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.
BEWARE NORSEMEN HERE COMES JIMBO RED – YEAR 2000
After a brief foray, in my mind, to Mexico, I am back to my memories of our time in Scotland. As you are aware, I had broken my (more or less chronological) stream of writing, about adventures in and around…
AND LIKE QUETZALCOATL JIMBO RED FINISHES AND LEAVES, WITH A PROMISE TO RETURN ONE DAY, PART III
With land and labor contract’s in place, it was now time to get on with building a plant. I returned from Mexico City, after a contract was signed, and prepared to return to my office in Canada. “Not so fast”,…
COATZACOALCOS MEXICO, WORKING IN THE LAND OF THE AZTEC 1997 – PART II
My mind has wandered back to the year 1997, in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. It is now winter, January, and I am back, after a Christmas break. The biggest task left, is to negotiate a contract for the land, (read swamp). This…
COATZACOALCOS 1997 – JIMBORED LANDS 1000 YEARS AFTER QUETZALCOATL LEAVES
Once again, I find I must break away from our time in Scotland, to fill in a long dormant memory. This time my mind wanders to Mexico and memories of our time there. I must say, that my memory seems…
EMIGRATING TO SCOTLAND WITH AN ILLEGAL ALIEN
For this post, I must take us back in time, to 1998, when we left Canada, once again and headed off to Bonny Old Scotland. I can already hear the howls of protest. Something like, “this is bullshit, we have…
THE SUMMER JOB FROM HELL 1967 – 1968
I will kick off the New Year 2022, with a flashback to my time after High School, in the summers of 1968 and 1969. My post today, could be categorized as a “memory”, but I have chosen to consider it…
IS IT ALL OVER FOR JIMBO RED? A 2022 RANT.
Here I sit in January 2022, wondering if the old clutch has finally slipped. Ol’ Jimbo Red is in the middle of a complete writer’s block. Or perhaps it is, only, a temporary, lack of inspiration that prevents me from…
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT COULDN’T STOP GIVING 2021
The Christmas Season 2021 is now upon us. This year, as it approaches, I realize that it is time for a Christmas post. I know, most of you are saying, “yeah, so what” or, “who cares, anyway”? My only response…
IN SEARCH OF NESSIE AND OTHER EPIC BATTLES – SEPTEMBER 1999
During our time in Scotland from the years 1998 thru 2002, we spent out leisure time exploring Scottish history. There were a myriad of places to visit and snoop around in. Deysi and I chose a different place to look…
A BLOGGING MIRACLE HAS HAPPENED, DECEMBER 2021
A blogging miracle has just happened. After one and a half years I have reached some milestones. Every one of which, I believed, unreachable, when I started. The written content of my blog now exceeds 300,000 words. I told you,…
