HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 6 VOL 14
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 62/85 DEGREES
KELLYS LITTLE DOG DIDN’T MAKE IT SO THEY HAD IT PUT DOWN TODAY! ACCORDING TO THE VET IT HAD A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT AND IT COULDN’T EAT OR TAKE CARE OF IT SELF AND RATHER THAN LET IT SUFFER THE BEST THING WAS WHAT THEY HAD THE VET DO!
I LOADED THE 22 WITH REAL BULLETS TODAY AND WE’LL CATCH THOSE TWO DOGS IN OUR YARD AND END THIS THING! I TRIED TO GET THE MAGNUMS TO CHAMBER IN BUT THEY’RE TO LONG, I’D HAVE TO MODIFY THE BREECH MECHANISM TO USE THEM! THOSE TWO DOGS ARE VICIOUS AND JUST COME DOWN HERE WHEN THEY WANT AND EAT THE CATS FOOD AND CRAP IN THE YARD WHICH REALLY UPSETS ME! THANK GOD OUR CATS SEEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM! POOR OLD MR “T” MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE STAYING CLEAR OF THEM BECAUSE HE HAS ARTHRITIS IN HIS HIPS BUT I’M PRETTY SURE HE KNOWS SOME GOOD HIDING PLACES AND IF THEY MAKE ENOUGH RACKETT GETTING AFTER HIM I’LL HEAR IT AND BE ABLE TO GET A CLEAR SHOT AT THEM! WE HAVE CERTAIN PLACES WE DON’T SHOOT INTO BECAUSE OF WHATS ON THE OTHER SIDE! THE WAY THEY CHASE CARS ON OUR ROAD I’M JUST WAITING FOR SOME KID OR ADULT WHO DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO MISS/HIT THEM TO SWERVE AND HIT ONE OF THE TREES AND THEN WE’LL SEE WHAT SHE DOES ABOUT THEM WHEN SHE’S ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A LAW SUITE!
BOY, THOSE PEOPLE IN ALASKA ARE SURE AFTER SARAH PALIN, THEY’RE INVESTIGATING HER FOR MISUSE OF HER POWERS AND ARE ABOUT TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS FOR PEOPLE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE! WE’VE GOTTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT HER THAT IS KIND OF FAIR! THEN WE GOT A LETTER FROM A WOMAN WHO’S KNOWN HER FOR YEARS AND SHE GIVES HER CREDIT FOR SOME OF THE GOOD SHE’S DONE FOR ALASKA AND THEN TELLS ABOUT ALL TO PEOPLE SHE’S CLIMBED ON THE REACH HER GOALS INCLUDING HER YOUNGER SISTER!
I’M SURE IT’LL ALL COME OUT WHEN THE DEBATES START! I JUST HOPE JOE BIDEN TAKES THE GLOVES OFF WHEN HE DEBATES HER! BY HER OWN ADMISSION SHE’S A “BARRACUDA”, OTHER THAN THE SHARK AND PIRANHA ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS OF FISH ESPECIALLY IN A GROUP! THEY GAVE HER THE NAME “BARRACUDA” NOT BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE PLAYED BASKETBALL BUT BECAUSE OF HER UNBRIDLED AMBITIONS AND PREDITORY RUTHLESSNESS! SHE REFUSED TO ENDORSE HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WHEN SHE RAN FOR MAYOR! MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON HER INLAWS WEREN’T AT THE CONVENTION! SHE’S OPTED TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS AND I HOPE SHE WEARS HER CUP BECAUSE THESE GUYS WILL HIT ABOVE AND BELOW THE BELT!
MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST WENT TO WORK FOR LOCKHEED I WAS PUT IN A MACHINE SHOP! THE FORMAN WAS LARRY BILLUPS! I WAS BEING TRAINED ON A VAN NORMAN MILLING MACHINE WITH A TRAVELING BENCH! ONE OF THE OLDER MACHINEST HAD MADE A DUMMY HEIGHT GAGE! A GOOD ONE COST ABOUT $100.00 AN INCH AT THAT TIME! THEY TOLD ME TO WATCH WHEN LARRY CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE WHICH WAS ABOUT 15 FEET IN THE AIR ABOVE THE TOOL CRIB AND START BEATING ON MY VISE ON MY WORK BENCH! THERE WERE 25 STEPS IN THE STAIRS THAT LED FROM THE OFFICE TO THE FLOOR OF THE SHOP! I WAS JUST SETTING UP TO MAKE A CUT ON A BLOCK OF ALUMINUM WHEN LARRY OPENED THE DOOR AND STEPPED OUT ON THE LANDING! I PICKED UP THE DUMMY GAGE AND STARTED BEATING ON THE VISE ON MY WORK BENCH, LARRY SAW THIS AND CAME DOWN THE STAIRS 5 AT A TIME AND PUSHED STOOLS AND ROLL AROUND BENCHES OUT OF HIS WAY TO GET TO ME! HE GRABBED THE GAGE AND ME BY THE ARM AND YELLED “DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THIS GAGE COST?” YES SIR, A GOOD ONE COST ABOUT $100.00 AN INCH! (THE OTHER GUYS HAD TOLD ME THAT)
HE LET GO OF MY ARM AND TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THE GAGE AND STARTED TO LAUGH! WELL MAHONEY, THAT’S ONE ON ME BUT IF I EVER SEE YOU MISTREAT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU WERE DOING THIS ONE I’LL MARCH YOU OUT THE GATE, NOW GET BACK TO WORK AND MAKE YOUR FATHER PROUD! WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAKE MY FATHER PROUD? COME UP TO THE OFFICE WHEN YOU FINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND WE’LL TALK, DON’T PUNCH OUT THIS IS OJT AND WE’LL PAY YOU FOR IT!
I WENT UP TO THE OFFICE LIKE HE ASKED AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD WORKED FOR MY FATHER IN THE STOCK ROOM AT THE 7TH AND SANTS FE PLANT IN LOS ANGELES DURING THE WAR! HE WAS GOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL TO BE A MACHINEST AND MY DAD HAD LET HIM STUDY ½ HR IN THE MORNING AND ½ HR IN THE AFERNOON ON COMPANY TIME! NOW YOU’RE HERE WORKING FOR ME AND I’M GOING TO MAKE A FIRST CLASS MACHINEST OUT OF YOU! HE TRIED TO KEEP ME BUT I WAS LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE WHEN LOCKHEED HAD A BIG LAY OFF (3,700 PEOPLE)! HE DID MANAGE TO GET ME TRANSFERRED TO THE TEMPLATE SHOP AND I WORKED THERE FOR 1 ½ YEARS AND THEN ANOTHER PERSON WHO WORKED FOR MY DAD HEARD I WAS THERE AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN A STOCK ROOM AND I SAID I’D GIVE IT A TRY! EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE, I KNEW ABOUT THE “TAB RUN” BECAUSE MY DAD HAD DEVELOPED THE 6 DIDGET STOCKING NUMBER SYSTEM FOR LOCKHEED AT THE PLANT AT 7TH AND SANTA FE WHERE THEY BUILT THE WINGS FOR THE HUDSON BOMBERS FOR BRITAIN! TILL THAT TIME EVERYTHING WAS DONE VISUALLY, TAKE TWO PARTS AND FIND ONE THAT MATCHED THE PART YOU WERE WORKING WITH! ANYHOW, THERE WAS ALITTLE ITALIAN GUY IN THE STOCK ROOM WHO HAD BEEN CUT BACK FROM FORMAN TO STOCK CLERK WHEN THE WAR ENDED AND HE WASN’T TO HAPPY THAT I KNEW HOW TO READ THE TAB RUN AND TOOK A POKE AT ME WHICH I RETURNED THE FAVOR TO HIM JUST AS THE SUPERVISOR WALKED IN, HE CLOCKED BOTH OF US OUT AND WE WERE TAKEN TO THE GATE AND TURNED IN OUR BADGES AND ID CARDS! I WAS FIRED! MY DAD CALLED ME THAT NIGHT AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED AND I TOLD HIM! THAT WAS ALL I COULD DO WAS TELL THE TRUTH! TWO DAYS LATER I GOT A TELEGRAM TELLING ME MY JOB WAS STILL THERE IF I WANTED IT BUT LIKE A DUMMY I NEVER WENT BACK TO WORK FOR LOCKHEED! IF I WOULD HAVE I’M SURE WHEN MY DAD RETIRED I WOULD HAVE BEEN OFFERED HIS JOB!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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