HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 8 VOL 11
JUNE 8TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM/COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/66/85 DEGREES
NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY, WENT OUT AND SAT ON THE DECK AND LISTENED TO THE RAIN ON THE METAL ROOF! I JUST LOVE THAT SOUND, IT WAS SPRINKLING LIGHTLY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CLOUDS OPENED UP AND IT BECAME A DELUGE THAT LASTED ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEN WENT BACK TO A SPRINKLE! IT KEPT UP MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND BY NIGHTFALL IT HAD PRETTY WELL STOPPED! THE WEATHER SHOWED WE GOT 1.34 INCHES AND WE HAVE NO COMPLAINT, WE NEED ALL WE CAN GET!
I WAS READING IN THE MANUAL ABOUT THE INTREPID AND FOUND OUT THERE’S A CERTAIN SEQUENCE YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW TO DO AN ACCURATE “KEY CODE CHECK” WHICH WE’LL DO TOMORROW THEN MAYBE WE’LL GET DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAN WHAT WE’VE BEEN GETTING!
TIM CALLED TODAY AND TOLD MOM SOMBODY RAN INTO THE BACK OF HIS “FOCUS” BUT DIDN’T DO MUCH DAMAGE EXCEPT TO THE BUMPER FIBER GLASS COVER! I HOPE HE TAKES IT TO A FORD DEALER AND GETS THE ESTIMATE! THE LAST ACCIDENT I HAD IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE VERY MUCH DAMAGE TILL I GOT THE ESTIMATE, I FIGURED $5-600, THE ESTIMATE WAS $1,900 +! TIM ALSO SAID HIS LOWER BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM AND MOM TOLD HIM HE SHOULD GO HAVE IT CHECKED! WHEN MOM GOT HIT A FEW YEARS BACK IT WAS JUST A SLIGHT TAP ON THE REAR BUMPER, THE PICKUP JUST ROLLED INTO HER AT A STOP BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE WHIP LASH! YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THE BODY WILL REACT IN AN ACCIDENT!
WE HAVEN’T HEARD IF SHANNON GOT HER CAR BACK YET, WE SURE HOPE SO!
WOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT STARTED RAINING AGAIN, OH WELL, WE NEED IT AND MOM TURNED ALL THE A/Cs (3, TWO ½ TON AND ONE 1 AND A HALF TON) OFF AND OPENED THE DOORS AND WINDOWS!
GARY LATINIS CALLED TONIGHT HE IS IN LOUISIANA WITH AN OVERSIZED LOAD, A CAR CRUSHER GOING TO BATON ROUGE! IN LOUISIANA YOU HAVE TO GET THE HIGHWAY PATROL TO ESCORT WIDE LOADS, THE PEOPLE WON’T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO A FLAG CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AND WARNING FLAGS! I WAS WITH GARY A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN HE HAD TO GO INTO LOUISIANA AND WE GOT A HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER TO ESCORT US, WE CAME TO A BRIDGE THAT WAS JUST TWO LANES AND WE HAD A 16FT WIDE HOUSE ON, THE PATROLMAN WENT TO THE FAR END OF THE BRIDGE AND PARKED ACROSS THE ROAD, AN OLD MAN IN A JUNKY OLD PICKUP CAME UP TO HIM AND STARTED TO GO AROUND HIS CAR, THE PATROLMAN JUMPED OUT AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE MAN BUT HE STILL TRIED TO GO AROUND HIS CAR! THE TROOPER PULLED HIS WEAPON OUT AND AIMED IT AT THE WINDSHIELD OF THE PICKUP AND THE OLD MAN STOPPED AGAIN, THE TROOPER OPENED THE DOOR AND HELPED THE OLD MAN OUT THEN GOT IN AND BACKED THE PICKUP OFF THE ROAD INTO THE BAR DITCH AND MOTIONED US TO COME ON ACROSS THE BRIDGE, ON THE OTHER SIDE WE WAITED FOR THE PATROLMAN TO PULL THE PICKUP BACK ON THE ROAD AND GET IN HIS CAR AND GET AHEAD OF US! WHEN WE GOT TO OUR DESTINATION GARY ASKED HIM WHY HE PULLED THE PICKUP BACK ON THE ROAD? THAT OLD GUY NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT BACK UP OUT OF THE DITCH AND I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO IT ON MY WAY BACK! OF COURSE LOUISIANA IS /WAS A POLICE STATE SO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE DO JUST ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT!
HERE’S ANOTHER FUNNY FROM ACRAMAX
NORTH VS SOUTH
THE NORTH HAS COFFEE HOUSES, THE SOUTH HAS WAFFLE HOUSES.
THE NORTH HAS SWITCHBLADE KNIVES; THE SOUTH HAS LEE PRESS-ON NAILS.
THE NORTH HAS DOUBLE LAST NAMES; THE SOUTH HAS DOUBLE FIRST NAMES.
THE NORTH HAS INDY CAR RACES; THE SOUTH HAS STOCK CAR RACES.
THE NORTH HAS CREAM OF WHEAT, THE SOUTH HAS GRITS.
THE NORTH HAS GREEN SALADS, THE SOUTH HAS COLLARD GREENS.
THE NORTH HAS LOBSTERS, THE SOUTH HAS CRAWFISH.
THE NORTH HAS THE RUST BELT; THE SOUTH HAS THE BIBLE BELT.
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