HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 28 VOL 8
MARCH 28TH 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 5TH 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
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