DAILY CHRONICLE #30 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

 

NUMBER 30 VOL 8

 

MARCH 30^TH 2008

 

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 48/80

 

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “ROBERT CONRAD” PLAYED “PAPPY” BOINGTON IN THE TV SERIES

 

POP QUIZ; IN THE MOVIE “IN HARMS WAY” WHO PLAYED JOHN WAYNE’S ESTRANGED SON?

 

GAS; TEXAS; $3.19 -$3.24   OKLAHOMA; $3.09-$3.15   WE BUY IN

OKLAHOMA WHEN WE CAN!

WE TOOK THE ACCLAIM TO 9:30 MASS WITH THE “CHECK ENGINE”

LIGHT ON AND THE LITTLE “CHECK GAGES” LIGHT BLINKING

OCCASIONALLY! WHEN WE GOT HOME I PUT MY SLOW CHARGER

ON THE BATTERY TO GET IT BUILT UP,

I’VE GOT TO GO TO R&D TOMORROW AND THEN TO TALK TO BUD WINES, OUR FRIEND WHO WORKS FOR HOYTE CHRYSLER DODGE IN SHERMAN TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO TURN THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT OFF!

 

I’M FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TODAY! STILL HAVE A DRUG OUT FEELING!  WENT OUT AND SAT ON THE DECK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO JUST SET AND WATCH THE HUMMING BIRDS AND OTHER BIRDS! I THINK THE HUMMERS ARE MAD AT US FOR CUTTING DOWN THE LIMBS THEY USED TO SET ON AND BUILD THEIR NEST IN BUT, THEY’LL JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO IT!

 

DIDN’T DRIVE THE INTREPID AGAIN TODAY AND TIM AND KELLY ARE GOING TO PUT THE OTHER TRANSMISSION IN THIS COMING WEEKEND IF TIM’S BETTER!  IF HE CAN’T MAKE IT I MAY HAVE TO CALL ON MIKE TO HELP KELLY AND IF HE CAN’T WE’LL JUST PUT IT OFF TILL TIM’S BETTER!

KERRY CALLED THE OTHER DAY AND WE TALKED FOR A WHILE, HE’S DOWN IN HARVEY LOUISIANA WHICH IS WHERE HIS COMPANY IS! ONE OF THESE WEEKENDS WE’D LIKE TO DRIVE DOWN AND SEE THE OPERATION! FROM WHAT HE SAYS IT’S REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE, I’M SURE HE WOULD GIVE US THE “COOKS TOUR”

 

THEN WE NEED TO GO VISIT MY NIECE BARBARA IN HOMER LOUISIANA!  SHE’S LIVED THERE FOR THE PAST 5-6 YEARS AND WE ONLY VISIT ON THE PHONE, ONE OF THESE WEEKENDS!!!!!!!

 

TIM IS DOING REAL GOOD WITH THE “AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION” AND FROM WHAT HE SAYS HE REALLY LIKES HIS JOB WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT THING WHEN IT COMES TO JOB SATISFACTION! WE HAVEN’T HEARD IF ELYSE EVER WENT BACK TO OLD JOB? I UNDERSTAND THEY WANT HER BACK BUT IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND MORE MONEY!

 

I THOUGHT THIS STORY ABOUT THE BUDDHIST DOG WAS WORTH PASSING ON! Top of Form

'Praying' Buddhist dog draws crowds

NAHA, Japan, A Buddhist temple dog in Okinawa, Japan, attracts many more visitors to the temple since he learned to sit on his haunches and join his paws in a perfect imitation of prayer, AFP reported Monday.

"Conan started to pose in prayer like us whenever he wanted treats," said Joei Yoshikuni, a priest at Jigenin temple on Okinawa. "Clasping hands is a basic action of Buddhist prayer to show appreciation. He may be showing his thanks for treats and walks," he said.

Conan, a two-year-old male with long, black hair and a brown collar, sits next to Yoshikuni in front of the altar. When the priest starts chanting and raises his clasped hands, Conan also raises his paws and joins them at the tip of his nose.

Visitors are enchanted by the spectacle. "It's so funny that he does it," said Kazuko Oshiro, 71, who frequented the temple for more than 25 years. "He gets angry when somebody else sits on his favorite spot. He must be thinking that it's his special place," he said.

Conan has become so popular that people come in to take pictures almost every week, the priest said. Yoshikuni estimated the temple now receives 30 percent more visitors.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #29 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 8

MARCH 29^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 44/66 DEGREES

ANSWER TP POP QUIZ; “COL. GREGORY “PAPPY” BOYINGTON” WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON!

POP QUIZ; WHO PLAYED “PAPPY” BOINGTON IN THE TV SERIES?

GAS; NO CHANGE

MOM AND SHANNON WENT SHOPPING TODAY AND ALSO WENT TO R&D TO PICK UP THE ALTERNATOR FOR THE ACCLAIM! KELLY GOT RIGHT ON IT WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM WORK AND HAD THE NEW ONE ON AND STARTING TO BOLT IT DOWN WHEN HE FOUND IT WAS THE WRONG ALTERNATOR, NOTHING WOULD LINE UP EXCEPT THE ONE MOUNTING BOLT! HE TOOK OUR ORIGINAL ONE INTO AUTO ZONE AND HAD IT CHECKED! IT CHECKED OUT OK BUT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE CAPACITOR ON THE BACK! WE’LL GET A NEW ONE AND REPLACE IT BUT FOR NOW WE’LL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE IT THE WAY IT IS!

I HAVEN’T FELT TOO GOOD TODAY, DON’T KNOW IF I’M COMING DOWN WITH THE A COLD OR WHAT? I JUST FEEL DRUG OUT, NO ENERGY! MY ENERGY GOT UP AND WENT BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE, OH! I’M SURE IT’LL COME BACK SOON OR I’LL HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR IT! I TALKED TO TIM YESTERDAY AND HE DIDN’T SOUND GOOD AT ALL! MAYBE I GOT WHAT HE HAS….. NO! YOU CAN’T CATCH ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE I DON’T THINK YOU CAN ANYWAY! JUST KIDDING!!!!

MOM MADE A PIE TODAY, I DON’T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT I HAD A SLICE AFTER DINNER, UMMMMMMGOOD!

THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #28 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 8

MARCH 28^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 46/65 DEGREES

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “FRANK SINATRA” PLAYED “MAGGIO” IN THE 1953 MOVIE, “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY”!

POP QUIZ: IN THE “BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON” WHO WAS THE ACTUAL SQUADRON COMMANDER?

GAS; $3.07-$3.24 TEXAS

HAD TO BE AT BONHAM VA AT 8:30 AM FOR LAB AND THEN 10:30 AM  FOR THE DRs. APPOINTMENT! I GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH!

I GOT DONE THERE AND MOM AND I WENT TO VISIT JIM AND CONNIE HARMON! JIM TOOK ME OUT TO THE SHOP AND SHOWED ME HIS NEW BUSINESS; MOTORCYCLE SALES! HE’S GOT 5 SETTING THERE, 4 HARLEYS, 1 SPORTSTER 883, ONE COMPLETE REBUILD, 93 CUBIC INCH SHOVEL HEAD, IT JUST LOOKS “BAD” SETTING THERE, 1 LOW RIDER! AND ANOTHER SPORTSTER THAT ISN’T FOR SALE, IT’S HIS OWN SPECIAL, AND 1 HONDA 750.

WE LEFT THERE AND HAD TO GO BY SHANNONS AND PICK UP MOM’S CELL PHONE THEN I WENT HOME AND MOM WENT TO PICK UP HALEY JO!

THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT KEPT COMING ON SO I PUT MY METER ON THE BATTERY TO CHECK THE ALTERNATOR OUT PUT! ALTERNATOR IS OUT, NO CHARGE SO I’LL GO BACK TO R&D AND GET THE ONE I TOOK BACK!

IN CHECKING THE KEY CODES I FOUND OUT WHY THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN’T SHIFT INTO “OVERDRIVE” WHEN WE GOT ABOVE 40MPH, IT TAKES 12 VOLTS OR BETTER TO MAKE IT SHIFT AND IT TAKES 12 VOLTS OR BETTER TO KEEP THE “CHECK ENGINE”LIGHT OFF! THE BATTERY HAD 12.34 VOLTS BUT AFTER I STARTED IT PULLED IT DOWN TO 11.58 AND WITH THE ALTERNATOR NOT BUILDING IT BACK UP THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN’T SHIFT SO WE WERE RUNNING IN #3  DRIVE WHICH REALLY USED UP THE GAS AND THE “CHEK ENGINE”LIGHT STAYED ON! KELLY WILL CHANGE THE ALTERNATOR TOMORROW!

TALKED TO TIM TODAY, HE’S FIGHTING THE FLU AND REALLY SOUNDS BAD! HE’S TRYING TO GET WELL ENOUGH BY SUNDAY SINCE HE’S BEEN INVITED TO THE COLLIN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AS A DELIGATE! HE’S REALLY INTO POLITICS AND LIKES BEING A PART OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS! HE THINKS OBAMA SHOULD NOT GET THE NOMINATION THIS TIME AROUND, HE’S ONLY GOT 3 ½ YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE SENATE AND ABSOLUTLY NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE! TIM THINKS AFTER HILARY SERVES HER 8 YEARS THEN OBAMA SHOULD BE READY FOR THE NEXT 8 AND HE’S SURE HILARY WOULD ENDORSE HIM!

I MET A MAN IN THE ELAVATOR AT THE VA TODAY, HE WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIR. WHEN I GOT IN HE SAID, “YOU KNOW, I LOOK AROUND AND SEE ALL THESE GUYS AND REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE ALL “WARRIORS” WITH A CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER AND DARING SOMEONE TO TRY AND KNOCK IT OFF! WE WERE YOUNG AND GUNGHO AND JUST WAITING FOR OUR CHANCE TO GET INTO THE FIGHT! WE HAD A PACK ON OUR BACK AND AN M-1 GARRAND RIFLE SLUNG OVER OUR SHOULDER THAT WE WERE TOLD WAS THE BEST INFANTRY WEAPON IN THE WORLD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL INFANTRYMAN!

I TALKED TO HIM AS WE WENT UP AND DOWN 3 TIMES, HE HAD LOST BOTH LEGS IN THE D-DAY LANDING AT NORMANDY! TODAY HE WAS ON HIS WAY UP TO THE 5^TH FLOOR TO BE FITTED FOR THE LATEST THING IN PROSTETICS, THE ONES HE HAD BEEN USING HE’D BEEN GIVEN AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL IN 1946! HE SAID THEY WERE OK BUT JUST WORE OUT! THESE NEW ONES WILL PROBABLY OUT LAST HIM!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD   

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #27 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 8

MARCH 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 60/85 DEGREES

GAS; $3.05-$3.11 OKLAHOMA/ $3.13-$3.24 TEXAS

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “EARNEST BORGNINE” PLAYED THE SGT. IN CHARGE OF THE BRIG (MILITARY JAIL)

POP QUIZ; IN THE MOVIE “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” WHO PLAYED “MAGGIO”

POLITICS ARE LIKE DRIVING A CAR WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; IF YOU WANT TO GO BACKWARDS YOU PUT IT IN “R” IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD YOU PUT IT IN “D”! SO WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO MOVE? BACKWARDS OR FORWARD! IT’S YOUR DECISION!

I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT FOR THIS SAYING TO HILARY CLINTON!

IN MY LAST CHRONICLE I NEGLECTED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE SERVICE I GOT THE “NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE LAMP” JOKES! I GOT THEM OUT OF ARCAMAX JOKES WHICH IS SENT TO ME EVERY DAY!

WE HAD TO PICK UP HALEY JO EARLY AND TAKE HER TO HER DOCTOR! SHE GOT A SERIES OF SHOTS AT THE HEALTH DEPT. IN DENISON, TEXAS TUESDAY AND WHERE SHE GOT THEM TURNED RED AND WAS WARM TO THE TOUCH AND STARTED TO SWELL UP! THE DOCTOR TOLD LILLIAN IT WAS EITHER AN INFECTION OR AN ALERGIC REACTION, HIS BEST GUESS WAS AN INFECTION AND GAVE HER SOME SAMPLES AND A PRESCRIPTION FOR SOMETHING ELSE. IF IT DOESN’T CLEAR UP BY TOMORROW WE’LL PICK HER UP AGAIN AND DO THE SAME THING OVER! ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED BY SHANNONS AND SAID GOOD BYE TO KAITLIN AND NOEL. SHANNON HAS TO TAKE THEM TO TIM’S LATER ON THIS EVENING AND THEN TIM WILL GET THEM TO THE BUS STATION IN DALLAS WHERE THEY’LL LEAVE ABOUT 12:01 AM FOR COLORADO!

OTHER THAN THAT WE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING ELSE TODAY!

I DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE THE INTREPID AND TOMORROW I GO TO THE BONHAM VA FOR MY REGULAR CHECK UP! I’VE GOT A LIST OF THINGS I’M GOING TO TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT! IF WE GET HOME EARLY ENOUGH I’LL TAKE IT OUT AND SEE IF IT’S ANY BETTER! EVEN IF IT STARTS SHIFTING NORMALLY I DON’T THINK I COULD TRUST IT SO WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE OTHER ONE IN!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE 326 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 8

MARCH 26^TH 2008

WEATHER; CLOUDY, MED HUMIDITY, 50/80 DEGREES

GAS; STILL HAVEN’T BEEN TO TOWN.

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “LUKE SKYWALKER” WAS DARTH VADERS SON.

POP QUIZ; IN THE MOVIE “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” WHO PLAYED THE SGT. IN CHARGE OF THE BRIG (MILITARY JAIL)?

A VERY SLOW AND WINDY DAY, IT’S11:43PM AND THE WIND IS STILL SHAKING THE TREES! WE’RE TOLD TO EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW BUT NO RAIN, BOY DO WE NEED RAIN IT’S A GOOD THING THE GRASS AND TREES ARE STARTING TO GREEN UP! THAT MAKES FOR VERY LITTLE FIRE DANGER!

MOM WAS OUT WEEDING IN HER GARDEN TODAY AND BEFORE SHE WENT OUT SHE MADE SOME MORE BREAD!

SHANNON’S DAUGHTER KAITLIN AND HER SON NOEL ARE HEADING BACK TO COLORADO TOMORROW! THEY’VE BEEN HERE FOR 5-6 WEEKS AND NEED TO GET BACK HOME!

I HAVEN’T DRIVEN THE INTREPID FOR TWO DAYS BUT I MAY TRY IT AGAIN TOMORROW! IT SURE WOULD BE NICE IF THE TRANSMISSION BROKE LOSE AND STOPPED SLIPPING IN THE DRIVE GEARS! I TALKED TO ONE MECHANIC WHO SAID WE SHOULD TRY TO ADJUST THE BANDS SINCE IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY NOISE WHEN IT SLIPS LIKE METAL TO METAL! THE FACT THAT WHEN I LET IT SET OVERNIGHT AND BE COOL WHEN I TAKE IT OUT IT DOESN’T SLIP TILL IT WARMS UP COULD BE THE BANDS! I DON’T HAVE A BREAK DOWN OF THE TRANSMISSION SO I CAN’T FIND OUT IF IT HAS BANDS AND CLUTCHES! IT ALMOST HAS TO HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER!

THE MECHANIC I TALKED TO WAS MORE EXPERIENCED IN GM AND FORD THAN CHRYSLER SO HE COULDN’T BE SURE ABOUT THE BANDS BUT HE SAID IF THE BANDS OF A GM TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHEN IT WARMED UP HE WOULD ADJUST THEM AND TRY IT! HE ALSO SAID WHEN THE BANDS OR CLUTCHES WENT BAD THEY WOULD SHED THE LINING AND CAUSE A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN IT WAS TRIED!

Not the brightest bulbs in the lamp

..They told me to meet them at the corner of "WALK" and "ONE WAY."
..at the bottom of the application where it says "sign here", they put "Sagittarius."
..They asked for a price check at the Dollar Store.
..They studied for a blood test.
..They thought they needed a token to get on "Soul Train."
..They sold the car for gas money!
..when they missed the 44 bus, they took the 22 bus twice instead.
..when they went to the airport and saw a sign that said "Airport Left," they turned around and went home.
..when they heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, they moved.
..They think Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company.
..if they spoke her mind, they'd be speechless.
..They thought that they could not use their AM radio in the evening.
..They had a shirt that said "TGIF," which they thought stood for: This Goes In Front.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 8

MARCH 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; NICE, MED HUMIDITY, 43/80 DEGREES

GAS; DIDN’T GO TO TOWN TODAY.

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “JOHN BANNER” PLAYED THE GERMAN SGT. HANS SCHULTZ IN THE TV SERIES “HOGANS HEROES!”

POP QUIZ: IN THE MOVIE, “STAR WARS” WHO WAS “DARTH VADERS” SON?

DEBBI; I WANT TO SAY HOW SORRY I AM ABOUT SAYING DIANE AND TOMMY WOULD REMEMBER THIS TRIP! IT COMPLETELY SLIPPED MY MIND THAT DIANE PASSED AWAY A WHILE BACK! AGAIN I’M SORRY! UNCLE HOWARD

VERY SLOW DAY, NOTHING GOING ON OF IMPORTANCE! GLENDA HAD TO TAKE THE DAY OFF TO GET HER DRIVERS LICENSE CHANGED TO OKLAHOMA AND NEW MARRIED NAME PUT ON IT! SHE PICKED UP HALEY JO AND TOOK HER TO GET HER SHOTS, I’LL BET THAT WAS ONE UNHAPPY LITTLE GIRL!

WE HAD ANOTHER BRANCH BREAK OFF THE CEDER TREE TODAY! WE REALLY HAD SOME STIFF WINDS IT MOVED CHAIRS AROUND ON THE DECK! WE’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE TOMORROW!

IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE IT’LL BE ONE YEAR TOMORROW THAT DAN DIED! PEGGY AND JACQUE ARE STILL RECOVERING AS I AM ALSO.

THAT WAS ONE FAST AND HECTIC TRIP OUT TO TEHACHAPI FOR THE FUNERAL! IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR THE FAMILY I NEVER WOULD HAVE SURVIVED IT! TIM AND ELYSE HANDLED THE TRANSPORTATION AND KELLY AND GLENDA WATCHED OVER THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY!

WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE PEGGY AND JACQUE TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING! JACQUE ARRANGED FOR OUR ROOM WHERE SHE WORKED, HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS. PEGGY SAW TO IT THAT WE GOT WHERE WE HAD TO BE! THE “PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS” A CLUB DAN BELONGED TO WERE OUR ESCORTS WHERE EVER WE HAD TO GO!

ONE OF THE “RIDERS” COMPOSED THE FOLLOWING;

RIDE ON ANGELS WINGS

DEDICATED TO DANIEL PATRICK MAHONEY

“BIG DAN”

JULY 6^TH 1951-----------MARCH 26^TH 2007

GONE NOW BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

FOREVER IN OUR DREAMS

EVERYDAY THE SUN SHINES ON YOU

EVERYDAY THE ROADS ARE DRY

THE STRAIGHTS GO ON FOREVER

THE BENDS ARE AS YOU DREAM

THERE ARE NO MORE PAINS

THERE ARE NO MORE WORRIES

YOU WILL BE THERE AT EVERY PARTY

YOU WILL TAKE PART IN EVERY RACE

YOU WILL STAND THERE ON THE PODIUM

YOU WILL RACE WITH THE STARS

YOU WILL RIDE UPON GODS PILLION

AND IF ANGELS RIDE ON HARLEYS

THEN YOU WILL SURLY TRAVEL FAR

ON EARTH YOU WERE MY BROTHER

AND NOW YOU ARE A STAR

SO GLIDE ON HEAVENS HIGHWAY

AND LEAD THE TRAIN UP FRONT

ONE DAY YOU WILL BE WAITING

AND TOGETHER WE WILL RIDE

ONCE MORE AGAIN AS BROTHERS

THE WHITE LINE SIDE BY SIDE

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #24 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 8

MARCH 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; BEAUTIFUL, LOW HUMIDITY, 31/63 DEGREES

GAS: OKLAHOMA; $3.08-$3.22

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “WIL WHEATON” PLAYED CADET WHESLEY CRUSHER, THE SON OF THE ENTERPRISES HEAD MEDICAL OFFICER.

POP QUIZ; IN THE TV SERIES “HOGANS HEROES” WHO PLAYED THE GERMAN SGT. HANS SCHULTZ?

TODAY WE PICKED UP HALEY JO AND WENT TO R&D TO PICK OUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FOR THE INTREPID, I FOUND WHAT I THINK WILL BE A GOOD ONE, GOOD LOOKING FLUID, NOT BURNED AND THE DIP STICK WAS STILL IN THE TUBE.  ALSO, THE  PAN HASN’T BEEN OFF! THE ENGINE WAS BAD IS WHY IT’S IN THE YARD! THEY’LL PULL IT WHEN I CALL AND TELL THEM WE’LL NEED IT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS!

I WISH I HAD ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THE ONE I’VE BEEN USING CHEMICALS IN TO GET IT TO PULL WHICH IT DOES TILL IT GETS WARMED UP THEN IT STARTS SLIPPING, YESTERDAY IT WENT ALMOST 3 MILES BEFORE IT STOPPED PULLING!

THE GUYS AT R&D ARE GOING TO FIND US A RADIO WITH A CD PLAYER OUT OF A 94-05 CHRYSLER PRODUCT, THEY SAID THEY PULL THE GOOD RADIOS BEFORE THE CAR IS TAKEN BACK IN THE YARD AND LOCK THEM UP IN A PARTS ROOM! I ALSO NEED THE PLASTIC THAT GOES UNDER THE WIPER ARMS AND FOUR HUB CAPS WHICH THEY LOCK UP ALSO IF THEY’RE A MATCHED SET AND IN GOOD SHAPE!

IN 1943 MY SISTER RUTH, HER HUSBAND HERB, AND KIDS DIANE, TOMMY, HERBS NIECE SHIRLEY HAND AND I PACKED THE BOX TRAILER MY DAD HAD AND SOME STUFF ON THE FRONT FENDERS OF THEIR MODEL “A” FOUR DOOR SEDAN HERB WOULD TEACH ME TO DRIVE IN LATER,  AND HEADED FOR MAMMOTH LAKES ON A VACATION! MAMMOTH LAKES IS ABOUT 300 MILES FROM VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA UP THE NOW HIGHWAY 395! AT THE TIME OF OUR TRIP WE HAD TO GO ON ALL THE SIDE ROADS AND BACK ROADS! I’LL NEVER FORGET THIS ONE INCIDENT, HERB TOOK A WRONG TURN, RUTH WAS THE NAVIGATOR AND HE SAID HE KNEW A BETTER ROUTE THAT HE USED WHEN HE AND HIS BROTHER TOM CAME UP TO MAMMOTH LAKE AREA DEER HUNTING! THEY MADE THE TRIP IN A BUICK WITH JUST THE TWO OF THEM IN THE CAR! WE GOT TO A RAILROAD TRACK AND HAD TO UNLOAD THE TRAILER AND CARRY EVERYTHING UP AN INCLINE AND OVER THE TRACK AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE, ABOUT 1000 FEET IN ALL! THE MODEL “A” DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO PULL THE LOADED TRAILER AND US UP THE DIRT INCLINE SO WE DID IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, WE CARRIED EVERYTHING OVER BY HAND THEN RELOADED THE TRAILER!

WHEN WE GOT TO MAMMOTH LAKES AND SAW THE NEAT CAMPGROUND AND OLD FAMILY STORE IT WAS ALL WORTH IT! THEN WHERE WE PITCHED OUR TWO TENTS WAS RIGHT ON A SLOW MOVING ROCK BED CREEK! THE MAN AT THE STORE TOLD US THE WATER COMES RIGHT OFF THE CLACIER PACK UP THE MOUNTAIN, HERB MADE WATER TIGHT BAGS OUT OF SOME STUFF HE GOT FROM THE STORE AND WE KEPT OUR MEATS, MILK, SODA POP, AND YES, HERBS BEER REAL COLDIN THAT CREEK!  YOU HAD TO LET IT WARM UP BEFORE EATING OR DRINKING ANYTHING FROM THE CREEK! I TOOK A GLASS AND SWALLOWED IT AND GOT A BAD HEADACHE LIKE YOU GET FROM EATING ICE CREAM TO FAST, IT WAS COLD!

THE NEXT MORNING HERB AND I GOT THE FISHING GEAR TOGETHER AND HEADED UP TO THE TOP LAKE, IT WAS NAMED “MOON LAKE” BECAUSE FROM WHAT THE MAN AT THE STORE SAID WHEN A FULL MOON REFLECTS OFF THE WATER IT TURNS IT INTO SILVER AND IF YOUR UP THERE AND FAST ENOUGH YOU CAN SCOOP SILVER OFF THE TOP OF THE WATER! WE NEVER TRIED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FULL MOON WHILE WE WERE THERE! MOON LAKE HAD SHEER CLIFS ALL THE WAY AROUND EXCEPT FOR ABOT 50 FEET WHERE YOU COULD SET AND FISH! WE CAUGHT 6 WHITE BASS (I THINK THEY WERE BASS, I’M NO FISHERMAN UNLESS ITS ALBACORE OR TUNA OR A SEA FISH, I DO KNOW SOME OF THEM) THAT WEIGHED ABOUT 2LBS APIECE FROM WHAT HERB SAID AND RUTH AND SHIRLEY COOKED THEM FOR DINNER ALONG WITH BISCUITS AND CORN ON THE COB!

WE STAYED THERE FOR A WEEK AND IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE I’LL NEVER FORGET, FISH EVERYDAY FOR OUR DINNER, COOK HOT DOGS ON A TREE LIMB HERB SHAVED DOWN, FRY HAMBURGERS IN AN OLD MINERS SKILLETT RUTH BOUGHT FROM THE OLD STORE!

RUTH AND SHIRLEY WALKED SOME OF THE TRAILS WITH THE LITTLE KIDS AND DID ALL THE COOKING, TOMMY AND I WASHED THE TIN PANS WE ATE OFF OF AND DID THE CLEANING UP OF THE AREA TO KEEP THE LOCAL ANIMALS AWAY! HERB MADE A NET TO HOLD OUR FOOD IN AND PULLED IT ABOUT 20 FEET UP IN A TREE ON A ROPE! THE MAN IN THE STORE WOULD COME TO THE FIRE AT NIGHT AND TELL STORIES ABOUT SOME OF THE OLD MINERS AND TRAPPERS THAT WERE IN THE AREA FOR YEARS! TRUE OR NOT, THEY WERE INTERESTING!

 RUTH MADE SCRATCH BISCUITS AND GRAVEY FROM THE HAMBURGER GREASE AND I’M STILL ALIVE, UMMM GOOD! SHE MADE CORN BREAD AND A CAKE, PUMPKIN PIE ALL IN AN OLD TIME OVEN THAT SAT ON THE HOT ROCKS AROUND THE CAMP FIRE! IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU WANT TO!

AT NIGHT EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THE CAMPGROUND SAT AROUND A GREAT BIG FIRE BUILT BY THE RANGERS WHO WERE THERE AND POPPED POP CORN, ROASTED MARSHMELLOWS, COOKED HOT DOGS AND JUST HAD A GREAT OLD TIME VISITING AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER!

WE WENT BACK ON A GOOD HIGHWAY AND MADE CAMP OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE MADE IT IN TWO DAYS, THE TRIP UP TOOK 3 ½ DAYS BUT WE ENJOYED THE CAMPING OUT FOR TWO NIGHTS AT DIFFERENT ROAD SIDE STOPS! HERB ONLY HAD TWO WEEKS VACATION SO BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK HE HAD TO GO RIGHT BACK TO WORK AFTER WORKING ON THE CAR AND TAKING ME AND THE TRAILER HOME!

THOSE WERE THE BEST TIMES OF MY YOUNG LIFE! THAT AND THEN GOING TO NEWPORT BEACH! I SAID FOR YEARS I WANTED TO GO BACK AND DO LIKE WE DID ON THAT VACATION BUT I NEVER DID AND NOW TO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED ME BY TO DO IT! I WAS TALKING TO MY BROTHER JERRY THE OTHER DAY AND HE ASKED HOW I CAN REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS, I TOLD HIM I USE WORD ASSOCIATION, ONE WORD LEADS TO ANOTHER THEN I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND PUT IT IN MY COMPUTER THEN ON PAPER!
THAT’S THE KIND OF MEMORIES THAT KEEP ME GOING!

DEBBI, DIANE AND TOMMY SHOULD REMEMBER THIS TRIP I KNOW I SURE DO! UNCLE HOWARD

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #23 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 23 VOL 8

MARCH 23^RD 2008

WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 48/70 DEGREES

GAS; $3.03-$3.24

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “JOHN MAHONEY” (no relation) PLAYED FRAZER’S FATHER IN THE TV SERIES, FRAZER.

POP QUIZ; IN THE TV SERIES “STARTREK THE NEXT GENERATION” WHO PLAYED THE LADY DOCTORS SON?

KELLY HAD AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR THE KIDS TODAY! MOM MADE 5 CHOCOLATE/PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE PIES TODAY AND TOOK ONE DOWN TO KELLY & GLENDA! THEY GAVE US TWO HARD BOILED EGGS APIECE!

COLLEEN AND DICK CAME OUT TODAY AND BROUGHT US A PLANTED RED TULIP FOR EASTER WITH A REAL NICE CARD, IT SURE IS PRETTY!

MOM AND COLLEEN VISITED AND WALKED AROUND THE PROPERTY LOOKING AT THE TREES WE CUT DOWN AND WHERE MOM IS GOING TO PUT HER NEW “RAISED GARDEN”! IT’LL BE IN TWO 4’X4’ SECTIONS THEN DIVIDED INTO 2’X2’ SECTIONS, AND BE 16-24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND! THIS WAY IT’LL BE EASIER TO WORK INSTEAD OF SPENDING HOURS ON HER KNEES SHE’LL BE ABLE TO WORK IT FROM A CHAIR OR BENDING OVER!

DICK AND I TALKED CARS AND PEOPLE HE AND I KNEW THAT HAD REALLY CHEATED HIM AND GARY LATINIS WHEN THEY WORKED ON THEIR CLASSIC CARS! THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD LONG MEMORIES!

DICK JUST BOUGHT ANOTHER AIRPLANE, A CESSNA 175, HE SAID IT SURE DOES FLY NICE! INSTEAD OF A STRAIGHT OFF THE CRANK SHAFT PROPELLER THIS ONE HAS A GEAR REDUCTION PROP DRIVE SO INSTEAD OF 200 HP IT’S RATED AT 275HP! HE STILL HAS HIS PIPER TRI-PACER BUT IT’S MORE OF AN INVESTMENT THAN   FOR FLYING AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE!

I TOOK THE INTREPID OUT AGAIN TODAY AND THIS TIME IT WENT ABOUT 3 MILES BEFORE IT STOPPED PULLING FROM A STANDSTILL! I GOT IT UP TO 50 MPH WITHOUT REALLY CROWDING IT BUT, YOU CAN FEEL WHEN IT STARTS SLIPPING!

GARY LATINIS CALLED TODAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE OF DIESEL ON THE ROAD AND A MACHINE HE HAS TO TAKE TO HOUSTON TOMORROW!  HE SAID DIESEL IS OVER $4.00 A GALLON!

HE ASKED ABOUT THE INTREPID AND IF I HAD A MUTUAL FRIEND CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT THE MAN HAD DIED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND HE SAID NO, HE HAD HIM FIX A CHEVROLET TRANSMISSION FOR HIM A WHILE BACK AND IS GOING TO TAKE HIS 2000 GMC IN FOR SERVICE! MOM GOT THE MANS NAME OFF THE INTERNET SO I’LL CALL HIM TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS THE PROBLEM IS!

I TALKED TO BILL MASON TODAY AND HE’S DOING JUST FINE WITH THE NEW PACEMAKER! HE HASN’T BEEN WORKING ANY LATELY WHICH HE DOESN’T MIND, IT GIVES HIM A CHANCE TO GET THING DONE LIKE GETTING HIS BIG MOTOR HOME READY TO SELL! HE HAD A FRIEND CLIMB UP ON THE TOP AND CUT THE LOCKS OFF A STORAGE BOX  AND PASS THE CONTENTS DOWN TO HIM, HE SAID THE THINGS IN THAT BOX WERE FORGOTTEN A LONG TIME AGO, IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS!

HE TOOK THE COACH TO HIS FRIENDLY MECHANIC AND GOT THE TOP CLEARANCE LIGHT FIXED, BLOWN RELAY AND OVER HALF THE BULBS WERE BURNED OUT, NOW HE’LL TAKE IT BACK TO HAVE TWO LIGHTS REPLACED OVER THE SINK IN THE BACK BED ROOM AND OVER THE KITCHEN SINK! HE HAS AN AD COMING OUT IN AN RV MAGAZINE! WHEN HE SELLS IT HE’LL BUY ONE THAT’S FOR TWO PEOPLE AND IS ON A SMALL TRUCK CHASSIS, HE’S LOOKING AT ONE THAT’S DIESEL POWERED BUT NOW WITH THE PRICE OF DIESEL SO HIGH HE’LL HAVE TO FIND ONE THAT GIVES OVER 15MPG TO JUSTIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAS AND DIESEL! HE SAID THE ONE HE’S LOOKIG AT HAS A 5CYL MERCEDES DIESEL ENGINE AND IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE AROUND 23-24MPG!

JOKE 

AFTER MASS ONE SUNDAY MORNING THE PRIEST WAS STANDING ON THE STEPS IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH WHEN THIS HIPPY CAME OUT! HE REACHED OVER AND TOUCHED HIS ARM AND MOTIONED HIM TO COME OVER WHERE HE WAS STANDING WHICH THE HIPPY DID! WHAT’S THE PROBLEM POP? ASKED THE HIPPY. THE PRIEST QUIETLY TOLD HIM HOW THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WENT, IT’S “IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY GHOST” THEN ADDED, IT’S NOT “BIG DADDY, LITTLE DADDY AND SPOOK”!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 22 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 8

MARCH 22^ND 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 50/66 DEGREES

GAS; $3.09-$3.23

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; WILLIAM DEMEREST PLAYED THE GRANPA ON THE “MY THREE SONS” SERIES.

POP QUIZ; WHO PLAYED FRAZER’S FATHER IN THE TV SERIES “FRAZER”

WELL SO MUCH FOR THE TRANSMISSION WE GOT FROM R&D AND B&B PUT IN FOR US! I PUT IN A PINT OF B-12 AND DROVE IT HOME FROM DENISON! LET IT SET OVERNIGHT AND SOAK, THEN DROVE IT THE NEXT AFTERNOON, IT PULLED OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND DOWN TO WHERE THE ROAD WASHED OUT LAST YEAR AND UP THE OTHER SIDE! WOULD HARDLY PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP, I CAME HOME IN LOW RANGE! WE PICKED UP SOME LUCAS FOR SLIPPING TRANSMISSIONS, PUT IT IN, DROVE IT TO GET SOME GAS BUT HAD TO COME HOME 1 ½ MILES IN LOW RANGE! TOOK IT OUT AGAIN THIS MORNING AND THE SAME THING! EDDY AT B&B WAS RIGHT, IT’S BURNED UP INSIDE! SO WE’LL GET READY TO PUT THE REPLACEMENT R&D IS GOING TO PULL AS SOON AS I DECIDE WHICH ONE? I DON’T WANT ANYTHING THAT’S HAD THE PAN PULLED, THAT’S A SURE SIGN THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT!

TIM AND KELLY CAN GET TO IT TWO WEEKS FROM EASTER! BOY, IT’S A NICE DRIVING AND RUNNING CAR AND EVERTHING WORKS, ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS, ELECTRIC HEATED AND REMOTE ADJUSTABLE MIRRORS, A/C NEEDS FREON, COOLS BUT NOT COLD, !T IS GOING TO NEED SHOCKS AND STRUTS SOON, TIRES ARE ALMOST NEW, LESS THEN 3,000 MILES ON THEM ACCORDING TO THE PAPER WORK, SUPERFICIAL DENTS THAT I CAN PULL WITH MY HAIL DENT PULLER, BECAUSE THEY’RE SCRATCHED I’LL SAND AND REPAINT THE FRONT AND REAR BUMBERS, ENGINE RUNS SO QUIET AND SMOOTH YOU CAN’T HEAR OR FEEL IT! ON GENERAL PRINCIPAL I’LL REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND CHECK THE REAR SHOES AND REPLACE THEM IF NEEDED! THE PAPER WORK SHOWS NEW DRIVE AXLES ABOUT 1000 MILES BACK! WE GOT THE REPAIR PAPER WORK OUT OF THE GLOVE BOX FROM WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT USED FROM A CHRYSLER DEALER IN DALLAS IN 2004! IT REALLY WAS WELL MAINTAINED, IT LOOKS LIKE IF SOMETHING STARTED GOING WRONG IT GOT FIXED THEN NOT WHEN IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY! I HAVE TO BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT AT A STOP LIGHT AND WOULDN’T UNTRACK IT SELF! AGAIN, I CAN’T BELIEVE WHEN THE CAR WAS SERVICED (EVERY 3000 MILES) THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TOLD THE LADY THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS GETTING DIRTY, SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM TO DO WHAT EVER WAS NECESSARY LIKE SHE SEEMED TO DO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE!

WE LIKE THE CAR AND ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD WITHIN REASON! I DON’T KNOW HOW FAR R&D WILL GO BUT THEY’VE NEVER BACKED DOWN ON US IN THE LAST 6-7 YEARS WE’VE DEALT WITH THEM!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #21 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 21 VOL 8

MARCH 21^ST 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 50/76 DEGREES

GAS; I LEFT GAS OFF YESTERDAY BECAUSE I DIDN’T SEE THE AMOUNTS WHERE WE WERE AND I WAS BUSY DRIVING THE INTREPID HOME AT 15-20  MPH.

GAS TODAY; $3.08-$3.23

ANSWER TO THE POP QUIZ; “SIDNEY GREENSTREET” PLAYED THE “FAT MAN” IN CASABLANCA.

POP QUIZ; IN THE TV SERIES “MY THREE SONS” WHO PLAYED THE GRANPA?”

THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO TODAY MOM AND I WERE MARRIED IN THE CHURCH! IT TOOK SEVENTEEN YEARS TO GET MY FIRST MARRIAGE ANNULED! THE LAST THREE YEARS WAS HANDLED BY FATHER JOHN A. BRENNEN, PASTOR AT SAINT PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DENISON, TEXAS! HE IS NOW, MONSIGNOR JOHN A. BRENNEN!

FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY WE WENT TO DINNER AT APPLEBEES IN SHERMAN! IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A TOTAL OF 50 YEARS, 17 CIVIL AND 33 BY THE CHURCH, IT FEELS MORE LIKE 50 MINUTES! I’M SERIOUS, IT JUST DOESN’T FEEL LIKE YEARS, A YEAR IS A LONG TIME AND OUR RELATIONSHIP SEEM LIKE MINUTES TO ME!

I WENT OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND STARTED THE INTREPID AFTER LETTING THE TRANSMISSION SOAK OVERNIGHT WITH THE B-12. I BACKED IT OUT OF THE PARKING PLACE AND TRIED DRIVE, WOW, IT STARTED TO PULL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, WHEN I GOT TO THE ROAD I STOPPED AND LOOKED BOTH WAYS AND STEPPED ON THE GAS, IT PULLED AWAY LIKE EVERYTHING WAS OK, IT WENT DOWN THE HILL TO THE REPAIRED PLACE IN THE ROAD THAT HAD WASHED OUT LAST YEAR DURING THE FLOODING, IT PULLED UP THE OTHER SIDE LIKE A NEW CAR! WOW, I’M IN HOG HEAVEN, I WENT A ½ MILE AND STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT WILLAFA WOODS ROAD AND IT JUST BARELY PULLED AWAY, I GOT IT UP TO 35 MPH AND WENT 11/2 MILES TO THE NEXT STOP, IT JUST BARELY PULLED AWAY BUT I GOT TO THE “LUCKY STOP”  ABOUT 1000 FEET AND HAD TO CIRCLE AROUND TO GET TO WHERE THE PUMP WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE FILLER NECK IS!  I TRIED TO PULL AWAY IN DRIVE BUT IT WAS SLIPPING TOO BAD SO I SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTARTED AND WENT HOME IN LOW RANGE! ON THE WAY TO DINNER WE STOPPED AT AUTO ZONE AND GOT TWO PTS. OF LUCAS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, I’LL PUT ONE IN TOMORROW AFTER I WARM IT UP AND SEE WHAT THAT DOES! TIM AND KELLY ARE READY TO PUT THE OTHER ONE WE’LL GET FROM R&D IN TWO WEEKENDS FROM EASTER IF THIS DOESN’T WORK!

SHANNON WAS OUT TODAY AND VISITED FOR A WHILE! HER DAUGHTER KAITLIN WHO HAS BEEN STAYING WITH HER IS GOING BACK TO COLORADO NEXT THURSDAY! HER AND JOSH HAD A LONG TOP AND THEY BOTH WANT TO MAKE IT WORK! WE UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE COUNSELING SET UP, WE HOPE IT’S NOT WITH A FRIEND, NEIGHBOR OR RELATIVE! IT NEEDS TO BE A PERSON WHO DOESN’T KNOW EITHER OF THEM PERSONALLY! WE WISH THEM GOOD LUCK!

KERRY CALLED TODAY AND WE TALKED FOR QUITE A WHILE, EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH THEM! MOM TALKED TO COLLEEN TODAY AND SHE REALLY LOVES HER NEW JOB, SHE GOT TWO $25.00 BONUSES THIS PAST WEEK AND HAS ONLY BEEN THERE TWO WEEKS! SHE HOPES THEY PUT HER ON PERMANENT AFTER HER PROBATION ENDS!

KELLY’S BEEN TAKING ON WORK FIXING CARS FOR PEOPLE AT WORK, ITS GOOD SIDE MONEY! GLENDA WAS OFF WORK SICK FOR FOUR DAYS BUT WENT BACK TODAY, I GUESS EVERYTHING IS OK!

TIM HAD TO WORK FROM HOME THIS WEEK, THE KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL AND DAYCARE IS TO DAMN EXPENSIVE! THE WAY HE’S HOOKED UP TO HIS JOB HE CAN WORK AT HOME AND GET MORE DONE, THAT’S WHY I WOULD GO OVER TO THE SHOP AT NIGHT SOMETIMES, I COULD GET MORE DONE IN 2-3 HOURS THAN IN 8 HOURS WHEN EVERYBODY WAS THERE!

MIKE WENT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A SLEEP TEST, HE HAS SLEEP APNEA AND IS BEING FITTED FOR SOME KIND OF MACHINE! MOM SAYS I HAVE THE SAME THING! I WENT TO DALLAS VA 3 YEARS AGO AND THEY PUT A BUNCH OF TUBES ON MY HEAD AND STARTED BLOWING AIR UP MY NOSE, IT BLEW THE PATCH LOSE I HAVE ON MY LEFT EAR DRUM FROM A DIVING ACCIDENT AND I RIPPED THE STUFF OFF AND CALLED THE TECHNICIAN IN AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED AND HE WROTE IT UP! I TRIED TO USE THE STRIPS ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE BUT THEY MADE A SORE ON MY NOSE. I’M GOING TO TRY THEM AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I’LL PUT SOME OINTMENT ON THE NOSE WHERE THE STRIP TOUCHES IT THEN MAYBE MOM WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME REST, I WAKE HER UP WITH THE HEAVY BREATHING AND SHE GOES OUT ON THE COUCH WHICH ISN’T RIGHT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 20 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 8

MARCH 20^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 42/68 DEGREES

 

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; CLAUDE RAINES PLAYED THE POLICE INSPECTOR IN CASABLANCA.

POP QUIZ; ALSO IN”CSABLANCA” WHAT WAS THE ACTOR’S NAME WHO PLAYED THE “FAT MAN?”

 

I’VE COME UPON SOME INFORMATION THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PASS ON TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SOME WAY TO INCREASE THE GAS MILEAGE OF YOUR CAR WITHOUT SPENDING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY!

IT’S THE “E3 DIAMONDFIRE SPARK PLUG!” WHERE I CAME ACROSS THIS WAS WHILE WATCHING A DYNOMOMETER TEST OF A BRAND NEW  CHEVROLET  ENGINE THE EDITOR, SCOTT PARKHURST AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK SIMPSON OF “STREET  MACHINE  CLUB MAGAZINE ” WHICH I’M A MEMBER OF,  HAD JUST BUILT AND HOOKED UP TO THE ENGINE DYNOMOMETER! AFTER DOING ALL THE BASIC TEST AND RUN UPS THEY LET IT SETTLE DOWN TO 5200 RPM AND TOOK HP, TORQUE,  MPG READINGS;  HP WAS 416, TORQUE WAS 393 FEET POUNDS, MILEAGE WAS 21MPG! THEY SHUT IT DOWN AND INSTALLED A SET OF “E3 DIAMOND FIRE SPARK PLUGS” STARTED IT BACK UP AND SET THE THROTTLE LEVER TO THE SAME POINT WHERE IT HAD READ 5200 RPM, HP WENT TO 434, TORQUE WENT TO 409,  MILEAGE WENT TO 26 MPG, AND THE RPM INCREASED TO 5500!!

I DECIDED AT THIS TIME TO INSTALL A SET OF THESE 3E DIAMOND FIRE PLUGS IN OUR CAR, THE 1991 PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM WITH A 3.3  V6  WE’VE  PUT OVER 50,000 MILES ON IT SINCE WE STARTED DRIVING IT FULL TIME ON JULY 8^TH 2006, AT THAT TIME WE WENT ON A 6025 MILE TRIP AND USED ONE QT OF OIL BETWEEN CHANGES, WE CHANGED AT 2678 MILES IN TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA WHEN WE VISITED DAN AND JACQUE THEN AGAIN WHEN WE GOT HOME! THE ENGINE HAS OVER 300,000 MILES ON IT NOW AND GIVES A CONSTANT 22-24 MPG, SINCE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT OUR AVERAGE MPG IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE! WE’RE GETTING THE 22-24 MPG IN TOWN AND SOME TRIPS TO DALLAS WHICH ARE ABOUT 190-200 MILES ROUND TRIP OR TO BONHAM, VA WHICH IS AN 80 MILE ROUND TRIP ON THESE  LONGER TRIPS  I USUALLY RUN BETWEEN 65-72 MPH  AT THE PRESENT TIME WE’RE ADDING ONE QT. OF OIL EVERY 500-600 MILES AND MOST OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF A LEAKING SEAL IN THE OIL PUMP THAT WE HAVE BUT HAVEN’T CHANGED YET! I DO ADD A QT OF LUCAS OIL STABILIZER AT EVERY OIL CHANGE! WE’RE USING PENNZOIL 10W-30 WINTER AND 10W-40 SUMMER FOR EXTENDED MILEAGE ENGINES WHICH OURS DEFINATLY QUALIFIES FOR!

CLEAN JOKES

Most Wanted

A man walks into the sheriff's office... "I want to become a deputy!"

"Good, I want to you to catch this man" says the sheriff handling the man a wanted poster.

The poster  reads : 'Last seen wearing a brown paper hat, brown paper shirt, brown paper pants, and brown paper boots.'

"What's he wanted for?" asked the hopeful young man.

"Rustling"

Signs of the Times

- At restaurant-gas stations throughout the nation: "Eat here and get gas."

- At a Santa Fe gas station: "We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container."

- In a New Hampshire jewelry store: "Ears pierced while you wait."

- In a New York restaurant: "Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager."

- In a Michigan restaurant: "The early bird gets the worm! Special shoppers' luncheon before 11:00 AM"

- On a delicatessen wall: "Our best is none too good."

- On the wall of a Baltimore estate: "Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law -- Sisters of Mercy"

- On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaning store: "Thirty-eight years on the same spot."

- In a Los Angeles dance hall: "Good clean dancing every night but Sunday."

- On a movie theater: "Children's matinee today. Adults not admitted unless with child."

- In a Florida maternity ward: "No children allowed!"

- In a New York drugstore: "We dispense with accuracy."

Excuses, excuses

The following were all found in notes written by parents to excuse their children's absences from school.

- My son is under the doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.

- Please excuse Mary for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.

- Please eckuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.

- Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating.

- Pleazse  excuse Roland from P.E. for a few day. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

- John has been absent because he had two teeth taken off his face.

- Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

- Mary could not come to school because she has been bothered by very close veins.

 

Letter of the Law

On October 13, 1944, the Durham N. C. Sun Reported that a Durhamite had been brought before a Judge Wison in traffic court for having parked his car on a restricted street right in front of a sign that read "No Stoping."

Rather than pleading guilty, the defendant argued that the missing letter in the sign meant that he had not violated the letter of the law. Brandishing a Webster's dictionary, he noted that stoping means:

"Extracting ore from a stope or, loosely, underground."

"Your Honor", said the man, "I am a law-abiding citizen and I didn't extract any ore from the area of the sign. I move that the case be dismissed."

Acknowledging that the defendant hadn't done any illegal mining, the judge declared the man not guilty and commented, "Since this is Friday, the 13th, anything can happen, so I'll turn you lose."

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #19 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 19 VOL 8

MARCH 19^TH 2008

WEATHER; BEAUTIFUL, MED HUMIDITY, 43/63 DEGREES

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; RICHARD BONG WAS KILLED DURING HIS SOLO FLIGHT IN A LOCKHEED P-80 WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT BACK TO IDLE RIGHT AFTER TAKE OFF BECAUSE OF A FUEL PUMP SHUT DOWN! NO, IT WAS NOT A COMBAT SITUATION!

THIS WAS RELATED TO ME BY TONY LAVIER HEAD OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS FOR LOCKHEED! TONY WAS A FRIEND OF MY DADS AND I HAD TALKED TO HIM A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS I HAD PERTAINING TO AVIATION! SO AFTER MY DAD DIED I HAD AN OCCASION TO CALL HIM ABOUT A FLYBY WITH A P-38 AT A HOSPITAL “KELLY” JOHNSON WAS IN, IN VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA, HE WAS DYING FROM CANCER AND “KELLY” HAD ASKED TONY TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A LOW FLYBY PERMIT FROM THE FAA WHICH HE DID AND PERFORMED THE FLYBY!

TONY BROUGHT UP MILO BURCHAMP IN THAT CONVERSATION, HOW IT WAS TO BAD MILO WASN’T AROUND TO SEE ALL THAT “KELLY” AND THE “SKUNK WORKS” HAD DONE FOR THE COUNTRY AND LOCKHEED,  AND HOW MILO WAS KILLED AND THEN RELATED THE INCIDENT ABOUT RICHARD BONG AND THE FUEL PUMP! THEY INSTALLED A SWITCH THAT WAS TO KEEP THE FUEL PUMP ON LINE AFTER BONG’S DEATH! MILO BURCHAMP WAS KILLED IN A P-80 AFTER RICHARD BONG WHEN HE NEGLECTED TO THROW THE SWITCH BEFORE TAKE OFF AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT BACK TO IDLE! THE P-80 SLAMED INTO THE EDGE OF A ROCK CRUSHER SAND PIT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE TOP! I WENT TO THAT CRASH SITE WITH MY DAD. ALL YOU COULD SEE OF THE AIRPLANE WAS THE TAIL SURFACES. I REMEMBER, THE RUDDER WAS CRANKED HARD TO THE LEFT AND THE ELEVATORS WERE IN THE UP POSITION, HE WAS TRYING!

ANOTHER THING THAT’S STRANGE ABOUT WHERE MILO HIT, IT’S THE SAME ROCK CRUSHER WHERE BILLY GILLIS AND I WERE SWIMMING WHEN WE SAW THE FLARE PARACHUTES THAT WE CHASED AND I GOT ELECTROCUTED IN 1944!

POP QUIZ; IN THE MOVIE “CASABLANCA” WHAT WAS THE ACTORS NAME WHO PLAYED THE POLICE INSPECTOR!

MOM WENT SHOPPING TODAY FOR SOME EXTRA ITEMS IN CASE THE TRUCKERS PULL A SHUT DOWN AND ALL TRUCKING COMES TO A STAND STILL AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT FUEL PRICES!

FROM WHAT I HEARD, THEY REALIZE FREIGHT CAN/WILL BE MOVED   BY RAIL BUT IT TAKES TRUCKS TO GET IT FROM THE RAIL CARS TO THE DISTRIBUTERS! THE TRUCKERS WANT THE FUEL PRICE ROLLED BACK TO NO MORE THAN $2.25 PER GALLON! THIS CAN BE DONE BY REMOVING THE FEDERAL TAX PER GALLON ON DIESEL AND GAS!  $2.25 PER GALLON IS STILL TO HIGH BUT WILL GIVE THE GOVERNMENT A CHANCE TO OPEN UP ALL THE CAPPED AND PLUGGED WELLS IN THE COUNTRY AND START PUMPING OUR OWN OIL, THIS WILL ALSO PUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND WORKERS PAY TAXES AND BUY THINGS WITH THEIR WAGES! IT’LL BE A TRICKEL DOWN! PLUS A PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE THAT ORDERS THE OIL COMPANIES TO START IMMIDATELY BUILDING AT LEAST 5 NEW REFINERIES USING THE EXCESS PROFIT THEY’VE MADE! THEN WE CAN BECOME INDEPENDENT OF OIL FROM THOSE WHO WANT TO KILL US AND TAKE OVER THE UNITED STATES!

 

I’M NOT A GEORGE CARLIN FAN BUT THIS SURE HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!

George Carlin's Solution to Save Gasoline

Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use.....

The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million Illegal immigrants!

 

That would be 11 million less people using our gas.

The price of gas would come down..... Bring our troops home   from Iraq to guard the Border....

When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq    Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military....

Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.....

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country.....He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot.....

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life!

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.....

Problem solved.....

 

If you think this is a good solution to both the problems, forward it to your friends.

I just did.........

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #18 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 8

MARCH 18^TH 2008

THERE’S THOSE 8s AGAIN

WEATHER; RAIN, RAIN, HIGH HUMIDITY, 47/73 DEGREES

GAS; WASN’T OUT TODAY BUT IT SHOULD STILL BE THE SAME

ANSWER TO THE POP QUIZ; RICHARD BONG SCORED ALL HIS KILLS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATION AND IT’S ASSUMED ALL THE ENEMY PILOTS WERE JAPANESE!  ALTHOUGH AT TIMES THERE WERE SOME LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN) PILOTS FLYING FOR JAPAN!

HOW AND WHERE WAS RICHARD IRA BONG KILLED AND WAS IT A COMBAT SITUATION?

I GOT A CALL FROM B&B TODAY, HE GOT THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED OUT IN THE INTREPID BUT THERE’S A PROBLEM! IT WILL BACK UP AND GO FORWARD IN LOW RANGE ONLY! I CALLED R&D WHERE WE GOT THE TRANSMISSION AND TALKED TO THEM, THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT DRIES UP BEFORE THEY CAN PULL IT! THE BIG PROBLEM IS WE HAD TO PAY B&B $400.00 TO MAKE THE SWAP! NOW I’M GOING TO HAVE TO SEE IF TIM AND KELLY WILL TRY IT AGAIN? THE THING THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH WAS THEY COULDN’T GET THE AXLES OUT SO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DROP DOWN! WELL, THE AXLES WERE PULLED BY B&B SO THEY SHOULD SLIP RIGHT OUT! WE REALLY   WANT THIS CAR AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE THE BOYS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SWAP, IF THEY CAN’T THEN WE’LL HAVE TO GO ANOTHER ROUTE!

I’M GOING TO PICK THE CAR UP AND DRIVE IT HOME, MAYBE JUST MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION WILL BREAK LOSE WHEN IT GETS HOT! HELL IT’S WORTH A TRY! OF COURSE I’LL PUT SOME B-12 IN IT TO HELP CLEAN IT OUT! IF IT DOESN’T BREAK LOSE WE WILL STILL GET THE OTHER ONE FROM R&D! I’M GOING TO CALL R&D BACK TOMORROW AND FIND OUT WHY THE CAR THAT THIS OTHER TRANSMISSION IS COMING OUT OF IS IN THE YARD! WAS HIT AND WHERE WAS IT HIT? FRONT, SIDE OR BACK? OR IS IT IN THE YARD BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE? I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT WITH THE FIRST ONE BUT I SAW THE CAR AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A REPO FROM A BANK! OH WELL, IT’LL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH! I HAVE TO GIVE R&D CREDIT, THEY HAVE A POLICY ABOUT NOT DOING ANY PARTS SWAPING OR MECHANICAL WORK AND THEY’RE STICKING TO IT! JUSTIN TOLD ME IF THEY MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR ME THEY’D HAVE TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY AND THEN THEY’RE IN THE AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS AND THEY DON’T WANT TO DO THAT!

YEARS AGO DICK CLARK AND I USED TO GO TO MORRO BAY AND DIVE FOR ABALONE. MORRO BAY IS ABOUT 15-20 MILES NORTH OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND ABOUT 50-60 MILES NORTH OF SANTA BARBARA!

ALL WE NEEDED WAS ONE OF THE SHORT LEAFS FROM A REAR SPRING ON AN OLD CAR, DRILL A HOLE IN IT WITH A DIAMOND TIPPED DRILL BIT, GRIND ALL THE SHARP EDGES OFF AND SMOOTH IT UP. WE’D GRIND ONE END DOWN TO A SHARP FLAT KNIFE EDGE AND ON EACH SIDE NEAR THE END WITH THE HOLE WE’D ROUGH IT UP SO IT DIDN’T SLIP OUT OF OUR GLOVED HAND, THEN TIE A PIECE OF PARACHUTE SHROUD CORD IN A LOOP TO PUT AROUND OUR WRIST!

WE DIDN’T NEED SCUBBA GEAR BECAUSE THE ABALONE GREW ON THE SIDES OF THE SMALL CLIFF THAT WERE PART WAY AROUND THE INLAND EDGE OF THE BAY! ALL WE NEEDED WAS A SNORKLE TUBE, MASK, LEATHER WORK GLOVE AND A PIECE OF NET MADE INTO A SACK TO PUT THE HALF SHELLS IN!

DICK HAD A CONTACT WITH A RESTAURANT IN SANTA BARBARA WHO WOULD TAKE ALL WE COULD GET ON A WEEKEND! THEY PAID US 70 CENTS A POUND, THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THE ABALONE ARE SAFE TO EAT SO WE ONLY WENT AND DOVE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR, I DON’T REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS BUT WE STUCK TO IT! ON A GOOD WEEKEND WE COULD TAKE IN ABOUT 50-70 LBS. AFTER THEY TOOK THE MEAT OUT OF THE SHELLS WE GOT THE SHELLS BACK! DICKS GRANDMOTHER SOLD THEM FOR US TO A GUY THAT HAND MADE JEWELRY, WE GOT 50 CENTS A PIECE FOR THEM! I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT “MOTHER OF PEARL” WAS TILL WE STARTED DOING THIS! IF I REMEMBER RIGHT WE DID IT FOR TWO SEASONS! JUST ANOTHER ONE OF MY EXCITING EPISODES WHEN I WAS YOUNG!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #17 VOL 8

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 8

MARCH 17^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 43/74

GAS; $3.07-$3.23 TEXAS

ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; HE HAD “40 CONFIRMED KILLS.”

POP QUIZ; IN WHAT THEATER OF THE WAR DID RICHARD BONG PARTICIPATE? EUROPEAN, PACIFIC, CHINA BURMA!

THE PHONE REPAIR MAN GOT HERE THIS MORNING AND DID SOMETHING TO THE PHONE DOWN AT KELLY AND GLENDAS AND HERE  AT OUR PLACE AND NOW IT’S WORKING  HE TOLD MOM IT WAS “LOCKED OUT” OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE REALLY DON’T KNOW AND DON’T CARE AS LONG AS IT WORKS!

I CALLED THE VA IN DALLAS AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE INCISION ON MY LEFT WRIST AND THEY SUGGESTED I GO TO BONHAM VA, THEY CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT SO I’D GET TRAVEL PAY! WHEN I GOT THERE AND INTO THE EXAMINATION ROOM THEY LOOKED AT THE THING COMING OUT OF MY WRIST, THE RN TOOK A PAIR OF TWEEZERS AND PULLED A STITCH ABOUT ¼ OF AN INCH LONG OUT! HE SAID IT WAS A SMART THING TO DO, COMING IN FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF IT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO IT MY SELF! WE LEFT BONHAM AND HEADED FOR SEARS IN SHERMAN TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED ON WARRANTY THEN HEADED FOR HOME! THE R&B SURE MADE A DIFFERENCE, NO VIBRATION AT 70 MPH! GLENDA DIDN’T GO TO WORK TODAY SO WE DIDN’T HAVE TO PICK UP HALEY JO!

SHANNON AND KAITLIN CAME OUT AND KAITLIN GOT ON GLENDAS COMPUTER TRYING TO FIND A JOB! WHERE SHE’S WORKING KEEPS CUTTING HER HOURS! SHE’S DOWN TO SOMETIMES 8 IN A WEEK! SHE’S TRYING TO GET ON AT “STAR OR WEBER AIRCRAFT”! TIM USED TO WORK AT STAR MAKING AIRCRAFT SEATS CUSHIONS, WEBER MAKES THE SEAT FRAMES AND INSTALLS THE CUSHIONS ON THEM AND SHIPS THE COMPLETED SEAT TO THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER/AIRLINES! IT WOULD BE A GOOD JOB IF SHE CAN GET IT!

I WAS GOING TO TELL KAITLIN TO GO AND PUT AN APPLICATION IN AT “TEREX” WHERE MIKE AND KELLY WORK BUT I FIGURED I’D BETTER TALK TO MIKE FIRST! KAITLIN DOESN’T REALLY HAVE ANY JOB EXPERIENCE OTHER THAN THE “SONIC” DRIVE IN, IN DENISON THAT I KNOW OF!

BACK IN 1950-51 MY DAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TONY LAVIER, HERMAN “FISH” SALMON AND “KELLY” JOHNSON TO COME TO HOLLYWOOD AMERICAN LEGION POST 48 AND PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE LEGIONAIRS SHOWING A HIGH ALTITUDE FLIGHT SUIT THAT HAD JUST COME OFF THE “TOP SECRET” LIST! THEY ALSO BROUGHT SOME FLIGHT TEST FILM ABOUT A NEW WEAPON THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN THE F-94 STARFIRE! IT WAS THE 61 CALIBER VULCAN 8 BARRELL MACHINE GUN THAT FIRED 6,000 ROUNDS PER MINUTE THE BARRELLS ROTATED SO THE ONES THAT HAD FIRED COULD COOL DOWN FOR THE NEXT SHOT  THE VULCAN HAD BEEN MODIFIED BY LOCKHEED FROM BELT FEED TO CLIP FEED, THE BELF KEPT JAMMING WHICH WAS NO GOOD IN A FIGHTER!  AT THE TIME I LIVED ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE LOCKHEED GUN REVETMENT WHERE THEY TEST FIRED THE GUNS! WHILE SETTING IN MY LIVING ROOM BY THE OPEN WINDOW I HEARD THE NORMAL CHATTER OF THE 50s AND THE 20/37MM CANNON BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD BUZZZZZZIP! I CALLED MY DAD WHO WORKED AT B-6 FLIGHT TEST AND ASKED HIM WHAT I HAD HEARD AND HE TOLD ME WHEN IT CAME OFF THE “TOP SECRET” LIST HE’D TAKE ME IN AND SHOW IT TO ME WHICH HE DID ABOUT 6 MONTH LATER! THEY HAD THE SIDE OF THE F-94 STARFIRE OPENED UP AND YOU OULD SEE THE WHOLE GUN, IT STUCK OUT THE NOSE ABOUT 3 FEET AND BACK BEHIND THE PILOT, THE BREECH WAS RIGHT UNDER THE PILOT AND THE EXPENDED SHELLS AND CLIPE COLLECTED IN A POD THAT HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE, OF COURSE THIS WASN’T THE PRODUCTION MODEL IT WAS JUST THE MOCK UP! THE FILM SHOWED THE F-94 WITH TONY LAVIER AT THE CONTROLS MAKING A PASS AT A DRONE B-17 BOMBER WITH 4- 50 CALIBER MACHING GUNS FIRING A SALVO THAT WERE MOUNTED AROUND THE VULCAN IN THE NOSE! HE GOT PROBABLY 20-30 HITS ON THE B-17 THEN HE CAME AROUND AND MADE A PASS WITH THE VULCAN, STARTING AT THE TAIL HE LITERALLY SAWED THE B-17 IN HALF IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 3,000 ROUNDS! THIS ALL TOOK PLACE OUT OVER THE GULF OF MEXACO!

THEY ALSO BROUGHT AN EXACT SCALE MODEL OF EVERY AIRPLANE LOCKHEED HAD BUILT UP TO AND INCLUDING THE F-94 STARFIRE! THEY HAD THESE SPACED ACROSS THE STAGE FRONT! TONY LAVIER AND “KELLY” JOHNSON TALKED IT OVER AND DECIDED TO RAFFEL OFF ONE OF THEM TO BE CHOSEN BY THE WINNER! THESE MODELS WERE VALUED FROM $15.000 TO $35,000 AND WHOEVER WON WOULD HAVE THEY’RE CHOICE! I DON’T REMEMBER WHO WON OR WHICH MODEL HE CHOSE BUT I SURE DID ENVY HIM! I UNDERSTAND WHEN HE DIED THE MODEL WAS DONATED BACK TO THE POST 48 TROPHY ROOM AND IS STILL THERE!

MY DAD HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH AT LOCKHEED AND WHEN HE DIED THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED AT HIS FUNERAL! I KNOW TONY LAVIER AND “KELLY” JOHNSON WERE THERE BECAUSE I TALKED TO BOTH OF THEM OUTSIDE SAINT CHARLES CHURCH BEFORE WE WENT TO THE CEMETERY!

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