A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric Okinawan immigrant named Mr. Miyagi. Miyagi becomes his teacher and surrogate father figure who begins Daniel’s training by assigning him to menial tasks such as waxing cars. In the scene I recall best, he shows how to apply the wax using one hand in a circular …
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#56 Wax On, Wax Off
#56 Wax On, Wax Off
A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric…
#56 Wax On, Wax Off
A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric…
Below is a link to the Long Beach website showing the planned stops on our cruise south to La Paz with The Fubar Rally
http://www.lbyc.org/fubar/content.cfm?CID=1582 If you want to keep track of our progress log into www.Marinetraffic.com click on the vessel tab under boat name type in Thor and scroll down to pleasure craft. Press search and a screen will po…
Enjoying the Reef!
We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August. The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the outside of the reef near us. Alan went upstairs early to make a cuppa and then came running back with the camera in hand. He thought he would get a bettter photo out of the porthole above our bed. Note the reef between the whale and us! Amazing …
Enjoying the Reef!
We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August.
The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the o…
Enjoying the Reef!
We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August.
The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the o…
Sandy Carroll’s CD prelease
Just As I AmThe party’s today. The actual release date is Oct 18 and the official release party will be at Huey’s in Memphis, but this one is just for friends and we made the cut.So… a special trip to Pickwick has been cued up. Goin back home.&…
New Caledonia
We arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia at 10 am on Saturday after a wonderful smooth 59 hr. passage from Luganville, Vanuatu. Even Ann thought it was smooth! Noumea calls itself the “Paris of the Pacific” and it certainly is VERY French.&…
