Here are some things I saw while at the San Diego airport. One was a group of people that were all white and the title of it is, “At the Gate.” The other photo was of the Spirit of Saint Louis airplane.
San Diego Airport
Kansas City Southern Train
I was in traffic, looked over, saw this train, and snapped a quick photo of it. It made me wonder, was it this train that got somebody out of this town? Did this train bring somebody into this town? Was this train the one where people dreams began or was it the one where they ended? Whichever it was, this vessel was the backbone that carried those aspirations and burdens. It must be quite the vessel.
West Coast Cars
Went to an event tonight were there were some tricked out West Coast cars with hydraulics, low riders, and some motorcycles. It was my first time ever seeing anything like this so I tried to capture the cars in the best light. Here are some of my photos from the event.
Working Mammals
Drove over to San Diego to see the pens where the United States Navy holds and cares for dolphins. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the United States Navy gives these dolphins the very best care that they can give them, but it made me think about if the Navy should be using dolphins as working animals. The police use dogs as working animals to help sniff out drugs and bombs. Blind people use dogs to help aid for their loss of vision. Autistic people even use dogs to assist them. Is an animal’s life less valuable than a human life? Should dolphins be used to help find and identify potential threats to naval ships? If they are used in that regard why not use them to attack and do harm to others as well? Where do you draw the line for working animals? Should animals be used as combatants or kept as non-combatants? Koreans use dogs to smell out and track down north Korean defectors. Then again Koreans eat dogs too, so they might not hold animals in the highest regard. Should it be acceptable for the United States to use animals to protect the lives of American combatants and naval ships?
Photos of San Diego
Here are some photos look at San Diego from Harbor Island.
Japanese Pig
I was playing around with the application called Procreate and drew this silly Japanese pig that says, “Boo Boo” instead of “oink oink.” Procreate was a very nice and intuitive application that I would like to play around with more to get the feel for it.
Bees at Work
I was at LaJolla in San Diego, California and I walked by some flowers and saw some bees that were hard at work. I decided to take some photos of the bees and I must say I was pleased with the results.
I was playing around with an application to bring the bee to the forefront of the image:
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Monument
Drove over to Point Loma in San Diego, California today to see the Cabrillo National Monument and take some photos to document my experience. Prior to going here I knew absolutely nothing about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his monument. Now I know that Cabrillo, a navigator sailing under the flag of Spain, landed at San Diego. Stepping ashore on Ballast Point, he was the first European to land on the west coast of what is now the United States of America.
Photos describing about Cabrillo and the monument:
Photos of the Cabrillo monument itself:
Photos of the view of the surrounding area:
The plaque reads:
In homage to the Spanish expedition composed of the ships San Salvador, Victoria, and San Miguel that arrived at San Diego on 28th of September 1542 under the command of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who took possession of these lands on behalf of His Catholic Majesty Charles King of Spain opening the maritime route that led to the subsequent development of California. The Spanish Navy September 28, 2003.
United States and Mexico Border Wall
For those who are angry at Donald Trump for suggesting that he will build a wall to separate the United States and Mexico, have no reason to actually be angry at Donald J. Trump. It will be rather difficult for him to build a wall where there is already a wall that separates the United States and Mexico. These photos were taken in California separating San Diego and Tijuana. As you can see Mexico has a lot of houses and businesses near the border, but there was not very much on the United States side.
It is the same thing as if you want to keep trespassers off your land. You put up a fence. Does it completely stop them? No. Does it deter most? Yes. If you don’t think a wall or fence work, try asking Mongolia how well a wall works. Fencing companies aren’t going out of business anytime too soon. Why do you think that is? Because they do work.
Jollibee San Diego
Today I drove through National City and I found a Jollibee there. The last time I had Jollibee was in the Philippines. I might go over there sometime just to try it out.
San Diego Living
Some days it is so nice living in San Diego, California.
Comic CON 2016
Today I drove down by the convention center to see some of the interesting characters around Comic CON 2016. It was quite a crowd and it was busy. Here are some photos.
Shark Week 2016 Day 6
Here is a photo of a whale shark from below.
Shark Week 2016 Day 5
Shark Week 2016 continues and so does my photos of sharks.
Shark Week 2016 Day 3
In the spirit of Shark Week 2016, here is a photo I took of a silky shark that was in the Okinawa aquarium.
Shark Week 2016 Day 2
Look at these shark chompers!
Interesting Bits of Knowledge
- Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. - If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
- Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
- Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
- The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
- Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
- Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn’t smoke unless it’s heated above 450F.
- The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
- Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
- The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
- Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
- The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
- The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
- In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
- Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song, “Happy Birthday.”
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- A comet’s tail always point away from the sun.
- The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
- Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
- The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
- If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
- When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
- In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
- Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
- Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
- The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
- The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
- Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
- Mickey Mouse is known as “Topolino” in Italy.
- Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
- Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
- For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
- The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Shark Week 2016 Day 1
Have you ever wondered what a shark would look like if it was sliced? I was at the Okinawa aquarium and saw exactly that. You can see the muscle, cartilage, and organs. Here is what it looks like.
Wisdom of an Older Man
An older man approached an attractive younger woman at a shopping mall. “Excuse me; I can’t seem to find my wife. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?”
The woman, feeling a bit of compassion for the old fellow, said, “Of course, sir. Do you know where your wife might be?”
“I have no idea, but every time I talk to a woman with breasts like yours, she seems to appear out of nowhere.”
Buttercups & Golf Balls
Towards the end of the golf course, Doug hit his ball into the woods and found it in a patch of pretty yellow buttercups. Trying to get his ball back in play, he ended up thrashing just about every buttercup in the patch
All of a sudden, POOF! In a flash and puff of smoke, a little old woman appeared. She said, “I’m Mother Nature! Do you know how long it took me to make those buttercups? Just for doing what you have done, you won’t have any butter for your popcorn for the rest of your life. Better still, you won’t have any butter for your toast for the rest of your life. As a matter of fact, you’ll never have any butter for anything the rest of your life!” Then POOF!, she was gone!
After Dave recovered from the shock, he hollered for his friend, “Fred, where are you?”
“Fred yells back “I’m over here in the pussy willows.
“Dave shouts back, “DON’T SWING, FRED, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON’T SWING!“
Desert Flowers
Took a walk today and spotted these desert flowers near Otay Ranch, California. I have never seen these types of flowers before, so I snapped a shot.
Ocean Beach Hippie Hostel
I was walking around Ocean Beach and saw this decked out hippie hostel. I think the only thing that was missing was a hippie van parked out front, but that is minor since there are a bunch of hippies and hippie vehicles in Ocean Beach.
Chemistry Final Exam
There were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an ‘A’ so far. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big party. They had a great time but, after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Florida State until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they would explain to their professor why
they missed it. They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they missed the final.
The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day.
The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.
The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet.
They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought! Each one, in a separate room, thought this was going to be easy … then they turned the page. On the second page was written: For 95 points: Which tire?
Swastika Building in Coronado Island
Did you know that there is a swastika shaped building in Coronado Island? Well, I was looking around Coronado in Google Maps until I came across this building.
Photos Around Monterey, California
Here are some various photos I took while at Monterey, California.
Monterey, California – Sea Otters
Took a trip to Monterey, California because I wanted to see some sea otters and take some photos of them. Here are some of the photos I took.
Here is a short video of one of the otters eating breakfast.
Monterey’s Flower Burglar
This morning I was driving to the ocean in Monterey, California in hopes to take some photos of some sea otters when I noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. When I looked over there was a young deer walking along the side of a house. I stopped my car and watched to see what the deer was going to do. He decided to snack on some vegetation in a flower bed. I’m sure the owner will appreciate that.
All of a sudden my windshield wipers went off because they were on a timer from it lightly misting rain this morning.
The noise startled the deer and it started looking around.
The deer spotted me and I decided that I didn’t want to see the deer get spooked and try running away, so I slowly drove my vehicle away and left it alone. What a pleasant experience.
Bixby Bridge – Big Sur, California
As I drove up the California Highway 1 today, I decided to stop and take some photos of the Bixby Bridge. The Bixby creek bridge was opened in 1932. It is one of the tallest single-span concrete arch bridges in the world. It is located in Monterey County and is part of the California State Highway System. There are nice views both of the bridge and of the area because of it’s location on the Pacific Coast Highway.
Elephant Seals Near San Simeon
As I drove up California Highway 1, I stopped off at a beach near San Simeon to check out some elephant seals. Being that I’ve never seen elephant seals before, I didn’t know what to expect. First off they are very dramatic. They are always making noise and getting into fights where it looks like they are trying to either bite or get the higher ground on their competition. Second, they are not very graceful on land. They move along and look like a slug. It’s funny because you can see all of their fat jiggle when they move. Third, I guess they get the name “elephant seal” because of the funny shaped nose they have that kind of resembles a trunk. Here are my photos from this interesting experience.
Yiddish Humor
A car hit an elderly Jewish man. The paramedic says, “Are you comfortable?”
The man says, “I make a good living.”
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I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport.
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I’ve been in love with the same woman for 49 years.
If my wife finds out, she’ll kill me!
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Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won’t be reporting it.
The thief spends less than my wife did.
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We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
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My wife and I went to a hotel where we got a waterbed.
My wife calls it the Dead Sea .
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My wife and I revisited the hotel where we spent our wedding night.
This time I was the one who stayed in the bathroom and cried.
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My wife was at the beauty shop for two hours.
That was only for the estimate.
She got a mudpack and looked great for two days.
Then the mud fell off.
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The Doctor gave a man six months to live. The man
couldn’t pay his bill, so the doctor gave him another six months.
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The Doctor called Mrs. Cohen saying, “Mrs. Cohen, your check came back.”
Mrs. Cohen replied, “So did my arthritis!”
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Doctor: “You’ll live to be 60!” Patient: “I AM 60!”
Doctor: “See! What did I tell you?”
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A doctor held a stethoscope up to a man’s chest.
The man asks, “Doc, how do I stand?
The doctor says, “That’s what puzzles me!”
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Patient: “I have a ringing in my ears.”
Doctor: “Don’t answer!”
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A drunk was in front of a judge.
The judge says, “You’ve been brought here for drinking.
The drunk says, “Okay, let’s get started.”
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A man called his mother in Florida . “Mom, how are you?”
“Not too good,” said the mother. “I’ve been very weak.”
The son said, “Why are you so weak?”
She said, “Because I haven’t eaten in 38 days.”
The son said, “That’s terrible. Why haven’t you eaten in 38 days?”
The mother answered, “Because, I didn’t want my mouth to be full
in case you should call.”
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A Jewish man said that when he was growing up, they always
had two choices for dinner – Take it or leave it.
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A Jewish boy comes home from school and tells his mother
he has a part in the play.
She asks, “What part is it?”
The boy says, “I play the part of the Jewish husband.”
The mother scowls and says, “Go back and tell the teacher
you want a speaking part.”
Golf Club Locker Room
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club.
A cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
MAN: “Hello”
WOMAN: “Hi Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?”
MAN: “Yes.”
WOMAN: “I’m at the shops now and found this beautiful leather coat. It’s only $2,000. Is it OK if I buy it?”
MAN: “Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.”
WOMAN: “I also stopped by the Lexus dealership and saw the new models. I saw one I really liked.”
MAN: “How much?”
WOMAN: “$90,000.”
MAN: “OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.”
WOMAN: “Great! Oh, and one more thing. I was just talking to Janie and found out that the house I wanted last year is back on the market. They’re asking $980,000 for it.”
MAN: “Well, then go ahead and make an offer of $900,000. They’ll probably take it. If not, we can go the extra eighty-thousand if it’s what you really want.”
WOMAN: “OK. I’ll see you later! I love you so much!”
MAN: “Bye! I love you, too.” The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths wide open. He turns and asks, “Anyone know whose phone this is?”
Interesting Vegetation
During my evening walk I came across this huge bushes. These things had to be at least 9 feet tall and they were big and bushy. I’ve never seen anything like it. I don’t know if these are tropical plants or desert plants or whatever they sure were interesting.
Bike Lane Bush 2004 Sticker
Today I took a walk and I saw this bike lane sign with a Lick Bush 2004 sticker on it. It gave me a chuckle, made me wonder if the sticker has been on that sign since 2004 and made me want to take a photo of it.
Evening View of Point Loma
Here is a photo of the beautiful view of Coronado Island and Point Loma in San Diego, California.
Things You May Not Know About Donald Trump
Specifications:
- Donald John Trump, was born June 14, 1946.
- He will be 70 years old on election day.
- From the Internet, he is 6’2″ or 6’3′ and weighs between 195 and 200 lbs.
- He has a full head of blond/brown hair (which is long and elaborately combed) and blue eyes.
- The Internet tells us he wears a size 12 shoe.
- Donald Trump was born the fourth of five children who were born over eleven years.
- The oldest, Mary Ann, was born in 1937 and is currently a Federal Judge.
- His older brother, Fred Jr, died in early adulthood as a result of complications from alcoholism.
- He has another older sister, Elizabeth and a younger brother, Robert.
- Donald Trump has been married three times.
- Trump’s first wife, Ivana, was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia and a divorcee who has been married 4 times in her life. She is a life long avid skier and worked in design at the Trump Organization.
- Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife is an actress and model
- Trump’s third wife, Melania is an immigrant from Slovenia (born in Yugoslavia) and has been a super model.
- Two of Trump’s children, Donald Jr and Ivanka, have gone to Penn. Son Eric, went to Georgetown.
- Donald Trump tells us that he is Presbyterian.
- Donald Trump does not appear to have had any interest in occults, mysticism or exotic mythologies.
- Donald Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, and her three children are Jewish.
- Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, is married to Jared Kushner who is, among other things, a newspaper publisher. The Kushner family is very successful in New York City area real estate.
- Donald’s grandmother, mother, first wife, and third wife are all immigrants.
- Donald Trump was born and raised in Queens NY
- Though his family was very wealthy, Trump’s boyhood home in the Jamaica Estates section of Queens was not a grand mansion. The Trump home was a larger version of the homes Fred Trump was building for his tenants.
- There are no indications that the Trump family lived among the wealthy elites on vacations or country clubs.
- Queens is the largest of New York’s five boroughs and the most ethnically diverse.
- Trump attended a local private day school, the Kew Forrest School, in Queens until about 8th grade.
- His secondary schooling was at New York Military Academy which is about 60 miles north of NYC in Cornwall on the Hudson. He was the class of 1964.
- Trump was never a “Preppie”.
- Trump never embraced any aspect of the “Hippie” movement of the time.
- Trump was a very good high school athlete – football, soccer, and especially baseball. He had potential to become a professional baseball player.
- Even in high school – Trump liked women and women liked him
- Trump was generally popular in high school.
- Trump’s boarding school room mate liked him.
- He attended Fordham University in NYC for two years and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
- At that time, the Wharton School offered a rare program for Real Estate Business.
- Though he was of age, Donald Trump did not serve in Vietnam.
- He was not drafted due to bone spurs in his heels (4F) and also student deferments.
- Ultimately, in the draft lottery, he drew a high number.
- By all we know, Donald Trump does not smoke, drink or use recreational drugs. He’ll be the first President in more than 25 years who hasn’t smoked weed.
- BTW: Trump’s children don’t smoke or drink
- Trump makes it well known that he enjoys sexual interaction with women.
- I am unaware that Donald Trump is a recreational gambler.
- His doctor publicly announced Donald to be in excellent health.
I think that to really know Donald Trump, you must know his family background.
The Trump family story is a very American story.
Trump family history – concise version.
- Donald Trump’s grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Alsace (Kallstadt, Germany) which throughout history has been alternately French and German. The Trumps are German, originally speaking the same German dialect as the Amish of Lancaster County, PA.
- His maternal grandparents lived in Scotland.
- Freiderich (Drumph) Trump made a small but respectable fortune in the late 19th Century in the mining boom towns of the American Northwest.
- He returned to Germany to marry his childhood neighbor, Elizabeth Christ.
- The newly married Trumps resettled in the Borough of Queens NY
- Freidrich was establishing a Real Estate business in Queens when he died suddenly at age 49 (1918).
- In 1920, at the age of 15, Fred Trump (Freiderich’s son and Donald’s father), started a business partnership with his widowed mother called Elizabeth Trump & Son.
- This business was built upon the real estate holdings that his father,Frederich, had amassed (worth about $500,000.00 in today’s dollars). This is the original “seed money” of the current Trump Organization.
- Elizabeth & Fred remained close business partners her entire life (she died in 1966).
- In 1936 Fred Trump (age 31) married Mary Ann MacLeod (age 24) of Stoneaway Scotland.
- During the depression, Fred Trump built and successfully operated a supermarket (a new concept at the time) which was sold to King Kullen Co. and operates this day.
- Fred Trump made a lot of money building housing for the military during WWII.
- Fred Trump was investigated by the Justice Department for making “excessive profits” from government contracts.
- All (or nearly all) of the building of Elizabeth Trump & Son’s non government building was residential property in Queens.
- Fred Trump died in 1999 (age 94) – beloved and worth between $250 million and $300 million. His wife died a year later.
“The Donald’s” career
Donald Trump is the greatest career achiever of the “baby boomer” generation.
Donald Trump has reached the zenith in his careers as book author, TV entertainer, sports entertainer, Real Estate developer, and currently politician.
- Donald Trump has authored more than 18 books. At least one of them, The Art of the Deal was a top seller.
- Donald says that the Holy Bible is his favorite book. The Art of the Deal is his 2nd favorite book. And The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is his third favorite book.
- He likes golf. Donald Trump has developed more than 11 golf courses which bear his name.
- Donald Trump has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award
- Donald Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Donald Trump has been inducted to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
- Donald Trump has appeared in more than a dozen movies such as Home Alone 2, Zoolander, and Little Rascals
- Donald Trump has been a guest actor in more than 6 TV shows such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Days of Our Lives, Sex and the City, and others.
- Trump has been the Executive Producer of 7 TV shows.
- Trump has been the guest host of 5 TV shows such as Extra, Larry King Live, and Saturday Night Live and more.
- Donald Trump has been co producer of the longest running reality TV show.
- Donald Trump performed in several WWE wrestling shows.
- Donald performed in Wrestlemania 23 which set attendance records and revenue records up til that time.
- In his first candidacy for public office, Donald Trump received the most popular votes for the President of the United States out of a field of experienced and successful politicians. And in most cases, he achieved this with less money than any of his opponents.
Keeping in mind that 90% of start up businesses fail, Trump’s record of enterprise is nothing short of amazing.
Donald Trump has enjoyed success in at least 11 very different enterprises: Professional football, Ice Skating rinks, Fragrance, Ice, Steaks, Wines, Model management, Airline, blenders, Men’s wear, Bicycle races, world class beauty contests, and many others. In some of these, such as model management, his firm has risen to the top of that particular industry.
- There are 31 buildings that bear his name.
- The largest private real estate development in New York is Trump Riverside. Drive down the Henry Hudson Blvd. – you can’t miss them.
- There are at least 12 Trump Towers
- There are at least 6 Trump Plazas.
- There are at least 11 Trump Golf Course developments
- And much, much, more in real estate.
- Trump Entertainment, casinos and resorts was recently sold to Carl Ichan.
- Donald Trump’s personal managing of the Wollman Ice Skating Rink project in the early 1980’s is the quintessential case study for MBA students in Wharton, Harvard, and other business schools. His performance there was phenomenal.
- Donald Trump’s privately held businesses have employed more than 200,000 people.
- In the casino business in Atlantic City, Trump had to do business with known mobsters – and he stayed “clean” and alive.
- Aside from his personal investments, Donald Trump has never been a Wall Street “player”.
The Political Trump:
about 1967 – 1987 – Democrat (he was a supporter of Ronald Reagan)
1987 – 1999 – Republican
1999 – 2001 – Reform Party (he supported Ross Perot)
2001 – 2009 – Democrat
2009 – 2011 – Republican
2011 – 2012 – Independent
2012 – Present – Republican
Donald Trump was openly supportive of Mitt Romney’s candidacy.
Donald Trump does not seem to hold political party organizations in high regard.
For the most part, his political involvement has been for practical reasons.
Donald Trump does not appear to be held to political ideology.
Some of my take aways:
- Trump has an extraordinarily energetic central nervous system much like Teddy Roosevelt but more targeted to industry and enterprise.
- Trump’s presidency will be very energetic, transparent, and communicative.
- Trump will be a very hard working President.
- His interaction with his older brother (who everybody loved) tells me that he thinks that everybody is like him – or wants to be – or should be.
- His relationship with his older brother was a hard lesson in tolerance for him.
- Trump is the Babe Ruth of career achievements.
- He is dumb like a fox. When you think he just said something stupid – he didn’t. It’s just that you were not his target audience.
- Trump knows the people – the folk.
- His son, Donald Jr. is right. Trump is a “Blue Collar Billionaire”.
- More than anything, his TV show, The Apprentice, was his passion. He wants all Americans to have confidence (like he does) to venture.
- Donald Trump is attracted to and marries smart, high achieving women.
- The highest levels of a Trump Administration is certain to have many women – and they will be bright and assertive.
- Donald Trump’s children are very important to him. And it shows.
- Yes, we know virtually nothing of our current president with 2 terms in office.
100 Year Old Rolls Royce
It was originally bought for $1,000 in 1912 (almost $93,000 in today’s money) but has now gone under the hammer for $4,705,500, making it the most expensive Rolls Royce ever sold at auction.
Unique: This 100-year-old Silver Ghost Rolls Royce has sold for a world-record price of $5 million after a furious bidding war at Bonham’s.
Through the roof: The lengthy auction saw two enthusiasts dueling for the pristine car as the bidding went up in increments of 100,000, smashing past the $2 million estimate.
In great nick: The six-cylinder, 7.3-litre car comes with perfect provenance and is still purring smoothly, doing about 15 miles to the gallon. What it lacks in gadgetry, the British-made classic more than compensates for with an extraordinary level of luxury that leaves its modern-day counterparts looking a little unsophisticated. Its gleaming interior fittings are made of silver and ivory, while the door panels are embroidered silk, with brocade tassels attached to silk window shades for privacy.
The passenger footrest hides a full picnic set for four, a China tea service, complete with an alcohol-fuelled burner and a kettle to heat the water, and a set of six decanters – three in sterling silver and three in leather-wrapped glass.
The sale took place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex on Friday. Auctioneers had expected it to sell for around $2 million and were astonished when the bidding between two rival collectors topped $4 million. James Knight, from Bonham’s auctioneers, said: “There were three bidders, then one of them dropped out at $2.3 million and we thought it would end there.”
Traveling in style: The design chosen by its original owner echoed the luxurious ‘ Pullman ‘ Railway carriages pioneered by American George Pullman.
Luxurious: The elegant passenger compartment (left) complete with 29 beveled glass windows and (right) the stylish steering wheel.
“But then another bidder entered and the bidders were dueling. It went up in increments of $50,000, and then $100,000, and then back down to $50,000. It went on and on and on and was the longest car sale I have ever witnessed.” It was pure theatre. Everyone was very respectful but when the price reached a milestone, like $3 million, there was an intake of breath. “The bidders were dueling and when the hammer came down there was spontaneous applause.” It was fitting because the car is celebrating her centenary.
The car was commissioned by Rolls Royce connoisseur John M. Stephens, who also bought the first Silver Ghost the luxury car-maker produced in 1906. The body was built by former royal carriage-maker Barker’s of Mayfair , which had previously built coaches for King George III and Queen Victoria.
Standing the test of time: The 7.3-litre, six-cylinder engine is still purring smoothly and is capable of doing around 15 miles to the gallon.
Mark of history: A plaque bearing the vehicle’s chassis number of 1907.
Touch of class: The original owner employed the services of the best coach-making company, Barker and Co. Ltd, to do the bodywork.
Classic designs: One of the car’s brake lights. The Rolls – Royce still had its headlights, carriage lights, rear lights and inflatable tires when it went up for sale. The car even had an early speedometer – an important addition given that a 20 mph speed limit was introduced in 1912.
Unlike most car enthusiasts of his time, Mr. Stephens, from Croydon, South London, asked the makers not to include a glass division window between the driver and the passengers as he wanted to drive it himself rather than rely on a chauffeur.
The car’s distinctive cream and green design echoed the luxury ˜Pullman Railway carriages of the time, and it was known as a Double Pullman Limousine. But it was nicknamed ˜the Corgi Silver Ghost in the 1960s after the toy-maker based its Silver Ghost toy car on this model.
Mr. Stephens’s car is believed to be the only one of its kind to survive with its full interior and bodywork, as many Rolls Royce from the era were converted into ambulances during the First World War.
Republican Truck
I stopped by the Ford Dealership in Temecula yesterday, for a look at the new F-150 aluminum pickup. Just for fun, I took it out for a test drive. I wanted to sense that new truck “feel” before they become old.
The salesperson, a very nice looking black lady, wearing a “Hillary for President” lapel pin, sat in the passenger seat next to me, describing the truck and all its “wonderful” options. The seats were of particular interest.
She explained that the seats directed warm air to your butt in the winter and directed cool air to your butt in the summer heat.
I mentioned that this must be a Republican truck.
Looking a bit angry, she asked why I thought it was a Republican truck.
I explained that if it were a Hillary truck, the seats would just blow smoke up your ass year-round.
I had to walk back to the dealership. She obviously has no sense of humor.
Slices of Early History
Here are some old photos that are wonderful slices of history. The descriptions are below each photo.
The rural kids in the 50’s rode bikes to school. You took whatever path was best for you. Bullet holes in the sign?
Camping out in 1918.
This was the 30’s, and this sharecropper’s son was working behind the plow, barefoot and all. You can bet there was a mule on the front of that plow.
This couple pose in an early version of American Gothic, with a groundhog killed on their Manchester farm…….It’s dinner! Note: Photo taken circa 1914, from a family photo album.
Standing over one of her many trophy mule deer, subsistence-and-sport huntress “Gusty” Wallihan appears every inch the frontier matron with her dressy bonnet, prairie-pattern cartridge belt, floral-embroidered gauntlets, hunting knife, and Remington-Hepburn rifle……1895
At least this one won’t be quite as dangerous as the old single wheeled models. Look in the trailer over the back wheel. “They have their baby in there!”
Ford Model T Street Light Maintenance Truck. This was the approved way to change the street lamps in 1910.
A single Paddy Wagon.
Here is an early motorhome, built in 1926.
Old school camper?
These are vintage treadmills in the 1920’s.
This is a 1920’s refrigerator. Only the elite could afford such a thing, and most still had the old ice boxes.
A hair dryer in the 1920 Salon. What a contraption!
Chester E. Macduffee next to his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911.
A postcard from the 1800’s advertising a knife throwing act with the traveling circus.
A Strong-woman balances a piano and the pianist on her chest. 1920
London, in the 1920’s, this was a telephone engineer.
Two young girls in a West Germans street chat with their grandparents in the window of their home in the Eastern sector, separated only by a barbed wire barricade.It was a common occurrence for families, who had once only lived on the opposite side of the street from one another, to become separated by the ever growing Berlin Wall.
A Gibson Girl in her corset in the early 1900’s. Those poor women. This was one fad that really hurt a lot of women for life.
Lillian Russell. A plus size beauty in the late 1800s. She was around 200 lb at the peak of her career. She was considered “The American Beauty.”
Kansas Highway Patrol Officer Traffic Stop Story
Story from a Kansas State Highway Patrol officer:
I made a traffic stop on an elderly lady the other day for speeding On U.S. 166 Eastbound at Mile Marker 73 just East of Sedan, KS.
I asked for her driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance.
The lady took out the required information and handed it to me.
In with the cards I was somewhat surprised (due to her advanced age) to see she had a conceal carry permit. I looked at her and ask if she had a weapon in her possession at this time.
She responded that she indeed had a .45 automatic in her glove box.
Something—body language, or the way she said it—made me want to ask if she had any other firearms.
She did admit to also having a 9mm Glock in her center console..
Now I had to ask one more time if that was all.
She responded once again that she did have just one more, a .38 special in her purse.
I then asked her what was she so afraid of.
She looked me right in the eye and said, “Not a f*****g thing!”
Great Old West Black and White Photos
Here are some shots from the era of the Old West. (captions are below each photo)
Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite. Two men most responsible for the Nation Parks we have in California.
William Sydney Porter, aka O. Henry. Teller at First National Bank, Austin, 1891-1894. Man, look at that fancy woodwork done by the craftsmen of the day!
Earthquake of August 31, 1886, centered near Charleston, SC, damaged many of the railroads in the area.
Old West gunfighter Bat Masterson. was a colorful figure – an army scout, gambler, buffalo hunter, frontier lawman in Dodge City, and eventually a US Marshall. He was friends with Wyatt Erp, and had visited Wyatt in Tombstone, Arizona shortly before the showdown at the OK Coral. Later in life, after the West had been tamed, he settled in New York City, and worked as a sports editor for the New York Morning Telegraph.
Wyoming, circa 1900, Overland by Stagecoach….Crossing the country by stagecoach was adventurous even by nineteenth-century standards. Nine people could squeeze inside a stagecoach; additional passengers sometimes traveled on the roof. Passengers remained sandwiched together for about 22 days, with only brief stops for meals and changes of stock or equipment.
Wanna buy me a drink, Cowboy? When women were pretty scarce, this was a welcoming site for the cowboy who’d been on the range for weeks, seeing nothing but cows!
Photo of bareback bronc riding at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo. These guys were real pros!
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken. The real Sonora Webster Carver and her diving horse.
Nevadas Tonopah to Sodaville stages meet on the road, circa 1903, for a rare respite. The iron engine would soon take their place as the next year, a 60-mile railroad connected Tonopah with the Carson and Colorado branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad at the Sodaville junction. The railroad would become known as the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad.
This cowboys house was dug in so that the insulation of the earth help keep it warm. Today we would think of this as a root cellar, but to him it was home!
A Saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. Again, everyone wanted in the picture!
Log cabin in the mid 1880’s – Washington CO, Minnesota
A pair of New Mexico brothers get a studio shot in the 1880s.
Another studio shot showing everything that was important to this cowboy. 1880’s.
A shot from the Great Depression, where a title for this picture might be…I dont know what to do next!
A Memorial placed on the battlefield of the Little Bighorn Massacre in 1879.
Frank Boardman “Pistol Pete” Eaton (October 26, 1860 April 8, 1958) was an American author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and Deputy U.S. Marshal for Judge Isaac C. Parker. He was also known to throw a coin in the air, draw and shoot it before it hit the ground.
A store in Stone Hill, Missouri in the early 1900’s.
Cowboys. Christoval, Texas late 1800’s Women riding side saddle with Colt 45 peacemaker.
San Diego Padres Face-off Against the Saint Louis Cardinals
Today the San Diego Padres are facing off in game one of a three game series with the Saint Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball game. I went down to Petco Park to partake in the festivities. Here are some of the photos from my experience. Spoiler alert: The Padres beat the Cardinals 4-1 tonight. It was an entertaining game to watch in quite the venue.
Ocean Beach Hippie Van
Today I was driving through Ocean Beach in San Diego, California and I saw a hippie van with a couple of hippies inside of it. I thought it was interesting enough to take a photo of. I can’t read everything, but I think the front of the van reads, “Feel the sun. Love the moon.”
Hillary Clinton – Hillary-ous
I was a shopping mall today and I saw this hat. Everything about this woman from her joke of a marriage, to her corruption, to her political aspirations. Everything about Hillary is a complete and utter joke. This hat sums all that up.
Leninade – Get Hammered and Sickled in California
What the heck is happening in the super markets in California? I was in the super market and I came across a beverage called “Leninade” and their slogan is “Get hammered and sickled.” How the heck did something like this make its way into super markets in the United States? What kind of self-loathing, democratic, pigs would think it’s a good idea to sell this communist crap here? It just sickens me. What will I see next a nice “KGB” hand held radio?
Funny Sign at the Sea Life Aquarium
I was at the Sea Life Aquarium and I saw this sign. The way the sign shows a finger pointing at a fish with a line through it and then the outside fish has a sad face, it looks like the sign is saying, “Don’t point at the fish. It hurts their self esteem.” Maybe it’s saying, “Don’t point finger guns at the fish.” Finger guns must make fish sad. I find that to be funny.
