.”

A king wanted to improve the mood of his favorite donkey, who was depressed, so he put out a proclamation that he would pay anyone in the kingdom 200 gold pieces if they could make his donkey happy. Many tried, all failed. Then a jester went in to see the donkey, and when he came out, the donkey was indeed happy – so happy in fact, that he was laughing heartily. The jester got the gold, but a few days passed and the king couldn’t make the donkey stop laughing. So, he put out another proclamation saying he would pay 500 gold pieces to anyone who could make the donkey stop. The jester returned, went in to see the donkey for a few seconds, and when he came out, the donkey was crying. The king asked the jester how he did it. The jester said, “I will tell you for another 200 gold pieces.” When the jester had received his gold, he revealed, “On my first visit, I told the donkey that my dick was bigger than his. This time I showed him.”

A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he’s enjoying it, the monkey jumps all around the place. The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them. Then he grabs some sliced limes and eats them. Then he jumps onto the pool table, grabs one of the billiard balls, sticks it in his mouth, and to everyone’s amazement, he somehow swallows it whole. The bartender screams at the guy, “Did you see what your monkey did?” The guy says, “No, what?” “He just ate the cue ball off my pool table – whole!” “Yeah, that doesn’t surprise

me,” replies the guy. “He eats everything in sight, the little bastard. Sorry. I’ll pay for everything.” The man finishes his drink, pays his bill, pays for the stuff the monkey ate and leaves. Two weeks later, he’s in the bar again, and his pet monkey is with him. He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again. While the man is finishing his drink, the monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar. He grabs it, sticks it up his ass, pulls it out and eats it. The bartender is disgusted. “Did you see what your monkey did now?” he asks. “No, what?” replies the guy. “Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry up his ass, pulled it out, and ate it!” says the bartender. “Yeah, that doesn’t surprise me,” replies the guy. “He still eats everything in sight but ever since he swallowed that cue ball, he measures everything first.”

A wife asks her husband, “Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk and, if they have avocados, get six.” A short time later, the husband returns with six cartons of milk. “Why did you buy six cartons of milk?” the wife asks. He replies, “They had avocados.”

A first-grade teacher, Ms. Green, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, “Rodney, what’s your problem?” Rodney answered, “I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!” Ms. Green had had enough. She took Rodney to the principal’s office. While Rodney waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Green he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions, he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Rodney was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test. Principal: “What is 3 x 3?” Rodney: “9”. Principal: “What is 6 x 6?” Rodney: “36”. And so, it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Green and tells her, “I think Rodney can go to the 3rd grade.” Ms. Green says to the principal, “Let me ask him some questions.” The principal and Rodney both agreed. Ms. Green asks, “What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?” Rodney, after a moment: “Legs.” Ms. Green: “What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?” The principal wondered, why would she ask such a question! Rodney replied: “Pockets.” Ms. Green: What’s starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid? Rodney: “Coconut.” The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open. Ms. Green: “What does a dog do that a man steps into?” Rodney: “Pants” Ms. Green: “What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?” The principal’s eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer. Rodney: “Bubble gum” Ms. Green: “What word starts with an ‘F’ and ends in ‘K’ that means a lot of heat and excitement?” Rodney: “Firetruck” The principal was trembling. Ms. Green: “What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three

legs?” Rodney: “Shake hands.” The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, “Put Rodney in the fifthgrade, I got the last seven questions wrong!”

A group of life-long friends from the same Chicago neighborhood spent a weekend gambling vacation in Las Vegas. They all agreed if one of them won big they would treat the others to another gambling break next holiday. One of the men on the gambling trip won $100,000 playing blackjack. Remembering the agreement to treat the group if one of them won big he didn’t want anyone to know about his blackjack winnings, so decided not to return with the others, but took a later plane home, he arrived back at 3 a.m. Believing he was safe, he immediately went out to the backyard of his house, dug a hole and hid the blackjack money in it. The following morning, he walked outside and found only an empty hole. He noticed footsteps leading from the hole to the house next door, which was owned by a deaf-mute friend. On the same street lived a professor who understood sign language and was a friend of the deaf man. Grabbing his gun in anger, the enraged man went to awaken the professor and dragged him to the deaf man’s house. “You tell this SOB that if he doesn’t give me back my $100,000, I’m going to kill him!” he screamed at the professor. The professor conveyed the message to his deaf friend, and his friend replied in sign language, “I hid it in my backyard, underneath the cherry tree, I wasn’t going to keep it, I did it to teach him a lesson for being so cheap and underhanded!” The professor turned to the enraged man with the gun and said, “He’s not going to tell you. He said he’d rather die first!”

A man in a swimming pool was on the very top diving board. He poised, lifted his arms, and was about to dive when the attendant came running up, shouting, “Don’t dive! There’s no water in that pool!” “That’s all right,” said the man. “I can’t swim!”

Two Canadian guys, Mike and Rob were on the roof, laying tile, when a sudden gust of wind came and knocked down their ladder. “I have an idea,” said Mike. “We’ll throw you down, and then you can pick up the ladder.” “What, do you think I’m stupid? I have an idea. I’ll shine my flashlight, and you can climb down on the beam of light.” “What, do you think I’m stupid? You’ll just turn off the flashlight when I’m halfway there.”

A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying scent all over them. His curiosity gets the better of him and he goes up to the balding man and asks him what he’s doing. “I’m sending out 1,000 Valentine’s Day cards signed, ‘Guess who?’” “But why?” asks the man. “I’m a divorce lawyer.”

A kid walks up to his mom and asks, “Mom, can I go bungee jumping?” The mom says “No, you were born from broken rubber and I don’t want you to go out the same way!”

Can we change the Algorithm?

Look I don’t know how algorithms on our phones really work, hell nobody knows how social media algorithms really work. You know the example I am talking about… well, perhaps not exactly the story I am going to tell, but I am damn confident you have had this exact same scenario pop up. I have had several, here’s a creepy one I will share. Okay, two of them.

My buddy known as Eric The Red and his beautiful bride were shopping at a huge furniture store, the kind of store that is a flipping nightmare to shop in because it’s massive, always crowded, takes forever to get your product loaded into your vehicle or delivered, it just is an all-around unpleasant shopping adventure. Actually with that in mind, once he told me he was at this store, I asked him “Wait, were you trying to get laid or were you paying for a sin you committed in your domicile towards your bride so she would no longer want to murder you in your sleep?” Because really, there is no other reason that a right minded man would even want to venture into such a shit show of a shopping event.

Fun fact ladies, dudes will do all kinds of stuff just to get laid. Sex, hell, just boobs are an amazing motivator for us, it appeals to our very basic nature. Is it right? Yea, its genetics, so you can try and re-educate and reform while inserting any woke term you want, but at our very core, dudes are horny. Don’t believe me, ask your man for something you know he won’t be happy about but at the same time, mix some form of intercourse into the equation in whatever matter you think is needed to talk to get the getting the job done and watch how fast he responds. Not to conduct a Dr. Jordan B Peterson concept, but men get things done when motivated.

A non-motivated man is a slug, while a motivated man will move mountains. Or mountains of clothes, leaves, dishes, yard work, nights at the opera …the list goes on and on. Want a simple way to motivate him, sex. I am telling you it works, and if ladies you are sitting there thinking, “Well, that is not how my man works” bullshit. Try it and you will see I am correct.

Now, back to the store where my buddy Eric the Red was shopping and yes, he admitted it was sort of his fault they were doing this outing. They stopped and looked at a table. Just looked. Phone in pocket, never touched. Looked at this particular table. Looked.

Later that night, in his comfy chair, happy pants on, salted caramel glass of whisky, likely on the rocks because he knows that is what really brings out the drinks flavor, and he does something he rarely does, opens Facebook. Eric is a plugged in and intelligent person and smart enough to limit it time on social media, Facebook at the top of that list. He, like many of us just grew weary of all the horseshit surrounding the elections, the negativity, and pure garbage so he walked away. Now, he pops in from time to time to check in on his friends, friends kids, grand kids, you know the cool shit Facebook was intended for. After a few minutes of scrolling along, boom, there it is, the exact same table. Now, it wasn’t advertised at the same store, but it was the EXACT same table he and his bride stood next to.

It’s happened to you, it’s happened a great deal to me. It’s happened to my friends involving me and again, likely to you as well. Hell, I was in a big box store, looking at LED light bulbs, never said a word about the damn light bulbs, got into my wife’s JEEP, opened Spacebook, there were those same damn LED bulbs.

Or even better, last spring I bought new golf clubs and felt that I need head covers for my new irons so I jumped on

Amazon, found some cool ones that fit my jam, boom. Fast forward two days later, having a drink with my buddy Dean and I mention about my clubs, as soon as the weather crack, we need to hit the course, pretty excited about my new sticks

Dean “you should get some covers, look at the ones that popped up in my Spacebook feed”.

The exact same covers I just ordered. I mean the exact covers. Keep in mind, Dean didn’t even KNOW I bought new golf clubs, let alone covers. WTF!

Like I said, who knows how this stuff works but as a marketing guy that has worked in digital advertising, I have never came across a process that works like this and if I did, I would make some serious bank for damn sure!

When I have they types of conversations, hell, we have all had just conversations and ended up with something weird showing up suddenly, but when we talk about how weird this is, I always say MOTORCYCLES. WHISKEY, BEER, BOATS, BIKINIS, BABES and various other words because I like to see if I can get those types of things to show up in my feed. I mean your wants, needs and desires are likely different but this are just a few things I happen to like.

On my phone it is a different situation when it comes to photos. I use an iPhone because I am an adult and you pretty much have a fool proof security and operation system. If you have ever noticed, it will randomly pick photos as a preview. Many times they are photos of my wife the kids

or events surrounding our time together but every once in a while something really random comes up on my phone and recently that photo really made me smile.

It was a simple photo that popped up on a cold winter night, a picture from January 2012, I had to head back to the office that day, don’t recall why, but it was on a bike that I really loved back in the day. While I haven’t forgotten that bike by any means but at the same time it reminded me of why I loved that bike. It was my first true touring style bike, it was the bike my wife and I first rode the Old River Highway, a simple, historic road that is one of our favorite cruises anywhere. Sure there are more historic roads, better vistas, more curves etc. but that road, for us, is our happy spot.

I (we) rode the ever living hell out of that bike and created so many great memories, but came a time when we needed a new bike, a bigger bike and the adventures continue but the memories with that particular bike will always be strong, always be happy. I guess you never really do forget your first.

I hope that reading about bikes changes your algorithm, or maybe it was a different word or product that changes it for the better. We know it’s there, something or someone is listening BOOBS and I hope we all find the right things showing up in our algorithm.

Todd “Crash” Davis

Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook

One of the issues that the Motorcycle Riders Foundation and the Motorcycle Profiling Project have taken on is the prevention and cessation of profiling of motorcyclists across this nation, as well as in our very own state of Iowa. One does not need to be in a motorcycle club to be profiled or discriminated against; just being a rider can result in being targeted for just looking scary or being misunderstood by law enforcement. The Motorcycle Profiling Project (MPP) is dedicated to the grassroots effort to pass laws addressing profiling and discrimination. The MPP is not intended to replace other organizations. Rather, the project is intended to coordinate and unify the different elements and organizations at the state and federal levels towards this common goal, including the Confederation and Council of Clubs, ABATE, the MRF, the AMA, and the many other motorcycle rights groups that exist around the country.

A handful of other states have passed anti profiling laws already, and now with House Resolution 366 being passed a short while ago, our federal lawmakers are also agreeing with the grassroots proponents of protective legislation for the biker community. They are finally acknowledging that there may be an issue, and taking a stance. It is awful nice to see people that have been deniers of a problem admit wrong and sign on to take a stand. You can see we even have a few Iowa legislators that have co-sponsored this resolution.

Now this resolution is a giant step forward for bikers’ rights, but we need to keep pushing at the Federal and the State level. Are you asking what you can do? Well for one, you can go to the Motorcycle Profiling Project at www. motorcycleprofilingproject.com/ and click on the 2023 survey and complete it. It asks questions about if and how you were profiled, but takes no identifying information. Even if you have done this in previous years, there is a strong need to continue to gather data, so go to www. surveymonkey.com/r/ridefree2023 or follow the link on the MPP website. Additionally, you can join the Motorcycle Riders Foundation to support this and other federal level legislation. Thirdly, you can join, or make your voice heard local through ABATE of Iowa.

Together we can stand strong for motorcycle rights and fight for the freedom that is granted to us via the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Vernon Schwarte vernon@thunderroadsiowa.com

Editor/Owner Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa Owner Thunder Guns and Thunder Guns West Iowa Motorcycle Dealers Association (IMDA) Board Member

Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) Assistant State Rep

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Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] (Introduced 04/30/2021)

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2023

Jan 14 Winter Sucks Party and 620 Bike Unveil Metro HD Cedar Rapids

Jan 28 Solid Ones MC Chili Cookoff at Clubhouse in Carlisle

Feb 11 32nd Annual Chili Cook-Off Metro HD Cedar Rapids

Feb 11-12 Capital City Swap Meet Adventureland Park Altoona

Feb 15 ABATE of Iowa Lobby Day Des Moines

Feb 17-19 37th Annual ABATE D2 Lincoln Bike Show

Feb 18 Winter Smokeout! Mean Machine Cycles Elkhart

Feb 23-25 Omaha Chapter AMCA National Swap Meet Fremont NE

Feb 25-26 54th Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Rod and Custom Show Monticello

Mar 3-12 Daytona Bike Week Daytona Florida

Mar 4 Showing Love to Wes Benefit Cedar Rapids

Mar 5 Parts Girl Promotions Swap Meet Cedar Rapids

Mar 10-12 World of Wheels Omaha

Mar 19 Wild Wade’s High Performance Swap Meet & Trade Show Des Moines

Mar 25-26 34th Annual Donnie Smith Show and Swap Saint Paul, MN

Apr 8 Slider Gilmore Presentation Marshalltown

Jul 8 16th Annual Freeman Ride Avoca

Apr 1-2 36th Annual Motorcycle Expo Mason City

Apr 2 Parts Girl Promotions Swap Meet Rock Island, IL

May 6 12th Annual Sleeping Angels Fun Run Boone

May 13 Shelly Tuttle Memorial Run LeGrand

May 15-16 Bikers Inside the Beltway 2023 Washington DC

May 21 Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Multiple Locations

May 25-28 Redneck Revival Conesville

May 26-29 Midway Tavern’s 25th Annual Veterans Memorial BBQ & Band Soldier

May 27 Thunder on the Missouri Sioux City

Jun 10 Sarak Mok Memorial Ride Carlisle

Jun 29-Jul 1 ABATE of Iowa Freedom Rally

Jun 30-Jul 2 Iowa Hog Drags and Nostalgia Reunion Humboldt

Jul 22 6th Annual Cruizin for Cure Cystic Fibrosis Benefit Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids

Jul 22 Solid Ones MC Annual Car Wash Des Moines

Aug 4-13 Black Hills Motorcycle Rally South Dakota

Aug 31-Sep 3 Redneck Revival Conesville Sep 1-4 Midway Tavern’s 25th Annual Soldier Valley Poker Run, BBQ/ Dance/Concert Soldier

Nov 4 Solid Ones MC Clubhouse Day of The Dead Party Carlisle