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Tommy Houy was a Honda Motorcycle guy all the way

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I think his first motorcycle was a 125cc that he had when I first came to school in Marble Falls. That was starting in 8th grade. I don’t think he ran all over on it, but rode it over on his side of town. Then he jumped up to a 350cc. It was metallic blue. That’s the one he wrecked on. (More on that below) During the repairing of it, he switched the color to a metal flake orange. A few years later he went up to a 450cc, then eventually a 750cc. Buy the time he and I became … Continue reading Tommy Houy was a Honda Motorcycle guy all the way

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My Friend Tommy, A Marble Falls Original

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Tommy was the only kid I ran around with that had any measure of responsibility. I’m sure there were others that were equally responsible, but we didn’t travel in the same circles. Tommy received his first car, a new 1968 Roadrunner. During our high school years we were seldom not in the company of each other during our off time. When I say he was responsible, I mean in terms of his belongings. He treated that Roadrunner like an old woman would treat her Chrysler New Yorker. He of course changed the oil and did routine service much more regular … Continue reading My Friend Tommy, A Marble Falls Original

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Speaking Of Having No Filter

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This story popped up as I was looking for something else. It was first published on here about 9 years ago. I wondered how things have changed. I really guess they haven’t. One of my lovely DIL’s bought me this very nice and may I say perhaps appropriate cup, albeit the biggest cup I’ve ever seen.I’m not into the whole hashtag thing so I thought it best if I did a little research to be sure that there wasn’t some hidden meaning behind it. I did find the following article about people with “no filter”. I have to admit I … Continue reading Speaking Of Having No Filter

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Flirting

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I’ve never been completely sure what is considered acceptable flirting. If you are a Type “A” personality you are much more likely to innocently flirt than if you are a Type “B” or that’s the way it seems to me. If you engage easily with people, that could be interpreted as being flirtatious. For me I talk to people wherever I go whether it be women, men or children. If being friendly translates into flirting, I’d better watch myself. I’m really guilty of it with my granddaughters. Watch out ladies of the nursing home staff, it won’t be long before … Continue reading Flirting

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Making Friends

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It’s a funny thing about FaceBook and friendships. Let me tell you or remind you how I met Terry Robinson. Here goes: Terry was living up in the DFW area and was wanting to sell out and move down this way. In March of 2021 he thought something like if I do a search for someone that’s always posting about Bertram and Smithwick then I may find someone that has connections and may know of a place for sale in the area. Pretty ingenious thinking, right? When my name popped up he instant messaged me, introducing himself. The only problem … Continue reading Making Friends

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These Plastic Cars!!!!

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I had something happen to me the other day. I was driving down the highway watching what I was doing. All of a sudden I heard a big racket. I thought “what did I run over”? I was pretty sure I had my eyes on the road and I hadn’t seen anything laying in the highway. I looked in my rear view mirror and a long black something came flying out and turned a few flips in the air and landed over on the edge of the pavement. I considered going back to see what it was, but I was … Continue reading These Plastic Cars!!!!

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Larry Was Standing With The Hood Up On His Pickup In The St. David’s Parking Garage

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I had mostly been thinking how I could get out of that place and escape the jungles of Austin before the traffic picked up at rush hour. It was about 2:30 PM, but knowing that by 3:30 I’d be trapped. That’s just the way Austin traffic works. I had already passed by this fellow but there wasn’t anyone behind me, so I backed up to get close to him. “You need some help“? He said he did so I found a place to park and went over to him. A dead battery. He had hooked up a little booster battery … Continue reading Larry Was Standing With The Hood Up On His Pickup In The St. David’s Parking Garage

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I Had A Jeep Cherokee That Had A Bad Habit

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This car had a strange quirk about it. We would go each day and have lunch at The Pecan Tree Cafe in Waller which was a 10 minute drive from our job in Hockley. There were usually 4 or 5 of us riding together to lunch. At precisely the same spot every day it would die, on a straight and level stretch of highway. When I say die, I mean die. Like pull over on the side of the road and in just a few seconds it could be restarted and we’d continue on our way. It took a few … Continue reading I Had A Jeep Cherokee That Had A Bad Habit

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Talking About Trademarks & Copyrights

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We had an accountant that worked for use for several years. Previously GK Worley had worked for a wealthy fellow over in Rockdale for a good many years. GK told me the following story. Pete Coffield, the wealthy gentleman built a new much needed motel in Rockdale many years ago. He had Whitey, his black driver, drive to the nearest town with a Holiday Inn Motel in it and take pictures of their sign. Then he took the photo to a local sign guy to build some signs for his new motel. Not wanting to copy it exactly, he had … Continue reading Talking About Trademarks & Copyrights

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Elmer Gibbs

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I was thinking about Elmer Gibbs just the other day. I guess I didn’t know about his musical skills before running onto this old newspaper clipping. He, as far as I know had his finger in several pies. He was the owner or manager of Great Texas Lumber Co and a Realtor. He was always kind of a mystery man around town. But he had connections. He was instrumental in getting Roy Myers signed with the San Antonio Toros, which lead to his becoming a Denver Bronco. The above are just mostly my memories, but I’d welcome any other comments … Continue reading Elmer Gibbs