daily chronicle # 28 vol 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 28^TH 2008

WEATHER; NICE, MED HUMIDITY, 43/74 DEGREES

GAS; STILL $3.02- $3.06

WE WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND LOWE’S TODAY ABOUT THE FIREPLACE AND TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING WE CAN USE ON THE DECK SAFELY! HOME DEPOT SAID IT WASN’T ONE THEY SELL SO WE WENT TO LOWE’S AND EVEN THOUGH PEGGY BOUGHT IT AT THE DURANT LOWE’S STORE AGREED WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO THE SHERMAN STORE FOR A FULL REFUND AS LONG AS IT’S NOT DAMAGED OR HASN’T BEEN USED NEITHER OF WHICH WILL APPLY HERE!

LOWE’S AGREED TO TAKE THE ONE  PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US FOR THE AMOUNT SHE PAID FOR IT AND WE WENT TO THEIR GARDEN CENTER AND FOUND ONE MADE OF CAST IRON WITH A SCREEN ALLTHE WAY AROUND AND WE DECIDED TO GET ONE OF THOSE WHEN WE TAKE THE BIG ONE BACK, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE RED CLAY CHIMNEAS AND DECIDED AGAINST ONE OF THEM SINCE FOR $20.00 MORE WE CAN GET THE CAST IRON ONE WHICH WE THINK WILL LAST A LOT LONGER AND DO A BETTER JOB OF HEATING THE DECK!

KELLY WANTS TO WAIT TILL NEXT SATURDAY WHEN HE’LL BE OFF FOR HIS BIRTHDAY TO TAKE THE FIREPLACE BACK AND THE INTREPID TO B&B TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CHANGED OUT! IT’LL BE GOOD TO GET THE INTREPID ON THE ROAD AND SEE WHAT KIND OF SERVICE IT WILL GIVE US COMPARED TO THE ’91 ACCLAIM? WE FILLED UP TODAY AND GOT 22.36 MPG AROUND TOWN WITH THE A/C RUNNING SOMETIMES WHEN IT’S BEEN WARM! NOT BAD FOR AN ENGINE WITH OVER 300,000 MILES ON IT!

THE P-38 LIGHTENING

EARLY ONE JANUARY MORNING IN 1939 MY DAD WOKE ME UP TO GO WITH HIM TO LOCKHEED TO SEE A NEW AIRPLANE THEY WERE ROLLING OUT! EVEN THOUGH I WAS STILL HALF A SLEEP I KEPT ASKING HIM WHAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE AND HE KEPT SAYING, A NEW INTERCEPTOR FIGHTER AND THAT’S ALL HE WOULD SAY!

I FELL ASLEEP AND WHEN HE WOKE ME UP FOR THE SECOND TIME I STAYED AWAKE, THERE WERE ARMED ARMY GUARDS STANDING ALL AROUND THE BUILDING WE HAD PULLED UP TO. MY DAD TOLD ME TO STAY IN THE CAR WHICH I DID, HE GOT OUT AND WENT IN THROUGH A SIDE DOOR IN THE BUILDING AND I DON’T MIND TELLING YOU I WAS PLENTY SCARED, I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HE HAD GONE AND WHEN/IF HE WOULD COME BACK!

AS I SAT THERE ONE OF THE GUARDS CAME UP TO THE CAR AND MOTIONED ME TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW WHICH I DID, ABOUT 3 INCHES! HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND I TOLD HIM MY DAD SAID TO STAY WHERE I WAS, HE NODDED HIS HEAD AND SAID “GOOD BOY, YOUR DAD WILL BE OUT IN A MINUTE”.

ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD CREAKING NOISE AND LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND SAW THE BIG DOORS OPENING AND A LITTLE FUNNY LOOKING TRUCK CAME OUT AND BEHIND IT WAS A HUGE AIRPLANE BEING TOWED BY THIS FUNNY LOOKING CAR!

MY DAD CAME OUT OF THE BIG DOORS AND MOTIONED FOR ME TO GET OUT AND COME WHERE HE WAS STANDING WHICH I DID AND VERY FAST! AS WE STOOD THERE THIS HUGE AIRPLANE HAD STOPPED AND THEY HAD TO BACK IT UP TO CLEAR SOMETHING INSIDE THE BUILDING! IT SATRTED MOVING AGAIN AND WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL CLEARED THE DOOR I COULD SEE A MAN SETTING IN THE AIRPLANE. THERE WAS A WINDOW HELD UP ON THE GLASS COVER HE WAS UNDER, HE WAVED TO ME AND SAID; “WELL HOWARD WHAT DO YOU THINK OF OUR NEW GIRL?” I LOOKED UP AT MY DAD AND ASKED HOW THAT MAN KNEW MY NAME AND HE SAID; “I TOLD HIM YOU WERE OUT HERE AND ASKED IF HE WOULD WAVE TO YOU AND HE SAID HE WOULD.” THEN MY DAD TOLD ME HIS NAME WAS MILO BURCHAMP, CHIEF TEST PILOT FOR LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION THE COMPANY MY DAD WAS WORKING FOR!

I NOTICED THERE WERE NO OUTER WINGS ON THE AIRPLANE AND ASKED MY DAD HOW IT COULD FLY WITHOUT WINGS? I HAD BEEN BUILDING A MODEL CALLED “THE PACIFIC ACE” AND KNEW WINGS WERE IMPORTANT FOR AIRPLANES TO FLY! MY DAD SAID ALL HE COULD TELL ME WAS THE AIRPLANE WOULD HAVE THOSE OUTER WINGS WHEN IT WAS GOING TO FLY! I FOUND OUT LATER IT WAS TOWED OVER TO LOCKHEED AIR TERMINAL AND PUT BEHIND A COVERED FENCE AND TAKEN APART AND HAULED TO “MARCH ARMY AIR BASE” IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA AND PUT TOGETHER AND TEST FLOWN BY MILO BURCHAMP! THEN AFTER IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE ARMY THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR AND FAST IT COULD FLY SO THEY PLANNED A COAST TO COAST FLIGHT WITH A LEUTENANT KELSEY ( I THINK THAT WAS HIS NAME) AT THE CONTROLS! IF I REMEMBER RIGHT HE MADE THE COAST TO COAST IN RECORD BREAKING TIME AND DID IT ON THREE REFUELING STOPS! THE BAD PART OF THIS  IS HE UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY WHEN HE WAS LANDING AND DESTROYED THE ONLY P-38 THEY HAD! I’LL RESEARCH THIS AND IF I’M WRONG I’LL PUT THE CORRECTED INFORMATION IN A FUTURE CHRONICLE!

THE P-38 WAS THE DREAM OF “KELLY” JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMOUS LOCKHEED “SKUNK WORKS” TILL HE RETIRED!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 27 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; NICE BUT COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 26/64 DEGREES

GAS; HOLDING IN THERE AT $3.02- $3.05

WE’RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND TO BUY THE FIREPLACE PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US FOR CHRISTMA (PEGGY AGREES WE SHOULD GET SOMETHING WE CAN USE SAFELY) OR SEE ABOUT TAKING IT BACK TO LOWE’S AND TRADE IT IN ON A “CHIMNEA” WE CAN USE ON THE DECK!

THE ONE EXPERIENCE I WAS TOLD I HAD AS A BABY WITH A FIREPLACE WAS; MY DAD HAD A DRY CLEANING BUSINESS AND CAME HOME ONE DAY AND UNLOADED HIS POCKETS ON A SMALL TABLE THAT SAT NEXT TO OUR FIREPLACE WHICH HAD A SMALL FIRE IN IT AT THE TIME! THE THINGS MY DAD TOOK OUT OF HIS POCKETS INCLUDED OVER $100.00 IN BILLS PART OF WHICH WAS MY MOTHERS GROCERY MONEY FOR THE MONTH I THINK MADELINE SAID IT WAS $35.00!

EVIDENTLY NOBODY WAS WATCHING ME AND I STOOD AT THE TABLE THROWING BILLS INTO THE FIRE LAUGHING AS THEY BURST INTO FLAMES! I UNDERSTAND I GOT YELLED AT AND MY HANDS SLAPPED BY MY DAD BUT MY MOTHER GOT ALL OVER HIM FOR LEAVING THE MONEY WHERE I COULD GET AT IT! I WAS TO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THIS BUT I’M SURE IT HAPPENED!

ANYHOW WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE FIREPLACE! I’M HOPING SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY WILL BUY IT, IT’S REALLY A NICE LOOKING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND ISN’T JUNK BUT WE JUST CAN’T USE IT ON OUR DECK!

IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1944 LOU WATT AND I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PACK A LUNCH AND RIDE OUT BIKES TO “GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY” THAT SETS ON A MOUNTAIN INSIDE OF GRIFFITH PARK! THIS WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE FAMILY HEADED FOR THE CAMPGROUND, THIS YEAR WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THE “BAY SHORE” BECAUSE THE OCEAN SIDE WAS OFF LIMITS DUE TO THE WAR!

WE MET AT HIS HOUSE IN TOLUCA LAKE AT 7AM AND HEADED OUT! MY BIKE WAS A BALOON TIRED SEARS AND HIS WAS AN “IVER-JOHNSON RACING BIKE  BY THE TIME WE GOT TO OBSERVATORY DRIVE THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE OBSERVATORY IT WAS  ALMOST 10AM

THE ROAD TO THE OBSERVATORY WAS A PRETTY STEEP ONE AND WE HAD TO PUSH OUR BIKES ALL THE WAY UP A GOOD MILE! WE STOPPED ALONG THE WAY AND SAT ON PEOPLES LAWNS TO REST AND GET DRINKS OF WATER OUT OF GARDEN HOSES! WE FINALLY GOT TO THE OBSERVATORY AT NOON AND SAT AT A PICNIC TABLE OUTSIDE TO EAT OUR LUNCHES! WE DECIDED WE BETTER HEAD FOR HOME ABOUT 5PM!

WE HAD NEVER BEEN TO AN OBSERVATORY AND WHEN WE WALKED IN IT WAS LIKE ENTERING ANOTHER WORLD! THE FIRST THING YOU COME ACROSS IS A BIG PIT WITH A LARGE SHINEY BALL HANGING FROM THE CEILING SWINGING BACK AND FORTH. EVERYTIME IT REACHES ONE SIDE IT KNOCKS DOWN A PEG STANDING IN A CIRCLE LINE AROUND THE PIT FLOOR! THE PEGS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE 4-5 INCHES LONG. WE READ THE EXPLANIATION THAT WAS WRITTEN ON A PLACK ON THE RIM OF THE PIT! THIS IS A MOTION CLOCK THAT GOT POWER FROM THE MOTION OF THE EARTH “I THINK THAT’S WHAT IT SAID!”

WE STARTED WALKING AROUND LOOKING AT ALL THE EXIBITS TRYING OUT THE ONES THAT SAID WE COULD. WE FINALLY CAME TO A THEATER THAT HAD A SIGN ANNOUNCING ;”A TRIP TO THE STARS”, NEXT SHOW AT 3PM, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST TILL 5PM WHICH WOULD WORK OUT FINE, THAT’S WHEN WE WERE TO LEAVE FOR HOME!

THE SHOW WAS THE MOST FANTASTIC THING WE HAD EVER SEEN, THE SEATS RECLINED AND WHEN WE LAUNCHED IT WAS SO REAL, THE SEATS VIBRATED AND ROCKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, WE HAD SEAT BELT ON AND THEY HAD MOVIES SHOWING IN THE WINDOWS THAT SHOWED THE CLOUDS AS WE WENT THROUGH THEM AND THEN THE SKY GOT DARKER AND DARKER TILL WE REACHED WHERE WE COULD SEE MILLIONS OF STARS PROJECTED ON THE CURVED (CONCAVE) CEILING OF THE THEATER AND THE MAN GIVING THE SHOW STARTED IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT STARS AND CONSTILLATIONS! 2 HOURS WENT BY SO FAST WE DECIDED TO COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF MONTH TO SEE THE NEXT SHOW, “A TRIP AROUND THE MOON” BUT WE NEVER DID. IT WAS 10 YEARS BEFORE I WENT BACK FOR A SHOW AND I DON’T KNOW IF LOU EVER DID?

NOW THE FUN BEGINS; WE HAD TO EITHER RIDE OUR BIKES DOWN THE ROAD OR PUSH THEM! I DECIDED TO PUSH MINE BUT LOU FIGURED HE HAD HAND BRAKES SO HE RODE HIS DOWN!

I WATCHED THE BRAKE PADS SMOKE THEN STAR THROWING SPARKS AROUND THE RIMS AND THE BIKE WAS PICKING UP SPEED REAL FAST! I RAN DOWN PUSHING MY BIKE AND WHEN I GOT A BLOCK FROM THE MAIN ROAD, LAS FELITZ BLVD.

I COULD SEE TRAFFIC GOING BY IN GROUPS, IT WAS ALMOST 5:30PM AND THE SIGNAL ARM ( THEY WERE THE OLD ARMS THAT HAD GO AND STOP ON THEM) SHOWED STOP FOR LOU AND JUST AS HE GOT TO THE INTERSECTION IT CHANGED TO GO! HE WENT ANOTHER BLOCK BEFORE HE COULD STOP,

I RAN DOWN TO HIM AND HE WAS SETTING ON THE CURB WITH SMOKE COMING OFF HIS SHOES, HE HAD BEEN DRAGGING HIS FEET TO SLOW HIM DOWN  HE TOOK THEM OFF AND LET THEM COOL! WE WAITED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES THEN HEADED HOME! GOING HOME WAS REAL EASY COMPARED TO GOING UP THE ROAD TO THE OBSERVATORY. SINCE IT WAS SUMMER AND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS WAS IN EFFECT BY THE TIME WE GOT TO HIS HOUSE IT WAS ALMOST 8PM AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER ½ HOUR TO MY HOUSE! I’LL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE BUT AS I LOOK BACK ON IT JUST SEEING THE THINGS AT THE OBSERVATORY MADE IT WORTH ALL THE TROUBLE!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 26 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 26^TH 2008

WEATHER; WINDY, COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 34/76 DEGREES

GAS: $3.02 TO $3.05 WE’RE STILL WAY BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $3.10! HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

THIS OUGHT TO WAKE UP THE GRAY MATTER IN THE BRAIN, SEE IF YOU CAN COMPLETE THIS;

“THE TIME HAS COME THE WALRUS SAID, TO SPEAK OF MANY THING, OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND SEALING WAX AND __________AND ______!”

ANSWER TOMORROW!

BOY, THE DAYS SURE ARE GETTING LONGER AND THE WEATHER DOESN’T STAY NICE LONG ENOUGH TO EVEN GET THE TOOL BOX OPEN! AND SINCE THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT ON OR ANYTHING I CAN RECALL FROM MY EARLY YEARS I’LL JUST TELL A COUPLE OF JOKES!

THIS IS FROM MY FRIEND IN CANADA, BOYD BRUCE.

THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO STOPPED IN THE DESERT FOR THE NIGHT. AFTER THEY GOT THEIR TENT ALL SET UP, BOTH MEN FELL SOUND ASLEEP.  SOME HOURS LATER, TONTO WAKES THE LONE RANGER AND SAYS, "KEMO SABE, LOOK TOWARDS SKY, WHAT YOU SEE?"

THE LONE RANGER REPLIES, "I SEE MILLIONS OF STARS."

 "WHAT THAT TELL YOU" ASKED TONTO.

 THE LONE RANGER PONDERS FOR A MINUTE THEN SAYS, "ASTRONOMICALLY SPEAKING, IT TELLS ME THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GALAXIES AND POTENTIALLY BILLIONS OF PLANETS. ASTROLOGICALLY, IT TELLS ME THAT SATURN IS IN LEO. TIME WISE, IT APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER PAST THREE IN THE MORNING.

THEOLOGICALLY, IT'S EVIDENT THE LORD IS ALL-POWERFUL AND WE ARE SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT. METEOROLOGICALLY, IT SEEMS WE WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY TOMORROW. WHAT'S IT TELL YOU, TONTO?"

 

 

TONTO IS SILENT FOR A MOMENT, THEN SAYS, "KEMO SABE, YOU DUMBER THAN A ROCK.

IT TELL ME SOMEBODY STOLE TENT."

 

THIS MAN WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WHEN HE SPOTTED SOMEONE SETTING ON THE CURB IN FRONT OF A BAR; HE WALKED UP TO THIS GUY AND ASKED; “WHAT’S THE MATTER FRIEND?”

“THEY KICKED ME OUT OF THE BAR BECAUSE I’M JESUS CHRIST” ANSWERED THE GUY

“WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU’RE JESUS CHRIST?” ASKED THE MAN

“YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME EITHER?” “BUT IF YOU’LL BUY ME A DRINK I’LL PROVE IT TO YOU!” SAID THE GUY

THE MAN AGREES SO THEY WALK INTO THE BAR AND SET AT THE VERY END AND THE MAN ORDERS TWO DRINKS WHICH THE BARTENDER BRINGS TO THEM. THE GUY HAD HIS BACK TO THE BAR SO THE BARTENDER COULDN’T SEE HIS FACE BUT WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET HIS DRINK THE BARTENDER YELLS OUT; “JESUS CHRIST, ARE YOU BACK IN HERE?”

THERE WAS A NEWS ITEM IN A LOCAL PAPER THAT TOLD ABOUT A BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER THE NIGHT BEFORE! THE BODY WAS WRAPPED WITH ABOUT 50FT OF ½ INCH CHAIN! WHEN THE LOCAL SHERIFF WAS ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT THE REASON FOR THE DROWNING WAS HE SIMPLY ANSWERED; “THOSE THIEVES ARE ALWAYS STEALING MORE THAN THEY CAN CARRY ACROSS THE RIVER!”

ANOTHER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SAME RIVER SOMETIME LATER, IT HAD 55 BULLET HOLES IN IT! WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS STRANGE KILLING ALL THE LOCAL SHERIFF WOULD SAY WAS, “DAMNDEST CASE OF SUICIDE I’VE EVER SEEN!”

“I’M AFRAID TO SEND MY KIDS TO THE MOVIES ANY MORE. EVER SINCE THEY LET CLARK GABLE GET AWAY WITH SAYING ‘DAMN’ IN ‘GONE WITH THE WIND,’ IT SEEMS EVERY NEW MOVIE HAS “HELL” OR “DAMN” IN IT.

“I READ THE OTHER DAY WHERE SOME SCIENTIST THINKS IT’S POSSIBLE TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON BY THE END OF THE CENTURY THEY EVEN HAVE SOME FELLOWS THEY CALL ASTRONAUTS PREPARING FOR IT DOWN IN TEXAS.”

“DID YOU SEE WHERE SOME BASEBALL PLAYER JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR $75,000 A YEAR JUST TO PLAY BALL? IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME IF SOMEDAY THEY’LL BE MAKING MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT.”

“I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY ALL OUR KITCHEN APPLIANCES WOULD BE ELECTRIC. THEY ARE EVEN MAKING ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS NOW.”

“IT’S TOO BAD THINGS ARE SO TOUGH NOWADAYS I SEE WHERE A FEW MARRIED WOMEN ARE HAVING TO WORK TO MAKE ENDS MEET.”

“IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO WATCH THEIR KIDS SO THEY CAN BOTH WORK.”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 25 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; DOWN RIGHT WARM, HI-HUMIDITY, 42/84 DEGREES

GAS; STILL HAVEN’T BEEN TO TOWN.

THEY FINALLY STARTED THE FINISH OF THE RACE TODAY AT 1:30PM.

IT WAS A GOOD FINISH CARL EDWARDS # 99 TOOK THE CHECKERED FLAG WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON #48 ABOUT 1 SECOND BEHIND HIM! THE “WEINNIE”, JEFF GORDON SAID HIS ENGINE BLEW ON THE NEXT TO THE LAST LAP, YEAH, RIGHT! HE PROBABLY SHUT THE LIMITER SWITCH OFF AND FLORED IT! WHEN HE GOT PUSHED BACK INTO THE MIX AFTER LEADING FOR I THINK 50+ LAPS HE COULDN’T COMPETE! I’VE ALWAYS SAID HE CAN DRIVE AS LONG AS HE’S OUT IN FRONT OR ALL THE WAY BACK IN 43^RD PLACE BUT IN TRAFFIC HE JUST DOESN’T HAVE IT! THE OTHER DRIVER WHO HAVE TO ALWAYS DRIVE IN TRAFFIC TO GET TO A GOOD FINISH ARE 10 TIMES BETTER THAN HIM! 

THEY SHOWED SOME PICTURES OF THE WORK DONE ON THE TRACK LAST NIGHT! THEY HAD TO DIG UP TURNS 3 & 4 TO STOP THE WATER SEEPAGE THEN REPAVE IT FOR THE CRAFTSMAN TRUCK RACE THIS MORNING AND THE SPRINT CUP RACE THIS AFTERNOON! IT’S AMAZING WHAT THE TRACK OWNERS WILL GO THROUGH TO KEEP NASCAR COMING TO THEIR TRACK! IF THEY WOULDN’T HAVE DONE THE WORK ON THE TURNS I DON’T THINK THE DRIVERS WOULD HAVE RUN AND TEAM OWNERS WOULD HAVE LET THEM RUN!

SOME OF THE TEAMS WHO’S CARS WERE TORE UP BECAUSE OF THE WATER SEEPAGE HAD TO HAVE THEIR BACK UP PRIMARY CARS SENT FROM THE EAST COAST TO RUN NEXT WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS, THAT’S AROUND 3000 MILES AND YOU KNOW IT COST A PRETTY PENNY!

TWO OF THE DODGES WERE IN THE TOP 10, RYAN NEWMAN AND KASEY KAHANE! (I THINK)

THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO WERE CHASED INTO A BOX CANYON BY A WAR PARTY OF INDIANS! AS THEY KEPT FIRING UP AT THE INDIANS THEY BEGAN TO RUN OUT OF AMMUNITION! THE LONE RANGER LOOKED OVER AT TONTO AND SAID;”WELL TONTO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS IT! WE’VE HAD IT!” TONTO ANSWERS; “WHAT’S THIS WE SHIT WHITE MAN?”

THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR AND THE HEAD NURSE WERE TALKING IN THE HALL; JUST THEN A NURSE CAME CHASING AFTER A MALE PATIENT WITH A BUCKET OF BOILING WATER! THE HEAD NURSE SAYS, “THAT’S THE NURSE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, SHE NEVER UNDERSTANDS ANYTHING I TELL HER, I DISTINCTLY TOLD HER TO PRICK MR. JONES’S BOILL!”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 24 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; FAIR, LOW HUMIDITY, 33/61 DEGREES

GAS; WASN’T IN TOWN TODAY SO NO REPORT.

I WENT OUT ON THE DECK AND SAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TODAY!

 AND SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING EXCEPT RERUNS ON TV WE TUNED IN TO THE NASCAR RACE!

BETWEEN THE RED AND YELLOW FLAGS BECAUSE OF RAIN AND ONE BAD ACCIDENT AND A FEW OTHER LESS SERIOUS ONES THE RACE IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED TONIGHT AT 11:00 PM! THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME, THEY USUALLY CONTINUE THE NEXT DAY BUT INTHIS CASE MAYBE THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE REAL UNSTEADY TOMORROW! I WAITED UP TILL 12:15AM AND THEY STILL HADN’T RESTARTED THE RACE SO I’LL SEE THE RESULTS   TOMORROW ON THE NEWS! I’M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE DODGES FINISH?

MY CAT, MR.”T” IS GETTING OLD AND AUTHUR IS GETTING HIM IN THE HIPS SO I PICK HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN MY LAP AND RUB BOTH HIPS FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH! HE GETS HIS “MOTOR” PURRING AND REALLY LIKES IT!  AFTER THE RUB DOWN HE’S GOOD FOR A DAY OR TWO!

COLLEEN AND DICK ARE DOING BETTER! HAVEN’T HEARD FROM MIKE SINCE THE PARTY BUT I GUESS EVERYTHING IS OK! WAITING TO HEAR FROM KERRY AND DEBI AS TO WHEN THEY’LL BE COMING UP FOR A DAY! KELLY SPENT ALL WEEKEND BUILDING A WALL IN HIS LIVING ROOM TO GIVE HALEY JO MORE PLAY ROOM AND A LARGER BEDROOM! SHANNON IS DOING A LITTLE BETTER SINCE THEY TOOK THE IMPLANT WIRES OUT OF HER SPINE, SHE SAID IT WAS WORSE NOT BETTER! I TALKED TO MY BROTHER JERRY AND HE HAD ALMOST THE SAME THING DONE TO HIS BACK AFTER HE GOT HURT WHILE ON THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPT BUT IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 6 MONTH. HE TOLD ME ABOUT A NEW DEVICE THEY’RE USING THAT IS PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY, NO WIRES AND I PASSED THE INFORMATION ON TO SHANNON AND SUGGESTED SHE MENTION IT TO HER DOCTOR! TIM MUST BE BUSY, I’M SURE THE JOB REALLY KEEPS HIM COVERED UP! I KNOW HE AND BRADLEY ARE WORKING IN HIS SHOP AT NIGHT, HE’S TEACHING BRAD THE PROPER USE OF WOOD WORKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT! HE TAKES BRAD TO EITHER LOWE’S OR HOME DEPOT FOR KID CLASSES AND HE HAS MADE SOME NEAT THINGS!

I HAVE SOME OTHER PICTURES I WANT TIM TO MAKE FRAMES FOR, SOME OF THEM ARE COLOR PICTURES OF AIRCRAFT I’VE HAD FOR YEARS AND SOME ARE FAMILY PICTURES, THERE ARE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND PICTURES FROM WWII, MY NAVY AND USAF DISCHARGES AND SOME OTHER THINGS I NEVER TOOK TIME TO FRAME!

HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS MADE IN 1955.

“I’LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE, IT’S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO BUY A WEEKS GROCERIES FOR $20.00”

“HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW CARS COMING OUT NEXT YEAR? IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE $2,000 WILL ONLY BUY A USED ONE.”

“IF CIGARETTS KEEP GOING UP IN PRICE, I’M GOING TO QUIT. A QUARTER A PACK IS REDICULOUS.”

“DID YOU HEAR THE POST OFFICE IS GOING TO CHARGE A DIME JUST TO MAIL A LETTER?”

“IF THEY RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $1  NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO HIRE OUTSIDE HELP AT THE STORE.”

“WHEN I FIRST STARTED DRIVING, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT GAS WOULD SOMEDAY COST 29 CENTS A GALLON. GUESS WE’D BE BETTER OFF LEAVING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE.”

“KIDS TODAY ARE GETTING IMPOSSIBLE; THOSE DUCK TAIL HAIR CUTS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY GROOMED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, BOYS WILL BE WEARING THEIR HAIR AS LONG AS THE GIRLS.”

WILLIE JONES WAS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO KNEW EVERYBODY OF IMPORTANCE! HE WENT IN TO MAKE A LONE AT THE LOCAL AMERICAN BANK. WHEN THE LOAN OFFICER ASKED FOR REFERENCES WILLY TOLD HIM HE KNEW GEORGE W. BUSH. WILL HE BE A REFERENCE FOR YOU ASKED THE LOAN OFFICER SMILING! SURE, HERE’S HIS PRIVATE PHONE #, CALL HIM AND ASK HIM! THE LOAN OFFICER DID AND GEORGE TOLD HIM TO GIVE WILLIE ANYTHING HE WANTED, HE WAS GOOD FOR IT! DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE ASKED THE OFFICER, YEAH, I KNOW BARACK OBAMA, HERE’S HIS PRIVATE PHONE #, CALL HIM AND ASK HIM ABOUT ME WHICH THE LOAN OFFICER DID AND OBAMA SAID TO GIVE WILLIE WHAT EVER HE WANTED THAT HE WAS GOOD FOR IT! I NEED ONE MORE SAID THE LONE OFFICER, WILLIE THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THEN SAID, I KNOW THE POPE, YOU KNOW THE POPE? ASKED THE LOAN OFFICER? YEP, BUT I DON’T HAVE HIS PHONE #! THE LOAN OFFICER AGREED TO FLY WILLIE TO ROME AND JUST SEE IF HE ACTUALLY KNEW THE POPE! THEY LANDED AT THE AIRPORT AND THE LOAN OFFICER AND WILLIE WENT TO THE VATICAN WHERE THERE WAS A BLESSING GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN AN HOUR! WILLIE TOLD THE LOAN OFFICER TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE CROWD AND WAIT FOR HIM TO COME OUT ON THE BALCONY WITH THE POPE WHICH THE LOAN OFFICER DID. WHEN HE GOT THERE HE ASKED A LITTLE BOY ABOUT 10-11 YEARS  OLD TO WATCH THE BALCONY AND TELL HIM WHO COMES OUT ON IT? THE LITTLE BOY HAD A SMALL PAIR OF BANOCULARS AND KEPT WATCHING THE BALCONY, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CROWD WENT CRAZY AND THE LOAN OFFICER ASKED THE BOY WHAT WAS GOING ON, TWO PEOPLE JUST WALKED OUT ON THE BALCONY; WHO ARE THEY ASKED THE LOAN OFFICER, I DON’T KNOW THE CAT WITH THE BEANIE BUT THAT’S WILLIE JONES STANDING NEXT TO HIM ANSWERED THE BOY! WILLIE GOT HIS LOAN!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #23 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 23 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 23^RD 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 26/54 DEGREES

GAS; UP, $3.04 TO $3.06 I GUESS WERE LUCKY, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS $3.14 BUT I HAVE CONFIENCE IN THE OIL COMPANIES THEY’LL GET IT TO $3.50 BY SUMMER! I GUESS THEY BELIEVE HILLARY WHEN SHE SAYS SHE WILL WORK TO TAKE THE “WINDFALL” TAX CREDITS OLE’ GEORGIE BOY GAVE THEM IN 2003 AWAY AND USE THEM TO HELP FUND THE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM SHE ADVOCATES!

NOT MUCH DOING TODAY, WATCHED TV AND DID SOME READING!

WE PICKED CHARLEEN LATINIS UP FOR 5:00 PM MASS THEN SHE TOOK US TO APPLEBEES FOR DINNER. GARY’S ON THE ROAD TILL NEXT WEEK! HE SAID THE PRICE OF DIESEL IS UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! HE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE FUEL SITUATION AND HE DOESN’T SEE HOW THE OWNER OPERATORS WHO HAUL FOR SOME OF THE OTHER FREIGHT COMPANIES CAN MAKE IT UNLESS THE COMPANIES ARE SUBSIDISING THEM ON FUEL! THERE’S NO WAY A TRUCKER COULD HAUL FOR EVEN $2.00 A MILE WITHOUT HELP ON THE FUEL! GARY’S REAL CAREFUL HOW HE RUNS AND IF HE CAN’T MAKE TRUCK EXPENSES AND HIS WAGES HE DOESN’T TAKE THE LOAD! LIKE HE SAYS; THE PETE SETTING IN HIS SHOP IS ONLY COSTING HIM FOR INSURANCE!

WE HAVEN’T FILED INCOME TAX FOR A FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE DIDN’T MAKE ENOUGH TO DO IT! MOM JUST FOUND OUT WE HAVE TO FILE THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SUPLEMENTAL CHECK FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT’S SUPPOSED TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY! JUST ANOTHER BOONDOGGLE BY OLE; GEORGIE BOY! IF HE REALLY WANTS TO GIVE THE ECONOMY A SHOT IN THE ARM THE MONEY HE BORROWED FROM CHINA TO GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD BE BETTER SPENT REPAIRING OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES, THAT WOULD PUT PEOPLE TO WORK AND STIMULATE THE ECONOMY MORE THAN THIS FOOLISH IDEA OF HIS! THE PEOPLE WHO DO GO OUT AND SPEND IT TO HELP THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL BE HELPING THE CHINESE ECONOMY MORE BECAUSE WHAT THEY BUY WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE MADE IN CHINA!

MOM WAS TOLD THE MONEY WILL BE DIRECT DEPOSITED IN OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE LETTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT TELLING US WE’RE GOING TO GET IT!

I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU FOLKS FEEL ABOUT UFOs BUT, HERE IS AN EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT ABOUT ONE THAT WAS SEEN OVER THE OLD LOCKHEED AIR TERMINAL IN BURBANK CALIFORNIA BY ME AND 12 OTHERS AT THE SAME TIME;

WE WERE STANDING NEXT TO A C-47 AND B-25 ON THE PARKING RAMP FOR THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD FACILITY AT LOCKHEED!

ONE OF THE PERSONS THERE COVERED HIS EYES TO LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THE SUN HE DIDN’T HAVE A HAT ON! HE POINTED TO THE EAST AND YELLED UFO! I AND EVERYBODY ELSE TURNED TO LOOK WHERE HE WAS POINTING AND THERE IT WAS   IT WAS HUGE AND JUST HOVERED IN ONE PLACE! THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE! A CAPTAIN STANDING THERE JUMPED IN THE B-25 AND WAS GOING TO START THE ENGINES BUT THE CREW CHIEF TOLD HIM TO STOP, # 2 ENGINE WAS TORN UP INSIDE AND COULDN’T START!

ABOUT THAT TIME A LOUD SPEAKER BLARED OUT FOR ALL THE P-51 PILOTS TO MAN THEIR PLANES, WE HAD 5 THAT WERE AIR WORTHY AND THEY DID GET STARTED IN A MATTER OF A FEW MINUTES! THE AIR FORCE HAD TWO P-80s STANDING THERE THAT WERE BEING USED AS RECRUITING TOOLS, THE TWO PILOTS RAN OUT OF THE CONTROL SHACK AND CLIMBED IN AND STARTED THEIR ENGINES AND TAXIED OUT TO THE MAIN RUNWAY, THE P-51s HAD GOT STARTED AND WERE RIGHT BEHIND AND TO THE SIDE OF THE P-80s BECAUSE OF THE JET ENGINE BLAST! BY THIS TIME THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE OUT ON THE TAXI WAY LOOKING AT THIS OBJECT IN THE SKY! LOCKHEED STILL HAD SOME OF THE CAMOFLAGE NETTING UP OVER PARTS OF THE PLANTAND IT LOOKED LIKE A FARMING COMMUNITYFROM THE AIR!

THE P-80s AND THE P-51s HEADED FOR THE UFO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HEADED OFF TO THE SOUTH VERY FAST WITH THEM IN   PURSUIT!

I WENT INTO THE CONTROL SHACK AND WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE COUNTER THAT WAS WHERE THE PILOTS GOT THEIR MAPS AND FILED THEIR FLIGHT PLANS! LOU WATT WAS SETTING AT THE RADIO AND I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS HAPPENING? HE JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND HELD BOTH PLAMS UP INDICATING HE HAD NO INFORMATION!

AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES WE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE P-51s COMING BACK! ONLY 3 OF THEM RETURNED, I FIGURED THE OTHER TWO LANDED AT MARCH AFB OR SOMEWHERE ELSE! THE P-80s NEVER RETURNED AND THERE AGAIN I FIGURED THEY LANDED SOMEWHERE ELSE!

THE AIR POLICE STARTED ROUNDING PEOPLE UP THAT WERE STANDING THERE AND USHERING THEM GENTLY INTO THE CHOWHALL AND TOLD THEM TO BE SEATED! I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE!

WE WERE DEBRIEFED AND THREATENED WITH LAWSUITS AND JAIL IF WE SPOKE TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT UNTIL THE AIR FORCE AND THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD FINISHED THEIR INVESTIGATION!

I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT THE TWO P-51s HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND THE TWO P-80s HAD ALSO BEEN DESTROYED! ONE SOURCE SAID THE P-80s WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY AND THE P-51s HAD CRASHED FOR SOME REASON! NONE OF THE PILOTS SURVIVED AND AS FAR AS I KNOW NO WRECKAGE WAS EVER FOUND!

YOU CAN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS BUT I KNOW WHAT I SAW AND IT WASN’T A WEATHER BALOON OR REFLECTION OFF A CLOUD BECAUSE THERE WASN’T A CLOUD IN THE SKY AT THAT TIME JUST CLEAR BLUE!

I REALLY HESITATED TO TELL OF THIS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN OR EXPERIENCED THINGS LIKE THIS REACT TO THEM!

I’M NOT ALONE IN THIS UFO SIGHTING THING! REALLY CREDITABLE PERSONS HAVE SEEN THEM AND SOME ARE RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 22 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 22^ND 2008

WEATHER; CCCOLD, MED HUMIDITY, 33/44 DEGREES

GAS; I HAVEN’T BEEN TO TOWN SO I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANY PRICES.

ANOTHER DAY TO COLD TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE.

GLENDA DIDN’T GO TO WORK TODAY AND DIDN’T TAKE HALEY JO TO SCHOOL SO WE DIDN’T HAVE TO PICK HER UP! MOM STAYED BUSY IN THE KITCHEN AND MADE A BIG POT OF CLAMB CHOWDER! I HAD TWO BOWLS FOR DINNER AND ALMOST HAD A THIRD BUT KNEW IT WOULD MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE SO, I’LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW! MOM ALSO MADE A COUPLE OF LOVES OF BREAD! WE HAD AN AUTOMATIC BREAD MACHINE BUT IT VIBRATED IT SELF OFF THE SINK THE OTHER DAY AND BROKE THE GLASS DOME ALL TO PIECES SO IT WAS THROWN IN THE DUMPSTER! I DON’T KNOW WHEN MOM WILL BUY ANOTHER ONE? SHE MAY NOT SHE MAKES GOOD BREAD USING THE OLD BREAD PANS!

THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE WAS GOOD FOR PUTTING THE INGREDIENTS IN AND SET THE TIMER FOR WHAT YOU’RE MAKING AND LISTEN FOR THE “I’M DONE” BEEPER! OR YOU COULD LEAVE AND GET BACK WHEN THE BREAD/ROLLS WERE FINISHED!

MORE RANDOM THOUGHTS

I DON’T MIND THE RAT RACE, BUT I COULD DO WITH A LITTLE MORE CHEESE.

I HAD TO GIVE UP JOGGING FOR MY HEALTH, MY THIGHS KEPT RUBBING TOGETHER AND SETTING MY PANTY HOSE ON FIRE.

AMAZING! YOU JUST HANG SOMETHING IN YOUR CLOSET FOR A WHILE AND IT SHRINKS TWO SIZES.

IT IS BAD TO SUPPRESS LAUGHTER, IT GOES BACK DOWN AND SPREADS TO YOUR HIPS.

AGE IS IMPORTANT ONLY IF YOU’RE CHEESE.

THE ONLY TIME A WOMAN WISHES SHE WERE A YEAR OLDER IS WHEN SHE’S EXPECTING A BABY.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS MEANS NO-IRON CLOTHES.

INSIDE OF MOST OF US IS A THIN PERSON STRUGGLING TO GET OUT, BUT SHE CAN USUALLY BE SEDATED WITH A FEW PIECES OF CHOCOLATE CAKE.

CAN IT BE A MISTAKE THAT “STRESSED” IS “DESERTS” SPELLED BACKWARDS?

SEEN IT ALL, DONE IT ALL, CAN’T REMEMBER MOST OF IT.

THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD GET SHOT BY THOSE WHO DON’T.

HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET.

PARDON MY DRIVING, I’M RELOADING.

DESPITE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW IT REMAINS SO POPULAR?

NOTHING IS FOOLPROOF TO A SUFFICIENTLY TALENTED FOOL.

THESE ARE FROM DEBS FUN PAGES

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

 

HERE’S AN ARTICLE ABOUT MY TIME IN THE USNR!

ENLISTED APRIL 1946, IN JUNE 1946 I WAS SENT ON A CRUISE ABOARD THE USS BADOEING STRAITS CVE 116 AN ESCORT “JEEP” AIRCRAFT CARRIER! I WAS SENT ON THIS CRUISE BECAUSE I ANSWERED A QUESTION ON MY ENLISTMENT SHEET; “WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY?” I ANSWERED I WANTED TO BE A NAVAL AVIATOR! THAT ALL ENDED WHEN I LOST THE SIGHT OUT OF MY LEFT EYE IN THE 1950 AUTO ACCIDENT! 

WE HAD 25 WWII AIRCRAFT ABOARD, 10 F6F GRUMMAN HELLCATS, 10 TBM GRUMMAN AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBERS (THE “M” SIGNIFIES IT WAS BUIT BY MARTIN) 5 SB2C-5 CURTIS HELLDIVER (THE -5 WAS BUILT BY FAIRCHILD LIMITED AIRCRAFT IN CANADA)!

THE FIRST THING I NOTICED  WHEN  I GOT ABOARD WAS THE LONG FRESH SEA WATER FLOWING COMMODE IN THE HEAD. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER , 5 SEATS ON EACH ONE THE SEA WATER WAS FLOWING CONSTANTLY!  I LEARNED REAL QUICK TO TRY AND GET THE SEAT AT THE END WHERE THE WATER CAME IN! THE OLDER GUYS WOULD GET THE FIRST SEAT AND WAD UP SMALL BALLS OF TOILET PAPER, LIGHT IT AND DROP IT IN THE FLOWING WATER! IF YOU SAW IT YOU MIGHT STAND UP FAST ENOUGH, IF NOT YOU GOT THE EFFECT OF FLAMES IN THE WATER, ENOUGH SAID I’M SURE!

MY FIRST DUTY WAS BEING ASSIGNED TO A GUN CREW; THE FIRST GUN WE WERE TRAIND TO OPERATE WAS THE QUAD 40 MM ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, THIS GUN WAS OF THE “BOFFERS” DESIGN! I CAN REMEMBER MY DAD TELLING ABOUT THE “BOFFERS”! HE SERVED ON THE USS CALIFORNIA IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET! THE CALIFORNIA WAS CHOSEN TO TEST A NEW ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN, THE 40 MM TWIN MOUNT “BOFFERS”! HE ALSO RELATED TO US HOW THE DESIGN OF THE GUN WAS SNEAKED OUT OF I THINK SWITZERLAND ON POST CARDS. THE PLANS WERE DRAWN ON THE POST CARDS WITH LEMON JUICE INK WHICH WHEN HEAT IS APPLIED TO IT, BECOMES VISIBLE!  YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY POST CARDS IT TOOK TO GET THE COMPLETE BLUE PRINTS? WHEN YOU SEE THEM FIRING IN FILMS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FIRING TOGETHER, IF THEY’RE NOT THERE WAS A MISS FIRE AND THEY GOT OUT OF SYNC!  THEY’VE BEEN GIVEN NICK NAMES; “THE CHICAGO PIANO”, “POM-POM GUN” THEY WERE IN WHAT WAS CALLED A GUN TUB. MY FIRST POSITION WAS AIMER, AFTER FIRING 10 ROUNDS THEY MOVED EVERYONE AROUND TO THE LEFT SO I BECAME THE TRAINER FOR THE NEXT 10 ROUNDS, THEN THE LOADER FOR THE NEXT 10 ROUNDS THEN BACK TO AIMER. WE WENT AROUND 5 TIMES AND BECAME PREATY GOOD ON THIS GUN! EACH GUN CREW HAD A DIFFERENT COLOR PAINTED ON THE TIP OF THE SHELLS SO WHEN THE TARGET WAS RECOVERED THEY COULD TELL BY THE MARK AROUND THE HOLE WHO DID WHAT! THE TARGET WAS TOWED BY A TBM AVENGER AROUND 2,500 YARDS FROM THE SHIP AND 1,500 FEET ALTITUDE  AT 150 MPH,  IT MADE AS MANY PASSES AS NECESSARY FOR GUNNERY PRACTICE!

THE NEXT GUN FOR US WAS THE 20 MM SINGLE MOUNT WE FIRED 200 ROUNDS WITH THIS GUN 25 AT A TIME, EXCEPT FOR THE VIBRATION THIS WAS A REAL FINE GUN! IT TRAVERSED IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND HAD A FIRING BLOCK OUT IF IT WAS MOVED TO CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE SHIP TO INTERUPT THE FIRNG! IT HAD THE COLOR CODE TOO!

THERE WERE TWO 1INCH RAPID FIRE GUNS MOUNTED ON EACH SIDE OF THE HANGER DECK FIRING OUT OF THE WEATHER OPENINGS, THEY WERE PERMANENTLY MOUNTED AND COULD ONLY TRACK TO LEFT AND RIGHT! THEY ALSO HAD A FIRING BLOCK ON THEM!  I ASSUMED THEY WERE JUST FOR MORE FIRE POWER AND COULD BE EFFECTIVE TO KNOCK DOWN LOW FLYING TORPEDO BOMBERS!  IF THERE WAS ANOTHER SHIP WITHIN 10,000 YARDS OF THE SIDE OF THE SHIP FIRING NONE OF THE GUNS COULD FIRE IF THEY WERE BELOW A LEVEL POINT WITH THE WATER! THE TBM WOULD MAKE A LOW PASS ABOUT 1000 YARDS FROM THE SHIP AT 300 FEET ABOVE THE WATER FOR THESE GUNS! THESE GUNS HAD THE COLOR CODE ALSO

NOW WE GOT A CRACK AT THE BIG BOYS; THERE WERE TWO 5 INCH 38s MOUNTED ON THE FAN TAIL! ONE FIRING TO PORT THE OTHER TO STARBOARD! IF YOU MULTIPLY 38X5 IT WILL GIVE YOU THE LENGTH OF THE BARREL! THERE WAS A PLACK ON THE BULK HEAD BETWEEN THE GUN MOUNTS THAT READ; “THE MEN NAMED HERE HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN ENEMY AIRCRAFT FROM 35,000 FEET,”   I DON’T REMEMBER THE BATTLE, COULD HAVE BEEN MIDWAY OR CORAL SEA BUT ONE THING IS SURE, THEY DON’T PUT THESE PLACKS UP FOR THE FUN OF IT AND YOU KNOW THE “ENEMY AIRCRAFT” WERE JAPANESE!

THERE AGAIN, MY FIRST POSITION WAS AIMER, THEN TRAINER, THEN LOADER AND THEN AS GUN CAPTAIN GIVING THE ORDER TO FIRE WHEN THE AIMER AND TRAINER WERE LOCKED ON A TARGET! WE HAD ASBESTOS GLOVES TO CATCH THE EMPTY SHELL CASING WHEN IT POPPED OUT OF THE BREECH!  WE WERE SHOOTING AT A WOODEN TARGET  TOWED BY A DESTROYER ON A 2,000 FOOT LINE ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE SHIP! MY GUN HAD TWO NEAR MISSES BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO DO SOME DAMAGE TO A SHIPS HULL AT OR BELOW THE WATER LINE!

I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF BEING CATAPULTED FROM THE SHIP AND THEN LANDING BACK ABOARD! THE PILOT OF ONE OF THE TBMs DREW THE SERIAL NUMBER OF ONE OF THE RECRUITS TO RIDE AS RADIOMAN ON HIS AIRCRAFT MAKING THE MAIL RUN TO SAN DIEGO AND I WAS THE LUCKY SEAMAN!

IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN IN A TBM, THE RADIOMAN/NAVIGATOR   SETS ON THE LEFT DOWN LOW BEHIND THE PILOT, THERE’S A SMALL WINDOW RIGHT BY HIS HEADSO HE CAN LOOKOUT AND SEE ANY DAMAGE DURING A COMBAT SITUATION! THERE’S ANOTHER WINDOW ON THE OPOSITE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE! THE BALL TURRANT GUNNER IS UP IN HIS POSITION, IF NECESSARY, ANOTHER CREWMAN, THE BOMBARDIER/TORPEDOMAN IS IN ANOTHER SEAT AND CAN MAN A 30 CAL., MACHINE GUN THAT FIRES OUT OF THE LOWER WINDOW WHERE THE FUSELAGE TAKES A BEND UP IN FRONT OF THE TAIL WHEEL AND ARRESTOR HOOK!

I WAS SEATED IN THE SEAT WITH THE RADIO THAT WAS TUNED TO A SAN DIEGO MUSIC STATION THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THE PILOT USED TO BRING HIM TO THE BASE WHERE WE WERE TO LAND, NORTH ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION!  HE JUST FOLLOWED HIS “RADIO COMPASS HEADING”. THE JAPANESE USED THE SAME THING TO GUIDE THEM TO PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7^TH, 1941!

WHEN I HEARD THE PILOT SAY SOMETHING INTO THE PASSAGEWAY FROM THE CREW COMPARTMENT TO THE PILOT, I LEANED OUT OF MY SEAT TO ASK HIM TO REPEAT WHAT HE SAID WHEN THE CATAPULT FIRED, IT’S A GOOD THING THERE IS A 4-5 INCH THICK LEATHER COVERED ROUND HEAD REST WHERE MY HEAD HIT THE BULKHEAD! I FOUND OUT AFTER WE GOT IN THE AIR THE PILOT HAD SAID, ”EVERYBODY READY? HERE WE GO”!

AS I SAID THE PILOT SET UP HIGH AND THERE’S A PASSAGE WAY UP TO HIM. UNDER HIM IS THE BOMB BAY WHERE THE TORPEDO OR BOMBS ARE HELD FOR DROPPING! I THINK I’M REMEMBERING THIS THE WAY IT WAS, THAT’S BEEN ALMOST 61-62 YEARS AGO! MY BROTHER JERRY COULD CORRECT ME ON THE LAYOUT OF THE TBM/TBF AVENGER SINCE HE HAD FLOWN IN THEM FROM MUNDA AND BOGAINVILLE ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WWII!

AS ON EVERY NAVAL SHIP THE “OLD SALTS” PULL ALL KINDS OF TRICKS ON THE NEW RECRUITS! THE BADOEING STRAITS WAS NO EXCEPTION;

MY FIRS TRIP AROUND THE SHIP WAS LOOKING FOR “CHARLEY NOBLE”. I WENT FROM THE CHAIN LOCKER IN THE BOWELS OF THE BOW TO THE FAN TAIL AND THE POOP DECK! THE POOP DECK IS A SMALL DECK OVER THE MAIN DECK AT THE STERN OF A SHIP AND WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO DEFLECT A HIGH WAVE FROM CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MAIN DECK!

I FOUND OUT “CHARLEY NOBLE” IS THE GALLEY STACK!

WE WERE PUT ON A SCRAPE AND REPAINT DETAIL AND THE CHIEF SENT ME TO THE SHIPS STORES TO GET A CAN OF STRIPED PAINT! I WAS WISE TO THIS ONE AND BROUGHT BACK A CAN OF WHITE AND A CAN OF BLACK! HE SMILED AND ASKED ME WHERE I GOT THE INFORMATION AND I TOLD HIM MY DAD WAS AN OLD SALT FROM WWI AND SERVED ABOARD THE USS CALIFORNIA, HE NEVER BOTHERED ME AFTER THAT!

 

 

I KNOW THIS MAY NOT INTEREST ALL OF YOU BUT, IT IS A PART OF MY YOUNGER YEARS!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 21 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 21 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 21^ST 2008

WEATHER; COLD/COOL, HI-HUMIDITY, 30/45 DEGREES

GAS; DON’T EVEN ASK!

I WENT OUTSIDE TO GIVE ONE OF THE CATS HER TREATS AND THAT’S IT. MOM HAD TO GO GET HALEY JO AND THAT WAS IT FOR HER TOO UNLESS THERE WOULD BE  A “MUST GO” SITUATION!

SORRY ABOUT THAT ARTICLE BY CHARLEY REESE BUT I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING MY READERS SHOULD SEE! OF COURSE YOU CAN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS LIKE I DID!

I WATCHED TWO REAL GOOD WWII MOVIES TODAY; “ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC”  WITH  HUMPHREY BOGART, RAYMOND MASSEY, ALLEN HALE, DANE CLARK AND OTHER OLD MOVIE STARS! THE OTHER ONE WAS “COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN” WITH PAUL MUNI AND OTHER STARS FROM THAT ERA! BOTH GOOD MOVIES WITH LOTS OF ACTION AND A GOOD STORY LINE ABOUT THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE GERMANS DURING WWII!

WE WERE WATCHING THE JOHN WAYNE MOVIE “HONDO” AND ONE SCENE REALLY HIT HOME: HONDO WAS TALKING TO THE KID ABOUT WHY HE SHOULD BE FISHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND AND HIS MOTHER SAID HE COULDN’T GO OVER THERE BECAUSE HE COULDN’T SWIM! HONDO PICKED THE KID UP AND THREW HIM IN THE MIDLE OF THE POND SAYING,”EVERYBODY NEEDS/SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SWIM”!

I WAS A LITTLE OVER FOUR AT THE NEWPORT CAMP GROUNDS WHEN MY MOTHER SAID SHE WORRIED ABOUT ME FALLING OFF THE DOCK WHERE WE FISHED BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM! MY DAD PICKED ME UP AND MY SISTER HENRIETTA TIED A SMALL ROPE TO THE BELT LOOP ON THE BACK OF MY SWIMMING TRUNKS (THE OLD TRUNKS WERE WOOL AND HAD A BELT) AND THREW ME IN ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE SHORE AND TOLD ME TO SINK OR SWIM! I SWAM AND FROM THEN ON THEY COULDN’T KEEP ME OUT OF THE WATER! FOUR YEARS LATER THEY DID MY NIECE BARBARA WHO IS 4 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME THE SAME WAY! THE OLDER KIDS ALREADY KNEW HOW TO SWIM AND I ASSUMED THE PARENTS AND FAMILY HAD DONE THE SAME THING TO THEM!

ONE SUMMER WHEN BRABARA WAS ONLY THREE SHE WONDERED OFF AND HENRIETTA WAS REALLY SHOOK UP, EVERYBODY IN THE CAMP GROUNDS WAS LOOKING FOR HER EVEN THE LIFE GUARDS AND COAST GUARD! THEY FINALLY GOT A CALL AT THE CAMP GROUND OFFICE FROM THE NEWPORT POLICE THAT THEY HAD A LITTLE GIRL WHO LOOKS LIKE THE ONE EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING FOR!  WHEN HENRIETTA GOT TO THE POLICE STATION BARBARA WAS SETTING ON THE DESK COVERED WITH ICE CREAM, THEY SAID IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD STOP HER FROM CRYING!

A LITTLY BUNNY RABBIT WAS HOPPING DOWN A TRAIL IN THE WOODS, IF HE SAW A FEMALE RABBITS BEHIND (ONLY A MALE BUNNY WOULD KNOW A FEMALES BEHIND) STICKING OUT OF THE BUSHES WHILE SHE WAS EATING SOMETHING HE WOULD RUN UP, MOUNT HER AND THEN SAY “WHAM BAM, THANK YOU MAM” AND RUN ON DOWN THE TRAIL! HE CAME TO A CLEARING AND UP ON THE HILL WAS A GREAT BIG HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN WERE SOME RABBITS EATING CARROTS, (HE THOUGHT) HE WENT UP TO THE FIRST ONE AND MOUNTED IT (THEY WERE CONCRETE STATUES OF RABBITS) AND FELL OFF TO THE SIDE SAYING “WHAM BAM uh! god damn!

MORE RANDOM THOUGHTS

THE NICE PART ABOUT LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN IS THAT WHEN I DON’T REMEMBER WHAT I’M DOING, SOMEONE ELSE DOES.

THE OLDER YOU GET THE TOUGHER IT IS TO LOSE WEIGHT   BECAUSE  BY THEN YOUR BODY AND YOUR FAT ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.

AGE DOESN’T ALWAYS BRING WISDOM, SOMETIMES AGE COMES ALONE.

LIFE NOT ONLY BEGINS AT FORTY, IT BEGINS TO SHOW.

JUST WHEN I WAS GETTING USED TO YESTERDAY, ALONG CAME TODAY.

SOMETIMES I THINK I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THEN I REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS.

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, SEE IF THE WINNER GETS ANYTHING.

YOU DON’T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU GROW OLD; YOU GROW OLD BECAUSE YOU STOP LAUGHING.

I ONCE TOOK A JOB AS A TEST PILOT FOR A BIG AIRCRAFT COMPANY!  ONE DAY WHILE FLYING AT 40,000 FEET BOTH ENGINES QUIT AT THE SAME TIME! THE AUTO PILOT JUMPED OUT WITH THE ONLY PARACHUTE SO I HAD NO CHOICE, I PUT ON MY WATER WINGS, JUMPED IN THE JET STREAM AND SWAM HOME!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

daily chronicle # 20 vol 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 20^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM/COLD, HIGH HUMIDITY, 64/36 DEGREES

GAS UNREAL; $3.02.9 TO $3.06.9 REMEMBER NOW THE .9 IS JUST SHY OF ANOTHER CENT SO YOU COULD SAY THE PRICE IS $3.03 TO $3.07! TO SEE THE ADDED REVENUE THE OIL COMPANIES DERIVE   FROM THE .9, MULTIPLY THE .9 BY THE BILLIONS OF GALLONS SOLD IN ONE HOUR/DAY!  AND ON THE STOCK MARKET CRUDE OIL  WENT TO OVER $100.00 A BARRELL AND LIKE I SAID THE OTHER DAY THEY’LL BLAME IT ON THE EXPLODING OF THE REFINERY IN BIG SPRINGS TEXAS AND TODAY THEY DID! IT’LL BE TWO MONTH BEFORE THE REFINERY IS BACK IN OPERATION!

SCENARIO;

THE OIL COMPANIES TOOK A VOTE TO SEE WHICH ONE WOULD SACRIFICE ONE OF THEIR REFINERIES TO CREATE THE NEED TO TAKE THE PRICE OF GAS OVER THE $3.00 MARK! THEN THEY ALL AGREED TO ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF THE REFINERY THAT IS DESTROYED! THEY WERE FORE WARNED TO BE SURE ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE OUT OF THE PORTION TO BE DESTROYED FIVE  PERSONS RECEIVED INJURIES AND AS FAR AS I’VE HEARD REPORTED NON WERE LIFE THREATENING! BUT ALL THE OTHERS WERE OUT OF HARMS WAY   A REMARKABLE FEAT CONSIDERING NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHERE THE EXPLOSION WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE!

THE SAME CONDITION EXISTED AFTER KATRENIA!  THERE WERE REPORTS OF 600 OIL RIGS DESTROYED IN THE GULF AND WOULD NOT BE SUPPLYING THE MUCH NEEDED CRUDE OIL FOR REFINING THAT THEY HAD BEEN!

AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO LESS THAN 25,000 OIL WELLS SHUT DOWN AND/OR CAPPED OFF IN THE LOWER 48 STATES! CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY 600 OR MORE OF THESE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK ON LINE TO HELP REPLACE THOSE DESTROYED BY KATRENIA TILL THE ONES IN THE GULF COULD BE REPAIRED, REBUILT OR REPLACED AND PUT BACK I OPERATION

I CAN GIVE MY OPINION AGAIN; POLITICS! AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FOOTING THE BILL AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO!

FYI;

I don't know who Charley Reese is, but I think what he says is just right.  

 

 > BY CHARLEY REESE
>
> Politicians are the only people in the world who
> create problems and then campaign against them.
>
> Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and
> the Republicans are against deficits, we have
> deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the
> politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we
> have inflation and high taxes?
>
> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The
> president does. You and I don't have the
> Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.
> The House of Representatives does. You and I don't
> write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don't set
> fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don't control
> monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president
> and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out
> of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally
> and individually responsible for the domestic problems
> that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board
> because that problem was created by the Congress. In
> 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to
> provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but
> private central bank.
>
> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for
> a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They
> have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or
> a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't
> care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in
> cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject
> it.
>
> No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the
> legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
> A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy
> convincing you that what they did is not their fault.
> They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
>
>
> What separates a politician from a normal human being
> is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being
> would have the gall of a SPEAKER, who stood up and
> criticized G.W. BUSH for creating deficits.
>
> The president can only propose a budget. He cannot
> force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution,
> which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole
> responsibility to the House of Representatives for
> originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
>
> Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of
> the majority party. She and fellow Democrats, not the
> president, can approve any budget they want. If the
> president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto.
>
> REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS
> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300
> million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted
> -- by present facts - of incompetence and
> irresponsibility.
>
> I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an
> unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not
> traceable directly to those 545 people.
>
> When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people
> exercise power of the federal government, then it must
> follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
>
> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it
> unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they
> want it in the red. If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's
> because they want them in IRAQ .
>
> There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let
> these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom
> they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to
> lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to
> regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate
> and from whom they can take this power.
>
> Above all, do not let them con you into the belief
> that there exist disembodied mystical forces like "the
> economy," "inflation" or "politics" that prevent them
> from doing what they take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
> They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they
> alone, should be held accountable by the people who
> are their bosses - provided the voters have the
> gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote
> all of them out of office and clean up their mess.

 

THIS GUY HAD A GOLDEN SCREW IN HIS BELLY BUTTON FROM BIRTH AND HAD NO IDEA HOW TO GET IT OUT! HE TRIED A SCREW DRIVER BUT IT WOULDN’T BUDGE, HE GOT AHOLD OF THE HEAD WITH A SMALL PAIR OF VISE GRIPS NO LUCK. HE WAS OUT WALKING IN THE WOODS BEHIND HIS HOUSE AND SAT DOWN UNDER A BIG TREE AND FELL ASLEEP. HE WOKE UP WITH A START, HE HEARD A LITTLE ENGINE RUNNING. WHEN HE LOOKED UP HE SAW A TINY HELIOCOPTR HOVERING UNDER THE TREE BRANCHES! A TINY LITTLE MAN CAME DOWN THE ROPE THAT WAS HANGING FROM THE HELIOCOPTER WITH A TINY SATCHEL UNDER HIS ARM. HE LANDED JUST IN FRONT OF THE GUY SETTING UNDER THE TREE AND REACHED IN AND LIFTED HIS SHIRT EXPOSING HIS BELLY BUTTON WITH THE GOLD SCREW IN IT. THE TINY MAN OPENED THE SATCHEL AND TOOK OUT A TINY GOLD SCREW DRIVER, CLIMBED UP ON THE GUYS LEG AND WALKED UP TO HIS BELLY BUTTOIN AND TOOK THE TINY SCREW DRIVER AND REMOVED THE GOLD SCREW, PUT IT AND THE SCREW DRIVER IN THE SATCHEL AND GRABBED THE ROPE AND A TINY WINCH PULLED HIM AND THE SATCHEL BACK UP TO THE HELIOCOPTER AND HE FLEW AWAY! THE GUY WAS SO HAPPY HE JUMPED UP AND DOWN SINGING AND HIS ASS FELL OFF!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #18 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 7

FEBRUARY 18^TH 2008

WEATHER; FAIR, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 00/00 DEGREES

GAS UP!

I’M SURE THE PRICE OF GAS WILL BE GOING UP MORE WITH THE REFINERY EXPLOSION AT BIG SPRINGS TEXAS THIS MORNING! WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE!  WHAT MAKES ME SUSPICIOUS THERE WERE 170 PEOPLE WORKING AND FOUR  WERE INJURED! THEY MUST HAVE A SUPER EVACUATION SYSTEM  OR SOMEBODY KNEW IT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND WARNED THE OTHERS!

FIRST OFF; I WAS READING OVER SOME OF MY CHRONICLES TO SEE WHAT I’VE COVERED WHEN I READ IN THE ARTICLE I DID ABOUT WHEN I WAS ELECTROCUTED IN 1944 THAT “THE POWER BACKED UP AND BLEW A BREAKER THAT TOOK 3 MILLION AMPS TO BLOW”! THAT’S NOT CORRECT IT TOOK 300 AMPS TO BLOW THAT BREAKER! SORRY ABOUT THE MISTAKE! ham

NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY! WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OUR HOUSE PHONE AND CALLED THE COMPANY ABOUT 9:30 AM! THE REPAIR MAN GOT HERE AT 3:45PM AND SPENT AN HOUR CHECKING THE SYSTEM OUT, WE HAD REAL BAD STATIC ON THE LINE. HE FOUND A BAD SPOT IN THE UNDERGROUND WIRE THAT LEADS FROM THE HOUSE TO THEIR JUNCTION BOX ON THE DRIVEWAY! HE DIDN’T HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO RE-BURY THE WIRE SO HE JUST LAYED A TEMPORARY WIRE ON THE GROUND TILL THEY CAN GET HERE WITH THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE JOB! POSSIBLY TOMORROW!

MOM HAD TO GO TO THE BANK AND OTHER PLACES TODAY AND THE DAM “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT CAME ON! SHE MADE 3-4 STOPS AND HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT STARTED EACH TIME. THEN, AFTER HER LAST STOP IT WENT OUT AND HAS STAYED OUT SINCE! WE’RE JUST GOING TO SEE IF IT STAYS OUT TILL WE GET THE INTREPID ON THE ROAD! THE PROBLEM COULD BE IN THE “EMC”? IF IT IS, I’LL GET ONE FROM A WRECKING YARD OR A NEW ONE AND STOP ALL THIS B.S.!

WHEN WE GET THE INTREPID RUNNING WE’LL KEEP THE 91’ ACCLAIM FOR SHORT RUNS AND FOR ME TO GO VISITING MY FRIENDS. IT’S HARD TO HAVE MOM TAKE ME AND THEN HAVE HER WAIT FOR ME TO CALL TO BE PICKED UP BUT, THAT’S THE WAY WE’VE BEEN DOING IT!

THE HEIGHT OF AMBITION

TO SEE A FLEA CLIMBING UP AN ELEPHANTS HIND LEG WITH RAPE ON HIS MIND!

RANDOM THOUGHTS

GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL

INSANITY IS MY ONLY MEANS OF RELAXATION

FORGET THE HEALTH FOOD. I NEED ALL THE PRESERVATIVES I CAN GET.

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR THEY ARE STICKING TO THEIR DIETS.

LIFE IS AN ENDLESS STRUGGLE FULL OF FRUSTRATIONS AND CHALLENGES BUT, EVENTUALLY YOU FIND A HAIRSTYLIST YOU LIKE.

YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN YOU GET THE SAME SENSATION FROM A ROCKING CHAIR THAT YOU ONCE GOT FROM A ROLLER COASTER.

PERHAPS YOU KNOW WHY WOMEN OVER FIFTY DON’T HAVE BABIES; THEY WOULD PUT THEM DOWN SOMEWHERE AND FORGET WHERE THEY LEFT THEM.

ONE OF LIFE’S MANY MYSTERIES HOW A TWO POUND BOX OF CANDY CAN MAKE YOU GAIN FIVE POUNDS.

GOD PUT ME ON EARTH TO ACCOMPOLISH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THINGS. RIGHT NOW I’M SO FAR BEHIND, I’LL LIVE FOREVER.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #15 & 16 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBERS 15& 16

FEBRUARY 16^TH & 17^TH 2008

WEATHER; 16^TH, MISERABLE, 17^TH A LITTLE BETTER, 28/45 & 37/65 DEGREES

GAS STILL GOING UP $ 2.95 WHERE IT WAS $ 2.79 LAST WEEK

WELL OUR 50^TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY WAS A REAL NICE EVENT! ALL OF OUR KIDS SHOWED UP EXCEPT PEGGY AND WE HAD TOLD HER NOT TO SPEND THE MONEY, AFTER ALL WE SPENT 4 DAYS WITH HER AND PAUL AT CHRISTMAS!

COLLEEN, DICK HER INTENDED WAS SICK WITH THE FLU, MIKE, CINDY AND THE BOYS WERE AT A RODEO WHERE DYLAN WAS BULL RIDING, KERRY & DEBI,, KELLY & GLENDA, CHRISTINE AND RICHIE HUBBARD  & GIRLS, TRISTON MATTHEWS, SHANNON & KYLIE JENNINGS, KAUITLIN JENNINGS, JONATHAN HORNSLEY, AND TIM & ELYSE ALONG WITH BRADLEY AND KYRA, THEIR TWO KIDS, ALL MADE IT!

OTHERS WHO WERE THERE; GARY AND CHARLEEN LATINIS, JIM AND RITA GUNDLACH, HAROLD AND MARILYN FRANKS, BILL AND MARGARET ORRIC, AND THEIR SON BILLY ORRIC AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE, BILL AND THELMA GRAY, THEY STOOD UP FOR US WHEN WE WERE MARRIED IN THE CHURCH, LISA, A FRIEND OF SHANNONS WHO WE UNDERSTAND DID MOST OF THE DECORATING WHAT A JOB SHE DID AND WE LOVE HER FOR IT! GLENN AND CYNDY HANCOCK, GLENN IS THE MANAGER OF SERVICE PARTS; ONE OF OUR AUTO PARTS SUPPLIERS AND A GOOD FRIEND, LILLIAN DID THE PAPERWORK FOR THE ADOPTION OF THEIR KIDS!

AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT, WE WERE HEADED FOR THE PARTY AND ABOUT ½ WAY DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY THE SERPANTINE BELT CAME OFF THE ENGINE, NO ALTERNATOR OR POWER STEERING SO WE TURNED AROUND IN THE ROAD AND WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE! LUCKLY FOR US, KELLY AND GLENDA HADN’T LEFT YET SO WE RODE WITH THEM! KELLY PUT THE BELT BACK ON THIS MORNING AND I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL CAR WASH AND WASHED THE OIL OFF THE BELT, I NEED TO DO THIS EVERY OTHER WEEK TILL WE GET THE INTREPID ON THE ROAD THEN KELLY CAN CHANGE THE OIL PUMP SEAL SO THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN ANY MORE!

I WASN’T GOING TO WATCH ANYMORE NASCAR BUT THERE WASN’T ANYTHING ELSE ON WORTH WATCHING TODAY AND WE’RE TIRED OF ALL THE POLITICAL STUFF THAT’S ON THE TUBE SO I TURNED IT IN!

EVEN THOUGH TWO DODGES TOOK 1^ST AND 2^ND AND ANOTHER 4 IN THE TOP TEN I’LL HAVE TO SAY IT WAS THE BEST DAYTONA 500 I’VE EVER SEEN, THEY DIDN’T HAVE A YELLOW FLAG FOR THE FIRST 180+ LAPS BUT THEN THEY HAD 5-6 IN 15 LAPS! AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE RACE FINISHED UNDER THE GREEN FLAG! USUALLY WITH THAT MANY YELLOWS NEAR THE END IT WOULD FINISH UNDER THE YELLOW & CHECKERD CROSSED WHICH MEANS NO PASSING, HOLD YOUR POSITION AND JUST DRIVE TO THE FINISH LINE!

NOTE!

IF THE AIR IS FOULED AND THE WATER IS CONTAMINATED! OUR PLANET IS DYING AND ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR CITIZENS ARE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING ISN’T WORKING! WE SHOULD BE DOING A LOT OF PLANNING ABOUT HOW TO GET ALONG WITH LESS, AIR, WATER, AND THE SEAS!

NOTE!

SCHOOL TAXES! SEND A PORTION OF LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES COLLECTED TO THE STATE! LET THE STATE PAY ALL TEACHERS ON AN EQUAL SCALE!

FYI

YOU’VE ALL HEARD ABOUT “FIGHTER PILOTS” BUT, HERE’S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS A LONELY PROFESSION! MALE OR FEMALE FIGHTER PILOTS FLY FIGHT DIE ALL ALONE! MOST OTHER MILITARY AIRCRAFT HAVE A CREW OF TWO OR MORE SO THE ALONE ISN’T AS NOTICEABLE!

ONE RUSSIAN FEMALE FIGHTER PILOT WHO FLEW DURING WWII HAD 26 CONFIRMED KILLS ALL WHITTNESSED BY OTHER PILOTS!

DEAR FRIEND;

YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THE “JOYS OF AGING” RECENTLY AND, I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU!

I HAVE BECOME A FRIVALOUS OLD GAL! I AM SEEING 5 GENTLEMEN EVERYDAY.

AS SOON AS I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WILL POWER HELPS ME OUT OF BED. WHEN HE LEAVES I GO SEE JOHN. THEN CHARLIE HORSE COMES ALONG AND HE TAKES A LOT OF ATTENTION!

WHEN CHARLIE HORSE LEAVES, ARTHUR RITUS SHOWS UP AND STAYS ALL DAY! HE WILL NOT STAY IN ONE PLACE VERY LONG, SO HE TAKES ME FROM JOINT TO JOINT.

AFTER SUCH A BUSY DAY, I’M VERY TIRED AND READY TO GO TO BED WITH BEN GAY.

YOUR  FRIVALOUS FRIEND, WANDA

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

I WAS ASKED RECENTLY WHAT “30” MEANT IN MY SIGN OFF? FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING?  IT’S NEWSPAPER JARGON FOR “THE END, THAT’S ALL THERE IS, SIGN OFF”! HAM