HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 14 VOL 13
WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 14TH 2008
WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 67/90 DEGREES
BOY, THIS GEORGIAN THING IS REALLY STARTING TO GET SERIOUS!
I HAVE A SOLUTION BUT IT WOULD ENTAIL TELLING RUSSIA TO BACK OFF OR ELSE THEN, LET THEM WONDER WHAT “OR ELSE” MEANS BUT, WE DON’T HAVE THE MAN POWER FOR A LAND CONFRONTATION BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO PUT 3 NAVAL BATTLE GROUPS IN THE BLACK SEA TO FACE OFF THE RUSSIAN NAVAL GROUPS ALREADY THERE! IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT THE AIR FORCE AND THE NAVY WILL HAVE TO CARRY THE BALL IN THIS ONE TILL WE CAN RE GROUP OUR LAND ARMIES! THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO PULL OUT OF IRAQ AND LET THEM HANDLE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS! IRAQ WAS NEVER AN ALLIE OF THE U.S. BUT GEORGIA IS AND WE’VE GOT TO HELP PROTECT HER SOVEREIGNTY!
WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN GEORGE PATTONS ADVICE AND GONE ALL THE WAY TO MOSCOW DURING WWII AND ELIMINATED THE THREAT OF THE RUSSIAN BEAR TAKING OVER THE FREE WORLD THEN THIS WOULDN’T BE HAPPENING! I JUST READ WHERE THE RUSSIAN ORTHADOX CHRISTIAN TROOPS BROKE INTO A GEORGIAN ORTHADOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND TOOK THE PRIEST HOSTAGE! IT SOUNDS LIKE ADOLPH HITLER IS STILL PULLING THE STRINGS HUH?
MOM GOT HOME FROM SHANNONS AND TOLD ME THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT CAME ON IN THE ACCLAIM! SHE STOPPED AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD BUT EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OK! WHEN SHE GOT BACK IN SHE NOTICED THE VOLTMETER IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WASN’T SHOWING ANY CHARGE! KELLY CHECKED IT OUT AND DETERMINED THE ALTERNATOR WASN’T CHARGING! I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CAR OVER TO “STARTRIGHT” IN SHERMAN AND HAVE IT FIXED BUT SHE SAID NO, WE’LL START DRIVING THE INTREPID! KELLY HAS AGREED TO CHANGE THE EGR VALVE AND 02 SENSORS THIS COMING WEEKEND! WE ALREADY HAVE THE PARTS AND HAVE BEEN WAITING TO GET THEM CHANGED! THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT KEEP COMING UP WITH THE KEY CHECK! MOM AND I GOT THE TURN SIGNALS WORKING AGAIN AND THE LAST THING WILL BE THE NEW TOP CENTER STOP LIGHT BULB WHICH SHE’LL PUT IN TOMORROW!
WE HAVE TO GO TO MUSKOGEE, OK. NEXT TUESDAY FOR THE HEARING ABOUT MY DISABILITY SO WE’RE GOING TO NEED ONE OF THE CARS RUNNING OR WE’LL HAVE TO RENT ONE! WE CAN’T MISS THIS HEARING FOR ANY REASON SHORT OF DEATH!
CHINA SURE DID CLEAN UP IN THE MENS AND WOMANS GYMNASTICS, THEY ARE GOOD!
MICHAEL PHELPS GOT TWO MORE GOLD TODAY I THINK, THAT MAKES FIVE FOR THE 2008 OLYMPICS AND 11 TOTAL IF YOUR INTERESTED IN THIS YOUNG MAN PULL UP “HOW MANY GOLD MEDALS DOES MICHAEL PHELPS HAVE” ON GOOGLE! HE’S REALLY AN INTERESTING GUY AND RIGHT DOWN TO EARTH! I WAS ALITTLE UPSET LAST NIGHT WHEN HE AND THE GUY NEXT TO HIM ON THE AWARDS STAND STARTED CARRYING ON AND LAUGHING DURING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER! YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO! AT THE NASCAR OPENING CEREMONIES THE DRIVERS AND CREW MEMBERS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR RIGHT HAND DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND MOST OF THEM ARE OLDER THAN PHELPS WHO IS ONLY 23 BUT, REALLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER!
ANOTHER EPISODE IN THE TIME AND LIFE OF HOWARD A. MAHONEY!
WAY BACK IN 1950 I JOINED THE CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD IN HOPES I WOULD GET TO FLY ON SOME OF THE “ROUND ROBINS” THEY DO FROM TIME TO TIME!
BILL MASON DIDN’T JOIN SINCE HE HAD BEEN DRAFTED AND WAS GOING TO THE ARMY! HIM AND I WERE AT THE QUANSET HUT THAT THE GUARD USED FOR A MEETING PLACE WHEN WE NOTICE A STACK OF PUMP TYPE FIRE EXTENGUISHERS IN THE TRASH BIN OUT BEHIND THE HUT! WE STARTED DIGGING THROUGH THEM WHEN MY 1ST SGT CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT GOING ON? I ASKED HIM IF I COULD HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THEM AND HE SAID THEY’D BEEN WRITTEN OFF AS UNSERVICEABLE SO I COULD TAKE MY PICK AS LONG AS I TOOK THEM OFF THE BASE! BILL AND I DUG AROUND AND FOUND TWO THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT WORK SO WE TOOK THEM OVER TO A WATR HYDRANT AND FILLED THEM UP, WE HAD TO PRIME THEM BUT GOT THEM WORKING AFTER CUTTING OFF THE BAD PART OF THE HOSES AND BLOWING BACK INTO THE TANKS!
MY 31 CHEVY HAD THE LITTLE COWEL LIGHTS BUT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS MISSING AND I HAD A PLUG IN THE HOLE AND THE WIRE HAD BEEN TAPED OVER!
WE PUT ONE OF THE TANKS ON THE PASSENGR FLOOR AND STUCK THE HOSE THROUGH THE HOLE AFTER TAKING THE PLUG OUT TAPING IT UP UNDER THE DASH SO THE NOZZLE WAS SHOOTING STRAIGHT OUT AND TO THE FRONT! WE PLANNED TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD AND SPRAY PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE BLVD.!
WE DECIDED TO TRY OUR INVENTION OUT IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD TO BE SURE IT WORKED RIGHT! WE SPRAYED 3-4 CARS UP AND DOWN LANKERSHIM BLVD. THE MAIN STREET! WHEN THEY WOULD GET THE WATER ON THEM THEY WOULD HOLD THEIR HANDS OUT AND LOOK UP, WE ALMOST HIT THE CURB A COUPLE OF TIMES WE LAUGHED SO HARD!
ON THE WAY HOME BILL HAD THE “T” HANDLE IN HIS HAND AND IT WAS PULLED UP SO HE PUSHED IT DOWN INTO THE TANK! A ¼ INCH STREAM OF WATER SHOT OUT OF THE NOZZLE AND A MAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE RIGHT NEXT TO US WHILE PASSING ON THE RIGHT! THE STREAM OF WATER WENT RIGHT IN THE DRIVERS WINDOW AND HIT THE MAN IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD!
HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES AND CAME TO A STOP LOOKING FOR WHOMEVER HIT HIM WITH THE WATER! WHEN HE STOPPED I PASSED HIM AND PULLED OVER AND MADE A RIGHT TURN ON THE NEXT STREET! DOWN AT THE END OF THE STREET WAS A SAND WASH AND A SMALL RAILROAD BRIDGE, BILL JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND HEADED FOR THE BRIDGE WITH THE PUMP TANK! HE HID IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE!
THE MAN AND HIS FAMILY PULLED UP AS BILL WAS WALKING BACK TO THE CAR! I HAD PULLED INTO THE SAND WASH AND WAS STUCK UP TO THE AXLES! HE EVIDENTLY HAD CLLED THE POLICE AND THEN CAME LOOKING FOR US! THE POLICE PULLED UP AND IF I REMEMBER RIGHT MY BROTHER JERRY WAS IN THE CAR! HE AND HIS PARTNER GOT OUT AND HIS PARTNER DID ALL THE TALKING! IN THE MEAN TIME ONE OF THE KIDS WENT AND BROUGHT THE PUMP TANK BACK TO THE POLICE! TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT BILL AND I AGREED TO PAY THE MAN TO HAVE HIS CLOTHES CLEANED, HAVE THE CAR CLEANED OUT AND AGREED NOT TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN! HE AND HIS FAMILY LEFT AFTER MY BROTHER TOLD THEM HE WOULD SEE THAT WE DID WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD! JERRY TOOK THE PUMP TANK AND I NEVER ASKED WHAT HE DID WITH IT! WE HAD TO WALK TO BILLS ABOUT 5 BLOCKS AND GET HIS CAR TO TOW MINE OUT OF THE SAND! WE STILL HAD THE OTHER TANK BUT DECIDED NOT TO MAKE IT MOBILE, MY MOTHER USED IT AROUND THE YARD TO WATER HER PLANTS!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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