DAILY CHRONICLE #29 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 14

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 58/86 DEGREES

LOCAL GAS PRICES .37- .40 CENTS BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $3.66 PER GAL. OF REGULAR UNLEADED!

 

I’M STILL PUTTING UP WITH THE PAIN ON MY TAIL BONE! WE TRIED HOT/COLD COMPRESSES BUT IT DIDN’T HELP! MOM HAD TO GO IN TO TOWN AND PICK UP SOME PRESCRIPTIONS FOR KYLIE THEN TO HELP SHANNON GET A SHOWER BEFORE HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! SHE JUST GOT HOME EXHAUSTED, ITS 6:20PM SHE LEFT AT ABOUT 10:30 AM!

 

I’M WONDERING WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE “BAILOUT” THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED DOWN 2-1! PRESIDENT BUSH CAN’T SEEM TO GET HIS PARTY IN LINE FROM THE LOOKS OF IT! THE CONGRESS AND SENATE SHUT DOWN FOR “PASSOVER” AT SUN DOWN TODAY AND WILL RECONVIEN ON THURSDAY!

 

YOU TALK ABOUT “FINGER POINTING”, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE BLAME! THE DOW FELL 500 POINTS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE VOTE TALLY WAS GIVEN AND CLOSED AT --777.68 POINTS, THE LOWEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE STOCK MARKET! THE PREVIOUS LOW WAS ON THE 17^TH OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THE MARKET REOPENED AFTER 9/11! AT THAT TIME IT FELL TO –724 BUT RECOVERED FAIRLY FAST!

 

IF THEY DON’T PASS SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE “MIDDLE CLASS” SOON IT COULD GET REAL STICKY! FOR NOW IT WON’T HURT THE AFFLUANT (WEALTHY) BUT IT WON’T TAKE LONG TO START EATING AWAY AT THEIR RESERVES! FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW DAY THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES TO SOLVE THIS VERY BAD PROBLEM! FOREIGN BANKS ARE FAILING AND THE STOCK MARKETS OF CHINA, JAPAN, FRANCE AND ENGLAND ARE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING! RIGHT NOW THIS ECONOMY IS DRAGGING ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORD DOWN WITH IT! THE UNITED STATES HAS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD BAR NONE BUT WITH THIS POTENTIAL CRASH IT‘S DOING HARM TO ALL THOSE PATTERNED AFTER IT AND DEPENDENT ON IT!

 

I GUESS ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY THAT THE ALMIGHTY WILL BE A GUIDING FORCE IN THE DECISION MAKING EFFORTS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS! MOST OF THEM BELIEVE IN SOME KIND OF SUPREME BEING AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK FOR ITS HELP!

 

I’M NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH WAITING FOR THEM TO CLEAR UP THIS MESS! AFTER ALL THOSE IN THE KNOW SAY IT’S BEEN COMING FOR THE LAST 10-12 YEARS BUT GWB HELPED IT ALONG QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST 7 ½ YEARS! ENOUGH SAID!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

daily chronicle # 28 vol 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 14

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 57/87 DEGREES

 

I DIDN’T MAKE IT TO CHURCH WITH MOM THIS MORNING, I DON’T THINK I COULD HAVE SAT ON THE PEW AND THEN GETTING UP AND DOWN, I HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IT IS SO I WATCHED IT THE MASS ON TV!

 

MOM HAD TO GO AND HELP SHANNON ON THE WAY HOME SO SHE DIDN’T GET HOME TILL ABOUT 11:00! I WATCHED CNN AFTER MASS AND WAS HOPPING THE POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO SHOW THE TAXPAYERS BY 12:00 NOON LIKE SPEAKER POLISI SAID THEY WOULD BUT IT CAME LATER! I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO READ IT TOMORROW IF THEY PUT IT ON THE INTERNET LIKE SHE SAID THEY WOULD!

 

I DIDN’T GET TO WATCH BRETT FAVRE DO HIS MAGIC BUT I HEARD HE THREW 6 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE GAME AND BEAT THE ARIZONA CARDINALS 56/35!

MY DALLAS COWBOYS GOT BEAT 26/24 BY THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! TONY ROMO HIT T.O. FOR TWO SCORES AND MILES AUSTIN FOR 1 THEN THE KICKER FOLK HIT A FIELD GOAL AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE BOYS! THERE WERE TWO MISSED FACE MASK CALLS BY THE OFFICIALS THAT COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE US! I’M GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE NFL OFFICIATING HEADQUARTERS AND FIND OUT WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST AN OFFICIAL WHO IS LOOKING RIGHT AT AN INFRACTION AND FAILS TO CALL IT LIKE THE FACE MASK COMMITTED AGAINST PACKMAN JONES! IF YOU REMEMBER TOM LANDRY REFUSED TO FIELD THE TEAM IF A CERTAIN OFFICIAL WAS SCHEDULED TO OFFICIATE ANY OF THE COWBOYS GAMES! THAT OFFICIAL WAS FINALLY FIRED AFTER TWO OTHER TEAMS COACHES DID THE SAME THING SO, THERE ARE WAYS TO COMBAT MISS CALLS! NEXT WEEK THEY HAVE THE CINCINATTI BENGALS! I HOPE THE COWBOYS PICK UP AND START ANOTHER WINNING STREAK!

 

COLLEEN AND DICK STOPPED BY AND WE SAT ON THE DECK AND VISITED TILL ALMOST DARK! THEY’RE LEAVING NEXT FRIDAY AS SOON AS COLLEEN GETS OFF WORK. DICK WANTS TO MAKE IT TO CLOVIS N.M. BEFORE HE SHUTS DOWN FOR THE NIGHT! I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO RETURN BUT I GUESS WE’LL KNOW WHEN THEY CALL OR COME BY!

 

I HOPE TO GET THE RESULTS OF PEGGY AND PAULS RACING TOMORROW! I’LL PASS THEM ON WHEN I DO!

 

STILL NOTHING FROM MIKE AND CINDY SO WE HAVE TO ASSUME EVERYTHING IS OK!

 

KERRY AND DEBI DOING OK, HE’S STILL WORKING FROM HOME!

 

KELLY WORKED THIS WEEKEND BUT WILL BE OFF NEXT WEEKEND SO HE’LL START CHANGING THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK!

 

SHANNON IS DOWN TO A SOFT CAST BUT STILL CAN’T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON HER FOOT! SHE HAS TO SOAK IT ONCE A DAY IN ICE WATER THEN HOT WATER! MOM GOES AND HELPS HER BECAUSE THERE’S A SPOT SHE HAS TO PUT ANTIBOTIC ON WHERE THEY CUT OUT A SPUR!

 

TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS ARE DOING FINE, BOTH KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND I THINK ELYSE GOT THE JOB SHE’S BEEN TRYING FOR WITH TRAILBLAZERS! SHE HAD WORKED FOR THE COMPANY BEFORE BUT THIS JOB IS IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT!

 

I’LL BE GLAD WHEN THE PAIN FROM THE FALL ON MY TAIL BONE GOES AWAY, I’M NOT HAVING TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING, IT’S GETTING UP AND SETTING DOWN THAT BOTHERS ME! OH WELL, TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, THEY SAY!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #27 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 14

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/86 DEGREES

 

MOM HAD TO GO IN AND HELP SHANNON DO A NEW PROCEEDURE THE DOCTOR GAVE HER! HER FOOT 5 MIN IN ICE WATER THEN 5 MIN IN HOT WATER ONCE A DAY FOR 5 TIMES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO DO SOME SHOPPING TO GET A BOLT TO FIX MY WALKER! NOW IT’S BACK UP TO WHERE IT SUPPOSED TO BE!

 

I’M SETTING ON THE SEAT I GOT FROM MY CHIROPRACTOR, IT HELPS QUIT A BIT BUT MY TALI BONE IS PRETTY SORE AS WELL AS  THE UNDERSIDE OF MY LEFT LEG WHERE I MUST HAVE HIT IT ON A PIECE OF THE CHAIR FRAME! I’LL WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO DECIDE IF I NEED TO GO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE ER OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL CAN TAKE CARE OF IT AND BILL THE VA OR THE VA IN BONHAM WILL SEND ME TO ONE OF THE NEW SATELITE CLINICS THEY’VE SET UP IN SHERMAN TX.! I DON’T THINK IT’LL BE NECESSARY BUT, IF IT STILL BOTHERS ME ON THE 2^ND OF OCTOBER WHEN I HAVE MY NEXT VA APPOINTMENT I’LL ASK THEM TO LOOK AT IT! WE DON’T HAVE A BATHTUB, ONLY A SHOWER OR I’D SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS, THAT ALWAYS HELPS THINGS LIKE THIS!

 

WE WATCHED A REAL GOOD MOVIE TONIGHT; “CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS” WITH FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW, SPENCER TRACEY, LIONAL BARRYMORE, MELVIN DOUGLAS AND OTHERS THAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE YOUNG! ONE THING ABOUT THESE OLD MOVIES THEY DIDN’T USE AS MANY STANDINS AS THEY DO NOW! FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW DID HIS OWN ACTING AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WILD SEA SCENES WHICH TAKE PLACE! WE STARTED WATCHING IT QUITE A WHILE BACK BUT THE POWER WENT OFF AND MOM SET IT UP TO RECORD THE NEXT TIME IT SHOWED!

 

AFTER MOM WENT TO BED I WATCHED A MILITARY DOCUMENTRY ABOUT THE FIRE ON THE USS ENTERPRIASE OFF OF VIETNAM IN 1959! IT ALMOST SANK THE SHIP BUT THE MEN FOUGHT THE FIRES AND SAVED IT! WHAT A MESS BUT IT MADE IT TO PEARL HARBOR AND WAS BACK ON THE LINE IN 51 DAYS! IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTRY AND SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO IT THERE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY WAY POSSIBLE IT COULD BE RETURNED TO VIETNAM TO FIGHT IN 51 DAYS! THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN WWII THAT DID ALMOST THE SAME THING, THE USS HORNET! THE JAPANESE THOUGHT THEY HAD SUNK IT IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA BUT IT WAS REPAIRED AND PUT TO SEA IN 2 ½ WEEKS TO FIGHT AND DIE IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, IT HAD TO BE SUNK BY OUR OWN DESTROYERS USING TORPEDOES SO IT WOULDN’T BE A HAZARD TO OTHER SHIPS! THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR MEN AND THE SHIPS THEY SAIL ON! I CAN HEAR MY DAD ARGUING THE POINT WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN, “I WAS IN THE NAVY WHEN WE HAD IRON MEN AND WOODEN SHIPS” HE WOULD SAY AND I WAS INCLINED TO BELIEVE HIM EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 12-13 AT THE TIME, AND MY BROTHER AND COUSIN HAD JUST ENLISTED IN THE NAVY, JERRY TO AVIATION ORDANANCE SCHOOL AND CHARLEY TO CORPMAN SCHOOL!

 

IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY HAS BLOWN THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK, HE SAID THE OIL JUST POURS OUT OF THE REAR MAIN SEAL AREA! HE IS GETTING AN ENGINE OUT OF A 1991 CHEVY PICK UP NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH AN ENGINE HOIST! HE’S GOT OTHER THINGS HE’S BEEN PUTTING OFF BUT NOW WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE! SHANNON HAD HIM BRING HER CAR OUT HERE UNTIL SHE CAN DRIVE AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE SAW IT SETTING AT HER APPARTMENT AND WANTED TO BORROW IT! SHE HASN’T LEARNED HOW TO SAY “NO” YET BUT SHE WILL I’M SURE! SO KELLY IS DRIVING HER CAR, WITH HER PERMISSION AFTER ALL WHEN SHE NEED SOMETHING DONE THAT HE CAN DO SHE CALLS ON HIM! TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, RIGHT?

 

MOM SAYS KONNER IS REALLY STARTING TO TALK IN SENTENCES, I STILL HAVEN’T HEARD HIM TALK BUT I HOPE TO SOON! WHEN HE COMES IN HE COMES OVER AND TOUCHES ME ON THE ARM AND THEN GOES OFF TO PLAY! HE’S FACINATED BY MY MODEL OF THE PBY HANGING ABOVE THE TV AND WILL STAND AND LOOK AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL TAKE IT DOWN AND REALLY LET HIM SEE IT BUT HE HAS TO LEARN HE CAN’T TOUCH IT. HE’S SO ROUGH HE’D HAVE IT ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN NOTHING FLAT!

 

BECAUSE I WON’T BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON MY BACK ON ACCOUNT OF THE TAIL BONE INJURY I TOOK THE “COMFORT PILLOW” OFF THE BED! SINCE I’VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH IT MOM HASN’T HAD TO POKE MY TO ROLL OVER SO I’M SURE IT WORKS FOR SLEEP APENEA!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #26 CONTD' VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 CONTD’ VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES

 

NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, I GOT UP ABOUT 7:10 AM TOOK SOME MEDICINE AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP TILL 10:30!

MOM FOUND A PART OF MY WALKER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR THAT HOLDS IT IN A RAISED POSITION. WE TRIED TO FIND THE BOLT THAT IT GOES ON BUT NO SUCH LUCK! I HEADED BACK UP THE RAMP AND MY LEFT LEG STARTED TO GIVE OUT SO I HEADED FOR MY CHAIR ON THE DECK BUT DIDN’T MAKE IT! I FELL INTO THE CHAIR KNOCKING IT OVER AND SAT DOWN PRETTY HARD ON THE CHUSHION BUT MUST HAVE ALSO SAT ON A PIECE OF THE FRAME WORK THAT WAS NOW ON THE FLOOR! NOW I AM SETTING ON A DONUT SINCE I MUST HAVE BRUISED MY TAIL BONE! SOMEWHERE I’VE GOT A PLASTIC SEAT MY CHIROPRACTOR GAVE ME THAT’S FOR THE RELEASE OF PRESSURE ON THE TAIL BONE AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL MOM GETS HOME TO FIND IT! MOM GOT HOME AND FOUND THE SEAT FOR ME, AWWWW, RELIEF! IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S ANOTHER, RIGHT?

 

WE WATCHED THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT! TO ME ALL JOHN MCCAIN DID WAS ATTACK OBAMA, NOT ONCE DID HE MENTION THE “MIDDLE CLASS!” THEN WE HEARD ABOUT ALL HIS WAR TIME EPISODES AND EVRYTHING HE DID IN THE SENATE WHICH INCIDENTLY THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA PAID HIM WELL TO DO FOR THEM! EVERY TIME OBAMA WOULD MENTION A COUNTRY OF THE WORLD MCCAIN WOULD COME BACK SAYING “I’VE BEEN THERE AND KNOW THE HEAD OF STATE PERSONALLY” OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!

WITH ALL THE TRAVELING MCCAIN DID OVER THE YEARS HE’S BEEN IN THE SENATE WHEN DID HE HAVE TIME TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES? IF I HAD TO VOTE ON THE TWO BASED ON A SCALE OF 1-10 I’D HAVE TO GIVE OBAMA A 7 AND MCCAIN A 3! OBAMA AT LEAST HAD AN ANSWER FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS THE MODERATOR ASKED AND SO DID MCCAIN BUT THEN MCCAIN WOULD DRIFT OFF IN TO THE PAST! THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHARACTERISTIC TRAIT OF OLDER PEOPLE! I’M 78 AND CATCH MYSELF DOING THE SAMETHING, A CONVERSATION WILL START OUT ON A CURRANT TOPIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I’M BACK IN THE PAST SOMEWHERE COMPARING IT WITH SOMETHING I’VE DONE OR EXPERIENCED! I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST EXPERIENCE, IT’S THE GREATEST TEACHER THERE IS BUT WE DON’T WANT A PRESIDENT MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T PERTAIN TO THE CURRANT SITUATIONM HE’S FACING AND I’M AFRAID JOHN MCCAIN WOULD BE DOING JUST THAT, TRYING TO FIND A PAST EXPERIENCE TO HELP MAKE A JUDGEMANT CALL THAT COULD HAVE THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF LIVES DEPENDING ON IT! SO MUCH FOR POLITICS THAT I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IN THE CHRONICLE, RIGHT?

 

I’M STILL NOT 100% BUT I DO FELL A LITTLE BETTER!

 

THAT’S“30”FOR THIS ABREVIADED ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #26 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES

 

IN CASE YIOU HAVEN’T NOTICED THIS IS THE 2^ND FRIDAY CHRONICLE, THE OTHER ONE WAS ACTUALLY THURSDAYS!

 

I’M GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE I’M EXHAUSTED AND NEED TO GET TO BED!

 

I’LL BRING YOU UP TO DATE TOMORROW!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 60/86 DEGREES

 

MOM SAYS I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND CAME OUT AND SAT DOWN AND ATE BREAKFAST AND TALKED TO HER FOR A WHILE THEN GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND WENT BACK IN OUR BEDROOM AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP! I DON’T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS HAPPENING THIS MORNING, IT SEEMS TO ME IT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING! OH WELL, I WOKE UP ABOUT 3:00 AND GOT UP AND WENT OUT AND FOUND A NOTE FROM MOM TELLING ME MY LUNCH WAS IN THE FRIDGE! THEN I REMEMBERED SHE HAD TO GO TAKE KYLIE TO HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AT 4:00!

I WENT AHEAD AND ATE LUNCH AND TURNED ON CNN TO SEE WHAT THOSE DUMMIES IN WASHINGTON WERE DOING ABOUT THE $700 BILLION BAILOUT! YOU KNOW THEY DON’T EVEN MENTION THE $300 BILLION THEY ALREADY TOOK TO BAIL OUT FANNIE MAY, FREDDY MAC AND LEHMAN BROS. IF MY MATH IS RIGHT THAT ADDED TO THE $700BILLION MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO USE $1 TRILLION OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO BAILOUT BIG BUSINESS AND THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOMES, SMALL BUSINESSES, JOBS AND SAVINGS ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES! CALL YOU’RE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEMAND THEY NOT LET THIS HAPPEN UNDER THE THREAT OF RECALL! YOU DO REALIZE THESE PEOPLE WORK YOU AND ME DON’T YOU? A TIME COMES WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND LET IT KNOW JUST WHO HOLDS THE PURSE STRINGS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE KNOW WHEN TO TIE THE KNOT IN THEM! MY IDEA IS NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR LIKE GEORGE W. BUSH AND DICK CHENEY HAD US DO OVER THE SUPPOSED THREAT OF SADDAM HEUSINE’S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! LET THIS COOL DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO IT’S GOING TO HURT NAMELY WALL STREET AND THE BANKS CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BETWEEN THEMSELVES, I’LL BET THEY DO!

 

I HOPE THE DEBATE GOES ON AS PLANNED, WE NEED THIS TO SEE WHO CAN DO MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME OR, IN OTHER WORDS; “WHO CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME!”

 

GARY AND CHARLEEN LATINIS AND CHARLEENS SISTER CAME BY FOR A VISIT YESTERDAY! WE HAVEN’T SEEN BETT FOR QUITE A WHILE! THEY’RE TAKING HER TO MIAMI FOR THE FAMILY REUNION OF HER HUSBANDS FAMILY. ERNIE DIED A FEW YEARS BACK!

 

IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL I WAS KEEPING MY NOSE TO THE GRIND STONE STUDYING AND STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE! BECAUSE I BACK OFF ROM FIGHTS I GOT THE NAME OF CHICKEN! SOME OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER GOT TOGETHER AND PUT THE SCHOOL BULLY, “TINY ORCHID” UP TO CHIDDING ME ON THE QUADRANGLE TO FIGHT HIM! I DIDN’T WANT TO BUT HE KEPT PUSHING ME AND I WENT DOWN AFTER I STUMBLED OVER A STACK OF BOOKS! WHEN I STOOD UP HE GOT RIGHT UP IN MY FACE AND PROCEEDED TO CALL ME NAMES IN MEXICAN. I DON’T KNOW WHERE ALL THE TEACHERS HAD GONE BUT THERE WEREN’T ANY AROUND SO I GRABBED HIM BY THE THROAT AND DROVE MY RIGHT FIST INTO HIS FACE AS HARD AS I COULD! IT SPLATTERED HIS NOSE ALL OVER HIS FACE AND HE WENT LIMP IN MY GRASP SO I LET HIM GO! HE WENT DOWN AND PUT HIS HANDS UP TO HIS FACE! I BACK UP A STEP AND WAITED FOR HIM TO REACH FOR THE BOOT KNIFE I KNEW HE CARRIED WHICH HE DID! I HIT HIM AGAIN THIS TIME IN THE STOMACH AND WHEN HE DOUBLED OVER I GRABBED THE KNIFE AND THREW IT AWAY! THEY NEVER DID FIND IT. I GUESSED SOMEONE PICKED IT UP AND KEPT IT!  BY THIS TIME HE WAS CRYING AND THE HATE THAT HE FELT WAS SHOWING IN HIS EYES! I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED MORE AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD NO SO I BACKED AWAY AND WENT IN THE REST ROOM AND WAS GETTING CLEANED UP WHEN BILL KING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ESQUDAROS CLUB CAME IN AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP ME! I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND HE LEFT! THEN HARVEY BELL CAME IN, HE WAS OUR FIRST STRING GUARD, HE SHOOK MY HAND AND APPOLOGIZED FOR THE GUYS WHO PUT TINY UP TO DOING THIS! I GOT RIGHT IN HARVEY’S FACE AND TOLD HIM STAY AWAY FROM ME OR I’D GIVE HIM SOME OF THE SAME!

BILL MASON WAS WITNESS TO THIS, HE HAD GRADUATED THE YEAR BEFORE BUT CAME TO SEE ME AND WE WERE GOING ROLLER SKATING THAT NIGHT! THE NEXT TIME I SAW TINY ORCHID WAS ABOUT A WEEK LATER WHEN HE CAME UP TO ME AS I LEFT SCHOOL AND WAS HEADED FOR MY MOTOR SCOOTER! HE WALKED UP AND SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID HE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD FIGHT HIM AND WAS REALLY SUPPRISED WHEN I THREW THE FIRST PUNCH AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE! WE WERE PASSING ACQUAINTENCES AFTER THAT BUT NOT FRIENDS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #24 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 14

WEDNASDAY SEPTEMBER 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 61/87 DEGREES

 

SLOW, SLOW, SLOW I WONDER IF ANYTHING WORTH REPORTING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND HERE ANYMORE! MOM DID GO TO TAKE KYLIE FOR HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! IF IT WASN’T FOR SHANNON, KYLIE OR KONNER NEEDING RIDES TO ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER THERE WOULDN’T BE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON!

 

PEGGY RACES THE 24^TH- 26^TH AT FALLON NEV.! IT’S THE DIVISON FINALS! WHEN SHE GIVES ME THE RESULTS I’LL PASS THEM ON TO YOU IN THE CHRONICLE! I HOPE SHE AND PAUL FINISH IN THE MONEY! IT’S BEEN ALL OUT GO AND NO INCOME THIS YEAR WITH THE CLOSING OF THE LACR TRACK  AND THE PROBLEMS SHE’S HAD WITH HER CAR BUT THE LAST I TALKED TO HER SHE SEEMED TO THINK THEY’VE SOLVED THE PROBLEMS!

 

I DON’T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THIS OR NOT IN THE CHRONICLE BUT, HER AND PAULS SPONSOR IS PAULS BROTHER, JOHN CALVERT OF CALVERT RACING AND RACE SUSPENSION AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY! AND ALL THEIR RACE CARS ARE FORDS! WELL, FORD IS BUILDING 50 OF THE COBRA JET MUSTANG CARS! THESE CARS ARE FOR DRAG RACING ONLY AND CAN’T BE REGISTERED FOR STREET USE! THE VIN # IS THE SERIAL # OF THE CAR!

DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ON THE NEW 2008 FORD RACING COBRA JET MUSTANG ALSO KNOWN AS THE FR500CJ.  THE NEW COBRA JET MUSTANG (FR500CJ) WILL JOIN FORD RACING’S TWO OTHER SUCCESSFUL ROAD RACING MUSTANGS, THE FR500C AND FR500S AS TURN-KEY RACE CARS AVAILABLE THROUGH FORD DEALERS. THE CARS WILL BE BUILT IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND SHIPPED TO CUSTOMERS IN FEBRUARY OF 2009.

THE FR500CJ WILL BE A FACTORY-BUILT RACE CAR WITH A 400 HORSEPOWER 5.4L DOHC SUPERCHARGED ENGINE WITH A 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT IS STANDARD, AN OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.   THE CAR ITSELF WILL BE LIGHTWEIGHT AT 3,300 LBS AND WILL BE NHRA LEGAL TO 10.00 SECOND ET’S ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR BEING NHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR LEGAL INTERIOR.  IT WILL COME WITH A UNIQUE TRIM AND APPEARANCE PACKAGE, DRAG RACE WHEEL/TIRE COMBINATION AND A COBRA JET GRAPHICS PACKAGE.  FORD SAYS THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL 50 UNIT PRODUCTION RUN WITH THE MSRP BEING $69,900.

VEHICLE CONTENT:

• 400 HP (EST.) 5.4L DOHC SUPERCHARGED ENGINE
• 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION STANDARD; OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC TBD
• NHRA LEGAL TO 10.00 SEC ETS
• NHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR LEGAL INTERIOR
• LIGHTWEIGHT - 3,300 LBS (EST.)
• UNIQUE TRIM AND APPEARANCE PACKAGE
• DRAG RACE WHEEL/TIRE COMBINATION
• COBRA JET GRAPHICS PACKAGE 

 

I WOULD IMAGINE JOHN CALVERT IS PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE FORD RING OF CHAMPION DRAG RACE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF RECEIVING ONE OF THESE CARS! HE ALREADY HAS THE 1968 COBRA JET CAR THAT HE RACES IN SUPER STOCK! HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED THIS NEW COBRA JET AT THE WINTERNATIONALS!

COLLEEN AND DICK ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR LAS VEGAS FOR THEIR WEDDING. DICKS SON AND HIS NEW WIFE ARE GOING WITH THEM SO HIS SON CAN STAND UP FOR HIS DAD! WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THEY’LL BE GONE OR IF THEY’RE COMING STRAIGHT BACK AFTER THE WEDDING!

 

MIKE, CINDY AND THE BOYS, TAYLOR AND DYLON MUST BE DOING OK SINCE WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THEM!

I DID TALK TO KERRY YESTERDAY WHILE HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO MOBILE, AL. TO PICK UP A NEW LAP TOP COMPUTER THE COMPANY GOT FOR HIM! HE HAD BEEN TO HOUSTON TO HIS NEW OFFICE TO PICK UP SOME MANUALS HE NEEDS WHILE WORKING AT HOME! HE SAID THE NEW OFFICE IS READY TO MOVE INTO BUT THERE AREN’T ANY HOTELS OR MOTELS OPERATING WHERE HE CAN STAY AND I’M SURE THERE AREN’T ANY HOUSES FOR RENT OR LEASE AFTER IKE DID HIS JOB ON THE AREA SO HE’LL CONTINUE WORKING FROM HOME! THAT SEEMS TO BE A WELL MANAGED COMPANY HE’S WORKING FOR BUT, I’M SURE HE DOESN’T OVER STEP THE BOUNDRIES THEY’VE GIVEN HIM TO WORK WITHIN AND HE DOESN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION WITHIN THE COMPANY STRUCTURE! I GUESS DEBI IS GETTING USED TO HAVING HIM HOME 24/7 TILL HE CAN MOVE HIS OFFICE INTO THE NEW FACILITY IN HOUSTON!

 

KELLY, GLENDA, HALEY JO AND KONNER ARE DOING OK! IF I DIDN’T MENTION IT, GLENDA AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF KONNER TILL SHANNON’S BACK ON BOTH FEET WHICH SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF MORE WEEKS!

 

SHANNON HAS HAD A COUPLE OF SET BACKS WTH HER LEG THAT WAS OPERATED ON! HER PHYSICAL THERAPISTS PULLED ON THE OPERATED LEG BECAUSE SHE TOLD HIM IT WAS HURTING WELL, HE MUST HAVE PULLED ON THE REPAIR TO THE ACHILESE TENDON AND THE DOCTOR HAD TO TAKE X-RAYS TO SEE IF HE DAMAGED IT, HE HADN’T! IT JUST HURT SO HE TOLD SHANNON TO TELL HIM TO KEEP HIS HANDS OFF HIS PATIENT TILL SHE’S RECOVERED! I DON’T REMEMBER THE 2^ND SET BACK!

 

TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS, BRADLEY AND KYRA ARE DOING OK! WE WENT DOWN TO WATCH THE COWBOYS AND PACKERS PLAY SUNDAY NIGHT, WE WERE GOING TO STAY ALL NIGHT BUT THEIR A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT AND I WAS WIDE AWAKE WHEN THE GAME GOT OVER SO WE CAME ON HOME! I HAVEN’T HEARD WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS GOING TO BE ON REPLACING JUST THE COMPRESSOR AND AIR HANDLER OR THE COMPLETE UNIT YET! IT’S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP! THEY MAY JUST WAIT TILL NEXT SPRING TO FIX THE A/C SINCE IT’S STARTING TO COOL OFF AN THAT WILL GIVE THEM TIME TO GATHER UP WHAT THEY’LL NEED TO DO THE JOB! PERSONALLY I THINK THEY’VE HAD WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE SINCE THEY BOUGHT IT BUT THAT’S THEIR BUSINESS! IT’S A WELL EQUIPED HOUSE WITH A TWO CAR ATTACHED GARRAGE, BIG CAR PORT AND A NICE WORK SHOP THAT TIM LOVES! HE AND BRADLEY DO SOME WOOD WORK IN THERE!

 

GEE, FOR HAVING NOTHING TO REPORT I SURE HAVE TAKEN UP A LOT SPACE ON THE COMPUTER! TILL I GET GOING I NEVER KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT AS YOU CAN SEE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #23 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 23 VOL 14

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23^RD 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH NUMIDITY, 62/85 DEGREES

 

AGAIN,  NOT MUCH TO REPORT TODAY! MOM HAD TO TAKE KONNER IN FOR HIS SPEECH LESSON. I GUESS THEY TEACH HIM HOW TO SAY CERTAIN WORDS AND TALK IN SENTENCES! MOM SAYS HE TALKS FOR HER BUT PERSONALLY I’VE NEVER HEARD HIM SAY ONE WORD BUT, I GUESS HE COULD BE LIKE COLLEEN, SHE DIDN’T TALK TILL SHE WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD THEN WE COULDN’T MAKE HER STOP!

 

MOM HAD TO MAKE A TRIP DOWN TO TIMS TO HELP HIM WITH A PROBLEM HE WAS HAVING! SHE FILLED UP WITH GAS AND WE GOT 21.4 MPG ON THIS FILL UP! IT WILL PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BETTER BUT WE’LL BE HAPPY WITH THIS 21.4, IF IT DROPS OFF I’LL RECHECK THE TIRES THE FIRST THING THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT CUTS INTO THE GAS MILEAGE FIRST!

 

 I STILL HAVEN’T GOT THE NEW AMPLIFIED PHONE FROM THE VA, WHEN MOM CHECKED WITH THEM LAST WEEK THEY SAID BECAUSE I WORKED ON  IT THE COMPANY WOULDN’T HONOR THE WARRANTY AND THEY HAD TO ORDER A NEW ONE! I NEVER WORKED ON THE DAMN THING, ALL I DID WAS CHECK THE OUTPUT OF THE BATTERY CHARGER AND FOUND IT 4 VOLTS BELOW WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CHARGING AND THEN I PLUGGED THE PHONE INTO ANOTHER CHARGER WITH THE PROPER VOLTAGE BUT THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE! I THINK ONE OF THE LIGHTENING BOLTS THAT CAUSED A SPIKE AND A SURGE IN THE LINE DID THE DAMAGE! I’VE PUT A VOLT METER IN THE A/C LINE AND SAW IT GO FROM 110 TO 123 VOLT!

 

MANAGERIUM

THE HEAVIEST ELEMENT KNOWN TO SCIENCE IS MANAGERIUM.

THIS ELEMENT HAS NO PROTONS OR ELECTRONS, BUT HAS A NUCLEUS MADE UP OF 1 NEUTRON, 2 VICE-NEUTRONS, 5 JUNIOR VICE-NEUTRONS, 25 ASSISTANT VICE-NEUTRONS, AND 125 JUNIOR ASSISTANT VICE- NEUTRONS ALL GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES.

MANAGERIUM HAS A HALF-LIFE OF THREE YEARS, AT WHICH TIME IT DOES NOT DECAY BUT INSTITUTES A SERIES OF REVIEWS LEADING TO REORGANIZATION.

ITS MOLECULES ARE HELD TOGETHER BY MEANS OF THE EXCHANGE OF TINY PARTICLES KNOWN AS MORONS.

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #22 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 14

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 67/83 DEGREES

 

HEY! HOW ABOUT “DEM BOYS” 3 & 0 NOW THEY’VE GOT WASHINGTON AND CINCINATI AT HOME! THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM SINCE THEY PLAY GOOD AT HOME! BUT LIKE THEY SAY; “ANY FOOTBALL TEAM ON ANY DAY” SO WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE BUT, IF THEY CAN CUT THE PENALTIES DOWN AND ROMO CAN STOP MAKING ROOKY MISTAKES WE’LL GO TO THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR! ARRON RODGERS IS REAL. HE’S GOING TO REPLACE FAVRE IN A LOT OF WAYS! THE OFFENSIVE LINE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN’T TAKE THE DALLAS DEFENSE SERIOUS ENOUGH AND DIDN’T WATCH THE FILMS ON THEM!

I’VE WRITTEN A LETTER TO JERRY JONES AND WADE PHILLIPS SUGGESTING THEY “FINE” A PLAYER $25,000 IF A PENALTY RESULTS IN A FIRST DOWN FOR THE OPOSITION OR A TOUCH DOWN FOR THEM! MAYBE THAT WILL STOP THE STUPID ONES ESPECIALLY; OFF SIDES, ILLEGAL MOTION, TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD AND DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERANCE! IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO JERRY JONES OR WADE PHILLIPS HERE’S THE ADDRESS; COWBOY CENTER, ONE COWBOY PARKWAY, IRVING, TX. 75063   PHONE # 972-556-9900   WEB- http://www.dallascowboys.com

 

 

MOM WENT IN AND TOOK KYLIE TO A DENTAL APPOINTMENT  BUT, WHEN THEY GOT THERE THE DENTIST WASN’T IN THE OFFICE AND HIS ASSISTANT COULDN’T FILL IN FOR HIM SO NOW KYLIE HAS TO CALL TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT! ON MONDAY MOM HAS TO TAKE KONNER TO HIS SPEECH DOCTOR! IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S ANOTHER AND IT REALLY KEEPS MOM HOPPING BUT SHE DOESN’T SEEM TO MIND!

 

I WENT OUT AND CHECKED THE ACCLAIM OVER AND DON’T KNOW WHERE THE OIL ON TIMS DRIVE WAY CAME FROM BUT, EVERYTHING BUT THE POWER STEERING WAS FULL, I GUESS IT COULD BE THAT, IT DOES HAVE A BAD LEAK AND IF IT COLLECTED ON THE FRAME SOMEPLACE AND DRIPPED OFF WHEN WE PARKED ON TIMS STEEP DRIVEWAY THAY WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE BIG SPOT WHERE WE PARKED!

 

KELLY PUT NEW BATTERY CABLE ENDS ON THE ACCLAIM TODAY. THEN HE AND MOM CHECKED THE STOP LIGHT PROBLEM OUT AND FOUND TWO BURNED OUT BULBS SO NOW WE HAVE STOP LIGHTS AGAIN!

I FOUND A LOSE CONNECTION IN THE DOME LIGHT AND FIXED IT SO NOW WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED IT LIGHTS UP THE INSIDE OF THE CAR!

 

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT KEEPS YOU BUSY, TOO MANY TIMES WE LET THEM GO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY BECOME SOMETHING BIG, LIKE A REAR END COLLISION WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE ANY STOP LIGHTS! IF I KNOW ABOUT IT I CAN USUALLY MAKE SOME OTHER THING WORK FOR IT LIKE, I WATCHED MY REAR VIEW MIRROR ON THE WAY HOME FROM TIMS AND IF THERE WAS SOMEONE CLOSING ON ME I WOULD HAVE TURNED ON THE 4 WAY FLASHERS BUT, ALL THE WAY HOME WE WERE ALMOST THE ONLY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY! REAL STRANGE FOR A SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HEADING HOME AFTER A WEEKEND AWAY! DOES THIS TELL YOU SOMETHING?

 

WELL, THE FIRST FULL DAY OF FALL AND I CAN REALLY TAKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING AS FAR AS WEATHER GOES!  OUR TWO CATS ARE LOVING IT TOO, THEY JUST LAY AROUND ON THE DECK SLEEPING BUT, WHEN I SET DOWN THEY’RE UP AND OVER TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OF MY CHAIR TO BE SCRATCHED AND PETTED! THEN THEY GO RIGHT BACK AND FLOP DOWN FOR SOME MORE SLEEP!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #21 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 21 VOL 14

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21^ST 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 63/86 DEGREES

 

I WENT TO 9:30 MASS WITH MOM TODAY! IT SURE FELT GOOD TO TAKE PART LIVE INSTEAD OF ON TV LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING! WE HAD COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH COLLEEN AND DICK AFTER MASS! THEIR TRIP TO LAS VEGAS TO BE MARRIED IS GETTING CLOSE. COLLEEN WANTS TO DO IT ON HER BIRTHDAY THE 6 TH OF OCTOBER! DICK SAID KIDDING THEY MAY NOT GO IF THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE DON’T QUIT BREAKING! HE HAD TO PUT A BLOWER MOTOR IN THE HOUSE A/C AND A WEEK LATER THE COMPRESSOR WENT OUT! THEN HE SAID THE UNIT IS OVER 25 YEARS OLD SO HE DOESN’T FEEL TOO BAD!

 

TIM CALLED ABOUT 2:00 AND TOLD MOM THE A/C WENT OUT AT THEIR HOUSE BUT WE WENT TO WATCH THE PACKERS AND THE COWBOYS ANYWAY! WE WERE GOING TO STAY OVRNIGHT BUT I DECIDED TO COME ON HOME, IT’S ONLY AND HOURS DRIVE! WE LEFT THERE ABOUT 15 TO 11 AND GOT HOME AT 12:01! WE’VE

 GOT A MESSAGE CENTER ON THE DASH OF THE ACCLAIM AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE IT LITE UP “STOP LAMP OUT” SO WE CHECKED WHEN WE GOT HOME AND SURE ENOUGH IT’S RIGHT, NO STOP LIGHTS! WE NEVER KNEW THE MASSAGE CENTER HAD THAT IN IT, WE KNOW IT LETS US KNOW WHEN A DOOR ISN’T CLOSED ALL THE WAY! WHEN WE BACKED OUT OF TIMS DRIVE WAY HE CAME DOWN TO THE CAR AND SAID WE WERE LEAKING OIL, IF IT’S AS BAD AS HE SAID IT COULD BE A LOSE OIL FILTER OR DRAIN PLUG! I’M GOING TO CHECK IT IN THE MORNING, WE HAD PLENTY OF OIL PRESSURE SO I WASN’T TOO WORRIED, I WATCH MY GAGES ALL THE TIME! IF WE’RE LEAKING OIL THAT BAD IT SHOULD SHOW ON THE DIP STICK, IT WAS UP TO FULL WHEN WE LEFT!

 

IF YOU ALL REMEMBER A WHILE BACK I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GAS MILEAGE WITH THE ACCLAIM! IT HAD DROPPED TO 14+ FROM A CONSTANT 22-24! WELL, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TAKE IT TO SEARS AND HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AND THE TIRE PRESSURE RAISED TO 35, WE HAD 3 AT 29 AND 1 AT 32! THAT INCREASED THE MILEAGE TO 18+ THEN LAST WEEKEND KELLY PUT A SET OF BOSCH 4 SPARK PLUGS IN IT AND CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER, MOM ADDED A QT OF LUCAS TO THE ENGINE AND I ADDED A PT OF LUCAS TO THE TRANSMISSION! MOM FILLED UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THE MILEAGE IS UP TO 21.21! MOM IS REAL CAREFUL ABOUT GAS MILEAGE! THE 21.21 MPG WAS DRIVING AROUND TOWN AND TO BONHAM (A 78 MILE ROUND TRIP)! THIS TRIP TO TIMS IS ABOUT 110 MILES ROUND TRIP! I CHECKED THE GAS GAGE WHEN WE LEFT AND IT SHOWED ¾ OF A TANK, WHEN WE GOT HOME IT SHOWED A LITTLE LESS THAN ½ A TANK! I’M GOING TO BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT WE GOT THIS TIME! THIS CAR GAVE US A CONSTANT 23-25 MPG ON OUR TRIP OF 6025 MILES! AT THAT TIME IT HAD 275,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE, NOW IT SHOWING OVER 320.000 ON THE ODOMETER! I’M THINKING REAL SERIOUSLY ABOUT HAVING KELLY DROP THE PAN AND PUT A SET OF STANDARD ROD BEARINGS IN! I’D BE WILLING TO BET A .1000^TH   OVER SIZE BEARING WOULD LOCK IT UP! IF I GET HIM TO DO THIS I’LL CHECK THE THROW WITH A MICROMETER!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #20 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 20 VOL 14

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 60/84 DEGREES

 

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SLOW DAYS! MOM WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AND GOT A NEW SET OF BLADES FOR MY NORELCO RAZOR, COLLEEN GAVE IT TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE BLADES BE CHANGED EVERY YTEAR, WELL, I GOT ALMOST TWO YEARS OUT OF MINE BUT IT WAS LEAVING STUBBLE SO I ASKED FOR A NEW SET!

 

WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO TIMS SUNDAY TO WATCH THE COWBOYS PLAY THE PACKERS, THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD GAME AND THE WAY THE COWBOYS AND THE PACKERS ARE PLAYING IT   PROMISES TO BE A CLASSIC!  OF COURSE AS YOU ALL KNOW MOM IS A DIED IN THE WOOL PACKER BACKER AND I’M A COWBOY BACKER, WIN OR LOSE! THEY’RE BOTH 2&0! TONY ROMO IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF RUNNING THE COWBOYS OFFENSE AND ARRON RODGERS IS DOING JUST AS GOOD RUNNING THE PACKERS OFFENSE!  IT LOOKS LIKE THE PACKERS HAVEN’T MISSED  A BEAT GOING FROM FAVRE TO RODGERS! AND WE KNOW THE COWBOYS PICKED UP A BEAT GOING FROM DREW BLEDSOE TO ROMO!

 

WE’RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY CABLES ON THE ACCLAIM, THEY KEEP LOSENING UP SO MOM WENT TO AUTO ZONE TO GET NEW ONES AND KELLY WILL PUT THEM ON WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE! WE PUT THE OLD LEAD CLAMPS ON A WHILE BACK AND THE LEAD GETS SOFT FROM THE HEAT AND EXPANDS THEN WE HAVE A CLICKING/BUZZING WHEN WE TRY TO START THE CAR, MOM HAS HAD TO GET OUT AND PUSH DOWN AND TWIST THE CABLES TO GET STARTED! THE NEW CABLE END ARE AN ALLOY NOT LEAD! IT’S SUPRISING WHAT MOM KNOWS HOW TO DO ON A CAR TO MAKE IT HOME WHERE WE CAN FIX IT! OF COURSE BEING AROUND OUR SHOP FOR 17 YEARS SHE HAD TO PICK UP SOMETHING! WHEN SHE WOULD ANSWER THE PHONE THE CUSTOMER WOULD ASK FOR ME AND SHE WOULD ASK WHAT IT WAS ABOUT AND IF THEY TOLD HER SHE’D SAY I WAS UNDER A DASH BUT THEN WOULD TELL THEM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEM! IT GOT SO THEY STOPPED ASKING FOR ME AND WOULD ASK HER WHAT TO DO WHICH WAS FINE WITH ME! IF IT WAS SOMETHING SHE WASN’T SURE OF SHE’D TELL THEM I’D CALL THEM BACK WHEN I GOT A CHANCE! THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, SHE CAN TROUBLE SHOOT MOST ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #19 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER19 VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 60/83 DEGREES

 

WENT TO THE VA IN BONHAM THIS MORNING TO HAVE MY PACEMAKER CHECKED, EVERYTHING OK! THEN BACK TO DENISON TO GET MY HAIR CUT (I TOLD BEULHA TO GO AHEAD AND CUT THEM ALL LOL)! THEN WE CAME ON HOME!

 

CHARLEEN LATINIS CALLED AND INVITED US OUT FOR ICE CREAM AND CAKE TO CELEBRATE GARY’S 77 BIRTHDAY! HE’S GOT 3 MILLION MILES ON HIS PETERBILT AND REALLY TAKES GOOD CARE OF IT! ON HIS LAST RUN HE WAS IN IDAHO AND GETTING READY TO DELIVER A TRAILER WHEN HE HEARD A BAD NOISE IN THE ENGINE. HE LIMPED INTO A TRUCK STOP AND CALLED A MECHANIC THEY RECOMMENDED TOO CHECK IT OUT! HE FOUND A LIFTER HAD TURNED AFTER A SPRING KEEPER BROKE AND IT LOST THE USE OF 2 VALVES! THE MECHANIC SEARCHED IN HIS MISC. PARTS BOX AND CAME UP WITH A LIFTER TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT HAD GONE BAD! HE MADE THE EMERGENCY REPAIR AND GARY DELIVERED THE TRAILER AND MADE IT HOME! HE PULLED THE HEAD AND SENT IT TO DALLAS TO HAVE IT REBUILT AND NOW HAS A MAN COMING OVER TOMORROW TOCHECK THE CAM SHAFT TO SEE IF THE ROLLER ON THE LIFTER WORE THE CAM OUT, IT LOOKED LIKE IT STOPPED ROLLING AND JUST RODE ON THE CAM TILL THE KEEPER BROKE AND LET IT TURN AWAY FROM THE VALVE STEMS! IF THAT’S THE CASE THEY’LL HAVE TO PULL THE CAM SHAFT AND HE FIGURES HE MIGHT AS WELL GO ON AND DO AN IN FRAME ON THE ENGINE! AT THE SAME TIME HE’S GOING TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION AND HAVE IT TAKEN APART AND CHECKED FOR WARE! HE PULLED THE OIL PAN AND FOUND ALL THE LITTLE PARTS THAT CAME OFF THE LIFTER WHEN IT WENT BAD, HE WAS LUCKY THERE BECAUSE ANY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO OTHER PLACES AND DONE MORE DAMAGE!

 

THEY’RE GOING TO FLORIDA NEXT MONTH FOR A FAMILY GET TOGETHER WITH CHARLEENS SISTER’S INLAWS AND THEN HOME TO GET THE PICKUP AND TO WYOMING TO GO ELK HUNTING SOMETHING HE DOES EVERY YEAR IF HE CAN, LAST YEAR THE NEPHEW WHO GETS THE LEASE WASN’T THERE SO HE DIDN’T GO BUT THIS YEAR IT’S ALL SET UP! WE’VE BEEN INVITED TO GO A FEW TIMES BUT NEITHER ONE OF US ARE HUNTERS AND MOM DOESN’T LIKE COLD WEATHER!

 

GARY AND CHARLEEN HAVE HAD SEASON PASSES TO INDY, DAYTONA, TALEDAGA, AND TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR YEARS BUT IT’S GOTTEN TO BE SO EXPENSIVE AND THEY FINALLY AGREED WITH ME, YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE RACE ON TV BETTER THAN SETTING IN ONE SEAT AND WAIT FOR IT TO COME BY THEM! THEY’RE GOING TO GO TO TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ONCE IN A WHILE IF IT’S A NASCAR EVENT OR THE INDY CARS! OTHER THAN THAT THEY’RE GETTING TO OLD TO TRY AND PUT UP WITH ALL THE DRUNKS AND NOISEY PEOPLE THAT GO TO THESE RACES! THAT’S THE WAY GARY PUT IT TO ME! HE NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHY I DON’T LIKE TO GO TO THE TRACK ON RACE DAY? NOW HE’S FINALLY FOUND OUT, WHEN YOU’VE SAT IN THE SEAT AND FOUGHT A RACE CAR AROUND A TRACK WITH EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET IN THE SPACE YOU’RE IN IT GETS PRETTY OLD REAL SOON AND YOU’RE CONTENT TO LET THE OTHER GUY BUST HIS BUTT FOR THE TROPHY AND A FEW HUNDRED DOLLAR! IT’S DIFFERENT TODAY, THESE DRIVERS ARE ALL MILLIONAIRES AND HAVE BIG NAME SPONSORS WHO PAY THEM WELL TO USHER THEIR NAME AROUND A TRACK!

 

THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #18 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 18 VOL 14

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 58/78 DEGREES

 

TODAY WAS A LITTLE BETTER! I WENT IN TO SHANNONS WITH MOM AND STAYED THERE TILL THEY GOT BACK FROM THE CARDIOLIGIST! OF COURSE THEN WE CAME HOME BUT AT LEAST I GOT OUT FOR A WHILE! TOMORROW WE HAVE TO BE AT THE VA IN BONHAM BY 9:30 AM FOR MY PACEMAKER CHECK! THEN I HAVE AN 11:30 AM APPOINTMENT FOR A HAIR CUT, I’M NOT SURE WHICH OINE I’LL HAVE HER CUT THIS TIME! LOL! THEN WE MAY GO AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND AN AMPLIFIED PHONE WITHIN OUR PRICE RANGE! IF I GET THE ONE FROM THE VA WE’LL HAVE TWO AND I CAN PUT ON IN BY MY COMPUTER!

 

WE WATCHED A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE TONIGHT CALLED “EVER AFTER”, IT STARES DRU BARRYMORE AND IS KIND OF A TAKE OFF OF CINDERELLA BUT, IT’S NOT ANIMATED! THEN I FINISHED WATCHING A “DOCUMENTRY” ABOUT UFOs! IT’S AN UPDATE OF ALL THE OLD FILM MADE ABOUT THEM INCLUDING THE ROSWELL INCIDENT!

 

MY LEGS ARE REALLY STARTING TO FEEL BETTER SINCE I’VE BEEN DOING MY WALKING ON THE RAMP AND IN THE HALL! I HAD TO PUT THE KNEE WRAP BACK ON TODAY BECAUSE THE KNEE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GO OUT AGAIN! I TRY TO TAKE IT OFF AND GO WITHOUT IT FOR A DAY OR TWO! I NEED TO FIND ONE FOR THE ELBO SINCE IT REALLY ACTS UP MORE THAN THE KNEE DOES!

 

WHEN LOU WATT AND I WERE IN THE MODEL WEARHOUSE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PRECISE ABOUT THE MODELS WE SAW BUT I WAS GETTING TIRED! THERE WAS A FULL SIZE MOCK UP OF A FLYING TIGERS P- 40 WARHAWK, THE COCKPIT HAD ALL WORKING INSTRUMENTS AND THE GUN BARRELS WERE REAL BUT NO OTHER PARTS WERE IN THE WINGS! I BELIEVE THIS ONE WAS USED IN THE MOVIE AS A GROUND SHOW! ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WAS ABOUT 10’ LONG AND HAD SCALE SIZE AIRPLANES ON THE FLIGHT DECK, F4F HELLCATS, SBD DAUNTLESS DIVE BOMBERS, TBF AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBERS ALONG WITH ALL THE LITTLE TUGS AND OTHER MACHINES! ALL OF THE GUNS MOVED BY ELECTRIC MOTORS AND I’M SURE THE SMOKE AND FIRE CAME OUT OF THEM! I THINK IT WAS THE ENTERPRISE USED IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA THAT WAS SHOT ON THE BIG POND ACROSS FROM WALT DISNEY STUDIOS IN BURBANK! THE CRUISERS WERE ABOUT 6 FEET LONG AND HAD ALL THE GUNS AND RADAR ANTENNA TURNING, IT HAD THE SEA PLANE THAT WAS ON A CATAPULT ACROSS THE SHIP INBOARD FROM THE STERN! THE DESTROYERS WERE ABOUT 4’ LONG AND LIKEWISE HAD ALL THE GUNS AND TORPEDO TUBES MOVED BY ELECTRIC MOTORS!

IN THE GUN SECTION THERE WAS A WOODEN GATTLING GUN THAT WHEN YOU TURNED THE CRANK IT TURNED THE 8 BARRELS! THERE WAS A MOCK UP OF A TWIN 40MM GUN TUB LIKE USED ON THE NAVY SHIPS WITH THE CLIP FULL OF WOODEN 40MM AMMO IN THE TOP OF EACH GUN! WE FOUND OUT FROM MR. WATT THAT THE GUARDS WERE ARMED WITH SHOT GUNS LOADED WITH ROCK SALT! THEY WOULDN’T HAVE HAD A HARD TIME IDENTIFYING WHO THE SHOT IF THEY GOT AWAY AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE THE SALT REMOVED! WE NEVER WENT BACK THERE AGAIN BUT IT SURE WAS WORTH THE TIME WE SPENT THERE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #17 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 17 VOL 14

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 56/80 DEGREES

 

HERE WE GO AGAIN! VERY SLOW TODAY, MOM WENT IN TO TAKE KYLIE SOMEPLACE, I DON’T REMEMBER WHERE! I WATCHED A COUPLE OF OLD MOVIES, THE BUCCANEER AND SABOTEUR! THEY WERE GOOD FOR A CHANGE. I’M GETTING SICK OF ALL THE POLITICAL GOBBLDY GOOP! HE SAID SHE SAID B.S.! IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO GETS ELECTED THERE’S NO WAY THEY’RE GOING TO TURN THE MESS AROUND IN 4 YEARS! BUSH HAD 8 TO SCREW IT UP!

 

I GOT AN INTERESTING PIECE OF INFORMATION FROM MY YOUNGEST SON TIM TODAY AND FIGURED IT WAS WORTH PASSING ON FYI;

 

FROM WWW.ELECTORAL-VOTE.COM

GOVERNMENT BAILS OUT A.I.G.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SAYING IT WOULD NOT BAIL OUT THE NATION'S LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY, A.I.G., THE GOVERNMENT BAILED OUT A.I.G. RISKING $85 BILLION OF THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY. IN RETURN, THE GOVERNMENT GOT 80% OF THE NOW NEAR-WORTHLESS STOCK. IN OTHER COUNTRIES, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVELY BUYS (NEARLY) ALL OF A COMPANY'S STOCK, IT IS CALLED NATIONALIZATION. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE BUSH-CHENEY ADMINISTRATION WOULD GO MARXIST-LENINIST IN ITS WANING HOURS? TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON WAS CLEARLY AFRAID A.I.G.'S DEMISE WOULD TAKE OUT TOO MANY OTHER BIG PLAYERS AND WREAK MASSIVE DAMAGE ON THE ECONOMY. THE MOVE WILL BE VERY CONTROVERSIAL SINCE IT RISKS PUBLIC MONEY TO PROTECT BAD INVESTMENTS MADE BY A.I.G. MANAGEMENT. THE POLITICAL FALLOUT WILL BE IMMENSE.

THIS NATIONALIZATION POSES AN ESPECIALLY LARGE CHALLENGE FOR JOHN MCCAIN, WHO IS NOW RAILING AGAINST CORPORATE GREED AND LACK OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY. WHAT HE DOESN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT IS HOW DEREGULATION HAPPENED. IT WAS THE 1999 GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT THAT REPEALED THE 1933 GLASS-STEAGALL ACT AND THUS ELIMINATED THE DEPRESSION-ERA WALLS BETWEEN BANKING, INVESTMENT, AND INSURANCE THAT MADE THIS CRISIS POSSIBLE. GLASS-STEGALL ERECTED WALLS BETWEEN BANKING, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, AND INSURANCE, SO PROBLEMS IN ONE SECTOR COULD NOT SPILL OVER INTO THE OTHERS, WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. THE PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT WAS NONE OTHER THAN MCCAIN'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR, FORMER SENATOR PHIL GRAMM (WHO THINKS THE COUNTRY IS IN A "MENTAL RECESSION"). MCCAIN FULLY SUPPORTED THE BILL AND HAS A DECADES-LONG TRACK RECORD OF OPPOSING GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY. HIS NEW-FOUND CONVERSION TO BEING A FAN OF REGULATION IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH SELL AS OBAMA IS ALREADY POINTING OUT THAT MCCAIN GOT WHAT HE WANTED (DEREGULATION) AND THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCE.

 

 

 

TIMOTHY MAHONEY

 

I KNOW IT’S POLITICAL BUT IT’S GETTING SO THAT’S ALL THAT’S WORTH REPORTING ANYMORE!

 

QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO LOU WATT AND I WERE PROWLING AROUND ON THE “UNIVERSAL STUDIOS” BACK LOT WHERE ALL THE WESTERN TOWNS AND SETS ARE! WE CAME ACROSS A BIG WAREHOUSE THAT WASN’T LOCKED SO WE WENT IN AND COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT WE HAD FOUND; IT WAS THE MODEL BUILDING WHERE THE MODEL MAKERS DID THEIR WORK! TO A COUPLE OF YOUNG BOYS WHO BUILT MODELS THIS WAS A REAL TREASURE! IN ONE SECTION THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF GUNS MADE OUT OF WOOD BUT THEY WERE PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE THE REAL THING! MILITARY WEAPONS LIKE THE MUSKETS USED IN THE OLD TIME INDIAN MOVIES I.E. LAST OF THE MOHEGANS, THE ONE ABOUT LEWIS & CLARK GOING TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN! THE RIFLES AND THOMPSON MACHINE GUNS USED IN “BATTAN” AND OTHER WWII MOVIES! THEN THE WINCHESTER LEVER ACTION 30-30, THE OLD “HOG LEG” 44 CAL PISTOL!  THERE WAS A SECTION THAT HAD OLD SAILING SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, THE CONNING TOWER CONTROL ROOM OF A SUBMARINE WITH ALL THE DUMMY GAGES AND CONTROLS INCLUDING A PERISCOPE THAT ACTUALLY WENT UP AND TURNED AROUND BUT THE EYE PIECE WAS BLANK!

 

WE STAYED AND PLAYED IN THERE FOR A WHILE AND THEN WENT OUT AND LOCKED THE DOOR BEHIND US THAT SOMEBODY COULD HAVE GOTTE FIRED FOR LEAVING UNLOCKED!

 

THEN WE FOUND THE REAL GUN SHED BUT IT WAS LOCKED UP TIGHT! WE COULD SEE ALL THE GUNS THRU THE BARED WINDOWS AND WISHED WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN THERE TO PLAY WITH THEM! THERE WASN’T ANY REAL AMMO OR BLACK POWDER WITH THEM. WE DIDN’T TAKE TIME TO FIND THAT SHED BUT I’LL BET IT WAS A CONCRETE BUILDING BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN SOME PLACE AWAY FROM THE GUN SHED!

 

IT WAS GETTING LATE SO WE HEADED BACK TO WHERE WE LEFT OUR BIKES AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL THAT WAS COVERED WITH PINE NEEDLES! THIS HILL WAS USED TO TEACH MOVIE PEOPLE HOW TO SKI, WE FOUND A COUPLE OF BIG CARDBOARD BOXES AND SLID DOWN FOR A WHILE BUT THE CLIMB BACK UP WAS JUST TOO MUCH SO WE HEADED FOR HOME! WE DIDN’T KNOW THAT THERE WERE ARMED GUARDS WHO HAD ORDERS TO SHOT ANY TRESPASERS BUT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN WE WERE THERE! LOU TOLD HIS DADWHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING AND HE TOLD LOU ABOUT THE ARMED GUARDS! WE NEVER WENT BACK THERE AGAIN!

MORE ABOUT THE YOUNG LIFE OF HOWARD MAHONEY

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

DAILY CHRONICLE #16 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 16 VOL 14

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, MED HUMIDITY, 53/79  DEGREES

 

BOY, THESE SLOW DAYS ARE REALLY GETTING TOO ME! MOM HAD TO TAKE CARE OF KONNER WHILE GLENDA WENT FOR AN APPOINTMENT! HE’S GETTING BETTER ABOUT BEING HYPER BUT HE STILL LIKES TO HIT AND THROW THINGS! HE WALKED BY ME THE OTHER DAY AND SLAPPED MY ARM! I DIDN’T REACT FAST ENOUGH OR HE WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT THIS GRANDPA HITS BACK! OH WELL,  HE’LL LEARN ONE OF THESE DAY YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLYS WITH SUGAR THAN YOU CAN WITH SALT!

 

I DID MY WALKING THIS MORNING ALONG WITH MY NECK EXERCISES AND SURE DO FEEL BETTER! LESS STIFFNESS AND LESS PAIN WHEN I MOVE! I STILL HAVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE JERKING OF MY LEG AND ARM THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME! I WORE MY KNEE BRACE FOR A DAY AND IT SEEMED TO STOP THE LEG FROM JERKING NOW IF I CAN GET AN ELBOW BRACE MAYBE THAT’LL STOP THE ARM! I’LL SEE WHAT THE VA HAS WHEN I GO ON NOVEMBER 2^ND!

 

JERRY FORD AT THE DAV SAID BECAUSE I’M ON COMPENSATION INSTEAD OF A PENSION THE DEDUCTABLE APPLIES FOR MY TRAVEL PAY! IN OTHER WORDS I GET PAID $5.55 FOR THE TRIP TOO AND FROM BONHAM (78 MILES) INSTEAD OF $22.23! BUT, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS! OF COURSE THEY SAY THIS ONLY APPLIES FOR THE FIRST 3 VISITS IN A MONTH THEN IT GOES TO THE FULL $22.23 WHICH MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL! IT STILL TAKES THE SAME AMT OF GAS TO MAKE THE TRIP! OH WELL,  I GUESS THE FACT THAT I DON’T PAY FOR MY MEDICINE OR OTHER ITEMS LIKE SPECIAL SHOES WITH A BIG BOX TOE OR GLASSES, HEARING AIDS AND SPECIAL PHONES FOR THE HARD OF HEARING MAKES UP FOR IT!  I GUESS WE CAN PAY FOR A LITTLE GAS!

 

I JUST GOT A CALL FROM BILL MASON.  HE WAS WORKING HAULING KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE VISITING THE UNITED STATES TO DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA INCLUDING THE MOVIE AND TV STUDIOS! HE SAID IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY, HE STARTED AT 6:00 AM THIS MORNING AND WON’T GET HOME TILL 9:00PM! HE WAS AT THE CASINO LAST WEEKEND AND MET A NICE LADY, SHE PLAYS THE PENNY MACHINES AND HE HELPED HER! SHE WAS JUST SETTING THERE LOOKING AT THE MACHINE AND HE ASKED HER WHAT WAS WRONG SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T KNOW THE MACHINE QUIT WORKING SO HE LOOKED AND INSTEAD OF BETTING 4 CENTS SHE HIT THE $4.00 BUTTON AND THEN HIT THE JACKPOT! $440.00! SHE LIVES IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO! HE SAID HE WOULD KEEP ME POSTED ON THE PROGRESS!

THE MAIN REASON HE CALLED WAS TO LET ME KNOW HIS DIVORCE IS FINALLY FINALIZED, HIS LAWYER HAD A CASHIERS CHECK FOR PART OF THE MONEY LEONA STOLE FROM HIM AND AFTER FORGING PAPERS TO STEAL HIS HOUSE FROM HIM SHE SIGNED IT BACK TO HIM! HE SAID HE WASN’T GOING TO PROSECUTE HER AS LONG AS SHE LEFT HIM ALONE! HE SAID HER MOTHER DIED AND SHE WAS ALREADY TRYING TO GET HER SISTER TO SIGN EVERYTHING OVER TO HER BUT THE SISTER WANTED TO WAIT TILL THE WILL WAS PROBATED! BILL SAID THERE’S A LOT OF VALUABLE LAND INVOLVED IN THIS IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, OHIO AND LEONA WANTS TO GET HER HANDS ON IT BEFORE THE SISTER GETS A CHANCE TO SEE THE DOLLAR VALUE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #15 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 14

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 51/76 DEGREES

 

MY SON TIM WANTS ME TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE CHRONICLE ABOUT THE COWBOY/ EAGLES GAME WE WATCHED TONIGHT SO HERE GOES;

THE COWBOYS STRUCK IN THE FIRST QUARTER AFTER THEY STOPPED THE EAGLES WHO MADE A FIELD GOAL! A 72 YARD TOUCHDOWN MY NONE OTHER THAN TERREL OWENS, T.O. FROM NOW ON! THEN THE ROOKIE FELEX JONES RAN THE KICK OFF BACK FOR A TOUCH DOWN, THE FIRST RUN BACK IN 5 YEARS IN A DIVISION GAME!

THE GAME WAS REALLY A SEE/SAW, FIRST THE COWBOYS SCORED THEN THE EAGLES CAME BACK AND SCORED.

TONY ROMO PULLED ANOTHER BAD PLAY IN THE END ZONE! HE FUMBLED THE SNAP AND GOT IT BACK THEN FUMBLED IT AGAIN WHEN INSTEAD OF FALLING ON THE BALL FOR A 2 POINT SCORE FOR THE EAGLES HE TRIED TO THROW ITAND LOST IT FOR A TOUCH DOWN BY THE EAGLES, 6 POINTS THEN THE CONVERSION FOR 1 POINT! TO ME THIS IS A SIGN OF INEXPERIENCE! OH, THE TEAM RALLIED AND ROMO WENT ON TO SCORE ANOTHER TOUCH DOWN OR FIELD GOAL! THEN THE EAGLES RAN THE BLITZ AND HAD HIM TRAPPED BUT HE DUCKED UNDER THEM AND THREW THE BALL TO SAMUAL FOR AN INTERCEPTION! MORE INEXPERIENCE, HE DID THE SAME THING IN THE PLAY OFF GAME AND IT COST THE COWBOYS THE GAME! WHEN HE BREAKS LOSE HE HAS HIS HEAD DOWN AND HAS NO IDEA WHERE HIS RECEIVERS ARE AND HE THROWS THE BALL WHERE THE PLAY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT OF THE “POCKET” AND THROWING IT AWAY!  ALL THE PLAYERS HAVE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS AND THE OPOSITION PLAYERS ARE IN THEIR POSITIONS! I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE HE’LL OVERCOME THESE FEW THINGS AND GO ON TO BE THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL FOR MANY YEARS TO COME LIKE BRETT FAVRE IS! DON’T GET ME WRONG, DONAVAN McNABB IS NO SLOUCH, HE’S 40 YEARS OLD AND I WOULDN’T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF HIM WHEN HE’S RUNNING FOR YARDAGE OR A SCORE, HE’S ONE BIG MAN! OH YEAH, THE SCORE WAS COWBOYS 41 EAGLES 37! THE SCORE MIGHT LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE IT WASN’T A HARD FOUGHT GAME! ON THE CONTRARY, ROY WILLIAMS, A COWBOY GOT HIS ARM BROKEN AND THEY HAD OFFICIAL TIME OUTS TO GET INJURED PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD! IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST FOUGHT GAMES I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME! WE’LL SEE IF THE GAME NEXT SUNDAY IS AS WELL FOUGHT OR IF IT’S GOING TO BE A QUARTERBACK DUAL! THE PACKERS QUARTERBACK, ARRON RODGERS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS BRETT FAVRE BUT HE NEEDS A LITTLE SEASONING!

WELL TIM,  IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?

 

ANOTHER SLOW REPORTING DAY! IT SEEMS LIKE MOM HAS ALL THE ACTIVITY, SHE HAD TO GO IN TO TAKE SHANNON TO THE DOCTOR! THE TRIP TO DURANT, OKLAHOMA WAS CALLED OFF!

 

I WENT OUT AND WALKED UP AND DOWN THE RAMP THEN CAME IN AND DID THE WALKING IN THE HALL! MY LEGS FEEL BETTER WITH JUST TWO DAYS OF DOING THIS PROGRAM SO, I’LL KEEP IT UP! I’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I THINK I’M GETTING “CABIN FEVER!”! WATCH TV, WORK ON MY COMPUTER, WATCH MORE TV AND DO MORE WORK ON MY COMPUTER! SOUNDS LIKE A RUT I DON’T WANT TO GET IN!

 

IT’S GETTING PRETTY COOL SO I LOOK FOR THE HUMMING BIRDS TO HEAD SOUTH SOON! THEY USUALLY STAY TILL OCTOBER 25^TH OR THERE ABOUTS BUT WITH THE EARLY COOL DOWN I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’LL DO! THEY’RE SO INTERESTING TO WATCH I’LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY GO!

 

I’VE GOT TO FINISH THE MODEL OF THE MERCEDES 300SL I’M DOING FOR GARY LATINIS. I GAVE HIM THIS MODEL IN 1985 BUT HE NEVER STARTED WORKING ON IT SO I AGREED TO DO IT FOR HIM! WE’VE HAD TO REMAKE SO MANY OF THE TINY PARTS THAT EITHER BROKE OR DISAPEARED THAT I GOT TO A POINT I HAD TO KEEP CALLING ON MOM TO JUMP IN AND HELP ME! BECAUSE OF MY HANDS SHE HAD TO REMAKE ALL THE WINDOWS IN IT, I’D GOTTEN GLUE ALL OVER THE ORIGINAL ONES! THEN I LOST A LITTLE TINY GEAR THAT GOES ON THE END OF THE STEERING SHAFT SO THE WHEELS TURN ON THE SUSPENSION! ONE OF THE GRAND KIDS FOUND IT ON THE FLOOR! I HAD TO REMOVE THE ENGINE BECAUSE THAT LITTLE GEAR GOES IN A COVER THAT’S UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF IT! THAT MEANT CUTTING THE EXHAUST PIPE AWAY FROM THE EXHAUST HEADER PIPE! I’M THINKING ABOUT MAKING A FRAME TO DISPLAY THE ENGINE IN FRONT OF THE CAR WITH THE BONNETT (HOOD) UP SHOWING THE TINY THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT! ALL THE TINY PARTS ON THE ENGINE MAKE IT A REAL INTRICATE LOOKING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT! THERE’S A PIECE OF LUGGAGE BEHIND THE SEAT THAT SETS ON TOP OF THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT, I COULD SET THIS OUT AND LEAVE THE REAR “BONNET” (DECK LID) UP! BOTH DOORS SWING UP THUS THE NAME “GULL WING”,  IF I LEAVE THE LEFT ONE UP IT WILL SHOW ALL THE LITTLE TINY PARTS IT TAKES TO MAKE UP THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE FOOT PEDALS, GEAR SHIFT, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE AND THE SEATS!

IF I WAS TO REALLY GET ON IT I COULD FINISH IT IN TWO OR THREE HOURS THEN I’D BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO GARY FOR MAYBE AT LEAST CHRISTMAS! I SHOULD HAVE LET LLOYD MCALISTER, THE MAN I HAD BUILD THE PBY 3 THAT TIM GAVE ME FOR CHRISTMAS 3 YEARS AGO! HE WANTED TO SEE IT BUT I DECIDED TO DO IT MYSELF, BIG MISTAKE!

 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO START PLAYING DOMINOES AGAIN WITH MOM, WE COULD PLAY ON THE GLASS TOP TABLE ON THE DECK OR WHEN THE WEATHER GETS TOO COOL ON THE ROUND TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM! BUT SHE HAS ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP HER BUSY! SHANNON AND KYLIE HAVE TO BE TAKEN PLACES! SHE’S DOING A RECIPE BLOG THAT SHE DOES BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED! SHE REALLY SEEMS TO ENJOY DOING THIS BLOG, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE TIME SPENT RUNNING SHANNON AND KYLIE AROUND BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT AND SHE’S THE MOST LIKELY ONE TO SEE IT GETS DONE I GUESS!

 

KONNER SEEMS TO BE ADAPTING WELL TO THE NEW SURROUNDINGS, HE’S GOT A LITTLE DIARRHEA BUT I THINK IT’S DUE TO THE CHANGE IN FOOD AND WATER! OUR WATER IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE DENISON WATER, THERE’S NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS IN OUR WATER ACCORDING TO THE STATE WATER PEOPLE! DENISON WATER HAS CHLORINE AND ALL KNIDS OF OTHER CHEMICALS TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRINK! SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT!

 

OUR CATS ARE STARTING TO GET THEIR WINTER COATS, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE PUTTING ON WEIGHT BUT IT’S THE INCREASE IN HAIR! THEY STAY OUTSIDE YEAR AROUND! THEY STAND AND LOOK INSIDE WHEN WE OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR BUT JUST LOOK! MOM SAID CALIE WAS IN THE HOUSE ONE DAY AFTER I LEFT THE DOOR OPEN BUT SHE JUST SAUNTERED OUT WHEN SHE (MOM)  OPENED THE DOOR! I’VE TRIED TO GET MR. “T” TO COME IN BUT HE STOPS AT THE LOWER DOOR SLIDES AND JUST LOOKS! THEY BOTH KNOW THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 15 VOL 14

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 51/76 DEGREES

 

MY SON TIM WANTS ME TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE CHRONICLE ABOUT THE COWBOY/ EAGLES GAME WE WATCHED TONIGHT SO HERE GOES;

THE COWBOYS STRUCK IN THE FIRST QUARTER AFTER THEY STOPPED THE EAGLES WHO MADE A FIELD GOAL! A 72 YARD TOUCHDOWN MY NONE OTHER THAN TERREL OWENS, T.O. FROM NOW ON! THEN THE ROOKIE FELEX JONES RAN THE KICK OFF BACK FOR A TOUCH DOWN, THE FIRST RUN BACK IN 5 YEARS IN A DIVISION GAME!

THE GAME WAS REALLY A SEE/SAW, FIRST THE COWBOYS SCORED THEN THE EAGLES CAME BACK AND SCORED.

TONY ROMO PULLED ANOTHER BAD PLAY IN THE END ZONE! HE FUMBLED THE SNAP AND GOT IT BACK THEN FUMBLED IT AGAIN WHEN INSTEAD OF FALLING ON THE BALL FOR A 2 POINT SCORE FOR THE EAGLES HE TRIED TO THROW ITAND LOST IT FOR A TOUCH DOWN BY THE EAGLES, 6 POINTS THEN THE CONVERSION FOR 1 POINT! TO ME THIS IS A SIGN OF INEXPERIENCE! OH, THE TEAM RALLIED AND ROMO WENT ON TO SCORE ANOTHER TOUCH DOWN OR FIELD GOAL! THEN THE EAGLES RAN THE BLITZ AND HAD HIM TRAPPED BUT HE DUCKED UNDER THEM AND THREW THE BALL TO SAMUAL FOR AN INTERCEPTION! MORE INEXPERIENCE, HE DID THE SAME THING IN THE PLAY OFF GAME AND IT COST THE COWBOYS THE GAME! WHEN HE BREAKS LOSE HE HAS HIS HEAD DOWN AND HAS NO IDEA WHERE HIS RECEIVERS ARE AND HE THROWS THE BALL WHERE THE PLAY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT OF THE “POCKET” AND THROWING IT AWAY!  ALL THE PLAYERS HAVE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS AND THE OPOSITION PLAYERS ARE IN THEIR POSITIONS! I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE HE’LL OVERCOME THESE FEW THINGS AND GO ON TO BE THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL FOR MANY YEARS TO COME LIKE BRETT FAVRE IS! DON’T GET ME WRONG, DONAVAN McNABB IS NO SLOUCH, HE’S 40 YEARS OLD AND I WOULDN’T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF HIM WHEN HE’S RUNNING FOR YARDAGE OR A SCORE, HE’S ONE BIG MAN! OH YEAH, THE SCORE WAS COWBOYS 41 EAGLES 37! THE SCORE MIGHT LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE IT WASN’T A HARD FOUGHT GAME! ON THE CONTRARY, ROY WILLIAMS, A COWBOY GOT HIS ARM BROKEN AND THEY HAD OFFICIAL TIME OUTS TO GET INJURED PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD! IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST FOUGHT GAMES I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME! WE’LL SEE IF THE GAME NEXT SUNDAY IS AS WELL FOUGHT OR IF IT’S GOING TO BE A QUARTERBACK DUAL! THE PACKERS QUARTERBACK, ARRON RODGERS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS BRETT FAVRE BUT HE NEEDS A LITTLE SEASONING!

WELL TIM,  IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?

 

ANOTHER SLOW REPORTING DAY! IT SEEMS LIKE MOM HAS ALL THE ACTIVITY, SHE HAD TO GO IN TO TAKE SHANNON TO THE DOCTOR! THE TRIP TO DURANT, OKLAHOMA WAS CALLED OFF!

 

I WENT OUT AND WALKED UP AND DOWN THE RAMP THEN CAME IN AND DID THE WALKING IN THE HALL! MY LEGS FEEL BETTER WITH JUST TWO DAYS OF DOING THIS PROGRAM SO, I’LL KEEP IT UP! I’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I THINK I’M GETTING “CABIN FEVER!”! WATCH TV, WORK ON MY COMPUTER, WATCH MORE TV AND DO MORE WORK ON MY COMPUTER! SOUNDS LIKE A RUT I DON’T WANT TO GET IN!

 

IT’S GETTING PRETTY COOL SO I LOOK FOR THE HUMMING BIRDS TO HEAD SOUTH SOON! THEY USUALLY STAY TILL OCTOBER 25^TH OR THERE ABOUTS BUT WITH THE EARLY COOL DOWN I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’LL DO! THEY’RE SO INTERESTING TO WATCH I’LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY GO!

 

I’VE GOT TO FINISH THE MODEL OF THE MERCEDES 300SL I’M DOING FOR GARY LATINIS. I GAVE HIM THIS MODEL IN 1985 BUT HE NEVER STARTED WORKING ON IT SO I AGREED TO DO IT FOR HIM! WE’VE HAD TO REMAKE SO MANY OF THE TINY PARTS THAT EITHER BROKE OR DISAPEARED THAT I GOT TO A POINT I HAD TO KEEP CALLING ON MOM TO JUMP IN AND HELP ME! BECAUSE OF MY HANDS SHE HAD TO REMAKE ALL THE WINDOWS IN IT, I’D GOTTEN GLUE ALL OVER THE ORIGINAL ONES! THEN I LOST A LITTLE TINY GEAR THAT GOES ON THE END OF THE STEERING SHAFT SO THE WHEELS TURN ON THE SUSPENSION! ONE OF THE GRAND KIDS FOUND IT ON THE FLOOR! I HAD TO REMOVE THE ENGINE BECAUSE THAT LITTLE GEAR GOES IN A COVER THAT’S UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF IT! THAT MEANT CUTTING THE EXHAUST PIPE AWAY FROM THE EXHAUST HEADER PIPE! I’M THINKING ABOUT MAKING A FRAME TO DISPLAY THE ENGINE IN FRONT OF THE CAR WITH THE BONNETT (HOOD) UP SHOWING THE TINY THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT! ALL THE TINY PARTS ON THE ENGINE MAKE IT A REAL INTRICATE LOOKING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT! THERE’S A PIECE OF LUGGAGE BEHIND THE SEAT THAT SETS ON TOP OF THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT, I COULD SET THIS OUT AND LEAVE THE REAR “BONNET” (DECK LID) UP! BOTH DOORS SWING UP THUS THE NAME “GULL WING”,  IF I LEAVE THE LEFT ONE UP IT WILL SHOW ALL THE LITTLE TINY PARTS IT TAKES TO MAKE UP THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE FOOT PEDALS, GEAR SHIFT, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE AND THE SEATS!

IF I WAS TO REALLY GET ON IT I COULD FINISH IT IN TWO OR THREE HOURS THEN I’D BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO GARY FOR MAYBE AT LEAST CHRISTMAS! I SHOULD HAVE LET LLOYD MCALISTER, THE MAN I HAD BUILD THE PBY 3 THAT TIM GAVE ME FOR CHRISTMAS 3 YEARS AGO! HE WANTED TO SEE IT BUT I DECIDED TO DO IT MYSELF, BIG MISTAKE!

 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO START PLAYING DOMINOES AGAIN WITH MOM, WE COULD PLAY ON THE GLASS TOP TABLE ON THE DECK OR WHEN THE WEATHER GETS TOO COOL ON THE ROUND TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM! BUT SHE HAS ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP HER BUSY! SHANNON AND KYLIE HAVE TO BE TAKEN PLACES! SHE’S DOING A RECIPE BLOG THAT SHE DOES BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED! SHE REALLY SEEMS TO ENJOY DOING THIS BLOG, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE TIME SPENT RUNNING SHANNON AND KYLIE AROUND BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT AND SHE’S THE MOST LIKELY ONE TO SEE IT GETS DONE I GUESS!

 

KONNER SEEMS TO BE ADAPTING WELL TO THE NEW SURROUNDINGS, HE’S GOT A LITTLE DIARRHEA BUT I THINK IT’S DUE TO THE CHANGE IN FOOD AND WATER! OUR WATER IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE DENISON WATER, THERE’S NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS IN OUR WATER ACCORDING TO THE STATE WATER PEOPLE! DENISON WATER HAS CHLORINE AND ALL KNIDS OF OTHER CHEMICALS TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRINK! SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT!

 

OUR CATS ARE STARTING TO GET THEIR WINTER COATS, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE PUTTING ON WEIGHT BUT IT’S THE INCREASE IN HAIR! THEY STAY OUTSIDE YEAR AROUND! THEY STAND AND LOOK INSIDE WHEN WE OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR BUT JUST LOOK! MOM SAID CALIE WAS IN THE HOUSE ONE DAY AFTER I LEFT THE DOOR OPEN BUT SHE JUST SAUNTERED OUT WHEN SHE (MOM)  OPENED THE DOOR! I’VE TRIED TO GET MR. “T” TO COME IN BUT HE STOPS AT THE LOWER DOOR SLIDES AND JUST LOOKS! THEY BOTH KNOW THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD