HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 21 VOL 14
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST 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 .1000TH 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
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