HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 31 VOL 8
MARCH 31ST 2008
WEATHER; WARM, HI HUMIDITY, 69/89 DEGREES
ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “BRANDON DE WILDE PLAYED JOHN WAYNES ESTRANGED SON!
POP QUIZ; IN THE MOVIE “SINCE YOU WENT AWAY” (1944) WHO PLAYED “BRIDGET ‘BRIG’ HILTON?”
GAS; OKLAHOMA; $3.09-$3.15 TEXAS; $3.18- $3.27
WE WENT TO PICK UP HALEY JO AND THEN TO R&D WITH THE ALTERNATOR THAT WOULDN’T BOLT UP TO THE ACCLAIM, SCOTT SAID HE WOULD FIND ONE LIKE WE NEED AND CALL ME! I TOLD HIM TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THE INTREPID TRANSMISSION THAT WE WOULD PICK IT UP FRIDAY!
WHEN I STARTED THE CAR TO LEAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BUT THE CHARGE METER SHOWED THE ALTERNATOR TO BE WORKING. WE DROVE TO COLBERT TO PICK UP HALEY JO AND WHEN I STARTED UP TO LEAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED OFF. ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT CAME BACK ON AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS STILL CHARGING, WE WERE RUNNING THE A/C. WHEN WE GOT HOME THE ALTERNATOR WAS STILL CHARGING! EVERY TEST POINTS TO THE “TEMP SENSOR” SO I’M GOING TO GET A NEW ONE TOMORROW!
I’VE HAD A “BK PRECISION” MULIT-METER SINCE 1970, IT GOT USED EXTENSIVELY WHEN WE HAD OUR “AUTO ELECTRIC SHOP”, ALL THE BOYS AND I HAVE USED IT SINCE WE CLOSED THE SHOP IN 1978! WELL LAST SATURDAY IT WOULDN’T COME ON SO I TOOK IT APART AND COULDN’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG SO I PUT IT BACK TOGETHER! THEN, IT WOULD LIGHT THE DIGITAL METER BUT WOULDN’T CHECK VOLTAGE OR OHMS! LAST NIGHT I SENT A REQUEST TO BK ASKING THEM IF THEY HAD A RE-FURBISHED METER I COULD BUY OR SHOULD I SEND MINE IN FOR REPAIR! I HAVEN’T RECEIVED AN ANSWER YET, I’LL GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS THEN I’LL GO BUY A NEW ONE OR I MAY BUY ONE TO KEEP AS A SPARE! MINE IS A RED READ OUT AND I UNDERSTAND NOBODY USES THE RED LEDs ANYMORE! I DIDN’T KNOW I USED THE METER THAT OFTEN BUT NOW THAT I DON’T HAVE IT THERE ARE MANY THINGS; LIKE THE READINGS ACROSS THE “TEMP SENSOR” AND THE OUTPUT OF THE ALTERNATOR BUT, NO METER!
WE GOT HOME JUST IN TIME TO SEE/HEAR THE WEATHER REPORT! WE HAVE A NOAH WEATHER RADIO THAT WE’VE HAD OVER 30 YEARS I TURN IT ON IF WE’RE EXPECTING BAD WEATHER! WE WERE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH AND BAD THUNDERSTORMS! WE GOT ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF RAIN AND NO TORNADO, THANK GOD!
MOM AND I GOT TIRED OF TV RERUNS AND THE CRAP THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE AIR THESE DAYS SO WE’VE BEEN RECORDING THE OLD “MAGNUM P.I.” SIMON & SIMON, MASH, ENCOR WESTERNS AND AN OCASSIONAL OLD MOVIE LIKE “THE GREAT ESCAPE” AND “IN HARMS WAY”, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY” , “MISTER ROBERTS”, “CANE MUTNEY”! AT LEAST THESE SHOWS HAVE A STORY LINE YOU CAN FOLLOW AND MAKES SOME SENSE!
JOKE
Helisoft
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
"I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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