HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 28 VOL 6
JANUARY 30TH 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
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