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Murphey the Jeweler

August 5th, 2010
Murphey the Jeweler Tyler Texas

Murphey the Jeweler

Michael Murphey and his family opened their jewelry business in January of 1868. Murphy the Jeweler still serves Tyler out of the little store in the Green Acres Shopping center of off Troop Hwy. All the staff that works there are experts when it comes to jewelry. No matter the value of a piece of jewelry, if it breaks they will be able to fix it.

Jewelry in Tyler TX

There is a great selection of jewelry, including wedding bands, engagement rings, necklaces, bracelets, and so much more. One of my favorite things is these bracelets known as story wheels. They sell a short chain for your wrist and all different gold and silver wheels that compose a beautiful bracelet. You can get small wheels that are set with gems or diamonds. Top your beautiful jewelry off with your own charms that hang from your unique bracelet. I am not the biggest fan of wearing watches (although I probably should), but there is a great collection of Rolex watches, with gold, silver, and leather bands.

The most important piece of jewelry that you get is an engagement ring. Murphey has hundreds of choices of rings and wedding bands. They have all different options of diamonds, pearls, emeralds, and rubies, you can find the perfect ring for that special person in your life.

Murphey the jeweler has been serving Tyler through all different economy ups and downs. The friendly staff is still there to help you find that perfect gift for your loved ones.

Judy at Jim’s

November 25th, 2009

As a conservative East Texan I’ve been a fan of talk radio since I started listening in the late nineteen eighties and early nineteen nineties. Over the last few years I’ve been a dedicated listener of KTBB AM 600, and now more recently 99.3 FM. In fact even as I type this I do so while listening to the news and information delivered by talk radio. My addiction has annoyed my more liberal acquaintances who refuse to ride in my car knowing that I prefer politics to music.

Overall, my love of talk radio has been a staple of my life that has endured a lot. I have been derided from time to time as a right winger. I have traveled across country surfing the radio dial looking for the conservative station in whatever city I happen to be passing through. I have also endured the cancellation of my local favs from time to time. But none of these has dampened my enthusiasm for my favorite medium. I must confess however, that there is one issue above all others which has robbed me of some enjoyment of my local stations. That issue has a name… she is known simply as Judy!

Regular listeners, who read this, know immediately of whom I type. Of course, I’m referring to Judy of “Jim’s Jewelers.” I’m rarely ever in the market for jewelry, but my beef is really more with Judy herself and not Jewelry Stores. Evidently she see’s her ads as a vehicle to achieving status as a local Tyler celeb. I’ve actually seen her face on television promoting community projects. If I was responsible for the kind of advertising that she is, I wouldn’t be showing my face at the local Valero let alone on TV.

Her ads are often particularly insulting to the masculine audience, insisting that they buy diamond jewelry for the women in their lives in order to make up for their love of football or some other boorish behavior inherent to being male. She constantly assumes that the men in the audience can actually afford her wares but deny them to the women they allegedly love, simply out of thoughtlessness. The most insulting approach I’ve heard Judy take was when she encouraged women to wait until their husbands were engrossed in a ball game, and then go buy Jim’s tacky jewelry on their own. Can she also recommend a good divorce attorney?

The fact is what rankles me most about Judy’s work is the condescending seesaw delivery of her lines. When put against the background of that unmistakable music, it’s enough to make me want to turn into oncoming traffic. I’m pretty sure she’s contributed to numerous road rage episodes in East Texas. All told I hope the local radio station is charging her through the nose. If they’re going to put their audience at risk (and they do) they should at least be compensated for their boldness. As for me, I will continue to turn the channel during the Jim’s ads. Hopefully for KTBB, I and others like me will remember to turn it back. For more information on KTBB, go to the Tyler Blog section of the site and look for the title “National Politics and Local Coverage.” Also, see their website at www.ktbb.com.