Jimbo Red
Retired on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada after spending 30 years overseas in Engineering, Procurement and Construction. involved in Oil and Gas, Pulp and Paper, Civil, Pipeline, Protective Coatings, Refinery and Chemical as well as participation "onsite" during the firefighting efforts in Kuwait after the war with Iraq. Married 5 children, 4 grandchildren and a boat.
D2 TRAVELS TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR A LOOK SEE
Summer arrives and with it brings our first visitor, my second son D2. He was now a full fledged teenager, tall, scrawny, 18 years old and with an abundance of energy. He is ready for action and full of dreams…
AROUND PENNSYLVANIA IN PICS 1992-1993
This next post will deal with images of our home and surroundings in Pennsylvania during our time there from early 1992 to the middle of 1993. I am posting these images because they also have some stories to tell of…
EARLY MEMORIES FROM WALLINGFORD, PA. 1992
We had arrived in Pennsylvania in January 1992 and quickly got into the rhythm of a new place. Deysi immediately had the girls enrolled in schools and they, in turn, immediately started scouting out new friends. Relocation for the three…
I HAVEN’T BEEN ON A RANT FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW I’M PISSED
I haven’t been on a rant in a while but every now and then something happens that sets me off. I understand that my rants are not necessarily popular with all (or even most) of my readers. However, they do…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THIS TIME PHILADELPHIA 1992
I departed for Philadelphia right at the end of 1991 and landed smack in the middle of another project. Again with my employer of many years. Basically since our days in Edmonton in the early 1980’s (with a small break…
WHERE TO NEXT? WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON DEC. 1991
As I said in my last post from Kuwait, I had escaped and was now back in Calgary. The time was late December 1991. From here I will continue my chronology of events in our life, as I now remember…
“SUMMER IS OVER TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK YOU OLD FOOL”
So with those words of encouragement in my head, I slink back into my cage and search for inspiration. I read back thru a few of my most recent posts and find little there to inspire anyone. No wonder my…
CATCH UP HOME MOVIES FROM NZ 1991
I’m still playing catch up with my home movies from NZ, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii from late May of 1991, just before I left for Kuwait. I know they are torture to watch, but if I don’t get them saved…
I HAVE SURVIVED KUWAIT, THIS COWBOY IS HEADED HOME
We are now at the end of a period in our life where we have been overseas in Africa, the South Pacific and the Middle East for about 4 years. We are about to enter into a time where we…
I’M BAAAAACCKKKK! THE LIFE OF JIMBO RED PRO FISHERMAN
For my (2-3) faithful readers, I don’t know if you had noticed. But I have been unable to keep up, my usual steady stream of brownish coloured drops of wisdom for the last few days. The reason, for this interruption…
