Tuesday, August 01, 2006
My truck story, Part I - - - - - also, Thirty-nine presents from Cousin John
.These are golf balls that John (picture link) gave to me. He found them in the Tekamah, Nebraska, cemetery. It is adjacent to the golf course.
My truck story, Part I
Cousins John and Ione and I carpooled during our years at Tekamah High School. I was fourteen and old enough to drive. I started there in the eleventh grade, after spending the first ten in one and two-room country schools. Ione was a freshman, so we both were new at this school. John rode with us during my senior year.
Dad had me fixed up with a very nice 1937 Ford, the previous (original) owner was a little old lady (LOL). That even car smelled like LOLs. It was so nice.
Then Dad decided the '37 wasn't safe enough for me because it had mechanical brakes. After one week of my enjoying the older Ford, Dad traded it in on a new 1949 Ford pickup. I think he wanted a pickup, as that was just the beginning days of Nebraska men and their pickup affairs.
.We were the cat's meow in the new black Ford pickup and didn't even know it. [I know, this picture is of a red '50 Ford pickup, it isn't the one I drove to high school.]
I got the pickup stuck twice on school runs. One was coming home from school in a blizzard and I got it stuck trying to plow and run through a deep snowdrift in the road. I can't remember how we got out. I can almost remember a friendly neighbor pulling us through with his tractor.
The other time was when the frost had gone out of the oat stubble. I didn't realize that, so when John met me at halfway down his lane I tried to turn around in the once frozen, but now thawed, field. Uncle Howard, John's dad retrieved us that time with his tractor.
I also had three accidents (that counted) with Dad's pickup. None were my fault, one was when a drunk drove across the road at me. I couldn't take to the ditch because there was a high gravel ridge running along my side of the road, waiting to be graded upon the road.
The accident that didn't count was the time I ran it into a pile of dirt in a city street and knocked most of the dirt back into the hole it came from, along with a big yellow caution barricade. I had let my passengers off at school and was picking up my friend, Lonnie, who lived in town.
To this day, only Lonnie and I know how it was that I ran over the dirt pile. It didn't look like much damage was done to anybody, so we just kept on to the school; after brooming off the dirt from the truck of course.
Wouldn't you know it, but halfway through first period I had a call down to the office. I had no idea why because I just didn't get calls to go there.
The town marshal was there with the principal. And I got the third degree. I had to convince them that it was an accident, which it was. When they believed that, I was free to go.
Maybe if I had told the whole truth of why the accident happened, the outcome might have been different. I had seen that principal grab kids by the shoulders and bang them up against the wall before, and thoughts of that were going through my mind. Just a little.
Sister, Lois, drove that pickup to high school after I was gone. She was pretty hard on it too. I know she knocked out a mailbox with it. She was in love with the song it sang as it hummed and whistled down down the road. I had forgotten that part until just now.
That Ford was a nice pickup. More about it and me later.
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)
The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- 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 James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/for my Reflections Photo. - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- 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.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved
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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
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
My political call last night -- Eight things about me -- my answer to being tagged again
.Yesterday I was called seventeen times by political candidates or their helpers. All but one was using a machine or computer controlled recording..
I asked the ONE real person what she knew about the Do Not Call List law? I didn't let her answer, I lit into her.
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I told her that it was politicians like her who made that Do Not Call List law and then those politicians exempted themselves from that law. I told her that those politicians should be ashamed of themselves, I didn't appreciate being treated like that one bit.
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And then I hung up.*****
Ok, so now I've been tagged again..By Travel Plaza this time over at Happytraveller. And I'm not real pleased with it again. Most of you read my last post, I almost lot my religion then (link). .
It was Britmum of All Things English who did it then, I swore I wouldn't do any more tags. If I finish this one, it will be my last!
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Well, here goes because it really isn't very hard, who knows if it will be interesting? And a lot of you know most everything about me already, that's what it is supposed to be, eight things about me.
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I was born in a four room house in Burt County, Nebraska, out in the country. About six miles from where Cliff's (Cliff of Cliff Morrow's Blog) Mom and Dad lived then. Our mothers were friends long before they got married. I think Cliff is sixteen or more years younger than I am.
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Two.
I never have had an electric train. Nor a bicycle of my own for that matter. I had to share the bike with my sister, Lois. It was a girl's bike at that, I was probably six when Dad got it by mail order from Sears. He lowered the seat so I could ride it to school. She still has that bike and rides it some now.
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Three.
I'm not superstitious. But just in case it works, I don't walk under ladders, I always say someone is thinking of me when my nose itches, I act horrified when I break a mirror, I always give due respect to Friday 13's, and I say "Bless you" when you sneeze.
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Again, I'm not superstitious but, if I see a black cat that will be crossing my path I shoot it. No, seriously, I turn around and go some other way that doesn't cross that cat's path. That way it didn't walk in front of me, just in case there is something to that also.
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Are you superstitious? Take The Superstitious Test [quiz], here.
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Four.
I like cars. I didn't have a car while I was at the University of Nebraska. I bummed rides home and back to school, mostly with Tom T. of Tekamah or Dick H. of Blair. In high school I drove my dad's 1950 Ford pickup to school.
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In college I broke my foot during my last semester, third semester freshman, at Lincoln. It was initiation night at Pershing Rifles and we pledges had to march from six p.m. until midnight. After midnight the actives couldn't do a thing to us.
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At midnight it was tradition for the pledges to de-pants the actives. The fellow my friend and I drew wanted to keep his pants on so he kicked. It knocked me backwards some. (Where is this going?)
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About 1:30 or so I walked the mile to my rented room out on 13th Street. The next morning I couldn't walk on that foot. I took the bus that morning to the infirmary where they discovered I had broken my foot, a metatarsal, probably the first metatarsal, (Widipedia link) in the right foot.
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My dad felt sorry for me as I couldn't walk that mile any more. The first week or so I was on crutches, then on a walking cast for six more. Dad offered the loan of his pickup. I sure did take him up on that, fast! Dad never did know the real way I broke that foot.
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That January I dropped out of college. Of course I didn't tell my parents and for sure didn't give the pickup back. In about four months I was able to get a job at the Elgin Watch Factory in Lincoln. I still didn't give the pickup back but finally I did tell that I had dropped out of school and had the job.
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Working was fun for me, I was tired of going to classes. Notice I didn't say tired of studying because I didn't ever study. I didn't in high school and I wasn't about to in college. Better to tell the truth, I didn't know how to study.
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That pickup even went to the rodeo in Ames, Iowa, to the beach at Linoma Beach quite often, and on some (???descriptive?term????) dating. In fact I had a steady girl for the first time in my life, she worked at Elgin too.
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In another month or so, Dad had it figured out. He told me that maybe I should be getting a car of my own, did I want to do that? You see in those days, at least in Nebraska, kids couldn't buy cars until they were twenty-one unless a parent signed.
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My first car was a 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coupe that had belonged to Elmer Cells, my high school principal and chemistry teacher. He was Dad's good friend as well as Mr. Morrow's (Cliff's Dad--I think Cliff's family is related to the Cells). He had traded his Studebaker in on a new car and WE, Dad and I, got this one from the Ford dealer in Tekamah.
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Studebakers aren't very tough cars, that one didn't take the abuse I wanted to give it, so it gave up. Wouldn't you know it, just about the time I was trading it in for my second car? It depreciated a whole $200 in one week because it wasn't running very good when I brought it back a week later to get my used 1952 Ford.
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Like I said, I like cars. So I'll have to blog about each of my cars, one at a time. There just isn't time or space in this blog entry to do them justice. I have fond memories of just about every one of them, either things that happened while in the cars or where they took me or just plain the nice things about the cars.
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While I was a college dropout working at Elgin, I became involved with a 1934 Ford three window coupe. It had been converted to a modified stock car. Working on that car was fun and I learned how to keep them running. I even built two engines for my own 1952 Ford.
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The primary driver--I got to drive on occasion--was Bill. He spent more time on that car than I did. I was there the day his wife came out of the house (suitcase in hand?--I don't remember) and told him "You love that car more than you love me" and that she was leaving.
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She left, right out of his life at that moment. I never saw her again. I'll tell about his courtship with his new wife some other time too.
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So then, I'll keep this tag post just about liking cars, not the individual cars themselves. Later for that, but I will list them for you now.
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Labels: Cars, Jim's Life, Meme, Tagging
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Cars and other vehicles in my life
Here are the cars and other vehicles in my life--listed in order of purchase: [should I blog on this as part of my memoirs? (Note: It is all about the Girls in my life]
My TOY 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup was posted here last year. 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup (formerly owned by my High School Principal).
1949 Ford Pickup, Dad's that I drove to high school and some in college
1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup
1952 Ford Tudor, I hopped it up very heavily before I sold it. It would outrun all 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)
1956 Sears Vespa Motorscooter (while I was stationed in El Paso, Texas, and used as a second car, weather permitting)
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
1953 Ford Tudor (second car)
1950 Ford Tudor (hobby car, sold in 1967)
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
1984 Ford Thunderbird
1986 Olds 88 four-door
1988 Olds 88 four-door
1987 Chevy S-10 pickup
1992 Cadillac DeVille
1974 Mustang II Ghia (Mom's car before she died) (still owned)
1999 Cadillac DeVille
1999 Easy-Go Golf Car (new)
1998 Mustang GT Convertible (still owned)
1950 Ford Tudor (another collector car, sold August, 2015)
2006 Cadillac DTS
2011 Cadillac DTS (still owned)
*** Totaled out by Tropical Storm Claudia flooding.
These are about in the order they were purchased. Most were pretty good cars, I just always get used cars, buying them mostly from individuals, LOLs (little old ladies) preferred
My TOY 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup was posted here last year. 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup (formerly owned by my High School Principal).
*** Totaled out by Tropical Storm Claudia flooding.
These are about in the order they were purchased. Most were pretty good cars, I just always get used cars, buying them mostly from individuals, LOLs (little old ladies) preferred
Friday, October 09, 2020
The Letter "O" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The forty-first issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020... (THE FIFTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES) - the Letter "O" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "O";
(B) "Orange" (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "O": "Old" starts with the letter "O". I am Old but this Model A Ford pickup is older.
This is a 1928, 29, 30, or 31 Model A Ford Pickup. I don't know who owns it but it was parked in the parking lot of First Baptist Church, Conroe, Texas. It looks almost all original. I have never owned a Model A and haven't driven one. My parents had a 1929 Coupe when I was born. I would like to have a Model A Ford Pickup but that isn't practical for us anymore.
(C) A Favorite: Our great niece and her new husband posing with their parents, her dad is our nephew. Their wedding was last Saturday.
(D) Reflections: A TV capture from our Houston Channel 11 at the beginning of the weather report.
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Bonus Questions:
(1) Have you ever had or driven an old car or driven one? A Ford product if you have a choice. Tell us little about your experience. For a few weeks my dad bought me for my junior year school car a pristine 1937 Ford Tudor owned by a LOL (Little Old Lady). It reeked of her perfume but otherwise it was a really nice car.
But Dad traded it in for a new Ford F1 Pickup because he thought the mechanical brakes might not stop fast enough with a novice driver behind the wheel. I had no say-so because it was titled in his name, 21 was the legal age to own property back in those days. Besides I think he really wanted a pickup for the farm.
(2) What is your favorite word beginning with the letter "O"? Today I will choose the word "One" because it is a short word. I like the song, "One is the Loneliest Number" and since starting tis blog post that song has been an ear worm for me.
[ "One is the Loneliest Number" ]
The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Cars, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Jim Does, Reflections, Songs
Friday, August 07, 2020
The Letter "F" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The thirty-first issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE SIXTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "F" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "F";
(B) "Full" (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "F": "Ford" begins with the Letter "F". This is a picture of a 1941 Ford Pickup from my truck calendar for 2020. I am not sure why my scanner did make me a color copy.
My Grandfather H. had a 3/4 ton 1941 Ford pickup that he used to haul his horses. Grandpa had a male breeding horse that the neighbors would 'board' for a half day, more or less. Sometimes I would ride with him when he was 'making rounds.'
The time I remember best was when my little sister, Lois, was born at home. I was five and Grandpa came to our farm home to get me for riding. He did sometimes take me for rides in his car also.
[click picture for larger size, click again for super sized]
I have owned three pickup trucks, a 1972 and a 1975 Datsun, and a 1986 Chevy S-10. They all treated me right, I have the grill from one hanging in our garage. I have not owned a Ford pickup, but many Fords (click list of cars I owned).
I worked for Ford Aerospace for 17 years and bought several as returns, one year old, from upper Ford executive perk rentals. Those cars were two 1976 Granadas, a 1969 Thunderbird, and a 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I bought from Ford new a 1967 Station Wagon and a 1972 Pinto. Three of the cars, the Pinto were totaled by the Tropical Storm Claudia flooding.
(B) "Full" (Tom's Choice): This Coke Float makes for a Glass Full.
(B) "Full": About Half Full of my boyhood marbles. This is the butter churn we used on the farm before we sold cream to the local creamery. It sits on the night stand in our guest room.
A lot of my marbles were Hand-me-downs from telatives making them over one hundred years old. The ones I got with my money could be over eighty.
I didn't have other kids to play shooting marbles with and lose so i accumulated quite a few.
(D) Reflections: I took the marbles in a churn pictires in the guest room bath. The mirror is against the wall as is the shower beside the vanity.
It wasnt intended for a Reflection but it will be different than my usual ponds and buildings. And lo and behold another with the mirror caught me as a selfie. [click picture for larger size, click again for super sized]
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The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
(THE SIXTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "F" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "F";
(B) "Full" (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "F": "Ford" begins with the Letter "F". This is a picture of a 1941 Ford Pickup from my truck calendar for 2020. I am not sure why my scanner did make me a color copy.
My Grandfather H. had a 3/4 ton 1941 Ford pickup that he used to haul his horses. Grandpa had a male breeding horse that the neighbors would 'board' for a half day, more or less. Sometimes I would ride with him when he was 'making rounds.'
The time I remember best was when my little sister, Lois, was born at home. I was five and Grandpa came to our farm home to get me for riding. He did sometimes take me for rides in his car also.[click picture for larger size, click again for super sized]
I have owned three pickup trucks, a 1972 and a 1975 Datsun, and a 1986 Chevy S-10. They all treated me right, I have the grill from one hanging in our garage. I have not owned a Ford pickup, but many Fords (click list of cars I owned).
I worked for Ford Aerospace for 17 years and bought several as returns, one year old, from upper Ford executive perk rentals. Those cars were two 1976 Granadas, a 1969 Thunderbird, and a 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I bought from Ford new a 1967 Station Wagon and a 1972 Pinto. Three of the cars, the Pinto were totaled by the Tropical Storm Claudia flooding.
(B) "Full" (Tom's Choice): This Coke Float makes for a Glass Full.
(C) A "Favorite": My Feet across the room from our Fireplace.
I have been thinking about having another Favorite Foot Contest, could be a Pretty Feet, an Ugly Foot, or just plain Foot Contest. But maybe not, I don't have nearly as many readers as I used to. I could run it on Facebook too to get enough Entrants and Voters.
Maybe I won't have it.
(B) "Full": About Half Full of my boyhood marbles. This is the butter churn we used on the farm before we sold cream to the local creamery. It sits on the night stand in our guest room.
A lot of my marbles were Hand-me-downs from telatives making them over one hundred years old. The ones I got with my money could be over eighty.
I didn't have other kids to play shooting marbles with and lose so i accumulated quite a few.
It wasnt intended for a Reflection but it will be different than my usual ponds and buildings. And lo and behold another with the mirror caught me as a selfie. [click picture for larger size, click again for super sized]
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The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Calendars, Cars, Family, Feet, Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Jim's Life, Reflections, Toys
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
One of my favorite cars — MidWeek Blues — Hand goes where during National Anthem?
Left: a 1957 Chrysler NewYorker — Right: a 1949 Ford F-1 Pickup
.... .... May 2010 Calendar — August 2009 Calendar .
The 1949 Ford Pickup (my favorite) is one like I drove to high school for my last two years--the first two years I rode Minnie, our horse.Dad bought a 1937 Ford Tudor for me to drive but about as soon as he drove it he decided it was not safe for me to drive. Fords in that year still had mechanical brakes which are far inferior to the modern hydralic braking sytems used.
After I graduated my sister, Lois drove it to high school. By then they had closed the country school, New England School of Washington, Country, Nebraska, where I attended my first two years. She rode to town with a cousin for her first two before getting Dad's pickup. Cousins also rode with us to school.
Best news! I only had three (3) wrecks in those two years. That's pretty good for a high school kid, huh?
A friend of mine has a restored 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup which is very similar to this one. It is even painted black. He wants more money than I am thinking that I want to pay. I could be thinking wrongly.
I do like the NAPA Calendars of which I have them from the second issue to present with about a year or two's break in the late 1990's. For this year's May, I will use the 2009 August issue with the Ford Pickup.
For posts about my early driving and some about this pickup, please click here.
Setting is a Chicago Cubs baseball game.Activity is the playing and singing of our National Anthem.
Of note to me is that over half of the fans are not placing their right hands over their hearts.
Is this required? Yes, per the U.S. Code TITLE 36 > Subtitle I > Part A > CHAPTER 3 > § 301 (link) which reads as follows:
"... other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart ..."
President Obama, as probably half of the persons in the U.S. ("... more breached than honored ..." Snopes link) did not cover his heart when he first became President. He does now of course, after a big national and mass e-mail stink was made. Seems others still don't. I do.
I don't remember doing this in civilian life before Obama found out. I did for the Flag Salute but not for the National Anthem. In the Army, when in formation we would come to parade rest with our hands folded behind out backs. That is how I remember. And if not in formation but in uniform, we would stand at attentioin and salute.
Pictures courtesy of WGN TV
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If you want to post a MidWeek Blues picture, go get directions from Rebecca by clicking on the logo picture on the right. She has a Mr. Linky and good directions . Just do what I did. Or do less. All she requires is a BLUE PICTURE, you don't have to write.
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Labels: Cars, Jim in his Younger Days, NAPA calendars, People, Things to know
Saturday, December 30, 2017
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! ~~ Friday’s Hunt v.4.26 -- "Z" is for ...
Friday Hunts for the week of December 29th:
1. Starts with "Z"; 2. reflect(ion); and 3. the end
1.a. Starts with "Z": Ze (also zir) starts with "Z". I learned something when I discovered this, you might also like (or you might not):
"ze - Wiktionary
One refers to a person with ze and hir or zir typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making he and she (and also either/or terms like s/he or (s)he) inappropriate and potentially hurtful."
1.b. Starts with "Z": Better I like e Zee, mostly used instead as Easy. Here we have "e Zee on the Eyes" with this beauty, a Red 1955 Ford Crown Victoria. The fine print says they sold for $2,202 new. A new convertible would be $48 less so most opted for the convertible. My new 1956 Ford Convertible cost me $32xx. But it had the Ford Thunderbird engine, auto transmission, and air conditioning. AM radio, also extra, was it for the Fords and Chevys back then.
I have a story about a particular 1955 Ford. My grandfather, just about ever since I new him and the cars that he drove, with a 1942 Ford being the first car I remember him having, tried to buy a new car every year, alternating between Ford products and Buicks. His last was a White 1955 Ford Tudor.
Click here to read a whole 2009 blog post (shorter than this one) about both my 1955 Crown Victoria Ford Crown Vic and my Grandfather's 1955 Ford.
Grandpa also had a 1941 Ford 3/4 Ton Pickup that he used for farm activities and for hauling his Stud Horse around to the various farms where the horse serviced. I went with him one time but had no idea of what was happening. Not until much later.
He kept that truck until he didn't have need for a pickup anymore. An aside, I believe that a fellow loses a part of his manhood when he has to sell his truck. I felt that way when I sold my 1986 Chevy pickup.
One day when his '55 Ford was fairly new he took me riding. After he had asked if I liked his car, he said that when he died I could have it. Well, he died still having that car but I didn't get it. I am not sure what happened to it, I was away in the Army then. And of course he hadn't changed his will for me either.
Pictures of the Calendar January page is from the newest of my NAPA Classic Car Calendar collection. I have all but the first edition, 1972 or 1973.
One day when his '55 Ford was fairly new he took me riding. After he had asked if I liked his car, he said that when he died I could have it. Well, he died still having that car but I didn't get it. I am not sure what happened to it, I was away in the Army then. And of course he hadn't changed his will for me either.
Pictures of the Calendar January page is from the newest of my NAPA Classic Car Calendar collection. I have all but the first edition, 1972 or 1973.
Here on the right you are seeing a reflection of Mrs. Jim, watching and waiting for me to finish taking this picture.
I wanted to show some of our churches' Christmas Train Exhibitions. We were standing outside a window, hence her reflection in the glass.
3.a. The end:
This will be Teresa's last time for to host the Friday Hunt. Next year Tom, of The http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2017/12/fridays-hunt-z.html#!/2017/12/fridays-hunt-z.html, the Back Roads Traveler, will be hosting Weekend Roundup which will be going through the Alphabet like I have been doing the past several years. Both for Teresa's blog and another.
Then the next page, close to the front end, will start 2018, January, with a Red 1957 Chevy Bellaire Convertible. I will post this and tell you about my friend who have one. Another scary ending to begin the year with.
You can click and see here pictures and read of some of other NAPA Calendar pages which I have posted here from time to time.
She purchased the next to last one for me. I shared it with Mrs. Jim, here is a picture of the last bite which was a part of her half, or nearly half. It was really good, "great!!"
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The Fine Print:
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running for the last time this meme, Friday's Hunt. Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The signing in link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm." You can read others' posts the link below at any time.
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Labels: Church, Family, Food, Friday’s Hunt # 03 - 2017, NAPA calendars
