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.
ABANDONED IN JAPAN WITHOUT A CENT 1983
This next post is a “flashback in time” to Japan in the summer of 1983. Although, completely innocent of all wrong doing, I was subjected to a large ration of abuse for a long time. I will tell this story…
A TERROR ATTACK IN MY BARBECUE – TEXAS 2002
For this next piece, I will just free my mind and ramble around a bit in the cavern of my memory. The setting will be the Woodlands, Texas, after our transfer there in 2002. Our time in Texas was one…
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FAMOUS FRONTIERSMEN JIMBO RED HUNTS TEXAS – PART II
Just as I promised, this next post is Part II of the hunting saga, at the King Ranch, Texas, in January 2002. Once again, ol’ Jimbo Red was invited to accompany a group of executives from our parent company, on…
HUNTING TEXAN STYLE – JIMBO RED JOINS ROYALTY AND FITS RIGHT IN – PART ONE.
I will preface this next story, by saying, that, as I am remembering it, and preparing it for writing, I am struck by how unbelievable it sounds. It is understood, that, many of you will read a few sentences and…
THE BRIG O DOON CHASED BY A WITCH – IMAGES OF SCOTLAND PART II
One fine day, we loaded up and travelled south and west of Glasgow. D2 accompanied us on this tour. We stopped and had a brief look at Royal Troon, Turnberry and Prestwick golf courses. Since no one else had the…
JIMBO RED BESIEGES A CASTLE OR TWO – SCOTLAND 1998 TO 2002
This next post is written for one of my most avid readers. At times known as Deysi, other times Bubbaloo (when I am feeling brave) and always “our leader”. After reading my babblings, about our time in Scotland, and thereabouts,…
A TSUNAMI IS UNLEASHED IN OUR DRIVEWAY, HOUSTON 2002
As it came to pass, the year 2002, brought us another move. This time from Edinburgh, Scotland to Houston, USA. It was not unexpected, nor was it unwelcome. In many ways, we had spent more of our married life together,…
AT LONG LAST, SOMEONE RECOGNIZED JIMBO RED’s TALENTS – SCOTLAND YEAR 2001
It is sometimes funny, how things have a way of working out. It had now been, just under, 3 years, since we had moved to Scotland. I was fully immersed in this company. However, as life dictates, the human being…
CHASED BY CHINESE HOARDS INTO THE SCANDANAVIAN ARCTIC – 2001
In a previous article, about my travels to Norway, I touched on our dependence on iron ore. One of our biggest, most profitable business lines, was applying cement and iron ore to offshore pipeline pipe. The weight created by the…
STRANGE THINGS THAT VIKINGS THOUGHT WERE NORMAL – AN OPINION PIECE – YEAR 2001
Over a period of time, in the early 2000’s, I had occasion to travel to Norway many times. None of these trips were for pleasure. In many ways, our life up to that point was a mixture of work and…
