HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 9 VOL 6
JANUARY 12TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HMUIDITY, 30/57 DEGREES
WE FINALLY GOT THE DRAPES UP AND EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECT! WE HAD HALEY JO AGAIN TODAY AND MOM HAD TO TAKE HER TO THE DOCTOR AT 12PM FOR HER COUGH AND THROWING UP. THE DOCTOR SAID SHE HAS A VIRAL INFECTION! ONE OF THE THINGS WAS SHE IS NOT TO GET ANY COUGH MEDICINE IT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT CURES!
OUR NEXT PROJECT IS TO PUT THE DECK HEATER TOGETHER PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US FOR CHRISTMAS!
YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLES BILL MASON AND I HAD GONE TO THE BEACH ON HIS HARLEY 45! IT WAS LATE WHEN WE HEADED BACK SO WE TOOK A SHORT CUT OVER A MOUNTAIN ROAD HE HAD USED BEFORE. THE ONLY THING WAS HE HAD NEVER RIDDEN IT AT NIGHT AND IN THE FOG AND THIS TRIP WAS IN BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS! THE ROAD WAS TWISTING ALL OVER THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FOG WAS REALLY GETTING THICK! I WAS SETTING ON THE MAIN SEAT AND HE WAS ON THE LITTLE SEAT THAT FOLDED FORWARD ON THE TANK! AS TALL AS I AM I COULD SEE OVER HIS HEAD OR SHOULDER! THE LIGHTS ON THOSE OLD MILITARY HARLEY SCOUT BIKES WASN’T THE BEST AND WE ENDED UP THROUGH A BARB WIRE FENCE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PASTURE SURROUNDED BY CATTLE, MAINLY COWS BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE LOOKING RIGHT AT A BIG BULL! HE WASN’T TO SURE WHO OR WHAT WE WERE AND DIDN’T MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CHARGE US!
WE BOTH GOT OFF THE BIKE AND WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT AROUND SO WE COULD GET BACK ON THE ROAD WHEN THE BULL STARTED WALKING TOWARDS US! WE TRIED TO IGNOR HIM BUT IT’S HARD TO DO WHEN YOU’RE PUSHING A 600 LB MOTORCYCLE THROUGH MUD AND COW PIES!
ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING SPOOKED THE BULL AND HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND CAME AT A RUN TOWARDS US! WE BOTH LET GO OF THE BIKE AND HEADED FOR WHERE WE THOUGHT THE ROAD WAS AND IT WAS THERE THE BARB WIRE FENCE WE HAD GONE THROUGH WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND AND I TRIPPED OVER IT BILL CAME BACK AND HELPED ME UP AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS YELL, SCREAM AND WAVE OUR ARMS IN HOPES IT WOULD SCARE THE BULL WHICH IT DID AND HE STOPPED ABOUT 40 FEET FROM WHERE WE WERE STANDING ON THE ROAD! IF HE HADN’T OF STOPPED WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE WE COULD RUN TO FOR PROTECTION, BELIEVE ME IT WAS SCARY!
ALL AT ONCE WE WERE HIT WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS AND A MAN IN A PICKUP CAME UP TO US! HE GOT OUT AND ASKED IF WE WERE HURT WHICH WE WEREN’T EXCEPT FOR SOME SCRATCHES WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE BARB WIRE! HE SAID HE OWNED THE LAND AND CATTLE AND HEARD US WHEN WE SCREAMED AT THE BULL SO HE CAME TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED! WE TOLD HIM ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE FENCE IN THE FOG AND TRYING TO PUSH THE BIKE OUT TO THE ROAD! HE WAS REAL NICE, WE HELPED FIX THE FENCE AND HE HOOKED ON TO THE BIKE AND PULLED IT TO THE ROAD WITH BILL ON ONE SIDE AND ME ON THE OTHER! WHEN WE REACHED THE ROAD BILL PUSHED ON THE KICK STARTER A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN TURNED ON THE KEY AND RETARDED THE SPARK AND IT FIRED UP! THEN THE MAN LED US OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO WHERE THERE WASN’T ANY FOG AND WE HEADED FOR HOME AGAIN! AS WE SAT THERE THANKING HIM HE STARTED TO CHUCKEL THEN LAUGH AND WE LAUGHED WITH HIM! WE DIDN’T BLAME HIM, WE MUST HAVE BEEN A SITE ALL COVERED WITH MUD AND OTHER STUFF AND STARING AT THAT BULL!
I CAME ACROSS SOME INFORMATION ON A HEATER CALLED “THE SOLAR COMFORT ZONE FURNACE” BY SUN CLOUD, INC. AND THOUGHT MAYBE SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT! THE WEB SITE # www.suncloud.com !
HERE ARE A FEW PIECES OF WISDOM SPOKEN BY WILL ROGERS MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO;
“MY ANCESTORS DIDN’T COME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER, BUT THEY MET THE BOAT.”
“I DON’T TELL JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT THE FACTS.”
“LIVE YOUR LIFE SO THAT WHENEVER YOU LOSE, YOU’RE AHEAD.”
“IT’S GREAT TO BE GREAT BUT IT’S BETTER TO BE HUMAN.”
“PERSONALLY, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THE BEST DOCTOR IN THE WORLD IS THE VETERINARIAN. HE CAN’T ASK HIS PATIENTS WHAT’S THE MATTER, HE’S JUST GOT TO KNOW.”
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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