Tuesday, August 5, 2008

DAILY CHRONICLE #5 VOL 13

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 5 VOL 13

AUGUST 5TH 2008

WEATHER; UNGODLY HOT, MED HUMIDITY, 78/111 DEGREES

 

WELL, WE FINALLY GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE CHRYSLER DEALER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGION! WE TALKED TO HIM TODAY AND GOT HIS FAX NUMBER AND ARE FAXING THE LETTER WE WROTE TO HOYTE AND THE ONE WE HAD READY TO SEND TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE IN AUBRUN, MI. ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH HOYTE ON THE INTREPID!

 

HE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HOYTE BECAUSE HE IS A PREMIER DEALERSHIP! I RELAYED SOME OF THE PROBLEM OVER THE PHONE AND HE INTERRUPTED AND SAID I SHOULD SEND WHAT WE HAD WRITTEN ALONG WITH THE BILL AND THE COPY OF THE SO CALLED PRINTOUT OF THE ANALYZER TEST!

 

WE SENT IT ALL BY FAX TO HIM THIS AFTERNOON! HE SAID HE WOULD CALL HOYTE TOMORROW AND GET HIS SIDE OF IT WHICH IS ALL I EXPECTED HIM TO DO! AT LEAST WE’RE GETTING SOME ACTION! I TOLD HIM IT WASN’T THE MONEY, IT WAS THE FACT THAT NOBODY EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THEY RECEIVED THE LETTER AND THAT WE WERE TREATED SO SHABBILY BY A BIG DEALERSHIP! SO WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW!

 

KERRY’S GOING TO WORK ON MY BOOK AFTER THE 18TH, THAT’S WHEN HE’LL BE OFF FOR 3 WEEK AND THEY’LL BE IN FLORIDA AND NOT HAVE ANY INTERRUPTIONS!

 

I WROTE BILL MASON TODAY AND SUGGESTED HE RUN AN AD IN HIS LOCAL PAPER FOR A RETIRED PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE, TO TRAVEL WITH HIM IN THE MOTOR HOME AND JUST SHARE DRIVING AND EXPENSES! THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED AND CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY A MOTOR HOME BUT WOULD BE WILLING TO SRARE DRIVING AND EXPENSES! THIS WAY THEY COULD TRAVEL ALL OVER THE LOWER 48 AND SEE A LOT OF THING THEY MIGHT NEVER GET TO SEE ON THEIR OWN! THEY’LL HAVE TO TRY TRAVELING LOCALLY TO SEE IF THEY’RE COMPATABLE!

I’VE GOT TO GO OUT TOMORROW MORNING AND DO SOME WORK ON THE INTREPID WHEN IT’S COOL OUTSIDE! I THINK THE TURN SIGNAL FUSE BLEW BECAUSE OF A SHORT UNDER THE BATTERY BOX/TRAY! MOM WILL CHECK THE BULBS AGAIN IN THE REAR TO BE SURE THEY AREN’T BLOWN! LAST TIME I WAS WORKING ON THE CAR I REACHED ACROSS THE COVER ON THE STEERING GEAR TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND I MUST HAVE PUSHED THE FOUR WAY FLASHER SWITCH IN WHICH MENT THE REAR ONES WERE FLASHING AND THE FRONTS WEREN’T, THIS COULD HAVE BLOWN A FUSE! I’LL CHECK JUST TO BE SURE!

 

RULES OF DRIVING

- NEVER PASS ON THE LEFT WHEN YOU CAN PASS ON THE RIGHT.

- SPEED LIMITS ARE ARBITRARY FIGURES, GIVEN ONLY AS SUGGESTIONS, AND ARE APPARENTLY NOT ENFORCEABLE DURING RUSH HOUR.

- JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE LEFT LANE AND HAVE NO ROOM TO SPEED UP OR MOVE OVER DOESN'T MEAN THAT A DRIVER FLASHING HIS HIGH BEAMS BEHIND YOU DOESN'T THINK HE CAN GO FASTER IN YOUR SPOT.

- ALWAYS SLOW DOWN AND RUBBERNECK WHEN YOU SEE AN ACCIDENT, OR EVEN IF SOMEONE IS JUST CHANGING A TIRE.

- THROWING LITTER ON THE ROADS ADDS COLOR TO THE LANDSCAPE AND GIVES ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY CREWS SOMETHING TO CLEAN UP.

- IT IS ASSUMED THAT STATE POLICE CARS PASSING AT HIGH SPEED MAY BE FOLLOWED IN THE EVENT YOU NEED TO MAKE UP A FEW MINUTES ON YOUR WAY TO WORK, OR THE BEACH.

- REMEMBER THAT THE GOAL OF EVERY GOOD DRIVER IS TO GET THERE FIRST, BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY.

- REAL FEMALE DRIVERS CAN PUT ON PANTYHOSE, APPLY EYE MAKEUP, AND BALANCE THE CHECKBOOK AT SEVENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR DURING A SNOWSTORM IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC.

 

FOR CAT LOVERS

- CATS ARE SMARTER THAN DOGS. YOU CAN'T GET EIGHT CATS TO PULL A SLED THROUGH SNOW.

- CATS AREN'T CLEAN, THEY'RE JUST COVERED WITH CAT SPIT.

- CATS DON'T HUNT SEALS. THEY WOULD IF THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. BUT THEY DON'T, SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- CATS INSTINCTIVELY KNOW THE EXACT MOMENT THEIR OWNERS WILL WAKE UP. THEN THEY WAKE THEM 10 MINUTES SOONER.

- CATS KNOW WHAT WE FEEL. THEY DON'T CARE, BUT THEY KNOW.

- CATS SEEM TO GO ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT IT NEVER DOES ANY HARM TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT.

- DOGS HAVE OWNERS. CATS HAVE STAFF.

- DOGS BELIEVE THEY ARE HUMAN. CATS BELIEVE THEY ARE GOD.

- I HAD TO GET RID OF MY WIFE. THE CAT WAS ALLERGIC!

 

-MY CATS KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, AT EXACTLY 5PM, CST/CDLST MY CATS ARE STANDING AT THEIR FOOD BOWLS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

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