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Woman, you got the CLOSET FULL OF JUICE. We are ALL jealous of you!!!!
Free, you can come and hang out in my closet with me if you want to. I am thinking about moving my PC in there lol
You girls stay out of that closet and get your rooms cleaned up! Now! LOL.
About working outside the Country Free ... I don't know. Its a mixed bag. At first glance it would seem romantic, interesting and fun, and in many ways it was. We got to see many wonderful places and made a lot of lifelong friends all over the world. And I've been able to do a lot of things most guys just lay on their couch and dream about.
But for me, going to work usually meant getting on an airplane and going someplace nobody in their right mind would want to be. You go to work for 8 or 10 hours, for me it was weeks or even months. The work I did was intense, nerve wracking, no room for error and difficult. Looking back, sometimes I wonder how I was able to maintain the pace and the successes. But, it was what I choose to do and was really all I knew.
On the other hand, it would have been even more difficult for me to go in and out of the same office or plant every day of my life like most guys in the States have to do. Believe me, its ME who admires people like YOU and THEM!
So, like anything you take the good and the bad. I did manage to keep my fine sons from getting into what I did and I'm happy about that. But to this day those rascals won't really tell me about the baby sitters they had in Thailand. 8-o
About working outside the Country Free ... I don't know. Its a mixed bag. At first glance it would seem romantic, interesting and fun, and in many ways it was. We got to see many wonderful places and made a lot of lifelong friends all over the world. And I've been able to do a lot of things most guys just lay on their couch and dream about.
But for me, going to work usually meant getting on an airplane and going someplace nobody in their right mind would want to be. You go to work for 8 or 10 hours, for me it was weeks or even months. The work I did was intense, nerve wracking, no room for error and difficult. Looking back, sometimes I wonder how I was able to maintain the pace and the successes. But, it was what I choose to do and was really all I knew.
On the other hand, it would have been even more difficult for me to go in and out of the same office or plant every day of my life like most guys in the States have to do. Believe me, its ME who admires people like YOU and THEM!
So, like anything you take the good and the bad. I did manage to keep my fine sons from getting into what I did and I'm happy about that. But to this day those rascals won't really tell me about the baby sitters they had in Thailand. 8-o
T - What countries did you live in? I'm an army brat and we used to move almost every year. We mostly lived in this country, but twice, we lived in Germany for two years each time. It was fun for me as a kid to live there. My husband and I have friends in Germany and after we finish school, we'd really love to go to Europe and visit them. I really want to visit Holland and Austria again.
My gosh. Without trying to sound like a smart ...., I haven't been to either Pole, Australia and New Zealand.
Its really hard to remember all the places I actually "lived," because, for example I "lived" in Russia for a long time but lived in quite a few different places there. Probably the two places I lived the longest was Venezuela and The Hague, in Holland. But we're talking about a career spread out over more than 40 years and I lived in soo many places. Some short term, others longer.
Usually (but not always) I lived where I had good access to International Airports. Sapporo, Japan, Singapore, Jo'burg, South Africa, Damascus, Syria, and so on. Some places weren't so nice ... Algiers, Algeria, Chad, and some Middle East countries. And a few others.
We loved Germany. Did you ever get to travel the "Romantic Road" down through Rothenburg? We drove that one time, really an experience. Spent some time with the German Chief of Army Staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense and his wife. The last time we saw them was at a NATO Base in s/w Germany
Austria was fantastic and I'll never forget the scenery there. We tried to get a hotel room one time in a huge hotel near the German - Austrian border, and they had no rooms available. The lady manager asked us to take a seat for a few minutes and shortly afterward her daughter showed up and escorted us to their home out in the country where we spent the night. How about THAT!!!!
In The Hague, we lived right up the street from Madurodam, the miniature model of the Country of Holland. In fact, my office was almost right across the street from it.
Lynda spent a lot of time going back and forth to the States and many of the places I had to go to I wouldn't or couldn't let her go.
For me, the greatest culture shock I ever had was coming back to the States. My wife had to teach me how to use a credit card at a gas pump and going in one of those Super Wal Marts scared me half to death. Too many people and too much stuff!
Anyhow, I'm glad to be retired and have all that behind me. This is better!
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Wow T! You have lived life for sure. And BTW- Those Super Walmarts still scare me! Never liked them as good as the old ones. My husband freaked out the first time he went in to exchange a marine battery. Plopped it right there on a conveyor belt and some lady threw her groceries up there right behind him!
LOL, yeah, somehow marine batteries and groceries just don't belong together. Some things just ain't right!
Yeah, its certainly been an interesting life. But you know, its difficult being here in the States and finding anyone I can share these experiences with. People listen politely for a few minutes and then change the subject, because none of it is anything they can relate to.
I've got a lot of stories and memories though.
Yeah, its certainly been an interesting life. But you know, its difficult being here in the States and finding anyone I can share these experiences with. People listen politely for a few minutes and then change the subject, because none of it is anything they can relate to.
I've got a lot of stories and memories though.
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OMG do I LOVE Vegas! And its not even the gambling. Its all of the attractions and shows and food.
I LOVE VEGAS
I LOVE VEGAS
That Chris Angel is just flat-out amazing, isn't he?
I love to watch all the things he does. Can you imagine all the work and preparation he and his team put into all those events?
And my one regret in life is that I was never able to go to Vegas and see Elvis.
I love to watch all the things he does. Can you imagine all the work and preparation he and his team put into all those events?
And my one regret in life is that I was never able to go to Vegas and see Elvis.
I hate Wal-Mart too! We absolutely refuse to shop there. Vegas is great. I love playing slots!
T Wow! Thats cool that you lived so many places. I bet you have so many experiences and stories to share. Id love to hear some of them!
Im not familiar with the "Romantic Road." I wonder why my dad never took us there? Hmmm I love Madurodam! That was my favorite place in Holland. I also liked the tulip gardens. The last time we were there, my mom bought me some wooden dutch shoes. I still have them! I also still have my lederhosen that we bought in Munich. Did you ever go to the Casa Carioca ice show in Garmish-Partenkirchen?
Austria is so beautiful! I remember going to some of the places where the Sound of Music was filmed. As a kid, it was fun pretending like I was in the movie. I recall running down a hill and singing songs from the movie. I bet my parents were so embarrassed.
I hope that youll share some of stories with us junkies!
Im not familiar with the "Romantic Road." I wonder why my dad never took us there? Hmmm I love Madurodam! That was my favorite place in Holland. I also liked the tulip gardens. The last time we were there, my mom bought me some wooden dutch shoes. I still have them! I also still have my lederhosen that we bought in Munich. Did you ever go to the Casa Carioca ice show in Garmish-Partenkirchen?
Austria is so beautiful! I remember going to some of the places where the Sound of Music was filmed. As a kid, it was fun pretending like I was in the movie. I recall running down a hill and singing songs from the movie. I bet my parents were so embarrassed.
I hope that youll share some of stories with us junkies!
When you went to Madurodam you went right past my house. It was two blocks up the main street from there (Nieuwe Parklaan). We loved that place, balconies, heated bathroom floors and the tram stop was right across the street.
We never got to go to the Casa Carioca though. I was usually far too busy for anything like that. I was gone so much that I had to rely on my staff to make sure my wife went to the operas and other events between The Hague and Amsterdam.
Sharing stories? LOL, you'd have to start a whole web site for all of that. I will say this, many of my true stories are far more interesting than my bs tales on here.
Sometimes we sit down and look at Google Earth and find the places where we lived. Brings back a lot of fun memories.
We never got to go to the Casa Carioca though. I was usually far too busy for anything like that. I was gone so much that I had to rely on my staff to make sure my wife went to the operas and other events between The Hague and Amsterdam.
Sharing stories? LOL, you'd have to start a whole web site for all of that. I will say this, many of my true stories are far more interesting than my bs tales on here.
Sometimes we sit down and look at Google Earth and find the places where we lived. Brings back a lot of fun memories.
I know that it must have been fun but I bet you are glad to be living the simple life now. More time to enjoy life for sure.
I've seen mud racing on tv, or what I assume is mud racing...unique built vehicles that race through a watery mud area. Is that the type you are referring to? I was raised going to dirt track races, watching sprints and late models...then came the NASCAR fascination and now the NHRA drag racing scene. Just always been a part of my life but the only muddin' has been out just having fun doing it and seeing how dirty we could get. LOL
Nice pic too!
This is my good buddy Darryl Jones doing what we do. My stuff isn't this fats but this is a good example.
YouTube - Poor Boys Mud Bogg Racing 9/11/2010
YouTube - Scooby Doo's Wild Ride
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