HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 3 VOL 14
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD 2008
WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 66/82 DEGREES
WE WENT TO THE VA THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO CUT THE BIG TOE NAIL OFF MY RIGHT BIG TOE! I GOT IN THE OFFICE AND THE PODIATRIST ASK ME WHAT I WANTED DONE AND I TOOK MY SHOES AND SOCKS OFF AND SAID I GUESS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THE TOE NAIL OFF MY BIG RIGHT TOE I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO FALL OFF ON IT’S OWN BUT IT HASN’T! SHE PICKED UP MY RIGHT FOOT AND LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THERE ISN’T A TOE NAIL ON YOUR RIGHT BIG TOE! I SAID, IT WAS THERE YESTERDAY MORNING BECAUSE I TESTED IT TO SEE IF IT WAS LOSE AND IT WASN’T! IT MUST BE IN MY BED OR THE SOCKS I WORE YESTERDAY OR ON THE FLOOR SOMEPLACE! SHE PROCEEDED TO CLIP MY NAILS AND FILE THEM NICE AND SMOOTH! I HAVE TO GO BACK IN 4 MONTH FOR THE SAME THING! THAT NAIL BEING GONE REALLY HAS ME GOING, I CHECKED THE SOCKS MOM WASHED TODAY AND IT’S NOT THERE, I’LL CHECK THE BED IN THE MORNING!
I’LL CHECK THE VACUUM HOSE AND ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO ON THE INTREPID IN THE MORNING! ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE VA WE WENT AND HAD LUNCH AT APPLEBEES THEN TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED ON THE ACCLAIM! WE WERE SETTING IN THE WAITING ROOM WHEN THE TIRE MAN CAME IN AND SAID HE’S TORN THE TRUNK UP LOOKING FOR THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE LUGS ON THE WHEELS! WE TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO KEY AND HE SAID THEN I CAN’T ROTATE AND BALANCE TO TIRES! THE SERVICE MANAGER WENT OUT AND SHOWED HIM THE HUB CAPS WERE CHEAP PLASTIC WIRE CAPS AND NOT THE ONES USED ON SOME CARS! HE WAS SO FLUSTERED HE SWAPED THE WHEELS AND WAS RE TIGHTENING THEM WHEN THE SERVICE MANAGER WENT OUT AND REMINDED HIM HE HAD TO BALANCE THEM ALSO! THIS POOR KID REALLY GOT ALL SHOOK UP! WE TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO TELL HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND IT WON’T BE THE LAST! I HOPE HE AT LEAST CHECKS THE HUB CAPS FROM NOW ON BEFORE HE RAISES HELL ABOUT THERE NOT BEING ANY KEY TO UNLOCK THEM! HE DID A GOOD JOB, THE VIBRATION I WAS GETTING AT 35 AND 70 MPH IS GONE AND THE CAR DOESN’T PULL TO THE RIGHT ANY MORE! THE TIRES WERE WAY OUT OF THE AMOUNT OF AIR WE CARRY, WHICH IS 35 LBS, 3 HAD 29 AND ONE HAD 32 LBS! TIRE WARE IS GOOD WITH OVER 20,000 MILES ON THEM THEY ALL HAD 7/32nds TREAD DEPTH! MOM AND I ARE GOING TO TRY AND FIND WHERE THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKS FROM, IT GOES THROUGH FLUID EVER 3-4 DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE DRIVE IT!
I TALKED TO BILL MASON TONIGHT, HE’S DOING PRETTY GOOD! HE MOVED THE CANOPY HE HAD FOR THE CAR TO COVER THE MOTOR HOME AND BOUGHT ANOTHER ON FOR THE CAR! BETWEEN DRILLING 12 HOLES IN THE CONCRETE DRIVE WAY AND PUTTING 5” STUDS IN THE HOLES WITH EPOXY THEN TIGHTENING 12 NUTS ALL TOGHTHER HE WAS PRETTY WELL EXHAUSTED! THEN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THIS AFTERNOON AND COMPLAINED HE WAS TIRED! AFTER TELLING HER WHAT HE’D BEEN DOING ALL MORNING SHE TOLD HIM SHE HAD JUST THE THING, SHE PICKED UP HIS SHIRT AND GAVE HIM A SHOT IN THE CHEST! WHAT WAS THAT HE ASKED, A FLU SHOT SHE SAID! HE ASKED HER IF SHE GUARANTEED HE’D GET THE FLU AND SHE SAID IF YOU DO YOU WON’T BE OUT IN THE YARD DOING WHAT YOU DID TODAY WILL YOU
THEN HE WENT TO THE BANK OF THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE BIG COACH TO SEE IF THERE WAS MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT YET, THERE WASN’T! HE’S BEEN CHECKING EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO, HE’S EVEN BEEN IN LINE BEHIND THE GUY AND WOULD SHOW THE TELLER THE CHECK THINKING THE MAN HAD JUST DEPOSITED ENOUGH TO COVER THE CHECK BUT NO SUCH LUCK! IT’S BEEN 5 WEEKS! HE FINALLY CORNERED THE MAN HE JUST LIVES TWO DOORS DOWN FROM BILL! AND GAVE HIM 3 CHOICES, HE TAKES IT TO ONE OF HIS LAWYERS WHO CHARGES $350.00 PER HOUR OR HIS OTHER LAWYER WHO CHARGES $650.00 PER HOUR OR TO THE POLICE/DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR COLLECTION! TWO DAYS LATER THE MAN CALLED AND WANTED TO MEET HIM AND BILL TOLD HIM NO MORE TALKING, HE WANTS HIS MONEY IN CASH BY THE NEXT MORNING OR HE’LL USE ONE OF THE OPTIONS HE GAVE HIM! THE MAN ASKED IF HE COULD MEET HIM RIGHT THEN AND BILL SAID FINE, I’LL MEET YOU AT YOUR BANK BUT THE MAN SAID NO HE WAS TOO EMBARRASED TO MEET THERE WOULD HE MEET HIM AT TACO BELL WHICH THEY DID AND BILL GOT HIS $1100.00 DOLLARS IN CASH! WHAT PATIENCE!
KELLY CAME IN WITH OUR MAIL THIS EVENING AND TOLD US THE TWO BIG DOGS UP FRONT, ONE IS A GERMAN SHEPHARD AND THE OTHER ONE IS A BLACK LAB THAT RUN LOSE JUMPED HIS LITTLE DOG NO BIGGER THAN A CHIHUAHUA AND DAM NEAR KILLED IT! THEY TOOK IT TO THE VET AND IT HAS CRUSHED RIBS AND IS CHEWED UP PRETTY BAD! THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THESE DOGS HAVE JUMPED ONE OF HIS DOGS, THE LAST TIME THEY JUMPED ONE THAT WAS ON A CHAIN AND NEARLY KILLED IT! HE WENT UP AND TALKED TO THE LADY WHO’S THE OWNER OF THE DOGS AND SHE INFORMED HIM SHE WOULDN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE COUNTY! I CALLED THE SHERIFF ABOUT THE DOGS NEXT DOOR AND HE SAID THEY DON’T HAVE ANY LAWS ABOUT DOGS ON THE BOOKS SO JUST SHOOT THEM IF THEY BOTHER YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY INCLUDING FAMILY PETS! KELLY’S GOING TO BORROW MOMS 22 RIFLE AND SHOOT THE DOG THAT ATTACKED HIS DOG! HE HAD TO PAY $300.00 UP FRONT TODAY AND IF THE DOG LIVES IT’LL BE MORE! THE VET GAVE IT A 35% CHANCE OF MAKING IT THROUGH THE NIGHT! I’VE HAD TO SHOOT AT THESE DOGS BUT I GET THEM WITH BIRD SHOT, KELLY’S GOING TO USE REAL BULLETS!
THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE>
HOWARD
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