HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 19 VOL 5
DECEMBER 19TH 2007
Number 19 VOL 5
WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 37/57 DEGREES
WE’VE GOT 6 DAYS TO GO. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED, IT’S 7 DAYS FROM CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEARS BUT 358-9 DAYS FROM NEW YEARS TO CHRISTMAS! WHEN I WAS A KID THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME BUT, NOT ANY MORE I LEARNED HOW TO ADD AND SUBTRACT!
WELL, I FINALLY GOT MY TRAIN PUT AROUND THE TREE. MOM HAD TO GO WITH SHANNON TO MAIL SOME PACKAGES AND PICK UP MORE STUFF FOR THE REST OF THE GOODIES! I JUST RESTED AFTER I GOT THE TRAIN DONE AND FINISHED WATCHING “THE IMMORTAL BATTALION” WITH DAVID NIVEN! EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MADE IN 1944 AND IS ABOUT THE ENGLISH TROOPS CALLED “TOMMYS” IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE! THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD FOR THAT TIME PERIOD AND ALL THE WAR RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE!
I CAN REMEMBER THE WAR YEARS, INSTEAD OF METAL TOYS I GOT THINGS MADE OUT OF WOOD OR THING THAT HAD BELONGED TO MY BROTHER OR OTHER PEOPLE AND, CLOTHES WERE THE BIG ITEM! I REMEMBER THE 1942 CHRISTMAS, I GOT A LIONAL TRAIN THAT HAD BELONGED TO EARL RANKEL OUR FAMILIES WERE GOOD FRIENDS, MY DAD PUT IT AROUND THE TREE AND IT WAS RUNNING WHEN I GOT UP CHRISTMAS MORNING. THERE WAS THE ENGINE AND THREE FREIGHT CARS AND A CABOOSE. THE ENGINE HAD A HEAD LIGHT AND IT REALLY SHINED WHEN WE CUT THE OTHER LIGHTS OUT. I REMEMBER IT USED A POINTED CHRISTMAS TREE BULB THAT STUCK OUT PAST THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE! I HAD THAT TRAIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT LOST IT IN ONE OF MY MOVES, I THINK MY OLDER SISTER HENRIETTA HAD IT STORED IN HER GARAGE FOR ME BUT WHEN THEY MOVED AFTER SELLING THEIR HOUSE IT DISAPPEARED!
EARL RANKEL GOT KILLED IN 1943 IN NEW GUINEA DURING WWII! I READ THE AWARD HE GOT POSTHUMUSLY FOR HIS PART IN THE ACTION THAT HE WAS KILLED IN, HE WAS AN ENGINEER AND A MACHINE GUNNER, THE AWARD SAID THEY FOUND 43 DEAD ENEMY SOLDIERS AROUND HIS POSITION AND HIS MACHINE GUN WAS OUT OF AMMUNITION, HE HAD PUT A HAND GRENADE IN THE BREACH OF HIS GUN BEFORE HE DIED SO THE ENEMY COULDN’T USE IT!
THE AWARD WAS A BRONZE STAR!
DON’T FORGET, THE COWBOYS PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT INSTEAD OF SUNDAY! THEY HAD 11 PLAYERS NAMED TO THE PRO BOWL IN HAWAII TONY ROMO IS BACK UP TO BRETT FAVRE WHICH ISN’T BAD FOR A FIRST YEAR STARTER.
I WANT TO GO SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS SO MAYBE WE’LL DO IT SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH, MAYBE WE’LL WAIT TILL MONDAY NIGHT WHEN PEGGY AND PAUL ARE HERE THAT SOUNDS BETTER HUH?
OVERHEARD AT THE RETURNS COUNTER AFTER CHRISTMAS; “I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT,” “MANY HAPPY RETURNS MEANT!”
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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