chronicle # 30

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 30 VOL 3

OCTOBER 30^TH 2007

WEATHER; FANTASTIC, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 80 DEGREES

WOKE UP AGAIN TO THE SOUND OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WORKING, THEY’RE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB ON THE ROAD! HOPE WE CAN START USING IT AGAIN TOMORROW BUT SINCE IT’S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET IT FIXED WE WON’T GET IN A BIG HURRY!

I DID A LITTLE WORK ON THE DECK TODAY AND, TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SOLAR LIGHTS WE HAVE NEXT TO THE STAIRS AND WALKWAY WHERE WE GO DOWN OFF THE DECK! AS FAR AS I CAN FIGURE OUT THE ELECTRONICS AREN’T WORKING. I PUT A NEW BATTERY IN EACH ONE AND COVERED THE SOLAR PANEL ON TOP AND NOTHING. MOM IS GOING TO TAKE THEM BACK TO WAL-MART TOMORROW AND, YES THEY’RE MADE IN CHINA, ENOUGH SAID!

I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS WEATHER. I NEEDED TO REST FOR A WHILE AFTER PICKING UP SOME LUMBER WE LEFT LAYING AROUND THE DECK AFTER WE GOT THE ROOF DONE AND SAT DOWN IN MY CHAIR, IT SWIVELS AND ROCKS AND I STARTED ROCKING. MOM HAD GONE TO TOWN ABOUT NOON AND I WOKE UP AFTER SHE GOT HOME ABOUT 2:30, I CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SLEPT THAT LONG ON THE DECK, USUALLY IT’S ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES. ANYHOW, MOM MADE LUNCH AND I WENT IN AND ATE AND WATCHED CNN. I’M GETTING SICK OF ALL THE MUD SLINGING THAT’S GOING ON FROM BOTH SIDES, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CLEAN CAMPAIGN BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO TRY AND GET THE BETTER OF THEIR FELLOW CANDIDATES AND THE OPOSITION JUST SITS BACK AND SMILES. THEY DON’T SEEM TO REALIZE A CAMPAIGN, SPORTING EVENT, AUTO RACE OR ANY COMPETITION IS LOST WHEN IT’S DEVOURED FROM WITHIN AND TO THE VICTOR GOES THE SPOILES!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN’T GET TO WATCH THE PACKERS vs BRONCOS ON MONDAY NIGHT YOU MISSED PROBABLY THE BEST DEFENSIVE GAME I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME, EXCEPT FOR THE STUPID PENALTIES. THE PACKERS DEFENSE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO, THE FIRST THING THE COACH SHOULD DO IS TAKE THOSE DAMN GLOVES AWAY FROM THE TACKLES AND LINE BACKERS,THEY MISSED AT LEAST 25-30 TACKLES AND COMMITTED A BUNCH OF UNNECESSARY FOULS! IT CAME DOWN TO THE 4^TH QUARTER AND THE PACKERS LEAD 13-10 (IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 27-10). THE BRONCOS MADE A FIELD GOAL AND TIED IT UP TO GO INTO OVERTIME, THE PACKERS WON THE TOSS AND RECEIVED THE KICKOFF, BRETT FAVRE CAME OUT FOR THE FIRST SERIES OF DOWNS AND ON THE FIRST PLAY HE PULLED OFF SOME OF HIS MAGIC, HE UNLOADED AN 89 YARD PASS DOWN THE SIDE LINES TO CRAIG JENNINGS WHO CAUGHT IT AND WENT IN FOR THE SCORE, PACKERS 19- BRONCOS 13. AND THE FAT LADY SANG!
  WHEN THE PACKERS PLAY I’M A PACKER BACKER BECAUSE LILLIAN IS FROM WISCONSIN AND I LIKE TO WATCH BRETT FAVRE THEN WHEN THE COWBOYS PLAY SHE KIND OF PULLS FOR MY TEAM.

BUT WHEN THE COWBOYS PLAY THE PACKERS IT’S KATY BAR THE DOOR! THANK GOD THEY DON’T PLAY VERY OFTEN! OCCASIONALLY IN THE PRE SEASON THEY’LL BE SCHEDULED THEN WE’RE FOR OUR TEAMS AND MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN!

HOW ABOUT THE COWBOYS FINALLY GETTING TONY ROMO ON A CONTRACT! HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FREE AGENT NEXT YEAR IF THEY HADN’T OF. HE WAS ALL SMILES AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE TONIGHT AND, WHO WOULDN’T BE ALL SMILES, 67 AND A HALF MILLION FOR 6 YEARS, AN 11 MILLION SIGNING BONUS AND 31 MILLION UP FRONT THAT’S GUARANTEED. IF HE GETS HURT OR FOR SOME REASON HE CAN’T PLAY HE DOESN’T LOSE THE 31 MILLION! THERE’S ONLY ON OTHER QUARTERBACK WHO COULD AND HAS THROWN A COMPLETED PASS LIKE FAVRE THREW IN THE GAME MONDAY NIGHT AND THAT’S TONY ROMO. THE SPORTS MEDIA IS COMPARING HIM TO BRETT FAVRE AND IF HE DOESN’T GET HURT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR HIM TO BREAK FAVRES RECORDS JUST LIKE FAVRE HAS BROKEN ALL EXISTING RECORDS FOR YARDS PASSING, GAMES STARTED, COMPLETED PASSES, TOUCHDOWN PASSES, AND OTHERS THAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

BESURE TO DRESS THE KIDS WARMLY FOR TRICK OR TREATING TOMORROW NIGHT AND MAKE SURE NONE OF THEM RUN BYE THEMSELVES. DRIVERS DON’T HIT THEM ON PURPOSE NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT USUALLY A KID THAT GETS HIT BY A CAR WAS LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF HIM/HER SELF WHILE THE PARENTS ARE VISITING WITH OTHER PARENTS! GOOD LUCK!

JOKE;

THIS HAD MOST OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN LAUGHING FOR 2 DAYS AND AN EMBARRASSED FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR WHO WILL, IN THE FUTURE, LIKELY THINK BEFORE SHE SPEAKS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PREDICT SNOW BUT DON’T GET ANY….A TRUE STORY.. THIS NEWS ANCHOR WHO, THE DAY AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SNOWED AND DIDN’T TURNED TO THE WEATHERMAN AND ASKED: “SO BOB, WHERE’S THAT 8 INCHES YOU PROMISED ME LAST NIGHT?”  NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE TO LEAVE THE SET, BUT HALF THE CREW DID TOO THEY WERE LAUGHING SO HARD.

 

CHRONICLE # 29

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 3

OCTOBER 29^TH 2007

WEATHER; A REPEAT OF YESTERDAY, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 74 DEGREES

GOT UP TO THE SOUND OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WORKING AND SURE ENOUGH THE PRECIENT HAD ITS PEOPLE DOWN TEARING UP OUR ROAD, THEY’RE PUTTING IN NEW HORNS (LARGE 3FT. IN DIAMETER CORRIGATED PIPES TO YOU CITY DWELLERS) AND FILLING IN WHERE IT WAS WASHED OUT. WE HAD DUMP TRUCKS TURNING AROUND IN OUR DRIVEWAY MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. THEY HAD TO COME IN THROUGH THE PEANUT FIELD TO GET ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORK FROM THE LOOKS ON THE DRIVERS FACES, SHEAR PANIC KNOWING THEY HAD TO GO OUT THE SAME WAY!

IF WE NEED TO GO OUT WE’LL HAVE TO USE THE PEANUT FIELD ROAD ALSO SO I GUESS WE’LL STAY HOME TILL THEY GET IT DONE, TOMORROW WE HOPE.

MOM AND I PUT UP TWO POST ON THE DECK, ONE TO SUPPORT THE TOP AT THE SOUTH END AND THE OTHER TO MOUNT ONE SECTION OF THE FENCE WE GOT. TOMORROW WE’LL TRY TO PUT UP THE FIRST SECTION OF FENCE TO LEARN HOW IT’S DONE AND THEN WE’LL DO THE REST. THEN THE ELECTRIC AND SOUND BOXES.

GOT A CALL FROM OUT DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, JACQUE, DAN’S WIFE TODAY. SHE’S DOING JUST FINE AND IS STARTING TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT LIFE MUST GO ON! SHE REALLY TOOK DAN’S DEATH BAD, THEY WERE SO CLOSE AND WE’RE SURE SHE’LL MISS HIM FOR QUITE A WHILE! BUT SHE HAS PEGGY THERE AND I’M SURE PEGGY  HELPS HER ALL SHE CAN BUT JACQUE HAS GOT TO START DOING FOR HERSELF WHICH IS WHAT SHE’S DOING NOW!

NOT A VERY GOOD NEWS DAY SO I FILLED IN WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE’RE DOING TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AS IF WE CAN GET IN ANY REAL BAD TROUBLE AT OUR AGE! I KNOW HONEY, SPEAK FOR MYSELF RIGHT?

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

JOKE;

AFTER BEING IN PRISON FOR 50 YEARS AND TRAINING A LITTLE ANT TO DO ALL SORTS OF TRICKS HE IS RELEASED! WHEN HE GETS TO THE TOWN HE WANTS TO STAY IN HE GETS A ROOM AND HEADS FOR THE PUB ON THE CORNER, HE WALKS IN WITH THE LITTLE ANT IN A MATCH BOX AND SET DOWN AT THE BAR, HE TAKES THE ANT OUT AND HAS IT SETTING UP ON THE BAR HOPING TO MAKE IT DO ALL THE TRICKS HE TAUGHT IT FOR DRINKS. THE BARTENDER COMES OVER AND ASK IF HE CAN HELP HIM? THE GUY SAYS YES AND POINTS TO THE ANT, SEE THAT ANT AND BEFORE HE CAN ASK THE BARTENDER IF HE CAN MAKE THE ANT DO TRICKS WOULD HE GIVE HIM A FEW DRINKS THE BARTENDER TAKES HIS THUMB AND KILLS THE ANT AND SAYS, YEAH, I CAN’T GET RID OF THOSE DAMN

chronicle # 28

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 3

OCTOBER 28^TH 2007

WEATHER; ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 75 DEGREES

WE GOT THE COVER ON THE DECK FINISHED ABOUT 6:00 PM. TIM CALLED WHEN WE GOT OUT OF CHURCH AND SAID HE NEEDED A 10’ PIECE OF 3”x5” FLASHING TO GO ACROSS THE TOP END OF THE ROOF TO STOP ANY WATER FROM COMING DOWN ON THE DECK IN FRONT OF THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR.

WE GOT A HOLD OF KELLY JUST AS HE WAS GETTING OFF WORK AND HAD HIM MEET US AT HOME DEPOT. WE COULDN’T HAUL THAT LONG A PIECE IN THE CAR.

HE BROUGHT IT HOME AND WHEN HE GOT HERE HE JUMPED RIGHT IN AND STARTED WORKING WITH TIM. THEY PICK ON EACH OTHER BUT THEY WORK GOOD TOGETHER. KELLY AND MOM CUT THE EDGES OFF THE ROOFING TO MAKE IT THE SAME SIZE AS THE FRAME WORK TIM HAD BUILT FOR IT ON THE DECK. THEY ROLLED IT UP AND USED TAPE TO HOLD IT THEN WHEN THEY WERE READY FOR IT TIM AND KELLY CARRIED IT UP AND PLACED IT ON THE FRAME WORK. KELLY CUT THE TAPE AND IT UNROLLED WITH A SNAP AND FIT ALMOST PERFECT, THEY HAD TO MOVE IT NO MORE THAN AND INCH ANY WAY.

TIM GOT UP ON TOP AND USED SPECIAL SCREWS TO ATTACH IT TO THE FRAME WORK, I HAVE AN IMPACT SCREW DRIVER, 18 VOLT AND IT DID THE JOB. HE WAS WORRIED THAT IT WOULDN’T HOLD HIM BUT, I TOLD HIM IF IT CAVED IN HE DIDN’T DO SOMETHING RIGHT. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT DIDN’T AND HARDLY MOVE WHEN HE WAS ON IT. MY MAIN CONCERN WAS IF WE GOT AN ICE STORM AND HEAVY SNOW WOULD IT STAND UP. I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN IT NOW, LET THE ICE AND SNOW COME!

WE SAT UNDER IT AND DISCUSSED PUTTING THE FENCE AROUND THE EDGES AND RUNNING THE ELECTRIC AND SOUND WIRES. TIM’S GOING TO COME BACK UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DO THE WIRING, MOM AND I WILL MOUNT THE BOXES AND RUN THE WIRE TO THEM BUT WE LET TIM, KELLY, MIKE OR KERRY HOOK THEM UP, IN THIS CASE TIM SAID HE WOULD DO IT.

I’M GOING TO BORROW AN AIRLESS SPRAYER FROM A FRIEND OF MINE AND PAINT THE UNDERSIDE AND THE POST WHITE. IT’S GOING TO BE A NICE PLACE FOR US AND GUEST TO SET AND VISIT, UNTIL NOW ALL WE COULD GET UNDER THE CANOPY WAS US AND 2-3 MORE ADULTS, NOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET 6-8 ADULTS AND WHEN I GET THE BENCHES BUILT AROUND THE EDGES WE CAN HAVE A WHOLE GAGGLE OF FOLKS VISIT. SHHH, MOM DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT THE BENCHES YET!

WHAT A WEEKEND, BUT IT’S DONE AS FAR AS THE SUPPORTS AND THE TOP GO. FROM NOW ON ITS THINGS MOM AND I CAN DO, I’M OK AS LONG AS I DON’T BEND OVER OR TRY TO LIFT AND MOVE THINGS. I HOPE THE DR. AT THE VA CAN TELL ME WHY I RUN OUT OF POOP SO FAST!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

JOKE;

COMPLIMENTS OF; FR. JEREMY AT ST. MARY’S WHERE WE GO TO CHURCH.

THIS LADY WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO FIND OUT WHY SHE DIDN’T FEEL GOOD. “HOW MUCH LIQUOR WILL YOU DRINK IN A NORMAL DAY”? “ I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED ANY LIQUOR IN MY LIFE AND I NEVER WILL”! “OK, HOW MANY CIGARETTS, CIGARS OR PIPE FULLS DO YOU SMOKE A DAY”? I’VE NEVER TOUCHED ANY KIND OF TOBBACO IN MY LIFE AND I NEVER WILL”! “WELL TELL ME, JUST WHERE DO YOU HURT”? “IT’S MY HEAD DOCTOR, ALL AROUND THE BACK AND IN FRONT, IT’S LIKE MY HEADS IN A VISE”! “OHHHH, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS YOUR HALO IS GETTING TO TIGHT”!

 

 

chronicle # 27

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 3

OCTOBER 27^TH 2007

WEATHER: NICE, COOL, VERY LOW HUMIDITY, 74 DEGREES

TIM GOT HERE LAST NIGHT AND WE WENT OVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO TO PUT THE COVER UP ON THE DECK!

WHEN WE GOT STARTED WE FOUND OUT WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SIDING OVER THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR TO FIND THE STUDS TO MOUNT THE 2X8 HEADER TO. THAT DONE HE AND MOM WENT TO HOME DEPOT TO GET SOME 2X4 JOISTS HANGERS FOR THE RAFTERS, SOMEWHERE WE’VE GOT A NEW BOX OF THEM FROM WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME OTHER REMODELING BUT COULDN’T FIND THEM.

WHEN THEY GOT BACK TIM STARTED CUTTING THE 4X4 POST AND NOTCHED THEM FOR THE EDGE 2X4s TO SET ON, THEN HE SLOTTED THEM FOR THE 2X2 ANGLE IRON TO FIT IN. THESE TWO PIECES OF ANGLE IRON AND THE 2X8 HEADER WITH JOISTS HANGERS WILL SUPPORT THE RAFTERS AND THE TOP METAL WE’RE GOING TO USE TO COVER THE WHOLE DECK. TIM HAD TO DRILL TWO HOLES FOR EACH RAFTER TIE DOWN SCREWS AND ONE ON EACH END OF THE ANGLE IRON TO LAG BOLT IT TO THE 4X4 POST! NOW IN THE MORNING HE’LL DRILL THE SECOND ANGLE IRON THE SAME WAY! KELLY GOT HOME FROM WORK AND JUMPED IN AND STARTED HELPING, I SURE WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM, MOM AND I (MAINLY MOM) HELPED AS MUCH AS WE COULD BUT ANOTHER ABLE BODIED MAN WAS GOOD TO HAVE, THEY GOT ALL FOUR 4X4 CORNER POST UP AND MOUNTED TO THE DECK WITH METAL MOUNTS. NOW IN THE MORNING MOM AND I WILL GO TO 9:30 MASS AND TIM WILL START FINISHING UP SO HE CAN LEAVE AND GET HOME IN TIME TO PICK UP EYLSE AND THE KIDS AND MAKE 5:00 MASS AT THEIR PARISH.

IT’S GOING TO TAKE A TORNADO TO KNOCK THIS DECK COVER DOWN THE WAY TIMS BUILDING IT!

ABOUT 6:30 PM WE PICKED UP ALL THE TOOLS AND WENT TO DINNER AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT IN DENISON. WE’RE ALL REALLY BUSHED. MOM WENT TO BED ABOUT 9:30 AND I’M GOING JUST AS SOON AS I GET THIS CHRONICLE DONE!

DID YOU ENJOY THE BIT I DID ABOUT MY NIECE DEBBIE’S DAD,  HERB DAVIS TEACHING ME TO DRIVE? ITS AS TRUE AS I CAN REMEMBER. HERB WAS QUITE A GUY, ANY TIME I NEED HELP HIM OR MY OTHER BROTHERS-IN-LAWS, DICK KLEEMEYER OR CHUCK REED WERE THERE FOR ME! AND I ALWAYS SEEMED TO STAY IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE, NOT SERIOUS, JUST TROUBLE!

NEXT I’LL DO A BIT ON THE THINGS MY BROTHR JERRY AND I DID GROWING UP, IT WON’T BE AS LONG AS THE DRIVING THING BECAUSE ABOUT THE TIME I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE GOING WITH JERRY HE WENT IN THE NAVY AND WAS SENT OVER TO THE ISLANDS TO FIGHT IN WWII!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

daily chronicle # 26

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 3

October 26, 2007

WEATHER; CLEAR, BRRR COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 62 DEGREES

THIS WAS ALSO KIND OF A LAZY DAY, GOT UP ATE BREAKFAST AND WATCHED CNN FOR A WHILE THEN WHEN IT WARMED UP A LITTLE MOM AND I WENT OUT ON THE DECK AND FINISHED TAKING THE REST OF THE POST AND BRACING DOWN.

I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM SAN FERNANDO MISSION CEMETERY ABOUT THE PLACK STOLEN FROM MY MOTHER’S GRAVE MARKER. THEY INSIST WE HAD NO RIGHT TO PUT THE PLACK ON THE GRANITE HEADSTONE MARKING MY MOTHERS AND DADS GRAVE. LIKE I TOLD THEM, BILL MASON TRIED TO FIND OUT ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE HEADSTONE AND ALL THEY WOULD SAY IS WE NEED TO BUY A COMPLETE NEW HEADSTONE FOR $6-750. DOLLARS AND HAVE BOTH NAMES PUT ON IT! I  ASKED  THEM WHY WE CAN’T PUT A BRONZ CUSTOM MADE PLACK ON A HEADSTONE WE OWN! AGAIN, YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW HEADSTONE AND PUT BOTH NAMES ON IT!

AND THEY DON’T BELIEVE THE ARCHBISHOPS OFFICE IN DALLAS HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN OR CAN’T PUT ON A HEADSTONE! I ASKED THEM TO SEND ME THE RULES GOVERNING THE CEMETERY.

I’M IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC CEMETERIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY?

NOW, I’LL GET BACK TO HERB DAVIS TEACHING ME TO DRIVE IN 1944.

AS WE ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE HERB SAYS LETS GO OVER TO THE GENERAL MOTORS PARKING LOT, THERE’S A BIG OPEN PART THAT HASN’T BEEN PAVED YET.

WHEN WE GET THERE THE GATE’S LOCKED AND HERB GETS OUT AND SLIPS THE CHAIN OVER THE POST AND OPENED THE GATE, THAT’S THE WAY THEY LEAVE IT BECAUSE THE GUYS WHO CUT ACROSS COMING AND GOING TO AND FROM WORK DON’T ALL HAVE KEYS. OK, HE SAYS HEAD OVER IN THAT DIRECTION AND HE POINTS TO THE LEFT WHICH I DO, STEP ON IT HE SAYS AND I PUSHED THE GAS TO THE FLOOR. WOW, 45MPH, AND HE GRABS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE CAR GOES INTO A SLIDE, CUT THE WHEELS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE HE YELLS, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT AND I STEP ON THE FOOT BRAKE, WE WENT INTO A SLIDE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND WHEN WE CAME TO A STOP THE CAR LEANED OVER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING ALL THE WAY OVER BUT IT DROPED BACK DOWN WITH A BANG AND WAS STOPPED.

 

I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO HAVE A TALK WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR, HE GOT OUT AND WE SAT ON THE RUNNING BOARD AND I INFORMED HIM I’D NEVER DRIVEN ONE FOOT IN A CAR AND HE NEEDED TO TELL ME WHAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE ME DO, NOT WHEN BUT WHAT, AND I WAS TO BE READY IF HE MADE SOMETHING HAPPEN. HE AGREED AND WE GOT BACK IN AND STARTED DRIVING AROUND THE LOT, FIRST ONE DIRECTION THEN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THIS IS WHERE HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO KEEP THE CAR GOING STRAIGHT NOT WEAVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND TO USE REVERSE GEAR, GO FORWARD THEN STOP AND PUT THE SHIFTER IN REVERSE AND SLOWLY BACK UP, I DAMN NEAR TURNED THE CAR OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT PRETTY SOON I GOT THE HANG OF IT.

NOW WERE GOING TO TRY THE SLIDE AGAIN HE SAID. I GOT GOING AS STRAIGHT AS I COULD AND GOT TO 45MPH   AND HE GRABBED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SENT THE CAR SLIDING SIDEWAYS, CUT THE WHEELS INTO THE SLIDE HE YELLED, I DID AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS IN A CONTROLED SLIDE, THE REAR WHEELS WERE STILL PULLING BECAUSE HE HADN’T TOLD ME TO STEP ON THE CLUTCH, AS WE CAME TO A STOP THE CAR BUCKED AND SHOOK AND IT SCARED ME TILL I REMEMBERED TO PUSH IN ON THE CLUTCH.

HERB REACHED OVER AND PATTED ME ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND SAID, YOU’RE ALMOST THERE. HE THEN HAD ME START THE ENGINE AND START DRIVING IN CIRCLES, TIGHTER AND TIGHTER TILL I WAS ALMOST TURNING IN ON MY SELF, WE WERE DOING 10MPH HE YELLED, LET GO OF THE WHEEL AND I DID, THE CAR STRAIGHTEND OUT BUT SWAYED FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL WHIPPING FIRST LEFT THEN RIGHT. WE WERE STILL GOING FORWARD AND HE TOLD ME TO GRAB THE WHEEL AT THE TOP AND STOP IT FROM WHIPPING. WELL, THAT WAS EASER SAID THAN DONE, I GOT HOLD OF ONE OF THE SPOKES AND IT DAMN NEAR BROKE MY WRIST, I SAID AT THE TOP NOT THE SPOKES HE POINTED OUT. WE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AND HE TOLD ME I HAD JUST CORRECTED THE DIRECTION OF A CAR THAT HAD RUN OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD SURFACE. HE THEN GOT OUT AND LAID DOWN AND WAS CHECKING THE STEERING LINKAGE TO SEE IF WE SHOOK ANYTHING LOSE AND TO CHECK THE TIRES, HE SAID SOMETIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL BEND THE DRAG LINK OR CAUSE A TIRE TO ROLL OFF THE RIM BUT NOT IN THIS CASE!

NEXT HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO INTO VAN NUYS AND ASKED IF I WANTED TO DRIVE? I HESITATED BUT THEN SAID OK. AS WE GOT TO THE CENTER OF TOWN TWO MOTORCYCLE COPS PULLED AROUND THE CORNER AND FELL IN BEHIND US, DON’T PANIC HE SAID JUST DO WHAT WE’VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR THE LAST TO DAYS AND I DID, AFTER A COUPLE OF BLOCKS THE COPS PULLED AROUND US, WAVED AND TOOK OFF FOR WHERE EVER THEY WERE GOING.

HERB WANTED TO STOP AT THE GROCERY STORE AND GET A PACK OF LUCKIES SO I PULLED IN TO THE CURB AND ACTUALLY JUMPED OVER IT ONTO THE SIDEWALK. HE GOT OUT WITHOUT SAYING A WORD AND PUSHED THE CAR BACK ON TO THE PAVEMENT, WENT IN AND GOT HIS CIGARETTS AND CAME OUT AND SAID MAYBE HE SHOULD DRIVE HOME! BOY, WAS I RELEIVED AND CLIMBED OVER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. HE SAID IT WASN’T GOING FORWARD HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT BUT ME BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING PLACE THERE WAS A BIG LINCOLN PARKED ACROSS THE STREET AND HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN AND ACCIDENT WITH IT!

WE WENT HOME AND PICKED UP RUTH AND THE KIDS AND THEY TOOK ME HOME. I WAS ON CLOUD 9 I’D SPENT THE WEEKEND DOING SOMETHING I’D BEEN AFRAID OF FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT NOT ANY MORE, ALL I NEEDED NOW WAS A DRIVERS LICENSE BUT THAT WOULDN’T BE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS. HERB TOLD ME WHEN I CAME OUT TO BABY SIT FOR THEM HE WOULD TAKE ME OUT AND LET ME DRIVE WHICH HE DID! I’M NOT SURE BUT, I DON’T THINK MY FOLKS EVER KNEW ABOUT HERB TEACHING ME THE BASICS OF DRIVING. I’VE NEVER FORGOTTENTHE THINGS HE TOLD ME AND I STILL CAN REMEMBER HIM YELLING AT ME. HERB WAS 5’6” TALL I WAS AT LEAST 6’1”. THIS WAS AFTER I GOT ELECTROCUTED IN APRIL 1944 AND THIS WAS IN DECEMBER OF ‘44

I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE ON MY 16^TH BIRTHDAY AND STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL BLACK ONE ISSUED TO ME!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 25

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 3

OCTOBER 25^TH 2007

WEATHER; CLEAR, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 63 DEGREES

NOT A BAD DAY FOR SETTING ON THE DECK FOR A WHILE, I WAS CHECKING MY E-MAILS WHEN MOM CAME IN AND KISSED ME GOOD BYE, SHE HAD TO GO SHOPPING AND TAKE KYLIE THE GRAND DAUGHTER SHOPPING SINCE SHE DOESN’T HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION.

WHEN SHE GOT HOME WE ATE AND WENT OUT AND TOOK THE CANOPY DOWN, ALL WE HAVE LEFT TO DO IS TAKE THE 4X4 POST AND BRACING DOWN TOMORROW AND CLEAN UP ON THE GROUND AROUND THE DECK SO WE DON’T FALL OVER ANYTHING.

MY DAD ALWAYS SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT WAS THE FLOOR SWEEPER, IF THEY DIDN’T KEEP THE TRASH PICKED UP THE PRODUCTION WORKERS WOULD BE FALLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT HE WAS RIGHT SO, IF YOU WORK IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT WALK UP TO THE FLOOR SWEEPER AND SHAKE THEIR HAND AND THANK THEM FOR KEEPING THE PLACE SAFE FOR YOU TO WORK IN!

TIM’S SUPPOSED TO BE UP TOMORROW NIGHT SO WE CAN GET AN EARLY START ON THE DECK COVER SATURDAY MORNING, EVERYTHING IS READY!

OK, LETS GET BACK TO MY LEARNING TO DRIVE IN 1944! HERB PULLED THE CAR BACK OUT ON THE ROAD, I GOT BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND PULLED MYSELF UP BY USING THE STEERING WHEEL TO HOLD ON TO. IN THE PROCESS I PUSHED THE HAND THROTTLE DOWN TO WIDE OPEN WHICH I DIDN’T NOTICE, BUT WHEN I TURNED THE KEY ON AND STEPPED ON THE STARTER THE ENGINE ROARED TO LIFE AND SCARED TO CRAP OUT OF ME, HERB LAUGHED TILL HE CRIED BUT REACHED OVER AND PUSHED THE CONTROL UP AND THE ENGINE IDLED BACK DOWN.

HE TOLD ME NOT TO BE LOOKING AT MY FEET SINCE THEY WEREN’T GOING ANYWHERE AND TO WATCH THE ROAD AND KEEP THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT, AGAIN I STARTED TO VEER OFF TO THE LEFT WHILE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT SIDE AND HE BROUGHT IT BACK SAYING STOP THE CAR, I DIDN’T KNOW HOW SINCE HE NEVER SHOWED ME ABOUT THE BRAKE PEDEL. HE GRABBED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SLID THE REAR WHEELS AND TOLD ME TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THE CAR AND COME AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND GET IN. WHEN I WAS IN THE SEAT HE PUT THE GEAR SHIFTER IN 1^ST GEAR, RACED THE ENGINE AND POPPED THE CLUTCH, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND THEN HE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND ALMOST TURNED IT OVER AND SAID, NOW THAT’S HOW YOU START A CAR GOING AND HOW YOU STOP THE SOB. NOW YOU GET THE HELL BACK OVER HERE AND DO THE SAME THING.

BEFORE HE COULD GET IN THE PASSENGER DOOR I TOOK OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL AND HE FELL IN THE ROAD, I DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS STANDING ON THE RUNNING BOARD. I HEARD HIM YELLING AND TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHERE HE WAS AND RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO THAT DITCH AGAIN.

AFTER GETTING THE CAR OUT OF THE DITCH FOR THE THIRD TIME HE GOT OUT AND TOLD ME TO GET IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, HE GOT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND QUIETLY TOLD ME TO PUSH IN ON THE CLUTCH, I CAREFULLY PUSHED IN ON THE CLUTCH AND PUT THE GEAR SHIFT IN 1^ST GEAR, NO GRINDING, I WAS PROUD, ALL THE TIME HERB IS SAYING, GENTLY, LET THE CLUTCH OUT GENTLY AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE CAR START TO MOVE LET IT ALL THE WAY OUT AND TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF IT WHICH I DID AND GOT MOVING REAL SMOOTHLY. HERB TOLD ME TO EASE IN ON THE GAS PEDEL AND I DID THAT. ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND GOING PRETTY STRAIGHT BUT NOT LOOKING AHEAD AND DROVE OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, HERB GRABBED THE WHEEL AND BROUGHT IT BACK AND TOLD ME TO STOP. HE GOT OUT AND I’VE NEVER SEEN HERB DAVIS THAT RED, HE WALKED SLOWLY AROUND TO THE DRIVERS DOOR AND OPENED IT THEN VERY QUIETLY SAID, PLEASE GET OUT OF MY CAR. WHICH I DID AND HE GOT IN AND WORKED THE CAR BACK ON THE ROAD, I WALKED AROUND TO THE DRIVERS DOOR THINKING HE WANTED ME TO DRIVE SOME MORE BUT HE WAS JUST STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND SAID, GET IN THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY, MAYBE WE’LL TRY IT AGAIN TOMORROW AND WE DID.

AFTER DINNER HERB AND I WENT OUT AND SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH AND HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME ABOUT HAVING A KILLING MACHINE IN MY HANDS WHEN I’M DRIVING AND HOW TO CONTROL IT. WHEN I WENT TO BED IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR ME TO GO TO SLEEP THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE SAID AND I’VE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT.

WE GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND WENT TO CHURCH IN VAN NUYS, AFTER MASS WE WENT AND ATE AT THEIR FRIENDS RESTAURANT THEN WENT HOME AND RUTH PUT TOMMY AND DIANE DOWN FOR A NAP AND HERB AND I WENT BACK OUT TO THE ROAD FOR SOME MORE DRIVING LESSONS!

HE PULLED THE CAR OUT ON THE ROAD. HE SAID OK, NOW WERE GOING TO SHIFT FROM 1^ST TO 2^ND THEN 3^RD AND I’LL HAVE MY HAND ON YOURS TO LET YOU FEEL HOW TO MOVE THE SHIFT STICK, WE’LL PRACTICE REVERSE LATER ON. OF COURSE I’M LOOKING AT THE SHIFTER AND RUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT HE KEEPS ME FROM GOING IN THE DITCH AGAIN. WE GET GOING AND I KEPT MY EYES ON THE ROAD WHEN HE SAID SHIFT I FORGOT TO PUT THE CLUTCH IN, AGAIN ALL THE GRINDING SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME,  HE YELLED PUT THE G__ DAMN CLUTCH IN AND I YELLED BACK , YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE CLUTCH WHEN YOU TOLD ME TO PUSH ON THE SHIFT STICK, HE APPOLOGIZED AND WE TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT WORKED EVEN THOUGH I WASN’T LOOKING AT THE SHIFT STICK I FELT HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AND FROM THEN ON WE HAD A REAL NICE DRIVE, ALL OVER THE ROAD BUT NICE I THOUGHT.

 

I’LL FINISH THIS TOMORROW.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

I HEARD A NEWS REPORT YESTERDAY THAT,  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SPACE HISTORY A WOMAN IS IN CHARGE OF THE SHUTTLE AND THE SPACE STATION. IF THEY CAN TRUST THOSE TWO MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ITEMS TO A WOMAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD TRUST A WOMAN TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE MESS OUR COUNTRY IS IN, RIGHT!

 

 

#24 chronicle RESEND BECAUSE OF WRONG ADDRESS

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL3

OCTOBER 24^TH 2007

WEATHER; CLEAR, COOL LOW HUMIDITY, 81 DEGREES

 

ANOTHER SLOW DAY WENT AND GOT A HAIR CUT AND LILLIAN AND I PAINTED THE ANGLE IRON TO BE USED ON THE ROOF OF THE DECK.

WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE REPORTS ON THE FIRES OUT IN CALIFORNIA! I CAN’T IMAGINE THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. OVER 500,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ALONE AND OVER 1,000 HOMES DESTROYED.

IT REALLY HIT ME CLOSE TO HOME WHEN THEY SHOWED THE HOMES BURNING IN NEWHALL, ONE MAN, LARRY HIMMELL  A REPORTER HAD TO STAND BY AND WATCH HIS HOME GO UP IN FLAMES!

I TOLD LILLIAN IT REALLY HIT HOME ANOTHER WAY, I USED TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES ALL OVER THE HILLS  AND  VALLEYS  AROUND THERE WITH BILL MASON AND DICK CLARK INFACT 6 OF US  STARTED TO RIDE ALL THE WAY TO LAS VEGAS FOLLOWING THE HI-TENSION POWER LINES THROUGH THE SAND THE TWO HARLEY RIDERS GAVE UP AFTER WE HAD TO PUSH THOSE HEAVY MACHINES OUT TO THE ROAD IN THE FIRST HOUR BUT THE FOUR OF US LIMEY BIKE RIDERS WENT ON, WE CAMPED OUT THE FIRST NIGHT UNDER ONE OF THE FOUR LEGGED STEEL TOWERS. WE MADE VEGAS THE NEXT DAY JUST BEFORE DARK AND STAYED IN THE DESERT INN PARKING LOT. WE ATE AT THE CHUCK WAGON THEY HAD EVERY NIGHT, ALL YOU CAN EAT FOR $1.00 BUT YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE ANYTHING BUT BONES ON YOU PLATE OR YOU PAID $10.00 TO GET OUT!

ONE OF THE FIRST GOOD PAYING JOBS I HAD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WAS DELIVERING NITRO GLYCERAN TO THE OIL WELLS IN NEWHALL. IT PAID $300.00 A TRIP AND BEFORE MY DAD FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS DOING I’D MADE TWO RUNS, $600.00

I TRIED TO GEY MY DAD TO COME OVER TO THE OFFICE AND SEE HOW THEY PACKED THE NITRO FOR THE TRIP.  IT WAS IN A CHEVROLET PICKUP, ONE GALLON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BED SUSPENDED IN A SPECIAL HOLE THAT WAS CUT IN THE FLOOR AND 200 LBS OF DRY ICE PACKED AROUND IT.

THE TRUCK HAD 14” DONUT TIRES WITH 12 LBS OF AIR EXTRA LONG LEAF SPRINGS AND SPECIAL SHOCKS. THERE WAS A CANOPY OVER THE BED, THE FIRST CAMPER SHELL I’D EVER SEEN AND IT AND THE SIDES OF THE BED WERE WELL INSULSTED!

WE HAD TWO TRUCKS TO THE CONVOY THAT LEFT THE OFFICE AT2:30AM  AND A POLICE ESCORT ½ MILE BEHIND AND ½ MILE AHEAD THROUGH SAN FERNANDO AND THE HIGHWAY PATROL PICKED US UP AT THE SEPULVEDA INTERSECTION. THEY TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO THE NEWHALL TURN OFF AND THEY STAYED ½ MILE AHEAD AND BEHIND. THE ROAD UP TO THE DROP OFF POINY WAS THE WORST PART OF THE WHOLE TRIP

I NEVER COULD FIGURE WHY THE OIL WELL DRILLERS LET IT GET IN SUCH BAD SHAPE UNLESS THEY WERE HOPING WE’D HIT ONE OF THE BIG POT HOLES AND GO BLEWY!

 THEY HAD ONE OF THE TRUCKS GET AWAY ON A HILL NEAR THERE AND THE HOLE WAS ABOUT 15FT. DEEP AND 20 FT ACROSS ALL THEY FOUND WERE THE DRIVERS GLOVES AND JACKET AND THE TAIL GATE OF THE TRUCK. NO BODY COULD FIGURE OUT WHY THE DRIVER DIDN’T JUMP.

MY DAD PUT A STOP TO THIS IN A NEW YORK MINUTE BUT LIKE I SAID I MADE $600.00 FOR TWO DAYS WORK. MY BUDDY DICK CLARK WHO GOT ME THE JOB WORKED ALL SUMMER AND WHEN HE QUIT TO GO TO WORK FOR PARAMOUNT WITH HIS DAD BUDDY CLARK IN THE WARDROBE DEPT HE MADE ENOUGH THE BUY A BEAUTIFUL 41’ CHEVY CLUB COUPE.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON MICHAEL WHO’S GOING TO BE 48 ON THE 25^TH OF OCTOBER

HOWARD

SAY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THOSE POOR FOLKS OUT IN CALIFORNIA

 

 

howard's daily chronicle # 24

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL3

OCTOBER 24^TH 2007

WEATHER; CLEAR, COOL LOW HUMIDITY, 81 DEGREES

 

ANOTHER SLOW DAY WENT AND GOT A HAIR CUT AND LILLIAN AND I PAINTED THE ANGLE IRON TO BE USED ON THE ROOF OF THE DECK.

WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE REPORTS ON THE FIRES OUT IN CALIFORNIA! I CAN’T IMAGINE THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. OVER 500,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ALONE AND OVER 1,000 HOMES DESTROYED.

IT REALLY HIT ME CLOSE TO HOME WHEN THEY SHOWED THE HOMES BURNING IN NEWHALL, ONE MAN, LARRY HIMMELL  A REPORTER HAD TO STAND BY AND WATCH HIS HOME GO UP IN FLAMES!

I TOLD LILLIAN IT REALLY HIT HOME ANOTHER WAY, I USED TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES ALL OVER THE HILLS  AND  VALLEYS  AROUND THERE WITH BILL MASON AND DICK CLARK INFACT 6 OF US  STARTED TO RIDE ALL THE WAY TO LAS VEGAS FOLLOWING THE HI-TENSION POWER LINES THROUGH THE SAND THE TWO HARLEY RIDERS GAVE UP AFTER WE HAD TO PUSH THOSE HEAVY MACHINES OUT TO THE ROAD IN THE FIRST HOUR BUT THE FOUR OF US LIMEY BIKE RIDERS WENT ON, WE CAMPED OUT THE FIRST NIGHT UNDER ONE OF THE FOUR LEGGED STEEL TOWERS. WE MADE VEGAS THE NEXT DAY JUST BEFORE DARK AND STAYED IN THE DESERT INN PARKING LOT. WE ATE AT THE CHUCK WAGON THEY HAD EVERY NIGHT, ALL YOU CAN EAT FOR $1.00 BUT YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE ANYTHING BUT BONES ON YOU PLATE OR YOU PAID $10.00 TO GET OUT!

ONE OF THE FIRST GOOD PAYING JOBS I HAD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WAS DELIVERING NITRO GLYCERAN TO THE OIL WELLS IN NEWHALL. IT PAID $300.00 A TRIP AND BEFORE MY DAD FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS DOING I’D MADE TWO RUNS, $600.00

I TRIED TO GEY MY DAD TO COME OVER TO THE OFFICE AND SEE HOW THEY PACKED THE NITRO FOR THE TRIP.  IT WAS IN A CHEVROLET PICKUP, ONE GALLON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BED SUSPENDED IN A SPECIAL HOLE THAT WAS CUT IN THE FLOOR AND 200 LBS OF DRY ICE PACKED AROUND IT.

THE TRUCK HAD 14” DONUT TIRES WITH 12 LBS OF AIR EXTRA LONG LEAF SPRINGS AND SPECIAL SHOCKS. THERE WAS A CANOPY OVER THE BED, THE FIRST CAMPER SHELL I’D EVER SEEN AND IT AND THE SIDES OF THE BED WERE WELL INSULSTED!

WE HAD TWO TRUCKS TO THE CONVOY THAT LEFT THE OFFICE AT2:30AM  AND A POLICE ESCORT ½ MILE BEHIND AND ½ MILE AHEAD THROUGH SAN FERNANDO AND THE HIGHWAY PATROL PICKED US UP AT THE SEPULVEDA INTERSECTION. THEY TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO THE NEWHALL TURN OFF AND THEY STAYED ½ MILE AHEAD AND BEHIND. THE ROAD UP TO THE DROP OFF POINY WAS THE WORST PART OF THE WHOLE TRIP

I NEVER COULD FIGURE WHY THE OIL WELL DRILLERS LET IT GET IN SUCH BAD SHAPE UNLESS THEY WERE HOPING WE’D HIT ONE OF THE BIG POT HOLES AND GO BLEWY!

 THEY HAD ONE OF THE TRUCKS GET AWAY ON A HILL NEAR THERE AND THE HOLE WAS ABOUT 15FT. DEEP AND 20 FT ACROSS ALL THEY FOUND WERE THE DRIVERS GLOVES AND JACKET AND THE TAIL GATE OF THE TRUCK. NO BODY COULD FIGURE OUT WHY THE DRIVER DIDN’T JUMP.

MY DAD PUT A STOP TO THIS IN A NEW YORK MINUTE BUT LIKE I SAID I MADE $600.00 FOR TWO DAYS WORK. MY BUDDY DICK CLARK WHO GOT ME THE JOB WORKED ALL SUMMER AND WHEN HE QUIT TO GO TO WORK FOR PARAMOUNT WITH HIS DAD BUDDY CLARK IN THE WARDROBE DEPT HE MADE ENOUGH THE BUY A BEAUTIFUL 41’ CHEVY CLUB COUPE.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON MICHAEL WHO’S GOING TO BE 48 ON THE 25^TH OF OCTOBER

HOWARD

SAY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THOSE POOR FOLKS OUT IN CALIFORNIA

 

HOWARD'S DAILY CHRONICLE #22

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 3

OCTOBER 22^ND 2007

WEATHER; COLD, RAIN, HI HUMIDITY, 63 DEGREES, PLAIN OLD MISERABLE!

NOT A VERY GOOD NEWS WISE DAY, COULDN’T EVEN GO OUT AND SET ON THE DECK BUT, IT’S SUPPOSED TO CLEAR UP TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BE WARMER, YEAH! AND THE WEATHERMAN BELIEVES IN THE EASTER BUNNY AND SANTA CLAUSE IF HE EXPECTS US TO BELIEVE IN HIS WEATHER GUESS!

WE’RE HOPING FOR GOOD WEATHER ON SATURDAY, TIM’S COMING UP TO BUILD THE COVER OVER THE DECK. NOW, IF THE WEATHER DOESN’T CLEAR UP AND GET WARMER MOM AND I WON’T BE ABLE TO PAINT THE 20 FEET OF ANGLE IRON THAT HE’LL USE TO SUPPORT THE ROOF OF  THE DECK.

I HAD TO CALL THE VA TODAY AND GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DERMOTOLOGIST, THE PLACE HE TOOK THE BIOPSEY FROM WON’T HEAL. I GO BACK WEDNESDAY AT 9AM TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE!

I’M STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULTS ON THE ULTRASOUND THEY DID ON MY AORTA. I ASKED THE NURSE HOW COME IT’S TAKING SO LONG FOR THE RESULTS ON SOME OF MY TEST AND SHE TOLD ME IT’S BECAUSE OF SO MANY IRAQ VETERANS COMING BACK AND OVERLOADING THE SYSTEM! OK AND I WILL NOT COMPLAIN ONE BIT, THEY’VE GOT TO COME FIRST AND I’LL GIVE MY SPACE TO ANY ONE OF THEM GLADLY!

I NEVER HAVE HEARD FROM THE CEMETERY ABOUT THE PLACK THEFT SO I’M WRITING THE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC CEMETERIES TOMORROW! I’M NOT LETTING THIS DROP, SOMEBODY’S GOING TO OWN UP TO IT OR I’LL GO TO THE NATIONAL CHAPLIN IN WASHINGTON FOR ACTION!

I GOT A PRICE ON A TRANMISSION FOR THE 95’ INTREPID WE BOUGHT FROM TIM OUT OF A RUNNING CAR FROM OUR LOCAL WRECKING YARD, $250. EXCHANGE WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD PRICE. WE GOT THE ONE IN THE 91’ PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM FOR THE SAME PRICE AND WE’VE PUT OVER 40,000 MILES ON IT WITH NO PROBLEMS, DOESN’T LEAK A DROP OR SLIP AND WHEN I NEED IT, IT DOWN SHIFTS PERFECTLY.

TIM’S GOING TO PUT ALL NEW VALVE COVER AND PAN GASKETS IN AND SEALS WHERE EVER THEY’RE NEEDED. THE CAR HAS BEEN SETTING A YEAR IN HIS GARAGE AND HAS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING LEAKING, I HAD HIM TAKE A SAMPLE OF THE RESEDUE IN THE TAIL PIPE AND HE SAID IT WAS DRY, JUST CARBON ON HIS FINGER!

THE 91’ ACCLAIM HAD 251,000 ON IT WHEN WE GOT IT AND WE’VE PUT OVER 40,000 ON IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE RUNNING GEAR. NEW TIR RODS, INNER AND OUTER, A MOTOR MOUNT, SHOCKS AND STRUTS AND TIRES, FRONT BRAKE PADS. PLUGS AND WIRES, A USED COMPUTER AND COIL, NEW BELTS AND HOSES BEFORE WE WENT ON OUR 6025 MILE JAUNT LAST YEAR. WE STILL GET OVER 20MPG IN TOWN W/A/C, 24-28 ON THE ROAD W/O A/C. NOT BAD FOR A 17 YEAR OLD CAR WITH A LITTLE OVER 300,000 MILES ON IT? I’M AFRAID WHEN WE DECIDE TO SELL IT, WHOEVER BUYS IT WON’T TAKE THE KIND OF CARE WE DID AND CONSEQUENTLY IT’LL LET THEM DOWN!

OH WELL, SUCH IS LIFE!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

REMEMBER WHAT CONFUCIUS SAY; MAN WHO TALK TRASH END UP IN SAME HEAP AS THE ONE HE TALK ABOUT!

HOWARD

I’M GOING TO START REMINISCING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS MY BROTHER AND SISTERS AND I DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER AS SOON AS I CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER. I HOPE MY BROTHER JERRY WILL HELP IF I ASK HIM? HOW ABOUT IT JERRY?

 

 

 

 

HOWARD'S DAILY CHRONICLE #20 & 21

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBERS 20 & 21 VOL 2

WEATHER BOTH DAYS; FANTASTIC, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 83 & 85 DEGREES.

WOW! WHAT A WEEKEND, GOT TO TIMS IN PLANO, TX. ABOUT 10:30 AM LEFT TO GO DRIVE A “SMART CAR”, GOT TO DALLAS ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRAIN ABOUT 11:30 AM, STOOD IN THE LONGEST LINE I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME FINALLY GOT IN THE “SMART CAR” ABOUT 1:45PM.

THIS IS THE TWO SEAT CAR MERCEDES BENZ CAME OUT WITH IN 2003 AND SHOWED IN ENGLAND IN 2005 AND ARE JUST NOW SHOWING IT HERE IN THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A. NOW. IT’S CALLED “FORE 2”  IT’S GOT ALL KINDS OF LEG & HEAD ROOM, 71 H.P. TOP SPEED 90 + MPH 40-50 MPG DEPENDING ON YOUR DRIVING HABITS.

THEY JUST LET US GO AROUND 6-8 BLOCKS BUT THERE’S ONE STRETCH WHERE YOU COULD LET IT OUT A LITTLE, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. IT’S OFFERED IN A COUPE AND CONVERTIBLE (SLIDING CENTER CLOTH TOP LIKE THE 1946-48 NASH RAMBLER IF YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK) AND THEY TAKE OUT THE SUPPORTS ON EITHER SIDE ABOVE THE DOORS TO GIVE THE CONVERTIBLE EFFECT. IT ALSO HAS SNAPPED OFF PANELS SO YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLORS OR MAKE IT TWO TONE! I THINK THE PRICE IS A LITTLE STEEP FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON AT $12,000- $16,000. FOR A SECOND CAR, NO ROOM BEHIND THE SEAT TO PUT EVEN THE SMALLEST BABY! BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE!

WE ALSO BOUGHT ANOTHER CAR, NO, NOT A “SMART CAR”, WE BOUGHT A 1995 DODGE INTREPID FROM TIM. IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION, HE’S GOING TO SEE IF KELLY WILL COME DOWN AND HELP HIM CHANGE IT OUT. IT’S A REAL CLEAN AND NICE CAR HAS ALL THE FEATURES I NEED, POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS, A/C P/S P/B, ALMOST NEW TIRES, THE PAINT IS PERFECT, IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY GREEN IN THE GARAGE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’LL LOOK LIKE IN THE SUN? NO BODY DAMAGE, A SMALL SCRAPE ON THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS. WE’LL KEEP THE 91’ PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM FOR A WHILE, SHANNON’S HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH HER CAR AND WILL PROBABLY DRIVE IT TILL HER SEMESTER IS DONE! THEN WE’LL SELL IT.

THEN, OFF TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT IN FT.WORTH FOR THE AIR SHOW ON SUNDAY! WE HAD TO WALK OVER A MILE AFTER WE PARKED, TIM ASKED ONE OF THE TRAFFIC DIRECTORS WHERE THE HANDICAP PARKING WAS AND HE SAID THERE WAS NONE BUT, AS WE WALKED TO THE FLIGHT LINE WE WALKED PAST THE DESIGNATED HANDICAP PARKING WHICH WAS AT LEAST ¾ OF A MILE CLOSER THAN WHERE WE PARKED! YEAH! THE ALLIANCE AIRPORT PROJECT MANAGER WILL GET A LETTER FROM ME FOR ALL THE GOOD IT’LL DO BUT, HE’LL KNOW HE’S BEEN TOLD!

THE AIR SHOW WAS FANTASTIC, I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WALK AROUND TO ALL THE STATIC DESPLAYS BUT I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SET WHERE I COULD SEE THE FLYBYS, TIM AND LILLIAN TOOK OVER 600 PICTIRES SO I’LL BE PUTTING SOME IN THE CHRONICLE WHEN I CAN. THE FINALLY WAS THE “BLUE ANGLES”, FLYING THE F-18 HORNET, WHAT A SHOW AND SUCH PRECISION, THOSE PILOTS HAVE GOT TO TOTALLY TRUST EACH OTHER, 18” BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND WING TIP OF THE OTHER PLANE AT 5-600 MPH IN A FOUR PLANE DIAMOND. ONE PLANE UP SIDE DOWN OVER ANOTHER PLANE ALMOST TOUCHING LIKE TOM CRUISE DID IN TOP GUN! JUST FANTASTIC AND THEIR FINALLY IS AN UPSIDE DOWN FLURE DE LEAF, INSTEAD OF CLIMBING AND BREAKING OFF IN 6 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THEY CLIMB HIGH AND COME STRAIGHT DOWN BREAKING OFF GOING  IN 6 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE ENTIRE SHOW WAS AWESOME.

BUT I’M AFRAID IT WILL HAVE TO BE MY LAST ONE UNLESS WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE UNDER COVER AND NOT HAVE TO WALK SO FAR, HELL, WE WOULD HAVE RENTED ONE OF THOSE POWER CHAIRS IF THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THEM! I’M GOING TO UNLOAD ON THAT PROJECT MANAGER TOMORROW. THE LEAST THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD WAS SHUTTLES RUNNING FROM THE PARKING LOTS TO THE VIEWING AREA ON THE FLIGHT LINE. THEY HAD GOLF CARTS RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

OH YEAH! HOW ABOUT “DEM BOYS”? ESPECIALLY THE DEFENSE, THE OFFENSE WILL COME AROUND IN ONE OF THESE GAMES! 6 & 1 AIN’T BAD!

HOWARD

 

 

 

howard's daily chronicle # 19

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 19 VOL 2

OCTOBER 19^TH 2007

WEATHER; CLEAR, CALM, HI HUMIDITY, 84 DEGREES

 

NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY, I’M STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FROM THE CEMETERY ON THE THEFT OF THE PLACK.

MOM AND I ARE GOING TO TIMS TOMORROW, HE’S GOING TO DRIVE A “SMART CAR” AND I GUESS I’LL GO WITH HIM. WE’LL GO TO 5;00 PM MASS WITH THEM AND I GUESS DO SOMETHING SATURDAY NIGHT. I HOPE I CAN STAY UP WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE! I TRY BUT SOMETIMES IT GETS THE BETTER OF ME. I’VE GROWN INTO SOMEWHAT OF A HOME BODY, I KNOW WHERE ALL MY THINGS ARE AND FIND IT HARD GOING SOMEWHERE OVER NIGHT. OH, I LOVE GOING BUT IT’S HARD ON ME AND I DON’T WANT TO DISAPOINT ANYONE BY NOT GOING!

I GOT AN E-MAIL FROM MY DAUGHTER PEGGY AND AM GOING TO TRY AND INCORPORATE IT IN THIS CHRONICLE SO HERE GOES: WELL, THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN OFTEN GO IN THE TOILET LIKE THAT PLAN JUST DID. I’LL HAVE TIM SHOW ME HOW TO DO IT “HANDS ON” TOMORROW.

I RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM MY NIECE DEBBI DWELLY TO START WRITING ABOUT SOME OF THE THING HER MOTHER AND AUNTS AND MY BROTHER JERRY AND I DID WHEN WE WERE KID! I’M GOING TO GRANT THAT REQUEST AND WILL START ONE DAY NEXT WEEK. BOY, AM I GOING TO HAVE TO DIG WAY BACK IN THE OLD MEMORY TO DO THIS BUT, NEVER FEAR HOWARD IS HERE!

SINCE WE’LL BE OUT OF TOWN TOMORROW AND SUNDAY I’LL DO A DOUBLE CHRONICLE SUNDAY!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

BESURE TO CHANGE THOSE ENERGY EATING LIGHT BULBS WITH THOSE THAT USE A WHOLE LOT LESS!

HOWARD

 

 

 

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howard's daily chronicle # 18

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 2

OCTOBER 18^TH 2007

WEATHER; WARM, WINDY, LOW HUMIDITY, 80 DEGREES

ANOTHER PRETTY SLOW DAY, I SPENT MOST OF THE MORNING COMPOSING THE LETTER TO THE MANAGER OF SAN FERNANDO MISSION CEMETERY ABOUT THE THEFT OF THE PLACK WITH MY FATHER’S INFORMATION ON IT.

FINALLY GOT IT THE WAY I WANTED AND SENT IT E-MAIL TO THE TO THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES AND FAXED IT TO THE CEMETERY.

I GOT A REPLY FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE IN ABOUT AN HOUR THANKING ME FOR WORKING WITH THE CEMETERY AND THEY GAVE ME THE ADDRESS OF THE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC CEMETERIES AND SUGGESTED I LET HIM KNOW OF MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE THEFT OF THE PLACK.

I’M WAITING FOR THE PICTURES BILL MASON TOOK OF THE GRAVE SITE WEDNESDAY AND THE ONES HE TOOK WHEN HE PUT THE PLACK IN PLACE. I’LL SEND THESE TO THE CEMETERY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC CEMETERIES. I’M NOT LETTING THIS GO AND I TOLD THE CEMETERY MANAGER IT ALMOST HAD TO BE ONE OR MORE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. A PASSERBY WOULDN’T TAKE THE TIME OR HAVE THE TOOLS TO PRY IT OFF THE HEADSTONE BUT, SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE ALL THE TIME AND SAW IT COULD MAKE LIKE THEY WERE WORKING AROUND THERE AND HAVE THE TOOL TO DO IT!

IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY!

MOM HAD TO GO IN TO SHANNONS AND TAKE HER TO THE DOCTOR FOR A SHOT IN HER FOOT THEN SHE WASN’T ABLE TO DRIVE TILL TOMORROW (FRIDAY). I’M NOT SURE WHAT THE SHOT IS FOR!

HERE’S A LITTLE TID BIT OF INFORMATION FROM AL GORE; “IF EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD REPLACE THE INCONDESENT LIGHT BULB THEY USE NOW WITH THE NEW FLORESCENT BULBS IT WOULD SAVE BUILDING 5 COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS”!

WE REPLACED ALL THE INCONDESENT BULBS IN OUR HOUSE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOWERING OF OUR ELECTRIC USAGE WHICH MEANS LESS MONEY PAID OUT FOR THE SAME USAGE AS BEFORE!

YOU KNOW AL GORE JUST RECEIVED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS WORK ON THE GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE! HE’S ALSO GOTTEN AN OSCAR FOR HIS DOCUMENTRY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND AN EMMY FOR THE SAME THING! I DON’T KNOW YOUR THINKING ABOUT THIS MAN BUT HE IS A TRUE AMERICAN AND SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR HIS EFFORTS! I APPLAUD HIM!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

GOD BLESS

HOWARD

 

 

howard's daily chronicle # 17

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 2

October 17, 2007

WEATHER; CLOUDY, WITH RAIN, HI HUMIDITY. 83 DEGREES

MOM AND I LEFT FOR DALLAS VA AT 8:30AM GOT TO THE VA AT 10:10 AM. PULLED IN TO VALET PARKING, IT’S FREE IF YOU HAVE A HANDICAPED LICENSE PLATE.

MOM’S APPOINTMENT WAS AT 10:30, SHE CHECKED IN AT 10:28 NOW, THAT’S CUTTING IT CLOSE HUH?

EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT OK, THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN THE LEG ONLY ON THE SURFACE SO NOW SHE’LL GET A LETTER TELLING HER WHAT’S NEXT.

WE WENT TO BRUNCH AT THE VA CANTEEN. WE HAVE A FAVORITE PLACE WE LIKE TO STOP AT ON THE WAY DOWN IF WE HAVE TIME OR ON THE WAY BACK WHEN WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. IT’S THE DRIVERS RESTAURANT (A BIG TRUCK STOP) IN ANNA, TEXAS. THEY SERVE DECENT FOOD AT DECENT PRICES AND WE’VE NEVER GOTTEN A BAD MEAL THERE. MOM HAD PUMPKIN PIE ALAMODE AND I HAD APPLE PIE ALAMODE. UMMMM, GOOD!

GOT HOME ABOUT 2:45 WENT IN SAT IN MY CHAIR AND PROMPLY FELL ASLEEP, I WAS TIRED FROM ALL THE DRIVING, YEAH RIGHT!

GOT A CALL FROM BILL MASON, HE HAD TAKEN BEV, LILLIANS COUSIN OVER TO THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION CEMETARY WHERE MY FOLKS AND HIS ARE BURIED TO PUT FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES. WHEN I TALKED TO HIM HE WAS REALLY PISSED OFF. A FEW MONTHS BACK I ASKED HIM TO PUT A PLACK MY BROTHER JERRY AND I HAD MADE IDENTIFYING MY DAD AS BEING BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE WITH MY MOTHER. WELL SOME LOW LIFE PRYED IT LOSE AND STOLE IT. IF I HAD TO GUESS WHO DID IT I’D BET ON ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE PERSONS WERE THE CULPERT. IT WEIGHED ABOUT 3-5 LBS AND WAS SOLID BRASS. I’M GOING TO MAKE A NEW ONE OUT OF WHITE OAK AND HAVE BILL PUT IT ON THE HEAD STONE. WHO WOULD STEAL A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAME ON IT? WE NEVER THOUGHT ANYONE WOULD STEAL THE BRASS ONE EITHER, ESPECIALLY IN A CEMETARY. THE PERSON WE TALKED TO AT THE CEMETARY SUGGESTED WE HAVE A COMPLETE NEW HEAD STONE WITH BOTH NAMES ON IT! $750. TO $2,400. WAS THE PRICE I GOT BEFORE WE HAD THE PLACK MADE. I’M GOIG TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE MANAGER/CEO OF THE CEMETARY WITH A COPY  TO THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE IN SAN FERNANDO. I’LL ASK THAT THIS LETTER BE POSTED ON BOTH BULLITIN BOARDS. MAYBE SOMEONE WILL KNOW WHO WAS SUCH A LOW LIFE AND REPORT THEM. LOL!

OTHER THAN THE TRIP TO DALLAS, MOM’S SITUATION   AND THE STOLEN PLACK WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE CANDADATES MAKING SPEECHES BE SURE REMEMBER, THE SUPREME COURT JUST PASSED A LAW THAT POLITICIANS CAN LIE DURING THEIR BID FOR OFFICE WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISELS SO, TAKE EVERYTHING “ANY” OF THEM SAY WITH THE OLD “GRAIN OF SALT”!

GOD BLESS

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

howard's daily chronicle # 15

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 2

OCTOBER 15^TH 2007

WEATHER; CLOUDY, WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, 73 DEGREES

 

WE’RE FINALLY GOING TO PUT THE PERMANANT COVER OVER THE MAIN DECK. MOM AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT TODAY AND BOUGHT THE REST OF THE MATERIAL WE’LL NEED TO COMPLETE IT. KELLY WILL PICK IT AND TWO 10 FT.STICKS OF 2”X2”X1/4” ANGLE IRON FROM MCKEES STEEL YARD TOMORROW ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. TIM WILL COME UP A WEEK FROM NEXT FRIDAY TO DO THE WORK. MOM AND I WILL HELP ALL WE CAN. I’M NOT TOO GOOD ON LADDERS ANYMORE BUT I CAN RUN A SAW OR NAIL GUN AND HOLD THING FOR TIM OR MOM. WE’RE HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT’S GOING TO BE DONE AND LOOK!

IT’LL HAVE LIGHTS AND A CEILING FAN ALONG WITH 4 SPEAKERS THAT WILL BE HOOKED INTO MY ANTIQUE STERIO MOM GAVE ME A FEW YEARS BACK FOR CHRISTMAS. A/C PLUGS ON ALL 4 CORNERS TO PLUG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN. IT’LL ALSO HAVE LET DOWN BAMBOO CURTAINS ON ALL 4 SIDES, THESE ARE FROM TIM AND ELYSE.

I’M GETTING BETTER AT WALKING, I STILL GET TIRED BUT NOT AS FAST AND I RECOVER QUICKER. IF THEY COULD JUST DO SOMETHING WITH MY FEET AND LEFT ARM, THEY STILL TINGLE. I HAD A TEST AT DALLAS VA ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND AM STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULTS.

 MOM HAS ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AT DALLAS VA NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR A CHECK UP! I’LL GO TO THE DR. THAT DID THE TEST AND SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT WHAT SHE THINKS CAN BE DONE.

I’M WAITING TO HEAR FROM MY COUSIN PAT MAHONEY, I GOT HER ADDRESS FROM BILL MASON AND THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH REUNION GROUP. IT’LL BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM HER. I ALSO AM TRYING TO CONTACT A LONG TIME FRIEND, HAROLD HILDRETH. IT’LL BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM HIM ALSO.

MY BROTHER JERRY WAS DOING OK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED BUT I HAVEN’T HEARD FROM HIM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I KNOW HE READS THE CHRONICLE!

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER PEGGY AND HER BOY FRIEND PAUL CALVERT FINISHED UP COMPETING IN THE NHRA FINALS IN LAS VEGAS LAST SUNDAY AND I’M WAITING FOR THE RESULTS SO I CAN PASS THEM ON TO YOU ALL.

WE’RE ALSO WAITING TO HEAR FROM MOM’S COUSIN BEV AND BILL MASON ABOUT THEIR VISIT IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT’S”30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

GOD BLESS AND PLEASE, WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. YES, YOU ARE YOUR BROTHER’S KEEPER!

HOWARD

 

 

 

howard's daily chronicle # 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 14 VOL 2

OCTOBER 14^TH 2007

WEATHER; DARK CLOUDS, WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, 83 DEGREES

WE GOT UP AND MADE 9:30 MASS TODAY, COLLEEN AND DICK WERE THERE AND COLLEEN SHOWED ME HER RING, BEAUTIFUL!

WE WENT TO THE COFFEE & DONUTS IN THE PARISH CENTER THEN CAME HOME AND GOT READY TO WATCH THE PACKERS AND THE COWBOYS. THE PACKERS WON BUT THE COWBOYS WELL; THEY FORGOT TO COME OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM OR, AT LEAST MOST OF THE TEAM FORGOT!

I GOT SICK AT ALL THE PENALTIES, 12 FOR OVER 100 YARDS. MISSED TACKLES AT LEAST 25 OR 30. I ALWAYS KEEP A COUNT OF THE MISSED TACKLES AND PENALTIES IN MY HEAD JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING IT. I MIGHT HAVE MISSED A TACKLE OR TWO BUT I’M CLOSE. NEXT WEEK THE VIKINGS, THIS SHOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER, I HOPE!

I’M GOING TO SEND A LETTER TO JERRY JONES AND SUGGEST FINING THE PLAYERS FOR MISSED TACKLES AND PENALTIES AND OTHER INFRACTIONS. $10,000 FOR A MISSED TACKLE THAT RESULTS IN A SCORE AND $15,000 FOR A SECOND ONE, FOR THREE THE BENCH FOR 4 DOWNS. $5,000 FOR OFF SIDES AND $10,000 FOR OFFENSIVE HOLDING AND $1500. FOR A DELAY OF GAME. NO BONUSES FOR JUST DOING THEIR JOB! THEY’RE PAID VERY GOOD FOR PLAYING ANYHOW! NOW, I’VE GOT THAT OFF MY CHEST I’LL GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS AT HAND.

PEGGY AND PAUL FINISHED UP THEIR RACING TODAY AND I’M WAITING FOR HER REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES.

WE GOT A CALL TODAY FROM HOME DEPOT THAT THE FENCING WE ORDERED FOR THE DECK IS IN, NOW WE’LL GO BACK OUT THERE AND ORDER THE THINGS WE’LL NEED TO COMPLETE THE JOB.

KEEP TRACK OF YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENTAL CANDADATE SO YOU’LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR PLANS IF THEY’RE ELECTED, THIS IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROPER CHOICE AND FOR GODS SAKE DON’T VOTE A STRAIGHT TICKET, BE CHOOSEY, TO MANY VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTT IN 5 MINUTES, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHO/WHAT THEIR VOTING FOR OR ON! YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IS A PRIVILEDGE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IT REALLY MAKES ME SAD AFTER ALL THE VOTES ARE COUNTED AND IT TURNS OUT 22% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES TOOK THE TIME TO VOTE! FORGIVE ME FOR GETTING ON MY SOAP BOX AGAIN!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

I WON’T EVEN THINK OF TELLING YOU HOW TO VOTE, ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

 

howard's daily chronicle

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER13 VOL2

OCTOBER 13^TH 2007

WEATHER; FAIR, WINDY, LOW HUMIDITY, 88 DEGREES

 

ANOTHER SLOW DAY, MOM WENT TO TOWN FOR SOME THINGS WE NEEDED AND I STAYED HOME AND JUST SAT ON THE DECK AND ENJOYED LIFE.

WHEN MOM GOT HOME WE WENT IN SIDE AND WATCHED TV FOR A WHILE THEN KERRY CALLED AND ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE SOME COMPANY WHICH WE SAID OF COURSE TO, HE AND DEBI WERE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY HERE.

MOM AND DEBI HAD A REAL NICE VISIT AND KERRY AND I DID THE SAME. I HAD HIM LOOK AT THE MAGAZINE FROM A NEW CLUB I BELONG TO; “NATIONAL STREET MACHINE CLUB”. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE OLDER CLASSIC CARS AND THEY REALLY PUT SOME FANTASTIC CARS IN IT. THE CENTER FOLD IS ALWAYS ABOUT A CLASSIC CAR FROM THE PAST BUT DONE IN THE PRESENT METHODS.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT HAS THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY BUT THE OLD CAR LOOKS. I.E. THE COVER ON MY FIRST ISSUE SHOWS A 57 CHEVY 2DR HT WITH THE HEADING; “50 YEARS OF ’57”. MY 2^ND ISSUE HAS ON THE COVER, A 1933 DODGE HEMI-POWERED HOT ROD PICK UP AND THE CENTER FOLD IS ALL ABOUT IT AND HOW/WHY IT WAS BUILT.

I GAVE KERRY THE INFO ON THE CLUB AND HE’LL MORE THAN LIKELY JOIN. IT’S ONLY $2.00 PER MONTH AND WELL WORTH THE MONEY. THE ADDRESS; WWW.STREETMACHINECLUB.COM IF ANYONES INTERESTED!

AFTER OUR LONG VISIT WITH KERRY, DEBI, KELLY AND GLENDA KERRY, DEBI, MOM AND I WENT TO THE NEW “GARCIA’S” FOR DINNER. LIKE I HAD GOOD SENSE I ORDERED WHAT I USED TO ORDER WHEN I COULD EAT, NAMELY; “MR. GARCIA’S CASE GRANDE DINNER” AND FOUND OUT I’D MADE A MISTAKE, NEVER AGAIN I’LL RELY ON MOM TO ORDER FOR ME HER EYES ARE SMALLER THAN MY BELLY! I’M STILL BLOATED AND UNCOMFORTABLE BUT, IT’LL BE BETTER, I HOPE!

WHEN WE GOT HOME WE TURNED ON THE NASCAR RACE AT LOWES SPEEDWAY IN CHAROLLETT NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT A WASTE, ESPN IS THE WORST NETWORK AFFILIATE ON THE AIR,  5 MINUTES OF RACE 17 MINUTES OF COMMERCIALS. THEIR CAMERMEN HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FOLLOW AN AUTO RACE, THEY’RE ALWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK FROM ANY PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF SWITCHING CAMERAS AS THE RACE CARS MOVE AROUND THE TRACK THEY STAY ON ONE CAMERA TILL SOMETHING HAPPENS THEN CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHICH CAMERA SHOULD BE COVERING WHAT. IT’S REALLY NERVE WRACKING! I KEEP THREATENING TO GO TO URL TYPE OF RACING AND I THINK I WILL!

I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 3PM START OF THE COWBOY VS PATRIOTS GAME TOMORROW! I GUESS WE’LL KNOW BY TOMORROW NIGHT IF “DEM BOY”ARE AS GOOD AS EVERYONE BELIEVES THEY ARE BUT, EVEN IF THEY GET BEAT SOMEONE WILL COME ALONG AND BEAT THE PATRIOTS. THEN WE’LL BE BACK TO EVEN, I HOPE!

I’M SORRY THAT ALL THE THINGS I WRITE ABOUT SEEM TO BE AIMED AT MEN. I’LL FIND SOME THINGS FOR YOU LADIES IN THE NEXT ISSUE!

OH YEAH! PEGGY RACED THIS WEEK END AND I’LL HAVE A REPORT ON THAT FOR THOSE LADIES INTERESTED IN WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO IN THE MALE DOMINATED FIELD OF DRAG RACING!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

REMEMBER TO CAMPAIGN FOR YOUR FAVORITE CANDADATE NO MATER WHO OR WHAT PARTY THEY REPRESENT THEN WHEN IT’S TIME TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY YOU’LL HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT THEY STAND FOR!

HOWARD