DAILY CHRONICLE #22 VOL4

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 4

NOVEMBER 22^ND 2007

WEATHER; BALMY, MED. HUMIDITY, 79 DEGREES

BRRRR, GET READY NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA, HERE IT COMES, THE COLDEST NIGHT WE’VE HAD THIS YEAR! OF COURSE AS ALWAYS IT WON’T LAST SINCE IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE WARMING UP BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY! FROM WHAT THE WEATHER MAN SAID (HE/SHE HAVEN’T BEEN RIGHT MORE THAN 20% OF THE TIME IN THE PAST TWO YEARS) WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THESE COLD SNAPS FROM NOW UNTILL SPRING. ISN’T THAT HEART WARMING?

MY OLD FAITHFUL SON, KELLY, CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER IN OUR CAR TODAY, THANKS KELLY, DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’D DO WITHOUT YOU?

MOM AND I GOT THE BIG HEAVY ROUND TABLE IN OUR DINING ROOM MOVED OUT ON THE DECK AND COVERED UP. THE TOP IS 1” THICK FAUX MARBLE AND WEIGHS ABOUT 90 LBS., THE COMPLETE TABLE WEIGHS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OT 120 LBS. WE LEAN THE IT OVER AND TIP THE TOP OUT AND ROLL IT WHERE EVER WE WANT THE TABLE TO GO, IN THIS CASE OUT ON THE DECK.

IF! AND I USE THE TERM LOSELY, IF THE WEATHER HAPPENS TO WARM UP,  SOME OF US CAN EAT OUT ON THE DECK. IT’S USUALLY REAL NICE OUT THERE IF THE TEMPERATURE IS ANY WHERE NEAR 60! I’M NOT HOLDING MY BREATHE BUT STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THIS WEATHER!

WE’VE PRETTY WELL GOT THE HOUSE IN SHAPE FOR GUEST, WITH JUST MOM AND I HERE WE TEND TO KIND OF LET THINGS GO A LITTLE BIT. I’M THE WORLDS WORSE, I’LL HAVE TWO OR THREE MAGAZINES OPEN AT THE SAME TIME, I READ TILL I GET TIRED AND PUT ONE DOWN AND WHEN I WANT TO START READING AGAIN I DON’T REMEMBER WHICH ONE I WAS READING SO I PICK UP ANOTHER ONE, I CALL IT OLD AGE, MOM HAS ANOTHER NAME FOR IT BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, SHE CAN!

HERE’S A LITTLE INFORMATION I PICKED UP A FEW YEARS BACK;

FUEL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON D.C. THE NATIONAL MOTORSPOR COMMITTEE OF ACCUS RECENTLY MADE A STUDY OF FUEL CONSUMPTION RELATED TO LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES. THE STUDY COVERED ALL FORMS OF MAJOR SPORTS AS WELL AS VACATION TRAVEL AND NON-COMMERCIAL FLYING.

THE MOST SIGNIFACANT FINDING WAS THAT THE LARGEST PORTION OF FUEL CONSUMPTION WAS IN THE AREA OF SPECTATOR TRAVEL.

MOTOR RACING, WHICH CONSUMS 2.2 MILLION BARRELS A YEAR, WAS SEVENTH ON A LIST OF 12 MAJOR FUEL CONSUMING ACTIVITIES. OTHERS AHEAD OF RACING WERE; VACATION TRAVEL- 128,955,734 BARRELS, NON-COMMERCIAL AVIATION- 19,880,953 BARRELS, MOTION PICTURES-17,847,110 BARRELS, FOOTBALL-13,429,599 BARRELS, BASKETBALL-5,676,061 BARRELS AND HORSE RACING-2,321,975 BARRELS PER YEAR.

WHAT’S INTERESTING HERE IS THIS STUDY WAS DONE AND REPORTED IN “AUTO WEEK” ON DECEMBER 15^TH 1973 WHICH SHOWS THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL USED BACK THEN AND THE GOVERNMENT DID ABSOLUTLY NOTHING TO CURB THIS DRAIN ON THE WORLDS OIL SUPPLY! IF THEY HAD ACTED BACK THEN THE WAY THEY CLAIM THEY’RE DOING TODAY WE WOULDN’T BE LOOKING AT $100.00 A BARREL FOR CRUDE OIL!

HOPE YOU’RE ALL HAVING A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND DON’T EAT TOO MUCH ALTHOUGH I PLAN ON DOING JUST THAT. I’VE SMELLED ALL THE GOODIES BAKING FOR 3 DAYS AND TOMORROW I’LL WAKE UP TO THE SMELL OF HAM AND TURKEY BAKING. WHAT’S A GUY TO DO?

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD