HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 18 VOL 8
MARCH 18TH 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
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