Tuesday, October 03, 2006
What to do on any Saturday in East Texas
[After it started they added two local Italian girls.]
So first, before we go to East Texas, lets look at tonight. Tonight was the premier episode of The Bachelor! (link)
This bachelor was a prince, Prince Lorenzo Borghese. His family is Italian, he lives in New York City. He is 34 years old, I don't think ever married, and seems a lot like I was when I was his age. That was for you girls and women.
Now for me (and us guys). I spent these last two hours being in the shoes of Lorenzo, figuring out these beautiful women.
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Boast a little (for this week at least), the two Texas ladies, Jami Plumber
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[Houston Chronicle links]
(from Galveston and Houston respectively) both got a rose. They will be back next week.
For a list of all the women and Lorenzo and their bios, go (click) here.
For a chance to win a trip to Italy, one each week, go (click) here. You must register as a Bachelor watcher first to enter, it tells how there on that entry page.
Who all got those twelve red roses? Why Kim, Rose, Jeanette, Jami, Ellen, Sarah, Desiree, Jennifer, Erica, Gina, Sadie, and Onessy, in that order. Rose and Onessy didn't have bio's, I might have misunderstood Lorenzo when he called these. You can click on the other's names to see where there're from.
One other item, Prince Lorenzo said it sucks to not pick the thirteen fifteen he had to let go home.
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Start the morning off with a new bank
(Capital Bank) opening.
Here we see the pancake stacking contest.
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Free pancakes for everyone!
Who else but the Jim Bunch would have their picture taken?
[It was for the blog.]
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.After I put a battery in Mema's fire alarm
I cranked up the 1974 Mustang II
and took it home.
This Mustang II has 67,000 miles on it.
It belonged to Mom, we call it Grandma's Mustang II.
She had to have a stick shift, she didn't trust an automatic to be in the right gear. How in the world could a piece of machinery figure that out?
Adi thought she could go for a ride!
[But not this time.]
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.Nebraska football (playing Kansas at Nebraska) was only on the Internet for audio here in this part of Texas. No TV.
Nebraska scored first, in the first 58 seconds to make it 7 to 0.
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.The reason we took the Mustang home was to get gas. We drove to Huntsville where they don't put ethanol in the gas.
Here in Montgomery County we put it in because we are helping Houston with their pollution problems. Our speed limits are lower too so we can do more to help their pollution problem.
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.We had supper at McKenzies BBQ in Huntsville.
Usually the Huntsville car club meets there on Saturday nights, but this Saturday they had a car show at the court house square. I've met a few of these people before.
You can tell the owners like cars, the motive is car things all the way around the two dining rooms. With toy cars, license plates, car parts, etc. it all looks pretty good.
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The game was still on when we got back. We got to hear the last two touchdowns from that streaming audio.
Nebraska won 39 to 32.
.Jim+Bunch Jim+Bunch+eats Photos travel+and+places Life The+Bachelor
Automobile Entertainment Mustang Mustang+II
[Click on pictures for full screen]
[Bachelor contestant pictures courtessy of ABC]
Friday, February 12, 2021
Letter "G" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The sixth issue this week of my 2021 WEEKEND ROUNDUP postings and ... (THE SEVENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES) - the Letter "G" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "G"; (B) "Green" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; (D) Reflections; and (E) A Lagniappe.
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(E.1) A Lagniappe first: Granddaughter in Green and Mrs. Jim fitting nicely in the Mrs.'s "Big Chair".
(A) Starts with the Letter "G": Golf starts with "G". Every late winter, early February for our part of Texas, we start talking about playing Golf again. It's been five years since we moved away from our Golf Course home and we haven't played since.
But we probably won't play at the course above because it is in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mom didn't trust the automatic transmission in the car Dad had purchased as she couldn't tell what gear it was in and was afraid it might be choosing the wrong gear at times. This Mustang II and a hot rod Ford Torino were the only Fords that year with standard transmission. She said, "Yes, get it for me" of the little down-sized Mustang. That was the first year of downsizing for it. It was built on a Ford Pinto chassis (we had a yellow 1972 model Pinto for our driver car--it was lost in our 1979 flood along with two other cars and a motorcycle.). (Copied from my 2017 post, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2017/09/fridays-hunt-v411-k-is-for.html )
(B) "Green" (Tom's Choice): You may have seen my Green 1974 Mustang II Ghia, I was the original owner, buying it as a Ford employee lease car turn in. I bought it for my mom and she and my father immediately (two weeks later) came to Texas after it.
Mom died in 1999 and when Dad also died in 2007 the little Mustang II was returned to me. I promptly drove it back to Texas. It has a V6 engine, air conditioning, a manual opening top, and an eight track AM-FM radio.
Oh yes, original paint, new Whitehall tires, always was garaged, not driven in snow, and has 67,xxx miles mostly driven by a little old lady (a LOL).
(C) A Favorite: A giant's sling shot ready tree trunk. It is outside one of the Houston Methodist West facility where I got my second COVID-19 vaccine jab Tuesday this week. Down the road a few blocks yesterday I had cataract surgery.
(D) Reflections: Hard to tell but the Grass was Green around the pond in the background. This was taken last week during our walk, here was across the road from our home.
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(2) What is your favorite Word starting with "G"? Mine today will be "Grandkids". We have six grandchildren, four greatgrandmom, and two great-greats so far.
(3) Anything else you were reminded of here that you would like to tell about?
My going blogs:
Jim's Little Blog, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/
Jim's Little Photo and Picture Place, http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/
Jim's little Christmas tree farm, http://jimmiehov7.blogspot.com/, and
Ask Dr. Jim (blog), http://jimmiehov8.blogspot.com/
Cars I have owned (32 including the Golf Car) http://jimmiehov3.blogspot.com/2021/01/cars-i-have-owned-toy-cars-not-listed.html
Adi Pictures and Information. Click here, Link to Adi's Meme Adi died in 2012.
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Fine print stuff:
- [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).
Labels: Birds, Cars, Family, Golf, Grandchildren, Mustang, Reflections, tree(s), Walk pictures, Weekend Roundup 04
Friday, September 15, 2017
~~ Friday’s Hunt v.4.11 -- "K" is for ...
(1) Starts with K; (2) Stinky; and (3) Old.
This is our 4th year to attend, their having been back from living in London (U.K.) five years, again for now a fourth year of elementary school observation.
"K" for kid's grandparents also has the kid's learning about cataract surgery. Mrs. Jim had hers this Wednesday.
And the Kids too worked with crews to dry houses after Hurricane Harvey. Our help varied, mainly Mrs. Jim and I helped coordinate activities in our Sunday school class in providing prayer support for the victims, for the houses, and for the crews themselves, especially in the area of safety as far as electrical shock, cutting, fatigue, and overheating.
Additionally all three of us, Mrs. Jim, KP--we have been keeping KP for the last ten days, there was no school until Monday--and I one afternoon was spent repackaging and grading diapers into paper sacks holding 20 diapers. Another afternoon, Mrs. Jim did wheelbarrow duty, hauling wallboard, wet insulation, and carpeting to the curbs at a house that needed drying.
Drying prepares a home for contractor work rebuilding. (In 1979 when our home flooded with 33 inches of water the Flood Insurance Program paid us $36,000 to rebuild outs. Building costs have more than doubled now, and only 17-20% of Houston homes were covered by flood insurance as the price had gone way up.)
Below is a day's agenda for 12 crews to clean and dry 15 houses. We are just about finished, there were 618 homes that were appealed to our church needing flood help according to the last figures given us to have our class pray for. Additionally, "All work and no play makes Mrs. Jim a dull lady" works for certain at our home. Her she is planning another cruise and looking at last year's which left from Los Angels and went around Cape Horn and back up to Rio de Janeiro.
(2) Stinky: Stinky Feet. But our daughter and I do not have stinky feet, they smell like STRAWBERRIES. Have ever since Karen was a little girl.
(3) Old: My old Ford. I've had several, but this was my last one, being hauled away to be with it's new owner. A 1950 Ford Tudor. That doesn't count Mom's 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia of which I have had since Mom died back in 1999. It is classified as a forty-three-year-old Classic here in Texas.
Note: I have had another 1950 Ford Tudor, black like this on back in 1965. It was sort of my hobby car, not club or anything like this time. It also was original except for the dual exhausts. A list of all my cars, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-political-call-last-night-eight.html, at the end of the post.
Here is Mom's 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I was the first owner, Mom wanted me to buy her a stick shift from the lease cars turned in for the Spring of 1975. I worked for Ford Aerospace at NASA Houston then and some of our executives were encouraged to lease a new Ford every year.
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The Fine Print: - m
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running 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 there any time.
Labels: Cars, Feet, Foot, Friday’s Hunt # 04 - 2017, KP, Mustang, Travel, Travel 2, Travel 4, Travel 6, Travel 7, Travel3
Friday, February 14, 2020
The Letter "G" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The sixth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE SIXTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "G" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "G";
(B) "Green" (Tom's choice);
(C) A Favorite;
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "G": "Gala and Granny Smith Apples" start with "G". These were at our local Kroger Grocery Store on sale for 88 cents per pound. Each apple weighs a little over six ounces. Three for a dollar?
(B) "Green" (Tom's choice): My favorite Green item is my 1974 Ford Mustang Ii Ghia.
Here is "Mom's" 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I was the first owner, Mom wanted me to buy her a stick shift from the lease cars turned in for the Spring of 1975. I worked for Ford Aerospace at NASA Houston then and some of our executives were encouraged to lease a new Ford every year.
Mom didn't trust the automatic transmission in the car Dad had purchased as she couldn't tell what gear it was in and was afraid it might be choosing the wrong gear at times.
This Mustang II and a hot rod Ford Torino were the only Fords that year with standard transmission. She said, "Yes, get it for me" of the little down-sized Mustang. That was the first year of downsizing for it. It was built on a Ford Pinto chassis (we had a yellow 1972 model Pinto for our driver car--it was lost in our 1979 flood along with two other cars and a motorcycle).
On January 7th (2017) we stopped at Stellenbosch, out from Cape Town, South Africa. It is a pretty little town, similar to one you knew growing up or perhaps you live in one now. The church I posted here https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-poem-for-2020.html?m=1, was at Stellenbosch.
(D) Reflection: I need some help here with my covered bridge as I don't know where it is located. Perhaps some place in Iowa or New Hampshire, those two states are famous for their covered bridges. So if you have ridden over it or for another reason, please let me know in your comment. (My educated guess is Vermont.)
Reflection? See the bright spot in the picture's upper right. I took this with the calendar laying on the kit hen island under the overhead work lights. That's all the dimmer I could get with the Light's Reflection.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you'd like):
1. How do you treat Valentine's Day with your loved ones? Family? Friends? Another easy question for me, it seems like every year since Mrs. Jim and I knew each I've had a box of Whitman Samplers for her. Did you know the pound box used to be a pound of chocolates, no the box holds only 12 ounces.
We don't exchange cards anymore , some times we go to the Dollar Store and choose, then each read the pick for each other and leave without buying.
2. What do you think of when we are discussing "Road Signs"? I think of our thirty day cruise from Dubai to Cape Town, we were gone from December 3 to January 10. I think of how they were mainly in languages that I could not understand.
Bonus Questions:
His idea was to tie enough Helium filled balloons to our chairs to launch us. Then when we were ready to come down we would pop some balloons. We might have to have an easy-to-get Balloon Pilot License.
I would go along if we could tie enough balloons. And since we were both single family obligations weren't a huge thing. Since my kids were all teenage my estate liquidated would have paid support until they were of age.
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/ (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Cars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 05, Holiday Posts, Mustang, Reflections, Signs
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Have you had your car read lately? #015 -- Our Early Ford V-8 club meeting for lunch -- Part II
Mrs. Jim could not come, she is coming tomorrow for our Christmas lunch at another farm (the one with the cow pies).
Click any picture for a full screen capicture. Change the "800" in the URL to "1600" for a larger than screen view.
No, this isn't Mrs. Jim. This is the hostess of our lunch, she and her husband own the little farm. But she wouldn't stand still for me to take her picture. I had to hold her down so she wouldn't run from the camera again.
The old cars are from left to right, 1941 Ford Fordor, 1935 Ford Coupe, 1940 Mercury Convertible, 1947 Ford Club Coupe, (red) 1946 Ford Tudor, and a (green) 1951 Mercury Fordor. On the trailer is a just purchased 1941 Ford 3/4 Ton Pickup.
These bricks don't say "Mexico," they say "Mexia." Mexia is a nice fun little town between Houston and Dallas. They used to have a brick factory making red bricks.
One famous person grew up in Mexia, Anna Nichole Smith (my blog link).
Not everyone brought an old car. Some are just a little old, here '65 Ford Mustang, '74 Ford Mustang II (mine), '57 Ford T-Bird, and then this newer runt of another make.
Ponies but not Mustangs
The ride home was nice, I took the quicker way back. It was still fairly 'scenic.' My 1974 Mustang II, it was my Mom's until she passed away in 1999. I was the original owner, then I sold it to Mom two weeks later. Before that it was a program car rented by a Ford Motor Company employee from Ford. I worked for Ford also but did not have a lease car.
There was a better and faster way home. This road led to the Interstate.
Labels: Car Reading, Cars, Friends, Jim Does, Mustang, Texas, Views
