HOWARDS DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 25 VOL 13
MONDAY AUGUST 25TH 2008
WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 71/93 DEGREES
FIRST I WANT TO TELL YOU WHO THE GUY IN WHITES SETTING ON THE BIG MOTORCYCLE IN THE PICTURES I PUT IN SATURDAYS CHRONICLE IS; HIS NAME IS BILL MASON, HE’S A LONG TIME FRIEND OF MINE AND STILL LIVES IN NORTHRIDGE, CA. HE CAME TO VISIT IN JULY! I DON’T KNOW WHO THE TWO YOUNG LADIES ARE, DAUGHTERS OF SOMEONE AT THE “LOOSE WHEEL!” HE JUST SOLD HIS 1978 GOLDWING BUT HE STILL HAS A 1954 AJS 500 SINGLE THAT HE RIDES OCCASIONALLY! IT’S IN MINT CONDITION!
MOM GOT HOME FROM CHURCH ABOUT 10:30 AM, SHE HAD STOPPED TO SEE SHANNON AND TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING SHE MIGHT NEED! AS USUAL I WATCHED THE MASS ON CHANNEL 370! I MAY TRY GOING TO LIVE MASS AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH MOM! THE TV MASS IS OK BUT I MISS THE LIVE CEREMONY!
TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS CAME UP AND TIM TRIED TO SHOW ME HOW TO PUT PICTURES IN MY CHRONICLE! I UNDERSTAND MOST OF IT BUT I HAVE TO E-MAIL HIMTO PRINT THE PROCEEDURE OUT SO I DO IT IN THE RIGHT SEQUENCE!
TIM AND I TOOK THE INTREPID OUT FOR A DRIVE WITH THE DRB II HOOKED UP AND FOUND OUT THE MAP SENSOR OR THE VACUUM HOSE GOING TO IT IS BAD! UNDER HARD ACCELERATIN IT ONLY SHOWED ,04 INCHES OF VACUUM, WHEN I LET UP ON IT AND THE THROTTLE BUTTERFLYS CLOSED IT WENT TO 18.8 INCHES, IT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO 20-21 INCHES! THE DRB II SHOWS THE MAP SENSOR IS WHERE THE VACUUM LOSS IS! I’LL CHECK THE HOSE THAT GOES TO IT TOMORROW AND TAKE IT LOSE AND PUT A NEW HOSE ON AND SEE HOW MUCH VACUUM IT’LL PULL THEN, !F ANY!
MOM AND I WATCHED “HOME ALONE 3” TONIGHT! MY SIDES STILL HURT IF I TAKE A DEEP BREATH! WE HAVEN’T LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A LONG TIME! I REMEMBER LAUGHING SO HARD I FELL OUT OF MY SEAT AT A THEATER IN FT. WORTH TEXAS WHERE WE WENT TO SEE THE “GREAT RACE”! IT’S A GOOD THING I WAS ON THE ISLE! JACK LEMON PLAYES PROFESSOR FATE AND HE REALLY KEPT ME IN STITCHES! HE WAS ALSO GOOD AS ENSIGN PULVER IN “MR. ROBERTS”, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SET OFF THE FULMINATE OF MERCURY BOMB IN THE LAUNDRY ON THE SHIP!
HERE’S ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING BILL SHARKEY, MY BUDDY FROM THE AIR FORCE!
WE BOTH GOT DISCHARGED AT THE SAME TIME, I DECIDED TO GO HOME WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN! WHEN WE GOT TO HIS HOME IT WAS ON A FRIDAY MORNING, HE HAD TO TAKE ME UP TO THE CHURCH TO MEET FR. FARAROW! WE WENT DOWN IN THE BASEMENT AND HAD A GLASS OF WINE! I FOUND OUT LATER FR. FARAROW MAKES HIS OWN SACRAMENTAL WINE AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T TURN OUT LIKE IT SHOULD AND THAT’S WHAT HE SERVES TO GUEST!
THE NEXT MORNING HE TOOK ME UP TO THE LOCAL GAS STATION TO MEET HIS BUDDIES! AS WE WERE TALKING BILL WENT OVER TO THE GROCERY STORE AND GOT SOME THINGS, HE HAD TWO DOZEN EGGS ON THE TOP OF THE THINGS IN THE BAG! HE SAT THE BAG ON THE GLASS TOP OF THE SHOW CASE! WE WERE TALKING TO THE GUYS AND BILL WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A HARD BACK BOOK THAT WAS SETTING ON THE GLASS TOP COUNTER! HE OPENED IT AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WITH A SPRING LOADED PIECE OF METAL THAT MADE A HELL OF A LOUD SNAP! HE THREW THE BOOK AND PICKED UP A 10 INCH CRESCENT WRENCH THAT WAS LAYING THERE AND PROCEEDED TO DESTROY THE BAG OF GROCERIES AND THE TOP OF THAT GLASS SHOW CASE BEFORE ANYONE COULD STOP HIM! ALL THE GUYS AND THE OWNER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SINCE THEY ALL KNEW HOW GOOSEY HE WAS AND THEY ALL DOUBLED OVER THEY WERE LAUGHING SO HARD! I BACKED UP AND GOT AWAY FROM HIM SINCE HE STILL HAD THE CRESCENT WRENCH IN HIS HAND!
I LEARNED THAT YOU BETTER NOT SURPRISE HIM OR STARTLE HIM IF THERE’S ANYTHING HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON TO DESTROY THE SURROUNDINGS!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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