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26 UCW OCT. 29 - NOV. 4, 2014 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Oyster Roast & Run FTCC Student Nurses Association Run Nov. 8th To help young & old in our community for Christmas! 4624 BRAGG BLVD. NOVEMBER 8 • FTCC STUDENT NURSES' ASSOCIATION OYSTER ROAST AND RUN at Legends Pub. Fundraiser to help young and old in our communit y for Christmas. Call 867-2364 for information. NOVEMBER 15 • CHILI COOK-OFF at Legend's Pub. Bring your best chili. Call 867-2364 for information. NOVEMBER 22 • STEELE ANGELS 11TH ANNUAL TOY RUN at Legends Pub. Call 867-2364 for information. PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse group of patriots from ever y state that come together to honor fallen soldiers at funeral ser vices across the countr y. Visit w w w.patriotguard.org for more information about the group. Visit our website for food and drink specials! MacSpeedShop.com 4 8 2 N . M C P H E R S O N C H U R C H R D . = SMOKIN' DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS OVER 200 CRAFT BEERS BIKE NIGHTS • LIVE MUSIC • CATERING Unlike a car driver, a motorcyclist has to use all of his senses when riding to survive. When riding, you feel alive and know that you are a part of the world. In a car, drivers can control the noise, the tempera- ture and the smells. On a motorcycle, you get what- ever comes rushing towards you. All of your senses are alive and kicking. You hear all the different noises. You feel the variations in temperature. You become one with your sense of smell. Like your other senses, your nose is telling you a story. You can smell the tar of the pavement as the heat rises on a hot summer day. In the spring, you can smell the honeysuckle along a mountain road. During the winter, you can inhale deep breaths of clear, fresh air and it reminds you that you are alive. Of course, there are the less pleasant smells like a skunk or a decomposing animal on the road. That is a part of life, too. Smell can trigger many emotions and memories. One reason I think some motorcyclists enjoy eating so much is because of the different smells of food they encounter on rides. In a car, you may not notice that barbecue but for a motorcyclist, it's quite evi- dent. That causes your mouth to water and causes your stomach to talk to you. Being in it. Yeah, that is where I love to be. A few weeks ago I was driving down Owen Drive when something flew into my face and I could feel something tickling me. I came to a red light and grabbed it. It was a feather. "Weird," I thought. A few minutes later a strong smell came to me. "Yay, chickens!" You see, a nose will tell you the difference between a truck carrying chickens, hogs, cattle, horses and garbage from a quarter of a mile back. A few minutes later, I caught the truck at a red light. Some people would not appreci- ate the smell, but I've tried to appreciate everything about the riding experience — or at least respect it. When I looked over, I saw the birds all hunkered down as it seems that they were heading towards a chicken plant. I thought to myself that I was glad to be human and not a chicken. Let's face it, if you are a chicken, you were born to be part of the food chain. America eats 8 billion chickens a year. The feathers are being used to make everything from shoes to items in car manufacturing. The manure is used to pro- vide fertilizer and compost. In the wake of the talk about the Sanderson Farms Company showing interest in coming to Fayetteville, I couldn't help but look at that truck and think about all of the jobs those chickens will produce. A chicken is more than people working in a factory. The truck driver is making his living by hauling them around. What about the machin- ist in the plant? What about the electricity they will use? If Sanderson Farms is not for Fayetteville, the taxes, the income and the infrastructure that those chickens produce will go back into someone else's community. I learned awhile back that a road provides money at one end and a bank at the other. A good nose will be able to sense that even a bad smell can actually be the smell of money; if your senses are tuned in. Ride safe and keep your nose up! If there is a topic that you would like to discuss, con- tact me at motorcycle4fun@aol. com. Being in It BY JIM JONES Sometimes money doesn't smell like money. Sometimes it smells like chickens. JIM JONES, Motorcycle Enthusiast, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 484-6200 www.upandcomingweekly.com Turn to our calendar every Wednesday and see what's happening!