DAILY CHRONICLE # 5 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 5 VOL 7

FEBURARY 6^TH 2008

WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 27/58 DEGREES

GOT GAS TODAY AT WAL-MART STILL $2.73

LEFT HERE AT 6:35 AM AND WAS AT DALLAS VA AT 8:15AM. CHECKED IN AT DERMATOLOGY AT 8:30 AND THEY TOOK THE STITCHES OUT AT 8:50 AND I WAS AT TRAVELPAY AT 9:00! ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY MILES THEY PAY ME FOR? WAS TOLD I GET PAID FOR 188 MILES ROUND TRIP! THEY USE A GPS TO FIGURE IT! THEY JUST RAISED THE RATE TO 28.6 CENTS PER MILE! IT’LL BUY 10 GALLONS+ OF GAS AT THE PRESENT PRICE SO AS LONG AS WE GET OVER 20 MPG WE’RE OK! I DON’T GO BACK TILL SOMETIME IN MAY, THEY SEND A LETTER AND CALL BEFORE THE DATE!

WE STOPPED IN McKinney FOR BREAKFAST AND GOT HOME ABOUT 12:30PM! THAT’S NOT BAD, 188 MILE TURN STOP TO HAVE STITCHES REMOVED, STAND IN LINE FOR TRAVEL PAY AND AGAIN TO EAT BREAKFAST AND HOME IN OUR DRIVEWAY IN 6 HOURS!

I WAS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME I GOT HOME, DRIVING NEVER USED TO MAKE ME TIRED BUT IT SURE DOES LATELY. I KNOW IT’S NOT THE CAR, I LOVE TO DRIVE THE 91 ACCLAIM AND THE SEAT IS VERY COMFORTABLE, I GUESS IT’S JUST OLD AGE! I’LL SEE WHEN WE GET THE INTREPID ON THE ROAD SO I CAN COMPARE THEM! I’VE SAT IN THE INTREPID AND IT FEELS JUST AS COMFORTABLE AS THE ‘91 BUT SETTING STILL AND MOVING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, WE’LL SEE!

BOY, THOSE PEOPLE UP NORTH AND EAST OF US SURE ARE GETTING HIT BY REAL BAD WEATHER! WE THANK GOD WE HAVEN’T HAD ANY REAL BAD WEATHER SINCE THE HEAVY RAINS LAST YEAR. OF COURSE OUR WEATHER DOESN’T GET BAD TILL ABOUT THE END OF MARCH INTO APRIL AND, WE ALWAYS GET AN EASTER COLD SNAP WHICH CAN MEAN SNOW AND ICE! MAYBE WE’LL LUCK OUT THIS YEAR! MOM KEEPS US WELL STOCKED UP INCASE WE GET A LONG STRETCH OF BAD WEATHER! AS LONG AS WE DON’T LOSE ELECTRIC POWER WE’RE OK! BOTH KELLY AND WE ARE ALL ELECTRIC AND SO IS THE WATER WELL; IF WE HIT A LONG STRETCH WE’D GO RENT A POWER PLANT JUST TO RUN THE WELL! I’VE GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO PUTTING IN A 12VOLT SUBMERSABLE PUMP, I’D HAVE TO ALSO USE A SMALL GAS POWERED GENERATOR WHICH I COULD BUILD USING AND ALTERNATOR AND BRIGGS & STRATTEN LAWN MOWER ENGINE TO CHARGE THE BATTERIES OR HOOK UP TO SOME SOLAR PANELS! WE’VE GIVEN THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT LATELY! BUT, WE’LL PROBABLY JUIST GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN USING AND BE HAPPY IF WE DON’T LOSE POWER!

JOKE

THIS YOUNG GIRL HAS JUST GOTTEN MARRIED AND ONE OF THE OLDER LADIES AT THE RECEPTION WAS A GREEK GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS BEEN MARRIED TO THE SAME MAN FOR ALMOST 75 YEARS! THE YOUNG GIRL APPROACHES HER AND WONDERS HOW IT WAS ON HER WEDDING NIGHT? THE OLD LADY WAS GLAD TO RELATE THIS TO THE YOUNG GIRL; “WHEN POPPA AND I WENT TO THE HOTEL AFTER THE RECEPTION HE GOT ALL DRESSED UP IN FLOWING WHITE GOWNS AND HE LOOKED LIKE A DAM GREEK GOD AS HE RAN AROUND THE ROOM!”  “AND NOW” ASK THE GIRL. “IF HE GETS DRESSED UP IN THOSE FLOWING WHITE GOWNS AND RUNS AROUND THE ROOM HE JUST LOOKS LIKE A GOD DAM GREEK!” ANSWERS THE OLDER LADY!

JOKE

THIS COUPLE GOT MARRIED AND HEADED OUT ON THEIR HONEYMOON, OF COURSE THEY STOPPED AT THE FIRST MOTEL THEY CAME TO! HE WENT IN AND REGISTERED FOR A ROOM, THE ONLY THING AVAILABLE HAS TWIN BEDS THAT ARE BOLTED TO THE FLOOR! HE SAYS OK, PAYS AND CARRIES HIS BRIDE OVER THE THRESHHOLD! HE STRIPS DOWN AND JUMPS INTO BED, SHE HAS TO GO IN THE BATHROOM AND MAKE HERSELF PRETTY FOR HIM! WHEN SHE COMES OUT THE LIGHTS ARE DIM AND SHE GETS INTO HER BED, HE SAYS “COME ON OVER HERE.” AS SHE GETS OUT OF HER BED AND STARTS OVER TO WHERE HE IS SHE TRIPS ON A RUG THAT’S BETWEEN THE BEDS, HE JUMPS OUT OF BED AND PICKS HER UP KISSING AND HUGGING HER AND ASKING IF SHE’S HURT? “NO” SHE SAYS AND WHEN THEY GET DONE SHE STARTS BACK TO HER BED AND TRIPS ON THE SAME RUG! HE ROLLS OVER, LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS “WHY IN THE HELL DON’T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU’RE WALKING?” SO STARTS A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD  

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #5 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 5 VOL 7

FEBURARY 6^TH 2008

WEATHER; FAIR, HI HUMIDITY, 38/77/28 DEGREES

GAS STILL $2.71-$2.83

I HAD A BAD NIGHT LAST NIGHT BUT MUCH BETTER TODAY!

WE WENT AND VOTED TODAY AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU DID THE SAME! IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU VOTE FOR, THE FACT THAT YOU DID VOTE IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT!

WE WATCHED THE RESULTS OF THE VOTING IN 24 STATES TILL THE CALIFORNIA REPORTS STARTED COMING IN AND I NEEDED TO GET THE CHRONICLE DONE SO I CAN GET TO BED. WE HAVE TO LEAVE AT 6:30AM SO I CAN GET THE STITCHES TAKEN OUT BY 8:00AM OR I MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR SOMEONE TO GET FREE TO DO IT! THEY START ALL THEIR OUTPATIENT WORK AT 8:00AM!

WE’LL CHECK THE CALIFORNIA FIGURES TOMORROW WHEN WE GET HOME FROM DALLAS!

BOY, DID WE GET SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTENING ABOUT 3:00AM THIS MORNING, I WOKE UP AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE DROVE A TRUCK INTO OUR LIVING ROOM, THEN RAIN FOR ABOUT A ½ HOUR! THEN WE GOT A REPEAT THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 1:00 PM! NOTHING SINCE THEN!

MOM PICKED UP HALEY JO TODAY AFTER SHE WENT SHOPPING!

MOM AND I ARE DOING FINE! WE HAVE OUR GOOD DAYS AND OUR BAD DAYS. IT SEEMS LIKE I’M HAVING MORE BAD DAYS THAN MOM IS AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT I’M NOT ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I USED TO DO, I TRY BUT IT JUST DOESN’T WORK!

JOKE

BIG BUSINESSMAN WHO SPENDS THE WINTER IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HIGHERED A NEW COLORED CHAUFFEUR AND IS GOING TO HEAD BACK TO NEW YORK!

WHEN THEY REACH GEORGIA THE MAN HAS THE CHAUFFEUR PULL INTO A RESTAURANT, HE GETS OUT GOES IN AND ASK THE MANAGER IF THEY COULD PUT TOGETHER SOME FOOD ON A PAPER PLATE FOR HIS COLORED MAN? THE MANAGER SMILES AND SAYS; “BRING HIM IN, WE’RE INTERGRATED HERE AND HE CAN EAT WITH YOU!

THEY LEAVE THE RESTAURANT AND HEAD TO NORTH CAROLINA, THE MAN TELLS THE CHAUFFEUR TO PULL INTO THE HOLIDAY INN  UP AHEAD SO HE CAN GET A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT. HE GOES IN AND ASK IF THEY HAVE ROOMS OUT BACK FOR COLORED HELP AND IS TOLD THE SAME THING AS THE RESTAURANT MANAGER SAID SO HE GETS A ROOM FOR HIS CHAUFFEUR AND HIM!

THEY LEAVE THE NEXT MORNING AND HEAD FOR VIRGINIA WHERE THEY STOP TO EAT, THE MAN GOES IN AND ASK IF HIS COLORED CHAUFFEUR CAN COME IN AND EAT OR ARE THERE FACILITIES OUT BACK FOR HIM! “BRING HIM IN, WE’RE INTERGRATED HERE AND HE CAN EAT WITH YOU!

THEY LEAVE THERE AND HEAD FOR NEW YORK WHERE THE MAN LEAVES THE CAR WITH THE CHAUFFEUR AND TELLS HIM THEY’LL LEAVE TO GO BACK TO FLORIDA ON A CERTAIN DATE AND HE IS TO PICK HIM UP AT THAT TIME AT THIS ADDRESS!

THE CHAUFFEUR MEETS THE MAN AT THE ASSIGNED TIME AND PLACE AND THEY HEAD BACK TO MIAMI! THEY FIND THE TRIP BACK TO BE JUST LIKE THE TRIP NORTH! THEY GET JUST OUTSIDE OF PETERSBERG VIRGINIA IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT!  THE CHAUFFEUR GETS OUT AND IS STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE FLAT WHEN THE BOSS COME AROUND THE FRONT OF THE CAR, THE CHAUFFEUR LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS, ”I’ll BET THERE AIN’T A NIGER WITHIN FIVE MILES OF HERE!”

SORRY ABOUT THE “N” WORD BUT THE JOKE LOSES ITS EFFECT WITHOUT IT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #4 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 4 VOL 7

FEBURARY 5^TH 2008

WEATHER; BEAUTIFUL, HI HUMIDITY, 82 DEGREES

OUR GAS IS STILL HANGING IN THERE!

MOM AND I GOT THE HEATER/COOKER ALL PUT TOGETHER AND KELLY AND GLENDA CAME UP TO SET IT RIGHT SIDE UP ON THE DECK. IT SURE IS A NICE LOOKING PIECE OF FURNITURE AND REALLY LOOKS GOOD ON THE DECK!

MOM PICKED UP HALEY JO FROM SCHOOL TODAY AND WE HAD HER TILL 6:30, KELLY TOOK HIS DAUGHTER CHRISTINA CAR SHOPPING, THE VAN THEY HAD NEEDED TO MUCH WORK SO THEY SOLD IT! CHRISTINA’S HUSBAND IS BYE NO MEANS A MECHANIC! FROM WHAT WE HEAR ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS SET IN FRONT OF HIS COMPUTER AND PLAY GAMES! HE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN A COMPANY TRUCK AND IS STILL UNDER WORKERS COMP AND THE DOCTORS WON’T RELEASE HIM TO GO BACK TO WORK! SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY’RE JUST BLEEDING THE INSURANCE COMPANY!

I GO BACK TO THE DALLAS VA TO GET THE STITCHES TAKEN OUT   FROM WHERE THEY REMOVED THE MOLE FROM MY LEFT WRIST!

JOKE

THERE WAS A BIG CROWED AROUND THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING! THE POLICE WERE THERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED!  A MAN STANDING THERE SAID HE HEARD A SCREAM AND LOOKED UPTO SEE THIS BODY FALLING FROM AN OPEN WINDOW IN THE BUILDING!  A POLICEMAN WENT UP TO THE FLOOR HE THOUGHT IT FELL FROM AND CAME TO THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE WHERE THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN! HE ASKED THE YOUNG LADY SETTING AT THE DESK WHAT SHE SAW;

THIS MAN WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL AS HE CAME TO MY  DOOR HE NOTICED ME SETTING AT THE DESK! HE CAME IN AND WHEN SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HELP HIM HE SAID; “HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO HAVE YOU REMOVE YOUR BLOUSE?” “WHY, MAYBE $100.00, BUT NO MONKEY BUSINESS!” HE AGREED AND LAID A $100.00 BILL ON THE DESK AND SHE REMOVED HER BLOUSE AND HE LEFT. HE WAS BACK IN 30 SECONDS AND ASKED “HOW MUCH TO REMOVE THE BRA?” THAT WOULD BE $200.00, BUT NO MONKEY BUSINESS!” HE AGREED AND LAID $200.00 ON THE DESK AND SHE REMOVED THE BRA AND HE LEFT! AGAIN, HE WAS BACK IN 30 SECONDS AND ASKED!” “HOW MUCH TO HAVE YOU REMOVE YOU SKIRT?” “OH, THAT WOULD BE $300.00 BUT NO MONKEY BUSINESS?” HE LAID $300.00 ON THE DESK AND SHE STOOD UP AND LET HER SKIRT FALL TO THE FLOOR AND HE LEFT! HE WAS BACK IN ANOTHER 30 SECONDS AND ASKED! “HOW MUCH TO HAVE YOU REMOVE YOUR SLIP?’ OH, THAT WOULD BE $400.00 BUT NO MONKEY BUSINESS!” HE LAID $400.00 ON THE DESK AND SHE STOOD UP AND REMOVED HER SLIP! AND HE LEFT! THIS TIME HE TURNED AROUND IN THE DOORWAY AND ASKED “HOW MUCH TO REMOVE YOUR PANTIES?” GEE THAT WOULD BE $500.00 BUT NO MONKEY BUSINESS! HE AGREED AND LAID $500.00 ON THE DESK AND SHE STOOD UP AND DROPPED HER PANTIES! HEWALKED OUT THE DOOR BUT WAS BACK IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS “HOW MUCH FOR THE MONKEY BUSINESS?” SHE SAID; “THE USUAL $25.00” AND HE RAN OVER AND JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 3 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 3 VOL 7

FEBURARY 4^TH 2008

 WEATHER; REAL GOOD, LOW HUMIDITY, 82 DEGREES

SORRY THIS IS LATE, I FELL ASLEEP AT THE KEYBOARD LAST NIFGT AND WOKE UP TO A BLANK SCREEN MOM STRAIGHTENED IT OUT FOR ME!

GAS HAS GONE UP IN A FEW PLACES TO $2.89. WE STILL KNOW WHERE THE PRICES ARE AT A REASONABLE LEVEL. AND WE DON’T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL OVER THE AREA TO FIND THEM WE TRY TO WORK THEM INTO OUR “ROUND ROBIN” TRAVELS!  YES WE LAY OUT OUR DAILY TRAVELS SO WE DON’T HAVE ANY DOUBLING BACK WHICH WASTE GAS!

I WENT OUT TO TRY AND PUT THE EXHAUST HEADER PIPES IN PLACE ON THE INTREPID SO I CAN RUN IT WITH BARRYMAN B-12 IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT I JUST DON’T HAVE THE STRENGTH AND WHEN MY LEFT LEG STARTS TO JERK AND MY LEFT ARM DOES THE SAME THING I KNOW I’VE DONE SOMETHIG WRONG AND I HEAD FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DECK! IF I SET THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GET OK!

MOM AND I OPENED UP THE DECK FIRE PLACE/TABLE PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US FOR CHRISTMAS; WE CHECKED ALL THE PARTS AND HAVE THE ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS!  I LEARNED ALONG TIME AGO IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW THE PRINTED DIRECTIONS YOU’LL END UP WITH A “RUBE GOLDBERG” LOOKING DEVICE AND WONDER WHERE YOU WENT WRONG!  WE’LL PUT IT TOGETHER TOMORROW AND TRY COOKING ON IT!

HOW ABOUT THAT SUPERBOWL, 17-14 NEW YORK GIANTS OVER THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS! THE PATRIOTS CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH AN 18-0 SEASON RECORD AND NEEDED THE SUPERBOWL TO FINISH 19-0, AN UNHEARD OF SCORE FOR A SINGLE SEASON! THE MIAMI DOLPHINS CAME CLOSE WITH A 17-0 A FEW YEARS BACK! 

IT’LL BE A LONG TIME BEORE ANYBODY EQUALS THE 18-1 RECORD OF THE PATRIOTS!  WE WERE PULLING FOR THE GIANTS ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE THE UNDERDOGS AND THE PACKERS AND COWBOYS WEREN’T PLAYING!  BUT THEY SHOWED THEY CAME TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND SHUT THE PATRIOTS DOWN ON DEFENSE AND OFFENCE!  IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD FLAG FREE GAME, I DON’T THINK THERE WERE 5 PENALTIES BETWEEN THEM!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

 

daily chronicle #2 vol 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 2 VOL 7

FEBURARY 3^RD 2008

WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 27/66 DEGREES

GAS STILL SAME, UP AND DOWN. WE PAID $2.73 AT WAL MART TODAY GOT 21.7 MPG ON THE LAST TANK.

IT WAS SO NICE MOM AND I PUT UP THE BAMBOO CURTINS AROUND THE DECK TODAY! WE’VE GOT TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT THE LAST TWO IN THE OPENING WHERE WE COME UNDER THE COVER ONTO THE COVERED PART OF THE DECK! THAT’LL BE HANDY WHEN THE SUMMER SUN GETS DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST!

WE WENT TO 5:00 MASS TODAY AND MET GARY AND CHARLEEN AFTERWARDS FOR DINNER AT “JONES BAR-B-QUE IN DENISON.” THEY HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST BAR-B-QUE IN THE AREA

DURING OUR CONVERSATION THE SUPERBOWL WAS BROUGHT UP AND CHARLEEN ASKED IF WE WERE GOING TO WATCH IT WHICH WE ANSWERED YES! “WELL, I’M NOT!” CHARLEEN SAID AND GARY SAID SHE WAS STILL UPSET BECAUSE THE PACKERS LOST!

LILLIAN SAID SHE WAS GOING TO ROOT FOR THE GIANTS TO BEAT THE PATRIOTS! GARY WANTS THE PATRIOTS TO WIN SO THEY’LL GO 19-0 AND BE THE FIRST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY TO DO IT! LIKE I SAID, “WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE” BUT, I’M PULLING FOR THE GIANTS SINCE THEY’RE THE TEAM THAT DALLAS COULDN’T BEAT THEY’VE GOT TO BE GOOD!

I MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT CELEBRATIES THAT HAD BIG YACHTS AROUND NEWPORT AND BALBOA HARBOR! ONE DAY I WAS WALKING AROUND THE BOAT SLIPS AT SOUTHCOAST BOAT YARD AND WALKED PAST A MAN SETTING ON THE AFTER DECK OF A BIG CRUSIER! HE CAME OVER AND ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING THERE AND I TOLD HIM JUST LOOKING AT THE BOATS! HE SAID THAT WASN’T ALLOWED BUT IF I DON’T GO ABOARD ANY OF THEM IT’LL BE OK! I TOLD HIM THANKS BUT I HAD NO INTENTIONS OF GOING ON ONE UNLESS INVITED! HE LAUGHED AND INVITED ME TO COME ON HIS. WE TALKED FOR A WHILE AND I FOUND OUT IT WASN’T HIS IT BELONGED TO NELSON EDDY HE WAS THE CAPTAIN! LOOKING AROUND I SAW A LIFE RING WITH THE NAME ON IT “DORENE II”, THE CAPTAIN TOLD ME DORENE WAS NELSON EDDYS WIFES NAME! I ASKED HIM IF I COULD BRING MY BIG SISTER TO SEE THE BOAT AND HE SAID SURE AS LONG AS SHE WAS AS WELL BEHAVED AS I WAS!

I RAN BACK TO THE CAMP GROUND AND TOLD MADELINE I GOT PERMISSION TO TAKE HER TO SEE NELSON EDDYS YACHT AT SOUTHCOAST DOCKS. SHE SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE NEXT DAY SINCE SHE HAD A DATE THAT NIGHT!

BRIGHT AND EARLY WE GOT UP AND GOT READY TO GO TO THE DOCKS. AS WE WALKED DOWN BALBOA AVE. TO THE ENTRANCE TO SOUTHCOAST BOAT DOCKS SHE KEPT ASKING ME IF I WAS SURE I HAD THE CAPTAINS OK AND I KEPT SAYING YES! IT WAS ABOUT 11AM WHEN WE GOT TO THE DOCKS AND THE DOCKMASTER ASK WHY WE WANTED TO GO ON THE DOCKS (HE WASN’T THERE THE DAY BEFORE) AND I SAID THE CAPTAIN OF THE DORENE II HAD INVITED US, HE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND VERIFIED WE WERE ACTUALLY INVITED! HE LET US THROUGH THE GATE AND I LED MADELINE DOWN THE RAMP TO THE BOAT! THE CAPTAIN CAME UP FROM BELOW AND WHEN HE SAW MADELINE HE ALMOST SWALLOWED HIS TONGUE! I INTRODUCED THEM AND WE ALL SAT AROUND THE AFTER DECK, I NOTICED HE COULDN’T KEEP HIS EYES OFF MADELINE (AT THE TIME I WAS 13 AND MADELINE WAS MY BIG SISTER! IN LATER YEARS I REALIZED WHY HE KEPT LOOKING AT HER! MY SISTER WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL RED HEAD WHO COULD GIVE RITA HAYWORTH A RUN FOR THE MONEY)! WE STAYED ABOUT TWO HOURS AND LEFT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING WE COULD BOTH COME BACK AND GO FOR A NIGHT CRUISE TO CATALINA! I THINK MADELINE DID BUT I HAD TO GET HOME TO START SCHOOL, THE SUMMER WAS OVER! I DID GO BACK THE NEXT YEAR BUT WITHOUT MADELINE AND WENT ON A CRUISE TO ENSENADA MEXICO, SHE HAD GOTTEN MARRIED TO CHUCK REID A BOMBARDIER IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. SHE HAD KNOWN CHUCK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE THE WAR AND HE WAS HOME ON LEAVE AND CALLED HER FOR A DATE WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY LONG AND BEAUTIFUL DATE!

MY NEXT ENCOUNTER WITH A CELEBRITY WAS IN 1946-47, MY COUSIN FRED HOLZER AND I WERE SWIMMING AROUND THE CANALS LEADING TO LIDO ISLE, WE SWAM UNDER THE LIDO ISLE BRIDGE AND WERE HEADED FOR THE BEACH ON THE ISLAND WHEN THIS MAN CALLED TO US OVER A MEGAPHONE, “IF YOU’RE TIRED COME ON OVER AND COME ABOARD TO REST! WHEN HE LOWERED THE MEGAPHONE I TOLD FRED HE WAS A MOVIE STAR BUT I COULDN’T REMEMBER JUST WHO HE WAS! WE SWAM OVER AND CLIMBED UP ON THE LITTLE BOAT LANDING THAT HUNG OVER THE SIDE OF THE SHIP! WHEN WE GOT TO THE TOP OF THE LADDER THERE WERE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE SETTING AROUND ON DECK CHAIRS! MOSTLY GOOD LOOKING YOUNG LADIES IN TWO PIECE BATHING SUITS, THERE WERE SOME OLDER MEN AND WOMEN SCATTERED AROUND! THE MAN WHO HAD CALLED TO US CAME OVER AND INTRODUCED HIM SELF, “I’M ERROL FLYNN”, THIS IS MY BOAT AND YOU ARE? I’M HOWARD MAHONEY AND THIS IS MY COUSIN FRED HOLZER! HOW WOULD YOU BOYS LIKE TO MAKE SOME SPENDING MONEY? “FINE”, WE BOTH ANSWERED IN UNISON, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? HE LOOKED AND POINTED UP AND SAID”YOU SEE THAT FISRT CROSS PIECE ON THE MAST? WE WANT YOU TO DIVE OFF THAT PLACE”. I ASKED HOW DEEP THE WATER WAS NEXT TO THE BOAT AND HE SAID, “AT LEAST 20 FEET!” HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING?” HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAID EVERYBODY WILL CHIP IN AND GIVE YOU EACH A HUNDRED DOLLARS!” I LOOKED AT FRED AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD YES SO I ALSO AGREED! AS CLOSE AS ERROL FLYNN NEW IT WAS 46 FEET TO THE FIRST YARD ARM AND ANOTHER 8 FEET FROM THE DECK OF THE BOAT TO THE WATER THAT WAS 54 FEET!  NEITHER ONE OF US HAD EVER DIVED FROM THAT HEIGHT BEFORE BUT SAID WHAT THE HECK WE WERE SWIMMERS AND DIVERS SO WE CLIMBED THE ROPE LADDER THAT WENT TO THE SPOT ON THE MAST! FRED SAID JUST DON’T LET YOUR FEET COME BACK OVER YOUR HEAD, KEEP YOU KNEES STRAIGHT, I KNEW THIS BUT IT SOUNDED GOOD HEARING HIM SAY IT!  I WENT FIRST AND REALY WENT DEEP, WHEN I CAME UP FRED WAS ON HIS WAY DOWN AND HIT THE WATER ABOUT 5 FEET FROM ME ONLY CLOSER TO THE BOAT! I DOVE OUT AND HE DOVE STRAIGHT DOWN JUST BARELY CLEARING THE SIDE OF THE BOAT! I HELD MY BREATH, IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD HIT IT BUT HE HADN’T! WHEN HE CAME UP HE WAS SMILLING! WE HAD MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO LAST THE REST OF THE SUMMER IF WE PLAYED IT CLOSE AND DIDN’T OVER DO IT!

WHEN WE GOT UP ON THE DECK EVERYONE CROWDED AROUND US ASKING WHY WE DID IT? THEN WE FOUND OUT MR. FLYNN HAD TRIED TO GET 7 OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT BUT EVERYONE SAID NO THE WATER WASN’T DEEP ENOUGH!  BUT, WE FIGURED IT WAS CLOSER TO 30 FEET THAN 20 ESPECIALLY ME, I HAD GONE DEEP AND TOOK LONGER THAN I FIGURED IT SHOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE SURFACE! WE COLLECTED OUR 200 DOLLARS AND ABOUT 50 DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR JUST HAVING THE GUTS TO DO IT! WHEN THE COAST GUARD HEARD WHAT WE HAD DONE THEY CONTACTED US AND WARNED US NOT TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN OR THEY’D BLACK BALL US FROM THE NEWPORT BALBOA AREA! THEY ALSO TOLD US THEY HAD WRITTEN ERROL FLYNN A TICKET THAT COST HIM $1,000 FINE FOR ENDANGERING YOUNG PEOPLE! THIS WAS AFTER THE WAR AND WE WERE 16-17 AT THE TIME!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

        

 

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 1 VOL 7

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 1 VOL 7

FEBURARY 2^ND 2008

WEATHER; GOOD, A LITTLE WINDY, HI HUMIDITY, 64 DEGREES

GAS STILL HANGING IN AT $2.83/$2.71 WAL-MART IS $2.77 LESS .03 CENTS!

INCASE YOU AREN’T AWARE IT’S THE OLD YO,YO GAME THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING ON US FOR YEAR AND THERE’S NOTHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO DO ABOUT IT!  BUT, I KNOW AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE TWO BUTT HEADS WHO ARE IN THE OIL BUSINESS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE THINGS WILL START TO IMPROVE AS LONG AS A DEMOCRAT IS IN THE OVAL OFFICE!

MOM AND I WENT TO TOWN TODAY AND DID SOMETHINGS LIKE MAIL LETTERS AND PCKAGS WE SHOULD HAVE MAILED BEFORE  THEN WE WENT TO OUR FAVORITE  CHINESE  RESTAURANT  FOR LUNCH, WHAT A MEAL! I LOVE CHINESE FOOD AND HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO QUIT!

WE WENT BY B&B TO SEE WHAT HE FOUND WITH SHANNONS CAR AND AFTER DOING EVERY TEST ON IT HE CAME DOWN TO THE TORQUE CONVERTE LOCKS UP AND CAUSE THE CAR TO JERK WHEN SHS’S COMING TO A STOP! SHE FIGURED OUT IF SHE PUTS IT IN 2^ND OR NEUTRAL IT WON’T DO THAT SO THAT’S HOW SHE BEEN DRIVING IT! TO CHANGE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD BE $750.00 PARTS AND LABOR AND AFTER A MONTH OR SO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD PROBABLY NEED REBUILDING, ANOTHER $1,700 TO 2,000!

MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TRADE THE CAR OFF UNLESS ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER SUGGESTION! SANNON IS SINGLE, NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH AND RAISING HER 1 YEAR OLD GRANDSON SO SHE DOESN’T HAVE MONEY TO SPEND NEEDLESSLY!  MOM AND I DO WHAT WE CAN SHORT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY! MOM TAKES HER WHERE SHE HAS TO GO MOST OF THE TIME!  KELLY AND TIM HELP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BUT THEY HAVE OBLIGATIONS TOO!

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE A GOOD WELL MAINTAINED CAR FOR SALE, PREFERBLY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT SINCE THAT IS WHAT MOST OF OUR EXPERIENCE IS ON LET ME KNOW AND I’LL GET A HOLD OF SHANNON!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

DON’T FORGET SUPER BOWL NEXT SUNDAY, THIS SHOULD BE A FANTASTIC GAME! MY PICK; GIANT 34 PATRIOTS 23

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 30 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 30 VOL 6

FEBURARY 1^ST 2008

WEATHER; COOL/COLD, HI HUMIDITY, 22/54 EGREES

GAS PRICES STILL HOLDING AT $2.71 IN DENISON SHERMAN

TRIED TO GO OUT ON THE DECK AND PUT UP CURTAINS BUT THE WIND WAS TO STRONG AND COLD! MAYBE TOMORROW!

ABOUT THE ONLY THING GOING ON RIGHT NOW ARE THE POLITICAL THINGS AND I SAID I WOULDN’T DISCUSS POLITICS OR RELIGION IN THIS CHRONICLE AND I WON’T!

ALL THE TV SHOWS WE USUALLY WATCH ARE RERUNS SO WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE ONES WE HAVE RECORDED ON OUR TVO AND “THE WHEEL of FORTUNE”!  THEN WE WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS AND WEATHER!  AFTER MOM GOES TO BED I WATCH EITHER A WAR MOVIE OR ONE OF THE OLD  MISSION  IMPOSSIBLE;  I’VE TRIED TO WATCH THE NEW MISSION IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT’S TO HARD TO GET INTO! ANYHOW I LIKE THE ACTORS IN THE OLD ONE AND THE PLOTS ARE MORE REALISTIC!

BILL MASON CALLED TONIGHT WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AND SAID EVERYTHING WENT OK! THEONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY PUT PIECES OF CLOTH OVER HIS FACE AND IT BOTHERED HIM! THEY DID THE SAME THING TO ME WHEN THEY DID MY PACEMAKER AND I TOLD THEM TO TAKE IT OFF AND TO PUT A MASK OVER THE OXYGEN MASK WHICH THEY DID! I CAN’T STAND ANYTHING OVER MY FACE EVEN IN BED I HAVE TO HAVE MY FACE OUT FROM UNDER THE COVERS!

I’VE MENTIONED HOW BILL MASON AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS, WELL, WE THINK  ALIKE  AND CAN READ EACH OTHERS MINDS: BACK IN 1947 I WAS DATING A GIRL NAMED IRENE VANDERVENE! ONE SUNDAY I PICKED HER UP TO GO ON A PICKNICK! I DROVE ALL AROUND IN GIFFITH PARK LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT SPOT WHEN SHE SPOTTED A PLACE WAY OFF THE ROAD WITH LOW HANGING TREES ALL AROUND IT! WE TOOK THE BLANKET AND BASKET AND HEADED OVER THERE! SHE HAD MADE SANDWICHES AND POTATO SALAD, THERE WAS TWO ORANGES AND TWO APPLES PLUS CUPCAKES AND ICED TEA! I HAD A PLUG ON MY CAR DASH BOARD THAT I COULD HOOK A REMOTE SPEAKER TO AND 200 FEET OF AIRCRAFT RADIO SPEAKER WIRE. I PULLED THE WIRE OUT AND OVER TO WHERE THE BLANKET WAS AND HAD THE RADIO ON KFWB, THE STATION ALL THE YOUNG KIDS LISTENED TO! WE HAD JUST FINISHED EATING AND LAID BACK TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND TALK WHEN I HEARD AN ENGINE I’D HEARD BEFORE. WE SAT UP AND THERE CAME BILL MASON ACROSS THE LAWN ON HIS SALSBURY MOTOR SCOOTER WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE! ON THE BACK WAS THE GIRL HE WAS DATING (CAN’T REMEMBER HER NAME) SO WHEN HE STOPPED WE INVITED THEM TO STAY AND HAVE SOME LUNCH, BILL NEVER TURNED DOWN FREE FOOD! WE HAD A GREAT TIME, HE’D BROUGHT A FOOTBALL AND THE GIRLS AND US PLAYED TOUCH FOOTBALL AND RAN ALL OVER THE PLACE THEN WHEN IT STARTED TO GET DARK WE PACKED UP AND HEADED FOR HOME! I’VE ASKED BILL A THOUSAND TIMES HOW HE FOUND US THAT DAY AND ALL HE SAYS IT’S A SECRET. HE NEVER HAS TOLD ME!

THIS WASN’T THE ONLY TIME WE’VE FOUND EACH OTHER! ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON I GOT A CALL FROM LOU WATT ABOUT GOING ROLLER SKATING AND I AGREED TO MEET HIM AT HIS HOUSE AT 5:30! I HAD LEFT MY SKATES IN BILL MASONS CAR THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND STARTED TRYING TO FIND HIM, HE WASN’T AT HOME NOT AT THE PARK, I WENT TO WHERE HE WORKED ON WEEKENDS BUT HE WASN’T THERE. I CALLED HIS BROTHER AND HE HAD BEEN THERE BUT LEFT TO GO PICK UP HIS GIRLFRIEND! I CALLED THERE BUT THEY HAD JUST LEFT AND HER SISTER DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GOING! I SAT DOWN AT BOB’S BIG BOY IN TOLUCA LAKE HAVING A COKE! WONDERING WHERE THE HECK HE COULD BE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND! I FINISHED MY COKE AND HEADED FOR THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL! THE GATES WERE LOCKED BUT HIS CAR WAS SETTING THERE! I WENT UP TO THE GUARD AND ASKED IF THE GUY THAT OWNED THAT CAR WAS UP IN THE BOWL, HE SAID HE WAS AND OPENED THE GATE AND GAVE ME A VISITORS PASS SO NONE OF THE OTHER GUARDS WOULD THING I SNUCK IN! I HAD REMEMBERED BILL GOT TICKETS TO A NAT KING COLE   CONCERT  HERE AT THE BOWL!  I FOUND THEM WAY UP IN THE BACK OF THE SEATING JUST SETTING AND TALKING! THEY WERE ABOUT 3 HOURS EARLY! WHEN HE SAW ME HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIS DAD WHO WAS REAL SICK! I TOLD HIM NO, ALL I WANTED WERE MY SKATES THAT I WAS GOING SKATING WITH LOU WATT! HE GAVE ME HIS SPARE KEY FOR THE CAR AND I GOT MY SKATES AND GAVE IT BACK TO HIM THE NEXT DAY!

WHEN I HAD THE ACCIDENT THAT BLINDED MY LEFT EYE MY CAR WAS IN THE POLICE IMPOUND IN SAN DIEGO! MY BROTHER JERRY BORROWED THE POLICE WRECKER FORM THE L.A. POLICE AND HE AND BILL WENT DOWN TO GET IT AND BRING IT HOME! THEN WHEN I GOT BETTER HE HELPED ME TAKE IT APART TO SEE WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AND IF IT WAS WORTH FIXING! I THOUGHT IT WAS AND CHANGED THE BODY WITH ANOTHER CONVERTIBLE ONE AND A LEFT FRONT FENDER! BUT, THAT’S ANOTHER STORY FOR LATER!

NOW YOU SEE WHY I TALK ABOUT BILL A LOT, WE’RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD