HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 24 VOL 11
JUNE 24TH 2008
WEATHER; HOT, MED HUMIDITY, 70/93 DEGREES
MOM AND I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE VETERANS STATE SERVICE OFFICER THIS MORNING IN DURANT, OKLA.! ON JUNE THE 10TH I GOT A LETTER FROM THE VA OFFICE IN MUSKOGEE, OKLA. THAT THE VA WAS PROPOSING TO CUT MY DISABILITY BENEFIT FROM 60% TO 30% WHICH AMOUNTS TO AROUND $650.00! THE STATE SERVICE OFFICER SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AT LEAST ONE OR TWO AUDIOLOGY TEST DONE TO FIGHT THE PROPOSED CUT! WE CAME HOME AND MOM STARTED CALLING THE LOCAL AUDIOLOGIST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE?
THEY ALL WERE ABOUT THE SAME, $150.00 FOR THE HEARING TEST AND $500.00 FOR THE REPORT! I CALLED BONHAM VA AND TALKED TO THE AUDIOLOGIST THAT TAKES CARE OF ME AND SHE TALKED TO MOM AND TOLD US WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO BUT SHE COULDN’T DO IT! ONE OF THE AUDIOLOGIST RECEPTIONEST CALLED MOM BACK AND GAVE HER THE NAME AND PHONE # OF THE LOCAL VA SERVICE OFFICER, I CALLED HIM AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO HIM! HE SAID TO COME IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE LETTER FROM THE VA IN MUSKOGEE, OKLA.
NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WERE THERE IN LESS THAN A ½ HOUR! HE SUGGESTED I GO HAVE THE HEARING TEST DONE BY THE AUDIOLOGIST HE SENDS VETERANS TO, IT TURNS OUT THIS DR. IS A “DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY” WHICH MEANS HE HAS A MASTERS IN AUDIOLOGY! THEN WE GAVE HIM THE LETTER WITH THE AUDIOLOGIST REPORT THAT THE VA HAD SENT ME TO LAST MAY 2ND, AFTER LOOKING AT IT HE DID MY TEST! THIS DR. NUMBERS DON’T COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THE ONE FROM THE AUDIOLOGISTS THE VA SENT ME TO LAST MAY!
WHEN WE GOT HOME MOM E-MAILED HIM THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE DR. THE VA HAD SENT ME TO, TOMORROW WE HAVE TO GO TO BONHAM VA AND PICK UP THE TEST RESULTS FROM JUNE OF 2007, THE LAST TIME BONHAM AUDIOLOGIST TESTED ME THEN HE’LL COMPARE THEM AND SEND HIS RESULTS AND OPINION TO THE LOCAL VA SERVICE OFFICER WHO WILL SEND THEM TO THE VA IN MUSKOGEE, OKLA. WITH A FORM HE’LL FILL OUT ABOUT MY PROTESTING THE VAs PROPOSED CUT IN MY BENEFITS! THIS WON’T BE THE $500.00 REPORT JUST HIS OPINION BASED ON HIS TEST COMPARED TO THE ONE FROM THE AUDIOLOGIST THE VA SENT ME TO! IF I HAD TO GUESS I WOULD BET THE OPINION OF A “DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY” WILL CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN AN AUDIOLOGISTS REPORT THAT’S SO FAR OFF IT ISN’T FUNNY! ACTUALLY, MY HEARING IS GETTING WORSE EVEN WITH THE TOP OF THE LINE AID I STILL HAVE TO ASK MOM WHAT SOMEONE SAID IN A CONVERSATION!
WHILE WAITING TO GO HAVE THE HEARING TEST DONE WE WENT AND VISITED SHANNON AND WATCHED A MOVIE, I SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF IT AS USUAL!
OTHER THAN ALL THIS WE DIDN’T DO TOO MUCH TODAY!
SOUND OF DRUMS
A RESEARCHER ARRIVES IN BORNEO TO GATHER DATA FOR HIS THESIS. ACCOMPANIED BY HIS TRUSTY GUIDE, HE SEEKS OUT A VERY REMOTE LOCALE FOR RESEARCHING THE MATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA.
AROUND DUSK OF THE FIRST DAY, HE'S SITTING BY THE CAMPFIRE WITH HIS GUIDE WHEN IN THE DISTANCE, HE HEARS TRIBAL DRUMS. THEY GET LOUDER. THE GUIDE ANNOUNCES, "I DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THOSE DRUMS."
THE DUSK TURNS EVENING. THE DRUMS GET LOUDER. THE GUIDE SAYS, "I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THOSE DRUMS."
EVENING TURNS TO DEAD OF NIGHT. THE DRUMS GET LOUDER AND LOUDER, UNTIL IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE DRUMMERS MUST BE QUITE CLOSE. THE GUIDE SAYS AGAIN, "I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THOSE DRUMS."
SUDDENLY THE DRUMS STOP, AND A VOICE FROM THE DARKNESS CRIES OUT, "HEY MAN, GIVE US A BREAK, HE'S NOT OUR REGULAR DRUMMER!"
MAGNA CARTA
A BUS LOAD OF TOURISTS ARRIVES AT RUNNYMEDE. THEY GATHER AROUND THE GUIDE WHO SAYS, "THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE THE BARONS FORCED KING JOHN TO SIGN THE MAGNA CARTA."
A FELLOW AT THE FRONT OF THE CROWD ASKS, "WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?"
"1215," ANSWERS THE GUIDE.
THE MAN LOOKS AT HIS WATCH AND SAYS, "DARN JUST MISSED IT BY A HALF HOUR!"
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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