daily chronicle # 13 vol 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 13 VOL 6

JANUARY 16^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL/WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 40/72 DEGREES

CHECKED BOTH BATTERIES THIS MORNING, THE OLDEST ONE IS UP TO 1.300 GRAVITY AND 13.10 VOLTS (A LITTLE OVER CHARGED BUT AFTER 21/2 HOURS OFF THE CHARGER IT SETTLED DOWN TO 1.250 GRAVITY AND 12.90 VOLTS. THE ONE IN THE CAR WAS UP TO 1.200 GRAVITY AND 11.45 VOLTS SO I PUT IT BACK ON SLOW CHARGE FOR 3 HOURS AND CHECKED IT BEFORE I CAME IN, IT WAS 1.250 GRAVITY AND 12.78 VOLTS! I’VE GOT TWO GOOD BATTERIES! THE OLDER ONE I PUT IN THE MERCEDES, TIM WANTS TO CRANK IT UP AND MOVE IT TO A BETTER SPOT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR SOMEBODY DOWN NEAR HIM WHO MAY WANT TO BUY IT! MAYBE IT’LL GET SOLD, I SURE HOPE SO, ALL IT NEEDS IS A LITTLE T.L.C. AND I CAN’T DO IT! OH, I CAN DO THE TINKERING BUT NOT THE HEAVY WORK LIKE PULLING THE FLOOR BOARDS TO GET AT THE TRANSMISSION SOLONOID ETC, ETC.!

WENT TO WAL-MART & HOME DEPOT AND PICKED UP SOME THINGS TO HANG THE ROLL UP BAMBOO CURTAINS TIM GAVE US ON! WE’LL TRY TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE BAD WEATHER HITS TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

MOM GOT MY NEW KEYBOARD HOOKED UP TODAY AND IT SURE IS GOOD NOT TO HAVE TO GO BACK OVER WHAT I’VE TYPED TO CHANGE SOME LOWER CASE LETTERS TO UPPER CASE AND NOT HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING IT BACK IN UPPER CASE WHEN I’M DOING MY CHRONICLE, FOR SOME REASON I’D BUMP THE “CAP LOCK” AND GO BACK TO LOWER CASE WITHOUT KNOWING IT TILL I LOOKED UP AT THE SCREEN!

IN 1943 WHEN I WAS IN THE 7^TH GRADE AT ST. CHARLES SCHOOL IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD ONE OF MY CLASSMATES FATHER STARTED A PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS AT HIS HOME WHICH I JOINED! HIS DADS NAME WAS JACK URBAN! HIS MAIN BUSINESS WAS MAKING AND REPAIRING SPECIAL STILL CAMERAS FOR THE MOVIE STUDIOS! ANOTHER JOB HE HAD WAS MAKING MINATURE CAMERAS FOR THE FBI AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCYS! MR URBAN TAUGHT US HOW TO POSE PICTURES, WHAT FILM TO USE FOR A PARTICULAR JOB, AND USE THE LIGHT WE HAD OR COULD GET WITH REFLECTORS, THEN WE LEARNED HOW TO DEVELOP OUR OWN FILM! ONE NIGHT AFTER CLASS HE TOOK US IN THE DEN AND MRS. URBAN SERVED US HOT COCOA AND COOKIES WHILE MR. URBAN SAT UP A MOVIE PROJECTOR AND SHOWED US A SHORT FILM ABOUT WHERE HIS MINATURE CAMERAS WERE USED AND SOME OF THE PICTURES THEY HAD TAKEN! ONE PICTURE STILL STICKS IN MY MIND EVERYTIME I REMEMBER THE URBANS’! IT WAS OF TWO MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF GRAUMANS CHINESE THEATER ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD. TALKING, ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE OF THE MEN TOOK OUT A PISTOL AND SHOT THE OTHER MAN IN THE FOREHEAD OR, SO WE THOUGHT! IT WAS A SET UP MOVIE SHOT BUT THE AMAZING THING WAS THE PICTURE WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS TAKEN FROM THE ROOF OF THE CALIFORNIA BANK ON THE CORNER OF HIGHLAND AVE. AND HOLLYWOOD BLVD. OVER TWO BLOCKS AWAY, YOU COULD READ THE LAPEL BUTTON ONE OF THE MEN HAD ON HIS JACKET, IT WAS ABOUT TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SAID; “BUY BONDS” AND IT WAS TAKEN WITH A MINATURE CAMERA MADE BY MR URBAN MOUNTED IN THE HINGE OF A PAIR OF GLASSES WORN BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER! ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER I SAW THAT SCENE IN A SPY MOVIE WITH PETER LORIE AND SIDNEY GREENSTREET BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME!

HERE ARE SOME THINGS I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

From: Howard Mahoney To: HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE READERS

Sent: JANUARY 15^TH 2008

Subject: Irish smiles!  

Irish Smiles Definition of an Irish husband: He hasn't kissed his wife for twenty years, but he will kill any man who does. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink. Quinn thinks he's very lucky because his own wife makes him walk. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The late Bishop Sheen stated that the reason the Irish fight so often among themselves is that they're always assured of having a worthy opponent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- An American lawyer asked, "Paddy, why is it that whenever you ask an Irishman a question, he answers with another question?" "Who told you that?" asked Paddy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Question - Why are Irish jokes so simple? Answer - So the English can understand them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reilly went to trial for armed robbery. The jury foreman came out and announced, "Not guilty." "That's grand!" shouted Reilly. "Does that mean I can keep the money?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Irish lass  customer: "Could I be trying on that dress in the window?" Shopkeeper: "I'd prefer that you use the dressing room." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control a wife? A. A bachelor. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Finnegan: My wife has a terrible habit of staying up 'til two o'clock in the morning. I can't break her of it. Keenan: What on earth is she doin' at that time? Finnegan: Waitin' for me to come home  --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slaney phoned the maternity ward at the hospital. "Quick!" He said. "Send an ambulance, my wife is goin' to have a baby!" "Tell me, is this her first baby?" the intern asked. "No, this is her husband, Kevin, speakin'." --------------------------------------------------------------------- "O’Bryan" asked the druggist, "did that mudpack I gave you improve your wife's appearance?" "It did surely," replied O'Bryan, "but it keeps fallin' off!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------Two ladies went to confession with the new Priest that just came in from Notre Dame he had a small radio with ear phones and was listening to the Notre Dame USC game! The first lady came out shaking her head and went and kneeled down to say her penance! The second lady came out and knelt down next to the first lady! After they were done they sat back in the pew and the first one said; “sure, and he’s a strange young man”. The second one asked; “and why would you sat that?” “ he just gave me ten yards for clipping!” “ you’re lucky he gave me 15 yards for a face mask” needless to say neither one knew what he was talking about but when they told the Pastor, he knew, and there were no more radios in the confessionals!

That’s “30” for this issue.

Howard

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 12 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 12 VOL 6

JANUARY 15^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL/WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 30/65 DEGREES

THE BATTERY OUT OF THE TRUNK CAME UP TO 1.200 GRAVITY AND 11.47 VOLTS THE READING AFTER I LET IT SET FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN I TOOK IT OFF THE CHARGER! I PUT IT BACK ON CHARGE AT 5 AMPS AND WILL CHECK IT IN THE MORNING! IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD BATTERY!

I PUT THE BATTERY THAT TIM HAD PUT IN THE CAR OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WENT DEAD BECAUSE OF THE THINGS IN THE SYSTEM THAT DRAW A MINNIMAL AMOUNT OF POWER BUT OVER A YEAR THEY WILL PULL EVEN A GOOD BATTERY DOWN! I CHECKED IT BEFORE I CAME IN FOR THE NIGHT AND IT HAD 1.175 GRAVITY AND 12.00 VOLTS. I LEFT IT OFF THE CHARGER AND WILL RECHECK IT IN THE MORNING!

I PULLED THE AM/FM CD PLAYER OUT OF THE DASH, SOMEBODY HAD TRIED TO STEAL IT AND WHEN THEY COULDN’T LOOSEN THE SPECIAL ANTI THEFT SCREW THEY DESTROYED THE FACE PLATE! ALL THE DUMMIES HAD TO DO WAS USE A SCREW DRIVER TO POP THE BEZEL OFF THE RADIO SLOT AND USE A PAIR OF SMALL VISE GRIPS TO TURN THE SCREW AND THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH A GOOD RADIO! I’VE NEVER MET A SMART CROOK! I CALLED MY FAVORITE WRECKING YARD AND I CAN GET A RADIO JUST LIKE WAS IN THE DASH FOR $65.00, THE ONE IN THE CAR WAS OVER $400.00 WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW!

I RE-HOOKED ALL THE VACUMM HOSES AND ELECTRIC PLUGS THAT TIM AND KELLY LEFT LOSE SO THE PEOPLE AT B&B WOULDN’T HAVE TO UNHOOK THEM! HIT THE STARTER AND IN TWO REVOLUTIONS IT BUSTED OFF! IT HASN’T RUN SINCE LAST MARCH! I THOUGHT THE EXHAUST HAD BEEN RE CONNECTED BUT IT HADN’T, WOW, WHAT A RACKET! I SHUT IT RIGHT OFF AND CALLED TIM. THEY HAD LEFT THE EXHAUST LOSE SO UNTILL I CAN GET IT PUT BACK IN PLACE I CAN’T RUN THE CAR TO TRY AND CLEAN UP THE TRANSMISSION WITH B-12!

I NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY I CLEANED UP THE TRANSMISSION IN THAT 59’ PLYMOUTH; IT TOOK TWO TIMES WITH B-12 THE DAY I STARTED ON IT THEN MR. PETERS DROVE IT FOR A WEEK AND BROUGHT IT BACK IN AND I RAN ANOTHER PINT OF B-12 IN IT ON THE RACK FOR AN HOUR, DRAINED IT AND DROPPED THE PAN AND FILTER TO CHECK FOR TRASH, NOTHING SO I REPLACED THE FILTER AND REFILLED IT WITH REGULAR MOPAR TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NEVER HAD TO CHECK IT AGAIN! MR. PETERS WAS A REAL HAPPY CAMPER!

I DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO THINK YOU CAN CLEAN ONE UP WITH JUST ONE PINT OF B-12! DEPENDING ON HOW BAD THE TRANSMISSION IS PLUGGED UP IS WHAT YOU GO BY! ONE LIKE THE PETERS CAR WAS BAD AND TOOK 3 PINTS! OUR INTREPID MAY CLEAN UP WITH ONE OR MAYBE TWO OR THREE! I THINK ONE WILL DO IT THOUGH!

TIM SENT UP 8 ROLL UP BAMBOO CURTAINS FOR AROUND THE DECK IN THE INTREPID SO I’M GOING TO TRY AND HANG THEM TOMORROW!

WE’VE GOT SOME PRETTY BAD WEATHER COMING IN TOMORROW NIGHT THAT’S SUPPOSED TO LAST THRU THE WEEKEND!

IT SURE IS A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO ON A CAR THAT I DON’T HAVE TO LAY ON THE GROUND OR UNDER THE DASH!

LITTLE THING LIKE HOOKING UP VACUMM HOSES AND PLUGS, CHARGE BATTERIES, REMOVE RADIOS AND JUST GENERAL THINGS!

SOMETIMES I FEEL SO USELESS, THINGS I DID ALL MY ADULT LIFE I’M NOT ABLE TO DO ANYMORE AND THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME! MOM HAS TO DO ALL THE THINGS FOR ME THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO! BUT, I’LL HANG IN THERE AND JUST DO WHAT I CAN!

IT’S A GOOD THING WE BOUGHT ALL THE BATTERY OPERATED TOOLS WE DID! THEY REALLY DO HELP WHEN I NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE LIKE HANGING FLOWER POT HOLDERS FOR MOM OR THE DRAPE SLIDE OVER THE GLASS DOOR!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 11 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 11 VOL 6

JANUARY 14^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 20/56 DEGREES

IT’S FINALLY HOME WHERE IT BELONGS! THE 1995 INTREPID IS SETTING NEXT TO MY MERCEDES! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN IT IN THE BRIGHT DAY LIGHT IT’S  IN EVEN BETTER CONDITION THAN WE THOUGHT! THE BUMPERS DON’T HAVE ANY HOLES JUST PAINT SCRAPED OFF AND I CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT WITH THE EQUIPMENT I HAVE, ELECTRIC SANDER, BINKS TYPE SPRAY GUN AND A SMALL AIR COMPRESSOR WITH A PRESSURE REGULATOR!

THE FIRST THING I DID WAS HAVE MOM GET THE BATTERY OUT OF THE TRUNK AND I PUT IT ON MY SERIES CHARGER AT 12:88 VOLTS AND 5 AMPS! FROM WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD IT WENT DOWN SETTING WHICH MEANS SLOWLY SO THAT’S HOW IT MUST BE BROUGHT BACK! IF YOU TRY TO BRING A BATTERY BACK THAT’S GONE DOWN SLOW WITH A HOT CHARGER IT WILL BUCKLE THE PLATES! IF YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO AROUND 11:00 SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND THEN HIT IT WITH A HOT CHARGER PUTTING OUT 10-15 AMPS FOR NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES AND THEN GO BACK WITH THE SLOW CHARGER TILL YOU GET 12:25- 12:50 SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND LET IT SET OVER NIGHT AND IT DOESN’T GO DOWN YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD HOT BATTERY! WHEN IN THE CAR THE ALTERNATOR WILL KEEP IT UP AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T DEVELOP A DEAD CELL! THAT’S USUALLY INDICATED BY IT GOING DOWN OVER NIGHT AND YOU NEED TO USE JUMPERS TO START THE ENGINE!

WE WERE IN THE AUTO ELECTRIC BUSINESS FOR ALMOST 17 YEARS! DURING THAT TIME WE REBUILT THE TAR TOP LEAD ACID BATTERIES AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS TO KEEP A BATTERY IN GOOD CONDITION!

RIGHT AFTER WWII MY DAD WENT IN THE BATTERY BUSINESS AND WAS A DESTRIBUTOR FOR CARDINAL-ESTEE BUILT BATTRIES OUT OF LOS ANGELES, I STARTED CHANGING THE BATTERIES OUT AND CHECKING THE CHARGING SYSTEMS! BACK THEN 99% OF THE BATTERIES WERE 6 VOLT OR IN THE CASE OF MARINE APPLICATIONS 8 VOLT! IF WE CAME ACROSS A CAR THAT WAS HARD TO START BECAUSE OF WEAR WE WOULD PUT AN 8 VOLT BATTERY IN AND ADJUST THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO 7.2 VOLTS!

WHEN WE WERE IN THE BUSINESS IN TEXAS I PUT A LOT OF 8 VOLT BATTERIES IN FARM TRACTORS WITH A 6 VOLT SYSTEM ADJUSTING THE REGULATOR TO 7.2 VOLTS AND SOLVED A LOT OF STARTING PROBLEMS WHEN THE TRACTOR WAS HOT!

I’M STILL GOING TO START THE INTREPID AND USE SOME B-12 IN THE TRANSMISSIN TO SEE IF I CAN BREAK IT LOSE SOMEBODY TOLD KELLY IT SOUNDED LIKE A DIRTY VALVE BODY, IF IT IS B-12 WILL DO THE JOB! IF IT’S MECHANICAL, WORN OUT DISC OR A BROKEN PIECE IN THE TRANSMISSIN CASE THEN IT WON’T! I’VE GOT TO GIVE IT THE GOOD OLD COLLEGE TRY!

I DON’T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COWBOYS AND THE GIANTS! IN MY OPINION DALLAS DIDN’T COME TO PLAY FOOTBALL THE CAME FOR THE MEDIA AND ALL THE HOOPALA! BUT, I’LL STILL BE A FAN AND ROOT FOR THEM NEXT YEAR, 13-3 ISN’T BAD BUT, NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH!

NOW, NEXT WEEKEND I’LL BE ROOTING FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ALONG WITH MOM AND HOPE WE SEE THEM IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAINST THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS! NOW THAT WILL BE A GAME TO SEE UNLESS ONE OR THE OTHER GETS BEAT!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 10 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 10 VOL 6

JANUARY 13^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, HIGH HUMIDITY, 33/54 DEGREES

KELLY HAD HIS TRUCK ALIGNED TODAY AND LOADED UP AN OLD DeWALT RADIAL ARM SAW THAT I INTENDED TO REBUILD AND USE WHEN WE WERE REMODELING THE MOBILE HOME WE WERE LIVING IN! IT’S A MODEL GW 1, REL. 7, SERIAL # 18401 AND WAS MADE IN 1950-55! IT WOULD RUN ON 110-220 VOLTS! TIM IS GOING TO REBUILD IT FOR USE IN HIS WOODWORKING SHOP!

KELLY ALSO HOOKED ON TO A TWO WHEEL DOLLY THAT HE’S GOING TO BRING OUR INTREPID UP FROM TIMS WITH TOMORROW! WE’LL PROBABLY TAKE IT TO B&B TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED NEXT MONTH! I WANT TO TRY SOME THINGS BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THEM! I’M A GREAT BELIEVER IN A PRODUCT CALLED BARRYMAN B-12 AND HAVE MADE TRANSMISSIONS START WORKING FINE BY USING IT!

ONE CASE I’LL NEVER FORGET; AN OLD BLACK MAN WALKED INTO A STATION I WORKED AT NEAR SIX-FLAGS IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS AND ASKED IF HE COULD USE THE PHONE TO CALL HIS SON TO PICK HIM UP! I SAID SURE, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM! HE TOLD ME HE HAD HIS 1959 PLYMOUTH TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN ARLINGTON AND THEY SAID HIS TRANSMISSION WAS BURNED UP AND TO REBUILD IT WOULD BE $750.00 THEN TRIED TO TRADE HIM INTO A NEW CAR! HE GOT SUSPECIOUS WHEN THEY OFFERED HIM $1500.00 TRADE IN SO HE DECLINED AND STARTED HOME, HE GOT WITHIN ¼ MILE OF THE STATION SO I TOOK THE PICKUP AND PUSHED HIM IN AND UP TO THE DOOR AND ON THE CHASSIS LIFT! I PUT THE CAR UP ON THE LIFT AND STARTED THE ENGINE, IT RAN LIKE A NEW ONE, I LOOKED AT THE ODOMETER AND ASKED HIM IF THE MILEAGE WAS CORRECT, HE SAID YES, HE’D BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT STILL LOOKED IT! NO WONDER THE DEALER WANTED THE CAR, IT HAD A LITTLE OVER 30,000 MILES ON IT! THIS WAS IN 1955-56! I PULLED THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK AND THE FLUID DRIPPED NOT RUN OFF THE END AND SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN EGGS!

I WENT OVER TO MY TOOL BOX AND GOT A PINT OF B-12 AND POURED IT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND PUT THE SELECTOR IN #1(IT WAS A TORQUEFLITE AUTOMATIC AND HAD 1-2-DR) THEN WENT IN THE OFFICE AND SAT THERE TALKING TO HIM AND WATCHING THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. AFTER ABOUT 20-30 MINUITES THE WHEEL STARTED TO JERK AND MOVE AND STOP THEN IT STARTED SPINNING, THE LEFT REAR WAS TURNING SLOWLY BACKWARDS! I WENT OVER AND LET THE CAR DOWN TO ALMOST THE FLOOR AND GOT IN AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BOTH WHEELS STOPPED AND I PUT IT IN REVERSE THEN NEUTRAL AND THEN 1-2-DR AND KEPT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE! I PUT IT IN PARK AND LET IT DOWN AND BACKED IT OFF THE LIFT AND DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, PULLED IT AROUND THE PUMPS AND PARKING AREA STOPPING AND REVERSING THEN DRIVE!  I FINALLY TOOK IT OUT ON THE ROAD KNOWING IF NECESSARY I COULD PUSH IT BACK IN WITH THE PICKUP! IT DIDN’T SHIFT TO SMOOTH BUT NEVER FAILED TO GHANGE TO A HIGHER GEAR! I PUT IT BACK ON THE LIFT AND TOOK IT ALL THE WAY UP AND PULLED THE TRANSMISSION PAN AND FILTER, YUK; WHAT A MESS, THE PAN HAD GUNK ABOUT AN INCH DEEP IN THE BOTTOM AND IT WAS HARD! THE MAN WAS STANDING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AND I ASKED HIM WHEN THE LAST TIME HE HAD THE FLUID CHANGED? NEVER HE SAID, I DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD TO CHANGE IT! I TOLD HIM TO READ THE OWNERS MANUAL! AND FOLLOW IT! I ROLLED THE TORQUE CONVERTER AROUND AND TOOK ONE PLUG OUT THEN DID IT AGAIN AND TOOK THE OTHER ONE OUT TO LET IT DRAIN!

MR. PETERS CALLED HIS SON AND HAD HIM COME AND PICK HIM UP! I TOLD HIM THE CAR WOULD BE READY THE NEXT DAY AFTER LUNCH! HE ASKED HOW MUCH? I TOTALED EVERYTHING UP INCLUDING LABOR AND THE USE OF OR PICKUP AND IF I REMEMBER IT WAS LESS THAN $75.00! THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE THE TRANSMISSION ACT UP BUT IT NEVER DID! WHEN HE CAME FOR THE CAR HE HAD ME FILL IT WITH GAS AND HANDED ME $125.00, THE GAS WAS ONLY $4.35! AS LONG AS I WORKED THERE HE WOULD STOP IN FOR GAS AND LET US SERVICE THE CAR! I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR A FELLOW MAN AND HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO IT WHENEVER I COULD! THIS IS A GOOD FEELING TO HAVE!

FYI; YOU SHOULD CHANGE MOST AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERY 25,000 MILES UNLESS YOUR OWNERS MANUAL SAYS DIFFERENT! IT’S ALWAYS BEST TO FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER’S RECOMMENDATIONS!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 9 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 9 VOL 6

JANUARY 12^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HMUIDITY, 30/57 DEGREES

WE FINALLY GOT THE DRAPES UP AND EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECT! WE HAD HALEY JO AGAIN TODAY AND MOM HAD TO TAKE HER TO THE DOCTOR AT 12PM FOR HER COUGH AND THROWING UP. THE DOCTOR SAID SHE HAS A VIRAL INFECTION! ONE OF THE THINGS WAS SHE IS NOT TO GET ANY COUGH MEDICINE IT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT CURES!

OUR NEXT PROJECT IS TO PUT THE DECK HEATER TOGETHER PEGGY AND PAUL GAVE US FOR CHRISTMAS!

YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLES BILL MASON AND I HAD GONE TO THE BEACH ON HIS HARLEY 45! IT WAS LATE WHEN WE HEADED BACK SO WE TOOK A SHORT CUT OVER A MOUNTAIN ROAD HE HAD USED BEFORE. THE ONLY THING WAS HE HAD NEVER RIDDEN IT AT NIGHT AND IN THE FOG AND THIS TRIP WAS IN BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS! THE ROAD WAS TWISTING ALL OVER THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FOG WAS REALLY GETTING THICK! I WAS SETTING ON THE MAIN SEAT AND HE WAS ON THE LITTLE SEAT THAT FOLDED FORWARD ON THE TANK! AS TALL AS I AM I COULD SEE OVER HIS HEAD OR SHOULDER! THE LIGHTS ON THOSE OLD MILITARY HARLEY SCOUT BIKES WASN’T THE BEST AND WE ENDED UP THROUGH A BARB WIRE FENCE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PASTURE SURROUNDED BY CATTLE, MAINLY COWS BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE LOOKING RIGHT AT A BIG BULL! HE WASN’T TO SURE WHO OR WHAT WE WERE AND DIDN’T MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CHARGE US!

WE BOTH GOT OFF THE BIKE AND WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT AROUND SO WE COULD GET BACK ON THE ROAD WHEN THE BULL STARTED WALKING TOWARDS US! WE TRIED TO IGNOR HIM BUT IT’S HARD TO DO WHEN YOU’RE PUSHING A 600 LB MOTORCYCLE THROUGH MUD AND COW PIES!

ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING SPOOKED THE BULL AND HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND CAME AT A RUN TOWARDS US! WE BOTH LET GO OF THE BIKE AND HEADED FOR WHERE WE THOUGHT THE ROAD WAS AND IT WAS THERE   THE BARB WIRE FENCE WE HAD GONE THROUGH WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND AND I TRIPPED OVER IT BILL CAME BACK AND HELPED ME UP AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS YELL, SCREAM AND WAVE OUR ARMS IN HOPES IT WOULD SCARE THE BULL WHICH IT DID AND HE STOPPED ABOUT 40 FEET FROM WHERE WE WERE STANDING ON THE ROAD! IF HE HADN’T OF STOPPED WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE WE COULD RUN TO FOR PROTECTION, BELIEVE ME IT WAS SCARY!

ALL AT ONCE WE WERE HIT WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS AND A MAN IN A PICKUP CAME UP TO US! HE GOT OUT AND ASKED IF WE WERE HURT WHICH WE WEREN’T EXCEPT FOR SOME SCRATCHES WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE BARB WIRE! HE SAID HE OWNED THE LAND AND CATTLE AND HEARD US WHEN WE SCREAMED AT THE BULL SO HE CAME TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED! WE TOLD HIM ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE FENCE IN THE FOG AND TRYING TO PUSH THE BIKE OUT TO THE ROAD! HE WAS REAL NICE, WE HELPED FIX THE FENCE AND HE HOOKED ON TO THE BIKE AND PULLED IT TO THE ROAD WITH BILL ON ONE SIDE AND ME ON THE OTHER! WHEN WE REACHED THE ROAD BILL PUSHED ON THE KICK STARTER A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN TURNED ON THE KEY AND RETARDED THE SPARK AND IT FIRED UP!  THEN THE MAN LED US OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO WHERE THERE WASN’T ANY FOG AND WE HEADED FOR HOME AGAIN! AS WE SAT THERE THANKING HIM HE STARTED TO CHUCKEL THEN LAUGH AND WE LAUGHED WITH HIM! WE DIDN’T BLAME HIM, WE MUST HAVE BEEN A SITE ALL COVERED WITH MUD AND OTHER STUFF AND STARING AT THAT BULL!

I CAME ACROSS SOME INFORMATION ON A HEATER CALLED “THE SOLAR COMFORT ZONE FURNACE” BY SUN CLOUD, INC. AND THOUGHT MAYBE SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT! THE WEB SITE # www.suncloud.com !

HERE ARE A FEW PIECES OF WISDOM SPOKEN BY WILL ROGERS MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO;

“MY ANCESTORS DIDN’T COME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER, BUT THEY MET THE BOAT.”

“I DON’T TELL JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT THE FACTS.”

“LIVE YOUR LIFE SO THAT WHENEVER YOU LOSE, YOU’RE AHEAD.”

“IT’S GREAT TO BE GREAT BUT IT’S BETTER TO BE HUMAN.”

“PERSONALLY, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THE BEST DOCTOR IN THE WORLD IS THE VETERINARIAN. HE CAN’T ASK HIS PATIENTS WHAT’S THE MATTER, HE’S JUST GOT TO KNOW.”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 8 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 8 VOL 6

JANUARY 10^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL WINDY, LOW HUMIDITY, 43/57 DEGREES

WE HAD HALEY JO TODAY TILL KELLY GOT HOME THEN MOM AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT FOR THE PARTS WE’RE GOING TO USE FOR THE DRAPES! WE’VE NEVER HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE HANGING DRAPES OR CURTAINS! BUT WE’LL GET IT DONE TOMORROW! ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED AND PICKED UP MY NEW JUMP SUIT AND AFTER I TRIED IT ON TO BE SURE IT FIT (I’VE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT, I’M STAYING AROUND 211 -215) WHICH IT DID WE ORDERED ANOTHER ONE IN GRAY!

I’VE KICKED AROUND THE IDEA OF CHANGING MY POLITICAL PARTY TO INDEPENDENT BUT, AFTER WHAT I HEARD TODAY; INDEPENDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE OKLAHOMA PRIMARIES I’M SURE GLAD I DIDN’T! INDEPENDENTS CAN VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS BUT NOT THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES!

YOU ASK WHY I WAS THINKING ABOUT CHANGING PARTIES;

NUMBER ONE; THE LACK OF INTEREST CONGRESS IS SHOWING FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE   AMERICAN PEOPLE!

NUMBER TWO; THE WAY THEY LET GEORGE W. BUSH PUSH THEM AROUND! INSTEAD OF STANDING THEIR GROUND! THE CONGRETIONAL MEMBERS WORK FOR ME NOT THE WHITE HOUSE BUNCH!

NUMBER THREE; IN NOVEMBER 2005 WE PUT MOST OF THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS OUT AND VOTED THE DEMOCRATS BACK IN POWER AND EVER SINCE NANCY PILOSI HAS DROPPED THE BALL NUMEROUS TIMES! THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN SHE SAID ”IMPEACHMENT WAS OFF THE TABLE” THAT WAS THE ONE THING THEY COULD USE TO MAKE THE PRESIDENT COME INTO LINE AND START BEING A PRESIDENT FOR THE PEOPLE NOT THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS HE IS NOW!

NUMBER FOUR; WE PUT THEM IN OFFICE ON THE PRETEXT THAT THEY WOULD END THE WAR IN IRAQ INSTEAD THEY GIVE BUSH EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO FUEL THE WAR AND HE KEEPS KILLING AND WOUNDING OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN HIS UNJUST INVASION OF IRAQ AND NOW HE’S IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON A TRIP THAT IS OF NO VALUE TO US AT THIS TIME! HE SHOULD BE HOME TRYING TO USE HIS INFLUENCE (SOMETHING HE HAS VERY LITTLE OF ANYMORE) TO HELP BRING THE ECONOMY BACK IN SOME KIND OF CONTROL! I’M AFRAID HIS LEGACEY WILL BE ONE THAT HE WILL DO HIS BEST TO BURY DEEP IN THE CONFINES OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND KEEP IT FROM BEING LET OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR 25-30 YEARS IF THEN!

I’M SORRY; I HAD TO DO THIS, I KNOW I SAID I WOULDN’T DISCUSS POLITICS OR RELIGION BUT WHEN I HEARD INDEPENDENTS COULDN’T VOTE IN THE OKLAHOMA PRIMARIES I JUST GOT CARRIED AWAY!

PADDY O’DELL WAS LAYING IN A HOSPITAL BED WITH HIS LEG IN A PULLEY SYSTEM HIS RIGHT ARM IN A PLASTER CAST FROM WRIST TO SHOULDER AND HIS FACE COVERED IN BANDAGES! HIS BUDDY LOUIE STOOD AT HIS BEDSIDE.

“HOW DID IT HAPPEN” ASKED LOUIE

“YOU KNOW THAT CUTE SINGLE GAL THAT JUST MOVED IN NEXT DOOR TO ME?” ASKED PADDY

WELL I WAS HAVING A BALL MAKING IT WITH HER LAST NIGHT ABOUT MIDNIGHT WHEN HER BOYFRIEND CAME IN AND CAUGHT US.”

“WELL” SAID LOUIE, “IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.”

“ARE YOU KIDDING? THE GUY ALMOST KILLED ME. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE?”

“IF HE’D OF COME IN AN HOUR EARLIER HE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ME”

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD

 

 

 

DAILY CHRONICLE # 7 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 7 VOL 6

JANUARY 10^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 24/63 DEGREES

MOM HAD TO LEAVE EARLY TO TAKE SHANNON TO TWO DOCTORs APPOINTMENTS! SHE CAN START DRIVING AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND HAVE KONNER BACK NEXT SUNDAY! THEN THEY HAD TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OF KYLIE’S BUSINESS!

I STAYED BUSY PLUGGING UP SOME HOLES ABOVE THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR AND LOOKING FOR SOME SMALL TOOLS I’VE MISPLACED, I FOUND MOST OF THEM AND PUT THEM IN THE NEW CABINET WE GOT TO HOLD THE TOOLS!

WHILE LOOKING FOR TOOLS I CAME ACROSS SOME RED CLAY FLOWER POT HOLDERS I MADE A FEW YEARS BACK! THEY ARE MOUNTED ON THE WALL AND YOU HOOK A REGULAR FLOWER POT IN THEM! THEY’LL HOLD FROM A 4’’ TO AN 8” POT SAFELY AS LONG AS YOU USE A LONG ENOUGH SCREW TO GO INTO A STUD OR WALL ANCHORS!

I MADE OVER A HUNDRED OF THESE POT HOLDERS AND SOLD THEM AT THE BIG DRUG STORE (BARRETTS) IN DOWN TOWN DENISON WHERE WE HAD OUR OFFICE FOR THE HAND TESTER BACK IN 1993! I ALSO GAVE SOME TO THE WIVES AND KIDS FOR THEY’RE USE!

MOM DIDN’T GET HOME TILL AFTER 4PM SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO HOME DEPOT TOMORROW FOR WHATEVER I NEED TO HANG THE DRAPES ON OVER THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR! OF COURSE IF WE HAVE HALEY JO BECAUSE SHE’S BEEN SICK THEN I’LL GO ALONE!

WE ORDERED TWO MORE JUMP SUIT FOR ME THE OTHER DAY AND GOT A CALL TODAY THAT THEY’RE IN SO I’LL PICK THEM UP WHEN I/WE GO TO TOWN! I SURE DO LIKE THESE JUMP SUITS, THEY’RE LIGHT AND COMFORTABLE PLUS THEY ARE NICE AND WARM, NOT HOT JUST WARM AND HAVE LOTS OF POCKETS WHICH I NEED!

I’M REALLY GETTING ANXIOUS FOR THE COWBOY- GIANTS GAME ON SUNDAY! MOM IS READY FOR THE GREENBAY/SAN DIEGO GAME ON SATURDAY! THEY’RE BOTH GOING TO BE GOOD GAMES! OF COURSE BOTH TEAMS ARE 13-3!

I’VE GIVEN NASCAR RACES A LOT OF THOUGHT DURING THE OFF SEASON AND HAVE DECIDED TO WATCH MORE OPEN WHEEL RACING, URL, AND THOSE THAT I REALLY DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BUT I’LL GET IN THE SWING FAST! I’M ALSO GOING TO BE WATCHING NHRA/IHRA DRAG RACING!

NASCAR JUST GOT TO BIG FOR THE LITTLE GUY AND THEY’RE THE ONES WHO MADE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY! IF YOU DON’T HAVE 40 MILLION TO PLAY WITH YOU JUST CAN’T REALLY COMPETE! I DON’T KNOW HOW DRIVERS LIKE ROBBY GORDON CAN COMPETE BUT I’M SURE HE LOVES THE SPORT AND WILL FIND A WAY TO GET A PLACE IN THE COMPITITION WIN OR LOSE!

TOYOTA BROKE INTO NASCAR CUP DIVISION LAST YEAR BUT HAVE BEEN IN THE CRAFTSMEN TRUCKS FOR A FEW YEARS. NOW I UNDERSTAND NISSAN AND SUZUKY ARE TRYING TO MOVE IN! OH WELL! I THINK THEY CALL IT PROGRESS AND NASCAR IS SO MONEY HUNGRY TODAY THEY’LL TAKE WHOMEVER PUTS THE MOST DOLLARS ON THE TABLE!

I HEARD RUMORS THAT DANICA PATRICK WAS THINKING ABOUT MOVING OVER TO NASCAR! FOR HER SAKE I HOPE THEY’RE JUST RUMORS, NASCAR WILL SWALLOW HER UP AND THOSE RED NECKS WON’T LET HER ON THE TRACK EVEN THOUGH SHE’S PROBABLY10 TIMES THE DRIVER ANY OF THEM ARE! I’LL GIVE THE NASCAR DRIVER THAT, THEY KEEP THE FEMALE DRIVERS OFF THE TRACK IN THE CUP DIVISION BUT THEY DON’T STOP THE FOREIGN MANUFACTURES FROM MOVING IN AND THE FOREIGN DRIVERS OUT! NASCAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AMERICAN SPORT NOT WORLD CLASS!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD