AND YET ANOTHER READER STEPS UP AND “HITS ONE OUT OF HERE” – SCOTLAND 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: Apparently, one of my loyal readers, found something in my babbling about Scotland. That stirred memories of his, and his leader’s, rambling around, in the Highlands. He has now, put those memories to paper. And as always, my…
THE BRIG O DOON CHASED BY A WITCH – IMAGES OF SCOTLAND PART II
One fine day, we loaded up and traveled 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…
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…
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