JIMBORED HAS VISIONS OF GLADIATORS, CHARIOTS AND GLORY – ROME 1999
With my last story just finished, I have been reminded of another lapse in my memory. It seemed that I “breezed” through my memories of our times in Scotland, and “breezed” right past our trip to Rome. Only, a fool…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…
