DAILY CHRONICLE #31 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 31 VOL 13

SUNDAY AUGUST 31^ST 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/97 DEGREES

 

MOM MADE IT TO 8:00 MASS AND WHEN I GOT UP I WATCHED THE MASS ON CH 370! ACTUALLY I WATCH IT ON THE LIST SINCE IT WAS RECORDERED AT 6:00 AM!

I WENT TO R&D YESTERDAY AND GOT A MAP SENSOR OFF OF A 98’ INTREPID! I’LL PUT IT ON OUR INTREPID TODAY AND SEE IF THERE’S ANY IMPROVEMENT!

 

THE BATTERY IN THE TRANSMITTER FOR MY ATOMIC CLOCK WENT DEAD YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE TO GET THE LONG LADDER TO GET IT DOWN OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE! I’M GOING TO MOUNT IT 4 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND LIKE IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE! THE REASON I HAD MOM MOUNT IT UP UNDER THE EVES WAS SO IT WOULD BE IN THE SHADE! I’LL READ IN THE INSTRUCTIONS TO SEE IF IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT, IF IT IS I’LL HAVE TO PUT A COVER AROUND IT TO PROTECT IT WHICH WON’T BE A PROBLEM!

 

MOM HAS BEEN GOING IN TO HELP SHANNON AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY AND TAKING HER TO THE DOCTORS WHEN NECESSARY AND DO HER SHOPPING! THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF FRIENDS AROUND WHERE SHE LIVES THAT KEEP CHECK ON HER! SHE HAS ANOTHER 5-6 WEEKS OF STAYING IN BED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

 

PEGGY AND PAUL ARE DOING JUST FINE AND THEY’RE GETTING READY FOR THE FINAL RACE OF THE SEASON AT BAKERSFIELD, CA. ON THE 6^TH OF SEPT. THEN THEY GO TO FALLON NEVADA THE 24^TH to THE 26 OF SEPT FOR THE DIVISON FINALS! I SURE HOPE THEY DO GOOD AND BRING HOME SOME CASH AND TROPHYS LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST!

 

COLLEEN AND DICK ARE DOING FINE, I TALK TO COLLEEN ONCE A WEEK AND MOM GOES AND HAS LUNCH WITH HER! SHE AND DICK WENT TO LOOK AT SOME G.I. TRUCKS A WEEK AGO, I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BUY ONE OR HE JUST WANTED TO LOOK THEM OVER! HE’S INTO BIG AND SMALL TRACTORS TOO AND THERE WAS A TRACTOR SHOW SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND I’LL BET THEY MADE IT!

 

MIKE, CINDY AND THE TWO BOYS ARE DOING OK OR WE WOULD HAVE HEARD! YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING, “NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS” SO THAT’S HOW WE ACCEPT THEM!

 

I BET KERRY’S GETTING READY TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES IN HARVEY LA., IT LOOKS LIKE OLE’ GUSTAV IS GOING TO HIT HIM SQUARE ON NO MATTER WHICH WAY IT COMES IN! THEY SAID TONIGHT THE FRONT OF THE HURRICANE IS 300 to 500 MILES ACROSS! KERRY MAY NOT BE IN HARVEY, THE LAST WE HEARD HE AND DEBI WERE HEADED FOR FLORIDA BUT WITH THE BAD WEATHER COMING IN I’LL BET HE HEADED FOR HARVEY TO OVERSEE THE NECESSARY PROTECTIVE MEASURES THAT NEED TO BE  TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE SHIPS AND BUILDINGS THEY HAVE!

 

KELLY AND GLENDA ARE DOING FINE, HALEY JO IS BACK IN SCHOOL AND IS RIDING THE BUS HOME WHICH REALLY SAVES ON GAS! GLENDA IS TRYING TO GET ON AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE COLBERT SCHOOL SYSTEM , IF SHE DOES IT WILL HELP ALL THE WAY AROUND, SHE’LL TAKE HALEY JO AND BE IN SCHOOL TO BRING HER HOME WHICH CUTS OUT ONE ROUND TRIP! KELLY HAS TO REPLACE BOTH TIRES ON HIS HONDA MOTORCYCLE SO HE CAN START RIDING IT TO WORK AGAIN, THAT’LL SAVE ON GAS ALSO!

 

AS I SAID, SHANNON IS DOING BETTER AND HAS 5-6 MORE WEEK SIN BED!

 

TIM, ELYSE, BRADLEY AND KYRA ARE DOING FINE! I KEEP MEANING TO ASK TIM IF HE’S DONE WITH THE KITCHEN CABINETS YET! ALSO HOW ARE THEY DOING ON THE FLOORING BUT WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND I FORGET! HE WAS UP LAST WEEKEND TO HELP ME ON MY COMPUTER AND THE INTREPID! I’M STILL NOT CLEAR ON HOW TO PUT PHOTOGRAPHS IN MY CHRONICLE SO HE’S SUPPOSED TO E-MAIL ME THE INSTRUCTIONS!

 

MOM AND I ARE GETTING ALONG PRETTY GOOD, SHE HAS STARTED GOING TO WEIGHT WATCHERS AGAIN AND IS DOING REAL GOOD! I’LL LET HER TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN HER BLOG!

 

NO TANTRUMS

AS A CROWDED AIRLINER IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, THE PEACE IS SHATTERED BY A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO PICKS THAT MOMENT TO THROW A WILD TEMPER TANTRUM. NO MATTER WHAT HIS FRUSTRATED, EMBARRASSED MOTHER DOES TO TRY TO CALM HIM DOWN, THE BOY CONTINUES TO SCREAM FURIOUSLY AND KICK THE SEATS AROUND HIM.

SUDDENLY, FROM THE REAR OF THE PLANE, AN ELDERLY MAN IN THE UNIFORM OF AN AIR FORCE GENERAL IS SEEN SLOWLY WALKING FORWARD UP THE AISLE. STOPPING THE FLUSTERED MOTHER WITH AN UPRAISED HAND, THE WHITE-HAIRED, COURTLY, SOFT-SPOKEN GENERAL LEANS DOWN AND, MOTIONING TOWARD HIS CHEST, WHISPERS SOMETHING INTO THE BOY'S EAR.

INSTANTLY, THE BOY CALMS DOWN, GENTLY TAKES HIS MOTHER'S HAND, AND QUIETLY FASTENS HIS SEAT BELT. ALL THE OTHER PASSENGERS BURST INTO SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE.

AS THE GENERAL SLOWLY MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO HIS SEAT ONE OF THE CABIN ATTENDANTS TOUCHES HIS SLEEVE.

"EXCUSE ME, GENERAL," SHE ASKS QUIETLY, "BUT COULD I ASK YOU WHAT MAGIC WORDS YOU USED ON THAT LITTLE BOY?"

THE OLD MAN SMILES SERENELY AND GENTLY CONFIDES, "I SHOWED HIM MY PILOT'S WINGS, SERVICE STARS, AND BATTLE RIBBONS, AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY ENTITLE ME TO THROW ONE PASSENGER OUT THE PLANE DOOR ON ANY FLIGHT I CHOOSE."

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #30 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 30 VOL 13

SATURDAY AUGUST 30^TH 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/93 DEGREES

 

WELL I’VE HEARD THE DEMOCRATS NOW I’LL LISTEN TO THE REPUBLICANS! FOR OPENERS MY YOUNGEST SON SENT ME AN E-MAIL THAT I’LL SHARE WITH YOU: MCCAIN MADE ONE OF THE BONE-HEAD MOVES OF ALL TIME.  HE HAD KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CRYING TO BE ON HIS TICKET, AND HE IGNORED HER.  I THINK HIS ONLY REASON FOR NOT PICKING KBH WAS BECAUSE SHE'S FROM TEXAS AND HE'S TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM BUSH.  GUESS HE DOESN'T LIKE BEING THOUGHT OF AS GEORGE 3RD.  YOU REMEMBER HIM.  HE WAS THE KING WE DEFEATED 230 YEARS AGO IN THE REVOLUTION. I’D LIKE TO ADD, THESE ARE MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY! NOW WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHO’S RIGHT!

MOM’S GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO TOWN AGAIN TOMORROW TO TAKE THE GRANDDAUGHTER TO PICK UP HER MEDICINE! IT SEEMS LIKE THE TAPS BUS DOESN’T RUN ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY! I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED, THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND STATE AND PEOPLE HAVE TO GO PLACES ON THOSE DAYS AS WELL AS MONDAY THRU FRIDAY! THAT’S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 25 MILE ROUND TRIP OR, 1+ GALLONS OF GAS AT $3.50 A GALLON! SHE DOESN’T MIND DOING IT BUT IT SURE DOES EAT INTO A FIXED INCOME FAST!

AS I SAID IN MY LAST CHRONICLE I’M GOING TO R&D TO GET A USED MAP SENSOR TODAY! I FIGURE IF THE ONE ON THE CAR GIVES ONE READING THEN A DIFFERENT ONE SHOULD GIVE A DIFFERENT READING WHICH COULD VERY WELL BE THE RIGHT READING AND I’LL BE ABLE TO TELL BY DRIVING THE CAR BACK FROM R&&D!

NOW, HERE’S SOMETHING FOR YOU WIVES TO REALLY THINK ABOUT

TRADITIONAL ROLES

SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE GULF WAR, A FEMALE JOURNALIST DID A STORY ON GENDER ROLES IN KUWAIT. SHE NOTED THAT THERE IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR WOMEN TO WALK 10 FEET BEHIND THEIR HUSBANDS.

AFTER THE WAR, SHE RETURNED TO KUWAIT AND WAS PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT NOW THE MEN WALKED 10 FEET BEHIND THEIR WIVES. SHE APPROACHED A WOMAN AT THE AIRPORT AND ASKED, "WHAT ENABLED KUWAITI WOMEN TO ACHIEVE THIS ROLE REVERSAL?"

THE KUWAITI WOMAN REPLIED, "LAND MINES."

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #29 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 13

FRIDAY AUGUST 29^TH 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/103 DEGREES

 

THE WEATHERMAN SAID HE DOUBTED IF WE’D HAVE ANY MORE TRIPPLE DIDGET WEATHER THIS YEAR! HE FORGOT HIS WEATHER GUESS FOR THE DAY WAS FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS! THAT’S ALL WE GET HERE IS A GUESS BASED ON A SORE TOE, BAD KNEE OR ELBOW! I’LL VENTURE TO SAY THEY’RE RIGHT AT LEAST 30% OF THE TIME! YOU USE YOUR OWN WEATHER ANALYSIS FOR THE OTHER 70%!

 

WE CHECKED THE WIRES TO THE MAP SENSOR ON THE INTREPID AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE ACTING THE WAY IT SHOULD! I TOOK IT OUT AND IT SHIFTED THE WAY IT SHOULD, WHEN I GOT ON THE ROAD TO THE DAM IT HAS A LITTLE SKIP IN THE ENGINE LIKE A PLUG OR WIRE BREAKING DOWN BUT, I HAD GOOD ACCELERATOR CONTROL  AND JUST A LITTLE PRESSURE MADE IT SHIFT INTO THE SPLIT GEAR BETWEEN OVERDRIVE AND DRIVE WHICH IS NORMAL! I DECIDED THE SKIP WAS DUE TO THE 02 SENSOR BEING CARBONED UP AND I AM GOING TO JUST DRIVE IT AND SEE IF IT WILL CLEAR ITSELF OUT!

IT NEEDED SOME FREON ADDED TO THE A/C AND I ASKED KELLY TO DO IT FOR ME, I COULDN’T GET THE ADAPTER TO SNAP IN PLACE! HE SAID HE HAD TO LET SOME OUT AND THEN IT WOULDN’T TAKE A WHOLE CAN! IT COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING PLUGGING THE EXPANSION VALVE ORFICE AND WHEN HE LET IT OUT IT RELEASED THE PRESSURE AND NOW IT COOLS OK! AND, THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT AND THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT IS COMING ON AGAIN! I SWEAR, THIS CAR IS INHABITED BY POLTERGEIST! I’VE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OTHER THAN A BAD TRANSMISSION WHEN WE GOT IT AND WE’VE JUST ABOUT REPLACED EVERTHING IN THE ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS SO FAR ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IF WE CAN GET TO RUN RIGHT WE STILL HAVE STRUTS AND SHOCKS TO DO ALONG WITH ALIGNMENT!

 

WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH BILL SHARKY AND HIS FOLKS HIS DAD ASKED ME ONE DAY IF I’D EVER BEEN “BERRY PICKING” AND I SAID NO, WHY? HE SAID IT WAS A YEARLY CUSTOM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO GET TOGETHER AND GO OUT TO WHERE THE BLACK BERRIES GREW IN LONG BUSHES AND MAKE A DAY OF IT WITH A PICNIC!

 SO OUT WE WENT AFTER MASS ONE SUNDAY MORNING! IT WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM HOME OVER SOME PRETTY BAD ROADS ESPECIALLY WITH THE ICE AND SNOW PACKED ON THEM! WE GOT TO WHERE THEY STARTED PICKING AND MR. SHARKEY GAVE ME TWO 3 GALLON PAILS AND POINTED TO WHERE I SHOULD START! I HEADED OVER TO THE SPOT AND PUT ONE PAIL DOWN ABOUT ½ WAY FROM THE END OF THE ROW! AND TOOK THE OTHER PAIL WHICH HAD AN EXTRA LONG BAIL AND COULD BE HUNG AROUND THE NECK OR FROM THE BELT LEAVING BOTH HANDS FREE TO PICK THE BERRIES! I FILLED THE PAIL REAL FAST AND WAS TALKING TO MR. SHARKEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROW AS WE PICKED! I WENT AND EMPTIED THE PAIL IN THE ONE I HAD SET ½ WAY DOWN THE BUSH! I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE ROW AND WAS STILL TALKING TO MR. SHARKEY BUT I WONDERED WHY HE WASN’T ANSWERING ME BACK! I GOT TO THE END EXPECTING TO SEE MR. SHARKEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROW BUT, IT WASN’T HIM, IT WAS A BLACK BEAR THAT WAS AS TALL AS ME AND LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE EYE! I DROPPED THE PAIL I AS GOING TO EMPTY IN THE OTHER ONE AND STARTED TO RUN FOR THE CAR, WHEN I GLANCED BACK THE BEAR HAD HEADED OFF IN THE OPOSITE DIRECTION SO I STOPPED AND COULD HEAR EVERYONE LAUGHING OVER BY WHERE THEY WERE PUTTING THEIR BERRIES IN A BIG POT! I WENT OVER AND ASKED WHY THEY WERE LAUGHING AND THEY SAID THAT BEAR COMES AND PICKS BERRIES WHEN THEY DO AND IT HAS NEVER MADE ANY KIND OF AGGRESSIVE MOVE TO ANYONE! IT’S PEOPLE ORIENTED SAID MR. SHARKEY, PROBABLY BELONGED IN A SIDE SHOW OR CIRCUS AT ONE TIME! NONE OF US HAS EVER HAD THE NERVE TO TRY AND GET TO CLOSE TO IT, WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT DOES THE SAME TO US! WE SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY LOUNGING IN THE CHAIRS THAT ARE LEFT THERE ALL YEAR AND VISITING, I WAS THE MAIN ATTRACTION SINCE I WAS FROM THE HOLLYWOOD AREA AND ALL THEY DID WAS KEEP ASKING ABOUT MOVIE/TV STARS AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE STUDIOS ETC, ETC, ETC! THAT WAS ABOUT THE NICEST GROUP OF PEOPLE I’D EVER MET!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD  

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #28 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 13

THURSDAY; AUGUST 28^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 71/96 DEGREES

 

MOM HAD TO GO TAKE SHANNON TO HUD AND S/S TO GET SOME PAPERS SIGNED! INSTEAD OF GETTING IN HER WHEEL CHAIR AND GOING INSIDE SHANNON SAT IN THE CAR AND IF ANYONE NEEDED TO TALK TO HER THEY HAD TO COME OUT TO THE CAR! MAKES THEM WORK A LITTLE HARDER TO EARN THEIR PAYCHECK!

 

I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS OUT ON THE DECK WATCHING THE HUMMING BIRDS, THEY STILL AMAZE ME! I TOOK THE FEEDERS DOWN AND CLEANED THEM AND MOM MADE UP THE SOLUTION AND FILLED THEM! NOW I’LL WATCH THEM TOMORROW TO SEE HOW THEY DO WITH FRESH FUEL!

 

I WAS GOING TO DO THE RECHECK ON THE MAP SENSOR ON THE INTREPID TODAY BUT IT GOT TOO HOT THIS AFTERNOON SO WE’LL TRY TO GET IT DONE TOMORROW!

 

WE WATCHED THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TONIGHT AND HEARD BILL CLINTON SPEAK! HE STILL HOLDS AN AUDIENCE IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND! HE EMPHATICALLY ENDORSED BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  HIS SPEECH WAS A LITTLE SHORTER THAN HILLARY’S BUT OF COURSE HE SPOKE ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS! AFTER HE FINISHED THEY TOOK A LITTLE BREATHER AND THEN JOE BIDENS SON INTRODUCED HIS FATHER! YOU CAN TELL THERE’S A LOT OF LOVE IN THAT FAMILY AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY, MORE AND MORE LOVE OF PARENTS AND FAMILY!

JOE BIDEN ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND REALLY GAVE A ROUSING SPEECH! HE WENT TO WORK ON THE BUSH ADMINSTRATION AND JOHN MCCAIN, SHOWING THE COMPARISON BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND JOHN MCCAIN AND THAT ELECTING JOHN MCCAIN IS LIKE GIVING GEORGE W. BUSH A THIRD TERM TO CONTINUE HIS FAILED POLICIES AND DRIVE THE ECONOMY SO FAR IN THE RED IT’LL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN AND EVERYTHING THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED FOR WILL BE GONE FOREVER! THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT WHEN I WAS A KID OF 10-12 (1940-1942) THAT HAPPENED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!  IS IT POSSIBLE HISTORY IS GETTING READY TO REPEAT IT SELF IF WE DON’T MAKE A CHANGE AND SOON?

 

WE’LL (OR MAYBE JUST ME) WATCH TOMORROW NIGHT TO HEAR OBAMA’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH! THEY’RE MOVING THE NIGHTS ACTIVITIES FROM THE “PEPSIE” CENTER TO MILE HIGH STADIUM, IT SEATS 80,000 AND IF HIS PAST RECORD HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT HE’LL PACK IT! THERE WERE OVER 20,000 IN THE “PEPSIE” CENTER AND YOU COULDN’T SEE THE FLOOR SURFACE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE!

 

WE’LL BE GLAD WHEN ALL THE HOOP-A-LA IS OVER AND THEY CAN GET DOWN TO THE REAL WORK OF MAKING THE VOTERS VOTE FOR OBAMA AND QUIT BEING AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HILLARY LOST THE NOMINATION!  IT STANDS TO REASON IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE WITH EQUAL QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SAME PARTY RUNNIG FOR THE SAME OFFICE ONLY ONE CAN BE DECLARED THE WINNER! IN ANY RACE THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN OVERTIME RULE, IT’S PLAYED TILL ONE WINS!

WE WANTED HILLARY TO BE THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR PRESIDENT BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT LIKE WE WANTED SO WE ‘LL (I’LL)GET BEHIND THE WINNER AND HELP PUT A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT LIKE HIM BUT HIS POLICIES ARE ALMOST THE SAME AS HILLARY’S SO THEY’LL WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY!

 

I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY’RE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY! THEY’LL HAVE TO GO SOME TO TOP THE DEMOCRATS BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THESE POLITICAL GET TOGETHERS! IT’S GOING TO BE REAL INTERESTING TO SEE WHO MCCAIN CAN GET TO GO UP AGAINST JOE BIDEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TILL NOVEMBER! THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE ONE VICE PRESIDENTAL DEBATE AND I HOPE THE REPUBLICANS CHOOSE MIT ROMNEY, JOE BIDEN WILL HAVE HIM FOR LUNCH! WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE! THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TWO PRESIDENTAL DEBATES IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW OBAMA DOES AGAINST MCCAIN! YOU KNOW, THIS ELECTION IS JUST NOW STARTING TO GET INTERESTING AS IT COMES DOWN TO THE WIRE! GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU MCCAIN FANS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU OBAMA FANS AND, MAY THE BEST MAN WIN!

 

SORRY I SAID NO POLITICS BUT, I’VE TRIED TO GIVE EACH PARTY EQUAL TIME!

 

THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #27 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 13

WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 71/95 DEGREES

 

MOM AND I WATCHED THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TO HEAR HILLARY MAKE HER SPEECH! ALL MOM SAID WHEN SHE WAS DONE WAS, “SHE’S GOOD!” AND I HAD TO AGREE! I WANT TO HEAR BILLS SPEECH TOMORROW NIGHT! WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER INTRODUCED HER MOTHER HE LOOKED SO PROUD! THEY PUT THE CAMERA ON HIM WHILE HILLARY WAS SPEAKING AND HE HAD A HARD TIME HOLDING BACK THE TEARS! HE’S REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM!

 

MOM AND I WENT OUT AND DID SOME CHECKING ON THE INTREPID MAP SENSOR! I’LL HAVE TO REDO ONE OF THE THINGS I CHECKED BECAUSE I DIDN’T DO IT RIGHT! I GOT THE RIGHT VOLTAGE READING BUT ON ONE OF THE TEST I HAD MOM HOLD THE NEGATIVE PROBE OF THE VOLT-OHM METER TO A GROUND AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOUCHING A PIN STICKING IN A WIRE FROM THE MAP SENSOR!

 

MOM HAD TO GO TAKE SHANNON FOR A CHECK UP ON HER SURGERY TODAY (NOT YESTERDAY LIKE I SAID) BUT AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE DRs OFFICE NURSE CALLED AND SAID THE DR. HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY! (THIS WAS AT 1:00PM WHICH IS TEE OFF TIME AT THE GOLF COURSE), JUST KIDDING BUT, SOME DRs WON’T LET ANYTHING INTERFEAR WITH THEIR GOLF GAME! IT’S QUITE A CHORE HELPING SHANNON IN HER WHEEL CHAIR, THEN IN THE CAR, PUT THE WHEEL CHAIR IN THE CAR THEN REPEAT IT WHEN SHE TAKES HER HOME! SHE DOESN’T COMPLAIN I JUST WISH I COULD HELP BUT THERE’S NO WAY I COULD!

 

MEAN OLD WOMAN

AN OLD MAN AND WOMAN WERE MARRIED FOR YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HATED EACH OTHER. WHEN THEY HAD A CONFRONTATION, SCREAMING AND YELLING COULD BE HEARD DEEP INTO THE NIGHT.

THE OLD MAN WOULD SHOUT, "WHEN I DIE, I WILL DIG MY WAY UP AND OUT OF THE GRAVE AND COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!"

NEIGHBORS FEARED HIM BECAUSE OF THE MANY STRANGE OCCURRENCES THAT TOOK PLACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE OLD MAN LIKED THE FACT HE WAS FEARED. TO EVERYONE'S RELIEF, HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHEN HE WAS 68.

HIS WIFE HAD A CLOSED CASKET AT THE WAKE. AFTER THE BURIAL, SHE WENT STRAIGHT HOME AND BEGAN TO PARTY AS IF THERE WAS NO TOMORROW.

HER NEIGHBORS, CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY, ASKED, "AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT HE MAY INDEED BE ABLE TO DIG HIS WAY UP AND OUT OF THE GRAVE AND COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?"

THE WIFE PUT DOWN HER DRINK AND SAID, "LET THE OLD MAN DIG. I HAD HIM BURIED UPSIDE DOWN.

 

THAT’S “30 FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #26 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 13

TUESDAY AUGUST 26^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 70/92 DEGREES

 

WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND PULLED THE MAP SENSOR OFF THE ENGINE OF THE INTREPID! I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IT SCREWS INTO THE REAR OF THE PLENEM AND DOESN’T HAVE ANY HOSE BUT, IT HAS A WIRING HOOK UP! I SUCKED ON THE END THAT SCREWS INTO THE PLENEM AND IT HELD VACUUM ON MY TONGUE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES! NO PROBLEM THERE UNLESS IT GOT BUMPED WITH ALL THE MOVING AROUND THE PLENEM HAS HAD AND CRACKED THE PLASTIC TUBE THAT SCREWS INTO THE REAR OF THE PLENEM CAUSING A HIGH VACUUM LEAK! I HAVE NO WAY OF CHECKING FOR THIS OTHER THAN SPRAYING WD-40 ON THE THREADS WHEN I START IT OR REPLACING THE ENTIRE SENSOR; NEW $80.00, USED I DON’T KNOW YET!

 

MOM HAD TO GO TAKE SHANNON FOR A CHECK UP ON HER SURGERY AND WILL HAVE TO GO TAKE HER AGAIN TOMORROW!

 

I TALKED TO THE AUDIOLOGY DEPT TODAY ABOUT MY AMPLIFIED PHONE AND THEY SAID MY NEW REPLACEMENT WOULD BE MAILED TO ME THIS WEEK! I’VE HEARD THAT BEFORE BUT, WE’LL SEE!

 

I ALSO TALKED TO THE PHYSICAL THREAPIST ABOUT THE STUDY I’M DOING ON THE “COMFORT LIFT PILLOW” I’VE BEEN USING FOR THE LAST 3 NIGHTS TO CORRECT MY SLEEP APNEA! SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, MOM HASN’T HAD TO POKE ME TO ROLL OVER ANYMORE BECAUSE OF MY HEAVY BREATHING AND THE FACT THAT I STOP BREATHING WHICH WAKES HER UP! WHEN ISTART BREATHING AGAIN SHE GOES BACK TO SLEEP! THIS ISN’T ANY GOOD IT KEEPS HER AWAKE WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN! IF THE “COMFORT LIFT PILLOW” IS THE ANSWER I’M GOING TO RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE I KNOW WITH SLEEP APNEA!

 

I TALKED TO COLLEEN TODAY AND SHE AND DICK WENT DOWN NEAR FORT HOOD TO LOOK AT SOME ARMY TRUCKS ON SUNDAY! NO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!

 THIS MAN IN A NEW CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE PULLED INTO A TEXACO STATION ON THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS!  A YOUNG BLACK KID IN A TEXACO UNIFORM CAME OUT AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP HIM! YES, FILL IT UP WITH PREMIUM AND CHECK UNDER THE HOOD AND DON’T FORGET THE WINDSHIELD! THE MAN THEN WENT TO THE CAFÉ NEXT DOOR TO THE STATION FOR A CUP OF COFFEE! WHEN HE CAME OUT HE HANDED THE KID HIS CREDIT CARD AND WAITED TO SIGN IT! WHEN THE KID BROUGHT THE CLIP BOARD OUT WITH THE CEDIT CARD COPIES AND THE CARD ON IT HE SIGNED IT AND HANDED THE CLIP BOARD BACK TO THE KID! THE KID STARTED ASKING HIM ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAR AND THE MAN ANSWERED THEM THEN PULLED A HAND FULL OF CHANGE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND STARTED PICKING ALL THE GOLF “Ts” OUT BEFORE HANDING THE CHANGE TO HIM! THE KID ASKED WHAT THOSE WERE, POINTING TO THE GOLF “Ts” AND THE MAN TOLD HIM THOSE ARE WHAT I PUT MY BALLS ON AND THE KIDS EYES GOT REAL BIG AND HE SAID; WOW MISTER, THESE NEW CADILLACS REALLY DO HAVE EVERYTHING, DON’T THEY?

 

LAWYER DAD

TWO SMALL BOYS, NOT YET OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN SCHOOL, WERE OVERHEARD TALKING AT THE ZOO ONE DAY.

"MY NAME IS BILLY. WHAT'S YOURS?" ASKED THE FIRST BOY

"TOMMY," REPLIED THE SECOND. "MY DADDY'S AN ACCOUNTANT. WHAT DOES YOUR DADDY DO FOR A LIVING?" ASKED BILLY

TOMMY REPLIED, "MY DADDY'S A LAWYER."

"HONEST?" ASKED BILLY

"NO, JUST THE REGULAR KIND", REPLIED TOMMY.

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 13

HOWARDS DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 13

MONDAY AUGUST 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 71/93 DEGREES

 

FIRST I WANT TO TELL YOU WHO THE GUY IN WHITES SETTING ON THE BIG MOTORCYCLE IN THE PICTURES I PUT IN SATURDAYS CHRONICLE IS; HIS NAME IS BILL MASON, HE’S A LONG TIME FRIEND OF MINE AND STILL LIVES IN NORTHRIDGE, CA. HE CAME TO VISIT IN JULY! I DON’T KNOW WHO THE TWO YOUNG LADIES ARE, DAUGHTERS OF SOMEONE AT THE “LOOSE WHEEL!” HE JUST SOLD HIS 1978 GOLDWING BUT HE STILL HAS A 1954 AJS 500 SINGLE THAT HE RIDES OCCASIONALLY! IT’S IN MINT CONDITION!

 

MOM GOT HOME FROM CHURCH ABOUT 10:30 AM, SHE HAD STOPPED TO SEE SHANNON AND TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING SHE MIGHT NEED! AS USUAL I WATCHED THE MASS ON CHANNEL 370! I MAY TRY GOING TO LIVE MASS AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH MOM! THE TV MASS IS OK BUT I MISS THE LIVE CEREMONY!

 

TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS CAME UP AND TIM TRIED TO SHOW ME HOW TO PUT PICTURES IN MY CHRONICLE! I UNDERSTAND MOST OF IT BUT I HAVE TO E-MAIL HIMTO PRINT THE PROCEEDURE OUT SO I DO IT IN THE RIGHT SEQUENCE!

TIM AND I TOOK THE INTREPID OUT FOR A DRIVE WITH THE DRB II HOOKED UP AND FOUND OUT THE MAP SENSOR OR THE VACUUM HOSE GOING TO IT IS BAD! UNDER HARD ACCELERATIN IT ONLY SHOWED ,04 INCHES OF VACUUM, WHEN I LET UP ON IT AND THE THROTTLE BUTTERFLYS CLOSED IT WENT TO 18.8 INCHES, IT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO 20-21 INCHES! THE DRB II SHOWS THE MAP SENSOR IS WHERE THE VACUUM LOSS IS! I’LL CHECK THE HOSE THAT GOES TO IT TOMORROW AND TAKE IT LOSE AND PUT A NEW HOSE ON AND SEE HOW MUCH VACUUM IT’LL PULL THEN, !F ANY!

MOM AND I WATCHED “HOME ALONE 3” TONIGHT! MY SIDES STILL HURT IF I TAKE A DEEP BREATH! WE HAVEN’T LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A LONG TIME! I REMEMBER LAUGHING SO HARD I FELL OUT OF MY SEAT AT A THEATER IN FT. WORTH TEXAS WHERE WE   WENT TO SEE THE “GREAT RACE”! IT’S A GOOD THING I WAS ON THE ISLE! JACK LEMON PLAYES PROFESSOR FATE AND HE REALLY KEPT ME IN STITCHES! HE WAS ALSO GOOD AS ENSIGN PULVER IN “MR. ROBERTS”, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SET OFF THE FULMINATE OF MERCURY BOMB IN THE LAUNDRY ON THE SHIP!

 

HERE’S ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING BILL SHARKEY, MY BUDDY FROM THE AIR FORCE!

WE BOTH GOT DISCHARGED AT THE SAME TIME, I DECIDED TO GO HOME WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN! WHEN WE GOT TO HIS HOME IT WAS ON A FRIDAY MORNING, HE HAD TO TAKE ME UP TO THE CHURCH TO MEET FR. FARAROW! WE WENT DOWN IN THE BASEMENT AND HAD A GLASS OF WINE! I FOUND OUT LATER FR. FARAROW MAKES HIS OWN SACRAMENTAL WINE AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T TURN OUT LIKE IT SHOULD AND THAT’S WHAT HE SERVES TO GUEST!

THE NEXT MORNING HE TOOK ME UP TO THE LOCAL GAS STATION TO MEET HIS BUDDIES! AS WE WERE TALKING BILL WENT OVER TO THE GROCERY STORE AND GOT SOME THINGS, HE HAD TWO DOZEN EGGS ON THE TOP OF THE THINGS IN THE BAG! HE SAT THE BAG ON THE GLASS TOP OF THE SHOW CASE! WE WERE TALKING TO THE GUYS AND BILL WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A HARD BACK BOOK THAT WAS SETTING ON THE GLASS TOP COUNTER! HE OPENED IT AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WITH A SPRING LOADED PIECE OF METAL THAT MADE A HELL OF A LOUD SNAP!  HE THREW THE BOOK AND PICKED UP A 10 INCH CRESCENT WRENCH THAT WAS LAYING THERE AND PROCEEDED TO DESTROY THE BAG OF GROCERIES AND THE TOP OF THAT GLASS SHOW CASE BEFORE ANYONE COULD STOP HIM!  ALL THE GUYS AND THE OWNER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SINCE THEY ALL KNEW HOW GOOSEY HE WAS AND THEY ALL DOUBLED OVER THEY WERE LAUGHING SO HARD! I BACKED UP AND GOT AWAY FROM HIM SINCE HE STILL HAD THE CRESCENT WRENCH IN HIS HAND!

I LEARNED THAT YOU BETTER NOT SURPRISE HIM OR STARTLE HIM IF THERE’S ANYTHING HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON TO DESTROY THE SURROUNDINGS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

DAILY CHRONICLE #24 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 13

SUNDAY AUGUST 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 71/91 DEGREES

 

I SPENT MY 2^ND NIGHT ON THE SPECIAL PILLOW THE PHYSICAL THERSPIST ORDERED FOR ME FROM THE VA! IT’S TOO EARLY TO REALLY KNOW IF THE THINGS I’M FEELING ARE BECAUSE OF IT OR BECAUSE I WANT IT TO HELP ME WITH MY SLEEP APNEA! THIS IS THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW THAT LILLIAN HASN’T HAD TO POKE ME TO ROLL OVER BECAUSE I’M KEEPING HER AWAKE WITH MY NOISY BREATHING! LAST NIGHT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GO TO SLEEP!  I WAS SO RESTLESS I COULDN’T FIND A COMFORTABLE SPOT ON THE PILLOW! I TRIED MOVING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP AND ENDED UP SLIDING DOWN SO I JUST STAYED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND FINALLY FELL ASLEEP! I DIDN’T WAKE UP TILL 8:30 AM AND ROLLED OUT OF BED AND SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED AND DID THE EXERSIZES THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST GAVE ME TO DO FOR MY STIFF NECK AND SHOULDERS!

I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY OUT ON THE DECK WATCHING THE HUMMING BIRDS DO THEIR THING, FLYING ALL AROUND AND INSIDE OF THE DECK COVER AND THEY’RE REALLY GIVING THE TWO FEEDERS HELL! WE HAD THREE BUT TO DAY I NOTICED A FOURTH ONE HAS SHOWED UP BUT, THE RUBY THROATED ONE IS STILL THE BOSS! HE/SHE WILL CHASE ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT TRY TO GET SOLUTION FROM THE FEEDERS! IT WILL CHASE ONE AND THEN ANOTHER ONE SNEAKS IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FEEDER AND TAKES A BILL FULL OF SOLUTION THEN FLYS AWAY! IT’S REALLY KIND OF COMICAL TO WATCH THEM! BUT THAT RUBY THROATED ONE IS A DAMN GOOD GOAL TENDER! IF I WAS TO COUNT HOW MANY TIME IT CHASES THE OTHERS AWAY BEFORE THEY CAN GET ANY SOLUTION I’D PROBABLY HAVE TO GIVE IT A 99%! I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THEY CAN GO WITHOUT GETTING SOME NURISHMENT FROM THE FEEDERS!

 

GARY AND CHARLEEN LATINIS STOPPED BY AFTER 5:00 MASS! WE VISITED AND WATCHED THE START OF THE NASCAR RACE FROM BRISTOL, TN.! THEY LEFT ABOUT AN HOUR LATER!

MOM AND I WATCHED A LITTLE MORE OF IT THEN SHE WENT IN ON HER COMPUTER, TIM TOLD HER SHE SHOULD DO A BLOG ON COOKING WHICH SHE STARTED TODAY! I READ IT AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING SO IF YOUR INTERESTED HERE’S THE BLOG ADDRESS; http://grandma-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/ 

I WATCHED TILL THE END OF THE RACE! KYLE BUSCH HAD LED FOR 409 OF THE 500 THEN CARL EDWARDS PASSED HIM ON THE 480^TH LAP AND WENT ON TO WIN! KYLE BEING THE SORE LOOSER HE IS TRIED AFTER THEY CROSSED THE FINISH LINE TO SPIN EDWARDS OUT AND CARL SPUN HIM OUT BY DRIVING INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CAR! OF COURSE THIS ADDED INSULT TO INJURY! IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT NASCAR HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS? SINCE KYLE INSTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND CARLS CAR WAS NOCKED OUT OF CONTROL I DOUBT IF THEY’LL DO ANYTHING TO HIM BUT THEY COULD TAKE A BUNCH OF POINTS AWAY FROM KYLE MAYBE COSTING HIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP! WE’LL SEE?

 

WANNA PLAY HOUSE?

A LITTLE GIRL AND A LITTLE BOY WERE AT DAYCARE. THE GIRL APPROACHED THE BOY AND SAID, "HEY JOHNNY, WANNA PLAY HOUSE?"

HE SAID, "SURE! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?"

THE GIRL REPLIED, "I WANT YOU TO COMMUNICATE."

HE SAID TO HER, "THAT WORD IS TOO BIG. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS."

THE LITTLE GIRL SMIRKED AND SAID "PERFECT. YOU CAN BE THE HUSBAND!"

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #23 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 23 VOL 13

SATURDAY AUGUST 23^RD 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 79/93 DEGREES

 

NOT MUCH DOING TODAY! I SLEPT ON THE SPECIAL PILLOW THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST ORDERED FOR MY SLEEP APENA CONDITION!

THE VA TRIED TO MAKE ME USE A BREATHING MACHINE THAT BLEW AIR INTO MY NOSTRAL BUT I HAVE A PATCH ON MY LEFT EAR DRUM FROM A SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BLEW THE PATCH OPEN! IT’S SECURED AT THE TOP OF THE PATCH AND ACTS LIKE A DOOR! WHEN I USED TO SMOKE THE KIDS GOT A KICK OUT OF THE SMOKE I COULD BLOW OUT OF MY LEFT EAR BY HOLDING MY NOSE AND BLOWING HARD!

THE VA TRIED TWO DIFFERENT MACHINES AND FINALLY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT UNLESS I WOULD ACCEPT THE AIR BLOWING OUT OF MY LEFT EAR ALL NIGHT! NO WAY!

I’LL WAIT TILL SOMEONE COMES UP WITH AN ALTERNATE SYSTEM!

THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST AT BONHAM VA HAS COME UP WITH A LESS OFFENSIVE WAY TO CONTROL SLEEP APNEA, THE “COMFORT LIFT PILLOW!” IT’S ALSO USED TO HELP “CHRONIC HEARTBURN, BARRET’S ESOPHAGUS AND REFLUX DISEASE!”

DESIGNED TO LIFT THE UPPER BODY AND RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS OF SLEEP APENA AND THOSE OTHER CONDITIONS!

 

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT IN A LONG TIME THAT MOM DIDN’T HAVE TO POKE ME TO ROLL OVER! I WENT TO BED AT 2:18 AM AND WOKE UP THE FIRST TIME AT 7:44 AM FELL BACK TO SLEEP AND FINALLY WOKE UP AT 8:30 AM AND GOT OUT OF BED! I FELT LIKE I HAD RESTED AS WELL AS SLEPT! I HAVEN’T FALLEN ASLEEP IN MY CHAIR AS MUCH AS I USUALLY DO! MAYBE THIS PILLOW IS THE ANSWER TO MY SLEEP APNEA CONDITION! I SURE HOPE SO!

 

MOM WENT AND CHECKED ON SHANNON THIS AFTERNOON! SHE’S DOING FINE AND HAS EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS NEXT TO HER BED! THE ONLY TIME SHE’S TO GET OUT OF BED IS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM! THE DOCTOR SAID IF SHE FALLS BE SURE IT’S ON ONE OF HER ARMS, OTHER FOOT, HEAD, BACK BUT NOT ON THE ONE   PLACE WORKED ON!

 

NOW IF EVERYTHING IS WORKING THE WAY MOM SAYS IT’S SUPPOSED TO YOU CAN CLICK ON THE URLS/LINKS AND A PICTURE OF THE BIGGEST OPERATING MOTORCYCLE I’VE EVER SEE SHOULD APPEAR! AND YES IT WILL CRANK UP AND RUN WITH A LITTLE WORK LIKE CLEAN THE GAS TANK OUT AND THE GAS LINES, CLEAN THE SPARK PLUGS, CHARGE THE BATTERY, PUT CHAIN LUBE ON THE DRIVE CHAIN! ITS ENGINE IS A V-FOUR! I HAVEN’T FOUND OUT THE VINTAGE!  IF I WAS 20 YEARS YOUNGER I’D CLEAN IT UP AND RIDE IT IN THE DENISON CHRISTMAS PARADE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #22 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 13

FRIDAY AUGUST 22^ND 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 67/90 DEGREES

 

MOM WAS UP AND GONE BY 4:45AM! SHE HAD TO GET SHANNON TO THE HOSPITAL IN BONHAM, TX. FOR HER SURGERY BY 6:30AM, THEY MADE IT WITH TIME TO SPARE! MOM GOT BACK HOME AT ABOUT 2:30 PM!

 

I GOT UP ABOUT 9:00AM BUT WASN’T FEELING TO GOOD SO I JUST MADE IT TO MY CHAIR AND REALLY DIDN’T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING ALL DAY EXCEPT WORK WITH MY COMPUTER! I RE-READ AND MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE STORY I’M WRITING! THEN ANSWERED SOME E-MAILS AND WENT OUT AND SAT ON THE DECK FOR AN HOUR WATCHING THE HUMMINGBIRDS CHASE EACH OTHER AROUND AND THROUGH THE DECK! IT MUST BE MATING SEASON FOR THEM; ALL THREE OF THEM WERE ALL OVER THE FEEDERS AND GETTING THE NECTURE! TWICE THEY CAME AND HOOVERED NEAR ME BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF NECTURE IN THE FEEDERS SO I ASSUMED THEY JUST WANTED ME TO SEE THAT THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD OLD TIME! IF IT’S QUIET I CAN HEAR THEM CHIRP AND THE WHIR OF THEIR WINGS! IT WAS REAL QUIET TODAY AND I HEARD THEM PLAINLY!

 

MOM FIXED DINNER AND HAD HER DESERT AND WENT TO BED ABOUT 9:00 PM! I WATCHED “ON THE BEACH” WITH GREGORY PECK AND AVA GARDNER, IT’S A GOOD MOVIE BUT A REAL DOWNER! IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF SOME DUMMY GETS UPSET AND PUSHES THE “BUTTON”! OF COURSE IN REAL LIFE IT CAN’T HAPPEN, IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON AND A SERIES OF CHECKS AND BALANCES TO LAUNCH ANY MISSILE! MOVIES LIKE “FAIL SAFE” AND “WAR GAMES” SHOW HOW IT COULD HAPPEN BUT IT REALLY CAN’T! I THINK I’LL STICK TO MY WWII MOVIES AND ALSO THE SITCOMS WE WATCH!

 

ANOTHER EPISODE IN THE QUIET LIFE OF HOWARD A. MAHONEY

 

IN 1949, A YEAR AFTER I GRADUATED FROM NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH I WAS RIDING A BSA GOLDEN FLASH MOTORCYCLE! I HAD JUST HAD A SET OF “CHATTANOOGA” UP SWEEP PIPES INSTALLED! THEY

WERE MADE OUT OF SOLID BRASS AND REALY CREATED AN ECHO! THEY HAVE A CAP WITH A 1 ½” PIPE WITH A BAFFELL COMING OUT OF IT SO YOU CAN RIDE WITH THEM IN TOWN, THE CAP IS HELD IN PLACE WITH THREE THUMB  SCREWS!

I WAS SETTING ACROSS FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO SCHOOL AT THE FOSTER FREEZE STAND THAT WAS OWNED BY A FRIENDS FATHER! MY BUDDYS NAME WAS JERRY SMITH, HIS SON! DURING THE CONVERSATION HE BET ME $10.00 I WOULDN’T TAKE THE CAPS OFF THE PIPES AND RIDE THROUGH THE MAIN HALL FROM THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO THE ATHLETIC FIELD OUT THE MAIN ENTRANCE THAT HAD 15 STEPS FROM THE GROUND TO THE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING! I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD BE SURE THE DOUBLE DOORS ON THE LEFT WOULD BE OPENED FOR MY EXIT AND HE SAID HE WOULD! I GOT ON MY BIKE AND WENT AROUND BEHIND THE ATHELETIC FIELD, SHUT IT OFF AND PUSHED IT ABOUT 1500 FT. TO THE ROAD AND IN THE ROAD AND UP TO THE DOULBE DOORS ON THE END OF THE HALL! I LOOSENED THE THUMB SCREWS AND TOOK THE CAPS OFF AND PUT THEM ON THE HOOKS MADE FOR THEM ON EACH SIDE OF THE FRAME BELOW THE SEAT! I LOOKED DOWN THE HALL AND SAW THE DOUBLE DOORS ON THE LEFT OPEN, ONE PUSH OF THE KICK STARTER AND THE BSA ROARED TO LIFE, I PUT IT IN 1^ST GEAR, LET OUT THE CLUTCH, TURNED THE ¼ TURN THROTTLE FULL OPEN  AND AWAY WE WENT! I SHIFTED TO 2^ND ABOUT HALF WAY AND 3^RD JUST BEFORE THE MAIN DOORS! WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE DOUBLE DOORS I WAS TACHING ABOUT 3000 RPM, OR 50 MPH, I FLEW OFF THE LANDING IN FRONT OF THE DOORS  AND HIT THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND OVER THE PARKWAY LAWN AND INTO THE STREET! I BROAD SLID THE BIKE AROUND AND HEADED DOWN MAGNOLIA BLVD. TO THE PARK WHERE I COULD LET THE PIPES COOL DOWN AS I HID IN A CLUMP OF TREES WAITING TO PUT THE CAPS BACK ON! I SAT THERE AND SMOKED 2-3 CIGARETTS AND THEN REAL QUIETLY RODE BACK TO THE FOSTER FREEZE STAND! I PUT THE KICK STAND DOWN AND SAT THERE WAITING FOR JERRY TO COME OUT! HE FINALLY CAME OUT LAUGHING SO HARD HE COULDN’T STAND UP. HE LEANED ON THE HANDLE BARS AND STARTED TELLING ME WHAT HAPPENED! IT EMPTIED THE WHOLE FIRST FLOOR AND NO BODY SAW WHAT MADE ALL THE NOISE! THERE WERE LOTS OF GUESSES BUT NOT ONE OF THEM EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEING A MOTORCYCLE!

JERRY HANDED ME MY $10.00 AND I BOUGHT A FOSTER FREEZE FROM HIM!

IT MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE VALLEY TIMES; “MYSTERIOUS NOISE EMPTIES OUT THE MAIN FLOOR OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING” POLICE AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING!

OTHER THAN TELLING THIS TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THE PAST 60 YEARS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE PUT IT IN WRITING! I DOUBT IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS STILL ALIVE BUT IF THERE ARE ANY ALIVE I WOULD LIKE THEM TO KNOW WHAT THE ‘MYSTERIOUS NOISE” WAS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #20 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 13

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 69/74 DEGREES

 

WE LEFT THE HOUSE AT 5:54 AM TO GO TO MUSKOGEE, OK. FOR THE HEARING ON MY DISABILITY! WE STOPPED IN SAVANNA, OK. FOR BREAKFAST! 

WE GOT TO MUSKOGEE AND THE FEDERAL BLDG.  CHECKED IN AND WAITED FOR 20 MINUTES TILL THE FIRST INTERVIEWER CAME AND GOT US! HE TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE INFORMAL HEARING, WE MENTIONED THE AUDIOLOGIST IN ARDMORE WOULDN’T SEND THE INFORMATION ON THE TEST HE DID ON ME TO OUR AUDIOLOGIST IN DENISON, THE INTERVIEWER PULLED IT UP ON HIS COMPUTER AND HANDED US THE COPY OF IT! HE SAID HE WASN’T A DOCTOR BUT IT LOOKED TO HIM LIKE WHAT THE ONE DONE IN ARDMORE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE OUR DOCTOR IN DENISON DID AND THE ONE THAT WAS DONE AT THE VA IN BONHAM WAS THE SAME AS THE ONE OUR DOCTOR IN DENISON DID!  WE WENT BACK AND SAT DOWN IN THE SNACK BAR FOR A FEW MINUTES AND HE CAME AND GOT US FOR THE INFORMAL HEARING! IT LASTED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND WE CHECKED OUT OF THE FEDERAL BLDG. AND WERE ON OUR WAY HOME BY 10 30 AM!

I MADE A WRONG TURN COMING OUT OF MUSKOGEE AND WE WENT ABOUT 50 MILES OUT OF OUR WAY! MOM CALLED TIM AND HAD HIM PULL UP THE TOWN OF STIGLER ON THE GOGLE MAP AND GET US BACK ON 69 TO MCALISTER WHICH HE DID! AFTER ALL THE RUNNING AROUND WE STILL GOT HOME ABOUT 2:10 PM! MOM MADE ME A COUPLE OF SANDWICHES AND TOOK SHANNON’S CAR BACK TO HER! ACCORDING TO THE TRIP METER WE COVERED 332 MILES ON ABOUT ½ TANK OF GAS! THE TANK IS 18.5 GAL SO I’D GUESS WE USED 10 GAL. RUNNING AT 65-75 MPH! IF WE WOULD HAVE FILLED IT UP WHEN WE GOT HOME WE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY! I’LL HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS TOYOTA AVALON IS A NICE CAR AND RAN AND RODE FINE! THE ONLY THING I’M GOING TO SUGGEST TO SHANNON IS SHE GET STRUTS AND SHOCKS AS SOON AS SHE CAN AND GET IT ALIGNED, IT ROAD WALKS BAD! THE CAR IS WORTH SPENDING THE MONEY FOR THESE THINGS AS I’M SURE SHE ISN’T THINKING ABOUT TRADING IT OFF SOON?

 

NOW WE WAIT! THEY SAID IF ANOTHER HEARING WAS NEEDED WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED BUT UNTILL THE VA MAKES IT’S DECISION WE CAN’T FILE A FORMAL APPEAL CHALLENGING THEIR DECISION! WE THINK THIS ONE WENT PRETTY MUCH IN OUR FAVOR BUT WE WON’T KNOW TILL THE VA CONTACTS US!

 

MOM BROUGHT THE INTREPID HOME FROM SHANNONS AND I ASKED HER HOW IT RAN? LIKE CRAP, SAME OLD, SAME OLD!

I’LL CHECK IN THE MORNING TO SEE IF START- RIGHT HAS THE ACCLAIM DONE! IF THEY DO WE’LL GO AFTER IT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON!

 

IF I CAN’T FIND OUT WHY THE INTREPID RUNS SO BAD WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF THEN ALL THE PROBLEMS CLEAR UP AS SOON AS THE LIGHT COMES ON I’M GOING TO GO RIGHT TO CHRYSLAR WITH THE PROBLEM! IF THEY SUGGEST I TAKE IT TO HOYTE I’LL FILL THEM IN ON HIM AND HIS SO CALLED MECHANICS! THE ONLY ONE HE HAS OVER THERE THAT KNOWS WHAT THE HELL THEIR DOING IS BUD WINES! I’D TAKE THE INTREPID TO HIM AT HOME BUT IF HOYTE EVER FOUND OUT BUD TOUCHED IT HE’D FIRE HIM!

CHARLEY WEESS CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO SEND ME THE AMOUNT THEY CHARGED ME FOR PUTTING IN THE FLASHER! OF COURSE I AGREED THAT ANYTHING HE DID WAS ALRIGHT WITH ME SO MAYBE HE WON’T SEND THE MONEY AND THAT’LL BE ALRIGHT WITH ME TOO! I’M GETTING THE THINGS TOGETHER TO GO DIRECTLY TO CHRYSLER WITH THIS! I’M NOT DONE WITH THEM YET!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #19 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 19 VOL 13

TUESDAY; AUGUST 19^TH 2008

WEATHER; T/STORMS, HIGH HUMIDITY, 64/80 DEGREES

 

WHEN YOU READ THIS WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY TO MUSKOGEE, OK. FOR THE HEARING ON MY DISABILITY! START RIGHT COULDN’T GET TO THE ACCLAIM TILL TOMORROW SO WE BORROWED SHANNONS CAR FOR THE TRIP! IF IT WASN’T IMPORTANT THAT I BE THERE FOR THE MEETING I’D TAKE THE INTREPID AND SEE IF IT STILL RUNS GOOD AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR A 165 MILE TRIP ONE WAY!

 

THIS GEORGIA THING IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND! THE PROBLEM IS WITH RUSSIA, THEY’RE LIKE THE JAPANESE, CHINESE, NORTH KOREANS, MONGOLIANS WHO ARE ALL DECENDENTS OF GHENGIS KAHN! THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS TO “GIVE YOUR WORD” TO HONOR A COMMITMENT! OR HOW TO “COMPROMISE!” ON A SITUATION!

I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU HANDLE A COUNTRY LIKE RUSSIA WHO THINKS THEY CAN GO INTO A FREE, DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND KILL ITS CIVILIANS AND DESTROY WHOLE SETTLEMENTS! NOW IF THEY DECIDE TO PULL BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY DO YOU THINK THEY’RE GOING TO PAY FOR EVEN A SMALL PART OF THE DAMAGE THEY DID? HELL NO, THEY’LL LET THE GOOD OLD U.S.of A. FOOT THE BILL TO REBUILD AND TAKE CARE OF THE SURVIVORS!

A NUKE DROPPED ON MOSCOW WITHOUT WARNING WOULD SOLVE A WHOLE LOT OF THE WORLDS PROBLEMS! THEN LOW YEILD NUKES DROPPED ON THEIR MISSILE SILOS, AND THEN THEIR TANKS AND GROUND TROOPS WOULD DO THE SAMETHING! IF YOU HAVE A CANCEROUS GROWTH THAT DOESN’T RESPOND TO TREATMENT YOU CUT IT OUT OR USE CEMO ON IT! NUCLEAR BOMB WOULD BE THE SAME AS CUTTING IT OUT OR USING CEMO! WE’RE THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH AND WE CAN’T HANDLE THE LIKES OF UPSTARTS LIKE RUSSIA! ITJUST DON’T COMPUTE!

 

KELLY LIFTED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE TO LET THE COMPUTER RE-SET IT SELF! RIGHT AFTER THAT SHANNON BROUGHT HER CAR, A 2004 TOYOTA AVALON, TO US AND PICKED UP THE INTREPID! I ASKED HER TO WATCH THE TRIP METER AND HER WATCH AND LET ME KNOW AT WHAT MILAGE OR TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON! IF ITS TIME WE CAN START THE CAR AND LET IT IDLE TILL THE LIGHT COMES ON THEN START WITH IT LIT AND SEE IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

SHE MADE IT HOME AND CALLED TO TELL US THE LIGHT DIDN’T COME ON BETWEEN OUR PLACE AND HERS WHICH IS ABOUT 8 MILES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO SOME PLACE AND GOT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT CAME ON! SHE DIDN’T SAY HOW IT RAN AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON!

 

BET YOU NEVER KNEW THIS

 

HOW IS SNOW MADE? 

SNOWFLAKES ARE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS AND IT IS AMAZING THAT SUCH PATTERNS FORM RANDOMLY. HOWEVER, THAT IS JUST HOW THEY FORM. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, A CLOUD IS JUST WATER VAPOR (STEAM, IF YOU LIKE), AND IS COMPOSED OF VERY TINY WATER DROPS. NOW, BECAUSE THE CLOUD IS HIGH IN THE SKY, WHERE THE AIR IS THIN, THESE WATER DROPLETS GET COLD, BELOW THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER. IT TURNS OUT THAT ABSOLUTELY PURE WATER WON'T FREEZE BY ITSELF, EVEN IF YOU GET BELOW 32 DEGREES F, OR 0 DEGREES C (THOUGH IT WILL FREEZE ON ITS OWN IF YOU GET IT EXTREMELY COLD). INSTEAD, THE WATER DROPS NEED TO STICK TO SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE A PARTICLE OF DUST. THIS IS CALLED A "SEED". ONLY THEN DOES THE WATER DROPLET FREEZE. ONCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, OTHER WATER DROPLETS WILL STICK TO THE NEWLY MADE ICE-CRYSTAL, AND ALSO FREEZE, MAKING IT LARGER. DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS, DIFFERENT SHAPED CRYSTALS WILL GROW. IN GENERAL, WE SEE THAT SNOWFLAKES HAVE A SIX-SIDED SYMMETRY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF A WATER MOLECULE (TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS AND ONE OXYGEN ATOM STUCK TOGETHER), THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS IS ABOUT 120 DEGREES. THIS IS ALSO THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO SIDES OF A REGULAR HEXAGON (SIX-SIDED FIGURE WHERE ALL THE SIDES ARE THE SAME LENGTH). SO IN A SENSE, WATER MOLECULES LIKE TO "FIT TOGETHER" IN SIX-SIDED SHAPES. HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE SNOWFLAKE'S SHAPE IS DETERMINED BY THE "GROWING" CONDITIONS AND THE SHAPE OF THE SEED. SO EVERY SNOWFLAKE IS DIFFERENT, AND BEAUTIFUL!

 

“I DIDN’T KNOW THAT!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #18 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 13

MONDAY AUGUST 18^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 67/86 DEGREES

 

MOM GOT HOME OK FROM 8:00 MASS! I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED SINCE SHE WAS IN THE ACCLAIM WITH NO WORKING ALTERNATOR! SHE SAID EVERYTHING WENT FINE, NO PROBLEMS! THAT’S A GOOD BATTERY IN THE ACCLAIM, IT HAS A 5YEAR WARANTEE FROM WAL-MART!

KELLY GOT HOME FROM WORK AND HAD SOME THINGS TO DO FOR GLENDA THEN HE STARTED WORKING ON THE INTREPID! THE FIRST THING HE FOUND WAS THE VACUUM DIAPHRAM ON THE EGR VALVE WAS BURND UP, I MEAN BURNED TO A CRISP! HE PULLED THE PLENUM AND REPLACED THE EGR VALVE ASSY. AND THE PCV VALVE THEN THE TWO 02 SENSORS!

WHEN HE GOT DONE MOM AND I WENT OUT TO LATINIS TO SEE HOW IT RAN AND TO TAKE SOME THINGS OUT TO CHARLEEN! AS SOON AS I HEADED DOWN THE DRIVE WAY I KNEW SOMETHING WAS STILL WRONG, IT JUST DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE THE GAS SO I HAD TO PUSH ON IT PRETTY HARD! WE GOT OUT ON THE ROAD TO THE DAM AND I HAD TO REALLY SHOWER DOWN ON IT TO GET TO 50 MPH! IN FACT I PUSHED IT IN TO PASSING GEAR AND IT GOT TO 75 AND SHIFTED  TO OVER DRIVE BEFORE I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN TO GO TO LATINIS!

NOW THIS IS WEIRD, WE GOT ON THE SPUR GOING OUT TO LATINIS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT SARTED TO RUN LIKE A NEW CAR, SMOOTH SHIFTING, ALL THE POWER I COULD WANT AND WHEN I PUT IT IN CRUISE IT PULLED A LONG HILL ON THE SPUR WITHOUT LOSENG SPEED!

IT’S LIKE THE WIRES ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ARE BACKWARDS, WHEN THE LIGHT’S OUT IT RUNS LIKE CRAP WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON IT DOES SOMETHING TO THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND IT RUNS FINE!

I’M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK SOMEBODY WITH MORE SMARTS THAN I’VE GOT TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME! THE ONLY THING THAT’S CONSTANT ON THE CAR IS THE KEY CODES! WE TOOK THEM THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE GOT HOME AND THEN TODAY WE TOOK THEM AGAIN AND GOT EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBERS! IT’S   POSSIBLE THAT WHEN KELLY WIRED THE OTHER HARNESS IN WE GOT THAT HE’S GOT SOME WIRES IN THE WRONG PLACE! WE’LL HAVE TO RUN THE COLOR CODES ON THE WIRES AND BE SURE THEY’RE WHERE THEY’RE SUPPOSD TO BE!

 

MOM HAS TO GO HELP SHANNON IN THE MORNING, SHE’S HAVING SOME KIND OF INSPECTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH HER ADOPTION OF KONNER AND HE MUST BE THERE SO MOM WILL HAVE TO HOLD ON TO HIM, THERE’S NO WAY SHANNON CAN CHASE HIM WITH HER FOOT IN A CAST!

 

 WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A CAR WE CAN DEPEND ON TO MAKE THE TRIP TO MUSKOGEE, OK. TUESDAY SO I’LL TAKE THE ACCLAIM TO START RIGHT TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR FIXED TOMORROW!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #17 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 13

SUNDAY; AUGUST 17^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM LOW HUMIDITY, 66/85 DEGREES

 

WELL, HE DID IT, MICHAEL PHELPS WON HIS 8^TH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR THE UNITED STATES TODAY AND SET 7 NEW OLYMPIC WORLD RECORDS!

 

I WAS HEADED FOR A DAV MEETING IN DURANT, OK. THIS MORNING! MOM HAS BEEN DRIVING THE INTREPID ALL WEEK AND JUST HAD A SMALL PROBLEM WITH IT LOSING POWER ON HILLS! I HEADED OUT AND NOTICED IT WAS POPPING BACK THROUG THE INTAKE A LITTLE BUT, WHEN I GOT TO THE HILL ON OUR ROAD IT DID JUST FINE! IT DID FINE FOR THE NEXT 5 MILES TO COLBERT, OK. BUT WHEN I TURNED LEFT TO GET ON THE RAMP TO HWY 75 IT WENT TO HELL, I COULDN’T GET IT OVER 20MPH! I NURSED IT ON THE SHOULDER WITH THE 4 WAYS FLASHING FOR THE NEXT 2 MILES TO THE LOVE’S TRUCK STOP! THE GAS GAGE SHOWED ALMOST A ¼ OF A TANK AND IF IT WAS RIGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO GET ME TO DURANT AND BACK HOME BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW CORRECT THIS GAGE IS SO I PUT $10.00 WORTH OF GAS IN! WHEN I STARTED TO PULL OUT IT WAS STILL ACTING UP SO I NURSED IT BACK HOMEAT 20-30 MPH!

KELLY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ON IT SUNDAY, PUTTING THE NEW EGR VALVE IN AND THE TWO 02 SENSORS! I WAITED TILL THIS AFTERNOON THEN WENT OUT AND DID THE KEY CODES AND THESE TWO THINGS KEEP COMING UP; ONE 02 SENSOR READS TOO HIGH THE OTHER ONE TOO LOW!

THE BATTERY IN THE ACCLAIM IS FULLY CHARGED SO MOM IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO CHURCH! IT’LL BE OK AS LONG AS SHE DOESN’T RUN THE A/C OR LIGHTS WHICH SHE WON’T NEED BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE IN THE 60s AND IT’S ALREADY LIGHT OUT AT 7:30AM

IF PUTTING IN THESE NEW PARTS DOESN’T CURE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE INTREPID I’LL HAVE MONDAY TO GET THE ACCLAIM ALTERNATOR REPAIRED SO WE’LL HAVE A CAR TO GO TO MUSKOGEE, OK. FOR THE HEARING ON MY DISABILITY!

 

KELLY AND GLENDA HAD A SWIMMING PARTY TODAY, IT WAS HALEY JOs 5^TH BIRTHDAY AND KELLY 10 ANNIVERSARY BEING OUT OF PRISON! HE’S REALLY DONE GOOD SINCE WE WENT AND PICKED HIM UP 10 YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS RELEASED! HE SAYS HE NEVER WANTS TO HEAR THE STEEL DOOR SLAM BEHIND HIM AGAIN AND HE’S PROVED HE WON’T!

 

GARY AND CHARLENE LATINIS CAME OVER AFTER 5:00PM MASS AND WE WATCHED SOME OF THE OLYMPICS AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS PLAY ALSO, DALLAS LOST 17-20, DENVER HAD ITS FIRST SQUAD ON THE FIELD TILL LATE IN THE 3^RD QUARTER! THANK GOD IT’S PRE SEASON! I’M SURE WADE PHILLIPS WILL WEED THE ROSTR DOWN AND WHEN THE SEASON STARTSWE’LL HAVE A “LEAN MEAN FIGHTING MACHINE” TO HEAD FOR THE SUPER BOWL!

 

HERE’S SOME JOKES FROM THE ARCAMAX FILES!

 

AREA 51

YOU'VE HEARD OF THE AIR FORCE'S ULTRA-HIGH-SECURITY, SUPER-SECRET BASE IN NEVADA, KNOWN SIMPLY AS "AREA 51?"

WELL, LATE ONE AFTERNOON, THE AIR FORCE FOLKS OUT AT AREA 51 WERE SURPRISED TO SEE A CESSNA LANDING AT THEIR "SECRET" BASE. THEY IMMEDIATELY IMPOUNDED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAULED THE PILOT INTO AN INTERROGATION ROOM.

THE PILOT'S STORY WAS THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM VEGAS, GOT LOST, AND SPOTTED THE BASE JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE AIR FORCE STARTED A FULL FBI BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE PILOT AND HELD HIM OVERNIGHT DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

BY THE NEXT DAY, THEY WERE FINALLY CONVINCED THAT THE PILOT REALLY WAS LOST AND WASN'T A SPY. THEY GASSED UP HIS AIRPLANE, GAVE HIM A TERRIFYING "YOU-DID-NOT-SEE-A-BASE" BRIEFING, COMPLETE WITH THREATS OF SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON, TOLD HIM VEGAS WAS THAT-A-WAY ON SUCH-AND-SUCH A HEADING, AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.

THE NEXT DAY, TO THE TOTAL DISBELIEF OF THE AIR FORCE, THE SAME CESSNA SHOWED UP AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, THE MP'S SURROUNDED THE PLANE... ONLY THIS TIME THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE PLANE.

THE SAME PILOT JUMPED OUT AND SAID, "DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ME, BUT MY WIFE IS IN THE PLANE AND YOU HAVE TO TELL HER WHERE I WAS LAST NIGHT!"

 

YOU KNOW IT'S JULY IN FLORIDA WHEN:

- HOT WATER COMES OUT OF BOTH TAPS.

- YOU FIND OUT THAT A SEATBELT BUCKLE MAKES A PRETTY NICE BRANDING IRON.

- THE TREES ARE WHISTLING FOR THE DOGS.

- YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU CAN GET SUNBURNED THROUGH YOUR CAR WINDOW.

- THE BIRDS NEED TO USE POTHOLDERS TO PULL WORMS OUT OF THE GROUND.

- YOU BURN YOUR HAND OPENING THE CAR DOOR.

- THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 95 AND YOU PUT ON A SWEATER.

- YOU CAN MAKE INSTANT SUN TEA.

- SHADE DETERMINES THE BEST PARKING SPACE, NOT DISTANCE.

- FARMERS FEED THEIR CHICKENS CRUSHED ICE TO KEEP THEM FROM LAYING HARD BOILED EGGS.

- WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE AT 7:30 A.M., YOU BREAK INTO A SWEAT.

- POTATOES COOK UNDERGROUND. THIS IS CONVENIENT BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PULL ONE OUT AND ADD SALT, PEPPER AND BUTTER.

- YOU DISCOVER THAT ASPHALT HAS A LIQUID STATE.

- YOU REALIZE THAT IT ONLY TAKES TWO FINGERS TO STEER YOUR CAR.

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD