Friday, April 21, 2023
Letter "P" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's "0" Week's Prompts, Starts with "P." A Favorite. "P"ink.
- James' Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "P": This is my toy car, a 1:18 scale cast iron model of the 1955 Ford Crestline hardtop. I bought it way back from the farm store in Tekamah, Nebraska, from them after Christmas sale for half price.
Starts with "P": The machine on the rail is in the Peppa Pig Amusement Park in the U.K, just north of Southampton. KP, Mrs. Jim, and a SIL are riding it.
This car, next to the bottom, is another 1955 Ford, on a NAPA calendar, part of that collection. It might be red but I think it is a dark pink. Ford made more pink ones than red in 1955. The other may have been at the Peppa Pig Place, not sure.
You can see more of my scale model toys and toy cars here,
and some of my Toys in general here, a lot are cars,
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The Pink Panther movie had all of us laughing most of the night, it was hilarious. I would recommend going to it. Rated at 'PG', it could have been rated 'G' except for a couple innuendoes and a crotch burning scene. And those weren't nearly as funny as the rest.
Now, I laugh out loud, LOL, I really do. With my mouth open too. I wasn't the only one laughing, everyone was. And I didn't go to sleep once--except during the commercials before it started.
A Favorite: Play day is over. Three Red Shirted Fellows and eight of us others will now go on to Incredible Pizza who is having 'all you can eat' senior lunch for $4.50 plus tax for the 19th hole eating and that four-fifty includes pizza, other entree foods, salad, drinks, and desert. Alcohol is not served there.
These fellows are all in Mrs. Jim's Sunday Bible Class but they let me play with them because our fellows don't Play golf. This course was Private and the owner has gone out of business, there was no buyer for it so it is now closed.
A Langiappe: Beyonce Knowles as Xania in MGM/Columbia Pictures' The Pink Panther - 2006 [Beyonce is a Houston, Texas, girl made good in the flicks]
James' Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures: (Note, this is a repeat of last weeks.) Adi, our now deceased Beagle dog, from our former Montgomery County (TX) found this pretty place on our walk. We spotted it one morning on Our walk around and along the golf course.
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The Fine Print:
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- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
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Labels: Cars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Golf, London Summer 2013, NAPA calendars, Reflections, Walk pictures
Friday, October 22, 2021
Letter "Q" -- -- Weekend Roundup
THE SEVENTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - The Letter "Q" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "Q"; (B) "Queen" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; and (D) A Lagniappe.
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[Photo from F a c e b o o k "cb and ham antenna group"]
(A) Starts with the Letter "Q": A Quaint old truck belonging to a ham radio fellow, see his antenna at the back.
Question: Why is this old truck looking so Queer (starts with "Q")?
Answer: Because it is Quaint and has an antenna for mobile operation on top of the cargo roof.
[hint, highlight the blank area to see the answer]
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"Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
(B) "Queen" (Tom's Choice): Our friends from Towcester, Northampshire, England, 65 miles NNW of London came to town to visit us. They explained that Queen Elizabeth would travel in her carriage through the streets to open Parliament for the then current session. They would show us a quiet place on the sidewalk to see her pass by. That was much excitement for us.
Not very original and neither is this post. It is a rework from one I did in 2013. Karen was to run the Paris Marathon (she finished!) on April 15th so cheering her on was our excuse for going to London and Paris at that time.
I wish we could go again this April but no family to visit now so that is open for discussion now. See more of this episode, click here, from my March 14, 2013 post, for my "Q" word Queen back then.
And also you can use the Label at the bottom, "London Summer 13" for some other things we did during that trip.
(C) A Favorite: My Quick yummy morning breakfast snack break is over. Mrs. Jim brought my coffee, the food was part of her breakfast doggy bag which she brought home from Monday.
A breakfast croissant with egg, ham, and cheese. I saved the top lid piece of the croissant for dessert and put gobs of strawberry Jam on it.
(D.1) A Lagniappe: Q-tip is a common compound word seldom seen in the blogs, not even for the "Q" word of the week. Guess I was pretty hard up. Please see the "Note" below for a rundown of the name. It must be properly protected or it will go generic. I believe this may be the case already. Time will tell.
So of what purpose is the lowly Q-tip? Men use it to hand pollinate the citrus plants, apply glue or paint in hard-to-get-to places, clean the wax out of their ears (I'd rather use the rounded edge of a paper clip), use it with alcohol or nail polish remover for cleaning up tiny spots, and--what am I leaving out for the guys?
But what in the world do women do with their Q-tips? They are the keepers, we men have to ask for one. Mrs. Jim had this one and another in the top drawer in the bathroom. She said she had a bag of them under the sink, but I didn't see them.
But what does she do with them? What does she use them for? Most ladies aren't brave or stupid enough to dare stick one in her ear. Nor does she build model cars or work with trains. My guess is that she uses them for tasks which men use their index finger but for which a women wouldn't dare use her finger.
Now, I am asking for the women reading this to tell me what they use the Q-tips, i.e. "cotton swabs", for.
Note: (from my Google Search) "Q-tips®
"Q-TIPS® is a registered trademark of Unilever and is NOT a name for just any cotton swabs. The Q-TIPS® trademark can only be used to refer to the specific cotton swab products manufactured and sold by Unilever and should not be used to refer to cotton swab products of other companies or to cotton swabs generally."
This was previously posted on April 28, 2017, but none of you except for Tom has read it back then. (entire post, click here)
(D.2) A Second Lagniappe: Principalities I have visited in that begin with "P": I forgot to post my country list last week. And we did not visit any "Q" countries, there aren't many to visit.
Panama -- Cruising on the Norwegian Sun ship through the Panama Canal (a bucket list item) --
Peru -- On our Princess Cruise around Cape Horn from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires, Brazil
Poland -- Several times, first a Grand Circle land tour of the former Eastern Europe countries from Frankfort Germany and around to the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany in 2000
Portugal -- On a Princess Cruise to the Canary Islands
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- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
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Labels: Cars, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 07, London Summer 2013, Quiz
Friday, July 19, 2019
The Letter "C" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
My Car List, of all or most all of the cars I have owned
is LAST on this post. Please scroll down to it.
- the Letter "C" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "C"; (B) A Favorite; (C) "C" for Calm (Tom's choice); and (D) Reflection(s).
(A) Starts with the Letter "C": Cantaloupes starts with the Letter "C". Our third picture of KP doing the Letter "C" in the song, "YMCA", Body Format. We were in Sprouts of Katy, Texas (our Houston Suburb). KP is our youngest granddaughter.
She had her 10th Birthday Wednesday, tonight she is finishing up her celebration with a sleep-in party with a few other of her friend girls.
This newspaper article called their 1936 a Cabriolet, actually it was a Coupe Convertible. I have about 35 of these Cast Iron Toy Cars and Tractors. Most all are 1:16 scale. The doors open, hoods and deck lids open, and the steering wheel steers the front tires.
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(B) A Favorite: We were having a Corn Dog Friday Lunch. Guess which of us, Mrs. Jim, KP, or Me, had two Corn Dogs? Who had two cups of milk. Did any of us adults have two cups of Diet Coke?Answers: (highlight the space below to read the answers)
.KP, KP, NONE
[large picture] [super size]Calming, A Highway Sign that
I Found on the Roads of Ireland©Jimmiehov 2007
Regents Park, London, U.K., ©Jimmiehov 2016
(E) As promised HERE last week, my life time "Car List":
Here are the cars in my life--listed in order of purchase: [should I blog on this as part of my memoirs?]
My TOY 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup was posted here last week.
- 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup (formerly owned by my High School Principal).
- 1952 Ford Tudor, I hopped it up very heavily before I sold it. It would outrun and 55 and 56 Chevys.
- 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible (new)
- 1941 Chevy Two-door
- 1950 (Jimmy Dean) Mercury Two-door Coupe (ditched the '41 and '56 when I went into the Army)
- 1951 Ford Tudor--a present from Dad while I was still in the Army, it was the folk's family car and had rolled over 100,000 miles.
- 1960 Rambler Two-door Custom station wagon
- 1950 Ford Tudor
- 1962 VW Bug--a work car
- 1956 Ford Customline Fordor-hardtop
- 1968 Ford station wagon (new)
- 1969 Ford Thunderbird***
- 1971 Honda CB450 motorcycle
- 1972 Ford Pinto***
- 1976 Ford Granada Tudor Coupe***
- 1976 Ford Granada Fordor
- 1972 Datsun pickup
- 1976 Chrysler Cordoba (picture link)
- 1977 Plymouth Volare station wagon
- 1982 Olds Cutlass Supreme two-door
- 1975 Datsun pickup
- 1986 Olds 88 four-door
- 1988 Olds 88 four-door
- 1987 Chevy S-10 pickup
- 1992 Cadillac DeVille
- 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia (Mom's car after she died) (still owned)
- 1999 Cadillac DeVille
- 1999 Easy-Go Golf Car (new)
- 1998 Ford Mustang GT Convertible (still owned)
- 1950 Ford Tudor (sold August, 2015)
- 2006 Cadillac DTS
- 2011 Cadillac DTS (still owned)
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Labels: Cars, Dogs-other, Eating, Food, Ireland, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim's Life, KP, KP's Birthdays, London, London Fall 2012, London Spring 2014, London Summer 2013, Reflections, Signs, Toys, Weekend Roundup 04
Friday, September 28, 2018
Weekend Roundup -- 13-18(b) (for letter "M") -- Reflections too
The 39th issue of Weekend Roundup for this year...
The week's prompts:
(1) Starts with "M"; (2) A Favorite; (3) Many; and (4) Reflections
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(1) Starts with "M": Today we have "Mary" starting with "M".
Here's Cousin Mary on the right with Mrs. Jim. Our cousin is 97 years old, she still drives and also teaches Sunday School.
Mary is a five hour drive from our house so we can't see her often.
In 1984 Mary Lou won a Gold Olympics Medal for the best all around. What ever that is.
She was born in West Virginia in 1968 making her now 50.
Mary's latest endeavor is being a Star on the Dancing with the Stars program on Monday night on the ABC network.
Her picture is of her when she was on a Paraguay postage stamp. It is from Wikipedia, a Wiki Commons entry. (link)
Ms. Retton is married and lives in Houston. She has four grown children and is a member of our church, Second Baptist Church Houston at our 1463 Campus (one of six).
Paul McCartney - Let It Be - Live at Anfield, Liverpool 1st June 2008
Let It Be
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when…
And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
(c) Then there's Mother Mary, Beatles star, Paul McCartney's mother. He references her twice in his song above, "Let it Be."
When visiting our daughter when she and family lived in London we would walk past Paul's London home several times a week. It was just around the corner from her flat.
(2) A Favorite: Mustang is my favorite car, I have two, a Black 1998 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, and a Green 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia with a whitish vinyl top. The '98 has 106K miles and the '74 has 67K.
Both had lady drivers before me, one in her forties and the other one was (my) Mom's who died at age 88 in 1999. https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=mustang
My 2013 London Holiday posts, click HERE
(2) A Favorite: Mustang is my favorite car, I have two, a Black 1998 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, and a Green 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia with a whitish vinyl top. The '98 has 106K miles and the '74 has 67K. Both had lady drivers before me, one in her forties and the other one was (my) Mom's who died at age 88 in 1999. https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=mustang
(3) Many: Thought I'd list the Top Ten of the Many Museums of the world per National Geographic. This magazine has a lot of "Top Ten" for us to visit while traveling. We've been to 8 or 9 of these: (it's getting too late, I will post it later if I find the article.)
So instead I posted this picture of "Many Ducks in the River". For sure "I got my ducks in a row." I think it is the Potomac, for sure in Washington D.C. It was down my the War Memorial Wall but I don't know exactly where we were. We walked there from Georgetown University.
So instead I posted this picture of "Many Ducks in the River". For sure "I got my ducks in a row." I think it is the Potomac, for sure in Washington D.C. It was down my the War Memorial Wall but I don't know exactly where we were. We walked there from Georgetown University.
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(4) Reflections: A local Barber shop has a special for Men, haircuts for $16.00. I hope you can read what comes with this haircut.
My 'stylist's' Senior Men's Haircuts are $12 but I only get a haircut without the shampoo, steamed towel, scalp massage, and/or snacks and drinks. I will call here and ask about her giving me a "Senior Discount." [click picture for a larger size. Click again for larger still]
My 'stylist's' Senior Men's Haircuts are $12 but I only get a haircut without the shampoo, steamed towel, scalp massage, and/or snacks and drinks. I will call here and ask about her giving me a "Senior Discount." [click picture for a larger size. Click again for larger still]
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- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link to Tom's Weekend Reviews) - The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am also linked this week with Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved
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Labels: Family, Jim Does, London, London Fall 2012, London Spring 2014, London Summer 2013, Walk pictures, Weekend Roundup 02
