Sorry it rained on your weekend out....

Happy Birthday Sir. I've got another 30 years... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Well Bucket them next 30 have been the best years of my time here.. Enjoy them even more than I have..
Big JIm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Hey BJ happy belated birthday.
I bet you have seen,and done some interesting things in your time.

Maybe so...
Would you count flying a B-25 under the Devils River bridge (near the Rio Grande) As interesting? I'd count it as scary as hell!
But yeah, a few... Maybe the 42 scars on my left hand from an Alligator bite?
Or how bout my Dad giving me a one-eyed Elephant for my 15th birthday?

Big JIm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I'd really like to hear those stories. Esp. the one eyed elephant. And i've been meaning to ask....Bovine relocation specialist??? I know there's a story there. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have a one-eyed elephant in my pants.

One thing I have learned in my short 33 years of life. there is a wealth of knowledge to be had from the older generations.I never tire of the stories from a coworker,he is a retired police officer and former marine /vietnam vet.Dad' stories of his childhood was always quite interesting.what I learned from those is do as I say not as I did/do,or my take on it was be sneakier than dad and not get caught.Dad also Taught my best friend and I how to raise pigs(my friend got one from the agriculture teacher in middle school)
My highschool ag teacher was a fountain of knowledge on many things.including but not limited to hunting,fishing, trapping,woodworking,weldingand public speaking.we delt with all those things in ag class.he was even the one that pointed out that I shoot left handed.We was target shooting with pellet rifles and the first time I shot he said try left handed so I did. ever since then my world of hunting and being able to make more difficult shots opened up.

BJ all your experiances and knowledge could probably make one hell of an interesting book.You taught alot of us in here more about Jeeps than we even realize,your trophy room(which i still have the pics saved on my pc)isfull of stories on it's own. you probably remember each animal yous shot,where it was,the weather and tons more info on each one.I will be the first to say congatulations on a great life,you been many places,seen many things and done even more.people doing what you have are diminishing soon I fear kids will be hearing"son when i was your age i sat behind a desk making 100k a year pushing a pencil and never took time off,worked late and never spent time with family" It is really sad.at least my son will have the stories of my inlaws,parents,his mother and myself,which all had interesting lives.

"professional bovine relocation specialist" Is simply a fancy way of saying "Cowboy" I thought it was a fair subtitle for me.. as I have always thought of myself as sort of a fancy c'boy..
As for the Elephant:... My Dad and two of his brothers built a Game Park between Sevierville and Gatlinburg in an area known as Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. (As an aside I went to the same school as Dolly Parton and her family, actually took one of them to the Prom! And before you ask..yes she was endowed also..) It was full of different animals from most everywhere in the world..
In my 14th summer my Dad purchased a circus Elephant named Judy from some circus and she came with a truck to carry her in.
Upon arrival I was appointed the elephant keeper.. Am I the only one here that has ever shoveled elephant *****? Anyway Judy had lost her left eye and was a real pain to be around. One had to speak and whistle when on the wrong side of her. If not one would find himself picking up a few yards away..
She came with all the circus stuff that is needed to perform an act in a tent.. And for the one summer I had the old girl do her tricks every hour on the hour till school started in the fall..
The next summer, my 15th, My uncle Mayborn introduced me to the snake pit, which the family thought was a move UP in the business. But I digress.
Big JIm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for sharing....You do keep it interesting 'round here! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />