HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 21 VOL 7
FEBRUARY 21ST 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
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