<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HY Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[HY Stories]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:53:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[      The Transmission Smuggling Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Transmission Smuggling Story and The Canadian Stink Bombs                                                                                                                     1959                                                        A true story                                         Written 01/2010 * 1,740 Words                                          #167 By Howard Yasgar         In 1957 my cousin Allen Nelson and I started driving from New Haven Connecticut to Montreal Canada on a...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-transmission-smuggling-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1bc37e2747afb47eaf485</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:07:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[   The Thompson’s Water Seal Story    ]]></title><description><![CDATA[2006                                                              A true story                                                            Written 2017* 423 Words                                                   #166 By Howard Yasgar       This story was told to me several years ago by one of my good friends and neighbor, named Charlie Visco.       Every time we get together, we always ask Charlie to tell this story, because it’s a classic.          Charlie is originally from New Jersey, and...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-thompson-s-water-seal-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1bbec94b5dddd74905a94</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:05:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[              The Stolen Cars Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1964 re written 12/2010 * 506 Words 			                        #161By Howard Yasgar      In mid-1964, my wife and I were living in a trailer park off on NW 79th Street in Miami.      We had arrived about a month earlier and stayed at my mother’s small Hotel located on Miami Beach.      We soon found it was too long a drive from my mother’s hotel on Miami Beach to NW 46 St in Miami where ABC Auto Wrecking, was located.      This was the company I had come to Miami to manage.      So,...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-stolen-cars-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1baf794b5dddd749057a8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:04:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                    The Stolen Boat Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1976                                                                This really happened                                                                   It’s a True Story                                                                   Written 3/2011* 	1,454 Words                                                            #160 By Howard Yasgar             In 1976, I was running a small precious metals refining company in Hialeah Gardens Florida, the company was called NEARCO Refining.     ...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-stolen-boat-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1ba0bf74f33298924b0fd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:57:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stamford Telephone Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1962 A True Story   Written 2001* 789 Words #158 By Howard Yasgar        In 1961, right after I graduated college, I leased an auto wrecking business in Stamford Connecticut.        At the Stamford location, there was a small office and a used car lot that was located on West Main Street.        Then there was also another small office that was located at the rear of the wrecking yard property on a street called Annie Place.        The lower yard and office are where I sold used auto parts.   ...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-stamford-telephone-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b9a5ec8bffeaf8fb281e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:55:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[              The Smart Consultant Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1961 A True Story   Written 09/2016 *  822 Words #157 By Howard Yasgar      This true story was told to me in 1961 by Abe Zion.       Abe Zion was one of the smartest people that I ever had the privilege of meeting and working with.        Abe was involved in many things in his long career, and one of them was working as a business consultant.       As a consultant, Abe somehow had the ability to see things that others could not. I was always amazed at how he came up with simple solutions to...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-smart-consultant-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b8c9bff3e9c5b1ba01e6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:51:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                   The Sabra Hotel Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1962 A True Story      My mother’s adventure on Miami Beach    Written 2010*  1,880 Words #154 By Howard Yasgar       It was in 1961, when my father unexpectedly passed away in New Haven Connecticut.      My mother was a registered nurse at Grace New Haven hospital, and that’s when she decided that she needed to do something to change her life.      My mother had worked as the head floor nurse at the New Haven hospital, and later she worked as a private duty nurse, so she had plenty of...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-sabra-hotel-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b87cbff3e9c5b1ba0126</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:50:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[             The Rebuilt Inner Tube story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1962                                   A true story about rebuilding automobile inner tubes                                     Written 12/2010 and rewritten 11/ 2016 *  1,982 Words                                               #150 By Howard Yasgar        In 1962 after resigning from my business relationship with Abe Zion, I was now 23 years old and unemployed, so naturally I was looking for something to do.       I had spent almost two years working with Abe Zion, and his wisdom had opened...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-rebuilt-inner-tube-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b74ce2747afb47eae486</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:49:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[            The Pressure Washer Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[2004                                The Most Expensive Pressure Washer I Ever Bought                                                            Written 11/2011* 4,885 Word                                                #146 By Howard Yasgar        This is a story about my stubbornness and determination.        It’s a story about how we tried to correct a very wrongful action by an unscrupulous tool sales company located in Miami.        In 2004, my wife Katherine purchased a new pressure...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-pressure-washer-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b3fbec8bffeaf8fb170c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:43:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[          Please Blow Your Nose Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1968        This true story happened in the Dominican Republic               Written 05/26/2016* 796 Words              #145 By Howard Yasgar        In 1968 and I had finally talked my good friend Miguel Marquez into traveling with me to the Dominican Republic.       I  had a theory that I was trying to prove.       My theory was that once I found the actual colony of Isabella, I would be able to find locations of where some of his unruly colonists had buried the gold they had taken from the...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/please-blow-your-nose-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b3b2f74f332989249f24</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:30:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Platinum Sparkplug Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1957*       A true story 2,669 Words          #143 By Howard Yasgar        It was in 1957 and  I was eighteen years old.        I was trying to earn a living buying and selling anything that I could.        At the time I drove a 1950 Plymouth car and the cars floor was full of all kinds of samples, they were samples that I picked up while visiting dealers in surplus property.       While I was driving, I was trying to think of how I could sell something.       Every Night I would go to sleep...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-platinum-sparkplug-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b351c5f8cde85551e4ea</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:29:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plastic Polish Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1995                                                         A true story                                                     Written 4/4/2015*  1,143 Words                                                 #140 By Howard Yasgar       It was 1995 when my company CME Arma Inc. was engaged in buying and selling government surplus.      The buying of Government surplus had become a major part of our business.        Every day the U.S. government auctions off tons of excess material that they...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-plastic-polish-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b1ccec8bffeaf8fb10a4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:26:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                 The Pickup Truck Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1959 A true story about Tommy Letis and his 1956 Ford Pickup And how Tommy became a legend Written 3/2011*  3,532 Words #138 By Howard Yasgar       This is a true story of how I met Tommy Letis, and how he became a legend.       In 1959, I was driving a 1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible.       My car was what was called a Chevrolet factory muscle car.       In the evenings during the summer months, I was usually hanging around Jimmies restaurant at the Savin Rock amusement park located in...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-pickup-truck-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b13de2747afb47ead2db</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:19:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[         The Pickled Cows Tongue Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1974                                                      A cute story told to me by Barney Kaplan                                                                        Written 09/2012*  237 Words                                                                 #137 BY Howard Yasgar      This story was related to me by my dear friend Barney Kaplan who passed away at 96 years of age in 2015.      think the story is more in the order of a joke.       Barney said that as his immigrant father’s...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-pickled-cows-tongue-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b0fdc5f8cde85551dd8a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:18:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                The Parking Ticket Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1955 A True Story Written 12/2016* 713 Words #136 By Howard Yasgar         In 1955, I was living in Westville Connecticut.        I was 16 years old and I had just gotten my driver’s license.        It was an exciting time for me as I had also just bought my first car, it was a beautiful green 1940 Ford convertible.        I immediately went to Henry’s Auto Parts, on Whalley Avenue in New Haven and I purchased the noisiest Hollywood muffler he had.       Westville had been a quiet town, that...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-parking-ticket-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b08fbff3e9c5b1b9ea7b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:16:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[             The Paal Taiwan Story     ]]></title><description><![CDATA[1984 Written in  1/2011* 4,514 Words                                                 #135 By Howard Yasgar       In 1984 we went to Taiwan.      We went to Taiwan to look  for potential trading companies or Manufacturers.      That’s where we met  company called PAAL. The Company was owned  by the most charismatic Chinese Guy that I had ever met. His name was was Kiv Wang.       Kiv was about 6 foot tall, which made him one of the tallest Chinese guys I had ever met.      His jovial manner...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-paal-taiwan-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1b036e2747afb47ead087</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:15:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Olympic Swimmer Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[2003                                     And how my wife and I did our part to assist the swimmers                                                                         Written 2019* 1,264 Words                                                               #133 By Howard Yasgar	         In 2003, my wife and I were living in Miami.         In 1987, my company purchased a town house condominium at mile marker 87 on US 1.         It was called Executive Bay Club, and our unit was T6.       ...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-olympic-swimmer-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1af9565014d409c1682ce</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:14:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Obvious man of Culture story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1982                                         A true story about how I met my wife Katherine                                             Written 2/2010 Re-written 5/24/2016*  644 Words                                                      #132 By Howard Yasgar                                                 In 1982 I had been a bachelor for several years, and I was living in an apartment complex in Miami, called Tahoe springs.       To take up some of my time I went to the Miami Humane Society...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-obvious-man-of-culture-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1af6cc5f8cde85551d982</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:11:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[       The New York Bus Strike Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1953 A True Story  About how my Grandpa Eddie Started the Orange Street Bus Line     Written 1/2010*  833 Words   #130 By Howard Yasgar        In 1953 I was 14 years old and very curious about my Grandfather Eddie.        I had always heard that Eddie Lazaroff had, in the 1930’s, started the Orange Street bus line in my hometown of New Haven Connecticut, and I always wondered if and how he did it.           However, trying to get any information out of my mother or her sisters was always...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-new-york-bus-strike-story-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1aed4e2747afb47eacc3e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:10:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Uncle Norm’s Car Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[1958                                      A true story about my fixing Uncle Normans car                                           Written 2011 and rewritten 05/11/2016*  1,644 Words                                                   #127 By Howard Yasgar             In 1957, I was 18years old.       I was living in Westville, Connecticut, a suburb of New Haven, Connecticut.       Every afternoon after school, I worked part time at a Gulf gas station that was on the corner of Whalley Avenue...]]></description><link>https://www.howardyasgarstories.com/post/the-uncle-norm-s-car-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa1ae8a94b5dddd74903339</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:08:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Howard Yasgar</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>