HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 18 VOL 14
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH 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
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