This is cool!
OK, Scotty, NOW you can beam me up!
Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
April 26, 2012
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This is cool!
OK, Scotty, NOW you can beam me up!
April 20, 2012
commentary, Personal JimmieJoe crashes a car, Toyota Corona, Toyota of Visalia, Woodlake 1 Comment
1969. Man was about to walk on the Moon. Vietnam was in full gear. Richard Nixon was President. Before the terms “I am not a crook”, and “Watergate” entered the language.
I was a skinny, awkward, shy 6th grader. I had one friend in the new school I was attending now that we had moved to Woodlake, and I wasn’t really making many more. (that one friend is still someone I count in a very small number of “best friends”)
Dad had recently started working for a newcomer in the automobile market, Toyota, at the new Toyota of Visalia dealership on Main Street in Visalia. Back in those days, salesmen could take one of the new cars home with them, and my Dad, although he loved driving things like Land Cruisers, brought home a brand new 1969 Toyota Corona. It was very much like this one:
I promptly crashed it into a palm tree.
April 17, 2012
commentary, Personal my first car, teenage drivers, Volvo 1 Comment
Last Sunday, as I was walking into the Express to attend the weekly Sunday Funday BBQ, this neat old car was in the parking lot. Boy, did it bring back some memories!
Well, it didn’t bring back actual memories as much as it brought back the dreams of a 12 year old boy. Dreams shattered by my father’s near fatal bout with appendicitis.
April 15, 2012
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And so it ends… another vacation in the history file.
Very little accomplished, few places visited, and no dents in the credit card.
All in all, a quiet, inexpensive “staycation”.
Next up, vacation! In June. Three more weeks, with San Francisco, Los Angeles, and maybe more in store.
Stay tuned.
I hope I remember how to do a “calling all cars… calling all cars” broadcast!
I’m about to do something I really, really don’t care for…
April 28, 2012
Jim Reeves commentary, Personal Jimmie Joe, lawn care, lazy Saturday 1 Comment
Mow the lawn.
At least afterwards I get to go to Fresno for dinner and a movie!
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