HOWARD'S DAILY CHRONICLE #2

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 2 VOL1

MONDAY OCTOBER 1^ST, 2007

WEATHER CLOUDY, HUMID, 91DEGREES

 

NOTHING REAL INTERESTING TODAY BUT, THE FIRST THING I BETTER DO IS APPOLIGIZE TO MY DAUGHTER PEGGY FOR NOT MENTIONING HER IN THE LIST OF THOSE WHO COULDN’T COME TO THE FAMILY DAY LAST SATURDAY OF COURSE, SHE LIVES IN LANCASTER CALIFORNIA AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LONG DRIVE! SORRY PEGGY, YOU KNOW IT WASN’T OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. I JUST PLAIN FORGOT, YOU KNOW, OLD AGE, LOL!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HAPPEN TODAY WAS WE GOT OUR PHONE FIXED!  WE’VE BEEN WITHOUT A HOUSE PHONE SINCE LAST THURSDAY. THE REPAIRMAN CAME ON FRIDAY BUT COULDN’T FIND ANY THING WRONG THEN, TIM CHECKED IT OUT SUNDAY AND DECIDED IT WAS BETWEEN THE JUNCTION BOX ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE HOUSE.

THE REPAIRMAN CAME BACK THIS MORNING AFTER MOM CALLED AND TOLD THEM WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS. HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A PHONE ACT LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND SAID TO ME IT WAS ”GOING TO DRIVE HIM TO DRINK”, I TOLD HIM I’D BE HIS DESIGNATED DRIVER IF HE COULD PLEASE GET MY PHONE FIXED. WELL, EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL.

I WENT TO THE VA LAST THURSDAY FOR MY 6MO. CHECK UP, GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND I ASKED FOR A LIFT CHAIR BUT THEY DON’T HAVE THEM ANYMORE, THEY ORDERED ME A LIFT SEAT AND I GOT IT TODAY. PUT IT RIGHT TO USE AND I THINK I’M GOING TO LIKE IT WHEN I GET USED TO IT. NO WIRES TO WORRY ABOUT, IT’S ALL SPRINGS AND A HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER. THE VA ALSO GOT ME A NEW SET OF HEAD PHONES AND A TELEPHONE WITH AN ELECTRONIC AMPLIFIER ON THE INCOMING, I ALREADY GOT THE HEAD PHONES AND AM USING THEM, THE PHONE SHOULD BE HERE NEXT WEEK, THEN I’LL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU ALL WHEN YOU CALL, NOW I CATCH ABOUT EVERY OTHER WORD AND HAVE TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT.

MOM’S DOING FINE, SHE HAD TO TAKE GLENDA (KELLY’S FRIEND AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER) TO THE DENTIST TODAY, PICK UP HALEY JO AT SCHOOL AND BABY SET TILL KELLY GOT HOME WHICH SHE DOESN’T MIND DOING. EVERYTIME GLENDA MAKES A CAKE OR A POT OF SPAGETTI SHE BRINGS US A PORTION OF IT WHICH WE APPRECIATE. THEN SHE HAD TO TAKE A CHECK TO KYLIE (SHANNONS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER) FOR HER RENT AND GO TO THE STORE.

SHE KEEPS THE LAWN MOWED AND THE WEED EATING DONE PLUS TAKING CARE OF HER GARDEN AND HELPING KELLY WHEN HE TRIMS THE DRIVEWAY. SHE ALSO KEEPS THE FIRE ANT UNDER CONTROL.  PLUS SHE HELPS ME ON THE 300SL MERCEDES MODEL I’M BUILDING FOR GARY LATINIS, I GAVE THE MODEL TO HIM IN 1985 AND HE NEVER BUILT IT, ABOUT 8 MONTH AGO I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED ME TO BUILD IT AND HE SAID YES. IT’S A REVELL CLASSIC AND EVERYTHING IS VERY SMALL, IT TOOK ME A WEEK TO PUT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TOGETHER. WE HAD TO ORDER THE GLUE FOR IT FROM ENGLAND, I COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING MADE HERE THAT WOULD HOLD ON THE PLASTIC NOT EVEN GORRILLA GLUE. I HAD THE WHOLE DRIVERS/PASSENGERS SHELL BUILT AND BUMBED IT ONE DAY AND IT FELL APART. IT HAS DOOR LATCHES THAT WORK, HOOD AND TRUNK LATCHES, THE DOORS LIFT AND HAVE A ROD TO HOLD THEM UP , IT’S A REAL DETAILED MODEL, WHEN I GET IT DONE I’LL SEND YOU ALL SOME PICTURES. I AM TAKING SOME AS I COMPLETE EACH COMPONENT WHICH I’LL SEND ALSO.

MOM BROUGHT IN AN ARM LOAD OF GREEN BELL PEPPERS FROM THE GARDEN THIS MORNING AND 1 TOMATO, I THINK THE GARDEN IS JUST ABOUT DONE. THE ONLY THINGS I SEE STILL THERE IS SOME GARLIC AND MAYBE MORE BELL PEPPERS. 

AS SOON AS THE WEATHER GETS COLD WE’LL START ON THE CHRISTMAS GIFTS, WE’RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING WE CAN, WE HAVE THE MATERIAL AND THE MACHINES AND THE ABILITY SO THAT’S WHAT WE DECIDED.

I WISH I COULD TALK MOM INTO OPENING UP A “CRAFT TEACHING SCHOOL”, SHE HAS SO MUCH TALLANT, YOU SHOULD SEE SOME OF THE SMALL DETAIL PAINTING SHE DOES ON HER WOODEN PROJECTS. YOU ALL GOT ONE OF THE LIGHT BULB SANTAS LAST YEAR, THAT ISN’T A  DECAL, SHE HAND PAINTS THEM. COLLEEN IS THE SAME WAY, SHE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH YARN OR THREAD AND IT NEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH THOSE WHO CAN’T. HAND MADE ITEMS BRING BIG BUCKS TODAY, PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THIS CHINESE JUNK THEY HAVE TO BUY. IF THEY FIND OUT YOU DO HAND MADE THEY’LL ASK YOU TO DO IT!

WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNT AND LEFT DRIVE AXLE ON THE CAR LAST WEEK. I HAD JUST HAD IT ALIGNED AFTER HAVING TO GO IN AND OUT THE PEANUT FIELD DURING THE FLOODING. WE ALSO HAD JUST PUT NEW TIRES ON BECAUSE THE ONES WE HAD ON DEVELOPED SLIPPED BELTS AND SIDE WALL PUNCTURES ON THAT OLD ROAD,

THEY HAD LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON THEM AND SEARS ADJUSTED ALL 4 ON ROAD HAZARD, NO CHARGE, IN FACT THEY GAVE US A $43.00 REFUND BECAUSE THEY DON’T SELL THAT TIRE ANYMORE. BUT, THERE WAS A VIBRATION AT 35&70 MPH AND I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING WITH ONE OF THE NEW TIRES, THEY REBALANCED AND CHECKED EVERYTHING OVER AND FOUND THE MOTOR MOUNT SPLIT AND THE RUBBER BOOT ON THE AXLE BLOWN OUT OR RIPPED FROM A ROOT OR SOMETHING ON THAT OLD ROAD. THE ENGINE HAD DROPPED IN THE FRONT A LITTLE AND ON ACCLERATION WOULD TORQUE TO THE REAR, THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF I HAD TO REALLY PUSH THE PEDDLE TO THE METAL, LOL, NOT ANYMORE!  THE BOOT BEING BLOWN THREW ALL THE SPECIAL GREASE FOR THE VALOCITY JOINT OUT AND SET UP THE VIBRATION, THIS WOULDN’T LET THE TOE-IN STAY CONSTANT BECAUSE THE AXLE WAS MOVING IN AND OUT, VERY LITTLE BUT, ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE TOE-IN. NOW I’LL TAKE IT BACK AND HAVE THEM RESET THE  TOE-IN SINCE ITS WANDERING AND FEATHER-EDGING THE FRONT TIRES.

WELL, THAT’S ALL I CAN THINK OF FOR NOW! YOU ALL STAY HAPPY, DRY, SOBER  AND OUT OF TROUBLE TILL NEXT TIME! GOD  BLESS.

THAT’S ‘30’ FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWARD