JIM'S LITTLE BLOG

A Favorite:  Strawberrys and Raspberrys in a cake.  Love them!!  Our younger daughter brought them over, saving for herself a piece, as she is the only one in her family who eats this desert.  

For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  Skating guy is amazed at what he is seeing.  At night, the New York City Winter Ice Skating Rink.  NBC photo.   

Labels: Cartoons, Doctoring, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Kneecap, Reflections

# posted by Jim : 5/11/2024 06:32:00 PM  2 comments

Then I add a dash of Creole Seasoning powder to suit my slightly hot taste.  I generally have another nine or ten shrimp, depending on size, to eat with Shrimp Sauce or Sweet and Sour Sauce and some saltine crackers with Cheddar cheese.

Liechtenstein (2 times visited)

Lithuania 

Maldives 

Mauritius 

Mexico (lots and lots of times visited)*

Monaco 

Mozambique 

*Note:  most Mexico visits were entered from El Paso when I was in the Army stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. 

(D) Street/Reflections:  Dubai classroom taken through the window.  Note the teacher's "Magic Behavior Wand".

(E.2) Another Lagniappe:  My two Ford Mustangs, a 1974 Mustang II Ghia and a 1998 Mustang GT Convertible. 

Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 07, Jim Does, Kneecap, Reflections, School

# posted by Jim : 9/24/2021 08:18:00 AM  10 comments

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Now for the good (??) stuff:

 

(1.T.) Starts with "T":  Of course I would say that "T" is for Texas, first and always.
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TEXANS: a. Like to brag,  most famous Texas brag is "Everything is bigger and better in Texas."

b. Like their sports teams. In Houston we have Three college teams for most college sports,  for sure football, basketball, and baseball.   The four major colleges are The University of Houston (my alma mater), Texas Southern University, Houston Baptist University,  and St. Mary's University. 
The professional teams are complete and win a lot.  However we did lose our Hockey team.
c. Antique and Classic Car dealer in Dallas, it is larger than any of several here in Houston. Their Web Link, https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles?q%5Bbranch_id_eq%5D=2 shows their large inventory.

d. I'll stop with this statue of Sam Houston, along I-45 north of the City of Houston near Huntsville.  It is large, large and Tall.  For more about the statue on my blog, please click here. Or about Sam Houston, click here. 
Huntsville was the home of Texas' first president, President Sam Houston, when we were our own country. He was also the first governor of the State of Texas. There is a very fine museum in his town honoring him.

(1.U.) Starts with "U" is Uruguay.  We visited Montevideo Uruguay on New Years Day, 2017.  We were almost finishing our 31 day cruise, from Los Angeles down to Cape Horn at the bottom of the world and back up to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 

(2) A Favorite: 
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(3) Truck: 
I will always like the 1949 Ford Pickup., it is one of my favorite old trucks.  That is what I drove to high school in town for my last two years.  This one is on the August 2009 NAPA calendar that I have in my collection.  Here is a link to read about me and that truck. 

 http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-of-my-favorite-cars-midweek-blues.html 
 

(5) Under:  

 Standing under the balloon drop on New Year's Eve, then dancing after

 

(2.U.)  Below are some other of my favorites from Montevideo:

       [click on them or any other picture for larger size viewing]

 

 

 

I guess you got the flavor, Montevideo is a very pretty city.  We were there on a holiday.

                                                   The end, that's all for tonight.

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Labels: 2016 South America, Family, Kneecap, Selfies, Travel 7, Weekend Roundup 01

# posted by Jim : 5/25/2018 01:31:00 PM  8 comments

Picture "A"?

[Checking the battery water level, adding as needed]

Picture "B"?

[Adding a quart to Mrs. Jim's car]

Picture "C"?

[This clearly isn't Adi's favorite activity]

Picture "D"?

[Some Texans are building arks]

Picture "E"?

[This is my new golf club bag, I bought it on impulse. It was on sale and I couldn't resist it. $99.95 reg, sale price $59.95]

Picture "F"?

[Murder in the (short St. Augustine) grass]

Picture "G"?

[New license plate sticker for 2008. I checked the tires too and added air as needed.]

Answer: Except for the rain, these are the things I couldn't do after the surgery with my leg in a cast. I wished these were all the things I should do before it got so rainy.

BTW, with I.V.s in my hand and wearing a backless robe, I hopped down from my pre-op bed for my doctor. Between the two of us, we decided not to do the surgery.

Labels: Adi, Cars, Humor, Jim Does, Kneecap, Quiz

# posted by Jim : 7/02/2007 12:12:00 AM  11 comments

UPDATE: MY RIGHT KNEECAP WAS BROKEN!

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I'm just sitting here like a dummy, as Mema [link] used to say. And my computer typing is hunt and peck without all my fingers being able to function.

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So we were in Ireland, just finishing up there, out last visit was this, at the Powerscourt Estate Gardens.

Next was to be Sunday at the Isle of Man--my Grandpa Corkill's family was from there--for four days.

Then back to Ireland on the 23rd to Ireland and flying on to Scotland till June 3rd for touring, then five nights at the Westin Turnberry for resting and golfing three days.

Our car was in Newark as we flew from there after going to Danny's--Mrs. Jim's little brother--graduation from the Morehead Kentucky State University. He is in his fifties and decided to finish getting his B.S. degree.

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I went to a hand orthopedics doctor here yesterday, Thursday, as we got back here Wednesday evening. I made an appointment with him on the road Tuesday.

My knee orthopedic doctor will see me Wednesday if the swelling doesn't go down and the knee get a lot better by then. The hand dr is orthopedic also and has me keeping it elevated, wrapped, and iced till Wednesday.

We were able to change--no price change and the $100 change fee waived too--our flight to leave from Dublin as we were to have left from Glasgow, Scotland, where we had come in. Continental was really nice for us then!

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We are getting Adi back this afternoon from Karen. I rode over there with Mrs. Jim driving. She won't let me drive now, I did my last on Tuesday.

Dr. K. doesn't think I should drive either. The mornings here are beautiful for Mustang convertible driving so I had better get over all this soon.

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This is the young lady who helped me at Powerscourt Garden Estates. She was sitting at the top of the steps having a smoke.

She and another man saw me tumble, they both came running to help me back up. They offered help me to the first aid place but I had to find Mrs. Jim first.

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First, though, we--Mrs. Jim and I--are in agreement that it was a leprechaun that shoved me down those steps because I am still too young to be 'falling.' I did miss the step and tumble down most of the eight or so.

The fellow tried to find Mrs. Jim in the gardens but came back without her. I found her and we hobbled me back to the ticket booth. First aid to stop the bleeding and then they took me into town to the ER.

Now, here is what I sent relatives when we got back to the states:

Hi -- This will be fairly short because I am typing with hunt and peck with my right hand from a 'Sleep Inn' near Chambersburg, PA.


My left hand has the two middle fingers splinted together. I knocked my big finger out of joint in Ireland. The ER doc got it back in after a lot of pulling and pushing and eight x-rays between pulls and pushes and before and again when it popped back in.


But there is a chipped bone that needs attention so I will see my orthopedic doc when we make it back home.


My right knee is messed up and hurts bad. 800 mg ibiprofins help it some, but the doc will look at that too. Nothing is broken in the knee but other items must be messed up.


Then except for bruises on my chin and some other scratches and cuts things are ok.

We got back to Newark this afternoon and drove to here. I drove to there so [Mrs. Jim] could navigate--I don't navigate very well.


I'm thinking we will be home by Friday, I hope my doc can see me then. I will call his office tomorrow. The ER doc said I shouldn't put seeing an orthopedic doc until June, and not to drive or even chip or putt.

So we left this morning from Dublin. We didn't get to the Isle of Man or Turnberry at all. Just landed in Glasgow a week ago and caught another plane right to Dublin.

The Turnberry lady was real nice and extended out time through the end of the year so we will go back shortly when I get patched up correctly.

All for now, we will leave pretty early in the morning, but check will e-mail on the way out. We may not find another computer 'til we get home.

Labels: Ireland, Kneecap, leprechaun, Travel

# posted by Jim : 5/26/2007 12:12:00 AM  16 comments