HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 2 VOL 4
NOVEMBER 2ND 2007
WEATHER; NICE, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 74 DEGREES
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR GOING TO DALLAS, MOM AND I GOT UP AND LEFT FOR THE DALLAS VA AT 8:30 AM. WE HIT THE NORMAL 9AM TRAFFIC, WHEN EVER THESE DUMMIES SEE A POLICE CAR OFF ON THE SERVICE ROAD WITH HIS TOP LIGHTS FLASHING THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND GAUK TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. I SOMETIMES WISH I WAS DRIVING AN M34 SHERMAN TANK AND COULD JUST PUSH THEM DOWN TO THE POLICE CAR AND LET THEM SEE, THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN SEE.
I GET SO TIRED HAVING TO HIT MY BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN OR STOP ONLY WHEN WE GET UP TO THE PROBLEM ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER IT’S A SERVICE TRUCK PUTTING GAS IN A STALLED CAR ON THE SHOULDER.
OR I LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SOME CLOWN IS CLOSING ON ME AT 10 MPH FASTER THAN I’M GOING WHICH IS USUALLY 70-75 MPH, I CAN’T GET OVER AND THEY PULL RIGHT UP ON MY BUMPER, NOW WHEN I CAN’T SEE THEIR HEADLIGHTS, THAT’S TO CLOSE! AND ALL I CAN SEE IS SOME YOUNG LADY PUTTING ON HER MAKE UP AND USING THE OTHER HAND TO TELL ME TO PULL OVER! THIS MORNING I’D HAD ENOUGH, THIS NISSAN PULLED UP ON MY BUMPER AND THE LADY GAVE ME THE FINGER AND MOTIONED ME OVER, I WAS DOING 75 SO I HIT THE BRAKES TO LIGHT UP MY STOP LIGHTS, IT DIDN’T EVEN PHASE HER SHE JUST KEPT COMING SO I STEPPED IT UP TO OVER 80 AND FINALLY FOUND A PLACE TO PULL OVER, WHEN SHE PASSED ME I LOOKED OVER AND I SWEAR SHE MUST HAVE BEEN ON SOMETHING, SHE WASN’T EVEN AWARE I WAS THERE AND WAS BOUNCING TO SOMETHING ON HER RADIO OR OTHER MUSICAL THING.
WE FINALLY GOT TO THE VA AND GOT UP TO MATTS OFFICE ABOUT 10:30 AND HE CHECKED MY PACEMAKER AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO CHECK IT TWICE A YEAR ON THE PHONE TO CHECK IT MORE TIMES, THEY’LL LET ME KNOW THE CHANGE IN THE SCHEDUAL!
ON THE WAY BACK WE STOPPED AT OUR FAVORITE EATING PLACE, THE “DRIVERS RESTAURANT” A BIG TRUCK STOP IN ANNA, TX., AND HAD BRUNCH SINCE WE DIDN’T HAVE BREAKFAST. THEN ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED AT HOME DEPOT AND PICKED UP A NEW SAW BLADE FOR MY 18 VOLT CIRCLE SAW FOR CUTTING PLASTICS AND THIN PANELING. I ALSO PICKED UP A SUCTION SPRAY GUN FOR CLEANING THINGS LIKE ENGINES, DECKS AND OTHER THINGS IT TAKES A HI-PRESSURE SPRAYER TO CLEAN!
MOM’S NOT FEELING TOO GOOD, I GUESS SHE’S COMING DOWN WITH A COLD SO WHEN WE GOT HOME SHE TOOK SOME MEDIDINE LAID DOWN AND I FELL ASLEEP IN MY RE CLINER FOR ABOUT 2 HRS. . WHEN I WOKE UP I WENT OUT ON THE DECK AND MOVED SOMETHINGS AROUND THEN MARKED THE BOTTOMS OF THE FENCE POST SO WE CAN PUT THE CLIPS ON THE LOWER FENCE TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING. MOM CAME OUT AND WE VISITED FOR A WHILE TILL IT GOT TO COOL FOR HER AND SHE WENT IN.
TOMORROW WE’LL TAKE UP ONE OF THE DECK PLANKS AND MARK IT SO WE CAN PUT A 4X4 POST AT 8 FEET FROM THE MAIN DECK BETWEEN IT AND THE STEPS. WE’LL CUT THE NOTCH OUT AND SLIP THE PLANK AROUND THE POST THAT WILL BE LAG SCREWED TO THE DECK SUPPORT POST. I’M SURE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT BUT, AS LONG AS I DO IT’S OK, BELIEVE ME!
I’M GOING TO TAKE SOME MEASUREMENTS AND HAVE STEEL STRAPS MADE TO GIVE THE DECK ROOF MORE SUPPORT. I DON’T HAVE ANY FEAR OF IT COMING DOWN BUT A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT WON’T HURT AND TIM WILL SLEEP BETTER.
TIM AND KELLY ARE GETTING READY TO SWAP THE TRANSMISSION IN THE INTREPID AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS I THINK SHOULD BE DONE! I’LL PICK UP THE TRANSMISSION NEXT WEEK AND GET IT TO TIMS PLACE SO HE CAN BE CHANGING THE FRONT SEAL AND THE AXLE SEALS AND CLEAN IT UP! THEY’RE PLANNING ON DOING IT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WHEN THEY’RE BOTH OFF.
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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