Category: Amazing Things

Aging, Amazing Things, Crazy Times, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

I Got Emancipated One Time

lewisotr

I was laying in bed this morning thinking about things that happened in my earlier life. When I was 16 or 17 years old Cecil Lewis took me up to the courthouse so a judge could declare me a legal adult. Maybe not a full fledged legal adult, but to where I could transact business, sign contracts and the likes. It had something to do with him cutting up our land and making Smithwick Mills Estates. I guess this was something his attorney, Dan Derrick, thought was necessary. It was called having my Minor Disabilities Removed back then. But I … Continue reading I Got Emancipated One Time

Amazing Things, Another Daily Happening, Grandchildren, My Family, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Cousins Growing Up Together

lewisotr

These two girls, Anna & Sofia are best friends and live next door to each other as well as next door to us. So we enjoy watching their exploits every day. It is possible for them to get out of sorts with each other from time to time, but within minutes everything is all better. Their Grandma & I are away for a few days. Last night we got a text with this picture (it will be in the comments) of them already asleep in Gma’s bed, each with their favorite blanket. Well before the sun went down. But surely … Continue reading Cousins Growing Up Together

Amazing Things, Thoughts and Musings3 Comments

I Remember This Riddle From When I Was A Kid

lewisotr

It went something like this: A farmboy was hired on to pick corn. The farmer offered to pay him a ear of corn the first day, doubling it each day until all the corn was picked. 2 ears the second day, 4 ears, then 8 ears. The young boy agreed and by the time 30 days had passed, he owned the whole crop and probably the whole farm. This was told back when I was a kid, so I decided to do some figuring to see just how that all played out, in 1965 terms. If we continue this doubling … Continue reading I Remember This Riddle From When I Was A Kid

Aging, Amazing Things, Crazy Times, Marble Falls and the Area Around it., My Friends2 Comments

George Corker and Sammy Hall – Doing Laundry

lewisotr

Sammy Hall is always asking if I’ve heard how George Corker is doing. Then he’ll tell me about the two of them washing out some red grease rags with gasoline at Dale Corker’s Mobil Station. Then they took them across the street to TQ Brown’s Laundromat and put them in a dryer. When those gasoline fumes made it to the pilot light, it blew the front windows out of the place. No matter how many times he tells me that story, I always laugh. I remember it actually happening. Continue reading George Corker and Sammy Hall – Doing Laundry

Amazing Things, Marble Falls and the Area Around it.Leave a comment

The History of Marble Falls

lewisotr

We have done several segments over the years on the wonderful look back over the first 100 years of Marble Falls. This is to allow folks to look at the whole thing. Very interesting stuff. This should come with a disclaimer. Once you start looking through it, it could take up the better part of your day. Part 1: file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/56/06/45A3C219-C51E-4BE5-87C8-AB110073A1C6/FILE_9738.pdf Part 2: file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/b8/08/7BA9E81E-DB74-4D54-A84E-26CFC250E2B2/1911-1935.pdf Part3: file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/85/05/042ABDB6-1A8C-46C4-A97F-DE3086F910DE/1936-1960.pdf Part 4: file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/87/07/24805FCD-B1E7-41DA-9151-0D9DDA86094E/1961-end.pdf Continue reading The History of Marble Falls

Amazing Things, Another Daily Happening, Marble Falls and the Area Around it., The History of Texas, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

C.H. Roper – Dentist

lewisotr

I was asked one time if I knew of a dentist in Marble Falls by the name of Roper. I hadn’t heard that name come up before.He went on to tell me he believed that he moved on to Austin with his practice sometime in the 30s and by the later 40s he had been involved in a murder, but didn’t know a great deal about it. After doing a little research I found several things that seem to be quite interesting about this dentist. Yes, he had in fact been convicted of murder (I couldn’t find out much about … Continue reading C.H. Roper – Dentist

Amazing Things, The Construction Biz, Thoughts and Musings1 Comment

Machinery By The Pound

lewisotr

Back when I was a kid, the old times would often reference how much various machines cost by weight. They would say things like “that excavator weighs about 40,000 pounds and costs $40,000” or “that bulldozer weighs 60,000 pounds and costs $60,000 “. This was a way of quickly estimating the cost of equipment based on its weight. This may not seem like a very sophisticated was to do things, but considering there weren’t computers in those days and many of the men in the business had limited education, a lot of simply ways were developed to relate to various … Continue reading Machinery By The Pound

Amazing Things, Crazy Times, The Construction Biz, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

The Odyssey

lewisotr

I have a friend, I’ll call him Jack. We had been doing the same type of construction for many years. He had worked for a couple of my competitors, but each were friendly competitors, so we have been in various joint venture arraignments throughout the years. Somewhere along the way, due to a divorce or perhaps it was the cause of the divorce, Jack developed a serious cocaine habit. He came to me in the need of employment. His habit had caused him to be let go from his last job. Not realizing that cocaine addiction couldn’t be cured with … Continue reading The Odyssey

Amazing Things, The Future, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

The Scary Thing About Artificial Intelligence

lewisotr

My son Ron Jr. did an experiment with an AI app. Below are 3 examples of asking it to write a poem in the style of various writers in history about a minnow. Each response was completed within 10-15 seconds. Then I asked about the Astros and this years World Series. I am amazed by all this, however I’m not sure whether I actually embrace it or not. Will it not stifle the creativity of generations to come? Why would anyone waste their time composing and writing anything, when a few clicks on a keyboard will get you far superior … Continue reading The Scary Thing About Artificial Intelligence

Amazing Things, Grandchildren, Meeting New People, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

You Never Know Where A Conversation Will Take You

lewisotr

Through our gathering this past Saturday to assemble information about Pure Stone (now Huber) I brought up the name Doyle Wilkes, from Bertram. He died of a heart attack while on the job at Huber some 28 1/2 years ago. When I asked Robben Thompson if she remembered him, she said he was the nicest man and the hardest worker around. When he collapsed that day, she was there and performed CPR until the First Responders arrived. I told Robben that I barely knew Doyle. We met once. But from the marriage of his Baby Girl, Katherine and my #2 … Continue reading You Never Know Where A Conversation Will Take You