HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 29 VOL 13
FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH 2008
WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 72/103 DEGREES
THE WEATHERMAN SAID HE DOUBTED IF WE’D HAVE ANY MORE TRIPPLE DIDGET WEATHER THIS YEAR! HE FORGOT HIS WEATHER GUESS FOR THE DAY WAS FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS! THAT’S ALL WE GET HERE IS A GUESS BASED ON A SORE TOE, BAD KNEE OR ELBOW! I’LL VENTURE TO SAY THEY’RE RIGHT AT LEAST 30% OF THE TIME! YOU USE YOUR OWN WEATHER ANALYSIS FOR THE OTHER 70%!
WE CHECKED THE WIRES TO THE MAP SENSOR ON THE INTREPID AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE ACTING THE WAY IT SHOULD! I TOOK IT OUT AND IT SHIFTED THE WAY IT SHOULD, WHEN I GOT ON THE ROAD TO THE DAM IT HAS A LITTLE SKIP IN THE ENGINE LIKE A PLUG OR WIRE BREAKING DOWN BUT, I HAD GOOD ACCELERATOR CONTROL AND JUST A LITTLE PRESSURE MADE IT SHIFT INTO THE SPLIT GEAR BETWEEN OVERDRIVE AND DRIVE WHICH IS NORMAL! I DECIDED THE SKIP WAS DUE TO THE 02 SENSOR BEING CARBONED UP AND I AM GOING TO JUST DRIVE IT AND SEE IF IT WILL CLEAR ITSELF OUT!
IT NEEDED SOME FREON ADDED TO THE A/C AND I ASKED KELLY TO DO IT FOR ME, I COULDN’T GET THE ADAPTER TO SNAP IN PLACE! HE SAID HE HAD TO LET SOME OUT AND THEN IT WOULDN’T TAKE A WHOLE CAN! IT COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING PLUGGING THE EXPANSION VALVE ORFICE AND WHEN HE LET IT OUT IT RELEASED THE PRESSURE AND NOW IT COOLS OK! AND, THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT AND THE “CHECK ENGINE” LIGHT IS COMING ON AGAIN! I SWEAR, THIS CAR IS INHABITED BY POLTERGEIST! I’VE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OTHER THAN A BAD TRANSMISSION WHEN WE GOT IT AND WE’VE JUST ABOUT REPLACED EVERTHING IN THE ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS SO FAR ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IF WE CAN GET TO RUN RIGHT WE STILL HAVE STRUTS AND SHOCKS TO DO ALONG WITH ALIGNMENT!
WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH BILL SHARKY AND HIS FOLKS HIS DAD ASKED ME ONE DAY IF I’D EVER BEEN “BERRY PICKING” AND I SAID NO, WHY? HE SAID IT WAS A YEARLY CUSTOM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO GET TOGETHER AND GO OUT TO WHERE THE BLACK BERRIES GREW IN LONG BUSHES AND MAKE A DAY OF IT WITH A PICNIC!
SO OUT WE WENT AFTER MASS ONE SUNDAY MORNING! IT WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM HOME OVER SOME PRETTY BAD ROADS ESPECIALLY WITH THE ICE AND SNOW PACKED ON THEM! WE GOT TO WHERE THEY STARTED PICKING AND MR. SHARKEY GAVE ME TWO 3 GALLON PAILS AND POINTED TO WHERE I SHOULD START! I HEADED OVER TO THE SPOT AND PUT ONE PAIL DOWN ABOUT ½ WAY FROM THE END OF THE ROW! AND TOOK THE OTHER PAIL WHICH HAD AN EXTRA LONG BAIL AND COULD BE HUNG AROUND THE NECK OR FROM THE BELT LEAVING BOTH HANDS FREE TO PICK THE BERRIES! I FILLED THE PAIL REAL FAST AND WAS TALKING TO MR. SHARKEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROW AS WE PICKED! I WENT AND EMPTIED THE PAIL IN THE ONE I HAD SET ½ WAY DOWN THE BUSH! I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE ROW AND WAS STILL TALKING TO MR. SHARKEY BUT I WONDERED WHY HE WASN’T ANSWERING ME BACK! I GOT TO THE END EXPECTING TO SEE MR. SHARKEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROW BUT, IT WASN’T HIM, IT WAS A BLACK BEAR THAT WAS AS TALL AS ME AND LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE EYE! I DROPPED THE PAIL I AS GOING TO EMPTY IN THE OTHER ONE AND STARTED TO RUN FOR THE CAR, WHEN I GLANCED BACK THE BEAR HAD HEADED OFF IN THE OPOSITE DIRECTION SO I STOPPED AND COULD HEAR EVERYONE LAUGHING OVER BY WHERE THEY WERE PUTTING THEIR BERRIES IN A BIG POT! I WENT OVER AND ASKED WHY THEY WERE LAUGHING AND THEY SAID THAT BEAR COMES AND PICKS BERRIES WHEN THEY DO AND IT HAS NEVER MADE ANY KIND OF AGGRESSIVE MOVE TO ANYONE! IT’S PEOPLE ORIENTED SAID MR. SHARKEY, PROBABLY BELONGED IN A SIDE SHOW OR CIRCUS AT ONE TIME! NONE OF US HAS EVER HAD THE NERVE TO TRY AND GET TO CLOSE TO IT, WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT DOES THE SAME TO US! WE SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY LOUNGING IN THE CHAIRS THAT ARE LEFT THERE ALL YEAR AND VISITING, I WAS THE MAIN ATTRACTION SINCE I WAS FROM THE HOLLYWOOD AREA AND ALL THEY DID WAS KEEP ASKING ABOUT MOVIE/TV STARS AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE STUDIOS ETC, ETC, ETC! THAT WAS ABOUT THE NICEST GROUP OF PEOPLE I’D EVER MET!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
No comments:
Post a Comment