1...He claims to be a western art expert and collector..Unfortunately the frames are worth more than the pictures
2...He claims to be a professional "Big Game Bow Hunter" haha..Give me a break
3...The self proclaimed "Mountain Man", was scared off his back porch and into his house by howling coyotes?
4...He claims to be a professional guitar player in a country western band
5...He claims he was a professional dog trainer..But he had to give up that line of work, because dogs were "unmanageable"
6...He forever claims to be a professional chef..I have had his prime rib..Cooked at 400 mind you!!I would rather eat my shoe
7...He claims he was a competition swimmer, yet was beaten in a race by a ten year old boy and an 8 year old girl
8...Claiming to be an "expert" horseman and elk hunter, seems he fell off his horse and was trampled in some bramble bushes by his horse, while on a "big elk hunt" in Idaho
9...While doing his best "Jeremiah Johnson" imitation one winter, seems he got his truck stuck in the snow..Jims solution was to light the tire on fire in order to melt the snow..DUHHH
10..Doing his best "C.W. Mcall" impersonation, he towed his horse traler with 3 horses in it all the way up a mountain with a flat tire..All the while he was certain he had loaded the heavy horse on the wrong side??

11..Seems his dog had some intestinal problems one day, so the genius decided to pick up the runny poop with Mona's vacuum cleaner!
12..One fine afternoon, the worlds greatest outdoorsman loaded his camper with food, dishes, pots, pans, bedding and towels..Only to tip the camper on it's side as he was jacking it up to put on the truck!
13..Once righting and loading the now damaged camper, he proceeded to the gas station where he filled up with diesel instead of unleaded!
14..While on a salmon fishing expedition, the great outdoorsman fell off the jetty into the Columbia River..He lost his rod, reel AND the keys to his car..An unnamed relative had to pull him out to save his life and still rues that day!
15..When dining in expensive restaurants, JIM pulls out a phony ID and claims to be a food critic for a major dining magazine..He of course gets his meal for free..Mona thinks this is clever..
16..When dining in cheap restaurants, he just complains about the food incessantly, until they offer the meal for free..He then engulfs it..Mona also thinks this is clever..
17..Also a self taught "master" hairdresser, he resembled the family poodle "doogie" for a few weeks after attemting to give himself a perm..
18..Not satisfied with that debacle, and intent on proving his hairdressing skills, he decided to bleach his own hair..14 different shades were counted from front to back!! He claimed the sun had lightened his hair while he was lanscaping!
19..Seems the landscaping he was doing, was planting a willow tree in his front yard..He bragged to everyone about what a good deal he got on it..Only problem is, that willow trees need huge amounts of water, he lives in the desert..It's nothing but kindling now..But he did get a good deal on the tree!!
20..Embarassed by his venture into landscaping, and not to be outdone..He now takes wildflower seeds when visiting relatives and scatters them around various houses, and then brags about it..To date, not a single stem has appeared..Seems he's using sterile seeds, but the birds love them!
21..Also a "master handyman" seems he felt the need to turn a relatives clock back..Only problem was, he turned the hour, minute, and second hand back all at the same time..This endearing relative refuses to put the clock back onto the wall until JIM is removed from the family
22..He also claims his grandfather is a mafia godfather!

Stay tuned..These are just a few tiny examples filtering in of whats to come here..Keep checking back, cuz I will post them as soon as I get them.