DAILY CHRONICLE #6 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 6 VOL 11

JUNE 6^TH 2008

WEATHER; HOT WINDY, HI HUMIDITY, 77/90 DEGREES

 I WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OK AROUND THE ACCLAIM AFTER THE BAD WIND WE HAD LAST NIGHT! THEN I CAME IN AND CALLED MIKE AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON WITH THE FREON! HE TOLD ME NOT TO DO ANYMORE THAT HE WOULD BE HERE AFTER WORK HE WAS AFRAID I’D DO SOMETHING AND HURT MY SELF! I SURE AM GLAD MY KIDS TAKE CARE OF MOM AND ME AND WORRY ABOUT US!

MIKE GOT HERE ABOUT 2:10 PM AND CHECKED THE VALVE WHERE THE FREON IS PUT IN AND DECIDED IT SHOULD TAKE IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM SO HE PUT TWO CANS OF JUST FREON THEN A CAN WITH FREON, OIL, LEAK DETECTOR AND STOP LEAK IN IT! IT REALLY COOLS NOW!

 MOM HAD TO GO PICK UP SHANNON AND GO GET KONNER FROM THE DAY CARE! THOSE PEOPLE SHE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM STILL HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE A/C, THEY PUT A NEW CONDENSER IN AND EVACUATED THE SYSTEM AND RECHARGED IT  (I THINK THEY EVACUATED IT) BUT THEY COULDN’T GET IT TO COOL! THEY MIGHT HAVE IT READY NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY!

 I DON’T WANT TO STICK MY NOSE IN BUT IF THEY CAN’T FIX IT THEY SHOULD TAKE IT TO AN AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR SHOP AND HAVE IT FIXED! FROM WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD THEY’RE CAR LOT MECHANICS AND MEAN WELL BUT SHANNON NEEDS HER CAR OR THEY NEED TO LET HER DRIVE A LOT CAR, ALL SHE SHOULD HAVE TO DO IS CALL HER INSURANCE PEOPLE AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO THEM AND ASK FOR ANOTHER CAR TO BE COVERED TILL HER CAR IS FIXED, THAT WOULD RELEASE THE CAR LOT OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY!

I CALLED BILL MASON TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDY AND FOUND OUT HIS BIRTHDAY IS THE 5^TH NOT THE 6^TH OF JUNE SO I’LL CHANGE MY BOOK! ONE OF OUR SCHOOL MATES CHARLOTT MARGOLAS TOOK HIM OUT TO LUNCH AND TWO MOVIES FOR HIS BIRTHDAY! SHE HAS A BAD RIGHT SHOULDER SO SHE CANT DRIVE AND BILL RUNS HER AROUND! I KNEW HER BROTHER FRED BETTER THAN HER!

WE PICKED UP THE TPS (THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR) TODAY AND KELLY SAID HE WOULD CHANGE IT HIS WEEKEND!

I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE INTREPID TO BONHAM VA SATURDAY FOR MY APPOINTMENT BUT I GUESS WE’LL TAKE THE ACCLAIM, MOM DROVE THE INTREPID AND SAID IT STILL ACTED UP SO I DON’T WANT TO PUSH MY LUCK AND MAYBE NOT MAKE MY APPOINTMENT!

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT PUSHING THEMSELVES ON US!
A DEPARTMENT OF WATER REPRESENTATIVE STOPPED AT A RANCH AND TALKED WITH AN OLD RANCHER. HE TOLD THE RANCHER, "I NEED TO INSPECT YOUR RANCH FOR YOUR WATER ALLOCATION."
THE OLD RANCHER SAID, "OKAY, BUT DON'T GO IN THAT FIELD OVER THERE."
THE WATER REPRESENTATIVE SAID, "MISTER, I HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH ME. SEE THIS CARD? THE CARD MEANS I AM ALLOWED TO GO WHEREVER I WISH ON ANY AGRICULTURAL LAND. NO QUESTIONS ASKED OR ANSWERED. HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR? DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
THE OLD RANCHER NODDED POLITELY AND WENT ABOUT HIS CHORES. LATER, THE OLD RANCHER HEARD LOUD SCREAMS AND SAW THE WATER REP RUNNING FOR THE FENCE AND CLOSE BEHIND WAS THE RANCHER'S BULL. THE BULL WAS GAINING ON THE WATER REP WITH EVERY STEP. THE REP WAS CLEARLY TERRIFIED, SO THE OLD RANCHER IMMEDIATELY THREW DOWN HIS TOOLS, RAN TO THE FENCE AND SHOUTED OUT..... "YOUR CARD! YOUR CARD! SHOW HIM YOUR CARD!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #5 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 5 VOL 11

JUNE 5^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM & WINDY, GUST TO 54 MPH, LOW HUMIDITY, 73/92 DEGREES

 

I CHANGED THE VALVE CORE IN THE A/C CHARGE VALVE ON THE ACCLAIM BUT STILL COULDN’T GET FREON TO GO IN SO I CALLED MIKE AND HE SAID TO LEAVE THE CORE OUT OF THE FITTING WHICH I DID AND GOT A WHOLE CAN OF FREON TO GO IN THE SYSTEM AND IT WAS COOLING BUT, WHEN I TOOK THE ADAPTER OFF THAT I USED TO PUT THE FREON IN WITH IT ALL CAME OUT BUT I NOTICED NO OIL CAME OUT WITH IT WHICH MEANT THE SYSTEM NEEDS AN OIL CHARGE! I’LL GET THAT TOMORROW!

 

KELLY BROUGHT THE INTREPID HOME AND DECIDED THE TPS (THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR) IS BAD SO WE ORDERED ONE THAT WILL BE IN TOMORROW! I DID SOME READING ON THE TPS AND FOUND THE SYMPTOMS LISTED ARE THE ONES WE’RE HAVING! I KEEP REMEMBERING THIS CAR SAT UP FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND THINGS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO PUT IT IN ACCEPTABLE SHAPE!

 

MIKE IS SUPPOSED TO STOP BYE AND TAKE THE DISHWASHER OUT AND TO THE SCRAP YARD! I GUESS IF WE WANT A DISHWASHER WE’LL HAVE TO BUY IT SINCE HE DIDN’T MENTION REPLACING IT! THAT DECISION IS UP TO MOM, IF SHE WANTS ONE WE’LL GET IT!

 

TOMORROW I CELEBRATE TWO THINGS; JUNE 6^TH, 1944, D-DAY AND IT’S ALSO BILL MASON’S BIRTHDAY! I’LL BE GIVING HIM A CALL SOMETIME DURING THE DAY OR EVENING!

 

SUBJECT: I'M SPEECHLESS


OBAMA EXPLAINS NATIONAL ANTHEM STANCE
IS THIS GUY CRAZY OR WHAT!


  ON SAT, 22 MAR 2008 18:48:04 -0400, 'LT. BILL GINN' USAF RET FORWARDED:

HOT ON THE HEELS OF HIS EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE NO LONGER WEARS A FLAG PIN,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR BARACK OBAMA WAS FORCED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE DOESN'T FOLLOW PROTOCOL WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED.

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 36, CHAPTER 10, SEC. 171, DURING
RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WHEN THE FLAG IS DISPLAYED, ALL PRESENT EXCEPT
THOSE IN UNIFORM ARE EXPECTED TO STAND AT ATTENTION FACING THE FLAG WITH THE
RIGHT HAND OVER THE HEART.

'AS I'VE SAID ABOUT THE FLAG PIN, I DON'T
WANT TO BE PERCEIVED AS TAKING SIDES,'
OBAMA SAID. 'THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD TO WHOM THE AMERICAN FLAG IS
A SYMBOL OF OPPRESSION. AND THE ANTHEM
ITSELF CONVEYS A WAR-LIKE MESSAGE. YOU
KNOW, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR AND ALL. IT SHOULD BE SWAPPED FOR SOMETHING LESS
PAROCHIAL AND LESS BELLICOSE. I LIKE THE
SONG 'I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO
SING.' IF THAT WERE OUR ANTHEM, THEN I MIGHT SALUTE IT.'

                      WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!! YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
COULD POSSIBLY BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.  I, FOR ONCE, AM SPEECHLESS . .




                                           PASS IT ON BEFORE IT'S TO LATE
                        LET'S TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT
                  THIS IDIOT.

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

 

HOWARD

DAILY CHRONICLE #4 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 4 VOL 11

JUNE 4^TH 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 75/99 DEGREES

MOM TOOK THE INTREPID AND WENT TO DO HER BANKING AND SHOPPING, SHE ALSO TOOK SHANNON SHOPPING WIH HER! SHE SAID THE CAR RAN FINE EXCEPT ONE TIME IT SEEMED TO SURGE A LITTLE THEN SETTLD DOWN! KRLLY IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO WORK OMORROW AND SEE WHAT HE CAN FIND!  I STAYED HOME AND TRIED TO GET THE A/C ON ACCLAIM TO TAKE SOME FREON BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY LUCK! I FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE SCHRADER VALVE CORE IS TO FAR IN AND THE PROBE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO PUSH IT OPEN CAN’T REACH IT! I HAD MOM GET A SCHRADER VALVE REPAIR KIT FROM AUTO-ZONE AND I’LL CHANGE IT OUT TOMORROW, I’M GOING TO LOSE ALL THE FREON THAT’S LEFT IN THE SYSTEM BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EVACUATED AND NEW FREON PUT IN ANYWAY!

MOM’S BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE DISHWASHER AND TODAY IT WOULDN’T SHUT OFF AFTER DRYING OVER NIGHT AND IT KEPT FILLING WITH WATER, SHE’D BAIL IT OUT BUT IT WOULD FILL RIGHT BACK UP, WE FIGURED SOMETHING BAD IS WRONG WITH THE SWITCH! I TRIED TO PULL IT OUT TO GET TO THE PLUG AND RIPPED THE DOOR OFF ONE SIDE! WE SHUT THE MAIN WATER VALVE OFF AND I CUT THE PIPE GOING TO THE MACHINE AND PUT A FAUCET ON THE END OF THE PIPE SO WE COULD TURN THE MAIN WATER BACK ON! WE’LL DECIDE WHAT TO DO TOMORROW!

RAY & BUBBA

(  GEORGIA MECHANICAL ENGINEERS)

WERE STANDING AT THE BASE OF A FLAGPOLE, LOOKING UP.

A WOMAN WALKED BY AND ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

"WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND THE HEIGHT OF THE FLAGPOLE," SAID BUBBA,

"BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LADDER."

THE WOMAN TOOK A WRENCH FROM HER PURSE, LOOSENED A FEW BOLTS,

AND LAID THE POLE DOWN.  THEN SHE TOOK A TAPE MEASURE FROM HER

POCKET, TOOK A MEASUREMENT, ANNOUNCED, "EIGHTEEN FEET, SIX INCHES,"

AND WALKED AWAY.


RAY SHOOK HIS HEAD AND LAUGHED. "AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN!

WE ASK FOR THE HEIGHT AND SHE GIVES US THE LENGTH!"

BUBBA AND RAY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #3 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 3 VOL 11

JUNE 3^RD 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 73/99 DEGREES

 

WELL, BARRACK OBAMA HAS CLAIMED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A SAD DAY IN BLACK ROCK! NOW WE’LL SEE WHAT THE DNC DOES ABOUT HILLARY’S WINNING THE MOST VOTES, OVER 18 MILLION! IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND HAROLD ICKES THREATENED TO TAKE THE WAY THE DNC RULES COMMITTEE HANDLED THE FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN SITUATION TO THE NEXT STEP UP AND TO THE SUPREME COURT IF NECESSARY! I SAY, IF YOU AGREE TO SEAT THE DELIGATIONS THEY SHOULD HAVE FULL VOTES NOT ½ VOTES! AND GIVE BACK THE 4 DELIGATES THEY TOOK FROM HILLARY AND GAVE TO OBAMA! SOUNDSLIKE UNDER HANDED THING ABOUND IN THE DNC!

 

WE WENT TO DALLAS VA THIS MORNING FOR MY 11:40 AM APPOINTMENT! YEAH RIGHT! WE GOT THERE AT 11:10 AM AND WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME MY APPOINTMENT WAS FOR 1:00 PM! NO BODY CALLED OR CONTACTED US BY MAIL TO SAY THE APPOINTMENT WAS CHANGED, BONHAM DOESN’T DO THINGS LIKE THIS! YOU CAN BET THE DIRECTOR AT THE DALLAS VA WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS WITH A CARBON COPY TO VA HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON D.C.

 

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, KELLY PUT FREON IN THE A/C LAST NIGHT AND WAS PRETTY SURE WE WOULD HAVE A/C FOR THE TRIP! WHEN I STARTED THE ACCLAIM UP THIS MORNING THE A/C JUST BLEW COOL AND GOT PROGRESSIVLY WORSE AS WE HEADED FOR DALLAS, BY THE TIME E GOT TO MCKINNEY TX. I SHUT THE COMPRESSOR OFF THE AIR WAS WARM COMING OUT OF THE VENTS! WE WENT ON DOWN AND CAME BACK WITHOUT A/C, IT WAS A MISERABLE TRIP TO SAY THE LEAST! WE HAD FREON AND THE TOOL TO PUT IT IN BUT IT WOULD BE TO HOT UNDER THE HOOD TO PUT IT IN!  AND IM’NOT SURE THE COMPRESSOR WOULD COME ON WITHOUT JUMPING THE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH SO I OPTED NOT TO DO IT! FOR MOM’S SAKE I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS I DON’T DO TO GOOD IN THE HEAT!

 

TOMORROW MORNING I’M GOING TO GO OUT AND PUT A ½ CAN OF FREON IN THE SYSTEM BY JUMPING THE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH AND THEN USE THE ELECTRONIC LEAK DETECTOR TO FIND THE LEAK! WE DON’T NEED TO BE OUT IN THE HEAT WITHOUT A/C AND IF WE HAVE TO WE’LL TAKE IT AND GET IT FIXED, I CAN DO SOME OF THE SMALL THINGS BUT IF IT’S LEAKING THROUGH A HOSE OR A SWEDGED FITTING  I WON’T TACKLE THAT!

 

KELLY CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER IN THE INTREPID AND TOOK IT OUT A DROVE IT AND SAID HE COULDN’T MAKE IT ACT UP LIKE IT DID THE OTHER DAY SO WE’LL USE IT TILL WE GET THE ACCLAIM A/C FIXED! MOM TALKED TO HIM BUT DIDN’T ASK IF HE RAN THE A/C IN THE INTREPID TO BE SURE THAT WASN’T WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM! I’LL TAKE IT OUT WITH MOM AND SEE HOW IT ACTS WITH US DRIVING! SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE WILL TAKE A CAR DOWN THE BLOCK AND BACK AND SAY IT’S FIXED, WE’LL GO TO SHERMAN AND BACK THEN WE’LL KNOW IF VERYTHING IS OK!

 

HER’S A COUPLE FROM ACRAMAX

 

NOT SO SMART

THE OLD INDIAN CHIEF SAT IN HIS HOME ON THE RESERVATION, SMOKING HIS CEREMONIAL PIPE, EYEING THE TWO U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SENT TO INTERVIEW HIM.

"CHIEF TWO EAGLES," ONE OFFICIAL BEGAN, "YOU HAVE OBSERVED THE WHITE MAN FOR MANY YEARS. YOU HAVE SEEN ALL HIS PROGRESS AND ALL HIS PROBLEMS." THE CHIEF NODDED.

THE OFFICIAL CONTINUED, "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THE WHITE MAN HAS DONE?"

THE CHIEF STARED AT THE OFFICIALS FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE, AND THEN CALMLY REPLIED, "WHEN WHITE MAN FOUND THE LAND, INDIANS WERE RUNNING IT. NO TAXES. NO DEBT. PLENTY BUFFALO, PLENTY BEAVER. MEDICINE MAN FREE. INDIAN PEOPLE HUNTED AND FISHED ALL THE TIME."

THE CHIEF PAUSED, THEN ADDED, "ONLY WHITE MAN DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK HE COULD IMPROVE SYSTEM LIKE THAT."

THE DEVIL YOU SAY

THE DEVIL TELLS A SALESMAN, "LOOK, I CAN MAKE YOU RICHER, MORE FAMOUS, AND MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANY SALESMAN ALIVE. IN FACT, I CAN MAKE YOU THE GREATEST SALESMAN THAT EVER LIVED."

"WELL," SAYS THE SALESMAN, "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO IN RETURN?"

THE DEVIL SMILES, "WELL, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME YOUR SOUL," HE SAYS, "BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO GIVE ME THE SOULS OF YOUR CHILDREN, THE SOULS OF YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE SOULS OF ALL YOUR DESCENDANTS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY."

"WAIT A MINUTE," THE SALESMAN SAYS CAUTIOUSLY, "WHAT'S THE CATCH?"

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #2 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 2 VOL 11

JUNE 2^ND 2008

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 73/98 DEGREES

 

GOT UP AND WENT TO BONHAM, THE AUDIOLOGIST NEGLECTED TO ORDER MY NEW AIDS BUT, THEY HAD TO MAKE NEW MOLDS OF THE EARS ANYHOW! THE A/C WOULDN’T COME ON WHEN WE STARTED THE ACCLAIM SO WE WENT WITH THAT OLD SYSTEM, 4 WDs AT 70 THAT’S,  4 WINDOWS DOWN AT 70 MPH! IT WASN’T TO BAD GOING BUT COMING BACK WAS A LITTLE WORSE!

 

KELLY CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND A LEAKY SCHRADER VALVE CORE IN THE LOW SIDE OF THE SYSTEM! HE USED MIKES ELECTRONIC LEAK DETECTOR TO FIND IT! TO THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW, A SCHRADER VALVE CORE IS LIKE A BIG TIRE VALVE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE THING YOU PUSH TO LET THE AIR OUT OF A TIRE, WELL THE ONES IN THE A/C ARE THREE TIMES AS BIG AS THOSE IN A TIRE! ANYHOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WELL HAVE A/C FOR OUR TRIP TO DALLAS VA IN THE MORNING!

 

LOU WATT CALLED TODAY WONDERING HOW I WAS DOING, I TOLD HIM, FINE EXCEPT FOR MY WALKING, IT’S GTTING SLOWER BUT, LIKE HE SAID, THEY CALL IT OLD AGE!

HE’S DOING FINE, WE TALKED ABOUT HIS HOUSE WHICH HE HASN’T SOLD YET, HIS ASSUMPTION ON THE HOUSING MARKET MAKES MORE SENSE THAN WHAT I’VE HEARD FROM THE SO CALLED EXPERTS!

HE SAYS PEOPLE AREN’T LOOKING TO BUY IN EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES ANYMORE, NOW THEY’RE MOVING MORE TO THE IN TOWN COMMUNITIES TO BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THINGS THE MUST HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY AREN’T JUMPING IN THE OLD “HOOPIE” TO GO GET A COKE ANY MORE!

THEY GO ONCE A WEEK AND DO WHAT WE USED TO DO IN THE MILITARY, A “ROUND ROBIN”, YOU END UP WHERE YOU STARTED AFTER DOING ALL THE IMPORTANT THING YOU HAVE TO DO AND YOU PLAN IT SO YOU JUST DO IT ONCE A WEEKM INSTEAD OF EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY!

 

I ASKED HIM IF THE WRITERS STRIKE GOT HIM MORE RESIDUALS AND HE TOLD ME HE HAS NEVER GOTTEN RESIDUALS OF ANY KIND, HE JUST GOT WELL PAID FOR THE JOB HE DID!

 

I’M STILL A DIE HARD, I THINK THE SUPERDELIGATES ARE GOING TO GO WITH THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND GIVE HILLARY THE NOMINATION! BARACK AND THAT WIFE OF HIS SCARE ME, THEY BOTH HAVE TO MANY SKELETONS TO SUIT ME! AND JUST NOW HE RESIGNS FROM HIS CHURCH, IF THAT’S NOT A POLITICAL MOVE I’VE NEVER SEEN ONE, YOU DON’T RESIGN FROM YOU CHURCH, YOU DISAVOW THE PASTOR BUT NOT THE MANY FRIENDS YOU SPENT TWENTY YEARS CULTIVATING! NO, I’M SORRY BUT THE OBAMA FAMILY DON’T BELONG IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THEIR TRACK RECORD, I JUST HOPE THE VOTERS CAN SEE THROUGH ALL THE HIGH MINDED SPEACHES HE’S MADE AND REMEMBER THEY’RE JUST SO MANY WORDS WITH NO ROOTS JUST LIKE HIM, NO ROOTS!

IF YOU REMEMBER HARRY TRUMAN WENT TO BED THINKING HE HAD LOST THE ELECTION AND WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING PRESIDENT!

 

HERE’S A LITTLE ITEM SENT TO ME AGAIN BY COLLEENS FIANCE’

 

WHAT A DIFFERENT 60 YEARS MAKES THIS MAY ANGER YOU, HURT YOU OR SADDEN YOU, ONE THING FOR SURE IT'LL GET YOUR ATTENTION. I KNOW EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THE WAR AND OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT. BUT, THIS ARTICLE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, AND I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES AND READ IT AND GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE "SITUATION" EXPRESSED ANY BETTER IN WORDS! WHEN ELECTING THE NEXT PRESIDENT, "THE ONLY DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE IS WHO YOU WANT SITTING IN THAT SEAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN - NOT IF -WHEN WE GET HIT AGAIN AND MILLIONS OF AMERICAN LIVES ARE PUT AT RISK!" THIS IS FROM : "YOU AIN'T GONNA LIKE LOSING." AUTHOR UNKNOWN. PRESIDENT BUSH DID MAKE A BAD MISTAKE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM. BUT THE MISTAKE WAS NOT HIS DECISION TO GO TO WAR IN IRAQ. BUSH'S MISTAKE CAME IN HIS BELIEF THAT THIS COUNTRY IS THE SAME ONE HIS FATHER FOUGHT FOR IN WWII. IT IS NOT. BACK THEN, THEY HAD JUST COME OUT OF A VICIOUS DEPRESSION. THE COUNTRY WAS STEELED BY THE HARDSHIP OF THAT DEPRESSION, BUT THEY STILL BELIEVED FERVENTLY IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE HAD ELECTED THEIR LEADERS, SO IT WAS THE PEOPLE'S DUTY TO BACK THOSE LEADERS. THEREFORE, WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT THE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER, RALLIED BEHIND, AND STUCK WITH THEIR LEADERS, WHETHER THEY HAD VOTED FOR THEM OR NOT OR WHETHER THE WAR WAS GOING BADLY OR NOT. AND WAR WAS JUST AS DISTASTEFUL AND THE ANGUISH JUST AS GREAT THEN AS IT IS TODAY. OFTEN THERE WERE MORE CASUALTIES IN ONE DAY IN WWII THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE ENTIRE IRAQ WAR. BUT THAT DID NOT MATTER. THE PEOPLE STUCK WITH THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR PATRIOTIC DUTY. AMERICANS PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN WWII AND WORKED TOGETHER TO WIN THAT WAR. EVERYONE FROM EVERY STRATA OF SOCIET Y, FROM YOUNG TO OLD PITCHED IN. SMALL CHILDREN PULLED LITTLE WAGONS AROUND TO GATHER SCRAP METAL FOR THE WAR EFFORT. GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS SAVED THEIR PENNIES TO BUY STAMPS FOR WAR BONDS TO HELP THE EFFORT. MEN WHO WERE TOO OLD OR MEDICALLY 4F LIED ABOUT THEIR AGE OR CONDITION TRYING THEIR BEST TO JOIN THE MILITARY. WOMEN DOUBLED THEIR WORK TO KEEP THINGS GOING AT HOME. HARSH RATIONING OF EVERYTHING FROM GASOLINE TO SOAP, TO BUTTER WAS IMPOSED, YET THERE WAS VERY LITTLE COMPLAINING. YOU NEVER HEARD PROMINENT PEOPLE ON THE RADIO BELITTLING THE PRESIDENT. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO FAT CAT ACTORS AND ENTERTAINERS WHO RAN OFF TO VISIT AND FAWN OVER DICTATORS OF HOSTILE COUNTRIES AND COMPLAIN TO THEM ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT. INSTEAD, THEY MADE UPBEAT FILMS AND ENTERTAINED OUR TROOPS TO HELP THE TROOPS' MORALE. AND A BUNCH EVEN ENLISTED. AND, IMAGINE THIS: TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS ACTUALLY STARTED THE DAY OFF WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR TROOPS! BACK THEN, NO NEWSPAPER WOULD HAVE DARED POINT OUT CERTAIN WEAK SPOTS IN OUR CITIES WHERE BOMBS COULD BE SET OFF TO CAUSE THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE. NO NEWSPAPER WOULD HAVE DARED COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING TO CATCH SPIES. A NEWSPAPER WOULD HAVE BEEN LAUGHED OUT OF EXISTENCE IF IT HAD COMPLAINED THAT GERMAN OR JAPANESE SOLDIERS WERE BEING 'TORTURED' BY BEING FORCED TO WEAR WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR, OR SUBJECTED TO INTERROGATION BY A WOMAN, OR BEING SCARED BY A DOG OR DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT BACK THEN. WE WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO A CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT OF PORNOGRAPHY, PERVERSION AND PROMISCUITY IN MOVIES OR ON RADIO. WE DID NOT HAVE LEGIONS OF CRACK HEADS, DOPE PUSHERS AND ARMED GANGS ROAMING OUR STREETS.. NO, PRESIDENT BUSH DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE IN HIS HANDLING OF TERRORISM. HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF BELIEVING THAT WE STILL HAD THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE OF OUR FATHERS. HE BELIEVED THAT THIS WA S STILL THE COUNTRY THAT OUR FATHERS FOUGHT SO DEARLY TO PRESERVE. IT IS NOT THE SAME COUNTRY. IT IS NOW A CROSS BETWEEN SODOM AND GOMORRA AND THE LAND OF OZ. WE DID UNITE FOR A SHORT WHILE AFTER 9/11, BUT OUR ATTITUDE CHANGED WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY WOULD REQUIRE SOME SACRIFICES WE ARE IN GREAT DANGER. THE TERRORISTS ARE FANATIC MUSLIMS. THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS OKAY, EVEN THEIR DUTY, TO KILL ANYONE WHO WILL NOT CONVERT TO ISLAM. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT ONE THIRD OR OVER THREE HUNDRED MILLION MUSLIMS ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE TERRORISTS CAUSE... HITLER AND TOJO COMBINED DID NOT HAVE NEARLY THAT MANY POTENTIAL RECRUITS. SO... WE EITHER WIN IT - OR LOSE IT - AND YOU AIN'T GONNA LIKE LOSING. AMERICA IS NOT AT WAR. THE MILITARY IS AT WAR. AMERICA IS AT THE MALL. MY HEROES WEAR COMBAT BOOTS! THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #1 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 1 VOL11

 

JUNE 1^ST 2008

 

WEATHER; HOT, HIGH HUMIDITY, 71/98 DEGREES

 

GLENDA AND KELLY HAD A FAMILY REUNION OF GLENDAS FAMILY! THE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURN OUT, THERE WERE CARS AND SUVs PARKED ALL OVER THE YARD! AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER GLEND BROUGHT US SOME SALADS AND FRIED CHICKEN THEN PEACH COBBLER FOR DESERT! IT WAS A REAL NICE DAY!

 

I WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND FIXED THE GROUND CABLE ON THE ACCLAIM, IT WAS LOSE IS WHY MOM HAD A HARD TIME STARTING IT YSTERDAY! I CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS AND PUT IN A QT. OF OIL, THAT’S THE 2^ND QT IN OVER 700 MILES!

 

TIM CALLED TODAY AS HE WAS LEAVING FOR WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE AMTRAK! I TOLD HIM THE PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE CAR   AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER BUT WASN’T SURE AND A PARTIALLY PLUGGED FUEL FILTER COULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM! I WENT OUT AND OPENED THE TRUNK AND THERE IT WAS A NEW FUEL FILTER FOR THE INTREPID! I CAN’T GET UNDER THE CAR TO CHANGE IT SO I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR KELLY OR TIM WHEN HE GETS HOME! IN THE MEAN TIME WE’LL GO ON DRIVING THE ACCLAIM!

 

YEARS AGO, I HAD A 1933 CHEVY COUPE AND DECIDED I NEEDED TO BUY ANOTHER CAR SO I STARTED LOOKING AND TRYING OUT DIFFERENT ONES BUT, YOU KNOW THE LONGER I LOOKED THE BETTER THE CHEVY STARTED TO RUN  AND RIDE! BEFORE, IT HAD A TENDENCY NOT TO WANT TO START VERY EASY, THAT STOPPED, THE BRAKES SQEAKED SOMETHING AWFUL THE LONGER I DROVE IT IN TRAFFIC, THAT STOPPED, THE DRIVERS WINDOW WAS SO HARD TO ROLL UP I TOOK THE HANDLE OFF AND USED A PAIR OF VISE GRIPS TO ROLL IT UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULD ALMOST TURN THE SHAFT WITH MY FINGERS SO I PUT THE INSIDE HANDLE BACK ON! THERE WERE OTHER THINGS BUT YOU GET THE IDEA? WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE INTREPID SATURDAY AND THE ACCLAIM DIDN’T WANT TO START, THE CABLE WAS LOSE BUT I HAD CHECKED IT AND OTHER THINGS WHEN I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD LAST WEEK, AT THAT TIME IF IT HAD BEEN LOSE I WOULD HAVE TIGHTENED IT!

 

I’M NOT SUGGESTING THAT CARS ARE ALIVE BUT WHEN YOU’VE HAD ONE FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU START THINKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF IT, IT SEEMS TO TAKE ON THE TASK OF SHOWING YOU WHY IT SHOULDN’T BE REPLACED!

 

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING A REAL GOOD MOVIE; “THE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED!” IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YOU PROBABLY THING IT’S A HORROR MOVIE? WELL IT’S FAR FROM THAT! IT’S A MOVIE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE GERMAN JEWS AND HOW THE NAZI’S USED THEM AS PAWNS AND THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT DID THE SAME THING! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN WHY THE JEWS ARE FIGHTING SO HARD TO KEEP THEIR HOMES IN ISRAEL!

 

I’M NOT SURE IF I WROTE ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK AND THE VA? TOMORROW I HAVE TO BE IN BONHAM AT 11:30 AM FOR ANOTHER HEARING TEST AND NEW AIDS, TUESDAY I HAVE TO BE AT THE DALLAS VA AT 11:40 AM FOR ORTHOPEDICS TO LOOK AT MY TOE THEN, SATURDAY BACK TO THE BONHAM VA FOR THE DERMOTOLOGY CLINIC TO LOOK AT A BLEMISH ON MY RIGHT CALF TO DETERMINE IF IT’S CANCEROUS! I GET TRAVEL PAY FOR ALL THESE TRIPS, NOT MUCH BUT IT HELPS WITH THE GAS!

 

I TALKED TO BILL MASON TODAY AND HE’S THINKING ABOUT COMING HERE FOR A VISIT, MAYBE NEXT MONTH! HE GOT BACK TO WORK LAST WEEK FOR THREE DAYS SHUTTELING BUSSES FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TO THE DIFFERENT PARKING AREAS! THEN TONIGHT I SAW ON THE NEWS WHERE THEY HAD A FIRE AT UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT PARK, THAT’S WHERE HE TOOK TWO BUSSES!

 

HERE’S A FUNNY FROM ACRAMAX

 

 

BAROMETER USES

A PHYSICS STUDENT ONCE GOT THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN AN EXAM: "YOU ARE GIVEN AN ACCURATE BAROMETER. HOW WOULD YOU USE IT TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF A SKYSCRAPER?" HE ANSWERED,

"GO TO THE TOP FLOOR, TIE A LONG PIECE OF STRING TO THE BAROMETER, LET IT DOWN 'TILL IT TOUCHES THE GROUND AND MEASURE THE LENGTH OF THE STRING." THE EXAMINER WASN'T SATISFIED, SO THEY DECIDED TO INTERVIEW THE GUY:

"CAN YOU GIVE US ANOTHER METHOD, ONE WHICH DEMONSTRATES YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS?"

"SURE, GO TO THE TOP FLOOR, DROP THE BAROMETER OFF, AND MEASURE HOW LONG BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND..."

"NOT, QUITE WHAT WE WANTED, CARE TO TRY AGAIN?"

"MAKE A PENDULUM OF THE BAROMETER, MEASURE ITS PERIOD AT THE BOTTOM, THEN MEASURE ITS PERIOD AT THE TOP..."

"...ANOTHER TRY?...."

"MEASURE THE LENGTH OF THE BAROMETER, THEN MOUNT IT VERTICALLY ON THE GROUND ON A SUNNY DAY AND MEASURE ITS SHADOW, MEASURE THE SHADOW OF THESKYSCRAPER..."

"...AND AGAIN?..."
"WALK UP THE STAIRS AND USE THE BAROMETER AS A RULER TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF THE WALLS IN THE STAIRWELLS."

"...ONE MORE TRY?"
"FIND WHERE THE JANITOR LIVES, KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND SAY 'PLEASE, MR. JANITOR, IF I GIVE YOU THIS NICE BAROMETER, WILL YOU TELL ME THE HEIGHT OF THIS BUILDING?'’

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #31 VOL 10

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 31 VOL 10

 

MAY 31^ST 2008

 

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 70/90 DEGREES

 

WE TOOK THE INTREPID TO GO TO MASS TODAY, WE PICKED UP CHARLEEN LATINIS AND WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR!

 

I THOUGHT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FIXED IT BUT WAS I WRONG! WHEN I TRY TO SET THE CRUISE AT 65 MPH IT DOES FINE FOR ABOUT 1 MILE THEN IT STARTS SLOWING DOWN AND I HAVE TO ALMOST FLOOR BOARD IT TO PICK BACK UP TO 65!

WHEN I GOT HOME I RAN THE KEY CODES AND GOT A 33 WHICH I’VE NEVER HAD BEFORE! I CHECKED THE BOOK AND IT SAID WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE A/C CLUTCH CIRCUIT! I’LL CHECK THAT OUT TOMORROW ALSO AND SEE IF I CAN TAKE CARE OF IT? IF I CAN’T I’LL HAVE TO CALL MIKE TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT, I NEED HIM TO SERVICE THE A/C ANYHOW. THAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM, LOW ON FREON AND BUILDING HEAD PRESSURE PUTTING A HEAVY DRAG ON THE ENGINE! I HOPE IT’S NOTHING SERIOUS!

 

I GOT A LITTLE OVER HEATED AT MASS AND WASN’T FEELING TO GOOD SO I CAME HOME AND MOM AND CHARLEEN TOOK THE ACCLAIM TO DINNER THEN MOM TOOK CHARLEEN HOME!

MOM GOT HOME AND TOLD ME SHE ALMOST DIDN’T GET THE ACCLAIM STARTED WHEN THEY STARTED HOME AFTER EATING! SHE GOT OUT AND SHOOK THE BATTERY CABLES AND IT STARTED! I KNOW WHAT’S WRONG AND WILL FIX IT TOMORROW WE CAN’T HAVE BOTH CARS DOWN! 

 

KELLY AND GLENDA HAVE STARTED A NEW BUSINESS, HERE’S THE INFORMATION;

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I MADE AN ERROR LAST NIGHT WHEN I TOLD YOU TIM WAS GOING TO SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON VIRGINIA TO BE UP DATED IN COMPUTERS!

ACTUALLY HE HAS GONE TO A LITTLE TOWN OUTSIDE OF ARLINGTON TO DO THE UPDATING OF THE COMPUTERS IN THAT OFFICE OF “AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION!” FROM WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD HE WAS SENT BY CORPORATE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE WITH COMPUTERS AND THE SYSTEMS THEY USE!

 

HERE’S A FUNNY STORY (JOKE) SENT TO ME BY DICK IRVIN, COLLEEN’S FIANCE’;

 

 

THE ROBOT CADDIE

>> 

>> A MAN GOES TO A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE.

>> HE APPROACHES THE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN THE PRO SHOP AND SAYS, "I

>> WOULD LIKE 18 HOLES OF GOLF AND A CADDIE."

>> THE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER SAYS, "THE 18 HOLES OF GOLF IS NO PROBLEM,

>> BUT ALL OF THE CADDIES ARE OUT ON THE COURSE. WHAT I WILL DO FOR YOU IS THIS:

>> WE JUST RECEIVED 8 BRAND NEW ROBOT GOLF CADDIES. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO

>> TAKE ONE WITH YOU OUT ON THE COURSE AND COME BACK AND TELL ME HOW

>> WELL IT WORKS, YOUR ROUND OF GOLF IS ON ME TODAY."

>> THE GOLFER OBVIOUSLY ACCEPTED THE MAN'S OFFER.

>> HE APPROACHED THE FIRST TEE, LOOKED AT THE FAIRWAY AND SAID TO

>> HIMSELF, "I THINK MY DRIVER WILL DO THE JOB."

>> THE ROBOT CADDIE TURNED TO THE MAN AND SAID, "NO SIR. USE YOUR 3

>> WOOD. A DRIVER IS FAR TOO MUCH CLUB FOR THIS HOLE."

>> HESITANTLY, THE GOLFER PULLED OUT HIS 3 WOOD, MADE GOOD CONTACT WITH

>> THE BALL, AND THE BALL LANDED ABOUT 10 FEET TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE

>> HOLE ON THE GREEN.

>> THE GOLFER, DELIGHTED, TURNED TO THE ROBOT AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS

>> ASSISTANCE.

>> AS THE GOLFER PULLED OUT HIS PUTTER HE SAID, "I THINK THIS GREEN IS

>> GONNA BREAK LEFT TO RIGHT."

>> THE ROBOT THEN AGAIN SPOKE UP AND SAID, "NO SIR. I DO BELIEVE THIS

>> GREEN WILL BREAK RIGHT TO LEFT"

>> THINKING ABOUT THE LAST TIME THE ROBOT CORRECTED HIS PREDICTION, HE

>> DECIDED AGAIN TO LISTEN TO THE MACHINE.

>> HE MADE HIS PUTT AND BIRDIED THE HOLE THANKS TO THE ROBOT AND HIS ADVICE.

>> BUT HIS LUCK DIDN'T END THERE. HIS ENTIRE GAME WAS THE BEST GAME HE

>> EVER PLAYED, THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE NEW ROBOT GOLF CADDIE.

>> UPON RETURNING TO THE CLUBHOUSE, THE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER ASKED,

>> "HOW WAS YOUR GAME ?" THE GOLFER STATED, "IT WAS, BY FAR, THE BEST

>> GAME I EVER PLAYED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME TAKE ONE OF YOUR ROBOTS.

>> SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> A WEEK PASSED, AND EXCITED, THE GOLFER RETURNED TO THE PRO SHOP.

>> UPON ENTERING, HE TURNED TO THE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER AND SAID, "I

>> WOULD LIKE 18 HOLES OF GOLF AND ONE OF THOSE ROBOT GOLF CADDIES, PLEASE."

>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM BEHIND THE COUNTER TURNED TO THE MAN AND SAID,

>> "WELL THE 18 HOLES IS NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WE HAD TO GET RID OF THE

>> ROBOTS WE HAD TOO MANY COMPLAINTS."

>> CONFUSED, THE GOLFER CRIED, "COMPLAINTS? WHO IN THE HECK COULD'VE

>> COMPLAINED ABOUT THOSE ROBOTS? THEY WERE INCREDIBLE"

>> THE MAN SIGHED AND SAID, "WELL, IT WASN'T THEIR PERFORMANCE.

>> IT WAS THAT THEY WERE MADE OF SHINY SILVER METAL, AND THE SUN

>> REFLECTING OFF THEM WAS BLINDING TO OTHER GOLFERS ON THE FAIR WAY. "

>> THE GOLFER SAID, "SO THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST PAINT THEM BLACK?"

>> THE MAN NODDED SADLY AND REPLIED, "WE DID. THEN FOUR OF 'EM DIDN'T

>> SHOW UP FOR WORK, TWO FILED FOR WELFARE, ONE OF THEM ROBBED THE PRO

>> SHOP, AND THE OTHER IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT."

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD