DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 5

DECEMBER 25^TH 2007

WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 29/58 DEGREES

THIS IS IT, ARE YOU GLAD YOU WAITED? I’M GLAD I DID!

MY DAUGHTER PEGGY AND HER SIGNIFACANT OTHER GOT HERE FROM CALIFORNIA, MY SON KERRY AND HIS WIFE DEBI WERE HERE FROM FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS, MY SON TIM AND HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS FROM PLANO, TEXAS WERE HERE, SHANNON AND KONNER FROM DENISON, TEXAS WERE HERE, CHRISTINA AND RICHY AND THEIR TWO KIDS FROM BONHAM, TEXAS WERE HERE!

PEGGY, KERRY & DEBI, TIM AND HIS WIFE AND KIDS, SHANNON, KELLY AND GLENDA AND KELLYS DAUGHTER CHRISTINA AND TWO KIDS AND MOM AND I WENT TO MIDNIGHT MASS!

KERRY & DEBI WENT HOME AND WILL BE COMING BACK TO HER SISTERS LATER TODAYIN DENISON! TIM AND HIS WIFE AND KIDS WENT HOME TO HAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS AT THEIR HOUSE IN THE MORNING BUT WILL BE BACK UP HERE LATER TODAY!

PEGGY AND PAUL STAYED AT TANGLEWOOD ON TEXOMA LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT AND WILL BE HERE LATER TODAY FOR GIFT OPENING ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS!

THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS FOR ME AND MOM BUT WE’RE NOT SURE ABOUT NEXT YEAR, IT’S A LOT OF WORK FOR BOTH OF US BUT MAINLY MOM. SHE HASN’T SLOWED DOWN FOR THE PAST 2-3 WEEKS AND I’M NOT MUCH HELP SO IT’S ALMOST ALL ON HER! WE’LL SEE WHAT THE NEXT 6 MONTHS BRINGS!

THIS IS SHORT BECAUSE WE JUST GOT HOME AND IT’S 2:12AM AND MOM’S ALREADY IN BED AND I’M HEADED THAT WAY SO;

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I SEE YOU AFTER THE FIRST

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 24 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 5

DECEMBER 24^TH 2007

WEATHER; COLD/WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 19/50 DEGREES

1 MORE DAY!

I HOPE YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE AS GOOD A CHRISTMAS AS I AND MY FAMILY ARE!

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF YOU A;

MERRY   & A BLESSED CHRISTMAS

“PLEASE DON’T FORGET THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!”

MY BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT WAS SEEING THE COWBOYS GO TO 13-2 THEN WITH GREEN BAYS LOSS TO THE CHICAGO BEARS 35-7 THE COWBOY & REDSKINS GAME ISN’T SO IMPORTANT ALTHOUGH 14-2 WOULD BE NICE! I HOPE T.O. WILL BE READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS

 MOM HAS FINISHED ALL THE BAKING AND IS GETTING READY TO SET DOWN AND RELAX (I HOPE)! WHOOPS! NOW SHE HAS TO MAKE MORE MINCE MEAT PIES THEN MAYBE SHE’LL SET DOWN AND RELAX!

ALL THE PRESENTS ARE WRAPPED AND PLACED UNDER THE TREE! ALL THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ARE WORKING THE GOODIE BAGS ARE ALL FILLED WITH THE CANDY AND LOVE TO BE TAKEN AROUND AFTER CHRISTMAS! THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH TIME AND WE HAVE TO PUT THIS OFF FOR NOW BUT, THEY WILL BE DELIVERED!

I TALKED TO MY BUDDY, BILL MASON TODAY AND CHAR MILLIGAN ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND FROM GRAMMER/HIGH SCHOOL, THEY BOTH LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, BILL IN NORTHRIDGE AND CHAR IN THE OXNARD SHORES. EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THEM AND THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING CHRISTMAS WITH FRENDS AND RELATIVES!

MOM HAD TO GO TAKE OUR GRANDDAUGHTER KYLIE SHOPPING TODAY; SHE DOESN’T HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION AND KIND OF DEPENDS ON MOM!

I’M GOING TO DO A CHRONICLE TOMORROW AND THEN WILL PICK IT UP AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR! I SHOULD HAVE A BUNCH OF THINGS TO REPORT ON THEN! IT’S GOTTEN KIND OF MEAGER HERE LATELY!

YEARS AGO I USED TO ROLLER SKATE AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK AND SOMETIMES MORE AT THE HOLLYWOOD ROLLER BOWL AN OLD CONVERTED MOVIE SET! THE HARD WOOD FLOOR WAS 100’ WIDE AND 200’ LONG ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEY GOT ME ON THE END OF A “WHIP”, WE WENT AROUND AND AROUND BUILDING UP SPEED, I WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BELT LOOPS OF THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BELT LOOP ON THE RIGHT BROKE AND I HAD TO LET GO OF THE OTHER ONE. WHEN I LOOKED UP I WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE FRONT OF THE BALCONY THAT RAN ACROSS THE END OF THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD STOP AND I WENT INTO THE WALL AT ABOUT 20 MPH. WHEN I CAME TO BILL MASON WAS BENDING OVER ME ASKING IF I WAS OK? I SAT UP AND SAID; “HELL NO I’M NOT OK, THAT HURT”! THEY HELPED ME UP AND TOOK ME TO THE NURSE WHO PUT A BAND-AID ON THE CUT UNDER MY RIGHT EYE! THE MANAGER CAME IN AND ASKED THE SAME THING AND I GAVE HIM THE SAME ANSWER! THAT WAS THE LAST “WHIP” ALLOWED AT THE HOLLYWOOD ROLLER BOWL!

AFTER THAT I DID SOME SKATING IN A MICKEY ROONEY MOVIE FILMED THERE IT WAS “THE FIRE BALL” ABOUT ROLLER DERBY! I DID SOME SPOT REXING THAT THEY SHOT BUT DUBBED ONE OF THE STARS OVER ME SO THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY ME FOR TIME!

LATER ON A BUDDY, DICK CLARK (NOT THE AMERICAN BANDSTAND ONE) AND I HAD A CHANCE TO DO SOME STUNTS IN ANOTHER MICKEY ROONEY MOVIE CALLED “THE BIG WHEEL” ABOUT AUTO RACING THAT WAS SHOT IN PART AT CULVER CITY SPEED WAY! I DID THE PART WHERE A DRIVER CALLED “SMILEY” WENT OVER THE WALL AND THE MIDGET CAUGHT FIRE AND KILLED HIM! DICK DID SOME OTHER SHOT INVOLVING CARS RACING IN TURNS AND GETTING INTO EACH OTHER! WE EACH GOT $600.00 FOR THAT WORK! WOW, THAT’S A LONG TIME AGO!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #23 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 23 VOL 5

DECEMBER 23^RD 2007

WEATHER; REAL WINDY AND COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 54/26 DEGREES. GOING TO CHURCH WE WERE ON THE DAM HEADED SOUTHEAST AND THE WIND WAS COMING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT OVER 40MPH! IT TOOK SOME REAL CAREFUL DRIVNG TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE!

2 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS EVE. TO SOME PEOPLE THAT’S WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR PRESENTS! I WAS TAUGHT CHRISTMAS DAY WAS THE 25^TH OF DECEMBER AND THAT’S WHEN WE OPEN OUR PRESENTS! ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE GO TO MIDNIGHT MASS AS A FAMILY! IN MY FAMILY AFTER MIDNIGHT MASS WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO OUT FOR AN EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST BUT THAT WAS LONG AGO BEFORE WE HAD ALL THE KIDS!

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER PEGGY AND HER SIGNIFACENT OTHER, PAUL WILL BE HERE TOMORROW AND GO TO MIDNIGHT MASS WITH THE FAMILY! AS FAR AS I KNOW THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND ARE, PEGGY/PAUL, MIKE/CINDY, KERRY/DEBI, KELLY/GLENDA, SHANNON/KONNER, TIM, ELYSE, BRADLEY, KYRA AND MOM AND I! COLLEEN AND DICK ARE GOING TO SAN ANTIONIO TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY! WE SHOULD TAKE UP A WHOLE PEW! IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE READING THIS AND YOU’VE NEVER TAKEN PART IN A CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT MASS AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH YOU SHOULD TRY IT, IT’S ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL! TWO TIMES A YEAR NON-CATHOLICS OUT NUMBER CATHOLICS AT A MASS, EASTER AND CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS! THE CHRISTMAS CARROLS START AT 11PM SO WE PLAN ON BEING IN THE CHURCH AT 10:45PM TO GET A SEAT AND SINCE WE’LL BE USING A WHOLE PEW I’M GOING TO ASK SOMEONE TO BE THERE AT 10:45 TO SAVE IT FOR US!

WE WENT TO 5:00PM MASS SO WE DON’T HAVE TO GO TOMORROW SINCE TOMORROW IS REALLY GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME FOR US! MOM FINISHED HER ORANGE SLICE CAKES (3) TODAY AND MADE THE DOUGH FOR THE MONSTER COOKIES WHICH SHE PUT IN THE FRIDGE AND WILL BAKE THEM TOMORROW! I’VE FINISHED SHOPPING AND NOW I HAVE TO WRAP A FEW GIFTS. THEN HELP MOM GET THE HOUSE READY FOR GUEST THEN HOORAY! CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR BUT, THEY SAID NO SNOW! OH WELL, I GUESS I’LL MAKE IT WITHOUT SNOW!

I TALKED TO MY BROTHER JERRY TODAY. HE’S DOING FINE NOW BUT HE JUST GOT OVER A BOUT WITH PNEUMONIA! AT 82 THAT COULD BE SERIOUS BUT THEY LOADED HIM UP WITH ANTIBIODICS AND HE’S ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY!

MOM WASN’T FEELING TO GOOD THIS MORNING AND STAYED IN BED TILL 11:30 THEN GOT UP AND SEEMS TO BE OK, NOT 100% BUT BETTER! I’LL NEVER FORGET THE YEAR KERRY WAS BORN; HE WAS BORN ON THE 22^ND (HE JUST TURNED 47) OF DECEMBER AND MOM CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL ON THE 23^RD AND GOT EVERYTHING READY TO MAKE CHRISTMAS DINNER WHICH SHE DID! WE HAD COLLEEN AND MIKE AT THE TIME! I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW MOM DOES THE THINGS SHE DOES? IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS HER ATTENTION IT GETS IT NO MATTER WHAT OR HOW SHE FEELS! BELIEVE ME, I’M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AND DON’T THINK I DON’T KNOW IT AND APPRECIATE IT!

MY BUDDY’S AND I USED TO GO OUT TO THE DESERT NEAR PALMDALE QUITE OFTEN; THIS TIME WE WERE IN MY 31 CHEVY COUPE, WE ALL HAD OUR 22 RIFLES AND MOSTLY JUST TARGET SHOT, BIRDS WERE OFF LIMITS, RABBITS, IF ONE GOT CLOSE TO US WE MIGHT TAKE A SHOT AT IT BUT TIN CANS AND BOXES (NO BOTTLES) WERE THE MOST LIKELY TO GET SHOT! WE HAD A PLACE WHERE WE HAD PILED ROCKS AND MADE A BAR-B-Q PIT SO WE USUALLY BROUGHT HOT DOGS AND THE MAKINGS   AND ALSO FRUIT! WE JUST SAT AROUND AND TALKED MAINLY ABOUT CARS AND GIRLS AND OUR JOBS IN THAT ORDER!

ONE SATURDAY WE WERE SETTING THERE B/SING WHEN WE HEARD AND AIRPLANE THAT DIDN’T SOUND LIKE IT WAS RUNNING TO GOOD. IT CAME UP OVER A SAND DUNE AND DROPPED DOWN BEHIND ANOTHER ONE AND ALL BECAME QUIET. HAROLD SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD CHECK INTO WHERE IT WENT SO WE JUMPED IN THE CAR AND HEADED OUT ACROSS THE DESERT WHEN WE GOT TO THE TOP OF THE FIRST DUNE WE HEARD IT AGAIN AND IT CAME OVER US ABOUT 25 FEET OFF THE GROUND, THE PILOT WAVED AND SMILED AND TOOK OFF HEADED FOR AN AIRPORT NEAR PALMDALE (NOT GEORGE AFB, A PRIVATE FIELD)! WELL WE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO OUR PICNIC SPOT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK! I SHUT IT OFF AND GOT OUT TO CHECK THE OIL, THERE WAS PLENTY SO I HAD BILL START IT UP AND TOOK A SCREW DRIVER AND SHORTED OUT THE PLUGS ONE AT A TIME, IT WAS # 4! I GOT THE TOOL BOX OUT I CARRIED FOR JUST AN OCCASION! THE WHEELS WERE BURIED IN THE LOSE SAND SO WE COULDN’T PUSH IT TO THE PICNIC SPOT! I ASKED BILL AND HAROLD TO SLIP UNDER THE RUNNING BOARDS ON BOTH SIDE AND START DIGGING THE SAND OUT SO I COULD GET UNDER AND DRAIN THE OIL AND DROP THE PAN! IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD CHEVY’S THIS ONE WAS CALLED “THE STOVE BOLT CHEVY” BECAUSE THE PAN WAS HELD ON WITH CAP SCREWS INSTEAD OF ¼-20 BOLTS! ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SAVE THE OIL IN A DRAIN PAN I KEPT IN THE CAR TO CARRY WATER IF I NEEDED TO! I DID THAT AND STARTED UNSCREWING THE SCREWS THAT HELD THE PAN ON! WHEN I GOT IT OFF I TOOK HOLD OF #4 ROD CAP AND IT WAS REAL LOSE! ALL I HAD WAS A 7/16^TH COMBINATION WRENCH TO TAKE THE ROD CAP OFF THE ROD! I ASKED BILL TO SEE IF HE COULD TURN THE ENGINE WITH THE CRANK PULLEY WHICH HE DID TILL #4 ROD WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND I COULD GET TO THE NUTS! WHEN I GOT THE ROD CAP OFF AND SAW HOW BAD IT WAS AND THEN I PUSHED THE ROD UP AND GOT IT CLEAR OF THE CRANKSHAFT I STARTED TO WORRY! I HAD TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PULL THE ROD DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO LET THE RINGS POP OUT OF THEIR GROVES! I CLIMBED OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AND GAVE THEM THE BAD NEWS! THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO WAS WALK OUT TO PALMDALE AND CALL MY DAD OR BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB TO COME TOW THE CAR HOME! I HAD HAROLD TAKE HIS KNIFE AND SCRAPE THE BABBET OUT OF THE CAP AND ROD! NOW IF I HAD SOMETHING THAT I COULD PUT AROUND THE CRANKSHAFT TO ACT AS A BEARING WE MIGHT MAKE IT HOME! BILL SAID HE WAS WEARING A LEATHER BELT THAT I COULD CUT A PIECE OFF THE END TO TRY SO I DID! I CUT IT A LITTLE LONG AND TRIMMED IT TO FIT THE SHAFT! PUSHED THE ROD BACK UP IN THE CYLINDER AND SAT IT BACK DOWN ON THE SHAFT THEN I TOOK THE CAP AND PUSHED IT UP TO THE ROD BUT THE BOLTS WERE JUST A LITTLE TO SHORT SO I TOOK A HAMMER AND DROVE THE CAP UP ON THE SHAFT TILL THE BOLTS WERE LONG ENOUGH TO START THE NUTS ON THEN I PROCEEDED TO TIGHTEN THE NUTS ONE AT A TIME COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TURNS TO EACH ONE! WHEN THEY WERE TIGHT I LOSENED THEM OFF AND PUT THE OIL DIPPER ON THE CAP AND TIGHTENEN THEM AGAIN! I HAD BILL STEP ON THE STARTED WITHOUT THE IGNITION ON AND THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL WHICH HE DID. THE ENGINE TURNED ABOUT 3 REVOLUTIONS AND STOPPED WITH #4 STRAIGHT DOWN, I LOSENED THE NUTS AND TOLD HIM TO DO IT AGAIN THIS TIME IT TURNED 10 REVS AND STOPPED! OIL, THAT’S WHAT IT NEEDS SO I TOOK THE BELT OFF THE CRANK AND PUT OIL ALL OVER THE JOURNAL THEN I TOOK THE BELT PIECE AND USED MY KNIFE TO SCRAPE IT A LITTLE THINNER AND PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER, PUT THE PAN BACK UP AND PUT THE OIL BACK IN AND GOT IN AND CROSSED MY FINGERS AND TURNED THE KEY ON AND STEPPED ON THE STARTER, IT FIRED ON THE 3^RD REV AND RAN ABOUT 2 MIN AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND PULLED OUT OF THE SAND TO OUR PICNIC SPOT AND SHUT IT OFF! IT HADN’T KNOCKED AT ALL BUT SURE WAS TIGHT! WE PACKED UP AND HEADED HOME, I DIDN’T GO OVER 25 MPH AND WOULD STOP EVERY 10-15 MILES TO LET IT COOL OFF BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZED IT WASN’T SLOWING DOWN AND SEEMED TO RUN FINE SO WE HEADED OUT AT 50 MPH! I DROPPED BILL AND HAROLD OFF AT THEIR HOUSES AND WENT HOME!

 I DROVE THAT CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR TILL I FOUND A 33 CHEVY COUPE I WANTED AND TRADED THE 31 IN ON IT NEVER MENTIONING THE LEATHER INSERT! ONE DAY A YOUNG GIRL PULLED UP IN OUR DRIVEWAY IN THE 31. SHE GOT OUT AND ASKED ME IF I WAS THE ONE WHO PUT THE LEATHER INSERT IN IT AND I OWNED UP TO IT! SHE SAID HER DAD BOUGHT THE 31 FOR HER AND IT’S HER FIRST CAR! SHE SAID HE TOOK THE OLD ENGINE OUT AND PUT A LATE MODEL IN IT, THEN HE WAS GOING TO USE THE OLD ONE ON A WELL DRILLIG MACHINE HE HAD. WHEN HE PULLED THE OIL PAN AND SAW WHAT SOMEONE HAD DONE HE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT! HE WENT AHEAD AND HAD ALL NEW RODS AND CAPS POURED AND PUT IT BABK TOGETHER! SHE INVITED ME OVER TO MEET HER DAD AND I WENT ABOUT 2 MONTH LATER! WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET HOME HE SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID ANYTIME I NEED A JOB THERE WOULD BE ONE WITH HIM! I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD   

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 22 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 5

DECEMBER 22^ND 2007

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 36/68 DEGREES

GETTING’ CLOSE, ONLY 3 MORE DAYS AND WE CAN ALL SET BACK AND RELAX! TO ME IT’S A LOT OF FUN JUST WATCHING THE LITTLE ONE RIP A PACKAGE OPEN AND THEN THEIR EYES GET BIG AS THEY SEE WHAT IS INSIDE! THERE’S NO WAY ANYONE CAN CONVINCE THESE KIDS THERE’S NO SANTA CLAUS BECAUSE THIS GIFT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR IN THEIR SECRET LETTER TO HIM!

I HAD TO GO GET A LAST MINUTE GIFT AND JUST WALKED AROUND LOOKING AT THE DECORATIONS STILL UP IN SOME OF THE STORES! HOME DEPOT, LOWES, HOBBY LOBBY AND KOHLS HAVE ALREADY PACKED UP THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND SEASONAL GIFTS EXCEPT FOR THOSE THEY LEFT ON A FEW SHELVES FOR THE LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS AND THERE WILL BE MANY OF THEM!

I WAS ON MY COMPUTER WHEN MOM CAME IN AND SAID SHE HAD SOME LAST MINUTE SHOPPING TO DO AND KISSED ME GOODBY! I DIDN’T SEE HER TILL AFTER 7PM! ONE THING IS CERTAIN, IF SHE HAD ANY TROUBLE SHE’D CALL ME OR HAVE SOMEONE DO IT FOR HER! I STILL WORRY WHEN I’M NOT WITH HER!

WE HAD HALEY JO TILL HER MOM CAME AND PICKED HER UP ABOUT 8PM. WHILE GRANDMA LILLIAN (MOM) WAS BUSY MAKING PICAN BRITTLE HALEY JO DECIDED TO PLAY WITH MY TRAIN, SHE GOT IT STARTED BUT I DON’T THINK SHE KNEW HOW TO STOP IT! A COUPLE OF CARS WERE OFF THE TRACK AND IT WAS HEADED BEHIND THE TREE!   NO HARM DONE! I GUESS GRANDMA LILLIAN REALLY GAVE HER A TALKING TO AND WHEN I GOT HOME SHE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DO THE SAME BUT I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND SAID;”YOU WERE PLAYING WITH MY TRAIN?” SHE MEEKLY SHOOK HER HEAD YES AND THAT WAS THAT, I DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY ANYMORE AND NEITHER DID GRANDMA LILLIAN! SHE’S A PRETTY GOOD KID!

TWO BUDDY’S; HAROLD HILDRETH AND BILLY GILLIS AND I WENT OUT TO THE PALMDALE DESERT TO RABBIT HUNT BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE WE FOUND A WHOLE STRING OF OLD CARS THAT THE WIND HAD UNCOVERED! THE ONLY ONES I COULD IDENTIFY WERE THE FORD MODEL “Ts”! I’M SURE THERE WERE RIOs, OLDSMOBILES, PLUS  SOME OTHERS; AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE THE WIND HAD NOT UNCOVERED ALL OF THEM ONLY 6 WERE SHOWING BUT YOU COULD SEE THERE WERE MORE BEHIND THEM UNDER THE SAND. ALL OF THEM WERE NOTHING BUT RUSTY OLD JUNK OR SO WE THOUGHT! INSTEAD OF HUNTING RABBITS WE SAT ON A LITTLE RISE IN THE GROUND AND TOOK POT SHOT AT THEM! I HAD MY REMINGTON 22 PUMP THAT HAD BELONGED TO RUDOLPH VALENTINO! MY DAD HAD WORKED WITH HIM TILL HE (VALENTINO) DIED! ANYHOW I WAS HITTING A MODEL “T” OVER AND OVER WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BLEW ALL OVER THE DESERT AND LIFTED THE CARS IN FRONT AND BEHIND IT OFF THE GROUND! I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE HAD SOME DYNAMITE IN IT SOMEWHERE AND MY BUDDIES ALSO THOUGHT THE SAME THING! WE PACKED UP AND GOT THE HELL OUT OF THERE AND WENT HOME! I CALLED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB DAVIS AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND TOLD HIM WHAT WE HAD FOUND AND WHAT HAPPENED! HE GOT ALL EXCITED AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I COULD FIND THE PLACE AGAIN AND I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT I COULD! THEN HE TOLD ME WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION; I HAD HIT THE GAS TANK, THERE WAS NO GAS IN IT BUT THE FUMES WERE STILL THERE AND THAT’S WHAT EXPLODED! I CALLED HAROLD AND BILLY TO SEE IF THEY COULD GO WITH US ON SATURDAY AND THEY AGREED TO GO. HERB GOT THREE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM LOCKHEED TO GO AND WE HEADED OUT ABOUT 6 AM SATURDAY! WE SCOURED THAT AREA AND ALL WE FOUND WERE SOME PARTS OF THE MODEL “T” THAT HAD EXPLODED BUT WE NEVER COULD FIND THE REST OF THE CARS, THE WIND HAD BLOWN THE SAND OVER THEM AGAIN! IF WE COULD HAVE HAD A METAL DECTOR OR EVEN A WAR SURPLUS MINE DECTOR WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THOSE CARS BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT! FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, HERB WOULD GO OUT THERE OCCASIONALLY AND LOOK AROUND BUT HE NEVER FOUND THOSE CARS AGAIN! WHAT WE FIGURED OUT WAS THAT IT WAS A CONVOY OF PEOPLE COMING FROM ARIZONA OR NEVADA AND THEY GOT LOST AND LEFT THE CARS AND WALKED ON TO PALMDALE AND WHEN THE WENT BACK THE CARS HAD BEEN COVERED BY THE WIND AND SAND! YEARS AGO I ASKED SOME OLD TIMERS IN A PALMDALE COFFEE SHOP ABOUT IT AND THEY CAN REMEMBER SOMETHING BUT NOT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

   

 

daily chronicle #21 vol 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 21 VOL 5

DECEMBER 21^ST 2007

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 43/64 DEGREES

WOW, ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT! THESE LAST TWO WEEK HAVE REALLY DRAGGED ALONG. I HAVE ONE MORE GIFT TO GET BUT HAD TO CHECK WITH MOM ABOUT IT. THEN IT’S WRAPPING TIME IN THE OLD HOME!

I’LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR WE GOT ALL THE PRESENTS WRAPPED AND HID MOST OF THEM UNDER THE HIDE- A- BED COUCH! NONE OF THE KIDS WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT IT! WELL; COME CHRISTMAS MORNING AND AFTER OPENING ALL THE GIFTS THAT WERE UNDER THE TREE WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND QUESTIONED   WHERE THE REST OF THE GIFTS WERE? ALL OF A SUDDEN MOM PUT HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND STARTED TO LAUGH! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS LAUGHING ABOUT TILL SHE POINTED TO THE COUCH! I GOT ALL THE KIDS TO GO IN THEIR BEDROOMS AND WE UNPACKED THE GIFTS AND PUT THEM UNDER THE TREE THEN GOT THEM ALL TO COME INTO THE KITCHEN FOR BREAKFAST! AFTER THEY WERE DONE I COCKED MY EAR AND PUT MY HAND BEHIND IT AND SAID I THINK I HEARD SLEIGH BELLS AND SOMEONE SAY “SORRY, AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!”

THEY ALL RAN FOR THE LIVING ROOM AND STOPPED SHORT AT HE DOOR! THERE UNDER THE TREE WERE MANY MORE GIFTS SO I SAT DOWN AND STARTED PASSING THEM OUT! FROM THAT DAY TILL THEY GOT OLDER NOBODY COULD CONVINCE THEM THERE WASN’T A SANTA CLAUS! THAT LITTLE MISTAKE MADE THAT CHRISTMAS THE BEST ONE WE/THEY EVER HAD!

NOW A LITTLE ABOUT ME;

IN 1944 I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND GET TO CANADA AND JOIN THE RCAF (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) THE WAR WAS GOING ON STRONG AND I WANTED TO BE PART OF THE WINNING TEAM! I PACKED A SMALL BAG I FOUND IN THE GARAGE WITH UNDERWARE, SOCKS, CLEAN SHIRT AND 6 HERSHEY BARS MY MOM HAD IN THE CUBOARD, THEY WERE SCARCE BECAUSE OF THE WAR! I HITCHED A RIDE TO SEPULVEDA BLVD AND FROM THERE TO SAN FERNANDO RD WHICH WAS HWY 99; I GOT A RIDE IN A BIG TRUCK TO SAN FRANCISCO THE DRIVER BOUGHT MY FOOD! I SPENT THE NEXT TWO DAY WALKING AROUND THE TRUCK STOP TRYING TO GET A RIDE TO CANADA BUT EVERYTHING THERE WAS HEADED SOUTH! I WAS SETTING IN THE COFFEE SHOP WHERE I HAD WASHED DISHES FOR SOME FOOD WHEN AN MP SAT DOWN AND ASKED ME WHY I WANTED TO GET TO CANADA SO I TOLD HIM! HOW OLD ARE YOU HE ASKED, I ANSWERED 18 (  I WOULDN’T BE 14 FOR 2 MONTH) I WAS BIG FOR MY AGE! HE ASKED ME FOR IDENTIFICATION AND I HANDED HIM MY JR. AIR RAID WARDENS I.D. CARD WHICH WAS ALL THE I.D. I HAD!  HE GOT UP AND WENT TO AN OFFICE IN THE BACK OF THE COFFEE SHOP! WHEN HE CAME BACK HE SAT DOWN AND HANDED ME MY I.D. CARD AND SAID HE HAD JUST TALKED TO MY DAD AND HE AND MY MOM WERE COMING UP TO GET ME AND I WAS TO STAY WITH HIM TILL THEY GOT THERE EVEN IF HE HAD TO HANDCUFF ME TO A CHAIR! MY DAD NEVER DID GET MAD AT ME FOR THIS THEN I FOUND OUT HE HAD AN OLD BUM SIGN THE PAPERS FOR HIM TO GET IN THE NAVY WHEN HE WAS 15! ALL HE EVER SAID WAS HE UNDERSTOOD! THE WAR GOT OVER BEFORE I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO JOIN UP BUT I DID MANAGE TO GET IN FOR THE KOREAN WAR!

HERE’S A SIGN THAT WAS SEEN ON A BUILDING;

“PRIVATE PARKING”

UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES WILL BE WORKED OVER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, FLIPPED OVER BY AN ANGRY MOB. SET ON FIRE, AND SPRAY PAINTED WITH RUDE SLOGANS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING USED AS A GET AWAY CAR IN AN INCREDIBLY DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT TESTING THIS SIGN? NOT ME!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

DON’T FORGET, THE COWBOYS PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT INSTEAD OF SUNDAY! THE PACKERS PLAY ON SUNDAY!

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 20 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 5

DECEMBER 20^TH 2007

5 DAYS TO GO! HAVE YOU GOT PLENTY OF WRAPPING PAPER, TAPE, TO & FROM TAGS, EXTRA LIGHT BULBS FOR THE TREE LIGHTS AND THE OUTSIDE LIGHTS, FUSES FOR THE TREE LIGHTS? YOU BETTER CHECK, REMEMBER YOU ONLY USE THIS STUFF ONCE A YEAR AND THEN JUST FOR A WEEK OR TWO!

WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 39/69 DEGREES

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY DO ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE WITH THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS! I CHANGED THE PLACE OF ONE STRING OF LIGHTS AND PUT ANOTHER LONGER STRING IN THE SAME PLACE, HAVEN’T DECIDED WHERE TO PUT THE SHORTER SRING! PUT A LIT SNOWMAN ON THE WALL OUTSIDE NEAR THE TIMER AND PLUGGED IT IN, NOW IT COMES ON WITH THE REST OF THE LIGHTS! MOM HAD TO GO PICK UP HALEY JO AND TAKE HER TO THE EYE DOCTOR THEN GO DO MORE SHOPPING! SHE’LL START MAKING MONSTER COOKIES TOMORROW SHE MADE ANOTHER BATCH OF PINA COLLADA PICANS TODAY!

COLLEEN AND DICK CAME OVER TONIGHT AND BROUGHT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS SINCE THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH DICK’S FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS! THEY’RE GOING TO TRY AND BE BACK ON THE 26^TH TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH PEGGY AND PAUL!

I GO BACK TO MY CHIROPRACTOR TOMORROW! SO FAR WHAT SHE’S DONE HAS WORKED PRETTY GOOD! I STILL GET A LITTLE PAIN IN MY NECK IF I JERK IT TO THE LEFT VERY FAST! I THINK SHE’LL START WORKING ON GETTING SOME FEELING BACK IN MY LEFT HAND! I’M WALKING BETTER AND LIKE I SAID I DON’T SEEM TO BE DRAGGING MY LEFT FOOT LIKE I WAS, I STILL HAVE A SLIGHT LIMP ON THE LEFT SIDE BUT I THINK THAT’LL GO AWAY IN TIME!

WE’VE GOT PRESENTS PILED ALL OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS SO I CAN’T RUN THE TRAIN BUT I’LL CLEAN THEM OFF AND RUN IT FOR THE LITTLE KIDS AND ME OF COURSE! EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET UP I REALLY ENJOY GOING OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM AND SEEING ALL THE DECORATIONS, I’D FORGOTTE WE HAD SO MANY AND THEY’VE ALL BEEN ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS!

IF MEN RAN THE WORLD AND THINGS WERE AS THEY SHOULD BE…………..

BIRTH CONTROL WOULD COME IN ALE OR LAGER.

VALENTINES DAY WOULD BE MOVED TO FEBRUARY 29^TH SO IT WOULD ONLY OCCUR IN LEAP YEAR.

ON GROUND HOG DAY, IF YOU SAW YOUR SHADOW! YOU’D GET THE DAY OFF TO GO DRINKING, MOTHER’S DAY TOO.

ST. PATRICKS DAY WOULD REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME. BUT IT WOULD BE CELEBRATED EVERY MONTH

GARBAGE WOULD TAKE ITSELF OUT.

REGIS AND KATHY LEE WOULD BE CHAINED TO A CEMENT MIXER AND PUSHED OFF THE GOLDEN GATE  BRIDGE FOR THE MOST LUCRATIVE PAY- PER-VIEW EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY.

THE ONLY SHOW OPPOSITE “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” WOULD BE “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL’ FROM A DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLE.

INSTEAD OF “BEER BELLY” YOU’D GET “BEER-BICEPS.”

TANKS WOULD BE FAR EASIER TO RENT.

WHEN A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET EVERY SMART-ALECK ANSWER YOU RESPONDED WITH WOULD REDUCE THE FINE. AS IN;

COP; “YOU KNOW HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING?”

YOU; ALL I KNOW IS I WAS SPILLING MY BEER ALL OVER THE PLACE.”

PEOPLE WOULD NEVER TALK ABOUT HOW FRESH THEY FELT.

DAISY DUKES SHORTS WOULD NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE AGAIN.

THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 18 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 19 VOL 5

DECEMBER 19^TH 2007

Number 19 VOL 5

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 37/57 DEGREES

WE’VE GOT 6 DAYS TO GO. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED, IT’S 7 DAYS FROM CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEARS BUT 358-9   DAYS FROM NEW YEARS TO CHRISTMAS! WHEN I WAS A KID THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME BUT, NOT ANY MORE I LEARNED HOW TO ADD AND SUBTRACT!

WELL, I FINALLY GOT MY TRAIN PUT AROUND THE TREE. MOM HAD TO GO WITH SHANNON TO MAIL SOME PACKAGES AND PICK UP MORE STUFF FOR THE REST OF THE GOODIES! I JUST RESTED AFTER I GOT THE TRAIN DONE AND FINISHED WATCHING “THE IMMORTAL BATTALION” WITH DAVID NIVEN! EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MADE IN 1944 AND IS ABOUT THE ENGLISH TROOPS CALLED “TOMMYS” IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE! THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD FOR THAT TIME PERIOD AND ALL THE WAR RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE!

I CAN REMEMBER THE WAR YEARS, INSTEAD OF METAL TOYS I GOT THINGS MADE OUT OF WOOD OR THING THAT HAD BELONGED TO MY BROTHER OR OTHER PEOPLE AND, CLOTHES WERE THE BIG ITEM! I REMEMBER THE 1942 CHRISTMAS, I GOT A LIONAL TRAIN THAT HAD BELONGED TO EARL RANKEL OUR FAMILIES WERE GOOD FRIENDS, MY DAD PUT IT AROUND THE TREE AND IT WAS RUNNING WHEN I GOT UP CHRISTMAS MORNING. THERE WAS THE ENGINE AND THREE FREIGHT CARS AND A CABOOSE. THE ENGINE HAD A HEAD LIGHT AND IT REALLY SHINED WHEN WE CUT THE OTHER LIGHTS OUT. I REMEMBER IT USED A POINTED CHRISTMAS TREE BULB THAT STUCK OUT PAST THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE! I HAD THAT TRAIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT LOST IT IN ONE OF MY MOVES, I THINK MY OLDER SISTER HENRIETTA HAD IT STORED IN HER GARAGE FOR ME BUT WHEN THEY MOVED AFTER SELLING THEIR HOUSE IT DISAPPEARED!

 EARL RANKEL GOT KILLED IN 1943 IN NEW GUINEA DURING WWII! I READ THE AWARD HE GOT POSTHUMUSLY FOR HIS PART IN THE ACTION THAT HE WAS KILLED IN, HE WAS AN ENGINEER AND A MACHINE GUNNER, THE AWARD SAID THEY FOUND 43 DEAD ENEMY SOLDIERS AROUND HIS POSITION AND HIS MACHINE GUN WAS OUT OF AMMUNITION, HE HAD PUT A HAND GRENADE IN THE BREACH OF HIS GUN BEFORE HE DIED SO THE ENEMY COULDN’T USE IT!

THE AWARD WAS A BRONZE STAR!

DON’T FORGET, THE COWBOYS PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT INSTEAD OF SUNDAY! THEY HAD 11 PLAYERS NAMED TO THE PRO BOWL IN HAWAII TONY ROMO IS BACK UP TO BRETT FAVRE WHICH ISN’T BAD FOR A FIRST YEAR STARTER.

I WANT TO GO SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS SO MAYBE WE’LL DO IT SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH, MAYBE WE’LL WAIT TILL MONDAY NIGHT WHEN PEGGY AND PAUL ARE HERE THAT SOUNDS BETTER HUH?

OVERHEARD AT THE RETURNS COUNTER AFTER CHRISTMAS; “I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT,” “MANY HAPPY RETURNS MEANT!”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #18 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 5

DECEMBER 18^TH 2007

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 28/53 DEGREES

7 MORE DAYS, I SURE HOPE YOU’RE READY AND DON’T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET THAT SPECIAL GIFT FOR THAT SPECIAL PERSON, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE!

FIRST OFF I LEFT SOMETHING OUT OF THE LAST CHRONICLE SO I’M PUTTING IT IN THIS ONE!

“THERE IS GLOOM IN MUDVILLE TONIGHT; THE MIGHTY ROMO HAS STRUCK OUT”! ONE OF THE REPORTERS SAID THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST SEASON WHEN TONY ROMO BROUGHT A BLOND TO THE GAME, I THINK HE SAID IT WAS TERRY GARR,TO WATCH AND IT HAPPENED ON THE SAME DATE, DECEMBER 16^TH 2006 HE HAD A LOUSEY GAME AND LOST! THIS REPORTERS SUGGESTION TO TONY IS “DUMP THE BLOND BEFORE YOU DUMP THE REST OF THE SEASON”! TO ME A COWBOY FAN THIS IS GOOD ADVICE, “DON’T BRING HER TO THE GAME TONY LEAVE HER HOME TO WATCH THE GAME ON TV”! I KNOW IT’S A NATURAL REACTION TO WANT TO DO GOOD WHEN SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO YOU IS IN THE STANDS AND INVARIBLY YOU’LL TRY TOO HARD AND SCREW UP! IN YESTERDATS GAME IT WAS EVIDENT TONY HAD OTHER THAN THE GAME ON HIS MIND HE WAS SACKED TO MANY TIMES, OVER THREW HIS RECEIVERS, WASN’T WATCHING WHERE HIS WIDE RECEIVERS WERE ON THE FIELD, LEFT T.O. ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF THE GAME, I KNOW JASON WITTEN, PATRICK CRAYTON AND HURD ARE VERY GOOD AND WERE HIS PRIME RECEIVERS FOR THE SHORT PASS BUT T.O. IS HIS LONG BALL RECEIVER! HE CAN’T LEAVE T.O.OUT OF THE MIX LIKE HE DID! I ALSO REALIZE T.O. IS USED BY THE COACHES AS A DECOY TO KEEP THE LINE BACKERS OFF BALANCE AND HE DOES THAT WITHOUT COMPLAINING BUT YESTERDAYS GAME WAS A TOTAL WASHOUT BECAUSE TONY WAS TOO INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE BLOND WAS LOOKING AT HIM OR NOT! EVERYTIME THE CAMERA WAS ON HER SHE LOOKED TO BE FLIRTING WITH ALL THE GUYS AROUND HER! UNTIL AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO MARRY HER, TONY, KEEP HER AT HOME!!!!!!! I FOR ONE AM LOOKING FOR A SUPER BOWL OUT OF YOU AND THE TEAM!

WOW! WHAT A DAY! MOM AND I GOT THE TREE DECORATED AND IT SURE IS PRETTY, WE PUT UP SOME INSIDE LIGHTS WHICH I’LL FINISH WITH MORE  TOMORROW WE PUT ALL THE CANDY AND CRUNCH MOM HAD MADE IN SMALL PLASTIC BAGS AND MOM WILL PUT THEM IN GIFT BAGS! SHE STILL HAS MORE THINGS TO MAKE FOR THE GIFT BAGS!

MY SON KERRY CALLED TODAY AND THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS; “WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO THE COWBOYS?” I TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT I OPENED THIS CHRONICLE WITH AND TO BE MORE SPACIFIC, A BLOND! THAT’S ALL I CAN FIGURE IT WAS! TONY ROMO IS THE LEADER OF THIS TEAM BUT ON SUNDAY HE LED THEM INTO HARMSWAY AND I HOPE AND PRAY HE CAN LEAD THEM OUT OF HARMSWAY NEXT SUNDAY! THEY WENT INTO A WAR WITH ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE BUT THEY FORGOT THEIR MAIN WEAPON, TERRELL OWENS! HE IS A GAME BREAKER WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT!

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED; IF YOU’RE LOST AT SEA AND YOU RUN OUT OF FRESH WATER AND YOU DRINK SEA WATER IT’LL KILL YOU! BUT, IF IT RAINS AND YOU CATCH RAIN WATER AND CAN KEEP IT IN A JAR OR CANTEEN IT’S GOOD FRESH WATER! NOW THE CLOUDS DRAW THE SEA WATER UP AND THEN LET IT GO DOWN AS RAIN! WHERE DID THE SALT GO?

A CATHOLIC PRIEST AND A JEWISH RABBI WERE GOOD FRIEND AND PLAYED CHESS TOGETHER! THEY NEVER DISCUSSED RELIGION! ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER CONFESSIONS THE LADIES ON THE ALTER SOCIETY PRESENTED FATHER MURPHY WITH A NEW CADILLAC FOR HIS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PARRISH! FATER MURPHY WAS FLABBERGASTED AND THANKED THE LADIES WITH ALL HIS HEART! HE RUSHED IN THE RECTORY AND CLEANED UP FOR HIS VISIT TO THE RABBI’S HOUSE FOR THEIR WEEKLY GAME OF CHESS! AS HE WAS DRIVING TO THE RABBI’S HOUSE HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HIM SETTING ON THE BENCH WAITING FOR A BUS! HE PULLED OVER AND SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR ASKED ABE IF HE WANTED A RIDE! ABE JUST ABOUT SWALLOWED HIS TOUNGUE WHEN HE SUCKED IN HIS BREATH! VHERE’D YOU GET THE CIDDILAC? FATHER EXPLAINED ABOUT THE LADIES ALTER SOCIETY GIVING IT TO HIM FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PARRISH! ABE STARTED TO GET IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN FATHER MURPHY ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO DRIVE THINKING HOW NEAT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE ABE CHAUFFEUR HIM! ABE GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL AND PUT IT IN GEAR THEN STOMPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CADILLAC JUMPED AND HEADED STRAIGHT FOR A BUS STANDING ON THE CROSS STREET! WHEN THEY HIT THE BUS THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DOING 50 MPH AND FATHER MURPHY ENDED UP IN WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE FRONT SEAT NEXT TO ABE WHO WAS SETTING THERE WITH HIS HAT BRIM DOWN AROUND HIS NECK AND THE STEERING WHEEL IN BOTH HANDS NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING! ABE HAD NEVER DRIVEN BEFORE AND SAID; “IF I VASAN’T A MAN OF THE CLOTH A WOID THIS LONG (HE SHOWED ABOUT 6” WITH HIS FINGERS) WOULD COME OUT OF MY MOUTH!” FATHER MURPHT SAID; “IF IT WASN’T FRIDAY I’D TAKE A BITE OUT OF YOUR ASS!”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD    

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 17 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 5

DECEMBER 17^TH 2007

WEATHER; COLD, LOW HUMIDITY, 28/51 DEGREES! NO SNOW YET!

8 DAYS AND COUNTING! BETTER GET IN GEAR OR ALL THE THINGS YOUR WIFE, GIRFRIEND/BOYFRIEND KIDS HAVE ASKED FOR WILL BE GONE OFF THE SHELVES! THERE’S ALWAYS THE “99 CENT STORES!

WE GOT UP AND MADE 9:30 MASS! AFTER CHURCH WE WENT BY SHANNONS AND PICKED UP HER FOOD FOR THE BUFFET ON CHRISTMAS DAY! AS OF NOW THERE WILL BE 13 HERE INCLUDING PEGGY AND PAUL! COLLEEN AND DICK ARE GOING TO HIS FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO BUT THEY SHOULD BE BACK 26^TH OR 27^TH SO THAT’S WHEN WE’LL HAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS WITH US! I HOPE THAT’S WHEN THEY GET BACK PEGGY AND PAUL HAVE TO FLY BACK HOME ON THE 28^TH!

TIM GOT HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DECK ROOF. NOW MAYBE THERE WON’T BE ANY DRIPPING ON US AND THE FURNITURE WHEN IT RAINS! WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIM COMING UP HE’S BEEN REAL BUSY IN HIS WOOD WORKING SHOP AT HOME! WHEN HE GETS FROM WORK. HE SAID HE WENT IN THE SHOP YESTERDAY AT ABOUT 5:30 PM AND GOT OUT AND IN THE HOUSE AT 11:30PM! HE REALLY LIKES TO WORK WITH WOOD. HE BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT I HAD IN MY SHOP FROM KELLY WHO GOT IT WHEN WE SOLD THE HOME PLACE TO HIM! I REALLY MISS THE EQUIPMENT I HAD IT WASN’T HIGH DOLLAR BUT IT DID WHAT I WANTED TO DO! NOW, IF I NEED SOMETHING DONE I CAN USE MY RYOBI BATTERY OPERATED TOOLS. THEY’LL DO MOST EVERYTHING I REALLY NEED TO DO FROM REMOVING THE PAINT FROM THE CAR WHERE IT’S SHOWING THE PRIMER SO I CAN RE-PRIME IT TO CUTTING 4X4s OR RIPPING 1XsOR 2Xs. I JUST DON’T GET IN A HURRY!

WE FINALLY GOT ALL THE CHRISTMAS CARDS SIGNED SEALED AND STAMPED. YESTERDAY I THOUGHT WE ONLY HAD 2 MORE TO DO. RIGHT! WE HAD ABOUT 10 MORE TO DO AND THEN HAD TIM TAKE OUR PICTUR AND MOM PRINTED IT OUT TO GO IN EACH LETTER SO WATCH FOR IT WHEN YOU OPEN THE ENVELOPE! MOM JUST WON’T QUIT TILL SHE HAS DONE WHAT SHE WANTS TO GET DONE! I’M NOT A WHOLE LOT OF HELP AND MOST OF THE THINGS SHE DOES ONLY SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO!

THE TREE IS STILL STANDING THERE BARE NAKED WAITING FOR US TO DRESS IT. EVERYTIME I GO NEAR IT I WANT TO PUT ALL THE DECORATIONS ON IT BUT I’M USUALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I FORGET IT! OH! IT’LL GET DONE AND SOON! TOMORROW I HOPE!

TWO JEWISH TAYLORS HAD THEIR SHOPS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER, ABE WOULD GET THE CUSTOMER GOING IN ONE DIRECTION AND ISADOR WOULD GET HIS FROM THOSE GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! IT SEEMED TO WORK OUT TILL ISADOR PAINTED A BIG AD ON HIS FRONT WINDOW; “HAND MADE LINNEN SUITS $49.95”! NOW ABE KNEW THAT UNLESS ISADOR HAD GOTTEN A GOOD BUY ON BULK LINNEN THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD SELL HAND MADE LINNEN SUITS FOR $49.95! HE WAS SETTING ON HIS TAYLORS BENCH WITH IS LEGS CROSSED UNDER HIM ONE NIGHT PONDERING THIS DELIMA WHEN HIS FAIRY GODMOTHER APPEARED AND TOLD HIM SHE WOULD GIVE HIM ONE WISH FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD! HE STARTED TO THINK WHEN SHE ADDED “BUT YOUR WORST ENEMY GETS TWICE AS MUCH”! HE THOUGHT, IF I VANT A MILLON DOLLARS ISADOR GETS 2, IF I VANT A BLOND ISADOR GETS 2, IF I VANT A CADILLAC ISADOR GETS 2! MY, MY VHAT TO ASK FOR THE FAIRY GODMOTHER SAID “HURRY UP ABE I’VE GOT OTHER STOPS TO MAKE” “I’VE GOT IT SHOUTED ABE, I VISH I VAS HALF DEAD!”

REMEMBER;

REMEMBER; HE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 16 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 16 VOL 5

DECEMBER 16^TH 2007

WEATHER; COLD, WINDY, LOW HUMIDITY, 43/32 DEGREES

IT’S GETTING CLOSE, ONLY 9 MORE DAYS.

WE FINALLY GOT OUR CHRISTMAS LETTER DONE AND I STUFFED THE ENVELOPES AND CARDS WHILE MOM PRINTED OUT THE LABLES. I HAVEN’T COUNTED THEM YET BUT MOM PRINTED 40 3 PAGE LETTERS TO BEGIN WITH AND I HAD TO HAVE 27 MORE. ANYHOW WE’LL DO THE LAST 2 IN THE MORNING AND THEN PUT THE STAMPS ON AND DROP THEM IN THE MAIL! I GUESS WE’LL DO THE TREE TOMORROW!

MOM HAS BEEN BUSY ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE MAKING CANDIES AND CRUNCH, I HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING MY HANDS OFF OF IT WHEN I GO OUT IN THE KITCHEN BUT SO FAR I HAVE! MOM BRINGS ME A LITTLE BOWL OF HER LATEST FINISHED PRODUCT TO TASTE AND JUDGE, AS OF TODAY EVERYTHING HAS PASSED THE SCRUTINY OF THE JUDGE, ME!

IT SURE IS NICE TO SET AND WATCH THE OUTSIDE LIGHTS COME ON AT 5:20 PM AND GO OFF AT 10PM. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO!

WE WATCHED 1 ½ HOURS OF “THE CELTIC WOMEN” TONIGHT FROM A CASTLE IN IRELAND! THEY ARE GOOD ESPECIALLY THEIR LITTLE VIOLINEST, SHE BOUNCED AROUND LIKE A RUBBER BALL AND WAS STILL  ABLE TO PLAY! THEY DID THEIR RENDITION OF “DANNY BOY”, IT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYES! THAT WAS DANNY’S SONG! I’LL NEVER FORGET A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED JIMMY HAGEN WHO WAS A WESTERN SINGER USED TO SING THAT TO DANNY WHEN HE WAS A BABY!

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO PARK IN THE HANDICAP PARKING PLACES WITHOUT A PLACARD OR LICENSE PLATE? WELL HERE’S YOUR CHANCE! MAUREEN BIRDSALL OF LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA HAS SET UP A NEW WEBSITE; WWW.HANDICAPEDFRAUD.ORG WHERE PEOPLE NATIONWIDE CAN SUBMIT LICENSE PLATE AND HANDICAPPED PLACARD NUMBERS OF SUSPECT VEHICLES. THE GOAL IS TO CATCH THOSE WHO USE A HANDICAPPED PLACARD ILLEGITIMATELY. ABUSERS OFTEN BORROW PLACARDS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, BUY THEM ON THE BLACK MARKET OR USE ONE ISSUED TO A DECEASED PERSON! BIRDSALL SENDS REPORTS MADE TO HER WEBSITE TO STATE MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SO BESURE YOU GET THE STATE AND LICENSE NUMBERS! SOME SAY THE SITE IS UNFAIR TO THOSE WHOSE DISABILITIES AREN’T APPARENT. SOME CALL IT AN INVASION OF PRIVACEY AND SOME HAVE CALLED IT “VIGILANTE JUSTICE.” BIRDSALL CALLS IT “COMMUNITY REPORTING.”

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS TRYING TO FIND A HANDICAP PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF HOBBY LOBBY. WHEN I FINALLY FOUND ONE A WHITE HONDA CUT IN FRONT OF ME AND TOOK IT. TEN YEARS AGO I’D OF DRUG HIM OUT OF THE CAR AND WHIPPED HIS ASS! I FOUND A SPACE IN THE REGULAR PARKING AREAS. WHEN I WALKED UP TO THE CAR AND LOOKED FOR A LICENSE OR A PLACARD THERE WAS NONE! I WALKED UP TO THE DRIVERS WINDOW THAT WAS DOWN AND ASKED IF HE KNEW THE FINE FOR PARKING IN A HANDICAPPED SPACE WITHOUT THE LICENSE OR PLACARD WAS $100.00 HE JUST SHRUGGED AND SAID “SO WHAT”! I WENT AHEAD IN THE STORE AND TOLD THE MANAGER ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID I’D HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE AND SWEAR OUT A COMPLAINT! WHEN I LEFT I WAS GOING TO WALK OVER AND SAY SOMETHING ELSE TO HIM BUT HE WAS GONE! HE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT I WAS CALLING THE POLICE! THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I CAME ACROSS THIS ARTICLE AND WISHED I’D OF TAKEN DOWN HIS LICENSE NUMBER!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

  

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 15 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 5

DECEMBER 15^TH 2007

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 43 DEGREES

DOWN TO 10 DAYS AND COUNTING!

MOM HAD TO GO TO COMMERCE WITH SHANNON TO RETURN HER (SHANNONS) BOOKS SINCE SHE HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL LAST MONTH BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF THE DRIVE AND TRYING TO RAISE KONNER! MOM WENT TO BE COMPANY BECAUSE IT’S A PRETTY LONG DRIVE FOR ONE PERSON.

I WENT AND GOT MY HAIR CUT AND THEN WENT WINDOW SHOPPING TO FIND MOM SOME LITTLE GIFT SO SHE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO OPEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING! WE GAVE OURSELVES THE NEW HEATER FOR CHRISTMAS BUT IT’S NOT THE SAME IF THERE ISN’T A PERSONEL GIFT FROM ME TO HER! I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT I GOT TODAY BUT IT’S JUST ONE AND I STILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE! WHEN I GOT HOME MOM AND SHANNON WERE GONE TO PICK UP HALEY JO. I WAS GOING TO WORK ON DECORATING THE TREE THIS AFTERNOON BUT I WALKED ALL OVER HOME DEPOT, WAL MART, TARGET, KOHLS, LOWES AND SEARS AND MY OLD LEGS SCREAMED SET DOWN WHICH I DID!

AFTER WE FINISH THE TREE TOMORROW I’M GOING TO HOBBY LOBBY FOR A SPECIAL GIFT AND IF THEY DON’T HAVE IT I’LL ORDER IT ON LINE FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS!

I JUST LOOKED AT THE MOST FANTASTIC SET OF PICTURES TAKEN OF “FLEET WEEK” IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS YEAR. THE MAIN ATTRACTION WERE THE “BLUE ANGLES” FLYING AT 700 MPH 20 FEET OFF THE WATER IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING! WE WENT TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT LAST SEPTEMBER AND WATCHED THEM PERFORM BUT THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A SHOW! THE PHOTOGRAPHER ALSO INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF WWII BOMBERS LANDING AT AN AIRPORT SOMEWHERE NEAR SAN FRANCISCO. IT INCLUDED THE B-17, B-24, B-25 IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE LANDING SEQUENCE, I MEAN SO CLOSE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM AND READ ALL THE PRINTING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE! REALLY GOOD!

HERE’S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WONDERED WHERE THE “DOG TAG” GOT IT’S  NAME;

THE HISTORY OF THE MILITARY

“DOG TAG”

SOMETIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IT BECAME A COMMON PRACTICE TO REFER TO THE NEW ARMY RECRUITS AS “DOG FACES”; MAINLY BECAUSE AFTER ARRIVING AT A BASIC TRAINING CAMP, HAVING THEIR HAIR SHAVED OFF, ISSUED CLOTHING THAT RARELY FIT, AND THEN STUFFED INTO AN OPEN BAY BARRACKS WITH A HUNDRED OTHER MEN THEY HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AFTER ALL THIS IT’S NO WONDER THEY HAD A WHIPPED PUPPY DOG LOOK ON THEIR FACES, THUS THE TERM “DOG FACE’.

THEN SOME TOUGH “DRILL INSTRUCTOR” WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO DECIDED TO CALL THE “MILITARY IDENTIFICATION TAG” A “DOG TAG” BECAUSE IT TAGGED THE RECRUIT WITH HIS NAME, SERIAL NO., RELIGION AND BLOOD TYPE.

THESE TAGS HAD TWO SHAPES, THEY WERE BOTH RECTANGULAR AND ROUNDED ON EACH END WITH A SMALL HOLE IN ONE END FOR THE CHAIN, ONE HAD A NOTCH IN THE END OPPOSITE THE CHAIN HOLE, THIS NOTCHED TAG WAS USED IN THE EVENT OF DEATH, IT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER JAW (IF POSSIBLE) HOLDING THE MOUTH OPEN FOR TWO REASONS, FIRST, SO A MEDIC WOULD NOT WASTE TIME ON A DEAD BODY, SECOND. IT MADE IT HARDER FOR ANYONE WANTING TO CHANGE IDENTITY (THIS HAPPENED).

THE OTHER TAG WAS ON A SMALL CHAIN APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES LONG, THIS WAS HUNG ON THE BIG RIGHT TOE (IF POSSIBLE) AFTER REMOVING THE BOOTS.

IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE TO REMOVE THE BOOTS, WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION SO THE ENEMY COULDN’T USE THEM AGAINST OUT FORCES. IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, A MAN CAN GET ALONG IN A COMBAT SITUATION WITHOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOT PROTECTION FOR HIS FEET, SOME SORT OF WEAPON, AND AMMUNITION.

NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE MILITARY I.D. TAG IS CALLED A;

“DOG TAG”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #15 VOL 5HOWARD'S DAILY CHRONICLE

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 5

DECEMBER 15^TH 2007

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 43 DEGREES

DOWN TO 10 DAYS AND COUNTING!

MOM HAD TO GO TO COMMERCE WITH SHANNON TO RETURN HER (SHANNONS) BOOKS SINCE SHE HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL LAST MONTH BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF THE DRIVE AND TRYING TO RAISE KONNER! MOM WENT TO BE COMPANY BECAUSE IT’S A PRETTY LONG DRIVE FOR ONE PERSON.

I WENT AND GOT MY HAIR CUT AND THEN WENT WINDOW SHOPPING TO FIND MOM SOME LITTLE GIFT SO SHE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO OPEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING! WE GAVE OURSELVES THE NEW HEATER FOR CHRISTMAS BUT IT’S NOT THE SAME IF THERE ISN’T A PERSONEL GIFT FROM ME TO HER! I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT I GOT TODAY BUT IT’S JUST ONE AND I STILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE! WHEN I GOT HOME MOM AND SHANNON WERE GONE TO PICK UP HALEY JO. I WAS GOING TO WORK ON DECORATING THE TREE THIS AFTERNOON BUT I WALKED ALL OVER HOME DEPOT, WAL MART, TARGET, KOHLS, LOWES AND SEARS AND MY OLD LEGS SCREAMED SET DOWN WHICH I DID!

AFTER WE FINISH THE TREE TOMORROW I’M GOING TO HOBBY LOBBY FOR A SPECIAL GIFT AND IF THEY DON’T HAVE IT I’LL ORDER IT ON LINE FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS!

I JUST LOOKED AT THE MOST FANTASTIC SET OF PICTURES TAKEN OF “FLEET WEEK” IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS YEAR. THE MAIN ATTRACTION WERE THE “BLUE ANGLES” FLYING AT 700 MPH 20 FEET OFF THE WATER IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING! WE WENT TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT LAST SEPTEMBER AND WATCHED THEM PERFORM BUT THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A SHOW! THE PHOTOGRAPHER ALSO INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF WWII BOMBERS LANDING AT AN AIRPORT SOMEWHERE NEAR SAN FRANCISCO. IT INCLUDED THE B-17, B-24, B-25 IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE LANDING SEQUENCE, I MEAN SO CLOSE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM AND READ ALL THE PRINTING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE! REALLY GOOD!

HERE’S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WONDERED WHERE THE “DOG TAG” GOT IT’S  NAME;

THE HISTORY OF THE MILITARY

“DOG TAG”

SOMETIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IT BECAME A COMMON PRACTICE TO REFER TO THE NEW ARMY RECRUITS AS “DOG FACES”; MAINLY BECAUSE AFTER ARRIVING AT A BASIC TRAINING CAMP, HAVING THEIR HAIR SHAVED OFF, ISSUED CLOTHING THAT RARELY FIT, AND THEN STUFFED INTO AN OPEN BAY BARRACKS WITH A HUNDRED OTHER MEN THEY HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AFTER ALL THIS IT’S NO WONDER THEY HAD A WHIPPED PUPPY DOG LOOK ON THEIR FACES, THUS THE TERM “DOG FACE’.

THEN SOME TOUGH “DRILL INSTRUCTOR” WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO DECIDED TO CALL THE “MILITARY IDENTIFICATION TAG” A “DOG TAG” BECAUSE IT TAGGED THE RECRUIT WITH HIS NAME, SERIAL NO., RELIGION AND BLOOD TYPE.

THESE TAGS HAD TWO SHAPES, THEY WERE BOTH RECTANGULAR AND ROUNDED ON EACH END WITH A SMALL HOLE IN ONE END FOR THE CHAIN, ONE HAD A NOTCH IN THE END OPPOSITE THE CHAIN HOLE, THIS NOTCHED TAG WAS USED IN THE EVENT OF DEATH, IT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER JAW (IF POSSIBLE) HOLDING THE MOUTH OPEN FOR TWO REASONS, FIRST, SO A MEDIC WOULD NOT WASTE TIME ON A DEAD BODY, SECOND. IT MADE IT HARDER FOR ANYONE WANTING TO CHANGE IDENTITY (THIS HAPPENED).

THE OTHER TAG WAS ON A SMALL CHAIN APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES LONG, THIS WAS HUNG ON THE BIG RIGHT TOE (IF POSSIBLE) AFTER REMOVING THE BOOTS.

IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE TO REMOVE THE BOOTS, WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION SO THE ENEMY COULDN’T USE THEM AGAINST OUT FORCES. IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, A MAN CAN GET ALONG IN A COMBAT SITUATION WITHOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOT PROTECTION FOR HIS FEET, SOME SORT OF WEAPON, AND AMMUNITION.

NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE MILITARY I.D. TAG IS CALLED A;

“DOG TAG”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY HRONICLE #14 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 14 VOL 5

DECEMBER 14^TH 2007

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 49 DEGREES

11 MORE DAYS TO GO! I’M GETTING ANXIOUS AND I’M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE, NOT FOR ME BUT TO SEE THE LOOKS ON THE LITTLE ONES FACES WHEN THEY RIP OPEN A PACKAGE, THAT’S PRICELESS!

YESTERDAY DECEMBER 13^TH WAS MOMs AND MY 50^TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY! WE CELEBRATED BY GOING TO LUNCH AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT WE GO TO QUITE OFTEN!

WENT IN TO MY CHIROPRACTOR AGAIN TODAY, THE FIRST THING SHE DOES IS CHECK THE ANGLE OF THE FEET. TODAY AS I GOT OUT OF THE CAR MY LEFT KNEE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GIVE OUT JUST LIKE MY RIGHT ONE HAS DONE, BUT THEN IT WAS OK! I GOT IN THE WAITING ROOM AND SHE CAME IN AND TOLD ME TO GET ON THE TREATMENT TABLE THAT SHE WOULD BE BACK IN A MINUTE WHICH I DID. WHEN SHE CAME BACK THE FIRST THING SHE DID WAS CHECK MY FEET AND WENT DIRECTLY TO MY RIGHT KNEE, I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING AT THE TIME BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO MY NECK AND SHOULDER I ASKED HER HOW SHE KNEW MY RIGHT KNEE WAS ACTING UP SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID FROM THE FEET, YOU KNOW THAT HOWARD, THE FEET TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE WHOLE BODY, THAT’S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO THEM AFTER WORKING ON ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY TO SEE IF WHAT I HAD DONE CORRECTED THE SITUATION SO I CAN GO TO THE REST OF THE PLACES I HAVE TO CHECK TO HAVE A GOOD SESSION AND CAUSE THE BODY TO START THE HEALING PROCESS THAT YOU NEED. ALL I DO IS HEAD THE BODY IN THE DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO GO TO START THE ACTION! PEOPLE THINK CHIROPRACTORS CAN HEAL THEM WHICH IS AN OLD WIVES TAIL! A CHIROPRACTOR FINDS THE PROBLEM AND SHOWS THE BODY WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO CORRECT ANY PROBLEMS IT HAS SO YOU FEEL BETTER! NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS! I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY MY CHIROPRACTOR NEVER ASK ME HOW THE TREATMENT WENT? DO YOU FEEL BETTER? SHE’LL KNOW IF THE TREATMENT IS WORKING BY CHECKING THE ANGLE OF MY FEET FROM ONE SESSION TO THE NEXT! I’M FEELING BETTER, MY NECK STILL HURTS A LITTLE AND, I FEEL LIKE I’M WALKING BETTER AND DON’T SEEM TO BE DRAGGING MY LEFT FOOT LIKE I WAS! I’LL KNOW BETTER TOMORROW!

MOM WENT SHOPPING FOR MORE STUFF TO MAKE GOODIES OUT OF WHILE I WAS IN THE CRIROPRACTORS OFFICE, I HAD SOME CHOCOLATE COVERED CEREAL AND PRETZELS TONIGHT, MMMMMM GOOD!

WE FINALLY HOOKED THE RAMP LIGHTS UP TO THE TIMER NOW WE JUST LET HI-TECH TAKE OVER AND DO THE WORK!

TIM’S GOING TO COME UP SUNDAY TO DO SOME THINGS TO THE DECK ROOF, WE NEED TO STOP THE WATER FROM THE TRAILER ROOF FROM DRIPPING ON THE DECK SO I’LL PICK UP SOME 18 OR 24” FLASHING TOMORROW TO DO THE JOB!

WHEN I WAS 9-10 YEARS OLD I USED TO GO OVER TO THE OCEAN FROM OUR PLACE IN THE BIG CAMP GROUND IN NEWPORT BEACH. IF THE SURF WAS UP I’D SWIM OUT AND CATCH A WAVE AND BELLY SURF TO THE SHORE! I TRIED SURFING ON A BOARD BUT FOUND OUT I WASN’T BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE BOARD SO IT HAD TO BE THE BELLY SURFING! I SEE THESE PEOPLE SURFING ON THE BOARDS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD THE CHANCE WHEN I GOT BIGGER TO TRY IT BUT AT THAT TIME I GOT INTERESTD IN CARS AND GIRLS (IN THAT ORDER)!

WE DIDN’T HAVE WATER SKIS BUT WE DID HAVE A BOARD CALLED AN AQUAPLANE, YOU STOOD ON IT AND HELD ON TO A ROPE, THE BOARD WAS TIED TO THE TOWING BOAT! ONE SUMMER I WAS IN SAN DIEGO VISITING A FRIEND AND WE WENT TO A PLACE CALLED “HALF MOON BAY’ FOR A BEACH PARTY! MY BUDDY HAD AN 18 FOOT CHRISCRAFT AND WAS PULLING PEOPLE AROUND ON AN AQUAPLANE! WHEN I GOT ON IT HE WOULDN’T BRING ME IN, HE JUST KEPT CIRCLING, MY LEGS WERE GETTING WEAK AND I YELLED AT HIM TO TAKE ME TO SHORE WHICH HE DID, HE LET THE ROPE LOSE ON THE AQUAPLANE AND I COASTED TO SHORE, WHEN I STEPPED OFF THE BOARD BOTH OF MY LEGS FOLDED UP AND THEY HAD TO HELP ME TO THE FIRE! DON BEACHED THE BOAT AND CAME UP TO THE FIRE AND ASKED ME IF I WAS OK? I TOLD HIM IF HE EVER DID THAT TO ME AGAIN I WAS GOING TO WHIP HIS ASS THEN WE ALL LAUGHED! I WAS SO COLD THE GIRLS HAD WRAPPED ME IN BLANKETS AND WERE HANDING ME CUPS OF HOT BUTTERED RUM! MAN DID I GET SICK I THINK I LOST EVERYTHING I’D EATEN FOR THE WEEK BEFORE! THEY TOLD ME I MISSED THE BEST PART OF THE PARTY BUT NEVER TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS AND I DIDN’T CARE! TO THIS DAY I CAN’T EVEN STAND THE SMELL OF RUM!

I’VE MENTIONED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB DAVIS, WELL I HAD TWO OTHER BROTHERS–IN-LAWS, MY OLDEST SISTERS HUSBAND DICK KLEEMEYER AND MADELYNS HUSBAND CHUCK REID! DICK WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND HAD A CHRYSLER 72 SERIES ROADSTER I HAVE BEEN TOLD WHEN DICK KLEEMEYER TURNED THE CORNER ON TO OTSEGO STREET (HIS CAR HAD OPEN EXHAUST) THE MOTHERS WOULD RUN OUT AND DRAG THEIR KIDS IN THE HOUSE! FOR SOME REASON HE MADE SOME LOWERING BLOCKS FOR THE CHRYSLER OUT OF OAK, EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL HE TOOK MY SISTER AND ME TO CRESTLINE TO PLAY IN THE SNOW, ON THE WAY BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SWERVED TO ONE SIDE AND DICK SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES THEN GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTR, ONE OF THE BLOCKS HAD GOTTEN WET AND CAME OUT OF THE SPRING MOUNT! HE AND MY SISTER WALKED BACK AND FOUND THE BLOCK  AND DICK CRAWLED UNDER THE BACK OF THE CAR AND JACKED IT UP AND PUT THE BLOCK BACK IN, HE CHECKED THE U-BOLTS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY WERE LOSE SO HE TIGHTENED THEM ALL UP LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, HE SAID LATER HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO RECHECK THEM!

CHUCK HAD BEEN A BOMBARDIER/NAVIGATOR IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS DURING THE WAR! DICK WENT IN THE NAVY RATHER THAN BE DRAFTED IN THE ARMY, HE WAS A COXSWAIN ON AN LCVP (LANDING CRAFT FOR VEHICLES AND PERSONEL)! HE CAME ASHORE ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC NAMED IE SHIMA TO LET A SQUAD OF MARINES  AND A WAR CORRESPONDENT NAMED ERNIE PYLE OFF WHEN THE GIs ON THE BACH SAW ERNIE THEY STARTED YELLING TO HIM ABOUT HOW THE WAR IN EUROPE WAS GOING AND WHEN WOULD THIS WAR IN THE PACIFIC BE OVER BUT BEFORE HE COULD GET 50 FEET FROM THE LANDING CRAFT A JAP MACHINE GUN OPENED UP AND CUT HIM IN HALF! NEEDLESS TO SAY THE MARINES TOOK CARE OF THE JAP MACHINE GUNNER! ERNIE IS STILL BURRIED ON IE SHIMA WITH   DEAD MARINES ALL AROUND HIM! HIS FAMILY SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPIER TO BE WITH HIS FRIENDS SO THEY DIDN’T MOVE HIM TO ARLINGTON CEMETARY THE GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN SPECIAL PERMISSION FOR HIM BEING A CIVILIAN TO BE BURRIED IN ARLINGTON!

CHUCK NEVER MADE IT TO ENGLAND BEFORE THE EUROPEAN WAR ENDED AND BOMBARDIER/NAVIGATORS  WERE PLENTIFUL FOR THE PACIFIC WAR SO HE WAS DISCHARGED AND MADE A CAREER FOR HIMSELF AT THE GENERAL MOTORS PLANT IN VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #13 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 13 VOL 5

DECEMBER 13^TH 2007

WEATHER; COLD, LOW HUMIDITY, 37 DEGREES

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS START TODAY WHICH MEANS YOU’VE ONLY GOT THAT MANY DAYS TO WAIT FOR THAT NEW 2009 DODGE 1500 PICKUP YOU TOLD SANTA YOU WANTED WHEN YOU SAT ON HIS LAP AT WAL-MART!

IN MY LAST CHRONICLE I TOLD OF MY BROTHER BUYING A 1939 FORD FROM A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, LEONARD BERGERON. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TODAY AND REMEMBERED LEONARD WAS THE SON WHO WAS MY AGE, THE DADS NAME WAS LARRY WHICH OF COURSE IS A NICK NAME FOR LEONARD! WHEN I REMEMBER THINGS LIKE THIS I HAVE TO CORRECT THEM!

PRETTY BUSY TODAY, GOT UP AND WENT TO BONHAM VA FOR MOM’S CHECK UP. EVERYTHING OK! ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED AT KROGERS IN SHERMAN AND BOUGHT GAS FOR $2.69. I HOPE YOU ALL ARE SEEING THE PRICE OF GAS COMING DOWN! ISN’T IT KIND OF SICKENING WHEN WE’RE GLAD TO SEE GAS AT $2.69! I CAN REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS 18 CENTS A GALLON BACK HOME IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD. AND THAT WAS DURING THE WAR YEARS 1941-1945! I REMEMBER MY MOTHER STOPPING ON THE HOLLYWOOD PASS GOING TO HOLLYWOOD TO PUT 5 GALLONS IN THE OLD HUPMOBILE (ON THE WAY HOME I HAD TO KNEEL ON THE BACK SEAT AND DIRECT MY MOM WHILE SHE BACKED OVER THE PASS ON THE SERVICE ROAD. THE CHRISTMAS OF 1938 MY DAD GAVE HER A NEW 1939 DODGE 4 DR.) THE STATION HAD THE OLD GLASS JAR ON THE PUMP WITH WIRE MESH AROUND IT THAT HELD 5 GALLONS. THE MAN WOULD TURN A HANDLE AFTER PUTTING THE NOZZEL IN THE FILL HOLE ON THE TANK THAT WAS IN THE BACK AND THE JAR WOULD EMPTY, HE TURNED THE NOZZEL OFF AND HAD A LONG HANDLE HE WORKED BACK AND FORTH AND THE JAR FILLED UP, THIS USED TO AMAZE ME WHERE DID THE GAS COME FROM?( I WAS 8 OR 9) AFTER THE WAR WE THOUGHT WE WERE BEING RIPPED OFF WHEN WE HAD TO PAY 25 CENTS A GALLON THEN THE POLITICIANS TOOK HOLD OF IT AND NOW AS YOU KNOW IT’S OVER $3.00 A GALLON IN SOME PLACES AND OVER $4.00 IN OTHERS. ON OUR TRIP WE PULLED IN A STATION ABOUT 50 MILES FROM LAUGHLIN, NEVADA TO FILL UP AND THE PRICE WAS $3.98. I DIDN’T THINK I HAD ENOUGH TO MAKE LAUGHLIN SO I WENT AHEAD AND FILLED UP, WHEN I WALKED IN TO PAY WITH THE CREDIT CARD I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER WITH MY HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAID; “YOU DIDN’T EVEN USE A GUN!” THE CLERK DIDN’T THINK THAT WAS FUNNY AND SAID; WHY DIDN’T YOU GO NEXT DOOR WHERE IT’S $4.25 A GALLON! I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE COMPANY AND CLAIM PRICE GOUGHING WHICH I DID BUT I’M SURE THE COMPANY JUST PUT IT IN FILE 13 ( THE TRASH CAN)!

IN 1945 ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON I TOOK MY DADS 1932 FORD MODEL B ROADSTER OUT WHILE HE AND MY MOM WERE IN LOS ANGELES SHOPPING. I WAS GOING TO RACE JIMMY KLINGAMAN IN HIS 31 FORD MODEL A ROADSTER. WE WERE ON LANKERSHIM BLVD., THE MAIN STREET IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD WHEN WE WENT PAST A MOTORCYCLE COP GOING THE OTHER WAY I TURNED TO LOOK AT HIM BECAUSE I KNEW HE KNEW I DIDN’T HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE AND DROVE RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF A PACIFIC ELECTRIC BUS SETTING WAITING FOR PASSENGERS AT THE STREETCAR STATION. IT DROVE THE RADIATOR BACK OVER THE ENGINE, DESTROYED THE GRILL, HOOD AND BUMPER. MY KNEE WENT INTO THE DASH AND BRUISED IT BAD, MY CHIN HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND BROKE IT. JIMMY PUSHED ME HOME AND WE PUT THE CAR IN THE GARAGE! IT DIDN’T EVEN PUT A SCRATCH ON THE BUS AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN IT YET! I WENT IN AND WENT TO BED, ABOUT 10:00 MY FOLKS GOT HOME AND I HEARD MY MOM SAY; “HE’S DONE SOMETHING, HE’S IN BED.” MY DAD TURNED ON THE LIGHT AND ASKED WHAT I HAD DONE? I SAID; “I WRECKED YOUR CAR!” HE AND MY MOM WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE AND SAW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO THE CAR! MY DAD CAME IN AND QUIETLY SAID; “YOU’RE GOING TO WORK AT J.C.PENNEYS TILL YOU PAY TO FIX THE CAR.”

THE NEXT DAY I CALLED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB DAVIS AND TOLD HIM WHAT I HAD DONE, HE CAME OVER AFTER WORK AND MADE A LIST OF THE PARTS HE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX IT. HE GOT ON THE PHONE AND CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE HE KNEW AND ALL HE COULDN’T FIND WAS THE 32 FORD GRILL, IT WAS USED BY THE HOT RODDERS AND CUSTOM CAR PEOPLE. HE FINALLY FOUND ONE AT A WRECKING YARD IN GLENDALE THAT NEEDED SOME REPAIR. I WENT WITH HIM AND IT COST $50.00. HE DID THE REPAIR! WE GOT THE CAR DONE AND TOOK IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE WHEN WE GOT OUT OF TOWN HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO DRIVE AND I SAID NO BUT HE TALKED ME INTO IT. AS HE PULLED OVER HE PULLED UP ON THE STEERING HEEL TO SET HIGHER AND THE STEERING WHEEL CAME OFF IN HIS HANDS, HE’D FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE NUT ON THE NEW WHEEL AND WE WENT INTO THE DITCH CRUNCHING THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER. HE LAUGHED AND SAID DON’T WORRY, I CAN FIX IT AND WE HEADED HOME WITHOUT ME DRIVING! HERB WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND NEVER TURNED ME DOWN WHEN I’D SCREW UP. I FINALLY GOT OFF THE HOOK ABOUT THE CAR AND NEVER SCRATCHED ANOTHER ONE OF MY FOLKS CARS!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD