HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 21 VOL 5
DECEMBER 21ST 2007
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 43/64 DEGREES
WOW, ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT! THESE LAST TWO WEEK HAVE REALLY DRAGGED ALONG. I HAVE ONE MORE GIFT TO GET BUT HAD TO CHECK WITH MOM ABOUT IT. THEN IT’S WRAPPING TIME IN THE OLD HOME!
I’LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR WE GOT ALL THE PRESENTS WRAPPED AND HID MOST OF THEM UNDER THE HIDE- A- BED COUCH! NONE OF THE KIDS WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT IT! WELL; COME CHRISTMAS MORNING AND AFTER OPENING ALL THE GIFTS THAT WERE UNDER THE TREE WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND QUESTIONED WHERE THE REST OF THE GIFTS WERE? ALL OF A SUDDEN MOM PUT HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND STARTED TO LAUGH! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS LAUGHING ABOUT TILL SHE POINTED TO THE COUCH! I GOT ALL THE KIDS TO GO IN THEIR BEDROOMS AND WE UNPACKED THE GIFTS AND PUT THEM UNDER THE TREE THEN GOT THEM ALL TO COME INTO THE KITCHEN FOR BREAKFAST! AFTER THEY WERE DONE I COCKED MY EAR AND PUT MY HAND BEHIND IT AND SAID I THINK I HEARD SLEIGH BELLS AND SOMEONE SAY “SORRY, AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!”
THEY ALL RAN FOR THE LIVING ROOM AND STOPPED SHORT AT HE DOOR! THERE UNDER THE TREE WERE MANY MORE GIFTS SO I SAT DOWN AND STARTED PASSING THEM OUT! FROM THAT DAY TILL THEY GOT OLDER NOBODY COULD CONVINCE THEM THERE WASN’T A SANTA CLAUS! THAT LITTLE MISTAKE MADE THAT CHRISTMAS THE BEST ONE WE/THEY EVER HAD!
NOW A LITTLE ABOUT ME;
IN 1944 I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND GET TO CANADA AND JOIN THE RCAF (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) THE WAR WAS GOING ON STRONG AND I WANTED TO BE PART OF THE WINNING TEAM! I PACKED A SMALL BAG I FOUND IN THE GARAGE WITH UNDERWARE, SOCKS, CLEAN SHIRT AND 6 HERSHEY BARS MY MOM HAD IN THE CUBOARD, THEY WERE SCARCE BECAUSE OF THE WAR! I HITCHED A RIDE TO SEPULVEDA BLVD AND FROM THERE TO SAN FERNANDO RD WHICH WAS HWY 99; I GOT A RIDE IN A BIG TRUCK TO SAN FRANCISCO THE DRIVER BOUGHT MY FOOD! I SPENT THE NEXT TWO DAY WALKING AROUND THE TRUCK STOP TRYING TO GET A RIDE TO CANADA BUT EVERYTHING THERE WAS HEADED SOUTH! I WAS SETTING IN THE COFFEE SHOP WHERE I HAD WASHED DISHES FOR SOME FOOD WHEN AN MP SAT DOWN AND ASKED ME WHY I WANTED TO GET TO CANADA SO I TOLD HIM! HOW OLD ARE YOU HE ASKED, I ANSWERED 18 ( I WOULDN’T BE 14 FOR 2 MONTH) I WAS BIG FOR MY AGE! HE ASKED ME FOR IDENTIFICATION AND I HANDED HIM MY JR. AIR RAID WARDENS I.D. CARD WHICH WAS ALL THE I.D. I HAD! HE GOT UP AND WENT TO AN OFFICE IN THE BACK OF THE COFFEE SHOP! WHEN HE CAME BACK HE SAT DOWN AND HANDED ME MY I.D. CARD AND SAID HE HAD JUST TALKED TO MY DAD AND HE AND MY MOM WERE COMING UP TO GET ME AND I WAS TO STAY WITH HIM TILL THEY GOT THERE EVEN IF HE HAD TO HANDCUFF ME TO A CHAIR! MY DAD NEVER DID GET MAD AT ME FOR THIS THEN I FOUND OUT HE HAD AN OLD BUM SIGN THE PAPERS FOR HIM TO GET IN THE NAVY WHEN HE WAS 15! ALL HE EVER SAID WAS HE UNDERSTOOD! THE WAR GOT OVER BEFORE I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO JOIN UP BUT I DID MANAGE TO GET IN FOR THE KOREAN WAR!
HERE’S A SIGN THAT WAS SEEN ON A BUILDING;
“PRIVATE PARKING”
UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES WILL BE WORKED OVER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, FLIPPED OVER BY AN ANGRY MOB. SET ON FIRE, AND SPRAY PAINTED WITH RUDE SLOGANS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING USED AS A GET AWAY CAR IN AN INCREDIBLY DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT TESTING THIS SIGN? NOT ME!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
DON’T FORGET, THE COWBOYS PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT INSTEAD OF SUNDAY! THE PACKERS PLAY ON SUNDAY!
HOWARD
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