DAILY CHRONICLE #29 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 6

JANUARY 31^ST 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED. HUMIDITY, 43/69 DEGREES

GAS PRICES DOWN A LITTLE TO $2.71

GOT MY HAIR CIT TODAY THEN WENT TO SHERMAN AND PICKED UP SOME 22 LONG “BIRD SHOT” THAT I USE TO KEEP DOGS OFF OUR DECK. THE DOGS AREN’T SO BAD BUT THEY CHASE OUR CATS AND EAT ALL THE FOOD! I WAIT TILL I CAN GET A GOOD CLEAN SHOT AT THEIR RUMP! AS I SAID BEFORE, I VERY SELDOM HAVE TO SHOOT THE SAME DOG TWICE!

MOM CAME DOWN WITH AN UPSET STOMACH THIS EVENING. I SURE HOPE IT’S NOT A REOCCURANCE OF WHAT SHE HAD ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO?

MY FRIEND OUT IN CALIFORNIA, BILL MASON, WENT IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING TO HAVE A “PACEMAKER” PUT IN! HE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND HE WENT IN FOR A CHECK UP LAST MONDAY HIS HEART/PULSE RATE WAS DOWN TO 40 WHICH IS A LITTLE LOW FOR SOMEONE AS ACTIVE AS BILL IS! HE DRIVES FOR THE STUDIOS AND SOMETIMES IS ON A SHOOT FOR 2-3 DAYS AND I’M SURE YOU ALL KNOW HOW YOU EAT AND REST WHEN YOUR PUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, SOMETHING LIKE BEING ON A DEER HUNT IN A DEER STAND AND CAN’T MOVE OR MAKE ANY NOISE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET A DEER! THE LAST ONE HE WAS ON BEFORE THE WRITERS GUILD STRIKE HE HAD TO SET IN A PARKING LOT AND HAUL THE EXTRAS UP AND DOWN A HILL IN A PEOPLE MOVER! THIS SHOOT WAS AT A LOCATION ON TOP OF A HILL IN THE SAN  FERNANDO VALLEY, I DON’T KNOW THE NAME OF THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT TOOK PLACE BUT IT LASTED 3 ½ DAYS!

WHEN I TALKED TO BILL YESTERDAY HE WAS KIND OF GLAD THEY’RE DOING THE PACEMAKER NOW INSTEAD OF WHEN THE WRITER STRIKE WAS OVER, HE WON’T MISS   ANY CALLS WHILE BEING LAYED UP!

ONE FUNNY THING MY MOM TOLD ME ABOUT INVOLVING MY GRANDPA MAHONEY; IT SEEMS HE LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE JUST MOVED INTO! HIS CAR WAS A1925 MODEL T COUPE! NOW GRANDPA LIKED HIS IRISH WHISKEY AND SPENT TIME WITH FRIENDS IMBIBING IN IT! WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM THE FRIENDS HOUSE HE WAS ON CLEON STREET AND HAD TO MAKE A SHARP TURN IN HIS DRIVEWAY THAT WAS ON THE CORNER OF CLEON AND HESBY! FOR AS LONG AS HE LIVED THERE HE NEVER ONCE SUCCESSFULLY MADE THIS TURN ALWAYS LAYING THE CAR ON ITS SIDE! HE’D CRAWL OUT AND CALL TWO OF HIS SONS, MY DAD AND THE YOUNGER ONE CHARLES TO COME AND PUT THE CAR BACK ON ITS WHEELS WHICH THEY DID! CHARLES BEING ON THE L.A. POLICE DEPT TRIED TO GET HIS LICENSE PICKED UP BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO CATCH HIM IN THE ACT OF COMMITTING THE CRIME! THEY DID HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT A POLICEMAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION JUST TO CATCH HIM! HIS OLDER SON JIM MANAGED TO DO SOMETHING TO THE ENGINE AND GRANDPA COULDN’T GET IT STARTED SO HE WOULD WALK TO HIS FRIENDS HOUSE! I UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORS WERE RELIEVED HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE ANYMORE! A FEW OF THEM TOLD HIM TO CALL AND THEY WOULD TAKE HIM TO HIS DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, HE SOON DROVE THAT IN THE GROUND BY CALLING FOR THEM TO TAKE HIM TO HIS DRINKING BUDDYS HOUSE!

I NEVER DID HEAR HOW THEY SOLVED THE PROBLEM? I THINK THEY PUT HIM IN A NURSING HOME WHERE HE DIED IN 1935!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE. I’M FEELING A LITTLE PUNNY MY SELF!

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 29 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 6

JANUARY 30^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM/COOL, MED. HUMIDITY, 67/32

GAS PRICES HANGING IN THERE

THE WEATHER IS REALLY GOOFY IT STAYS WARM AT NIGHT THEN COOLS OFF IN THE AFTERNOON! ABOUT THE TIME I STARTED TO GO OUT AND WALK AROUND THE PROPERTY THE TEMP. DROPED 15 DEGREES AND THE WIND KICKED UP TO 25-30MPH! I DON’T DO TO WELL IN THAT TYPE OF WEATHER SO I STAYED IN!

MOM PICKED UP HALEY JO TODAY AND WENT AND GOT THE EXHAUST FLANGE GASKETS FOR THE INTREPID. MAYBE I’LL BE ABLE TO GET THEM PUT IN TOMORROW BUT, FIRST I NEED TO PUT UP THE ROLL UP CURTAINS WE GOT FROM TIM AND ELYSE! I WON’T BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF THE WIND KICKS UP AGAIN!

DOING THOSE BITS ABOUT NEWPORT BEACH SURE BROUGHT BACK SOME FOND MEMORIES! A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WENT ON BUT I’LL KEEP THEM FOR FUTURE ISSUES!

HERE’S ONE ABOUT WHEN WE MOVED TO THE RIVERTON HOUSE FROM THE MORELLA HOUSE IN THE SUMMER OF 1941!

I MET ALL THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOON AFTER WE MOVED IN; THEY INTRODUCED ME TO A GAME THEY PLAYED ON THEIR BIKES CALLED “DITCH EM”! THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON EACH TEAM. IT DEPENDED ON HOW MANY KIDS WANTED TO PLAY? IF YOU WERE PICKED TO GO HIDE THE REST STAYED TILL YOU GOT OUT OF SIGHT DOWN THE STREET OR AROUND THE CORNER GOING TO ANOTHER BLOCK! THEN A COIN WAS FLIPPED TO SEE WHO WOULD DO THE CHASE? THE OBJECT WAS TO TRY AND KEEP THE OTHER TEAMS FROM FINDING YOU! I DIDN’T KNOW THE AREA VERY WELL BUT I DID KNOW WHERE THERE WAS A DRIVEWAY THAT WENT DOWN THE SIDE OF A HOUSE AND TO A PARKING PLACE IN THE BACK. THERE WAS A TALL ROW OF BUSHY CEDER TREES ACROSS THE BACK OF THE LOT AND IF YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES AND PULLED YOU ARMS IN TO YOUR SIDES YOU COULD GO BETWEEN TWO OF THE TREES WHICH MY PARTNER AND I DID ON THIS OCCASION! WE CAME OUT ON ANOTHER DRIVEWAY AND COULD SNEAK BACK TO THE STARTING PLACE UNSEEN AND TOUCH THE PLATE (AN OLD BICYCLE WHEEL WITH ONE END OF THE AXLE DROVE INTO A HOLE ON TWO 2X4s NAILED IN AN X THE WINNER!

THE WEATHER TURNED BAD AND IT WAS SPRING BEFORE WE PLAYED AGAIN! MY SAME PARTNER, JIMMY KLINGAMAN, AND I TEAMED UP AGAIN SINCE WE DID SO GOOD LAST TIME WE PLAYED! WE WERE THE THIRD TEAM TO BE PICKED TO “DITCH EM” AND TOOK OFF NATURALLY HEADED FOR THIS SAME DRIVEWAY SINCE IT WORKED SO GOOD FOR US LAST TIME. I WAS IN THE LEAD PEDDELING FOR ALL I WAS WORTH, MADE THE TURN INTO THE DRIVEWAY, DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND, HEADED FOR THE SPOT BETWEEN THE TREES, CLOSED MY EYES, PULLED MY ARMS IN AND WENT BETWEEN THE TREES! WHAM! HUH! CRASH! SOMEBODY HAD BUILT A GARAGE ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE TREES AND MY FRONT WHEEL WAS BENT FLAT AND PUSHED BACK TO THE PIPE THAT HOLDS THE GOOSE NECK AND FORKS, JIMMY WAS CLOSE BEHIND ME AND HAD NO WAY OF STOPPING OR MISSING ME! I HAD GONE OVER THE HANDLE BARS AND LAYED IN A CRUMPLED HEEP ON THE GROUND. HE WENT OVER HIS HANDLE BARS AND WAS LAYING ON TOP OF MY BUSTED UP BIKE WITH HIS ON TOP OF HIM!

WE GOT UP AND LUCKLY NOTHING WAS BROKEN BUT WE WERE ALL CUT UP AND BRUISED! NOBODY HEARD WHAT HAPPENED SO WE GATHERED UP OUR BIKES AND HEADED FOR THE STARTING PLACE! WHEN WE GOT THERE I TOOK MY BIKE AND HEADED FOR HOME ½ A BLOCK AWAY, I PUT MY BIKE IN THE GARAGE AND WENT IN THE HOUSE! MY MOTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN AND DROPPED WHAT EVER SHE WAS HOLDING AND IT SPILLED ALL OVER THE FLOOR! HAVING HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SORT OF THING BEFORE SHE GOT THE ALCOHOL AND MERCUCHROME AND BANDAGES AND CLEANED ME UP! WHEN MY DAD GOT HOME HE MADE ME TAKE HIM TO WHERE IT HAPPENED, THERE STILL WASN’T ANYBODY HOME THEN WE NOTICED A FOR SALE SIGN ON THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. THERE WASN’T ANY DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF THE GARAGE SO WE WENT HOME AND YES: I GOT A GOOD TALKING TO AND THE THREAT OF A WHIPPIN’ IF I DID ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN! OH YEAH! THERE WERE OTHER TIMES BUT I MANAGED TO KEEP MOST OF THEM FROM MY DAD! MY SISTERS MADELINE AND RUTHIE COVERED FOR ME AND RUTH’S HUSBAND HERB DAVIS WAS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL AND WAS ABLE TO FIX ANYTHING I TORE UP WITHOUT MY DAD FINDING OUT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #27 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 6

JANUARY 29^TH 2008

WEATHER; NICE, HI HUMIDITY, 47/67 DEGREES

GAS PRICES STILL HOLDING

PRETTY SLOW TODAY, WATCHED A COUPLE OF MOVIES WHEN MOM WENT TO TOWN TO GET MORE COPIER PAPER AND ORDER TWO EXHAUST FLANGE GASKETS FOR THE INTREPID. I  USED ALL THE 22 LONG RIFLE “BIRD SHOT” ROUNDS I HAD CHASING DOGS OFF OUR DECK! I DON’T SEE THE SAME DOG TWICE SO IT SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE   AND THE WORD IS GETTING AROUND! THE BIRD SHOT DOESN’T BREAK THE SKIN BUT IT SURE STINGS THEM! I USE A 165 COUNT SHOT! I GAVE MOM THIS 22 RIFLE WITH A CLOTH CASE AND AN ITASCO 4 POWER SITE AND CLEANING MATERIALS AND EAR MUFFS ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF TARGETS FOR CHRISTMAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO! MOM HAD TO QUALIFY WITH THE M-14 WHEN SHE WAS IN THE ARMY SO IT WASN’T HARD FOR HER TO KNOW HOW TO USE A WEAPON! IT’S A J.C.HIGGENS WITH THE M-1 GARAND MILITARY STYLE AND WAS USED TO GIVE THOSE WHO NEVER FIRED A SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPON THE FEEL AND EXPERIENCE! IT HOLDS 16 ROUNDS IN A TUBE AND I CAN EMPTY IT IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS! IT’S CHAMBERED FOR 22 LONG RIFLE ONLY! WE INTENDED TO GO OUT TO A NEARBY RIFLE RANGE AND DO SOME TARGET SHOOTING BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO DOING IT! WHEN WE WERE OUT TO VIST BILL MASON A FEW YEARS BACK WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT GUNS AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT OUR 22! IN ABOUT 2 WEEK I GOT A PACKAGE FROM HIM, IT WAS A BOX OF 500 WESTERN 22 LONG RIFLE BULETTS! I KNOW YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEND AMMUNITION THROUGH THE MAILS BUT I DON’T THINK HE KNEW THAT! WE STILL HAVE OVER 350 LEFT! BILL HAS QUITE A GUN COLLECTION AND DOES ALL HIS OWN RE-LOADING!

NEWPORT BEACH

SINCE THE WAR KEPT US FROM USING THE CAMP GROUND AND WE WERE GOOD FRIEND WITH THE MANAGERS, JOE AND ELSE PATTERSON WE WOUD GO DOWN AND STAY WITH THEM FOR A WEEKEND! THEY HAD A 42 FOOT DAY FISHER AND JOE HIRED ME AND HIS SON DAVID TO CREW FOR HIM! THAT MEANT WE WOULD GET THE MEN AND WOMEN READY FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF CATCHING MACKEREL, TUNA, ALBACORE, AND OCCASIONALLY A GRAY SHARK! WE NEVER WENT IN WITHOUT MORE THAN THE PASSENGERS WANTED TO TAKE; JOE AND ELSE CLEANED THE FISH BEFORE WE HEADED IN AND PUT THEM IN A BIG ICE CHEST BELOW DECK! IF THERE WERE ANY LEFT DAVID AND I TOOK THEM TO A LOCAL FISH MARKET AND SOLD THEM BUY THE LB..  THEN HE TURNED ON THE RADIO AND EVERYONE WHO WANTED ONE GOT A FREE BEER OR COKE AND SANDWHICHS! WHEN EVERYONE AGREED THE TIME WAS RIGHT TO HEAD BACK JOE WOULD FIRE UP THE ENGINES PUT THE BOAT IN GEAR AND PUT FULL POWER TO THEM FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE, MAN THAT BOAT GOT UP ON A PLANE AND REALLY PERFORMED! THEN JOE WOULD CUT BACK TO ABOUT 20 KNOTS AND CRUISE BACK TO THE DOCK AT NEWPORT TO UNLOAD THE PASSENGERS! MANY OF THEM RESIGNED FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND! DURING THE WEEK IS WHEN I REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF; IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY FISHERMAN TO TAKE OUT WE WOULD GO OUT LOOKING FOR ALBACORE OR TUNA! JOE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HOOK ONE AND WHIP THE POLE TO UNHOOK THE FISH AND LET IT FALL ON THE DECK! THERE WAS NO BARB ON THE HOOK. I MUST HAVE THROWN 25 FISH OVER THE OTHER SIDE TILL I GOT THE FEEL OF SNAPING THE LINE AND RELEASING THE FISH! IF WE HIT A GOOD SCHOOL WE COUND HAVE 4-500 FISH ON THE DECK, YOU COULD HARDLEY WALK! WE DIDN’T CLEAN THESE FISH, JOE JUST TOOK THEM TO THE CANNERY IN LONG BEACH AND THEY BOUGHT THEM UNCLEANED, OF COURSE IF WE WOULD HAVE CLEANED THEM WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN 50 CENT MORE BUT JOE DIDN’T WANT TO BE BOTHERED SO THEY WHERE AS IS WHER IS! ON THIS OCCASION THE COUNT WAS 750 TUNA NAD ALBACORE AND 108 MACKERELSO WE MADE OUT PETTY GOOD, MY TAKE WAS JUST OVER $100.00 AS WAS DAVIDS! THE REST WENT TO THE BOAT AND JOE AND ELSE. THAT WAS A GOOD SUMMER BUT SORRY TO SAY THE LAST ONE I SPENT WITH THEM! I HAD OTHER THINGS THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT, A GOOD JOB AT LOCKHEED AND A NEW GIRL FRIEND, THINKING ABOUT GOING IN THE NAVY OR AIR CORPS! I DID THE NAVY FIRST THEN RE-UPPED IN THE AIR CORPS!

I HAVE NO REGRETTS ABOUT MY YOUNG LIFE EXCEPT I DIDN’T LISTEN TO THOSE WHO KNEW BETTER AND TRIED TO STEER ME IN WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT DIRECTION!

I NEVER GOT TO DO THE ONE THING I REALLY WANTED TO DO SINCE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND BUILDING MODEL AIRPLANES! I WANTED IN THE WORST WAY TO BECOME A BUSH PILOT IN NORTHERN CANADA AND ALASKA! I HAD AN AUTIMOBILE ACCIDENT THAT DESTROYED THE FOCAL VISION IN MY LEFT EYE, I LEARNED TO WORK AROUND IT BUT I COULDN’T CONVINCE THE AIR CORPS DOCTORS I COULD LAND AN AIRPLANE ON THE FIRST TRY BUY WATCHING THE SHADOW OF THE WHEEL COMING CLOSE AND TOUCHING THE GROUND WHICH I COULD DO TODAY IF I WANTED TO DO IT BUT, IVE LOST ALL INTEREST IN ME DOING THE FLYING! I TRIED TO GET ON THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPT BUT THERE AGAIN COULDN’T PASS THE VISION TEST EVEN THOUGH I MEMORIZED THE 20/20 LINE ON THE CHART; O-H-P-N-T-Z! MY BROTHER JERRY SUMMED IT UP PRETTY GOOD; THERE WON’T BE ANY OFFICER WHO WOULD RIDE WITH ME, WHAT IF MY GOOD EYE GOT SOMETHING IN IT JUST AS I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SHOOT TO PROTECT YOUR PARTNER! HE ADDED; “I WOULDN’T!” 

 

MOM HAD TO PICK UP HALEY JO AGAIN TODAY, SHE STAYS TILL KELLY GETS HOME! SHE ISN’T ANY TROUBLE AND MOM READS TO HER SO SHE GETS CREDIT FOR BOOKS READ TO HER, SHES ONLY 4 AND HASN’T LERNED TO READ BUT I’LL BET WHEN MOM IS DONE WITH HER SHE’LL KNOW HER LETTERS AND NUMBERS WHICH WILL HELP WHEN SHE MOVES INTO KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 26 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 6

JANUARY 28^TH2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY,

GAS PRICES STILL SAME AS YESTERDAY

NOT MUCH DOING TODAY! TALKED TO CHAR MILLIGAN IN CALIFORNIA, MY GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND! IF YOU REMEMBER HER GRANDSON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IN A COMA! WELL, THERE’S NO CHANGE! ALL THEY CAN DO IS BE THERE INCASE HE WAKES UP, SHE GOES EVERY OTHER DAY AND HER SON, THE BOYS FATHER GOES EVERY OTHER DAY! I ASKED IF THEY HAD GOTTEN A SECOND OPINION AND SHE SAID THEY’VE GOTTEN 5 DIFFERENT DOCTORS TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT HAS CAUSED IT! HE HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AS A PRECAUTION AND ALL TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE IT’S REALLY STRANGE SOMEONE HASN’T FOUND OUT WHAT HAS CAUSED THIS?

JOKE

A MAN WALKED OUT OF HIS HOUSE TO GET THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER OFF THE DRIVEWAY AND HE NOTICED HIS NEIGHBOR SPRINKLING SOMETHING ON HIS FRONT LAWN! OUT OF COUROSITY HE ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS SPRINKLING AND THE NEIGHBOR SAID; “PREFUME”! “WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU SPRINKLING PERFUME ON YOUR LAWN?” AND THE MAN ANSWERED; “TO KEEP THE ELEPHANTS AWAY”! THE FIRST MAN SAYS; “THERE ISN’T AN ELEPHANT WITHIN 3000 MILES OF HERE”! THE SECOND MAN ANSWERS; “I KNOW, EFFECTIVE ISN’T IT”!

JOKE

EVERY SUNDAY MORNING WITHOUT FAIL THIS MANS NEIGHBOR IS OUT AT 6AM MOWING HIS FRONT LAWN WITH A GAS POWERED MOWER WITH NO MUFFLER! NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES MAN #1 ASK HIM TO WAIT TILL LATER IN THE DAY THE NEIGHBOR STILL INSIST THAT THE BEST TIME TO MOW HIS LAWN IS BETWEEN 5AM AND 7AM SO HE DECIDED TO START AT 6AM!

THE MAN WITH THE MOWER HAD JUST BOUGHT A NEW VOLKSWAGON AND ASKED THE 1^ST MAN IF HE HAD ANY IDEA HOW MUCH MILEAGE HE COULD EXPECT HONESTLY? THE 1^ST MAN ANSWERED HE WASN’T SURE BUT HE’D HEARD THEY GOT REAL GOOD GAS MILAGE! EVERY NIGHT ABOUT MIDNIGHT THE 1^ST MAN WOULD SNEAK OVER AND POUR 1-5 GALLONS OF GAS IN THE FUEL TANK! WHEN THEY MET OUT IN THE FRONT YARD THE MAN WITH THE VW CLAIMED HE WAS GETTING 225 MILES PER GALLON AND SURE LIKED HIS NEW CAR!

WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE MAN WITH THE VW TO TAKE IT IN FOR A CHECK UP HE TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER NOT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE ENGINE, JUST CHANGE THE OIL AND FILTER AND CHECK IT OVER! WHEN THE MAN BROUGHT THE CAR HOME FROM THE DEALER AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY HE LOOKED REAL COCKY! THE MAN THAT HAD BEEN POURING THE EXTRA GAS IN THE TANK EVERY NIGHT STOPPED DOING IT! THREE DAYS LATER THE MAN WITH THE VW TOLD THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN POURING IN THE EXTRA GAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO SUE THE DEALER FOR TAKING WHATEVER GAVE THE GOOD MILEAGE OUT OF THE CAR WHEN HE HAD IT IN FOR THE SERVICE, HIS MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 225 MPG TO 35-40 MPG!

THE MAN WHO DID THE POURING NEVER DID TELL THE VW OWNER ABOUT ADDING GAS TO THE TANK BUT, HE FIGURED HE GOT THE REVENGE HE WANTED BECAUSE THE MAN HAD A MUFFLER PUT ON HIS MOWER AND DIDN’T BOTHER HIM ANYMORE!

OK, HERE’S MORE ABOUT MY EARLY YEARS AT NEWPORT BEACH!

THE THINGS I’VE WRITTEN ABOUT SO FAR TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1936 AND 1940! NOW I’LL WRITE ABOUT THINGS BETWEEN 1940 AND 1942!

I ENDED WITH WHERE I GOT THE NICK NAME “NOT JOHN!”

THE MEN AT THE MARINE SHOP TREATED ME LIKE THEY DIDN’T MIND MY COMING AROUND BECAUSE I DIDN’T BUTT INTO THEIR TALKS AND DIDN’T TOUCH ANYTHING, I JUST SAT AND LISTENED BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, MAINLY DIFFERENT JOBS THEY WERE DOING OR HAD BEEN ON! THE HARD HAT DIVING SUIT THEY PUT ON ME WAS FOR ONE OF THE MEN WORKING THERE, HE WASN’T A DWARF BUT WAS A LITTLE TALLER THAN A MIDGET. I WAS 11 AT THE TIME AND ABOUT 4’6”TALL!

I MIGHT ADD; MY NIECE BARBARA KLEEMEYER AND I WOULD GO ALL ALONG THE SHORE LINE TO THE SODA BOXES ON DOCKS AND IN STORES COLLECTING BOTTLE CAPS. WHEN WE GOT HOME WE WOULD SEPARATE THEM AND PUT THEM IN BOXES WE WOULD PICK UP ALONG THE WAY OR STOP BY THE LITTLE STORE THAT WAS AT ONE END OF THE CAMP GROUND TO GET EMPTY BOXES! WE WERE GOING TO MAKE SHOE SCRAPERS FOR THE MUD YOU GET ON SHOES DURING THE WINTER! BUT, FOR SOME REASON BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME THE BOTTLE CAPS WOULD HAVE DISAPEARED, WE THING MY DAD WOULD THROW THEM OUT WHILE PACKING!

THE PLANE CRASH HAPPENED IN 1941 AND SO DID THE BOAT THAT WAS THROWN ON THE JETTY ROCKS!

IN 1942, THE LAST YEAR WE WERE ALLOWED TO SET UP AT THE CAMP GROUND THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF ARMY, NAVY, COAST GUARD AND MARINES IN THE AREA! BEHIND THE CAMP GROUND WAS A HUGE NATURAL GAS TANK, THERE WERE 4 ARMY GUARDS WALKING AROUND IT INSIDE THE FENCE ALL THE TIME! OVER ON THE OCEAN SIDE WAS A BIG MILITARY CAMP SET UP AND THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF TRUCKS AND TANKS THAT THEY DROVE UP AND DOWN THE BEACH! THERE WERE 4-5 BIG (TO ME) ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS SET UP ON THE SAND WITH SAND BAGS PILED AROUND THEM; THERE WAS A BLUFF OVERLOOKING HIGHWAY 101 AND THEY HAD BIG GUNS ON WHEELS UP THERE!

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WALKED AROUND THE CAMP GROUND LOOKING FOR WHAT OR WHO I NEVER FOUND OUT! WHEN WE WOULD WALK TO THE FUNZONE IN BALBOA (DAYTIME ONLY BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER BLACKOUT RULES) THERE WERE SANDBAG CIRCLES WITH MACHINE GUNS AND OTHER TYPES OF WEAPONS! ALL THE MEN CARRIED RIFLES! TO AN 11 YEAR OLD IT WAS SCARY BUT INTERESTING BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAR WAS ALL ABOUT!

THE LAST THING I REMEMBER WAS WHEN I WAS SETTING ON THE BEACH WATCHING THESE BIG SHIPS GOING BY, MY DAD TOLD ME THEY WERE MINESWEEPERS AND SOME   HAD BEEN BUILT AT THE MARINE SHOP I USED TO GO TO AND SOUTHWEST BOAT YARD! TILL I GOT OLDER I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A MINESWEEPER WAS!

ONE DAY I WAS WALKING AROUND THE DOCKS WHERE THE RICH PEOPLES BOATS WERE AND I NOTICED THAT A BUNCH OF THEM HAD BEEN PAINTED NAVY GRAY AND HAD NO BRIGHT THINGS ON THEM LIKE HORNS OR SIRENS, I WAS TOLD THEY HAD BEEN COMMANDEERED BY THE COAST GUARD AND NAVY FOR PATROL DUTY BETWEEN THE JETTY AND CATALINA ISLAND! SOME OF THEM HAD SMALL GUNS MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD DECK AND A MACHINE GUN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT THE STERN! MY DAD TOLD ME AFTER THE WAR THEY WOULD BE REPLACED OR PUT BACK IN THE SHAPE THE WERE WHEN TAKEN OVER FOR THE WAR EFFORT!

“THE PARADE OF LIGHTS”

ON THE LAST WEEK OF SUMMER AS EVERYONE WAS GETTING READY TO GO HOME THE BOAT OWNERS WOULD DECORATE THEIR BOATS WITH ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS AND SCENES! THEY HAD MANY SMALL BARGES THAT WERE DECORATED AND PULLED BY SMALLER BOATS THAT WERE DECORATED TOO! IN 1942 I WAS DOWN AT THE DOCK WHERE THE DAY FISHING BOATS CAME IN TO LET THEIR PASSENGERS OFF, THIS MAN WALKED UP TO ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON HIS BOAT THAT WAS TOWING A BARGE? I ASKED HIM WHAT I WOULD BE DOING AND HE SAID KEEPING THE TOW ROPE FROM SNAGGING ON THE STERN AS HE KEPT THE BARGE STRAIGHT! I RAN HOME AND ASKED MY MOM IF IT WAS OK AND SHE SAID YES, BE CAREFUL!

THE PARADE STARTED ABOUT 6:30PM AND LASTED 2 ½ HOURS! THE SKIPPER OF THE LITTLE BOAT NAMED “THE BOBBY B” GAVE ME A LIFE JACKET AND TOLD ME IF I FELL OVERBOARD TO SWIM AWAY FROM THE PARADE AND HE WOULD HAVE THE COAST GUARD PICK ME UP! I DIDN’T FALL OVERBOARD AND HAD A BALL KEEPING THAT TOW ROPE CLEAR OF THE THINGS ON THE STERN! HE HAD HIS WIFE MAKE PEANUTBUTTER SANDWICHES AND I ATE 4 I THINK, I REALLY DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO BE EATING! AFTER THE PARADE WE TOOK THE BARGE BACK TO THE PLACE HE GOT IT AND THEY DROPPED ME OFF AT THE DAYBOAT DOCK! HE SHOOK MY HAND AND HIS WIFE HUGGED ME AND AS I WAS HEADING UP THE RAMP HE CALLED ME BACK AND ASKED IF I HADN’T FORGOTTEN SOMETHING? I LOOKED AROUND AND SAID I DIDN’T THINK SO AND HE HANDED ME $25.00 FOR HELPING! THIS WAS ABOUT 12:00 AM AND DID I CUT A TRAIL FOR THE CAMP GROUND, MY MOM WAS WAITING AND I WOKE EVERYBODY UP YELLING ABOUT MAKING $25.00!

WE GOT PACKED UP AND LEFT THE NEXT DAY, I NEVER EVEN KNEW THE SKIPPERS NAME EXCEPT TO CALL  HIM SKIPPER! I ASKED ABOUT THE “BOBBY B” WHEN BILL, DICK AND I WERE THERE IN 1949! AS FAR AS ANYONE KNEW IT HAD BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE COAST GUARD AND USED AS A MESSAGE RUNNER UP AND DOWN THE COAST BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND CATALINA BECAUSE IT WAS SO FAST, IT COULD OUTRUN MOST OF THE COAST GUARD BOATS IN BALBOA HARBOR! NOBODY KNEW IF IT GOT SUNK OR WHAT HAPPENED TO IT!

MY BROTHER JERRY SAID AFTER I WORKED ON IT THAT IT WAS USED TO RUN MOON SHINE AND DRUGS!

THIS PRETTY WELL COVERS MY EARLY LIFE SUMMER STORY FROM 1936-1942! AS YOU CAN SEE I REALLY HAD A BALL!

OH YEAH! ONE MORE INCIDENT; MY DAD HAD A BOOKY JOINT ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD ACROSS FROM THE PANTAGES THEATER NEXT TO BERT WHEELER’S JOKE SHOP! HE WOULD COME DOWN TO THE BEACH AFTER HE CLOSED UP ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND HAD ALL THE WEEKS RECEIPTS WITH HIM! THIS WASN’T HIS MONEY, IT BELONGED TO THE SYNDICATE! HE USUALLY GOT TO THE BEACH AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WOULD GO TO ONE OF THE BATHROOMS THAT THE CAMP GROUND HAD UP AND DOWN THE ROAD! WELL, THIS ONE NIGHT HE WENT TO THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE TENT AND WHEN HE GOT DONE HE CAME BACK TO THE TENT AND GOT READY FOR BED! HE REACHED FOR HIS WALLET AND IT WAS GONE, IN HIS UNDERWARE HE RAN OUT OF THE TENT YELLING FOR EVERYONE TO GET UP! I WAS ALREADY AWAKE AND OUT IN THE KITCHEN WITH MY SISTER HENRIETTA. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED, WE THOUGHT HE WAS SICK OR SOMETHING! HE CAME WALKING BACK SLOWLY AND HAD HIS WALLET IN HIS HAND SMILING HE FOUND IT BEHIND THE TOILET BOWL! IF SOMEONE ELSE HAD FOUND IT I DON’T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BUT I CAN GUESS! HE TOLD US THE NEXT MORNING THE REASON HE YELLED FOR EVERYONE TO GET UP WAS HE THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE US SEARCH ALL OVER THE PLACES HE’D BEEN! 24 EYES WOULD BE BETTER THAN 2 AND IN THE DARK!

THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 6

JANUARY 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 34/44

GAS PRICE $2.76 AVERAGE IN DENISON/SHERMAN

ANOTHER DAY TO STAY IN THE HOUSE! WE GOT READY AND WENT TO 5:00 MASS THEN STOPPED AT SHANNON’S TO VISIT WITH KAITLIN AND NOEL! SHE SEEMS TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SPIRITS AND NOEL IS A BALL OF FIRE! SHE’S GOING TO SEE ABOUT GOING BACK TO WORK AT A SONIC FOR NOW! SHE USED TO WORK FOR THE LOCAL SONIC AND MADE REAL GOOD TIPS!

SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER CAR, A 1999 INTREPID IN COLORADO, IT HAS A BLOWN ENGINE ACCORDING TO HER FATHER-IN-LAW! SHE SAID THE CAR IS WORTH GOING BACK FOR BUT ISN’T GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT AND WILL SEE ABOUT BUYING SOMETHING HERE!

HAD A LONG VISIT WITH KERRY ON THE PHONE TODAY  EVERYTHING’S FINE DOWN THERE, HE HAS ABOUT 3 MORE WEEKS THEN HE’LL BE OFF FOR 3 WEEKS! HE SAYS THEY’RE GOING TO STAY AROUND HOME THIS TIME AND PLAN ON GOING TO FLORIDA ON HIS NEXT TIME OFF! THEY STILL HAVE WORK TO DO ON DEBI’S DADS HOUSE THAT SHE INHERITED! WE’VE BEEN INVITED TO SPEND SOME TIME DOWN THERE WITH THEM BUT DON’T KNOW WHEN   WE WILL!

MOM HAS DOCTORED MY WRIST THREE TIMES SO FAR AND EACH TIME IT LOOKS BETTER. I GO BACK DOWN TO DALLAS FEB. 6^TH FOR A CHECK UP AND THEY’LL TAKE THE STITCHES OUT THEN I GUESS/HOPE!

I’M GOING TO TALK TO MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR AND IF THEY CAN’T DO SOMETHING ABOUT MY KNEES; I CAN HARDLY STAND UP OUT OF A CHAIR AND MOM HAD TO HELP ME IN CHURCH TODAY. I’M GOING TO ASK FOR REPLACEMENTS! I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’LL DO THEM OR NOT? THEY’VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE I’VE NEEDED, 2 CATARAC REMOVALS, 6 PAIR OF GLASSES, 3 PACEMAKERS, 3 DIFFERENT HEARING AIDS AND THE NEWEST ONES ARE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTERS, AN AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE AND TV HEAD SET, AND THE MOST RECENT REMOVAL OF THE CANCER ON MY WRIST! BUT, WE’LL SEE, WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE VA THEY’RE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE IRAQI VETERANS WHICH IS RIGHT BUT, I HOPE THEY DON’T FORGET THE WWII, KOREAN, VIETNAM AND DESERT STORM VETS!

HERE’S A LITTLE MORE ABOUT MY EARLY YEARS AT NEWPORT BEACH;

THERE WAS A BIG WOODEN SWIMMING RAFT TIED UP TO 4 PILINGS ABOUT 30 FEET FROM SHORE AT HI TIDE. WE GOT UP ONE MORNING AND THEY HAD COME IN DURING THE NIGHT AND TOWED IT AWAY AND MOORED AN OLD WOODEN ISLAND TRADER SAILING SHIP TO THE PILINGS, THE NAME ON THE STERN WAS “MINDANAO”! LATER IN THE WAR THERE WAS A BATTLE FOUGHT FOR THE ISLAND OF “MINDANAO” THE SECOND LARGEST ISLAND OF THE PHILIPPINES! SO, WE USED THE SHIP FOR A DIVING PLATFORM TILL THE NAVY CAME IN AND PUT A 6’ HIGH BARB WIRE FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE DECK; THAT ENDED THAT! WE FOUND A WAY TO GET UNDER THE LOWEST STRAND OF WIRE AND COULD STILL EXPLORE THE INARDS OF THE SHIP! YOU CAN’T IMAGING THE GHOSTLY TAILS WE MADE UP TO TELL AT NIGHT WHILE SETTING AROUND THE SMALL FIRES WE BUILT TO ROAST HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS! THE ONES I MADE UP EVEN SCARED ME TO BEGIN WITH! MY MOM MADE US QUIT TELLING THEM AROUND THE LITTLE KIDS SO WE WAITED TILL THEY WENT TO BED!

DURING THE DAY IT WAS SWIMMING OR SHELL COLLECTING OR GOING OVER TO THE OCEAN AND DO BELLY SURFING OR OUT ON THE PIER TO FISH FOR SMELT AND SEA BASS! THE SMELT MADE GOOD EATING AFTER YOU GOT THEM PAN READY AND FRIED THEM IN BUTTER, YOU COULD EAT THE TAIL AND FINS! I ONLY CAUGHT ONE SEA BASS AND BY THE TIME I GOT IT CLEANED AND READY FOR COOKING THERE WASN’T MUCH LEFT, I NEVER WAS GOOD AT CLEANING FISH!

THERE WAS AN OLD SEA CAPTAIN LIVING IN THE CAMP GROUNDS NAMED WHITE, HE WOULD BRING HIS GRANDDAUGHTER DOWN FOR THE SUMMER! THEY HAD A SNOWBIRD SAILBOAT THAT WOULD CARRY 4 PEOPLE, HIS GRADDAUGHTER WAS REAL GOOD AT SAILING AND CAPTAIN WHITE TAUGHT ME THE INS AND OUTS OF SAILING, I COULD TACH INTO THE WIND, ZIG ZAG, COME  ABOUT ON THE CENTERBOARD WITHOUT LOSING ANY HEADWAY AND I LOVED IT THEN AND STILL DO. SOMEPLACE I’VE GOT A SET OF BLUEPRINTS I DREW AS A CLASS PROJECT IN MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL! I NEVER DID TAKE THE TIME TO BUILD IT BUT, I WISH I HAD! MAYBE ONE OF MY KIDS WILL BUILD IT!

EVERY NIGHT WE HAD TO DIG A DYKE ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE TENTS TO KEEP THE WATER FROM FLOODING IN THEM. WE MADE IT A KIND OF GAME AND MADE WARSHIPS OUT OF 2X4s AND WOULD MAKE BOMBS OUT OF THE WET SAND THEN SEE WHO COULD HIT THE OTHER GUYS SHIPS,  Y MORNING THE TIDE HAD GONE DOWN AND WE HAD A 40 FOOT BEACH TO PLAY ON!

I GOT TO KNOW THE MEN IN THE MARINE SHOPS PRETTY GOOD AND WENT OUT ON SALVAGE JOBS WITH THEM OCCASIONALLY! ONE JOB WE WENT ON WAS A NAVY   AIRPLANE CRASHED WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO BUZZ A BUNCH OF GIRLS ON THE OCEAN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA, HIS WIG TIP HIT THE WATER AND SPUN HIM IN UNDER NEWPORT PIER. HE GOT OUT AND MADE IT TO THE BEACH BUT THE NAVY WAS THERE AND HUSTLED HIM OFF. I UNDERSTAND THEYHAD A NUMBER OF CALLS ABOUT HIM BUZZING THE BEACH FRONT! THE NAME OF THE SALVAGE TUG WAS THE “MOTORRIGHT”. I WENT WITH THEM ONE DAY TO SALVAGE A BOAT THAT HAD LOST POWER AND WAS THROWN INTO THE ROCKS IN THE JETTY. THE PEOPLE GOT OFF BUT THE BOAT STUCK OUT INTO THE JETTY AND THE COAST GUARD DECLARED IT A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION! THE CREW PUT A HARD HAT SUIT AND HELMET ON ME AND LOWERED ME AT THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO HOOK A LINE TO THE PROP SHAFT, WHEN THEY GOT ME UP THEY PROCEEDED TO PULL THE OTHER BOAT OFF THE ROCKS AND BACK INTO BALBOA HARBOR AND BEACHED IT ON BALBOA ISLAND! I NEVER DID FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO IT! THEY GAVE ME $10.00 FOR WHAT I DID AND WHEN I SHOWED IT TO MY MOM AND TOLD HER WHY I GOT PAID SHE FORBADE ME TO EVER GO NEAR THOSE GUYS AGAIN WHICH I DIDN’T TILL 1949, BILL MASON, DICK CLARK AND I WERE DOWN TO THE BEACH HOUSE FOR A WEEKEND AND I WENT TO THE MARINA AND WALKED IN THE SIDE DOOR, HEY! NOT JOHN, WE THOUGHT YOU GOT KILLED OR SOMETHING! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! NOT JOHN WAS A NAME THEY HAD GIVEN ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 BECAUSE WHEN THEY CALLED ME JOHN I’D SAY MY NAMES NOT JOHN!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 24 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 6

JANUARY 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; STILL COLD, LOW HUMIDITY, 31/37 DEGREES

FIRST

THANK YOU MARINER FOR YOUR KIND NOTE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! I FINALLY HAD TO CHANGE THE DRESSING TODAY AND I’M ABLE TO USE MY LEFT HAND TO TYPE AGAIN! THANKS AGAIN! HOWARD

WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY TODAY, A LITTLE ICE ON THE DECK BUT, IT MELTED QUICK. IT’S STILL COLD OUT AND WITH A NORTH WIND IT’S REALLY COLD.

I CAME ACROSS TWO PICTURES OF ME WHEN I WAS ELEVEN MONTH OLD, ONE IS JUST OF ME WAVING BUT THE OTHER ONE IS ME IN A TANK TOP WITH “BEACH PATROL” PRINTED ON IT SO I MADE A COPY AND SENT THEM TO THE SAN DIEGO P.D. WITH ATTN. “BEACH PATROL” ON THE ENVELOPE! I’LL BET I’M THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE “BEACH PATROL” TV SERIES! I JUST THOUGHT THE PRODUCERS OF THE SERIES WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM!

JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO PHOTOS BRINGS BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES ABOUT OUT YEARLY TREKS TO NEWPORT BEACH! TILL THE WAR IN 1941 WE  HAD A HUGE TENT MY DAD AND BROTHERS-IN-LAWS BUILT THE FRAME WORK OUT OF 1” WATER PIPE THEN MY DAD HAD A HEAVY CANVAS ROOF MADE AND LIGHTER CANVAS SIDES WITH WINDOWS ALONG THE SIDES AND A COMPLETE NET WINDOW AROUND THE FRONT WHICH WAS THE KITCHEN AND DINNING AREA, WE HAD TO CARRY OUR WATER FROM THE COOK SHACK THE CAMP GROUND HAD BUILT, IT HAD ABOUT 20 GAS STOVE TOPS AND COUNTERS AROUND THE SIDE WALLS!

IN 1939 A TYPHOON HIT TRHE CALIFORNIA COAST! MY DAD AND BROTHER-IN-LAWS DROVE 4FT LONG 2X4 STAKES IN THE GROUND AND THREW ROPES OVER THE TOP OF THE TENT AND POKED HOLES IN THE CANVAS AND TIED THE FRAME WORK DOWN TO THEM! I REMEMBER EVERYONE RUNNING FOR THE COOK SHACK IT WAS BUILT OUT OF CONCRETE BLOCKS. WE GOT UNDER THE COUNTERS AND HELD ON TO THE BRACES! AFTER EVERYTHING WAS OVER AND WE COULD GO OUT TO SEE THE DAMAGE MOST OF THE OTHER PEOPLES TENTS AND THINGS LIKE PADDLE BOARDS, SMALL BOATS, CHAIRS, UMBRELLAS JUST EVERYTHING WAS GONE AND WE COULD SEE BOATS UPSIDE DOWN AND DOCKS RIPPED FROM THEIR MOORINGS. OUR TENT WAS STILL WHERE THEY HAD TIED IT DOWN, THE ROOF WAS RIPPED LOSE AND FOLDED OVER THE SIDE BUT OTHER THAN EVERYTHING GETTING WET THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE! AFTER DRYING ALL THE BEDDING AND THING OUT WE STAYED TILL THE END OF THE SUMMER ABOUT 3 WEEKS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT! WHAT A STORY I HAD TO TELL WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL! THAT WINTER IS WHEN THE RAIN STORMS HIT US TOO, WASHING OUT STREETS, SOME 8-10 FEET DEEP, YOU COULD SEE THE WATER LINES CROSSING AND THE SEWER PIPES WERE ALL RIPPED OUT. THIS FLOOD KILLED ALL BUT A FEW OF THE JAPANESE TRUCK FARMERS WHO LIVED IN WHAT WAS THE L.A. RIVER BASIN. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THE STORMS I HAD SPARKY OUR HORSE OUT RIDING IN THE OLD RIVER BED WITH PAUL EVANS. I SAW SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF THE SAND AND GOT OFF TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE A STICK SO I PULLED ON IT, IT WAS A FINGER. PAUL AND I BOTH GOT SICK AND WHEN WE QUIT UPCHUCKING WE RODE FOR HOME! I TOLD MY MOM WHAT WE FOUND AND SHE CALLED THE POLICE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD. THEY CAME OUT WITH AN AMBULANCE AND DUG THE REMAINS OF ONE OF THE JAPANSES FARMERS UP! I GUESS THE CORONER WAS THERE ALSO BUT I WAS ONLY 9 SO THEY TALKED TO PAUL, HE WAS 14-15! I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN MY YOUNGER LIFE!  

MY WRIST IS DOING REAL GOOD, IT THROBS ONCE IN A WHILE BUT NOT BAD, I JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF TYENOL.  FINALLY, MY CHEST AND STOMACH QUIT HURTING WHERE THEY RUBBED THE ELECTRONIC PICK UP BACK AND FORTH DOING THE SONOGRAM (MOM SAYS IT’S ANOTHER NAME BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS)!

MOM MADE SOME CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES TODAY AND I HAD A COUPLE, UMMMMM GOOD! WE’VE JUST ABOUT GONE THROUGH ALL THE GOODIES WE HAD FOR CHRISTMAS SO NOW I HOPE MOM MAKES SOME DIFFERENT THINGS! WHEN I SEE HER COME IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH HER “JOY OF COOKING” BOOK OR THE THREE RING BINDER SHE HAS ALL HER PRIZE RECIPIES IN I KNOW I’M ABOUT TO TRY SOMETHING NEW AND I DON’T MIND A BIT!

SHANNONS DAUGHTER GOT HERE AND IS STARTING TO GET SETTLED, THEY WENT TO FIND A BED FOR NOEL. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S GOING TO TRY AND GET AN APT. WHERE SHANNON LIVES. SHE AND SHANNON CAN GET ALONG BETTER THAN SHANNON AND KYLIE!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #22 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 6

JANUARY 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; COLD AGAIN, LOW HUMIDITY, 17/36 DEGREES

ANOTHER SLOW DAY, WE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE! OH YEAH; I WENT OUT AND CHECKED THE CAR OVER IN PREPERATION FOR THE BAD WEATHER WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL EITHER BUILD OR GET BUILT A CARPORT FOR THE TWO CARS! PARKING THEM OUT IN THE OPEN JUST ISN’T GOOD BUT, WE’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS! HMMM; NO WONDER THE PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF THE 91 ACCLAIM!

SHANNON’S DAUGHTER KAITLIN CAME BACK FROM COLORADO TODAY! WE DON’T HAVE THE COMPLETE STORY BUT THE GUY SHE MARRIED STARTED USING DRUGS AGAIN AND BECAME A REAL BUTT HEAD FROM THE LITTLE INFORMATION WE GOT! OF COURSE WE’RE ONLY GETTING ONE SIDE OF IT. WE’LL PROBANLY SEE KAITLIN THIS WEEKEND AND GET MORE INFORMATION!

WE HIRED THIS GUY TO BUILD THE LAUNDRY ROOM ONTO THE HOUSE AND WE WERE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING! AFTER HE GOT STARTED I REALIZED HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO READ A TAPE MEASURE OR WHAT A CARPENTERS SQUARE WAS FOR BUT, THEY NEEDED THE MONEY SO WE PAID OFF THEIR CELL PHONE BILLS AND GAVE HIM MONEY FOR GAS AND FOOD! HE SPENT THREE MONTHE DOING A TWO WEEKEND JOB! TIM AND KELLY HAD TO SQUARE THE ROOM UP THE BEST THEY COULD AND PUT THE ROOF ON IT! WHEN MOM AND TIM PUT THE PANELING ON THE WALLS AND THE CEILING PIECES UP THEY HAD TO MEASURE AND ANGLE CUT EVERY PIECE, THERE ISN’T A SQUARE CORNER IN THE ROOM UNLESS THEY MADE IT SQUARE WITH SHIMS! NOW I’LL TET YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF “DOG’ JOKES;

THIS MAD WANTED TO SELL HIS HUNTING DOG SO HE RAN AN AD IN THE LOCAL PAPER “FOR SALE, THE BEST DUCK RETRIEVING DOG IN 4 COUNTIES!” 15 PEOPLE CAME TO LOOK AT THE DOG AND WATCH THE DEMONSTRATION! THE MAN WENT OUT TO HIS DUCK BLIND AND WAITED FOR SOME DUCKS TO FLY OVER, WHEN THREE DUCKS FLEW OVER THE MAN SHOT THE LAST ONE AND WHEN IT HIT THE WATER THE DOG TOOK OFF RUNNING ON TOP OF THE WATER, GRABBED THE DUCK IN HIS MOUTH AND RAN BACK ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WATER AND DROPPED THE DUCK AT THE MANS FEET! EVERYONE STARTED TO LAUGH AND ASKED HOW MUCH HE WANTED FOR IT? HE SAID $250.00! 14 PEOPLE WALKED AWAY SHAKING THEIR HEADS! WHAT’S THE MATTER, DON’T YOU PEOPLE KNOW A GOOD RETRIEVER WHEN YOU SEE ONE SAID THE MAN? THE ONE MAN WHO STAYED SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID JOE THAT DUMB DOG CAN’T EVEN SWIM!

FARMER JOHN ENTERED HIS COON HUNTIN’ DOG IN THE COUNTY FAIR CONTEST! WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HIM TO DEMONSTRATE THE DOG HE AND THE DOG HEADED DOWN A TRAIL HE KNEW THE COONS USED! THE JUDGES WERE RIGHT BEHIND THEM! THE RULES WERE; YOU HAD TO TREE AND CAPTURE/KILL THREE COONS IN A CERTAIN TIME!

THEY CAME TO A TREE THAT A COON HAD CLIMBED UP IN AND FARMER JOHN POINTED TO THE COON UP IN THE TREE, THE DOG WENT OVER AND SHOOK THE TREE TILL THE COON FELL TO THE GROUND THEN HE POUNCED ON THE COON AND RAPED IT TILL IT WAS DEAD!

THIS TOOK PLACE ONE MORE TIME, ON THE THIRD TIME TO COON HELD ON REAL TIGHT AND THE DOG COULDN’T SHAKE IT LOSE SO FARMER JOHN CLIMBED UP THE TREE AND INCHED HIS WAY OUT ON THE BRANCH WHERE THE COON WAS HANGING ON! THE BRANCH BROKE AND FARMER JOHN HEADED FOR THE GROUND YELLING; “HOLD OLE’ BLUE, HOLD OLE’ BLUE!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 21 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 21 VOL 6

JANUARY 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; CCCOLD, HIGH HUMIDITY, 19/30 DEGREES

SORRY FOLKS, I HAD A SONOGRAM TODAY! BOY! THAT HURT, I’M STILL SORE ALL OVER MY LEFT SIDE AND STOMACH AND THEN HAD A CANCER REMOVED FROM MY LEFT WRIST! THE DOCTOR HAD TO CUT A 3” LONG X 3/4” DEEP INCISION TO GET ALL THE CANCER REMOVED! I’M DOING THIS WITH MY RIGHT HAND, THE LEFT HAND AND WRIST ARE TOO SORE!

I’LL TRY AND BRING YOU ALL UP TO DATE TOMORROW!

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 20 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 6

JANUARY 23^RD 2008

WEATHER; COLD W/ICE, HIGH HUMIDITY, 23/32 DEGREES

NOT MUCH DOING TODAY, MOM HAD TO PUT ONE OF THE WINDOWS BACK IN THE GULLWING I KNOCKED OUT WHILE LOOKING AND PUSHING ON IT!

WE HAD A WATER PROBLEM DURING THE NIGHT, A SLIP JOINT CAME LOSE IN THE WELL HOUSE AND WE LOST ALL WATER OUT OF THE MAKE UP TANKS AND OF COURSE WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY PRESSURE TILL THEY GOT PUMPED BACK UP! KELLY TAKES CARE OF THE WATER SYSTEM AND HAD IT FIXED BEFORE WE GOT UP!

GLENDA DIDN’T GO TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE ICE ON THE ROADS SO MOM DIDN’T HAVE TO GET HALEY JO FROM SCHOOL!

I’VE GOT TWO APPOINTMENTS AT THE DALLAS VA TOMORROW, A SONOGRAM AT 1PM AND THEN HAVE A MOLE TAKEN OFF MY WRIST AT 2PM! WE’LL BE LEAVING ABOUT 10:30 TO GET THERE ON TIME! WE NEVER KNOW ABOUT THE DALLAS TRAFFIC SO WE ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE IF WE HAVE TO!

SHANNON WILL PICK UP HALEY JO SINCE WE WON’T BE BACK IN TIME!

I’M SORRY BUT, THAT’S ALL I CAN COME UP WITH TONIGHT! I’LL DO SOME RESEARCH WHEN WE GET HOME FROM DALLAS TOMORROW AND HAVE MORE TO REPORT OR RELATE TO YOU ABOUT MY YOUNGER DAYS! SO!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #19 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 19 VOL 6

JANUARY 22^ND 2008

WEATHER; COLD, WET, HI HUMIDITY, 20/38 DEGREES

TO COLD AND WET TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE TODAY, WE STAYED IN EXCEPT WHEN MOM WENT TO GET HALEY JO AT SCHOOL!

SHANNON CAME OUT AND VISITED! KONNER WAS AT THE DAYCARE SO SHE GETS TO HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO HERSELF.

WE WATCHED THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE TONIGHT! PRETTY INTERESTING BUT HILLARY AND OBAMA WERE AT EACH OTHERS THROATS MOST OF THE TIME! I’M AFRAID JOHN EDWARDS CAME OUT THE WINNER ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SET THERE AND LET THEM GO AT IT! I WISH THEY WOULD DEBATE THE ISSUES NOT EACH OTHER! HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS WHEN THEY WERE PUT TO HIM AND HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS TO PUT ON THE TABLE!

I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE MERCEDES GULLWING DONE FOR GARY LATINIS BUT I MESSED UP SOME OF THE WINDOWS WITH GLUE! WITH NO FEELING IN MY HANDS I SHOULD LET MOM DO THINGS LIKE THAT FOR ME WHICH I DO NOW! TODAY SHE TOOK SOME CLEAR PLASTIC OFF A PACKAGE HER NEW COMPUTER MOUSE CAME IN AND CUT OUT NEW WINDOWS FOR THE CAR! IT REALLY LOOKS GOOD NOW!  I’LL FINISH PUTTING THE WHEELS AND OTHER THINGS ON IT AND DO THE REST OF THE ASSEMBLING! WHEN IT’S DONE I’M GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES OF IT THEN I’LL GO TO HOBBY LOBBY AND GET A CLEAR DISPLAY CASE FOR IT AND GET IT TO GARY!

MOM SAYS I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE LIKE THAT ON AS A PROJECT BECAUSE SHE HAS TO DO THE TINY WORK FOR ME! I’M REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN DOING ANYMORE!

SINCE I CAN’T WORK OUTSIDE I’M GOING TO START PUTTING THE 212 PHOTOS OF THE WWII SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND BATTLES MY BROTHER JERRY SENT ME ON PANELS THEN COVER THEM WITH CLEAR PLASTIC! I’LL TALK TO THE DIRECTOR AT THE BONHAM VA AND SEE IF THEY’LL LET ME PUT THEM ON DISPLY IN MY BROTHERS NAME! THERE’S STILL A BUNCH OF WWII VETS IN THE DOMICILARY AT THE BONHAM VA WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THEM AND REMEMBERING THOSE HARD YEARS OF WWII! I’VE GOT COPIES OF THEM ON PRINTER PAPER AND WILL OFFER THEM TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS THEM BUT THE ORIGINALS WILL STAY IN MY FAMILY AFTER THEY’VE BEEN LOOKED AT IN BONHAM!

I GOT AN E-MAIL TODAY FROM DICK IRVIN, COLLENS FIANCE’ WITH PHOTOS OF THE RECONSTRUCTED P-38L THAT WAS THE NUMBER 13 WHITE LIGHTIN’ OF LEFTY GARDNERS!

LEFTY’S SON, LADD, HAD TO CRASH IT IN A FIELD ON THE WAY BACK FROM AN AIR SHOW WHEN THE SUPERCHARGER THREW A BLADE THAT CUT A FUEL LINE! THEY TOOK IT APART AND TOOK IT TO THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE HANGER IN BURNET, TX. THEN STINSON FIELD IN SAN ANTIONIO WHERE THEY TRIED TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET IT AIR WORTHY AGAIN! THIS DIDN’T WORK AND IT WAS BOUGHT BY “RED BULL” AND PUT BACK IN BEAUTIFUL FLYABLE CONDITION!

WHITE LIGHTIN’ HAD A BRILLIANT CAREER WITH LEFT GARDNER AT THE CONTROLS RACING IN THE CLEVELAND AIR RACES, MIAMI AIR RACES AND THE RENO AIR RACES! I HAVE A COPY OF A PAINTING SHOWING IT FLYING OVER THE NEVADA DESERT WITH A P-51 MUSTANG PILOTED BY AN OLD FRIEND, BOB LOVE! LEFTY HAD BEEN RUMORED TO PICK UP SAGE BRUSH WITH HIS WING TIP AT 400MPH!

IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED SEND ME A FAX OR E-MAIL NUMBER AND I’LL SEND THESE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES TO YOU! I’LL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE PICTURE OF WHITE LIGHTIN’ IN A TURN OVER THE NEVADA DESERT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 19 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 6

JANUARY 21^ST 2008

WEATHER: COLD, HIGH HUMIDITY, 16/48 DEGREES

WELL, NEITHER OF OUR FAVORITE TEAMS; THE DALLAS COWBOYS NOR THE GREENBAY PACKERS MADE IT TO THE SUPERBOWL!

DALLAS GOT BEAT OUT LAST WEEK AND THE GREENBAY PACKERS GOT BEAT TODAY! WE WATCHED MOST OF THE CHARGERS/PATRIOTS GAME THEN WENT OUT TO LATINIS AND WATCHED THE FINISH. THE CHARGERS ALMOST BEAT THE PATRIOTS WHO FINISHED UP 18-0! OUR CONGRADULATIONS TO THEM! THEY’RE THE FIRST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY TO GO 18-0! IF THEY CAN BEAT THE GIANTS IN THE SUPERBOWL AND GO OUT 19-0 IT WILL BE ALONG TIME BEFORE ANY EXISTING TEAM WILL TOP THEM! OH WELL! THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR! NOW I’VE GOT TO GET READY TO WATCH OPEN WHEEL INDY TYPE RACING! NO MORE NASCAR IT’S TO CUT AND DRIED FOR ME!

IF THE WEATHER WARMS UP TOMORROW MOM AND I WILL  GET TO WORK ON THE ROLL UP SHADES FOR THE DECK AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE DECK HEATER PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US! WE HOPE IF WE LET ALL THE ROLL UPS DOWN AND LIGHT THE HEATER WE’LL BE ABLE TO USE THE DECK MORE! SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LIKE IT! I’LL GET IT WIRED SO WE CAN PUT UP THE CEILING FAN WE BOUGHT FOR IT AND WE’LL MOUNT A TV IN ONE OF THE CORNERS FOR SPECIAL WATCHING!

I’M GOING TO TRY AND HOOK THE EXHAUST PIPES BACK UP TO THE MANIFOLDS SO I CAN START AND RUN THE INTREPID TO TRY AND MAKE THE TRANSMISSION WORK PROPERLY! IF I CAN’T WE’LL HAVE TO TAKE IT TO B&B TO GET IT CHANGED OUT WITH THE ONE WE BOUGHT 2 MONTH AGO!

I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS A REPEAT OF SOME OTHER TIMES BUT WE’VE HAD TO MOVE OUR PRIORITIES AROUND TO FIT THINGS THAT POP UP ON US THAT WE DID’T PLAN ON, PLEASE BARE WITH US!

LIKE I SAID WE WENT OUT TO GARY AND CHARLEENS TO WATCH THE PACKER/GIANT GAME WITH THEM, CHARLEEN’S A PACKER FAN LIKE MOM, I WORE MOMS PACKER JACKET I BOUGHT HER QUITE A WHILE AGO, IT HAS THE LOGO OF THE 1929 PACKERS ON THE BACK AND HER NAME ON THE RIGHT FRONT! I WAS A PACKER FAN FOR TODAY! BOB AND PAT OSBOURNE WERE THERE! THEY’RE FRIENDS OF ALL OF OURS! CHARLEEN PUT OUT ALL THE THINGS THEY HAD BOUGHT FOR OUR NEW YEARS EVE PARTY THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE PLUS WHAT WE AND OTHERS BROUGHT TODAY! WOW, WHAT A FEAST!

JOKE

TWO COUPLES, ONE FROM THE CITY AND ONE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY WERE AT A MOVIE THEATER TOGETHER                                                  AND WHEN THE INTERMISSION CAME ON THE WIVES WENT TO THE LADIES ROOM AND THE MEN WENT TO MENS ROOM! WHEN THE MEN GOT DONE RELEAVING THEMSELVES THE ONE FROM THE CITY WASHED AND DRIED HIS HANDS! THE ONE WHO LIVED IN THE COUNRTY JUST STOOD BY THE DOOR WAITING! AS THEY WERE WALKING BACK TO THERE SEATS THE ONE FROM THE CITY ASKED WHY THE ONE FROM THE COUNTRY HADN’T WASHED HIS HANDS AFTER RELEAVING HIMSELF AND THE ONE FROM THE COUNTRY ANSWERED; “US COUNTRY BOYS DON’T PISS ON OUR HANDS”!

A FOUR ENGINED AIRLINER WAS FLYING FROM NEW YORK THE ENGLAND WHEN THE PILOT CAME ON THE INTERCOM AND NOTIFIED THE PASSENGERS; “WE’VE JUST LOST NUMBER 4 ENGINE BUT WE’RE STILL OK!”  ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER HE CAME BACK ON THE INTERCOM AND SAID; “OOPS, WE JUST LOST NUMBER 2 ENGINE BUT WE’LL BE OK!” IN A FEW MORE MINUTES HE CAME ON AND SAID; UH-O, WE’VE LOST NUMBER 1 ENGINE BUT, WE’LL BE OK!” THEN ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER A VOICE CAME ON AND SAID; WE’VE LOST NUMBER 1 ENGINE BUT YOU’LL ALL BE OK! IF YOU’LL LOOK OUT OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE WINDOWS YOU’LL SEE A SMALL DOT DOWN ON THE WATER, THAT’S YOUR CREW! PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME; “OUR FATHER…………………………….THIS IS A RECORDING, GOOD LUCK!”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 17 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 6

JANUARY 19^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 21/33 DEGREES

REPORT ON THE NEVADA CAUCUS

REPUBLICAN; MITT ROMNEY WON

DEMOCRAT; HILLAY RODHAM CLINTON WON

THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL DISCUSSION! IT IS A REPORT ONLY!

I REALLY SLEPT IN THIS MORNING, GOT UP AT 9:30! I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS SO TIRED BUT I GUESS THE OLD BOD KNOWS BEST!

TO COLD TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE SO WE STAYED IN AND DID SOME THINGS IN THE COMPUTER ROOM! I WENT THROUGH A STACK OF PAPERS I HAD USED ONLY ONE SIDE OF! THEY’LL BE GOOD FOR THINGS I’LL KEEP INHOUSE ONLY!

FYI

DIABETIC METER RECAL ALERT

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 54 MANUFACTURER NOTIFICATIONS OR RECALLS THERE WERE OVER 30 DIFFERENT CLASS 1 HIGH RISK RECALLS FOR DIABETIC METERS ISSUED BY THE U.S. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION. A CLASS 1 RECALL MEANS THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE CHANCE THAT THE PRODUCT WILL CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS OR DEATH. MOST MAJOR DIABETIC METER MANUFACTURERS HAVE HAD A RECALL IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

YOUR CURRENT METER MAY

BE INVOLVED IN A RECALL.

ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU TEST YOUR BLOOD!

IF YOU HAVE MEDICARE CALL US NOW TO GET A NO COST TO YOU REPLACEMENT METER AND NEW TESTING SUPPLIES! DISCOUNT DIABETIC ALSO PROVIDES NO COST TO YOU – ARTHRITIS HEATING PADS COVERED BY MEDICARE AND MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES!

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HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 16 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 16 VOL 6

JANUARY 19^TH 2008

WEATHER; FAIR, LOW HUMIDITY, 23/61 DEGREES

HAD TO CUT 9” OFF 8 OF THE LEGS USED ON MOMS SHELVING SO SHE COULD GET ALL 5 SHELVES IN THE CLOSET WHERE SHES’ GOT THEM! EVERYTHING IS FINE NOW, SHE CAN START LOADING UP THE SHELVES WITH THE MANY THINGS SHE USES WHILE DOING HER WORK WITH THE COMPUTER!

SHE MADE A DOUBLE BATCH OF “BOSTON BROWN BREAD” TODAY! UMMMMMGOOD! NEXT SHE’LL MAKE SOMEMORE “MONSTER COOKIES” OR “PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES”! EITHER ONE IS FINE WITH ME! I’D RATHER HAVE WHAT MOM MAKES THAN WHAT WE GET FROM THE STORE!

WE WATCHED THE EPISODE OF “GHOST WHISPERER” TONIGHT THAT BILL MASON HAD A BIT PART IN. IT WASN’T VERY LONG BUT YOU COULD SEE HIM STANDING NEXT TO AN OLD COUNTRY BUS TAKING LUGGAGE FROM PEOPLE! HE REALLY DOESN’T DO MANY OF THESE, OCCASIONALLY HE’LL BE SHOWN MOVING A BUS INTO PLACE OR HELPING A PASSENGER IN THE DOOR BUT, HE USUALLY JUST DRIVES A BUS, MOTOR HOME OR PEOPLE MOVER TO AND FROM THE LOCATION OR MOVE THE EXTRAS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER! HE REALLY DOES LIKE HIS WORK AND THE PEOPLE THAT HE WORKS FOR LIKE HIM AND THEY ACTUALLY REQUEST HIM FOR THESE JOBS!

I TALKED TO CHAR MILLIGAN (AN OLD GRAMMER SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND) IN CALIFORNIA TESTERDAY AND SHE TOLD ME HER GRANDSON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ON THE CRITICAL LIST WITH SOME RARE PROBLEM AND HE’S IN A COMA! I HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF CHAR FOR A WEEK AND I CAUGHT HER HOME GETTING CLEANED UP AND HEADING BACK TO THE HOSPITAL! YOU NEVER KNOW, HERE’S A 25 YEAR OLD KID WHO WAS AN HONOR STUDENT WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS AND NEVER TOUCHED DRUGS OR ALCOHOL NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE! MAKE YOU WONDER DOESN’T IT?

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HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 15 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 6

JANUARY 18^TH 2008

WEATHER; NIPPY, HI-HUMIDITY, 20/35 DEGREES

I HAD TO GET UP THIS MORNING AND TRY TO START GLENDA’S VAN! SHE HAD GONE OUT AND STARTED IT AND TURNED ON THE HEATER THEN WENT BACK IN TO GET HALEY JO READY FOR SCHOOL! WHEN SHE CAME OUT THE ENGINE HAD DIED AND WOULDN’T START! I HAD HER TRY IT AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A DEAD BATTERY SO I HOOKED UP THE JUMPERS AND LET IT CHARGE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN SHE TRIED IT AGAIN, THE SAME THING! MOM CAME DOWN TO SEE WHAT WE FOUND AND OFFERED TO TAKE HALEY JO TO SCHOOL AND GLENDA TO WORK!

I CALLED KELLY AND TOLD HIM WHAT I THOUGHT IT COULD BE AND HE SAID HE’D CHECK IT OUT AS SOON AS HE GOT HOME. IT WASN’T ANY OF THE THINGS I SUGGESTED! THE ALTERNATOR REAR BEARING HAD FROZEN UP AND KILLED THE ENGINE ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS IDLING! RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65-70 MPH IT WOULD HAVE SNAPPED THE SERPINTINE BELT AND PROBABLY TAKEN THE OTHER BELTS WITH IT! SOMETHINGS HAPPEN FOR THE GOOD! KELLY WENT IN TO AUTO ZONE AND GOT A REMANUFACTURED ALTERNATOR AND HAD IT BACK ON AND RUNNING IN 30 MINUTES! EVERYTHING’S FINE NOW AND GLENDA CAN GET HER THINGS DONE IN THE MORNING!

OUR GRANDDAUGHTER KYLIE HAS TO MOVE AGAIN SO MOM AND SHANNON WENT TO FIND HER A NEW PLACE WITH NO LUCK! SHANNON WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW! KYLIE HAS A DISABELING CONDITION AND SHE CAN’T LIVE JUST ANYWHERE ESPECIALLY WITH SHANNON! THEY’LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEPLACE WHERE SHE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO PLACES SHE MUST GO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE!

IT’S TO COLD TO WORK ON THE BAMBOO CURTAINS SO I JUST STAY IN AND WORK ON MY COMPUTER! I’VE FINISHED CHAPTER FOUR IN MY BOOK “TIME FREEZE” AND AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO SHERMAN, TEXAS TO THE PRINTER TO SEE IF HE’LL WANT TO PUBLISH IT! WHEN I SEE SOME OF THE GARBAGE THEY’RE PUTTING ON TV NOW “TIME FREEZE” WOULD BE A WELCOME RELIEF! MY OPINION SINCE IT’S OUT OF MY EFFORTS!

I’M STILL WAITING FOR TIM TO FINISH PUTTING “FIRE IN THE TUBE” ON DVD! I WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON AND TIM HAS HAD TO PRACTICALLY RE-WRITE THE WHOLE BOOK TO MAKE IT READ IN CONTEXT! I DON’T PRESS HIM AND KNOW WHEN HE GETS IT DONE IT’LL BE GOOD!  I WANT TO SEND IT TO MY FRIEND, LOU WATT WHO IS A RETIRED SCREEN WRITER! HE’S GONE BLIND SO HE CAN’T READ THE MANUSCRIPT AND WILL HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT TO MAKE ANY SUGGESTION OR HAVE AN OPINION! LOU LIVES IN BEAR VALLEY OUTSIDE OF TEHACHPI, CALIFORNIA! HE’S IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SELL HIS HOUSE SO HE CAN MOVE TO WHERE HIS X-WIFE LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE “TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY” AND “ALLIANCE AIRPORT” IN WEST FORT WORTH TEXAS! HE’LL BUILD A CONDO ON HER LAND. HE SAYS SHE’S ALL ALONE AND WANTS HIM AND JOYCE TO MOVE THERE BUT HE’S GOT TO GET RID OF THE BEAR VALLEY HOUSE TO DO IT! I’LL BE GLAD WHEN HE MAKES THE MOVE, IT’S A LONG WAY OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO VISIT HIM! IT’S ABOUT 1½ HOUR DRIVE TO WHERE HIS X-WIFE LIVES FROM HERE!

BILL MASON HAS EVEN GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO MOVING HERE BUT HE CAN’T GIVE UP HIS JOB AT THE STUDIOS TILL THEY MAKE HIM RETIRE WHICH WON’T BE FOR A WHILE YET!

I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEGGY AND PAUL MOVE SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS NEAR ALL THE DRAG STRIPS THEY HAVE THERE BUT, THAT WOULD BE A HARD MOVE FOR THEM, BOTH THEIR JOBS AND ALL THEIR RACING FRIENDS AND DANS WIDOW JACQUE ARE THERE! YOU JUST DON’T PICK UP AND LEAVE YOUR LIFE LONG FRIENDS UNLESS IT’S BECAUSE OF HEALTH OR JOB REQUIREMENTS!

MOM AND I ARE DOING FINE AND KEEPING BUSY WITH THE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE! I’M GETTING ANXIOUS ABOUT THE INTREPID AND CAN’T START IT WITH THE EXHAUST HANGING LOSE! FROM MY RACING EXPERIENCE I KNOW IF I WAS TO LET IT RUN FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME TRYING TO MAKE THE TRANSMISSION WORK THEN SHUT IT OFF WITHOUT PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS TO KEEP THE HEAT FROM SUCKING IN  THE COLD AIR AS IT COOLED DOWN AND WARP SOME VALVES SO I’LL WAIT TILL KELLY CAN GET TIME TO PUT THE EXHAUST PIPES TO THE MANIFOLDS!

I’M NOT SURE IF MOM’S GOING TO HAVE A GARDEN THIS COMING YEAR? I WOULDN’T BLAME HER IF SHE DIDN’T! IT’S A LOT OF HARD WORK BUT SHE LOVES TO SEE THING SPROUT OUT OF THE GROUND AND START BEARING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! OF COURSE, COLLEEN AND DICK PLANT A PRETTY BIG GARDEN AND WE GOT SOME THINGS FROM THEM LAST YEAR AND IF MOM OPS TO NOT HAVE A GARDEN I’M SURE THEY’LL BE BRINGING US SOME OF THEIRS! OR, IF NECESSARY WE’LL BUY FROM THE MAN WHO PARKS HIS TRUCK WHERE WE COME OFF THE DAM ON THE WAY HOME! I’M  NOT MUCH HELP BUT I CAN WATER IF SHE’LL LET ME, OF COURSE I DO WHAT I CAN TAKING CARE OF THE CAR AND OTHER THINGS I LIKE TO DO!

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HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 14 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 14 VOL 6

JANUARY 17^TH 2008

WEATHER; NOT BAD, LOW HUMIDITY, 44/62 DEGREES

MOM’S DOING A MAKE OVER OF THE COMPUTER ROOM AND NEEDED A SET OF NEW SHELVES SO OFF TO HOME DEPOT WE GO! WE PICKED UP SHANNON AND TOOK HER WITH US. AFTER LEAVING HOME DEPOT WE WENT TO APPLEBEES FOR LUNCH THEN STOPPED AT KROGERS ON THE WAY HOME FOR SOME OF MINE AND MOMS FAVORITE LOW CAL SNACK BARS! WE KEEP THEM IN THE COOLER BOX THAT’S ON THE BACK FLOOR OF THE CAR! WE BOUGHT THIS COOLER BOX FOR OUR TRIP AND STILL USE IT TO KEEP THINGS COOL OR WARM DEPENDING ON HOW WE TURN THE PLUG HOOK UP! DURING THE TRIP WE SURE WERE GLAD WE HAD IT TO KEEP OUR DRINKING WATER COOL/COLD! WE ALSO PUT SOFT DRINKS, BREAD AND SANDWICH MAKINGS IN IT; IT REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB!

MOM GOT HER SHELVES PUT TOGETHER AND UP IN A CLOSET IN THE COMPUTER ROOM! SHE DID ALL THIS WORK SO SHE WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO USE THE NEW COMPUTER KEYBOARD SHE GOT FOR CHRISTMAS!

THE WEATHER PEOPLE CANCELED THE REAL BAD RAIN, SLEAT, SNOW FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FOR TOMORROW! THIS CREW CAME ON BOARD ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO WHEN THE GOOD PEOPLE WE HAD MOVED ON TO BETTER JOBS! THESE CLOWNS HAVEN’T BEEN RIGHT ON THE WEATHER MORE THAN 2% OF THE TIME IN 3 YEARS!

WHEN I WORKED FOR THE EXXON STATION AT THE GREATER SOUTHWEST AIRPORT COMPLEX IN FT. WORTH THE FAA WEATHER MAN, BOB RUDDICK, AND I BECAME PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS! I DELIVERED HIS GSA CAR TO HIM ONE DAY AFTER DOING THE SERVICE ON IT AND JUST OPENED THE DOOR TO THE BLOCK BUILDING AND WALKED IN! HE QUICKLY PUT SOMETHING UNDER THE COUNTER AND I KIDDED HIM ABOUT IT BEING A DIRTY BOOK. HE SLOWLY PULLED IT OUT AFTER MAKING ME PROMISE NOT TO TELL A SOUL, IT WAS THE LATEST EDITION OF “FARMERS ALMANAC”! HE TOLD ME WHEN HE MADE A FORCAST FOR THE AIRLINES AND IT DIDN’T COME UP TO WHAT HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE HE CROSS CHECKED IT WITH THE ALMANAC THEN IF IT DIDN’T LOOK RIGHT HE WOULD BLEND THE TWO TOGETHER AND ISSUE THAT FORCAST. IT WAS RIGHT 99% OF THE TIME AND HE NEVER GOT A COMPLAINT FROM ANY OF THE PILOTS HE HAD CONTACTS WITH!

I DO REMEMBER ON TIME WE HAD A THREAT OF SNOW AND I CALLED HIM TO CHECK ON THAT, HE SAID THE SNOW WAS GOING TO GO WEST OF US AND HIT FT. WORTH! I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND LOOKED OUT TOWARDS THE CENTRAL AIRLINES BUILDING AND HANGER WHERE MOM WORKED AND THEY DISAPPERED BEHIND A SOLID WALL OF “SNOW”! I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED HIM BACK AND SUGGESTED HE STEP OUT SIDE WHICH HE DID, WHEN HE PICKED UP THE PHONE ALL I HEARD WAS “SHIT” AND HE HUNG UP! I NEVER LET HIM FORGET THAT! WE GOT 14’ OF SNOW THAT WEEK (THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER) AND HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND TILL THANKSGIVING! IF THOSE DUMMIES AT CHANNEL 12 WOULD DO THE SAME AND CROSS CHECK WITH THE “FARMER ALAMNAC” MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME ACCURATE FORCAST INSTEAD OF THE CRAP THEY PUT OUT NOW!

BOB RUDDICK EXPLAINED WHAT WEATHER FORCASTERS ARE UP AGAINST IN TEXAS! IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF TEXAS YOU WILL SEE THAT THE WEATHER IS DRAWN INTO A FUNNEL WITH THE SMALL END AT THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BIG END IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE STATE! ALL METEROLOGIST ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRAINED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION BUT MOST OF THEM SEEM TO THINK THEY KNOW BETTER AND FORCAST THEIR WAY NO MATTER WHAT THE INSTRUMENTS SAY WHERE, IF THEY WOULD CROSS CHECK  THEIR FINDINGS WITH THE “FARMERS ALAMNAC” THEY WOULD POSSIBLY SEE WHERE THEY MADE AN ERROR!

WE WATCHED “COMMANCHE SUMMER!” IT SURE WAS GOOD!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD