True Story, I Swear It - Maybe

About the Book

For as far back as I can remember, I have told stories. I can take nearly any situation or event and make a funny story of it. Life is too short to miss out on the fun part. Also for many years I have been writing articles and short stories for various newsletters, newspapers, and even national magazines; some paid but most for free. I enjoy writing to entertain, to inform, and to educate. I have a different view of the world than the average person and not afraid of sharing it. I have, for many years, wanted to write a book but thought that anything I would have to say would be out of date before I finished the book. And then one day, not too long ago, I had an epiphany—life stories, humor, fun philosophy, and basic life lessons don’t go out of date. So I wrote this book. The book is a collection of family stories, tall tales, a few reprints of previously published newspaper articles, a little fun philosophy, and a technical issue or two. Except for a very few of the stories, as noted in the stories, all are original works of mine. The contents are, as you will notice, printed and listed simply, alphabetically. I thought this random arrangement would minimize the potential for one to lose interest and fall asleep reading various versions of the same thing. My intent in writing this book was not just to make some extra cash, but to put down in writing, in a more permanent form, some of my life’s experiences, crazy ideas, and a little technical correctness, for family, friends, and a few others to enjoy. Please enjoy.

About the Author

Harvey Cappel is a semiretired mechanical engineer. As of this writing, he is still married to Betty, a relationship that has endured fifty-five years of one day at a time—during Christmas season, it’s hour by hour. This produced, as of this writing, four kids, seven grandkids, and five great grandkids. Suffering from “cant remember s----(CRS)” he says he can’t be exactly sure of his age at their wedding, but being good at math, he claims it must have been when he was about nine years old. Among his life adventures, he has been a business owner, Texas licensed professional engineer, certified electronics technician, full-scale airplane pilot, United States marine, inventor, amateur writer, local newspaper guest writer, small newspaper owner, antique car restoration mechanic, semipro drag race car driver and mechanic, and is currently a part-time windstorm engineer and radio-control model-airplane pilot instructor. And according to his wife, seriously immature for his age.