HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 11 VOL 13
AUGUST 11 TH 2008
WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/99 EGREES
MOM WENT TO 8:00 MASS AND THEN OUT TO BREAKFAST WITH GARY AND CHARLEEN LATINIS! I WATCHED THE MASS FROM “THE CHURCH OF THE ANGLES” ON TV CHANNEL 370 DIRECT TV! THIS IS OK WITH ME SINCE I DON’T WALK TO GOOD EVEN WITH MY CANE! WHEN THE WEATHER COOLS DOWN SOME I’LL TRY USING MY NEW WALKER AND SET IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH!
I WATCHED THE COWBOYS AND SAN DIEGO CHARGERS LAST NIGHT ON TV. DALLAS LOST 17 TO 31! THE 1ST STRING WITH TONY ROMO AND CREW GOT THE BALL AND PROCEEDED TO GO DOWN THE FIELD AND SCORED WITH 8 PLAYS AND 54 YARDS! THEN WADE PHILLIPS STARTED ROTATING ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS TO GET A LOOK AT THEM UNDER GAME CONDITIONS! NEXT WEEK WE’LL BE IN DENVER, THE 1ST STRING WILL PLAY MOST OF THE 1ST QUARTER!
I GUESS I’M GOING TO BE FORCED TO WATCH NASCAR IF I WANT TO WATCH ANY RACING TODAY! I COULDN’T FIND INDY CARS ON ANY CHANNEL! OH WELL, I GUESS I’LL SURVIVE!
I WATCHED ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF NASCAR AND THAT’WAS ABOUT ALL I COULD TAKE! WATKINS GLENN IS A ROAD TRACK AND IF NASCAR CAN’T FIND A GOOD ROUND TRACK THAT WOULD WANT TO PUT ON A NASCAR RACE THEY’RE NOT LOOKING PAST THEIRI NOSES!
THESE ROAD RACES ARE NO MORE THAN GLORIFIED DESTRUCTION DERBYS AND I CAN’T FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHY THE DRIVERS DON’T REFUSE TO DRIVE IN THEM!
I WENT OUT AND SAT ON THE DECK FOR OVER AN HOUR TODAY AND WHILE I WAS THERE IT RAINED TWICE, GOOD SLOW SOAKING TYPE OF RAIN! THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO ABOUT 82 FROM 99 IN JUST A FEW MINUTES! MY LITTLE FRIENDS, THE HUMMINGBIRDS WERE REALLY HAVING A BALL CHASING EACH OTHER IN, OUT AND AROUND UNDER THE DECK ROOF! THEY CAME SO CLOSE I COULD FEEL THE WIND OFF THEIR WINGS AS THEY CIRCLED AROUND ME! BOY, ARE THEY FAST! MR “T”, MY OLD CAT JUST LAID THERE WASHING AND WATCHING THEM, HE NEVER MAKES A MOVE TOWARDS THEM. I GUESS HE KNOWS THEY’RE TOO FAST TO EVEN CONSIDER A CATCH!
WHEN BILL SHARKEY AND I WERE IN THE AIR FORCE WE USED TO SIT AROUND TALKING ABOUT HOME AND THE PEOPLE WE GREW UP WITH! HE USED TO TELL ABOUT AN OLD MAN WHO LIVED OUTSIDE OF HIS HOMETOWN ON A BIG PIECE OF LAND, HIS NAME WAS, FUDGENEAU DIPOTSIE! NOW THIS MAN EVIDENTLY HAD A LOT OF MONEY AND 6 DAUGHTERS, BILL WAS SWEET ON ONE OF THEM, BARBARA AND OLD FUDGENEAU KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON HER BUT, BILL ENDED UP MARRYING HER INSPITE OF HER FATHERS DISLIKE FOR HIM! HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY USE FOR ANYONE WHO WENT IN THE MILITARY BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO WORK HARD LIKE HE DID, IT MADE THEM LAZY! KIND OF LIKE OUR BLACK FRIEND J.I. McGILL, HE HAD THE SAME OPENION OF MILITARY SERVICE BUT ONE OF HIS SONS, JAMES WENT IN THE ARMY, MADE SENIOR M/SGT, MARRIED A LADY SENIOR M/SGT IN THE MEDICAL CORPS AND WHEN THEY RETIRED THEY OPENED A CLINIC IN CHICAGO I THINK!
THE OLD MAN WAS “FRENCH CANADIAN OR AS AMERICANS CALLED THEM “CANUKS” (SP?)! THE ONE THING BILL TOLD ABOUT WAS, THE OLD MAN HAD A 1928 LINCOLN 4 DOOR PHAETON CONVERTIBLE WITH NO TOP CLOTH, JUST THE BOWS AND FRAME WORK! NOW, ACROSS THE STREET FROM SHARKEY’S FOLKS HOUSE WHERE I WAS STAYING WAS A BIG GENERAL STORE! BILL HAD TOLD ME FUDGENEAU WOULD PULL UP IN FRONT OF THE STORE, STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND LOCK ALL 4 DOORS AND ROLL UP ALL THE WINDOWS, GO IN AND GET WHATEVER IT WAS HE WANTED, COME OUT, OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WITH THE KEY AND ROLL DOWN THAT WINDOW, GET IN SET DOWN AND BEFORE HE STARTED THE ENGINE WOULD TURN AROUND IN THE SEAT AND UNLOCK ALL 4 DOORS AND ROLL THE OTHER THREE WINDOWS DOWN, THEN START THE ENGINE AND DRIVE AWAY!
OF COURSE I FOUND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT AFTER WE WERE AT HIS FOLKS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS HERE COMES THIS BIG BLACK LINCOLN 4 DOOR PHAETON CONVERTIBLE, IT PULLS UP IN FRONT OF THE STORE AND THIS OLD MAN GETS OUT, AND PROCEEDS TO LOCK ALL FOUR DOORS AND ROLL UP ALL THE WINDOWS, GOES IN THE STORE AND IS BACK OUT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, GOES AROUND THE CAR TO THE DRIVRS DOOR, UNLOCKS IT WITH THE KEY, ROLLS THAT WINDOW DOWN, GETS IN AND SETS DOWN, TURNS AROUND AND UNLOCKS ALL FOUR DOORS AND ROLLS THE OTHER THREE WINDOWS DOWN, STARTS THE ENGINE AND DRIVES AWAY!
I HAD TO APOLOGIZE TO BILL WHEN I STOPPD LAUGHING SO HARD! THEN I ASKED BILL, WHY?
MR. SHARKEY WAS STANDING IN THE DOOR AND SAID, “BECAUSE ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO FUDGENEAU HAD A NEARLY NEW MODEL “T” AND HIS GIRL FRIEND JUST LOVED THAT CAR! WELL, IT GOT STOLEN AND SO DID THE GIRL BUT NOT BY THE SAME PERSON! HE BOUGHT THE CAR YOU SEE NOW AND SAYS HE’S NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYONE A CHANCE TO STEAL IT TOO! THEN HE’LL ADD, IF THEY WANT THE OLD LADY THEY’RE WELCOME TO HER BUT NOT MY CAR!
SINCE MR. SHARKEY ADDED TO THE STORY I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT! I WAS COURIOUS HOW FUDGENEAU MADE HIS MONEY IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN AND MR. SHARKEY TOLD ME HE HAD THE BIGGEST SAW MILL WITHIN 100 MILES AND RAN IT TILL 1945 WHEN THE WAR ENDED AND THE DEMAND BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR HIS WOOD ENDED! THE P.T. BOAT HULLS WERE MADE BASICALLY OUT OF PLYWOOD WHICH WAS MADE OUT OF THE TYPE WOOD HE BOUGHT FROM THE LOGGERS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CANADA AND SOLD TO THE GOVRNMENT!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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