HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 14 VOL 15
TUESDAY OCTOBER 14TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 66/80 DEGREES
I DIDN’T GO TO TOWN TODAY SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE GAS PRICES ARE!
I’M SORRY FOLKS BUT I’M JUST NOT UP TO DOING THE CHRONICLE FOR A WHILE, AT LEAST TILL I GET THIS TAIL BONE TAKEN CARE OF! I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND!
THAT’S “30” FOR A WHILE
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 13 VOL 15
MONDAY OCTOBER 13TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 66/81 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES ARE STILL ON THE DOWNWARD PLUNGE! THE ONLY REAL CHANGES I NOTICED OCCURING THIS WEEKEND WERE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS DOWN TO $3.31 AND A BARREL OF OIL HAD DROPPED ANOTHER $3.00 TO $69.00!
SORRY FOLKS, I TRIED TO DO THIS CHRONICLE LAST NIGHT BUT THIS TAIL BONE INJURY JUST HURTS TO MUCH FOR ME TO SET AT MY COMPUTER! I’VE TRIED DIFFERENT PILLOWS AND BRACINGS TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE BUT TO NO AVAIL! I WRITE A LITTLE AND THEN HAVE TO GO SET IN MY RECLINER WITH A BIG PIECE OF HI-DENSITY FOAM! THIS PIECE OF FOAM IS WAY TOO BIG TO USE ON MY COMPUTER CHAIR AND IT ONLY HELPS FOR A FEW MINUTES! I’M WAITING FOR A CALL FROM THE DALLAS VA TELLING ME WHEN I’M TO COME DOWN THERE FOR A REVIEW OF THE INJURY AND WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR IT!
MOM WENT IN TO HELP SHANNON AND THEN TAKE HER TO THE DOCTOR! I GUESS EVERYTHING IS OK OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD!
I HAD MOM STOP AT AUTO-ZONE AND PICK UP 2 QTS OF LUCAS THAT I KEEP PUTTING IN THE ENGINE! HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT “STP?” WELL, LUCAS MUST BE LIKE STP! HERE’S HOW THE REPORT READ ABOUT THE GERMAN VEHICLES CAPTURED DURING THE WW II NORTH ARICAN CAMPAIGN; THE ALLYS WOULD CAPTURE A BUNCH OF GERMAN VEHICLES AND FOUND THEM OUT OF GAS OR DIESEL AND NO OIL IN THE CRANK CASE! SOME AMERICAN MOTOR POOL MECHANIC FILLED ONE WITH DIESEL BUT DIDN’T CHECK THE OIL IN ONE OF THEIR TRUCKS THE EQUILIVANT TO OUR 6 BYEs (6 WHEEL DRIVE) AND STARTED IT UP AND GOT IN A CONVOY LINE AND DROVE IT ABOUT 200 MILES TO A RE-PO DEPO AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHERE THE ALLYS WOULD PAINT OUT THE GERMAN SWASTEKA AND ALL THE IDENTIFYING NUMBERS AND PAINT ON THE WHITE STAR AND THE NEW ASSIGNED NUMBERS! THIS WAS HIS TRUCK FROM THEN ON AND ANYTIME IT WAS USED TO HAUL FREIGHT/TROOPS HE WOULD BE THE MECHANIC/DRIVER! AFTER THE 200 MILE RUN HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND PROCEEDED TO GIVE IT THE ARMY’S 21 POINT INSPECTION! WHEN HE GOT TO THE OIL HE DIDN’T FIND ANY AND ASSUMED IT HAD THROWN IT OUT OR BURNED SINCE THE DRAIN PLUG WAS STILL IN PLACE! SO HE FILLED IT UP AND MADE A NOTE ON THE CHECK LIST TO CHECK THE NEXT GERMAN VEHICLE HE FOUND STOPPED BY THE SIDE OF HE RODE
BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL OR BECAUSE OF SMALL ARMS FIRE! HE FOUND A GERMAN SCOUT CAR (VW) AND CHECKED IT AND FOUND NO OIL AND STARTED IT UP AND DROVE IT ALL OVER THE LANDSCAPE AND RACED THE ENGINE TO WHERE IT BUMPED UP AGAINST THE GOVERNOR BUT HE COULDN’T MAKE IT OVERHEAT OR LOCKUP LIKE IT WOULD DO IF IT WAS OUT OF OIL! THIS REALLY GOT HIS CUROSITY UP AND HE FOUND A GERMAN MOTORPOOL MECHANIC IN A POW CAMP WHO WAS WITH ROMMELS AFRICA CORPS AND ASKED HIM WHAT THEY USED IN THE CRANKCASES OF THE ENGINES OF THEIR VEHICLES! THE MAN TOLD HIM IT WAS JUST THE BY-PRODUCTS OF THE REFINING PROCESS AND IF HE WANTED SOME HE KNEW WHERE THERE WAS A WHOLE TRUCK LOAD OF IT! THE MAN TOLD HIM WHERE IT WAS AND THE AMERICAN MOTORPOOL MECHANIC WENT TO HIS N.C.O.I.C. AND THEY WENT TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND CONVINCED HIM AND HE ORDERED A 6 BYE AND THEY HEADED BACK TO GET THE TRUCK LOAD OF THE STUFF WITH THE GERMAN MOTORPOOL MECHANIC! WHEN THEY GOT TO TOBRUK AND FOUND THE STOCK OF ADDATIVE THEY DRAINED THE ENGINE OF THE 6 BYE AND ADDED 3 LITRES OF THE STUFF AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND HEADED BACK TO THE AMERICAN LINES! IT RAN BEAUTIFUL! FROM HERE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WENT ON BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE MOTORPOOL WAS AN AMERICAN LT. COLONEL NAMED GRANATELLI!
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT “LUCAS” IS THE SAME PRODUCT THAT USED TO BE CALLED “STP!”
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 11 VOL 15
SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 64/84 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES; $2.54 WAL MART $2.59 EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS! NATIONAL AVERAGE $3.35! OIL DOWN TO $72.00 A BARREL TODAY!
MOM WENT IN AND HELPED SHANNON WITH HER SHOWER AND WASHING HER HAIR THEN TOOK HER TO GET HER HAIR CUT AND STYLED! I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING BUT STAY OFF MY FEET AND WATCHED CNN! PRESIDENT BUSH WAS BACK ON TV TODAY WITH MORE INPUT ON HOW TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE MESS HE AND CHENEY CREATED! THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO FIX IT SINCE THEY’RE THE ONES ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDRED OTHERS WHO CREATED IT!
TIM CALLED TO TELL US THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE BRADELY TO THE EYE DOCTOR TO HAVE HIS EYES CHECKED AND FOUND OUT HIS VISION WAS 20/60 SO THEY HAD HIM FITTED FOR GLASSES! WE HAD TO HAVE TIM FITTED FOR GLASSES WHEN HE WAS IN THE 6TH GRADE! THAT’S WHEN WE FOUND OUT HE HAD A NYSTAGMUS (SP?) AND HAD TO TAKE HIM DOWN TO DALLAS 2-3 TIMES A WEEK FOR TREATMENT!~ ONE OF THE TREATMENTS THEY HAD US DO AT HOME WAS A FLASLIGHT WITH TWO HI-INTENSITY BULBS THAT FLASHED OUT OF SYNCHRONIZATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO STRENGTHEN THE EYE MUSCLES!
THERE ISN’T MUCH GOING ON DURING THE DAY AROUND HERE EXCEPT FOR WATCHING KONNER PUSH HALLEY JO UP THE HILL BETWEEN US AND KELLY’S ON HER TRIKE! HE GETS HER ALMOST TO THE DRIVEWAY AND STEPS ASIDE AND SHE GOES DOWN BACKWARDS AND HE STANDS THERE LAUGHING! I YELLED AT HIM THE OTHER DAY AND TOLD HIM TO BE CARFULL THAT SHE COULD GET HURT BUT, I SAW THEM DOING IT AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER SO I JUST SHUT UP AND DECIDED TO LET GLENDA TKE CARE OF IT!
I RECEIVED THE SPECIAL SHOES THE VA ORDERED FOR ME ONLY THEY’E A SIZE 14 4 WIDE! I WAS SUPPRISED I COULD GET THEM ON AND THE FIT PRETTY GOOD! I WORE THEM TO THE VA FRIDAY AND DIDN’T HAVE ANY TROUBLE DRIVING OR WALKING! IT’S POSSIBLE WHEN I WAS FITTED FOR THE FIRST PAIR AND USED THE HI-DENSITY DRY FOAM IN A SHOE BOX I STEPPED IN TO GET THE IMPRESSION OF MY FEET THAT IT WASN’T THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE! THIS TIME THEY HAD ME STAND ON THE TILE FLOOR AND USED THREE DEVICES, ONE FOR THE LENGTH, THE OTHER FOR THE WIDTH AND THE THIRD ONE FOR THE HEIGHT OF MY INSTEP! OH YEAH! THEY SENT ME TWO PAIR, ONE BROWN AND THE OTHER BLACK! I FIGURED THEY WOULD WANT ME TO WEAR THEM ON ALTERNATE DAYS SO THAT’S THE PROGRAM I’M SETTING UP! I’ WEAR MY OTHER WHITE SHOES ON SUNDAYS AND/OR OTHER DAYS!
SOMETIMES I SET OVER AT THE VA AND HEAR VETERANS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CARE THEY’RE GETTING! I DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING I GET FROM THE VA! I WAS SETTING THERE ONE DAY AND THIS ASSHOLE WAS BLOWING OFF ABOUT HOW HE COULD GET SO MUCH BETTER DOWN TOWN! I FINALLY ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AN OFFICER OR ENLISTED MAN! I WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY HE SAID! I TOLD HIM HE SOUNDED MORE LIKE A SECOND LOOIE, YOU KNOW, A 90 DAY WONDER! I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS COLMPLAINING ABOUT AND HE SAID NONE OF MY BUSINESS SO I SHUT UP BUT HE NEVER SAID ANOTHER WORD!
IF I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL THE THINGS THE VA HAS DONE FOR ME IT WOULD BE MORE THAN $250,000 AND THEY’VE NEVER REFUSED ANYTHING I’VE ASKED FOR!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 10 VOL 15
FRIDAY OCTOBER 10TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 63/83 DEGREES
WE FILLED UP ON OUR WAY TO THE VA IN BONHAM, TEXAS FOR $2.68 A GALLON! ON THE WAY HOME WE WENT BY THE SAME STATION AND IT HAD DROPED TO $2.64! WE WENT BY THE EXXON AND IT WAS $2.89! THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS $3.35! OIL DROPPED TO $77.33 A BARREL!
THEN THERE’S THE STOCK MARKET! IT ENDED THE DAY AT –128 AND 8451.19! HENRY PAULSON GOT ON THE TV AND SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BUY UP THE BANK STOCK! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY HOPE THIS WILL DO!
I WENT TO THE VA TO HAVE MY TAIL BONE X-RAYED! THE DOCTOR CALLED ME THIS EVENING AND TOLD ME I HAD BROKEN IT AND HE WAS MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DALLAS CLINIC TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE! TO ME IT’S LIKE A BROKN TOE! JUST PUT UP WITH IT AND LET IT HEAL IN ITS OWN TIME WHICH IT WILL DO! I DON’T KNOW BUT I THINK THEY’LL WANT TO OPERATE AND PUT A PIN IN IT AND I GUESS IF IT’S NOT SELECTIVE SURGERY I’LL HAVE TO LET THEM DO IT! THE DOCTOR INCREASED THE PAIN PILLS FROM 1 TO 1 AND ½, 3 OR 4 TIMES A DAY WHICH HELPS!
* "DO YOU HAVE A SLEDGEHAMMER OR A BRICK HANDY?"
* "THAT'S RIGHT, NOT EVEN MCGYVER COULD FIX IT."
* "SO -- WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"
* "DUUUUUUDE! BUMMER!"
* "LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME NEW DILITHIUM CRYSTALS, CAP'N."
* "PRESS 1 FOR SUPPORT. PRESS 2 IF YOU'RE WITH 60 MINUTES. PRESS 3 IF YOU'RE WITH THE FTC."
* "WE CAN FIX THIS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BUTTER KNIFE, A ROLL OF DUCT TAPE, AND A CAR BATTERY."
* "IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WE CALL THAT THE HINDENBURG EFFECT."
* "HOLD ON A SECOND... MOM! TIMMY'S HITTING ME!"
* "OKAY, TURN TO PAGE 523 IN YOUR COPY OF DIANETICS."
* "PLEASE HOLD FOR MR. GATES' ATTORNEY."
AT A RECENT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT COURSE IN THE US, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE GIVEN AN AWKWARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. "IF YOU HAD JUST BOARDED AN AIRLINER AND DISCOVERED THAT YOUR TEAM OF PROGRAMMERS HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLIGHT CONTROL SOFTWARE HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD DISEMBARK IMMEDIATELY?"
AMONG THE ENSUING FOREST OF RAISED HANDS, ONLY ONE MAN SAT MOTIONLESS. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WOULD DO, HE REPLIED THAT HE WOULD BE QUITE CONTENT TO STAY ONBOARD.
WITH HIS TEAM'S SOFTWARE, HE SAID, THE PLANE WAS UNLIKELY TO EVEN TAXI AS FAR AS THE RUNWAY, LET ALONE TAKE OFF.
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 9 VOL 15
THURSDAY (#2) OCTOBER 9TH 2008
I DIDN’T DO OCTOBER 7TH FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON!
WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 57/84 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICE; $2.79 IND REG $2.99 EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS REG. NO-LEAD! NATIONAL AVERAGE REG NO-LEAD $3.50! OIL DROPPED TO $86.31 A BARREL
WHEN IN THE WORLD IS THIS STOCK MARKET FIASCIO GOING TO END! THE DOW CLOSED AT .678.91/ 8579.19! THE LOWEST IN 5 YEARS
ALL MCCAIN AND OBAMA ARE DOING IS SNIPING AT ONE ANOTHER! ABOUT THE TIME OBAMA STARTS TO SAY SOMETHING ON ONE OR ANOTHER ISSUE HE IS INTERRUPTED BY MCCAIN TAKING A SWIPE AT HIM AND HE HAS TO ANSWER THAT! THEN MCCAIN HAS TO COME BACK ABOUT WHAT OBAMA SAID! THIS IS GETTING TO BE THE OLD “HE SAID SHE SAID!“ CRAP!
IF I HAD MY WAY; THEY WOULD NEVER BE ON THE STAGE TOGETHER FOR THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGIMANT! THEY WOULD BE IN SOUND PROOF BOOTH OFF STAGE AFTER MEETING ON THE STAGE AND SHAKING HANDS! THIS OLD CRAP OF WALKING AROUND WHILE YOUR OPPONENT IS ANSWERING A QUESTION WOULDN’T HAPPEN! AND THE MODERATOR SHOULDN’T ALLOW IT!
THE MODERATOR COULD ASK ONE OF THEM A QUESTION AND WHEN HE STARTS TO ANSWER IT HE WOULD TURN HIS MICROPHONE ON UNTIL THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED THEN TURN THE MICROPHONE OFF AND ASK ANOTHER QUESTION AND TURN THE OTHER MICROPHONE ON SO THE QUESTION COULD BE ANSWERED BY THE OTHER PERSON!
OR, ASK A QUESTION AND PUT DUCTAPE ON THE OTHER ONES MOUTH TILL THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED THEN DO A VISA VERSA!
ONE OF THESE METHODS IS THE ONLY WAY ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO ANSWERED!
YOU’RE NOT DEALING WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE WHO KNOW HOW A DEBATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE RUN! YOU’RE DEALING WITH POLITICIANS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE ”ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER!”BUT FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN NEITHER ONE OF THEM CAN EVEN SPELL THE WORDS!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 9 VOL 15
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 60/81 DEGREES
MOM CALLED MY ATTENTION TO A MISTAKE I MADE IN YESTERDAYS CHRONICLE: THE GAS PRICE AT THE INDEPENDENT STATION WAS $2.79 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR;
GAS PRICE TODAY IS $2.79 INDEPENDENT AND $2.99 EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR NO-LEAD! IF I HEARD RIGHT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR GALLON OF REGULAR NO-LEAD IS STILL $3.50! OIL WAS DOWN TO $87.81 A BARREL
MOM HAD TO GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF SHANNON AGAIN TODAY! IT’S GOING TO BE THIS WAY FOR ANOTHER 2-3 WEEKS! AFTER TAKING CARE OF SHANNON SHE WENT SHOPPING FOR SHANNON, KYLIE AND US SINCE SHE HASN’T DONE A BIG SHOPPING FOR US FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND SHE STILL HAS TO GO IN TOMORROW AND DO MORE SHOPPING AFTER TAKING CARE OF SHANNON AGAIN!
I TALKED TO MY BROTHER JERRY YESTERDAY AND EVERTHING IS OK THERE! THEY’RE EXPECTING SOME RAIN OUT OF THE SAME STORM WE GOT IT OUT OF FROM THE WEST! HE’S HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH HIS LEGS LIKE MINE AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE MEDICINE KERRY TOLD MOM ABOUT A WHILE BACK FOR YOUR LEGS WHEN THEY START TO ACHE REAL BAD AT NIGHT; IT’S CALLED “LEG-O-TRIM AND IT REALLY WORKS! IF YOU HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED THE ACHES AND PAINS AFTER YOU GO TO BED THAT MAKES YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND WALK TO MAKE IT STOP “YOU HAVEN’T LIVED”, TO COIN A PHRASE! I ALSO TOLD HIMA BOUT A NEW PROCEEDURE A DOCTOR IN DALLAS HAS COME UP WITH TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING SO TIRED AFTER YOU’VE HAD “CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE!” THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE I HAD MY “CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE!”
THE LEGS AND LOWER BODY ARE WRAPPED IN A SPECIAL MATERIAL AND THEN IT’S HOOKED UP TO A DEVICE THAT MAKES IT ALL PUMP AT THE SME RATE AS THE HEART AND IT FORCES THE BLOOD BACK INTO THE UPPER BODY! THEY HAD A VIDEO ON TV THAT SHOWED THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE LADY THEY DID IT TO REPORTED SHE HASN’T FELT THIS GOOD SINCE BEFORE HER “CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE!”
I SENT THE INFORMATION TO MATTHEW ADAMSON MY PACEMAKER TECH. IN THE CARDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE DALLAS VA AND AM WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FROM HIM!
I KEEP LOOKING FOR ANY WAY I CAN FIND TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR MOM BY FINDING WAYS TO MAKE MINE EASIER AT THE SAME TIME! I STILL DRIVE AS LONG AS IT’S NOT ANY FURTHER THAN DALLAS OR OKLAHOMA CITY! A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS, PHOENIX OR HOMER LOUISIANA WOULD REQUIRE I LET MOM DO SOME OF THE DRIVING WHICH SHE WOULD GLADLY DO I’M SURE! PHOENIX IS WHERE HER COUSIN BEV LIVES AND HOMER LOUISIANA IS WHERE MY NIECE BARBARA LIVES SO WE COULD MAYBE TAKE OFF TO ONE OF THEM AT ANY TIME!
JOKE
THE INTERNIAL REVENUE AGENT IS TALKING TO A HILLBILLIE AND HIS WIIFE ABOUT HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY CLAIMED ON THEIR TAX FORM! THEY SAID THEY HAD 21 CHILDREN AND THE AGENT WANTS TO SEE ALL 21 LINED UP SO HE CAN COUNT THEM! MA GOES OVER TO THE TRIANGLE AND STARTS TO MAKE IT CLANG KIDS COME FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE PROPERTY! WHEN THEY’RE ALL THERE PA TELLS THEM TO LINE UP SO THE AGENT CAN COUNT THEM WHICH THEY DO! THE AGENT COUNTS THEM AND ONLY GETS 20 SO HE DOES IT AGAIN AND STILL ONLY GETS 20! PA ASKS MA WHERE THE YOUN UN IS AND MA SAYS HE WAS DOWN BY THE THREE HOLER THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM SO THEY ALL GO DOWN TO THE THREE HOLER AND LOOK IN THE HOLE AND THERE HE IS SPLASHING AROUND! PA TAKES A RAKE AND PUSHES HIS HEAD UNDER AND THE AGENT JUST ABOUT HAS A CONNIPTION FIT AND SCREAMS AT PA; WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR WE COULD HAVE REACHED DOWN AND PULLED HIM OUT!
PA ANSWERS IT’S A LOT EASIER AND MORE FUN TO MAKE A NEW ONE THAN TO CLEAN UP TH OLD ONE!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 8 VOL 25
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 53/77 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES; $2.76 INDEPENDENT $2.99 EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS! THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS $3.50 AND OIL WAS BELOW $90.00 A BARRELL IF I HEARD RIGHT!
GOT UP THIS MORNING AND FOUND ANOTHER .508 POINTS GONE OFF THE DOW! THAT BRINGS IT DOWN TO 9447 THE LOWEST IN THE PAST 5 YEARS, WHERE IS IT GOING TO STOP?
WE WATCHED THE PRESIDENTAL DEBATE AND IT LOOKS LIKE JOHN MCCAIN IS STILL PLAYING “SANDLOT” BASEBALL AND OBAMA HAS MOVED ON TO THE MAJORS! IF YOU WATCHED NOT ONE TIME WAS PALIN NOR BIDEN’S NAME MENTIONED! ACCORDING TO ALL THE POLES OBAMA WAS THE CLEAR WINNER AND LIKE JOHN KING SAID, “IF THESE NUMBERS HOLD UP TILL THE 20TH THE GAMES OVER!
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE A CHANGE IN THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION IS THE “RACE CARD!” IF THAT CHANGES THE OUTCOME OF THIS RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE THEN THERE WILL BE UNREST LIKE THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER SEEN IN ITS 232 YEAR HISTORY AND IT WON’T BE BLOODLESS!
JOKE
THE CHEERLEADERS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ALL OF THEM BORN AND BREAD IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS GOT ON A 737 JETLINER AND HEADED FOR THE BIG GAME IN OHIO BETWEEN U.T. AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OHIO! OVER KANSAS THEY INCOUNTERED A BAD THUNDER STORM AND WHEN THEY LANDED THE DOOR OPENED AND TWENTY SIX 2’ MIDGETS CAME DOWN THE RAMP! “WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?” ASKED THE HEAD CHEERLEADER WHO HAD COME BY CAR TWO DAYS EARLIER!
THE PILOT AND THE HEAD FLIGHT ATTENDENT COULDN’T FIGURE OUT WHAT HPPENED EITHER! THEN A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OHIO’S WELCOMING COMMITTEE SAID HE’S HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING ONCE BEFORE AND ASKED THE PILOT IF THEY HIT ANY BAD WEATHER AND THE PILOT TOLD HIM THEY HIT A BAD THUNDER STORM OVER KANSAS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBER SAID WHEN THEY HIT THAT STORM THIS IS ALL THAT WAS LEFT AFTER IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF THEM!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 6 VOL 115
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 68/86 DEGREES
EVERYTHING WAS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL THEN I GOT UP AND THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF THE STOCK MARKET! AS I WATCHED IT FELL .800 POINTS THEN STARTED BACK UP AND LEVELED OFF AT .370! IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS! PRESIDENT BUSH GOT ON TV AND HAD THE GUTS TO SAY; “THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME!” HELL; GEORGIE WE DIDN’T EXPECT IT TO TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT BUT, MAYBE YOU DID, HUH?
WE LISTENED TO ALL THE B.S. BY THE ANALYSIST AND TO PALIN MIS-QUOTE HERSELF WHILE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED BEFORE THE DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT! SHE’S A REAL RABBLE ROUSIER! OF COURSE SHE’S ONLY BEEN PLAYING WITH THE BIG BOYS FOR 5 WEEKS NOW SO WE CAN’T EXPECT HER TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LIE AND A SO CALLED FACT! SO FAR ALL SHE’S DOING IS SPREADING WHAT SHE THINKS ARE SO CALLED FACTS BUT ARE ACTUALLY LIES! MAYBE IN ALASKA THEY WOULD BE CALLED FACTS BUT DOWN HERE IN THE BIG LEAGUES THEY’RE PLAIN OLD LIES!
MOM HAD TO GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF SHANNON’S LEG THIS MORNING, SHE SAID IT’S STILL HURTING AND I THINK SHANNON HAS TO GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR WEDNESDAY! KYLIE WAS THERE AND I GUESS SHE TOOK CARE OF KONNER SINCE MOM BROUGHT HIM HOME MONDAY MORNING!
COLLEEN CALLED AND LET US KNOW THEY GOT TO VEGAS SUNDAY AND WERE GOING TO BE LOOKING AROUND FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SO THEY CAN GO TO MASS!
TIM CALLED AND SAID HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A SPREAD SHEET OF SORTS FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON FOR THE CHRISTMAS DRAWINGS! HE’LL BE CONTACTING EVERYONE I’M SURE!
MY TAIL BONE IS DOING BETTER, I CAN MOVE PRETTY GOOD NOW, NOT TOO MUCH PAIN!
ON THE WAY TO TIMS FRIDAY WE WENT TO THE DALLAS VA AND GOT FITTED FOR THE SPECIAL DIABETIC SHOES! IT’LL BE 3-4 WEEKS BEFORE I GET THEM AND THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO COME WITH THE SPECIAL INNERSOLES FOR MY HIGH ARCHES!
I WAS WATCHING OUR CHANNEL 11 NEWS TONIGHT AND THEY HAD A LADY ON THERE WHO HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND HAS A PACEMAKER AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE WITH MY LEGS GIVING OUT AND THE SPASMS WITH MY LEFT LEG AND ARM! IT’S SOME KIND OF WRAP THEY PUT AROUND THE WHOLE LEG AND PLUG IT UP TO A DEVICE THAT MAKES THE LEG PUMP AT THE SAME RATE THE HEART DOES! IT PUMPS THE BLOOD BACK INTO THE HEART FROM THE LEGS! SHE SAID SHE DOESN’T HAVE ANYMORE LEG PROBLEMS LIKE THEM GIVING OUT AND HURTING! MOM IS GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND I’LL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE VA AND SEE IF THEY HAVE IT YET AND IF THEY DON’T I’LL ASK THEM WHY THEY DON’T! IF I CAN GET THE USE OF MY LEGS BACK I’LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ANOTHER 20 YEARS AND I’LL LET THEM KNOW THAT! I’M GOING TO LET MY BROTHER JERRY KNOW ABOUT THIS ALSO SINCE HE’S HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS LEGS!
THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 3, 4 & 5 VOL 15
FRIDAY 3RD SATURDAY 4TH AND SUNDAY THE 5TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, WARM & WARM, 67-90 DEGREES
WENT TO TIMS FRIDAY AND CAME HOME SATURDAY NIGHT! TIM AND MOM WENT TO THE “FLYLADIES FLY FEST!” AND SAID THEY REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME PICKING UP ALL KINDS OF POINTERS ON TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY! I STAYED AT TIMS WITH ELYSE AND THE KIDS!
MOM AND TIM GOT TO TIMS ABOUT 6PM AND WE GOT READY TO HEAD FOR HOME IN OKLAHOMA! WE GOT HERE ABOUT 7:30! I SURE DO LIKE GETTING HOME AND IN FAMILURE SURROUNDINGS!
I PICKED UP A FEELING OF SOMETHING LOSE IN THE FRONT END OF THE ACCLAIM AND HAD KELLY CHECK IT OUT BUT HE COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING SO! I DON’T KNOW IF HE CHECKED FOR A SLIPPED BELT IN A FRONT TIRE OR NOT SO I’LL ASK HIM WHEN I SEE HIM BUT, EVIDENTLY IT’S NOT ANYTHING OBVIOUS LIKE A LOSE STRUT OR TIE ROD!
UNTIL KERRY CAN GET UP HERE AND HELP ME WITH THE INTREPID WE’LL HAVE TO KEEP THE ACCLAIM RUNNING! I HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE’S OVER 300,000 MILES ON THE BASIC RUNNING GEAR, AND BODY PARTS I.E. FRONT AND REAR BODY MOUNTS AND SUSPENSION PARTS!
WELL THAT’S ABOUT ALL THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LONG WEEKEND! IF I REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE I’LL BE SURE TO ADD IT TO MONDAYS CHRONICLE!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 3 VOL 15
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3RD 2008
WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 64/83 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES; $3.01 INDEPENDENT & $3.16 FOR REGULAR AT EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS!
SORRY! NO CHRONICLE FOR TODAY, I’LL BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND! WILL CATCH UP ON MONDAYS!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 2 VOL 15
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2ND 2008
WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 54/78 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES; $3.01 INDEPENDENT & $3.24 REGULAR EXXON AND OTHER MAJOR!
WENT TO BONHAM VA THIS MORNING AND HAD MY 6 MONTH CHECK UP! BLOOD SUGAR A LITTLE HIGH AND ALSO IS THE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT! THE DOCTOR SAID IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE FALL AND THE TAIL BONE DAMAGE! HE GAVE ME SOME PAIN PILLS AND I’VE TAKEN 2 ALREADY AND THE PAIN IS ALMOST GONE!
TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO TIMS AND ON THE WAY WE HAVE TO STOP AT THE DALLAS VA AND GET MEASURED FOR SPECIAL DIABETIC SHOES! I HAVE A PAIR THEY GAVE ME ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT I STOPPED WEARING BECAUSE THEY’RE TO BIG! THEY ARE 16s AND I WEAR A 15X 4E! I KEPT TRIPPING ON EVERY LITTLE THING! I FINALLY CHECKED THE SIZE AND FOUND OUT WHY! THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM BACK AND GOT REFITTED BUT I JUST PUT THEM UP IN THE CLOSET AND FORGOT ABOUT IT! NOW I’LL TAKE THEM BACK AND TURN THEM IN FOR THE NEW ONES!
I CALLED THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BLOOD SUGAR TESTING MACHINE AND THEY HAD US CHECK IT WHILE WE WERE ON THE PHONE! IT CHECKED WITHIN THE TOLERANCES BUT THEY SENT ME AN UP DATED NEW ONE! I ASKED OVER AT THE VA WHAT TO DO WITH THE OLD ONE AND THEY SAID TO TURN IT IN BUT THE PLACE WAS WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING SO I’LL TAKE IT NEXT TIME I’M THERE!
WE HAD TO STOP AT SHANNONS ON THE WAY TO THE VA SO MOM COULD HELP HER WITH THE ICE AND REBANDAGING HER LEG! I HAVE NO IDEA WHO’S GOING TO DO THIS FOR HER WHILE WE’RE AT TIMS!
I GOT THE REPORT FROM PEGGY ON THE NHRA DIVISON FINALS AT FALLON, NEVADA! RATHER THAN TRY TO PASS THE INFORMATION ON I’M ADDING IT TO THIS CHRONILE:
OK, SO WE SUCK! PAUL WENT OUT 1ST ROUND IN THE RACE OF CHAMPIONS AND 2ND ROUND IN POINTS ELIMINATIONS AND I WENT OUT IN THE 1ST ROUND OF MY CLASS. MY CAR JUST WILL NOT PERFORM. IT RAN 13.634 AT 9:38 AM AND 13.546 AT 5:00 PM ON SATURDAY. I SAW SOMETHING STRANGE ON THE .63 RUN...MY SHIFT LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE 6000RPM FOR MY 1ST SHIFT AND 7000RPM FOR THE 2ND SHIFT. I TOLD PAUL, JOHN, BILL, JIM EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE. BILL HAS AN MSD RPM TESTER SO THEY HOOKED UP EVERYTHING AND TESTED IT. IT ALL CHECKED OUT GOOD...SHIFT LIGHT COMES ON AT 7000RPM RIGHT WHERE IT'S SET TO COME ON. THEN I RAN THE .54 RUN AND WATCHED MY TACH...IT DID IT AGAIN CAME ON AT 5800RPM & 7000RPM. I AM NOT CRAZY! I WATCHED IT. 1ST ROUND WAS BETWEEN 9 & 10AM SUNDAY CHECKED THE DA, TEMP, BP ETC.DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING FOR 1ST ROUND ELIMINATIONS SO I DIALED IN BETWEEN... 13.58. DO YOU KNOW THAT DARN THING PULLED 7000RPM FOR BOTH SHIFTS AND RAN SLOWER!!! 13.717 GEEEZZZZZZZZ...I'M DONE...THE BIG BLOCK (390) IS GOING IN!
ON A LIGHTER NOTE, BERNIE (OLD OWNER OF LACR) IS NOW TRACK MANAGER OF SPEEDWORLD IN PHOENIX. HE IS REVIVING THE "HANGOVER NATIONALS" AT SPEEDWORLD LIKE HE USED TO HAVE AT LACR. WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING AN LACR REUNION. BERNIE SAID THAT SINCE I HAD TOLD EVERYBODY ALREADY THAT HE GUESSED HE HAD BETTER SCHEDULE IT. (HE HE HE) WHOOOO-HOOO, WE ARE GOING TO PHOENIX FOR NEW YEARS!!
I SENT HER SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING AND HERE IS HER ANSWER TO MY SUGGESTIONS;
ACTUALLY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE THINKING. THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVEN'T REPLACED. WHEN WE BUILT THE CAR WE LEFT THE ORIGINAL WIRING IN AND TOOK OUT WHAT WE DIDN'T NEED. EVERYTHING IS "SIMPLIFIED" TO DISCONNECT EASILY. PAUL WANTS TO GET A "PAINLESS" WIRING HARNESS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR MY CAR. WE WILL PROBABLY DO WHAT YOU SAID AND BUILD IT OURSELVES. IF THE 390 GOES IN WE WILL DEFINATELY DO NEW WIRING. I WOULD HATE TO DO ALL THAT WORK AND HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN. I WOULD BE IN THE SAME CLASS WITH THE 390. "PRO" INDEX IS 7.50 TO 13.99 AND I WOULD PROBABLY RUN SOMEWHERE AROUND 11.50'S. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO FASTER THAN 11.50 BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO HAVE A FULL CAGE, 5 POINT SAFETY HARNESS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF. I WANT TO STILL BE "MILD" AND LOW MAINTENANCE.
SO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLD MAN STILL KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK NO MATTER HOW COMPLICATED THE SITUATION GETS! HA! HA!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 1 VOL 15
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1ST 2008
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 56/84 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES; $3.01 AT KROGER AND STILL $3.21 AT INDEPENDENTS AND $3.29 AT EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS!
JUMP FOR JOY EVERONE, I FINALLY GOT MY AMPLIFIED PHONE FROM THE VA TODAY! TOMORROW I’LL GO TO THE VA IN BONHAM AND HAVE MY 6 MONTH CHECK UP THEN GO TO THE AUDIO CLINIC AND THANK THEM FOR GETTING THE PHONE TO ME EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY TOOK 7 WEEKS!
MOM HAD TO GO IN AND HELP SHANNON TODAY! SHE SAID HER LEG WAS BLACK AND BLUE WHERE SHE HIT IT WHEN SHE FELL IN THE TUB! SHE’LL BE MORE CAREFUL IN THE FUTURE I’LL BET!
COLLEEN AND MOM WENT TO LUNCH TODAY ON COLLEENS LUNCH BREAK! IT TURNS OUT SHE AND DICK ARE GOING TO VEGAS TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY BUT I’LL BET SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON THAT HE WANTS TO BE A SURPRISE! WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE!
WELL, THEY PASSED THAT “BAILOUT” LEGISLATION! NOW WE’LL SEE HOW LONG IT’LL BE BEFORE IT TAKES HOLD AND STARTS TO BRING THE ECONOMY BACK TO ANYWHERE NEAR NORMAL! AND HOW QUICK THEY’LL JUMP IN AND HELP THE HOMEOWNER ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOMES? THE OLD WALL STREET GANG IS GONE AND A NEW ONE IS BEING FORMERED! THE DOW MADE A GOOD SHOWING TO DAY AND SHOULD REALLY START CLIMBING OUT OF THE HOLE SOON! I HEARD ON CNN THAT THEY DON’T THINK 1/3RD OF THE CAR DEALERS WILL BE IN BUSINESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR! I’D BET OVER HALF OF THEM WILL GO OUT UNLESS THE MANUFACTURERS JUMP IN AND HELP THEM BUT, BUSH JUST SIGNED A BILL GIVING THE BIG 3 $25 MILLION EACH TO RETOOL AND START BUILDING THE FULL ELECTRICS AND HYBRIDS! NOTHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE BIG 3 BAILING OUT THEIR DEALERS WITH PART OF THE $25 MILLION! HERE AGAIN; WE’LL SEE! STRANGE BEDFELLOWS THESE POLITICIANS!
MY TAIL BONE IS 70% BETTER THAN IT WAS ON MONDAY! I STILL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW FAST I SET DOWN AND MOVE BUT IT’S GETTING BETTER SO I DON’T THINK I’LL MENTION IT WHEN I SEE MY DOCTOR!
WE’RE GOING DOWN TO TIMS AGAIN SATURDAY SO HE CAN TAKE MOM TO ONE OF HER DOINGS THAT’S BEING HELD IN DALLAS! I THINK IT THE “FLYLADY GROUP” SHE FOLLOWS RELIGIOUSLY!
JOKE
LITTLE KIDS IN SCHOOL! TEACHER TELLS THEM TO GO UP TO THE BLACK BOARD AND PUT A SIGN OF COMMOTION ON IT; LITTLE JOHNNY GOES UP AND LOOKS AROUND AND SEES IT’S RAINING AND HE PUTS A LIGHTENING BOLT ON THE BOARD! VERY GOOD SAYS THE TEACHER. LITTLE SUSIE GOES UP AND DRAWS THE OCEAN WAVES, THAT’S VERY GOOD SAYS THE TEACHER! LITTLE HERBIE GOES UP AND PUTS A DOT ON THE BOARD AND THE TEACHER SAY, THAT ISN’T A SIGN OF COMMOTION! LITTLE HERBIE ANSWERS, OH YES IT IS, THAT’S A PERIOD, MY OLDER SISTER MISSED THREE OF THEM AND IT’S RAISING A HELL OF A COMMOTION AROUND MY HOUSE!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 30 VOL 14
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 53/79 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES $3.21 INDEPENDENT TO $3.29 EXXON AND OTHER MAJORS FOR REGULAR
NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON TODAY! MY TAIL BONE IS GETTING BETTER, I’M MOVING AROUND A LOT MORE AND EASIER! I NEVER KNEW SO MUCH COULD BE AFFECTED BY A BRUISED TAIL BONE! IT SEEM LIKE NO MATTER WHICH WAY OR HOW CAREFULLY I TRIED TO MOVE THERE WAS REAL BAD PAIN AT THE TAIL BONE!
MOM IS REALLY BEING KEPT BUSY WITH SHANNON! THE OTHER DAY SHANNON STEPPED IN HER BATH TUB AND THERE WAS SOME WATER ON THE BOTTOM, SHE SLIPPED AND HIT ON THE LEG WITH THE CAST STRETCHING THE TENDON THAT THEY PUT BACK IN PLACE! MOM HAD TO TAKE HER BACK TO THE DOCTOR TODAY AND HE PUT HER ON A PROGRAM OF LAYING HER LEG ON ICE FOR 30 MINUTES ONCE AN HOUR SO MOM SET HER UP WITH AN ICE CHEST FULL OF ICE AND I GUESS A PIECE OF PLASTIC TO PUT THE ICE IN ON THE BED SO SHE CAN SOAK IT! THIS HAS DELAYED HER GETTING BACK ON HER FOOT FOR ANOTHER 1-2 WEEKS! KYLIE THINKS NOTHING OF ASKING MOM TO HAUL HER ALL OVER TOWN BUT HAS BEEN TOLD TO RIDE THE “TAPS” (TEXOMA AREA PATIENT SERVICE) BUS OR FIND SOMEONE LOCAL TO TAKE HER!
I TALKED TO BILL MASON LAST NIGHT, HE’S DOING FINE AND IS GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER TRIP IN THE NEW MOTOR HOME! HE MET A NICE LADY AT LAUGHLIN LAST MONTH AND IS GOING TO ALBUQUERQUE TO SPEND A FEW DAYS AND THEN TAKE HER TO MEET HIS BROTH-IN-LAW IN SANTA FE AND THEN TO LAUGHLIN FOR A FEW DAYS! SHE LIVES BY HER SELF BUT HE’S TAKING THE MOTOR HOME INSTEAD OF STAYING IN HER HOUSE! IF IT WORKS OUT THEY’LL SET UP A TRIP TO SEE IF THEY CAN TRAVEL TOGETHER, HE SAID HE MAY COME HERE AGAIN! IF IT DOESN’T WORK OUT IT’S BETTER TO FIND OUT NOW THAN LATER! HE HAD TO GO AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE RETIREMENT ACCOUNT HE HAS FROM WORKING AT THE STUDIOS AND L.A. COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM! LEONA HAD FORGED HER NAME TO IT AND HAD MADE A CLAM ON IT BUT THEY CALLED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO BRING A PROOF OF DIVORCE, SHE CLAIMED THEY WERE STILL MARRIED BUT HE HAD ALREADY CALLED AND GAVE THEM THE DATE THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL! NOW THEY WANT TO MAKE A COPY OF THE FINAL DECREE AND PUT IT IN HIS FILE! HE DID THAT THIS PAST MONDAY! BOY THAT GAL WON’T STOP, HER MOTHER DIED A WHILE BACK AND SHE’S TRYING TO CHEAT HER SISTER OUT OF THE PROPERTY HER FOLKS HAD IN IOWA! IT’S IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF A CITY I DON’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT! BUT IT’S GOT TO BE VALUABLE!
I STILL HAVEN’T GOT MY AMPLIFIED PHONE FROM THE VA THEY SAY IT’S BEEN ORDERED! I’M GOING TO BE OVER THERE ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER AND WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO FIND OUT IF IT’S BEING SHIPPED “ON A SLOW BOAT FROM CHINA” OR WHAT? I’M GOING TO ASK IF I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND BUY ONE MYSELF AND SEND THE BILL TO THE VA? THAT MIGHT SHAKE THINGS UP AND GET SOME ACTION STARTED!
TIM AND ELYSE ARE PUTTING THEIR HOUSE ON THE MARKET AND GOING BACK TO APARTMENT LIVING, IT’S JUST TOO MUCH WORK TO KEEP IT UP WITH THE TIME TIMS HAVING TO PUT IN AT THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND ELYSE WITH HER NEW JOB THE APARTMENT IS A MUCH BETTER WAY! THEY’RE LOOKING FOR ONE IN THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY’RE IN NOW SO THE MOVE DOESN’T UPSET THE KIDS TOO MUCH! OWNING A HOME IS A NICE THING BUT THE UP KEEP WOULD BE OK IF BOTH WORKED 8 HRS. A DAY 5 DAYS, OR JUST TIM WORKED AND ELYSE STAYED HOME WITH THE KIDS AND TOOK CARE OF THE HOUSE BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT’S NOT THE WAY IT IS ANYMORE! IT TAKES TWO GOOD PAY CHECKS TO JUST SURVIVE WITH A FEW NICE THINGS AND MAYBE A VACATION EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO!
JOKE
KIDS IN SCHOOL FIRST DAY! TEACHER SAYS SHE WANTS THEM TO STAND ONE AT A TIME AND GIVE THEIR NAME AND TELL WHAT THEIR FATHER DOES FOR A LIVING! FIRST LITTLE GIRL STANDS AND SAYS HER NAME IS SALLY AND HER FATHER IS A POLICEMAN! VERY GOOD; NEXT LITTLE BOY STANDS AND SAYS HIS NAME IS TOMMY AND HIS FATHER’S A MAILMAN! VERY GOOD SAYS THE TEACHER; NEXT LITTLE GIRL STANDS AND SAYS HER NAME IS JUDY AND HER FATHER IS A TRUCK DRIVER! VERY GOOD SAYS THE TEACHER; THE NEXT LITTLE BOY STANDS AND SAYS HIS NAME IS SNOT NOSE BUT BEFORE HE CAN TELL WHAT HIS FATHER DOES THE TEACHER SAYS, NO WHAT’S YOUR REAL FIRST NAME SON, SNOT NOSE HE ANSWERS! THE TEACHER TAKES HIM BY THE ARM AND TELLS HIM TO GO DOWN TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE AND BRING BACK A NOTE WITH HIS REAL FIRST NAME ON IT! AS HE PASSES THE KID IN THE FRONT SEAT BY THE DOOR HE GRABS HIM AND SAYS COME ON SHIT HEAD SHE AIN’T NEVER GONNA TO BELIEVE YOU.
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 29 VOL 14
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 58/86 DEGREES
LOCAL GAS PRICES .37- .40 CENTS BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $3.66 PER GAL. OF REGULAR UNLEADED!
I’M STILL PUTTING UP WITH THE PAIN ON MY TAIL BONE! WE TRIED HOT/COLD COMPRESSES BUT IT DIDN’T HELP! MOM HAD TO GO IN TO TOWN AND PICK UP SOME PRESCRIPTIONS FOR KYLIE THEN TO HELP SHANNON GET A SHOWER BEFORE HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! SHE JUST GOT HOME EXHAUSTED, ITS 6:20PM SHE LEFT AT ABOUT 10:30 AM!
I’M WONDERING WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE “BAILOUT” THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED DOWN 2-1! PRESIDENT BUSH CAN’T SEEM TO GET HIS PARTY IN LINE FROM THE LOOKS OF IT! THE CONGRESS AND SENATE SHUT DOWN FOR “PASSOVER” AT SUN DOWN TODAY AND WILL RECONVIEN ON THURSDAY!
YOU TALK ABOUT “FINGER POINTING”, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE BLAME! THE DOW FELL 500 POINTS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE VOTE TALLY WAS GIVEN AND CLOSED AT --777.68 POINTS, THE LOWEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE STOCK MARKET! THE PREVIOUS LOW WAS ON THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THE MARKET REOPENED AFTER 9/11! AT THAT TIME IT FELL TO –724 BUT RECOVERED FAIRLY FAST!
IF THEY DON’T PASS SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE “MIDDLE CLASS” SOON IT COULD GET REAL STICKY! FOR NOW IT WON’T HURT THE AFFLUANT (WEALTHY) BUT IT WON’T TAKE LONG TO START EATING AWAY AT THEIR RESERVES! FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW DAY THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES TO SOLVE THIS VERY BAD PROBLEM! FOREIGN BANKS ARE FAILING AND THE STOCK MARKETS OF CHINA, JAPAN, FRANCE AND ENGLAND ARE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING! RIGHT NOW THIS ECONOMY IS DRAGGING ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORD DOWN WITH IT! THE UNITED STATES HAS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD BAR NONE BUT WITH THIS POTENTIAL CRASH IT‘S DOING HARM TO ALL THOSE PATTERNED AFTER IT AND DEPENDENT ON IT!
I GUESS ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY THAT THE ALMIGHTY WILL BE A GUIDING FORCE IN THE DECISION MAKING EFFORTS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS! MOST OF THEM BELIEVE IN SOME KIND OF SUPREME BEING AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK FOR ITS HELP!
I’M NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH WAITING FOR THEM TO CLEAR UP THIS MESS! AFTER ALL THOSE IN THE KNOW SAY IT’S BEEN COMING FOR THE LAST 10-12 YEARS BUT GWB HELPED IT ALONG QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST 7 ½ YEARS! ENOUGH SAID!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 28 VOL 14
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 57/87 DEGREES
I DIDN’T MAKE IT TO CHURCH WITH MOM THIS MORNING, I DON’T THINK I COULD HAVE SAT ON THE PEW AND THEN GETTING UP AND DOWN, I HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IT IS SO I WATCHED IT THE MASS ON TV!
MOM HAD TO GO AND HELP SHANNON ON THE WAY HOME SO SHE DIDN’T GET HOME TILL ABOUT 11:00! I WATCHED CNN AFTER MASS AND WAS HOPPING THE POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO SHOW THE TAXPAYERS BY 12:00 NOON LIKE SPEAKER POLISI SAID THEY WOULD BUT IT CAME LATER! I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO READ IT TOMORROW IF THEY PUT IT ON THE INTERNET LIKE SHE SAID THEY WOULD!
I DIDN’T GET TO WATCH BRETT FAVRE DO HIS MAGIC BUT I HEARD HE THREW 6 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE GAME AND BEAT THE ARIZONA CARDINALS 56/35!
MY DALLAS COWBOYS GOT BEAT 26/24 BY THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! TONY ROMO HIT T.O. FOR TWO SCORES AND MILES AUSTIN FOR 1 THEN THE KICKER FOLK HIT A FIELD GOAL AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE BOYS! THERE WERE TWO MISSED FACE MASK CALLS BY THE OFFICIALS THAT COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE US! I’M GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE NFL OFFICIATING HEADQUARTERS AND FIND OUT WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST AN OFFICIAL WHO IS LOOKING RIGHT AT AN INFRACTION AND FAILS TO CALL IT LIKE THE FACE MASK COMMITTED AGAINST PACKMAN JONES! IF YOU REMEMBER TOM LANDRY REFUSED TO FIELD THE TEAM IF A CERTAIN OFFICIAL WAS SCHEDULED TO OFFICIATE ANY OF THE COWBOYS GAMES! THAT OFFICIAL WAS FINALLY FIRED AFTER TWO OTHER TEAMS COACHES DID THE SAME THING SO, THERE ARE WAYS TO COMBAT MISS CALLS! NEXT WEEK THEY HAVE THE CINCINATTI BENGALS! I HOPE THE COWBOYS PICK UP AND START ANOTHER WINNING STREAK!
COLLEEN AND DICK STOPPED BY AND WE SAT ON THE DECK AND VISITED TILL ALMOST DARK! THEY’RE LEAVING NEXT FRIDAY AS SOON AS COLLEEN GETS OFF WORK. DICK WANTS TO MAKE IT TO CLOVIS N.M. BEFORE HE SHUTS DOWN FOR THE NIGHT! I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO RETURN BUT I GUESS WE’LL KNOW WHEN THEY CALL OR COME BY!
I HOPE TO GET THE RESULTS OF PEGGY AND PAULS RACING TOMORROW! I’LL PASS THEM ON WHEN I DO!
STILL NOTHING FROM MIKE AND CINDY SO WE HAVE TO ASSUME EVERYTHING IS OK!
KERRY AND DEBI DOING OK, HE’S STILL WORKING FROM HOME!
KELLY WORKED THIS WEEKEND BUT WILL BE OFF NEXT WEEKEND SO HE’LL START CHANGING THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK!
SHANNON IS DOWN TO A SOFT CAST BUT STILL CAN’T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON HER FOOT! SHE HAS TO SOAK IT ONCE A DAY IN ICE WATER THEN HOT WATER! MOM GOES AND HELPS HER BECAUSE THERE’S A SPOT SHE HAS TO PUT ANTIBOTIC ON WHERE THEY CUT OUT A SPUR!
TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS ARE DOING FINE, BOTH KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND I THINK ELYSE GOT THE JOB SHE’S BEEN TRYING FOR WITH TRAILBLAZERS! SHE HAD WORKED FOR THE COMPANY BEFORE BUT THIS JOB IS IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT!
I’LL BE GLAD WHEN THE PAIN FROM THE FALL ON MY TAIL BONE GOES AWAY, I’M NOT HAVING TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING, IT’S GETTING UP AND SETTING DOWN THAT BOTHERS ME! OH WELL, TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, THEY SAY!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 27 VOL 14
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/86 DEGREES
MOM HAD TO GO IN AND HELP SHANNON DO A NEW PROCEEDURE THE DOCTOR GAVE HER! HER FOOT 5 MIN IN ICE WATER THEN 5 MIN IN HOT WATER ONCE A DAY FOR 5 TIMES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO DO SOME SHOPPING TO GET A BOLT TO FIX MY WALKER! NOW IT’S BACK UP TO WHERE IT SUPPOSED TO BE!
I’M SETTING ON THE SEAT I GOT FROM MY CHIROPRACTOR, IT HELPS QUIT A BIT BUT MY TALI BONE IS PRETTY SORE AS WELL AS THE UNDERSIDE OF MY LEFT LEG WHERE I MUST HAVE HIT IT ON A PIECE OF THE CHAIR FRAME! I’LL WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO DECIDE IF I NEED TO GO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE ER OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL CAN TAKE CARE OF IT AND BILL THE VA OR THE VA IN BONHAM WILL SEND ME TO ONE OF THE NEW SATELITE CLINICS THEY’VE SET UP IN SHERMAN TX.! I DON’T THINK IT’LL BE NECESSARY BUT, IF IT STILL BOTHERS ME ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER WHEN I HAVE MY NEXT VA APPOINTMENT I’LL ASK THEM TO LOOK AT IT! WE DON’T HAVE A BATHTUB, ONLY A SHOWER OR I’D SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS, THAT ALWAYS HELPS THINGS LIKE THIS!
WE WATCHED A REAL GOOD MOVIE TONIGHT; “CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS” WITH FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW, SPENCER TRACEY, LIONAL BARRYMORE, MELVIN DOUGLAS AND OTHERS THAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE YOUNG! ONE THING ABOUT THESE OLD MOVIES THEY DIDN’T USE AS MANY STANDINS AS THEY DO NOW! FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW DID HIS OWN ACTING AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WILD SEA SCENES WHICH TAKE PLACE! WE STARTED WATCHING IT QUITE A WHILE BACK BUT THE POWER WENT OFF AND MOM SET IT UP TO RECORD THE NEXT TIME IT SHOWED!
AFTER MOM WENT TO BED I WATCHED A MILITARY DOCUMENTRY ABOUT THE FIRE ON THE USS ENTERPRIASE OFF OF VIETNAM IN 1959! IT ALMOST SANK THE SHIP BUT THE MEN FOUGHT THE FIRES AND SAVED IT! WHAT A MESS BUT IT MADE IT TO PEARL HARBOR AND WAS BACK ON THE LINE IN 51 DAYS! IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTRY AND SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO IT THERE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY WAY POSSIBLE IT COULD BE RETURNED TO VIETNAM TO FIGHT IN 51 DAYS! THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN WWII THAT DID ALMOST THE SAME THING, THE USS HORNET! THE JAPANESE THOUGHT THEY HAD SUNK IT IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA BUT IT WAS REPAIRED AND PUT TO SEA IN 2 ½ WEEKS TO FIGHT AND DIE IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, IT HAD TO BE SUNK BY OUR OWN DESTROYERS USING TORPEDOES SO IT WOULDN’T BE A HAZARD TO OTHER SHIPS! THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR MEN AND THE SHIPS THEY SAIL ON! I CAN HEAR MY DAD ARGUING THE POINT WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN, “I WAS IN THE NAVY WHEN WE HAD IRON MEN AND WOODEN SHIPS” HE WOULD SAY AND I WAS INCLINED TO BELIEVE HIM EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 12-13 AT THE TIME, AND MY BROTHER AND COUSIN HAD JUST ENLISTED IN THE NAVY, JERRY TO AVIATION ORDANANCE SCHOOL AND CHARLEY TO CORPMAN SCHOOL!
IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY HAS BLOWN THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK, HE SAID THE OIL JUST POURS OUT OF THE REAR MAIN SEAL AREA! HE IS GETTING AN ENGINE OUT OF A 1991 CHEVY PICK UP NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH AN ENGINE HOIST! HE’S GOT OTHER THINGS HE’S BEEN PUTTING OFF BUT NOW WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE! SHANNON HAD HIM BRING HER CAR OUT HERE UNTIL SHE CAN DRIVE AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE SAW IT SETTING AT HER APPARTMENT AND WANTED TO BORROW IT! SHE HASN’T LEARNED HOW TO SAY “NO” YET BUT SHE WILL I’M SURE! SO KELLY IS DRIVING HER CAR, WITH HER PERMISSION AFTER ALL WHEN SHE NEED SOMETHING DONE THAT HE CAN DO SHE CALLS ON HIM! TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, RIGHT?
MOM SAYS KONNER IS REALLY STARTING TO TALK IN SENTENCES, I STILL HAVEN’T HEARD HIM TALK BUT I HOPE TO SOON! WHEN HE COMES IN HE COMES OVER AND TOUCHES ME ON THE ARM AND THEN GOES OFF TO PLAY! HE’S FACINATED BY MY MODEL OF THE PBY HANGING ABOVE THE TV AND WILL STAND AND LOOK AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL TAKE IT DOWN AND REALLY LET HIM SEE IT BUT HE HAS TO LEARN HE CAN’T TOUCH IT. HE’S SO ROUGH HE’D HAVE IT ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN NOTHING FLAT!
BECAUSE I WON’T BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON MY BACK ON ACCOUNT OF THE TAIL BONE INJURY I TOOK THE “COMFORT PILLOW” OFF THE BED! SINCE I’VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH IT MOM HASN’T HAD TO POKE MY TO ROLL OVER SO I’M SURE IT WORKS FOR SLEEP APENEA!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 26 CONTD’ VOL 14
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, I GOT UP ABOUT 7:10 AM TOOK SOME MEDICINE AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP TILL 10:30!
MOM FOUND A PART OF MY WALKER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR THAT HOLDS IT IN A RAISED POSITION. WE TRIED TO FIND THE BOLT THAT IT GOES ON BUT NO SUCH LUCK! I HEADED BACK UP THE RAMP AND MY LEFT LEG STARTED TO GIVE OUT SO I HEADED FOR MY CHAIR ON THE DECK BUT DIDN’T MAKE IT! I FELL INTO THE CHAIR KNOCKING IT OVER AND SAT DOWN PRETTY HARD ON THE CHUSHION BUT MUST HAVE ALSO SAT ON A PIECE OF THE FRAME WORK THAT WAS NOW ON THE FLOOR! NOW I AM SETTING ON A DONUT SINCE I MUST HAVE BRUISED MY TAIL BONE! SOMEWHERE I’VE GOT A PLASTIC SEAT MY CHIROPRACTOR GAVE ME THAT’S FOR THE RELEASE OF PRESSURE ON THE TAIL BONE AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL MOM GETS HOME TO FIND IT! MOM GOT HOME AND FOUND THE SEAT FOR ME, AWWWW, RELIEF! IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S ANOTHER, RIGHT?
WE WATCHED THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT! TO ME ALL JOHN MCCAIN DID WAS ATTACK OBAMA, NOT ONCE DID HE MENTION THE “MIDDLE CLASS!” THEN WE HEARD ABOUT ALL HIS WAR TIME EPISODES AND EVRYTHING HE DID IN THE SENATE WHICH INCIDENTLY THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA PAID HIM WELL TO DO FOR THEM! EVERY TIME OBAMA WOULD MENTION A COUNTRY OF THE WORLD MCCAIN WOULD COME BACK SAYING “I’VE BEEN THERE AND KNOW THE HEAD OF STATE PERSONALLY” OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
WITH ALL THE TRAVELING MCCAIN DID OVER THE YEARS HE’S BEEN IN THE SENATE WHEN DID HE HAVE TIME TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES? IF I HAD TO VOTE ON THE TWO BASED ON A SCALE OF 1-10 I’D HAVE TO GIVE OBAMA A 7 AND MCCAIN A 3! OBAMA AT LEAST HAD AN ANSWER FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS THE MODERATOR ASKED AND SO DID MCCAIN BUT THEN MCCAIN WOULD DRIFT OFF IN TO THE PAST! THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHARACTERISTIC TRAIT OF OLDER PEOPLE! I’M 78 AND CATCH MYSELF DOING THE SAMETHING, A CONVERSATION WILL START OUT ON A CURRANT TOPIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I’M BACK IN THE PAST SOMEWHERE COMPARING IT WITH SOMETHING I’VE DONE OR EXPERIENCED! I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST EXPERIENCE, IT’S THE GREATEST TEACHER THERE IS BUT WE DON’T WANT A PRESIDENT MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T PERTAIN TO THE CURRANT SITUATIONM HE’S FACING AND I’M AFRAID JOHN MCCAIN WOULD BE DOING JUST THAT, TRYING TO FIND A PAST EXPERIENCE TO HELP MAKE A JUDGEMANT CALL THAT COULD HAVE THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF LIVES DEPENDING ON IT! SO MUCH FOR POLITICS THAT I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IN THE CHRONICLE, RIGHT?
I’M STILL NOT 100% BUT I DO FELL A LITTLE BETTER!
THAT’S“30”FOR THIS ABREVIADED ISSUE.
HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 26 VOL 14
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES
IN CASE YIOU HAVEN’T NOTICED THIS IS THE 2ND FRIDAY CHRONICLE, THE OTHER ONE WAS ACTUALLY THURSDAYS!
I’M GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE I’M EXHAUSTED AND NEED TO GET TO BED!
I’LL BRING YOU UP TO DATE TOMORROW!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
