HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 30 VOL 6
FEBURARY 1ST 2008
WEATHER; COOL/COLD, HI HUMIDITY, 22/54 EGREES
GAS PRICES STILL HOLDING AT $2.71 IN DENISON SHERMAN
TRIED TO GO OUT ON THE DECK AND PUT UP CURTAINS BUT THE WIND WAS TO STRONG AND COLD! MAYBE TOMORROW!
ABOUT THE ONLY THING GOING ON RIGHT NOW ARE THE POLITICAL THINGS AND I SAID I WOULDN’T DISCUSS POLITICS OR RELIGION IN THIS CHRONICLE AND I WON’T!
ALL THE TV SHOWS WE USUALLY WATCH ARE RERUNS SO WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE ONES WE HAVE RECORDED ON OUR TVO AND “THE WHEEL of FORTUNE”! THEN WE WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS AND WEATHER! AFTER MOM GOES TO BED I WATCH EITHER A WAR MOVIE OR ONE OF THE OLD MISSION IMPOSSIBLE; I’VE TRIED TO WATCH THE NEW MISSION IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT’S TO HARD TO GET INTO! ANYHOW I LIKE THE ACTORS IN THE OLD ONE AND THE PLOTS ARE MORE REALISTIC!
BILL MASON CALLED TONIGHT WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AND SAID EVERYTHING WENT OK! THEONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY PUT PIECES OF CLOTH OVER HIS FACE AND IT BOTHERED HIM! THEY DID THE SAME THING TO ME WHEN THEY DID MY PACEMAKER AND I TOLD THEM TO TAKE IT OFF AND TO PUT A MASK OVER THE OXYGEN MASK WHICH THEY DID! I CAN’T STAND ANYTHING OVER MY FACE EVEN IN BED I HAVE TO HAVE MY FACE OUT FROM UNDER THE COVERS!
I’VE MENTIONED HOW BILL MASON AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS, WELL, WE THINK ALIKE AND CAN READ EACH OTHERS MINDS: BACK IN 1947 I WAS DATING A GIRL NAMED IRENE VANDERVENE! ONE SUNDAY I PICKED HER UP TO GO ON A PICKNICK! I DROVE ALL AROUND IN GIFFITH PARK LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT SPOT WHEN SHE SPOTTED A PLACE WAY OFF THE ROAD WITH LOW HANGING TREES ALL AROUND IT! WE TOOK THE BLANKET AND BASKET AND HEADED OVER THERE! SHE HAD MADE SANDWICHES AND POTATO SALAD, THERE WAS TWO ORANGES AND TWO APPLES PLUS CUPCAKES AND ICED TEA! I HAD A PLUG ON MY CAR DASH BOARD THAT I COULD HOOK A REMOTE SPEAKER TO AND 200 FEET OF AIRCRAFT RADIO SPEAKER WIRE. I PULLED THE WIRE OUT AND OVER TO WHERE THE BLANKET WAS AND HAD THE RADIO ON KFWB, THE STATION ALL THE YOUNG KIDS LISTENED TO! WE HAD JUST FINISHED EATING AND LAID BACK TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND TALK WHEN I HEARD AN ENGINE I’D HEARD BEFORE. WE SAT UP AND THERE CAME BILL MASON ACROSS THE LAWN ON HIS SALSBURY MOTOR SCOOTER WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE! ON THE BACK WAS THE GIRL HE WAS DATING (CAN’T REMEMBER HER NAME) SO WHEN HE STOPPED WE INVITED THEM TO STAY AND HAVE SOME LUNCH, BILL NEVER TURNED DOWN FREE FOOD! WE HAD A GREAT TIME, HE’D BROUGHT A FOOTBALL AND THE GIRLS AND US PLAYED TOUCH FOOTBALL AND RAN ALL OVER THE PLACE THEN WHEN IT STARTED TO GET DARK WE PACKED UP AND HEADED FOR HOME! I’VE ASKED BILL A THOUSAND TIMES HOW HE FOUND US THAT DAY AND ALL HE SAYS IT’S A SECRET. HE NEVER HAS TOLD ME!
THIS WASN’T THE ONLY TIME WE’VE FOUND EACH OTHER! ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON I GOT A CALL FROM LOU WATT ABOUT GOING ROLLER SKATING AND I AGREED TO MEET HIM AT HIS HOUSE AT 5:30! I HAD LEFT MY SKATES IN BILL MASONS CAR THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND STARTED TRYING TO FIND HIM, HE WASN’T AT HOME NOT AT THE PARK, I WENT TO WHERE HE WORKED ON WEEKENDS BUT HE WASN’T THERE. I CALLED HIS BROTHER AND HE HAD BEEN THERE BUT LEFT TO GO PICK UP HIS GIRLFRIEND! I CALLED THERE BUT THEY HAD JUST LEFT AND HER SISTER DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GOING! I SAT DOWN AT BOB’S BIG BOY IN TOLUCA LAKE HAVING A COKE! WONDERING WHERE THE HECK HE COULD BE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND! I FINISHED MY COKE AND HEADED FOR THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL! THE GATES WERE LOCKED BUT HIS CAR WAS SETTING THERE! I WENT UP TO THE GUARD AND ASKED IF THE GUY THAT OWNED THAT CAR WAS UP IN THE BOWL, HE SAID HE WAS AND OPENED THE GATE AND GAVE ME A VISITORS PASS SO NONE OF THE OTHER GUARDS WOULD THING I SNUCK IN! I HAD REMEMBERED BILL GOT TICKETS TO A NAT KING COLE CONCERT HERE AT THE BOWL! I FOUND THEM WAY UP IN THE BACK OF THE SEATING JUST SETTING AND TALKING! THEY WERE ABOUT 3 HOURS EARLY! WHEN HE SAW ME HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIS DAD WHO WAS REAL SICK! I TOLD HIM NO, ALL I WANTED WERE MY SKATES THAT I WAS GOING SKATING WITH LOU WATT! HE GAVE ME HIS SPARE KEY FOR THE CAR AND I GOT MY SKATES AND GAVE IT BACK TO HIM THE NEXT DAY!
WHEN I HAD THE ACCIDENT THAT BLINDED MY LEFT EYE MY CAR WAS IN THE POLICE IMPOUND IN SAN DIEGO! MY BROTHER JERRY BORROWED THE POLICE WRECKER FORM THE L.A. POLICE AND HE AND BILL WENT DOWN TO GET IT AND BRING IT HOME! THEN WHEN I GOT BETTER HE HELPED ME TAKE IT APART TO SEE WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AND IF IT WAS WORTH FIXING! I THOUGHT IT WAS AND CHANGED THE BODY WITH ANOTHER CONVERTIBLE ONE AND A LEFT FRONT FENDER! BUT, THAT’S ANOTHER STORY FOR LATER!
NOW YOU SEE WHY I TALK ABOUT BILL A LOT, WE’RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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