HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 27 VOL 6
JANUARY 29TH 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
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