HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 12 VOL 5
DCEMBER 12TH 2007
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 63/37 DEGREES
THANK GOD THE ICE MISSED US BUT IT REALLY GOT THOSE POOR PEOPLE NORTH OF US. NOW WE’RE SCHEDULED FOR SNOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SNOW I CAN TAKE BUT THAT ICE I HATE!
13 DAYS LEFT, YOU BETTER GET ON THE BALL AND ORDER THAT NEW DODGE CHARGER SRT8 BEFORE THE ORDERING IS CLOSED THEY’RE ONLY MAKING 6000 OF THEM SO IT’S FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.
PUT UP A NEW OUTSIDE TIMER WE BOUGHT AND HOOKED UP ALL THE LIGHTS EXCEPT THE ONES ON THE RAMP THEY’RE CONTROLED BY A SWITCH IN THE KITCHEN. MOM HAD TO GO OUT AND TURN THE ONES ON THE DECK ON & OFF BY A SURGE PROTECTOR WE USED. NOW AFTER SHE PROGRAMS THE TIMER IT’LL ALL BE AUTOMATIC, HOW SWEET IT IS!
I WENT TO MY CHIROPRACTOR LIKE I SAID. I CAN GO IN TO SEE HER AND BE STIFF ALL OVER BUT WHEN I WALK OUT I CAN FEEL THE TREATMENT STARTING TO TAKE EFFECT. WHEN I WENT IN TODAY I COULDN’T TURN MY HEAD TO CHECK TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE LEFT WITHOUT TURNING MY WHOLE UPPER BODY. ON THE WAY HOME I COULD TURN MY HEAD TO THE LEFT, IT STILL HURT A LITTLE BUT NOT LIKE IT DID AND NOW WHILE I’M SETTING HERE I CAN TURN MY HEAD IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, IT’S STILL SORE BUT BY TOMORROW MORNING I THINK IT’LL BE BETTER! I GO BACK THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT AND AT THAT TIME SHE’S GOING TO SEE IF SHE CAN STOP THE FEELING I HAVE IN MY LEFT HAND LIKE IT’S ASLEEP! IF SHE CAN’T SHE’LL TELL ME WHY!
MOM HAS A VA APPOINTMENT IN THE MORNING AT 8:30 IN BONHAM, TEXAS. THIS IS FOR HER NORMAL CHECK UP.
I FOUND A BAD SPRING CLAMP ON THE TOP RADIATOR HOSE ON THE ACCLAIM AND REPLACED IT WITH AN AIRCRAFT TYPE CLAMP. I HAD TRIED TO PUMP UP THE RADIATOR BUT IT JUST DROPPED OFF AND THE SPRING CLAMP WAS LETTING IT SHOW LITTLE BUBBLES COMING OUT. AFTER THAT I COULD GET IT TO 16 LBS BUT IT BLED OFF REAL SLOW MEANING I’VE STILL GOT A SMALL LEAK SOMEWHERE WHICH I’LL FIND TOMORROW AFTER WE GET BACK FROM BONHAM!
NO GOODIE MAKING TODAY, MOM SAID SHE CAN’T MAKE CANDY IN WEATHER LIKE WE HAD TODAY, CLOUDY AND RAIN. OH WELL, I’M SURE SHELL GET IT DONE BY CHRISTMAS! WE TOOK THE TREE OUT OF THE BOX AND PUT IT IN THE STAND TODAY, TOMORROW MOM AND I WILL START PUTTING THE LIGHTS ON THEN MOM WILL DO MOST OF THE BALLS AND OTHER OLD THINGS WE HAVE, SHE’S A LOT BETTER AT THAT THAN ME, I LOSE MY PATIENCE AND JUST THROW THINGS ON ANY OLD WAY!
HERE’S SOME MORE OF MY ANTICS WHEN I WAS YOUNG, DUMB AND STUPID;
JERRY ALSO BROUGHT HOME SOME OUTDATED PERSONEL PARACHUTES 28 FT IN DIAMETER, BILL MASON AND I TIED ONE TO THE REAR BUMPER OF MY 31 CHEVY COUPE, HE GOT IN THE TRUNK AND WHEN I WAS DOING 40 MPH GOING DOWN DENNY STREET (HE LIVED ON DENNY) I YELLED AT HIM TO THROW THE CHUTE OUT! LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN THAT CHUTE FILLED OUT THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND I WAS LAYING ON THE STEERING WHEEL, MY CHEST HURT FOR A WEEK, I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED FOR BILL IN THE TRUNK, HE WAS JAMBED UP AGAINST THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT AND I HAD TO HELP HIM OUT, WHEN WE LOOKED DOWN THE BUMPER WAS LAYING ON THE STREET BUT THE CHUTE WAS STILL ATTACHED. IT ABSOLUTLY RIPPED THE BOLTS OUT THAT HELD THE BUMPER TO THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER BEHIND THE GAS TANK THREADS AND ALL! WE PICKED EVERYTHING UP AND PUT IT IN THE TRUNK AND WENT TO MY FOLKS HOUSE AND BACKED THE CAR UP TO THE GARAGE DOOR! GOT THE TOOLS OUT AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REMOUNT THAT BUMPER? WE ENDED UP DRAINING THE GAS TANK (I NEVER HAD MORE THAN A ¼ OF A TANK) AND DROPPED IT SO WE COULD GET INSIDE THE FRAME RAIL TO USE BOLTS WITH NUTS AND LOCK WASHERS TO HOLD THE BUMPER ON, IT WORKED FINE! I DON’T THINK JERRY EVER KNEW ABOUT THIS EITHER!
WHEN JERRY GOT STATIONED AT OXNARD NAVAL AIR STATION HE BOUGHT A 1939 FORD 2 DOOR FROM LEONARD BERGERON A FRIEND OF THE FAMILIES FROM NEWPORT BEACH. HE WAS GOING TO SHARE DRIVING WITH A BUDDY HE WAS STATIONED WITH. WHEN HE RODE WITH HIS BUDDY HE LEFT THE CAR HOME. I TOOK IT TO SCHOOL ONE DAY AND WAS DRAG RACING A BUDDY NAMED JERRY SMITH HE HAD A NEW 1946 FORD. WELL I DIDN’T GET THE GEAR SHIFT ALL THE WAY IN 1ST GEAR AND RACED THE ENGINE AND POPPED THE CLUTCH (SLID MY FOOT OFF TO THE LEFT). ALL I HEARD WAS A LOUD SNAP AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP, WHEN I PUT IT BACK IN GEAR ALL I HEARD WAS LOUD GRINDING! JERRY SMITH PUSHED ME HOME AND I CALLED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB DAVIS AT LOCKHEED AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE SAID HE WOULD BE OVER AFTER HE WENT HOME AND GOT RUTH AND THE KIDS. FIRST HE TOOK THE FLOOR PAN OUT AND TOOK THE SHIFTER OFF THE TRANSMISSION. HE HAD THE TRANSMISSION ON THE FLOOR IN LESS THAN AN HOUR HE TOOK A FLASH LIGHT AND SHOWED ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE WERE NO TEETH LEFT ON THE 1ST AND REVERSE SLIDING GEAR OR THE 1ST GEAR ON THE CLUSTER GEAR. IT WAS REALLY TORE UP HE WENT TO THE PHONE IN THE FOLKS DEN AND CALLED CRAIG BROTHERS MY ADOPTED UNCLES TO SEE IF THEY HAD A CLUSTER, SLIDING LOW REVERSE GEARS AND SYNCRONIZERS? WHAT THEY HAD WAS A SET OF 25 TOOTH LINCOLN ZEPHYER GEARS! MAN, I BOUGHT THEM IN A HURRY, THEY WERE SCARCE. WITH THEM THE CAR WOULD DO NEAR 70 IN 1ST AND CLOSE TO 100 IN 2ND BUT SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 80 IN HIGH! JERRY WASN’T DUE HOME TILL THE WEEKND SO HERB TOOK HIS TIME. WHEN HE GOT DONE WE WENT FOR A RIDE AND THE SPEEDS I SAID WERE RIGHT! WE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING TO JERRY WHEN HE GOT HOME BUT ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER HE LEFT FOR A DATE HE CAME BACK AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I HAD DONE TO HIS CAR, HE SAID HE DIDN’T NEED 3RD GEAR HE COULD DO ALMOST A 100 IN 2ND SO HE RAN AROUND IN 2ND. I FINALLY TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE WAS MAD BUT GOT OVER IT, I THINK!
HERE’S A LITTLE TID BIT:
“IF WE BUY GOODS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY GET THE MONEY AND WE GET THE GOODS.”
“IF WE BUY GOODS MADE IN THIS COUNTRY, WE GET THE GOODS AND THE MONEY STAYS HERE.”
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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